Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-05-17
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

hlo yOu COuIGluS!
Fine weather for wheat.
For a good cigar go to Schulke's
District court convened Tuesday.
There have been two prisoners in the
county Jail this week.
Our cornet band gave an open air
concert Tuesday night.
The local militia will take part in the
Decoration dav exercises.
The state militia will camp at James,
town the last ten days of June.
Ripe fruit Of alt kinds at the new
post office store. JOS. Powers, prop.
| Preparations; are under way for a
grand ball the closing night of insti-
tute.
Up to the hour of going to press the
jury have not returned verdict in the
case of State VS.. Reilly.
Judge Templeton granted citizen
papers to twenty-five APPLICANTS at the
opening of court Tuesday.
1t would have taken Philadelphia
lawyer to have sifted the evidence of
some of those witnesses Oh the Reilly
case.
When the train arrived Monday even
ing the town was deluged with visitors
drawn hither to court-and to be
coarted.
The work of weighing the mail,
which was delayed by the strike, is
being carried out this week ON this
branch line.
Some of our citizens are preparing
to spend a few weeks in camp at the
Chatauqua grounds at Devils Lake
this summer.
We understand the band boys pur-
pose giving concert in the city school
hall on Wednesday, during institute
week. Particulars later.
1t would be a good idea to use the
steam fire engine to pump the stagnant
water out of the Easements of our
churches and the city school house.
Rev. E. B. Robson will conduct SER
vices in the city church at II am, at
the Crockett appointment at $50 pm.
at the Zion OF Radford church at pm.
All are invited.
The rumor of the probability of
another strike on the Great Northern
last Monday called forth many COM
ments that were anything but compli-
mentary to Jim Hill.
Frank A. Wardwell, the soldierly
appearing editor of the Pembina
Pioneer-Express was in the city this
week presumably on matters relating
to little real estate deal. Is it pos
sible that he might have been foxing
up the fences for .Jugglery Jud?
The street commissioner is beginning
to discover that but few will be liable
to poll tax this year, Most of the boys
belong either to the militia or the fire
department. A rumori is in circulation
that the band boys intend to apply to
the mayor for exemption from pay
ment of the same.
Local improvements and a general
cleaning up seems to be in the air, and
Langdon is getting to be one of the
handsomest looking towns in the state.
Nothing adds so much to the attractive
ness of town as nice lawns, fences,
trees, and other such improvements.
All should join in the effort to beautify
the town.
Hon. Ole T. Axvig, of Montrose
township, called on the DEMOCRAT
last Tuesday and renewed his subscrip-
ton and chatted about things in gener-
al, except politics. He was attending
court, but not aversed to talking about
the conditions of things on the farm.
Mr.. Axvig is one of the prosperous hard
working thrifty farmers of the southern
part of the county and in spite of the
much vauntedery of hard times is we'll
satisfied with his lot.
The new steam fire engine recently
purchased of the Waterous Engine Co.
Of St. Paul, was put on exhibition and
given a thorough test Monday after
noon under the supervision Of w. M.
Gibson, an expert engineer employed
by the company. A most thorough
and exhaustive trial was made OF her
power and efficiency with most flatter-
ing results. A stream Of water was
easily thrown over the cupola OF the
highest elevator on the Great Northern
track and similar result accomplished
when three streams of water were
thrown to great height. The fire
company have 500 feet of hose and
can reach any building in the city
without taking the engine out OF
the fire hall, and should fire start on
the Main street three streams OF water