Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-05-05

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Cairns. 35
Jos. Stable is back again and will re-
main few weeks.
Kelly d Haugen have several
good oxen for sale. See them. NR9
Still the merry war gees on. Stable
Bros. have entered the arena. See
their ad in this issue.
VIM. Flummerfelt, H. D. ALERT and
B. r. Click represented Langdon at
Grand Forks this week.
For we'll seasoned lumber, sash, doors
and all building material at bed rock
prices go to B. r. Click & Co. So
A severe snow storm swept over
Wisconsin, Minnesota and South
Dakota yesterday and reached here
this morning.
The senior proprietor of this paper
has been subject to frequent colds for
some years, which were sure to lay him
up if not doctored at once. He finds
that Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is
reliable. 1t opens the secretions, re-
lieves the lungs and restores the system
to healthy condition. If freely used
as soon as the cold has been contracted
and before it has become settled in the
system,i greatly lessons the attack and
often cures in a single day what would
otherwise have been a severe cold
Northwestern Hotel Reporter, Des
Moines, Iowa. 25 and SO cent bottles
for sale by Chalmefs & McGruer.
The new city council held their first
regular meeting Monday evening with
Mayor Boyd, Aldermen Orion, Mercer,
Kelly, Moran and Kessler present.
Alderman Mercer was made president
and Alderman Orton vice-president Of
the council for the ensuing year. The
bonds of J. B. Boyd, mayor, and Chas.
Chisholm, treasurer, for the sum of
SO, 900 each, were accepted. The bonds
of Jos. Crawford, as city justice, and
1. Dawson, as police justice, in the sum
of $500 each, were accepted. The
mayor appointed the following commit
tees for the ensuing year:
RULEs-Orton, McQuarrie, Mercer.
CLAIMS AND ACCOUNTs-Moran, Kelly,
and Kessler.
WAYS AND MEANs-Orton, Kessler and
Mercer.
sTREETs-Mercer, Moran and Kelly.
FIRE DEPT.-Orton, Mercer and Nc
Quarrie.
TAxEs-Kelly, Orion and Moran.
Observation-Disclosures, Orion and
Kessler.
LICENsEs-Mercer, Orion and Moran.
oRDINANCEs-Kelly, Kessler and Mer-
GER.
A crossing was ordered to be built
on 3rd street on the south side of Oak
street. Also a sidewalk along the west
side of 4th street.
The following bills were audited and
allowed:
r. Mahoney, work on streets S so
G. Haugh work Oh streets ...... s so
Cav. Co. Republican election no.
COURIEE-DEMOCRAT election
notices and city printing..... 7 IS
The mayor submitted the following
appointments which upon motion we're
confirmed:
I. Dawson, city assessor; j. J. Souch,
chief Of police at $40 per month, and
street commissioner for two months at
SIS per month. Chas. Haugh pound
keeper.
The CoUR1ER-DEMoCKAT was reap
pointed the city official paper for ensu-
Ing year at one-half legal rates for all
official printing.
The ordinance committee was in
structed to draft an ordinance to COM
bine the 1st and Bird wards into one
polling place for election purposes.
The Vatican, the ancient palace of
the Popes of Rome, is the most magni-
ficent building of the kind in the world.
1t stands on the right bank Of the Tiber
on hill called the Vaticanus. because
the Latins formerly worshipped Vati-
canium, an ancient oracular deity, at
that place. Exactly when the building
was commenced no one knows. Char
lemagne is known to have inhabited it
over 1000 years ago. The present ex-
tent of the building is enormous, the
number of rooms at the lowest compe-
tition, being 4,422. Its treasures of
marble statues, ancient gems, painting,
books, manuscripts, ETC., are compared
only with those in the BritishMuseum.
The length of the statue room alone is
fraction over a mile. Conservative
writer's say that the gold contained in
the medals, vessels, chains and other
articles nreserved in the Vatican would