Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1904-01-21
Gossip and Notes.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
January school reports show an en-
ro]lment of 1873 pupils.
There has been no scarcity of snow
since Mondays blizzard. 1t was corker
Legal holidays all come on Monday
this wear with the exception of Thanks
giving and Christmas. The later falls
on Sunday.
The heavy wind that prevailed during
the storm of Monday removed consider
able of the steel from the roof of the
Opera House.
Langdon's bowling alley, owned by
Johnson Bros, is one of the finest in the
state and the two days tournament.
which they have arranged to hold Feb'y
3rd and 18th, is likely to attract quite a
crowd of out of town ten pin players.
The Northwestern Fire & Marine in
surancc company, in which number of
Langdon capitalists are financially in
terested holds it's annual meeting at
Grand Forks next Tuesday. thas been
decided to remove the company's head
quarters from the Forks to st. Paul.
Lent will come early this year, but not
thirteen days as early as it might 1t
will begin, this year, Wednesday, Feb.
Ii, bringing Easter Sunday April 3.
Not since 1918 has Lent come at it's pos
sble earliest, then Ash Wednesday fell
on Feb. 4. In 1892 it fell on Feb. -.
Good Friday this year will come on
April l.
Walhalla' young ladies and old maids
have already declared war on the bach
eors of that corner of the county. The
first move on the enemy was a leap
years ball, Jan'y LIST. The list of casual
ties will be incomplete until the list of
weddings from that locality begin to
come in.
School census taken at Hannah in De-
cember shows population of 12O school
children, an increase of twenty per cent
p'er last year. Using the multiple of
live, as is generally done in arriving at
Estimates of population, it would show
That the end town can now boast of
Pver 100 people.
70. Sup't Crawford received letters by
luesdays belated mail stating that
resident Mcfarland, of Valley City
formal and President Carhart, of May
lille normal would both be here at the
MEETING this week of school directors
nd clerks. Sup't Alexander, of Penn
ina county. will also be here.
ofhcial notice, embodying extracts of
ne law requiring the collection of vital
lalstlcs is given publication this week.
ne fulfilling of the requirements of
us law is very necessary in order for
" proper compilation of statistics as
births. deaths and contagious diseases
the county board of health, and
were penalties are..inAicted for the vio-
ltlon thereof.
Al noon Yesterday district court adj
ufned to February 18th without TAX
any further steps in the disposition
siie barry case. The continuance in
nail OF the state was asked for by At
lney W. 3. Dickson, in the absence of
a.es Attorney Price. At the recon-
4'i's OF court on the date above named
seSpected that the boy, Werner, ar
s'e' Tor burglary of the ALERT & Co.,
- store, will be given reformatory
ntence.
.o ~. Friday afternoon, State
~ otockwell comes to Langdon to
a r.eSs the first annual meeting of Ca
', y, county school directors and
as' Inc sessions held both days are
70 all and especially are teachers
parents urged to make an extra
wv W. 70 attend. The program arranged
i've tnat the topics have been espec-
- "elected by Co. supt. Crawford ow-
~ sne suggestive aid they may give
y educational lines.
4 passenger train service of the ct.
,a uern on this branch was supposed
ia change January 18th, but
~" materialize. 1t was rumored
o, ,aln from the south would arrive at
e .." in the evening and leave at
b; a'ly hour the next morning. As
lug lug OF the kind has happened there's
tha. coming we suppose, but it looks
49, patrons Of the road came
- aear experiencing return to the
y n'4ed train service that was in
y '" this branch ton years ago.