Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1898-05-19

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But they shall mark the Spaniards fall.
And calm and peaceful they shall sleep
Rocked in the cradle of the deep.
Milton may be said to be "dry town.
now.
Yesterdays rain has made glad the
hearts of our farmers.
The schools will close in five weeks for
their summer vacation.
No injury is reported resulting from
last weeks light frosts.
Work on the new tennis court was
commenced Arbor Day.
Evidence of spring cleanup can be
found at most every corner IN town.
If you want to be strictly in it this
summer join the Langdon lawn tennis
club.
Teachers examinations will be con-
Quoted Friday of next week both at Mil
ton and in this city.
Our Country cousins" at Walbs and
Hannah didn't even get enough rain yes
terday to lay the dust.
Tuesday was generally observed as
the Seventeenth OF Norway, or the Scan
dinavian Fourth of July.
Wheat has been slumping off a few
cents each day since last Friday, leaving
the price on thelocal market to-day $1O8.
Next Saturday the contract will be let
for the building of a new school house in
Perry-this will give the township four
schools in ALL
Teachers and scholars of Langdon
public schools flung Old Glory to the
breeze from their new flag staff on the
morning of Arbor Day.
One way in which the DEMOCRAT help
ed to celebrate Arbor Day was in
distributing nearly 200 packages of free
government garden seeds.
J. F. Mayer, the Walhalla postmaster,
writes that the people down there would
like to have daily mail service with
Langdon. The desire is mutual.
There is no grade of wheat in the local
market too poor to bring at least dollar
a bushel. Two years ago the local price
for the highest grade was 42c bushel
Sunday evenings exciting war rumor
of the encounter off Porto Rico, in
which the New York and Indiana were
sunk only proved to be another ''yellow
fake.'
Next week the DEMOCRAT will publish
a complete program of the convention to
be held in this city by the Cavalier Go.
Sunday School Association, three days,
beginning June End.
Wheat buyers at Osnabrock are report
ed to have paid out 100000 in hard cash
for wheat in one week during the pre-
vailing high prices-this did not include
several private shipments.
Sheriff McGauvran left yesterday for
the Bismarck penitent1ary with Hoppe,
the wheat thief and jail breaker who re-
ceived a fifteen month sentence in
Judge Sauter's court on Tuesday.
Friday evening the band furnished our
people with number of stirring patriotic
airs from the balcony of the Columbia
The prospect of regular open air concerts
these fine summer evenings gives pleasures
to all and big turnout may always be
looked for.
The price of flour has been higher
during the past week than at any time
within the memory of the "oldest in
habitant" of this section. Those who
have wheat to sell can afford to pay the
high price, but it strikes the dweller in
town pretty hard.
Morris Orion writes to his parents here
in a letter received last week that his
party have left behind them the
perils and hardslips of the trip anc
are now ut Lake Bennett awaiting the
opening of navigation when they viii
easily complete their long journey to thu
gold fields of the Klondike.
A good many Mt.Carmelites are com
planning loud and long about the con
tinual carrying by Of mail matter for tina
office. Letters and papers destined TO
that place are taken en- to the end of tn
route and brought back from the nortl
on the return trip. The service give
has for some time past called for frequen
kicks and somebody with sharp site
should stir the matter up until it's fixed.
The first annual convention of til
Sunday schools of Cavalier county wi
be held in this city from the three day!
June End to 4th. Arrangements for til
entertainment Of delegates and other
interested in the work Of the conventio
have been looked after already and a
interesting program prepared for th
various sessions. About ffty-six teacl
ers and officers of Sunday schools frol
all points in this county have espresso