Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-03-18
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
Shall we rebond?
Wheat is worth 60 cents today.

Shall we rebond?
Wheat is worth 60 cents today.
Just a little more snow-ard wind.
Easter comes on Sunday, April 18th.
City election two weeks from Monday.
White aud blue ribbons We're outnum-
bered by those OF the Irish green yester-
day.
Forty-seven inches of snow on the
level
Activity in the bluestone market has
started.
Candidates for aldermen are slow in
showing up.
The sight of bare ground would cure a
lot of sore eyes.
Now they say that the long distance
telephone will be extended to Langdon
next summer.
The coal famine strengthens. You
either buy Jim Hills soft coal from Sand
COulle or freeze 10 OedCn.
Walhalla is to spend from $4,000 to
$4,000 in new improvements this sum-
mer. railroad or no railro ID.
st. Patrick was serenaded by the city
band yesterday with Grin go Bragh''
and other Irish national airs.
Quite few farmers from the Valley
have moved their stock up here to avoid
possibility of loss during the spring high
water.
The ct. Northern scored point by
bringing in q freight train OF 81 cars on
Sunday morning with the assistance of
three engines and snow plow.
Only one train this week, 80 far. 1t is
expected though that the ct. Northern
may resume traffic since the big fight has
been called off and Fitz licked Corbe,t.
They say Langdon has turned prohi-
bition and nearly all OF her citizens taken
the pledge. Now if-oh, Devils Lake
Bismarck-you know.-Crystal Call.
The temperature got slight touch of
the grippe Saturday night. bringing the
thermometer down to $50 below and
freezing off the early banana and Easter
egg crops.
Paul Gardner was among those OF our
old readers who dropped in last week
and had the date of his subscription
pushed ahead to '97. Its q good thing
push it along.
Thursday evenings school entertain
ment at the court house was a financial
as well as social success and the library
fund was sweIled to the extent OF $50 by
the proceeds OF the evening.
The weather machine must have slip
ped cog Tuesday for while we had a
whole lot OF mild tina wing weather here
pretty stiff blizzard was raging down
at olga, only eighteen miles east.
During the week much has been done
to alleviate the suffering and add to the
comfort OF several sick families in desti
tute circumstances. The charitable anc
kind-hearted ladies OF Langdon always
are ready to minister to the wants o
the needy.
The efforts on the part OF the pupils 0
our public schools to provide Themselves
with school library could be substan
italy aided by the board of directors
making small annual appropriation tt
be used for the purchase OF books witt
which to stock the library. This with tn
fund already raised would lift the move
ment to a practical basis Of operation.
Many enquiries have been made re
garding the popular edition OF the SEES
sion laws OF '97. 1t is now in the pres
and will be issued as soon as the Cover
nor acts upon all bills in his possession
the time being limited to fifteen day
after adjournment of the Legislature
Orders will be filled by the Bismarck Tr
bune, the price being $1.OO postage palc
With the tire Of city election near a
hand the general welfare OF our city df
mands that all throw aside the air
total indifference in regard to munlclpf
affairs which has roo generally been tn
habit on similar occasions heretofore
each leaving il to the other and expect
ing them to see to it. Nearly q hall
our townsmen do nnt take the troub
to keep posted on thecondition OF affair
relative to city government. Each cit
zen should manifest as much interest an
pride in the gov ernment OF the town
which he lives us he does in his own pc
sonal properly. ....