The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-07-27
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Mi Hewitt Of Grafton, is visiting
Aissds III Bathgate.
Iii Nr. Birch that has charge Of the
drove q town cattle.
Mr.. estes seems to be dong large
and lucrative business in his brewery.
Considerable building has been goins
on in Bathgate during the past week.
Farm hands are receiving about thirty
dollars per month, and seem to be in de
nand.
On last Monday some of the boys il
blue from Fort Pembina were in town.
Mis Delahai has returned to her home
.ssr Drayton.
Pay car came up Monday night and
ma.ss some of the boys happy.
DR.. Sutton, county coroner, is kept busy
these days.
Tom Stewart of Neche, made his many
friends in Bathgate happy last Saturday.
Come again Tom.
The ball ON Monday night was well
attended and is pronounced success by
all.
The rapidly increasing freight traffic
On this rail road must necessarily COM
snand IN extra freight train.
ConsesAas1tswa.t has been quite busy
sseently making arrests, principally in tie
western part Of the county.
stasioa Agent Pixley, started for Min
nasots iast Sunday whore he will spend
short vacation.
The Misses Armstrong are expe ted
daily from Minnesota where they have
been attending school.
Mr.. Medium has the largest and Lest
stock Of ice along this line Of road and in
the county.
Hayinx is the principal work just now
In orr country, and right pleasant is the
perfume Of the new mown hay.
On Friday Of last week good many of
our young people went over to Emerson
to see the sights, and they saw them.
One day Last week, Frank Mercer was
called to Kenslngton by the sudden and
ssssre illness of his wife, who is now
improving.
Nj. ]. L. McKittricA is back from his
two weeks trip through Minnesota, Wis
0onsin and Illinois. He reports CROPS
l0oking well in those states:
Oar butchers have sometimes found it
bard to buy enough beef cattle to supply
AsiR tsade Perhaps farmers who have
1t sa1ils niEht and aals farso,as oetl,sm
.e1sahuste.
Tho dance that was snnouneed for last
Tharsday night WAS psstponed on
aseoant q the hsasy rsin. But . good
many Of the young folks didn't forget to
e owe. 70 the restaurant and partake Of
~ hee EVAN prepared for the occasion.
Ar: tbstsrs offer to any man or men
Who will open mp the milling business
here. h ans Of the iiaost liberal we ever
hsani OF. Mr.. Ftdter is bound 70 make
,3atAssts the commercial and manufac-
tsEing csater Of Pembina county.
On Saturday night . utseting Of the
eltissas was heid 1t the school house to
take the necessary preliminary steps to-
wards incorporation. A committee
composed ofmen from different parts of
tho town was appointed to take charge of
the matter.
A few days since, while coming down
stains at the restaurant, Miss Tina Curry
slippel and fell, ipjuring her foot so
badly that she was obliged to give up
work and return to her home, where she
has been suffering since. She is reported
70 be. improving slowly.
Mr.. Merits goods are here and he
expects his family In day or two.
While Mr.. Merritt has lived among us
for year, he left his family at their,
home In Minnesota, where some of his
ahillreh were finishing their course at
school.
We have heard Z good many COM
plants recently about our county officials
betng sbsent from their Offices, es,,e.
dally the District Clerk. We have heard
men asy that when they travel thirty or
forty miles to the county seat, they would
like to find the officers there attending
hthsir official business.
rather IN interesting case is in the
hands Of our lawyerr. Two parties
nom the Mountains cut hay on land that
another man claims as his rightiul claim.
Tho two parties were arrested on q
charge oflarceny. They he'd cut about
sixty TONS Of hay bat had not removed
Il from the land. The two parties
who cut the hay also claim the land.
Reports nom Ill parts of the county
sh,w that the crops are advancing very