Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-06-16
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
Institute opens Monday.
District court next week.

And next week comes the circus.
More rain is wanted for better crops.
The local wheelmen will be out on
dress parade on the Fourth.
School elections occur throughout the
county and state next Tuesday.
Langdon base ballists have been eating
crow with vengeance this week.
Closing exercises at the Langdon
school tomorrow, Friday afternoon.
Morden promises to send big delega-
tion to our Fourth of July celebration.
Dry weather this spring has seriously
interfered with the breaking Of new land.
Quite number of town boys ride out
to Dresden Sunday to witness the ball
game.
Remember the glorious Fourth and
celebrate at Langdon-for program of
sports see bills.
A big force of men are still at work
this week fitting up the track of the
Langdon Driving & Agricultural Asso-
citation.
Three cases OF measels are reported
among Co. D of Devils Lake since arriv-
ing at the coast and are being treated at
the marine hospital.
Both Milton and Hannah will join in
making Langdon's glorious celebration
of the Fourth one of the biggest possible
successes in that line.
That trees will grow and flourish in
Langdon is quite evident Those planted
by our early residents few years ago
are now a source of pride to every citizen.
There should be general repairing of
sidewalks in Langdon between now and
the Fourth of July. Many have as yet
failed to heed the notice given them by
the city regarding the matter.
Last Thursday three men of Troop G
Of the North Dakota cavalry at Camp
Thomas, Chickamauga we're overcome
by the heat. Two came from Devils
Lake and one from Fargo. Their condi-
ton was not serious.
A dispatch Tuesday from Camp Mer-
rit, at San Francisco, states that North
Dakota's two battalions of state militia
will form part of the Fourth Brigade IN
the redistribution of troops and accord
ingly will be among the last to sail fol
Manila.
Friends Of militia boys going to Manila
will find information in the fact that the
postage of a letter to that place will be
eight cents. The distance from North
Dakota is 5000 and from one to two
months are required for letters to reach
that part Of the world.
The contract for bridging Rush Lake
was let last week by the county commits
sioners to George Nesbitt and two brid.
ges will be placed one at the north ant
the other at the south end of the lake
opening up good road for residents O.
the west side to the new towns Of HANNAH
and Wales. The work is to be completed
before harvest.
Two new mail routes have been estab
lished from Hannah to points west ant
south west and the change in the posta
service at the points affected takes plac
July LIST. The stage mail from HANNAH
west will connect with Byron, Wood
bridge and Dash. The south route goinI
to Austin and Daniels. Both lines leav
Hannah on Tuesday, Thursday. ant
Saturday Of each week at 2:30 p. m. I
has not been learned to whom the loca
sub-contracts were awarded.
Last Monday evening the curfew ord
nance was given its first reading by til
city council and will go into effect earl
in July. The council also appointe
Thos. McGauvran as night watch unit
after the Fourth OF July. The we'll sun
by Messrs Reid and Hamilton at th
fire hall! to depth of 80 feet was ais
accepted. Owing to an insufficient guar
tity of water the contract was re-let t
Robt. Bell, who will sink the we'll abou
20 feet deeper. On Tuesday evening th
council meet as a board of equalization.