The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-27

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hsndl q capable committss i sood time
may 81 expected. 4 ,5:| Il. NJ! :s8Ss
& Miss Thacker, who has been. a. the
county rent for the PIT six months In
charge Of . department Of the public
school, b spending her. vacasion q her
homo few miles south Of town..
Amongst the new arrivals. this week ID
Q genuine bald headed American eagle.
Charley Chisholm has charge Of his edu.
cation and the infant promises to DO .
prodigy. All the boys Of course lend .
hand and offer suggestions. He can
drink beer aud fight like swell. an
average politician, hut 90 far they have
failed to teach him a single cuss word.
The showery weather of the past two
weeks has completely changed the ap'
pearance of the crops, and all
anxious forebodings have given place II
confidence and hope. Certainly nothing
could look better than some of the one
hundred acre wheat fields around her,
As rule, hay is light as a result of the
early drought, but all other crops are
fully up to the average of former years.
Mr.. VIM. Oliver, who has had charge
of O'Keefe & Go. store, has severed hi.
connection with that firm and expects te
leave town in few days. Billy is one o.
the most genial, kindly hearted fellows
Hamilton ever owned, and all who know
him will regret to hear that he is toleave
for Livingstone, Montana, where hi OK.
poets to 60 into business with his 6ther,
His many friends unite in wishing him
all the success he deserves.
Fred Winters has gone on q we'll earned
vacation and expects to be absent for a
month. She lives somewhere in Wiscon-
sin, and it is said will accompany Fred
on his return,
Work is to lie commenced next week
on the new elevator being built for Moore,
Thomas & Sheldon, of Gandin. Part of
the material and machinery is now on
the around, and as soon rs the balance of
the lumber arrives large force of men
Will he employed. 1t is to be built at the
foot of Third street, just north of the
present elevator. Our grain dealers are
all alive to the importance Of Hamilton
as grain market, and.intend that there
will lie ample facilities for handling the
immense amount of grain that must I've
marketed at this place.
Nobody ever supposed o. H. johnson
was what you might call big feeling
man, consequently his friends were sur
prised to see him around town with q
three dollar suit of clothes. II the
c,ot'es had been good fit nobody would
have cared. They we're originally in.
tended for Mayor Edwards, of the Fargo
Argus, but being little small aroung the
waistband, o. H. secured the outfit and,
as one of the boys remarked, he looks
like tired balloon resting on telegraph
pile. y
Our leading business men have taken
up the matter of building bridge across
the big slough, and in few hours the
other day over 500 was volunteered in
Hamilton to buy the plank. Mr.. A. Nc
Lean is looking after the business, and all
who know the gentleman need no guar
antee that the bridge viii be built.
1t is intended to have . eood sraded
road, and the farmers along the line are
all willing to assist to the utmost Of their
means. So we may reasonably expect
before snow flies to have q first-class rad
east to Toilette.
Last Wednesday evening the ladies Of
Hamilton gave complimentary social to
the Rev. Mr.. Mcnamara. A large mum.
Der were present and enjoyed the enter
tainment. A bountiful supply of cakes
Ice cream and lemonade was served in
the hall. after which the literary part Of
the programme was gone through. Mrs.
Smith and the Mises Nelson, of Penn.
bina, assisted by Mr.. Smith. gave some
very fine selections in a manner that
elected the hearty applause of the audi
ence. while Mr.. Smith in the character of
tie Dutch farm family brought down the
house. Mr.. Russell gave in good style a
classic poem. The Messrs. Weeks were
splendid in comic Rotations, and the
little folks did no inconsiderable share
towards the evenings pleasure. The
ladies without respect to UNCONVENTIONAL
l:anings. are entitled to great credit for
the success of the affair.