Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-02-24
GOSSIP AND NOTES.

Lent commenced yesterday.
Get your leagal blanks at this office.
Wheat, No. Hard 81 crnts today.
District court convenes next Thursday
Don't forget the Matrons medal contest
at the court house tomorrow, Friday
night.
Correspondents wanted in every town.
ship in Cavalier county. Write US for
particulars.
Tickets for next Mondays township
election printed at the DEMOCRAT office
on shortnotice.
Friday morning the thermometer re
gistered $3.50 below zero-the lowest
temperture this winter
The Good Templars present their
drama, "rhe Poet" at the Donovan Hall,
on Wednesday evening, March 9th.
The Scotch celebrated Washington's
birthday at Hannah last Tuesday with a
concert of Scottish song and bag pipes.
Election day March 1st-remember the
date-and if you have kick to make
register it that day--or forever hold
your peace.
The date of converting the adjourned
term of district court has been changed
to March 1st--lnstead of yesterday, the
23rd inst as previously announced.
The "old flag" was very much in evil
dence around town on Tuesday and
Washington's birthday was p .trlotically
observed by the future statesmen of our
public schools with whole days holiday
The ball given by the band boys
Tuesday night was the last social func-
ton fora time at l-ast-as Ash We'd
nesday, the first day of the lenten season,
was ushered in the following morn.
A fire at Morlen, Manitoba, on Tues.
day, burned out D. KlIgour's general
store, INCOME. 8 barber shop, Dufferin
Hall, j. H. Smith stationery, w. Halls
fruit store, L. McKenzies shoe store and
the postof1ice.
The local militia boys of Co E will
open their eyes at encaIpment next
summer when they get onto the n'ove-
ments of Co X. of Dickenson-it is drill
ing four times week and attending
church every Sunday-in body, fully
uniformed.
Tuesday was town meeting day-the
day when the outgoing boards of town
ship officials meet to wind-up tho year 6
business and have their reports and
statement of affairs in shape for the new
board to be voted on by the taxpayers
next Tuesday
The Holiday Ball gotten up by the
band boys was success in every respect
except financially and the Largdon City
Band deserve great credit for furnishing
the young people with such fine evening
of enjoyment on Washington's birthday.
The music and refreshments, both were
in keeping with the good time and the
affair should have been more generally
patronzed.
Cavalier counJy's financial standing
makes good showing In the statement
furnished our readers this week by
Treasurer Robertson and Auditor Work
The pernsal Of each Item will prove to be
an important matter with every tax.
payer. Though much matter Of loca
interest is crowded out by the statement
we think every reader will appreciate
the opportunity afforded to acquaint
himself with the income and expenditure
of county funds.
Monday evening, program at theLang
don public schools was about us fitting
an Observance of Washington's birthda!
as could be desired. The music, ad
dresses, recitations and songs all lent L
the unanimous praise of "The Father o
His Country" "who was first IN war
first III peace and first in the hearts O
his counlrymen. The scholars wer'
assisted III their program by their teach
ers and the city clergy, while quite I
goodly turn out of parents and fIiend
were there to enjoy the program.
On the first Monday in April-th
18th day Of that montil-the citizens o
Langdon will hold their aup ual city cleo
ton. The officials to be elected at Tia.
time consist of Il mayor, an alderman fro1
each of tie three wards a CITY treasures
police magistrate and city justice
Aldermen McNlven, Kelland and Nc
MILAN are tile gentlemen whose term G
office expires at that time III the dltferen
wards III order in which they are named
The other officials whose term expires Il
the date of this election are Mayor Mel
Ger, Treasurer Chisholm, Police Magit
trate Mcleod and City Justice Dawson
The election is yet several weeks distan
but if the present quiet state Of affair
relative to local municipal govornmen
continues, it is more than likely that
n1oo<;ru ~ fbo pronont officials WI