The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-11-16
Peter Nelson, a Swede, had his foot
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Peter Nelson, Swede, had his foot
injured by train at Madison about two
weeks since, and has since been
charge on the company at Bismarck.
He became very despondent over his
inability to support his family, and last
evening, while in the court house, he
obtained possession of shoemakor's
knife and cut his throat from ear to ear.
He leaves wife and two children des-
titute.
There are seventy four convicts in the
Sioux Falls pen,tentiary.
The good people of Keystene in Dick.
ey county, were terribly shocked on a
recent Sunday to see the men at work
on the new Presbyterian church inst as
on other days. There was righteous
insurrection and the workmen were
forced to stop from the ''sacrilegious in
iquity."
Reports from northwest Dakota state
that the buffalo hunte RS are giving up
their usual fall and winter hunts on &C.
count of the scarcity of game.
Theielevator used for hoisting mate
rial to the top Of the capitol building, at
Bismarck broke from its fastenings, and.
with six workmen on board. shot down
to the basement. a distance OF fifty feet.
No one was killed, but all of the men
we're badly injured.
1t is expected to have the new church
at DEVILS Lake ready for dedication
Dec. 2. The building will cost 81 800,
about half of which has been raised by
the DEVILS Lake people,
The dome and large portion of the
outer walls of the capitol at Bismark are
up to the third story, while the face
brick and stone columns are complete to
| the second story. Altogether there are
about twenty-niEe feet to be added to
the height Of the structure before the
roof can be laid. MIR. Wright SAYS the
building will be enclosed this fall and
everythingin readiness for interior work
during the winter.
At Painted Woods fifteen miles north
of Bismarck, two Swedes, named Au.
gust Oleson aud Andrew Nelson, were
engaged in digging we'll. Just before
quitting work the other evening they
cut through a two.foot vein of coal. Yes
terday morning Nelson was letting OLE
son down in the bucket, and when down
distance of about twenty feet the lat
ter was overcome with foul air and fell
from the bucket to the bottom. a distance
of fiftv feet. Nelson supposed he had
accidentally fallen, and, calling upon an
other man to work the windlass, him.
self began to ascend to the assistance of
his companion. When down a few feet
he. too, was overcome and fell to the
bottom. Graphing hooks were procured
and the two men raised to the surface,
dead. They we're both married and
leave families at Painted Woods.
A fire occurred at Fargo in the section
of the city known MS The Hollow. The
structure burned belonged to female Of
salacious memory, called Nellie Otis,
and had been just completed, and was
about to be opened as q house of ILL
fame. The building was worth $l5.OO,
and the fire was doubtless incendiary.
The FIRE department was not brought
out. There was no insurance.
At Sioux Falls the Commercial house
fand livery and the old Cascade house
have burned to the ground.
1t is almost impossible to get anything
definite in the Ward case at DEVILS
Lake. 1t is kno wn that the case is be-
inc investigated before ther grand Jury.
It leaks out that an Indictment will Ee
brought against different parties for
granddaughter.
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