Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-03-17
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

GAS the days begin to lengthen,
The sun begins to strengthen
st. Patrick's Day.
How would Mayor Boyd suit you?
Divine services in the NJ. e. Church
next Sunday evening at 7:30 O'Clock.
Democratic caucuses tomorrow even
ing. Attend them and select good
men for the convention in this city on
Monday.
The Song service at the Presbyterian
church Sunday evening was largely at
tended and thoroughly appreciated by
the congregation.
The April term of the United States
court will be held at Bismarck. Mr.. H.
Crawford has been drawn on the grand
jury for this county.
The Devils Lake Inter- Ocean reports
two men dead and five missing as a TO-
suit of the late blizzard. The dead are
Wilbur Z. Griffin and Asa Wilson.
The late storm caught Charlie An
drews by the coat tails and waited him
to the county metropolis Saturday
evening. He Sundayed here with
friends to whom he made life a burden.
Rev. Robson, the popular M. E. Di-
vine departed yesterday for Winnipeg,
Man, where he will be joined by one
of Ontario's fair daughters whom he
will take unto himself for better OF for
worse.
Rev. F. M. Wood, Supt. Presbyterian
missions, will preach in the Presby-
terrain church, city, next Sunday at
8 p. m. Presbyterian service will be
held at Lyall, at p. NJ, at Crockett
and Mckenzie school house, at p. m.
We are in receipt.o notice from
Hon. A. II. Blewett, OF jamestown,
announcing that Mr.. Campbell, chair
man of the Democratic State Central
Committee of Minnesota, and Mr.. Law
ler, Of St. Paul, will be present at the
Democratic state convention at Grand
Forks on the Oath. Both gentlemen are
noted orators and all good Democrats
should not miss this opportunity of
hearing them speak. Reduced railroad
and hotel rates have been secured for
all persons attending the convention.
The late storm extended over wide
range Of country-and worse, if posi-
BILE, further east than it was in North
Dakota, as the people living here were
more OF less prepared. Minnesota,
Kansas, Nebraska, Wisconsin,, and
even New York came in for a good
share of the blizzard. Roads were
blockaded and trains everywhere aban-
doned. There was much suffering
among the lower classes in the cities
as the sudden and extreme change in
the weather found them wholly I'M
prepared.
Tie late storm has proved more dis
astrous to life and property than was
at first supposed. In last weeks issue
we mentioned the death of Enger, and
Nelson badly frozen. Since then the
list has been augmented by the names
of six others, the Onstad family who
resided near Kinloss, Walsh county,
William Davis, Of Rosa Lake, and
John Croft. of Mt. Carmel, were frozen
to death, and D. w. Barker, who had
his hands and feet badly frozen. Jas.
Fleming, of Rush Lake, lost ten head
of cattle and David Lyle lost three
head. The stock had strayed away in
the storm and were frozen to death be-
fore the storm abated. Mr.. Barker
left this city about seven O'Clock of the
evening of the storm, and got within a
half mile of his own house when his
horses became exhausted and he could
urge them 40 further. He unhitched
the horses and in the operation lost bis
mitts. He then followed the storm
and about o'clock next morning ar
rived at the home of Joseph Waite.
His hands were badly frozen, and one
toe of his right foot will have to be
amputated. The young man Croft, of
Mt. Carmel, was at neighbours about
forty rods distant from his home, and
left during the worst of the storm. He
became lost and was found next day
about half mile distant, frozen to
death. William Davis had been to
Langdon on Tuesday in company with
a number of others loading a car with
wheat. He reached home and with his
companion, Mr.. McLaren, put up their
teams for tho night. By this time the
storm had become SO fierce that Nc
Laren concluded to stay in the barn,
and did, sleeping between two hogs to
keep from freezing. Davis thought he
could reach the house, aud started, but
he did not succeed and was found after
the storm had ceased some distance
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