The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1883-08-10
Passing Events.

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Passing Events.
There are 81, 0OO, 900 acres Of land in
Michigan, Of which about 81, OOO, 900 acres
are unoccupied o. uninproved. "A com.
pany has recently been organized at
Detroit to encourage immigration ana
negotiate the sale OF this now neglected
land. Z;
The word "store," meaning place
where business is carried on, has nows
good legal, as we'll as literary, standing
in this country. The supreme court Of
Massachusetts, has decided that the nat.
ural import anu common use of tho
word "store," when applied to a build.
ing, is to designate place where traf.
fc is carried on in goods, wares and
merchandise.
The Salvation Army is a religious BODY
composed partly ofhonest fanatics and
partly of very worldly sort of people
who join the ranks for a variety of rea.
sons. This body is Differed the same
as an army, with generals. colonies, can.
tains, beside privates. They march in
military order, and take positions on
the street or in parks or in public halls
ane pray and sing in loud and some.
times ludicrous manner. Their manner
of procedure Is often offensive, and in
some cities in Europe they have been
mobbed and driven out.
It Is known now that queen Victoria
will continue to oppose the construc ton
of q railway between Ballater and Bra.
mer, because the line cannot be made
invisible from Balmoral Castle, The
castle ia so situated in the valley of the
River Dee, which is>narrow at this point
and hemmed in by mountains, that il
would be impossible to make the line
invisible without constructing q yery
long tunnel. This would Ne far too ex.
pensive work. The queei is quite de.
termined to resist any invasion of her
Highland seclusion.
Few words are commoner in the Ian.
guage of the newspapers than tile word
alleged" says writer in "Macnillan's
Magazine" To allege snythipg, if the
old meaning be good is to affirm 1t with
the exactness of despa Gu. Bat
the participle Of this verb has found
new service. Whenever any doubt s
felt that murder is murder the
deed is soitened to an "alleged" murder.
Whenever man loses his watch and
his senses and cannot tell exactly how
they went, the lamented occurrence il
chronicled as an alleged robbery" Ac.
cording to these new linguistic lights an
allegation means a guess.
Lori Salisbury, in giving away the
prizes at Kings College, said, II never
look back without feeling of some Bit
serness to the many hours during which
Twas compelled to produce the nost
execrable Latin verse in the world.
believe that ifa commission of dstin.
guished men were appointed to discover
what is the most perfectly useless aeon.
plishment the human mind can he
turned, a large number would agree
that versifcation OF the dead languages
would be that accomplishment" This
is undoubtedly truth expressed from an
Schools is melancholy labor. At Kings 4
College there was prize for Latin 1
prose, but none for Latin verse;.
A new post.office has ju been organ /
ICED in Laurens County, Ga, and, as
eople will soon be inquring how it came
to receive the queer name it bears.
may be as we'll to tell the story now,
Several citizens who had interested /.
themselves ins the establishment
of the Office, asked for reasons
crafty or otherwise, that il 4
night be named "Hatton" The depart.
ment. with unaccountable mohesty, re.
piieu That 1t would not accede to the re. |
quest, as there was an Office of tina,
name in the state already. To this the
reply came: We'll, then, suppose you
callit 'Hatoff' ifyou can't call i, 'Hatton."
Tie suggestion vas accepted and Chat
OF" is the name of the office.
Leading colored men in Boston, har
ing secured paper called the News
Leader, will publish it under the nanny
of The Hub, company by that name
havin. been formed. The editor is Mr.
Butler r. Wilson, young man who il 4
III his la tyear at the Boston University \
Law school. It will .be republican in Z
politics.
Mr.. Justice Moule sentenced a rura! I
prisoner in England in the following
words: prisoner at the bar, your coun. 4
Gil thinks you innocent, the counsel iol 4
the prosecution thinks you innocent
thiEk you innocent. But Jury of /
Your own countrymen, in the exercise /
OF such common sense as they p5ssess:
which does not seem to be much, have
found you guilty. and it remains thalI
should pass on you the sentence OF tEtes1
law, That is, that you be kept impris.
oned one day, and as that day was YES
, Zero you may go about your t6us'