Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-02-14
Langdon Markets.
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Plenty of snow-material for a
large-sized blizzard.
The organization of an orchestra
is the topic of the day.
Senator PLAIN was one Of the victor
GUS 16 in the senate last Friday.
Elk. Gov. Shortridge gets a 81 900
appointment in the United States
Land Office.
Representative Jennings and Flack
recorded their vote on the side of right
and fairness.
Our thanks are due to Cavaliers
democratic trio for copies of bills under
consideration.
Temperance will be the topic for
discussion at the Christian Endeavor
meeting tomorrow.
In three weeks more township cleo
lions will demand the attention of our
readers. Who wants to be assessor?
The Methodist entertainment and
supper at Harvey Centre last Thursday
evening Melted the good folks $50.
Fargo Forum: The CoUR1ER-D DEMO
Graf of last week contained an inter-
esting write-up Of Langdon's progress
for last year.
A numerously signed petition was
circulated in the city on Friday by our
attorneys. Twas against the division
Of the first judicial district.
The band boys are putting in lots of
good steady practice these days which
Indicates that our citizens will treated
to some good music during the summer
months.
A petition was circulated round
! among our citizens by the anti's to OBJ
tain the signatures of those opposed to
the resubmission of the prohibition
question.
The receipt of telegram from Bis
marck Friday afternoon stating that
resubmission had carried in the senate
by vote of is to Is called forth con-
siderable discussion pro and con.
The '.antls'' got the best of the
'wets'' on the resubmission question
last Saturday in the house of represent
tatives. 1t is safe to bet that the ques-
ton will be resurrectcd again before
the end of the season.
The Dakota Visitor, the official Or
gan of the A. o. u. w., reports two as
sessments for the month of February.
There has been six deaths in the juris-
diction since the latter part of Deem
Der, four of which are in South Dakota
and two in North Dakota.
A terrific fire ragged at Morden, Man.,
last Saturday regarding which special
telegram says as follows: A terrific fire
is raging here. The Morden house, D.
Kilgore's dry goods store, G.. w. Nc
Laren's drug store, Sparling's grocery
store, Forest J. Reilly's store, Heiman
& Co.'S liquor store and the Commercial
house have been burned and desperate
efforts are being made to save the re-
mainder of the business part. The
origin of the fire is unknown at pres
ent.
The Mennonites of Moscow township
will take active steps this spring to in
duce a number of their countrymen now
residing in Manitoba to pull up stakes
and move acrss into Cavalier county.
The DEMOCRAT has this week printed
for them a lot of circulars in German
setting forth the advantages to be
gained by cultivated the broad acres
freely offered by Uncle Sam, which
will be distributed by William Derkson
who leayes this week for Gretne and
other Mennonite settlements in Mani
toba.
Now that our lawmakers have seen
fit to ordain that the deadly cigarette
must not be offered for sale in this
state after July 1st they should next
give their undivided attention to the
chewing gum, which is rapidly under
mining the youth and beauty of this
country. The legislature is getting a
big streak of morality on at this session
anyhow and we fear that in its great
effort for moral improvement it may
possibly overlook some much needed
legislation of an equally important
nature. Bye, bye cigarette! Ia, ia!
tutti frutti!
A lawyer living in one of the small
towns west of Devils Lake was in the
city recently and delighted and sur
prised us by rendering his check for
three dollars in payment of his SUBJ
scription. A few days later a notice
of protest was received and it cost thi S
Office just six dollars and twenty cents
to get that check back. Will some of
our readers kindly figure out where