Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-12
GOSSIP AM -oTES.

GOSSIP ANU OTES.
Weatherju right-grain maturingfast
Chicken season opens Friday OF mex
week.
]. McPhail received car load oihorse,
from Iowa last Friday.
Uncle Toms Cabin in tent is billed tt
show here week from Saturday.
Isolated pieces Of wheat and barle,
have been cut around here this week.
The construction train completed lay
ing track as far as Dresden, the first town
on Tuesday.
The A. P. Holland photo car leaves
Langdon next Tuesday for Olga where
j it will stay for a short time.
Graders will hardly complete theil
work on the west end of the extension
before the early part OF next week.
A big line of improvements have beer
put in at the school house this week
which perhaps were not badly wanted.
Wheat closed at % cents on the loca
market yesterday. OF course if the farm
ers had any TO sell it might be slightly
different. ...
County commissioners meet next Mon
day-August 10th. At this meeting the
tender will be let for the building OF g
new bridge at the Fish Trap.
The city band favored ourcitizens with
some good music Thursday evening. Il
these concerts were more frequent nc
particular objection would be raised
Teachers examination is advertised for
Friday the 9th inst, a new feature in
the torn OF the Reading Circle examina,
ton will be held ut the same time and
place.
The new serial story commencing this
week entitled CDR. Sommerville' S Crime y
by Maurice II. H-rvey, opens with much
interest in detail and well outlined
caste OF characters.
Regular traffic on the Walhalla extern
sion OF the Ct. Northern commences next
Monday. There will be one station and
two sidings between Cavalier and the
new terminus at Wahalla.
Teachers and scholars OF the Presby-
terrain Sunday school hold their annual
picnic tomorrow (Friday) at Peter
Penner's grove, eight miles west OF town
leaving the church at 8 O'Clock a. IN.
Yesterday Afternoon the outfit OF the
tracklayers and surfacing crews was
hauled out to the siding that has been
laid at Dresden where it will remain until
work is completed to the next town.
Robt McGrath was an arrival yester-
day from Ontario where he enjoyed q
month 8 vacation at his former home at
Campbelliord. He will embark in the
drug business for himself at Hanna it is
understood.
Judge R. M Carruthers, OF the county
court at Grand Forks was a visitor yes
terday. He journeyed up the line as far
as Milton on Tuesday where he took
active part in the organization of their
Masonic lodge.
Che Merrifeld, Babcock & Co. mine on
the Tongue river nine miles northeast of
Milton turns out to be a we'll paying de-
post OF hydraulic cement clay and is sit
uated in deep gorge about $50 or 400
feet below the level OF the surrounding
prairie in Olga township.
Dresden the first town out from Lang
don along the new line isn't slow or no
thing and starts in with q full line OF
live enterprises includinga cheese factory
and creamery. u big lumber yard and
general merchandise and drug stores.
On top of all this there's strong talk oil
abank being established this fall
The Langdon contingent at the Wal
halla camp grounds folded their tents
Tuesday and returned home. The ten
DAVIS spent on the banks OF the Big Penn
bina were most MISUNDERSTANDING the
invasion OF mosquitoes and the usual IN
teresting episodes that go to give tent
life a realiem cannot be gained otherwise
According to the published report o
Langdon school township there are only
$40 worth OF warrants outstanding WIN
$3O7,S3 cash on hand June 3Oth. Ih'
bonded Indebtedness is $1400 with inter
est fnllv mid to date. The board is OF
fcered with Memo Liebler as treasurer
John Block, clerk and Fred Baldwin
president. Dresden the newly formed
school district has no outstanding bond
and has expended $197.7o during tn
previous six months. Wa:rantsnre out
standing to the amount OF $ll49.ol.