Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-03-17
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Wheat, No. Hard SO cents today.
Its Landlord Hankey now, If you please
Buainc.r non crc yctt:n: ready for the
spring trade.
Fine weather this week means keep
out OF the mud.
Langdon had the war fever pretty bad
.-but is recovering, ....
Rumor has it that bark will be es-
tablished at Olga this summer.
See the Projectoscope at the Donovan
Hall, opening performance next Saturday
evening.
There has been 100000 worth Of i'm
provements put into Walhalla during the
past year.
Go. E. is being recruited to It's full
limit. Who says that our Langdon boys
are gun shy.
Monday brought another change OF
weather and spring work stands ad-
journed sine die.
Ye gods! Is it possible that peace and
harmony is to prevail at the approach
ing city election.
New buildings aggregating in value
$4,000 will he erected down at Osna-
brock this spring.
Five carloads of young cattle from g
Manitoba side of the line we're loaded at
Hannah and shipped south Tuesday.
st. Patrick is receiving universal no.
mage from the sons of the Emerald Isle
to-day-particularly down at Milton and
Osnabrock.
Monday nights high wind decapitated
three of the court house chimneys, also
Completed the decentralization of the plate
glass front in Donovan's drug store.
The elevator companies have cleaned
out their houses and in other ways made
Preparations to give the assessor hearty
welcome when he starts on his rounds.
The amateur players of Langdon's
lodge 1T Good Templars will present
their play "rhe Poet" at Milton some
time in the near furture special request.
Judge Sauter re-opens court next Mon
day and will dispose of all cases that re-
main on the docket. Talesmen have been
retained in case of jury being needed.
Walhalla wants band She has the
instruments, and she has the players, and
that being the case, the task Of getting
them together ought not to be difficult
one.
Go. Sup't Fox is still busy examining
the papers Of the sixty odd applicants for
teachers certificates, but hopes to an
uounce the names of those that escaped
being ''plucked" in next weeks issue.
The notice OF annual city election re-
ceives it's first official publication this
week. From the present outlook this
should be tame affair, but there's
plenty of time for good old time mix-up.
Thirty-seven teachers and prosperity 9
teachers took the spring examination IN
this city last Friday under the supervl-
sion of Prof Sheehan. There was about
the same number of applicants or certi-
ficates to teach at Milton on the same
day. Supt' Fox presiding there.
Tuesday night the members of Co. E
met ut the Armory Hall for their first
regular drill of the season. The turnout
was only fair, but will increase from week
to week and although the boys are a
little bit "rusty" they will soon brush up
under the guidance Of Capt. Chisholm
and his staff of officers.
The members of the A. 0. U. w. lodge
have started the ball rolling for the put.
ting up of a public hall this spring
Stock is being taken by the members
quite generally and building will be gone
ahead with at an early date. 1t will be
equipped with stage and other neces-
sarv fixtures for entertainments of all
kinds
Chief of Police McDe4mott states that
complaint has been made by the Ct
Northern that CERTAIN citiZore have
emily bsen making practice of dumping
manure and other refuse on the right
of way. As the city has an established
dump ground, the location of which is
generally known there is no excuse fol
this. Authoritative steps will be takeI
by the Ct. Northern against these parties
il the nuisance is not stopped.
War rllmors we're circulating around
town quite thickly Monday First thu
report came over the wire that the Mont
gomery war ship met a similar fate il
Havana harbors to that of the Maine
another fake dispatch got in circulation
that Consul Lee had been assassinatet
and that orders had been issued for tn
mobilization of the militia. None of on
militia boys showed the white feathe
although nearly twelve hours elapsed
before the reported was officially denied
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