Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-01-12
GOSSIP AND NOTES.
1rippe is the prevalent malady.

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Grippe is the prevalent malady.
The wheat market has maintained
steady price at IS cents for No. l Hard
all week.
Slightly frigid around the edges the
past week.
The school CENSUS at Milton gives liz
children of school age, gain of Is over
last year.
Last week was the coolest of the sea
son the thermometer ranging from az to
$50 below.
Langdon merchants have for the most
part about completed the arduous task
of taking stock.
An ice carnival at the Hannah skating
rink tomorrow night will be attended by
Langdon speedy ones.
The proceedings of the January meet
ing of the board of county commissioner
will appear next week.
All members of the fire department are
requested to be present at a special meet
ing to- night at seven o'clock.
Milton ladies are organizing class in
physical cullnr and in the future will
lay 10 claim to being the weaker sex.
1t is reported that the Manitoban
authorities have decided to put stop to
people from this side fishing in Rock
Lake.
On dit: 'rhereisanother petition go.
ing the rounds with which the signers
expect TO give the drug stores one in the
solar plexus.
Milton merchants have agreed to close
at Z p m. until April LIST and at s p. m.
from that time to Sept. 1st-excepting
on Saturday evenings.
A toboggan slide is the winter sport
at Milton this year. A. Langdon the
womans' club still continues to fill
the biIl.-Hannah Moon.
Now watch those wicked Langden
druggists scamper (Y Langdon's old
topers may have to take Che coulies for
their regular drinks.-Cavalier Chronicle
The knights of Pythias at their regular
meeting of last evening decided to hold
a social session at their meeting of We'd
nesday evening of next week. There
will also be work in the second degree.
The new schedule of train service adj
opted by the CT Northern on Jan'y LIST
did not effect this branch, but we would
hardly have realized the change If it had
the way the trains have been running
lately.
No need for lawyers real estate men
and others to send out of town for their
legal blanks, as the kinds most frequent.
ly used can be found at the DEMOCRAT
office, at prices the same as charged by
firms in Grand Forks and Fargo.
The contract was awarded to A.. T.
LaVescolt last week to put steam
heating plant in the First Nationa
block including McHugh & Kelly's store
tire X. Of p hail ana the rooms on the
second floor. Its estimated cost is $21, 60
We would ask. that township clerks
when making out the list Of blank they
need for the coming year Jet the DEMO
caAT figure on the same. We carry ;
full line of all blanks needed and car
fill orders at the same prices as an,
firm in Fargo or Grand Forks.
A kick thatis daily increasing in force
is being registered against the ct. North
ern for the lack of accommodation fur
nished the public at the waiting room
= Jim Hills depot. 1t may have been b1'
enough when the town started lively
years ago, but to-day the way in whicl
the public is inconvenience whll
awaiting trains by lack of room is bot
q nuisance and burning shame to tn
town. Wher Lapgdon will gets ne,
depotit is hard to say. Larimore spen
ten years begging and petitioning tn
company to remove the smoke begrime
relic Of early days and was only rewarde
when fire IN an unknown manner n
moved the same some say that a fiy
gallon can Of coal Oil and lighte
match had something to do it-but VIII
can tell. Anyhow patience has Ion
csassd TO b virtue.