Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-01-29
Z Leea! Happenings &

A full report of the proceedings of the
January meeting of the board of county
commissioners will be found on pages
three and four of this weeks issue.
Wales has a masquerade ball schedul-
ed for February Bird in the Fischer hall.
Another local event is the school enter
tasnment oil the 18th of the month.
Nearly seven columns of official pro-
ceedings of the January meeting of the
board of county commissioners over
crowd the news space in the columns of
this weeks issue,
Go. Sup't Sullivan gives official notice
this week that the February teachers
examination will be held in this city and
at Munich on Thursday and Friday the
18th and 18th of the month.
Langdon's three banks carry deposits
amounting to $s69,O24.53 and show an
aggregate Of resources that now foot up
to s ,09S, SCOTT. So you see we have
passed the million dollar mark,
Dresden's post Office is reported as
having changed hands this week. [
Dawson, the new p. M, succeeding w.
H. Grail, who has been filling out the
%unexpired term of Postmaster Reilly,
deceased.
Yesterdays heavy snowfall continuing
nearly all day now gives a downfall Of
the "beautiful' of over a foot in depth
on the level. Quite a contrast to a little
over a week ago, up to which time the
the ground was bare and there had been
no sleighing whatever.
The board of county commissioners
REACHED the wind-up of a two weeks
grind of business checking up the offices
of the different county officials for the
past year. They have called a special
meeting for the middle of February,
when they will decide upon what style
ofGuilding the new county Jail is to be.
Forty names have been drawn for the
list of petit jurors who will De subpoen-
ed for the special term of district court
which convenes in Grand Forks on
Tuesday, Feb. 18th for the trial of Matt
Holum, who will be taken from this
county to Grand Forks for trial upon
the charge of numbering his wife at
Milton last June.
Sparks from an engine being used tc
grind feed set fire to the barn on the
Albrecht farm in Moscow township
The shingles on the roof we're atire
when it was discovered and but for the
fact that two large tanks of water were
standing near by, it is quite likely thai
the barn, house and other buildings
would lave been destroyed.
Next Monday is ground hog day. Ou'
belated winter not having put in ar
appearance until about two weeks ago /,
is only natural to surmise that Mr.. g
IA. will see his shadow and go into re-
tirement for a period of SIX weeks &C
cording to time honored tradition. A
late winter may be expected to forecast
a backward spring.
Elkwood post office, one of the ole
land marks along the boundary line
which dates back to the first organiza
ton Of Cavalier county some thirty years
SGD, is to be re-opened. At least that is
what a number of the older settlers
hope to accomplish. 1t will be recalled
that the Office was discontinued about
two months ago when the family of the
late W. H. Row moved into Langdon
The great distance between Elkwood
and ~neighborlng post offices makes the
present mail service very announcement
It is learned that the new p. m, may b;
G. W. Mcbride.