The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-03

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Wednesday. a spafk ifom ths snsins
Isnited : ks1s heap d stsaw3 near The
Dspasator, which would have bssa burn.
ID hut ~ The sfrsnuous exertiens a the
men, who bsat the nre out With sacks r.
bef 4 had 9ained considerable headWay.
TIM PsmblnA sr,st mill will soon be In
operation. During the past week the
head miller, Th0s. DaviA formerly II
Mimi, and tie engineer, Mr..
DoFmer, from Emerson, have been put
linz the machinery In order for work.
Ar. Traill viii buy wheat next week,
which viii be scored at the mill ware
rooms.
NEARLY three weeks Of unbroksn dine
weather up to Wednesday evening lest
allowed the farmers u Pembina county
% ct their Rrain In pretty satisfactory
Ihape. There 4 very little grain now
sanding out In shock, and not . few
farmers ara through threshing. Wheat
will grade higher than last year and the
price, though now far too low, shows IN
upward tendency.
We are rsquested by the young ladies
ofthe n. +. chuych 10 ny that they are
arranging for = boz sociabls to b held q
the residence Of Nm. g. n. Strong on
Tuesday evening next It 8 O'Clock. They
promise . sociable and pleasant evening,
with plenty Of vocal and instrumental
music, besides other amusement. Gentle
men arc requested TO bring along their
Q do.
Tar (iame Festival last Friday evening
was well attended and proved very suc.
cessfhl. Il being . new departure in the
way of church entertainments, some
anxiety was manifested - to tho result,
but when they found. that the receipts Of
the evening amounted to $526 30 the ladies
were more than satis6ed. The Pembina
Comet Band were present and enlivened
the proceedings, . few solos by Mr.. A.
Smith being;highly appreciated.
FRox the Winnipeg Free Press We
gather that Harry 9. belonging TO Mr.
Charlton Of this town, WAS considered
the best horse ON the tracksat the Winni.
peg races last week, though In the "a
minute race he took second. prize, win.
ming two heats out Of i've. The track
owing to recent rains was In. poor condi.
ton, and Harry q. being young horse
was thrown At . disadvantages an nm.
even track with other older horses Of
long training.
II t.reshers and those who will dc
more or les work around threshine
machines this fall and winter feel dis
posed TO take . few words Of advise OF
edmonton, We would say beware Of
accidents. Last season several severe
accidents occurred in Pembina county,
and 1t is almost too much to hope that
there will be none this year. But Il
great care be exercised they should be
very few and light. We can sincerely
hope that this may b %. 4 least.
BEND % news. Any reader Of the
PIoNEER ExPREs, whether . correspon.
dent or not. 10 At liberty TO send % On
account Of any event that might be inter.
esting to county readers. Our corps Of
correspondents, who ere more numerous
and faithful than those connected with
any other paper in the territory, cannot
always cover the whole ground. 80 we
invite each individual reader ofthe PIox.
EER ExPRrss to come to our assistance
We will not feel at allRrieved il two re.
ports of the same occurrence reach us,
which will sometimes happen. We are
determined to give our readers and Pc.
irons first class county paper, and in
doing 90 our friends can render ~ vaIua.
bic assistance. Let u hear from you
early and often.
DAKOTA will be well represented ut the
New Orleans exposition. A despatch
from Bismarck last week stated that q
score Of men have been busy three day.
packing and boxing ready for shipment
samples for the New Orleans exposition
The collection Il the greatest ever sent
from this region. Il will make two Q,
three carloads. The samples include
over twenty kinds ofgrain, thirteen kinds
Of wheat, and - many Of oats, all kind,
Of barley, fax, millet, corn, peas, buck.
wheat and every kind of vegetables, sor.
plum and wild and tame fruit. Nearly
every county in the territory has con.
tributed to the fund and will send sam.
pies. It 10 expected at least twenty car.
loads will 60 from Dakota. United States
Commissioner Mckenzie ays he has
visited every part Of the territory, and
does not believe . better exhibit will be
made from any state OF territory than
Dakota. Governor Pierce 10 also taking
much interest in thu matter, and ask
the superintendent Of schools in each
county 10 send the executive about seven
hundred and fifty words before Oct. 90,
descriptive Of the advantages Of vacant
land, ETC.. Of their county. This will be
in pamphlet form for diatribu-
ton.
Nearly an Accident.
Mr.. and Mn. Chas. Wallace left on
Of Last week for New York
after visiting friends in Pembina county.
A few days later the Pioneer Press con-
kained q brief account Of the remarkable
escape Of Nrs. Wallsce from serious in
jury, and latsr . letter from Mr.. Wallace
yupplied particulars. Il seems that Mr..
and Nm. Wallace were on their way
from the dining car TO the sleeper, q
their train was approaching the bridge
over the Mississippi at Lacrosse. It was
raining at the time and pitch dark. Mr..
Wallace carried their little boy, Roy, and
the conductor followed with Mrs. w. and
LEFT her on the platform Of the sleeper.
She. supposing that she was just inside
the door instead Of outside, turned to the
RIGHT tO E,llOv the raaoaoa arnund Tho