Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-01-08
Gossip and Notes.

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The report of the proceedings OF tn
meeting of the board of county commits
sioners. in session this week, will appear
in our next issue.
Cavalier countys ten banks have al
been named as repositories of count!
funds for the ensuing year by the boaro
of commissioners at their meeting O
this week.
People living at Walhalla don't seen
to appreciate their new mail service by
train. In the past they were able &c,
their mail during business hours ano
answer letters the same day as received
Now the mail reaches there after ten in
the evening, and the outgoing mail
leaves before eight in the morning.
It is hardly necessary for the DEMO
GRAF to direct the attention to those OF
its readers who are perusing tbs serial
story to the fact that there is another
interesting installment of "a Daughter
of the Beech this week. Those who
follow the story usually read that be
fore they do the local matter anyhow.
Jas. McDougall concluded the taking
of the school census on Friday and an
nounces the school population OF the city
as being 1874, comprising $50 boys and
204 girls. The increase over the census
of 1901 is shown to be 20 and would be
much larger had it not been for the re-
moval of numbrr of families from the
city during the year.
Coal is at present selling here at sl4
ton with the prospect of the price
going up as soon as another carload is IN
the hands of the local dealer. We note
that at St. Thomas the citizens are dig
cling up $3.50 per ton for imported
coal shipped in from Winnipeg, Man.
The difference is accounted for by the
fact that there is high import tariff on
coal.
The receipts of the Ct. Northern at
this point for the last five months OF the
year are given as footing up to s85,37l.ol
against 500, 734.S2 during the same
period of 1901. The past years business
in excess of 'O1 to the amount OF
sls,636.19. The portion of the year to
which these figures refer is the busiest
comprising the months Of August, Sept
ember, October, November and Decem-
Der.
This week we have been enjoying
genuine January thaw. Since the De,
ginning of the year the temperature mas
at all times been above zero and during
the middle of the day it has oftlmes
barely been down as low as freezing
point with the snow thawing. On Jan
uary first Winnipeg reported having SIX
teen inches of snow on the ground
Such is the difference it makes to live
on this side of the international line.
The room in the primary department
Of the Langdon city school rendered
vacant by the resignation of Miss LIN
Farrell at the close of the year has bee'
filled by the appointment of Miss ANN
M. Fuller, of Larimore, as teacher 10
the balance of the school year. MIS-
Fuller will be remembered as having
taught here for short while when tn
schools opened last fall during the TEN
porary indisposition of Miss Dasie Buro
teacher of the first primary.
The movement lately started for bullo
ing public hall in Grey township is Dc
ing given hearty support. The ques
ton Of the erection of place for tn
holding of public gatherings out thel
was first agitated by the Woman, orde
under tho auspices of which the hall WI
be built. Upwards Of $3.50 has alread
been subscribed and double that amour
at least will be expended in putting U
the style Of a hall which it is propose
to build. The site chosen is immediate
in the centre Of the township and VOL
will be started as early in the spring
the foundation cans il properly gottenl
% shape for ~ mp ritzncture.