Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-12-31
Gossip and Notes.

! Gossip and Notes. !
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
inst enough snow new to make sleigh
ing good.
L.sgdon's improvements for 1904
should include an hospital.
Remember tho dates of the Farmers
Institute at Langdon January 18th
18th.
Schools reopen Monday-until which
Tina the kids and snowballs reign sa.
prene.
Now that other attractions are quiet
.ning down tho ice rink is beginning to
work overtime. Everybody skates.
In liz sNotes of the Northwest" the
St. Paul News sasely remarks that "the
stork ssems to have been working ever.
in Langdon lately"
Judge Kneeshaw is here again for q
few days to hear the argument of coun-
sci in few court cases which still re-
main on the docket.
Walhalla man lost springs calf
and eighteen days later neighbor dug
the young bovine out Of his straw pile
none the worse for it's experience.
Several punches of sore throat which
diagnosed by doctors turn out to be dip
theria have been guaranteed on the
southeastern border of this county near
Garder.
There was only small turnout at
Milton the other night when President
Worst attempted to thaw out the frigid
atmosphere with lecture on "Ideal
Living
Milton had a school enrolment of 40
pupils fifteen years ago. The census Of
children of school age in that town now
is shown as being 13O, an equal number
Of each sex.
The locality known as Etna, in the
southwestern corner of Cavalier county,
is reported as sending quite a number of
its residents to help settle newly
plated townsite in Oklahoma.
Weather forecasts for January include
an extreme cold wave from the LIST to the
Sth and storm period from the 18th to
the 23rd. Plenty ofsnow for a big biz
card is predicted at that time.
Hannah starts out the New Year with
a good time for the young folks at box
social next Tuesday evening. The ladies
of the Presbyterian church are respon-
sible and hope to raise the price of their
new organ.
The new estray law is printed in this
issue. Every farmer should read it care
fully and preserve it fer future reference
ltgives full information about taking
up sstrays, their advertising and dispos-
al, if uncalled for.
The Caledonian society of this county
which annually celebrates the anniver-
sars Of the natal day of Robert Burns,
the famous Scottish poet, was first Or
ganized at Milton in 1888, with men,
bership Of twenty.seven.
Hannah has superabundance of
churches, or at least indications point to
to such possibility in the future. The
latest is new one now being Completed
oy the "Holiness Movement people,
who until lately have been holding tent
services at the end town.
The handsomely laid out farm build
lngs of Peter Wild south of Osnabrock
Is able to boast of the highest windmill
IN Cavalier county, the tower rising to q
ae'ght of seventy feet. Mr.. Wild now
mas four windmills on his farm, which
covers an acreage of over 1000 acres,
nearly all the quarters adjoining.
The south bound passenger train
,sst Thursday Afternoon became disabled
ost"eea Milton and Eainburg and did
aot reach Grand Forks until five o'clsek
Canstmas morning. The drivers On one
.,oe OF the engine broke down leaving
'ae passengers and crew to spend the
night on the prairie until relief train
WOULD 10 sent out from Larimors to their
rescue.
u mas been impossible for the DEMo-
ohAr TO keep tab on al the different So
.'esy and fraternal orders of Lang
ooa mat have been electing new officers
:" TINS time for the ensuing year and we
viii consider it a favor on the parto of the
secretaries =, if they will furnish us with a
10, Oh the names Of those elected. 1t, is
ses'red both as a news item and for the
purpose OF correcting the cards in our
society column,