Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-24
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Carnival at the ice rink tomorrow
night.
This may not be ''Gentle Annie" but
it is a good photograph.
The Democratic delegation left yes
terday for Grand Forks.
The warm sunshiney days are caus-
ing the ''beautiful" to rapidly disap-
pear.
Rev. p. p. Farnham will preach in
the NJ. E. church next Sunday a. NJ, at
eleven o'clock. All are welcome.
There were $4,000 collected in taxes
during the month of February. Cava-
lier county warrants will soon be selling
at par.
Services will be held at Eben Rad
ford S, Elkwood. next Sunday at HOO
a. M, and at J. II: Williamson's. Still
we'll, at 800 p. m.
While the cities east were enjoying a
genuine blizzard Monday, North Da-
kota was enjoying one Of the brightest
days Of the season.
Rev. F. M. Wood, of Fargo. preached
an interesting sermon Sunday after
noon to a good congregation, and adj
ministered sacrament.
Several Of the families who moved in
from their farms for the winter in order
that their children might enjoy the ben
efits of our city school, are preparing
to return to their homes.
Quite number of carnival costumes
have been ordered for Friday evening,
which will go to make the ice rink scene
more specially attractive. The City
Band will also be in attendance.
The supreme court holes that the crop
clause in chattel mortgage 1889 and
for each and every succeeding year I'M
til the debt hereby secured is fully
paid'' will cover the crop Of 1880.
JIG. Bjornsted, the Fish Trap mer-
chant, was in the county metropolis
Monday. The postoffice has been es-
tablished there and MI. Bjornsted
appointed postmaster. The place will
be known as Valmont hereafter.
The CoURIER-DEN1oCRAT has added
a Sterling perforator to its machinery
equipments and is now better prepared
than ever to do work in that line. The
CoUR1ER-DEMoCRAT has the best
equipped job department Of any weekly
country paper in the state.
Presbyterian services will be held
next Sunday as follows: Harvey Cen
ter, at Mr.. Welch's at II a. M; Lyall,
2 p. m; Crockett and Mckenzie school
house at p. M; City, 1880 p. m. Sun
day school and Bible class at 2:30 p. m.
All are cordially invited.
The Republican state central COM
mittee decided to hold the convention
for the nomination Of presidential cleo
tors in Grand Forks May 4. Each
county will be entitled to one delegate
at large and one delegate for each 100
votes cast for johnson for congress.
Notices of contests must be filed with
the secretary not later than May 2.
1t was reported in Grand Forks the
other day that there was an accident
on the Great Northern, and reporter
went to the depot to enquire about it.
The official denied that the train in
question had met with an accident
saying that it had got in on time
"Thanks," said the reporter, "That
must have been the accident referred
to-"
One of the indications of better times
and better farming in the Dakotas is
the constant improvement in the kline
of horses driven by our farmers. A few
years since big proportion of horses
were lank. bony, spawned creatures
that had been shipped in from states tx
south and east of us, but Dakota's eli
mate and grasses and blooded sire'
have made marked improvement il
the quality. There is much room how
ever, for improvement yet and the da.
will come when the farmer who doe:
not drive good team in the Dakota:
will be pitied by his neighbors.
Wahpeton Globe: Norman l.. And
rus, of Kingston, Sargent county. dice
apparently Monday, of pneumonia. A
coffin was sent out from Wahpeton ant
the body was prepared for burial. Oh
Wednesday friends assembled at thu
house for the burial. A gentleman
after looking closely at the supposed
corpse said he did not believe the MAJ
to be dead. Tests We're made and thu
body rubbed and chatfed and the ply
SLOAN sent for. A mirror placed owe
the mouth showed indications of
slight respiration. The body was takel
| from the coffin and after few hour