The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-01-25

and his asssts, after deductfng all exemp-
tion-, amount to SIS 90.
Q. 8. Palmer, assistsnt Uaited S.ates at.
tornsy for Dakots, heretofore located ..
Yankton, has been ordered to transfer his
headauarterl to Fargo.
Twenty families from Jefferson, Wiz,
will locate in Aurora county In the spring.
\ Ihe man reported frog IN 20 death at Law.
e. vas . section hand, who 10, not dead,
and oil Is right.
Ths Hughes county grand Jury has in.
dicted Q man who took up stray animal
and failed to advertise 1t.
The Burleish county bar unites In rec.
commencing George F. Flanrery for Judge
of the Thiri dictrict.
Fred Brown ot 1.stchsr, stols a deed
which hls grandmother eAve him To mail,
sold it cr tl.000 and blsw in the money.
he has been arrested.
Land SCENTS at Huron are making rack
ct over the decision of tho commissioner Of
the general land ONCE that fnsl proof pa
p-rs msy be made by local land offises fer
small fees.
Rsv. NJ. NJ. Tooke Of Rockford, Ill.,, who
has bean appointed nusnoial agent Of the
,niversity of Dakota now building
has reported an oatsids subscription OF
over 100000 and says he can double the
amount by september.
The county comm,ssioners have over
ruled the protest OF the Temperance associ.
alton Of Mt. Vernon, bat compromised the.
matter BY allowing license to only two %.
l l'ons ins cad Of the saveral applying.
Joseph Sues who rspsd little girl in the
Jim river iimbsr rear Sioux Falls. last
month, has been found guilty, and will 90
to the Territorial penitentiary for term
Of not less than ten years.
The business Of the Grand Forks land Of.
ics for Dtesmber wasi 375 pre- emption
filings, 60 600 scres; 1923 homestead entries.
1915 acre l5l timber culture entries,
1857 scres; 2e4 cash entries, 53,945 acres;
Al final proofs, ave yesn' resid .uce, 6.5ss
.cres. Total 1853, 2s5 acres.
The new college building at O.dway Is
to be fifty by eighty iees for the main bull l.
ing, with wing Oh 81 her side forty-two
By thirty-two feet.
IFS now generally believed that the farm.
er Matthias Larson, who was found dead in
his house on his farm near Woonsocket.
Was murdered, as he was known to have
had considerable moLey. which he carried
on bis person. The money is gone ard can
not be accounted for.
Tue examipa.ioa Of Marx Wellstein oi
Fargo. charged with obtaining several
thousand dollars worth Of goods from
Milwaukee dealers, occap'el NEST of ths
time OF the Milwaukee municipal court
recently. The testimony was Of . ve,y
damaging character, and he will probably
bs held for trial.
Father ST. g p al Of Jamestow nhss been
appo nted by nisn12 Irtian DIST. Paul aud
Brhop Marty of Dakota tu supsriateni i'm.
III rat on to the Northwe,t, and will visit
New York in few day ys on that business
W. 9. Kelly, charged with poisoning
Capt. Il, ffnan ct Fort Bsnpet, has beaa 30
quilted. a;ter trial in the Territorial court
at Yankton.
Father Sheehan Of Yankton has recsntlv
received and placed in good homes, twenty
i've poor children from Boston.
Receiver Chandler, of the Yankton land
ohics. hes gone to Rhode Island, where he
Was married on the 18th inst.
The Citizens National Bank of Grand
Forks has elected; President, J. 8. E.hel
man; vice president, J. Walker smith,
cashier, 8. 8. Titus. The pital stock Of
$4,000 was doubled.
The Fin National Bank Of Grand Forks
elected: President John McKe vsy; vice
president, William Bulge; cashier, @. e
Burleli.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. F. Thomas ofvalley City
wers asphyxiatsd by coal gas. and their
lives ware saved only BY the gro.tes. efforts.
The arrest ofW. L. Finch, postmaster q,
Ellendale, upon charge of emb zs!ement.
hes revived in the minds of those who
lived here two years ego similar affair, in
which he figured prominently. Whileserv.
log e. assistant to ex. Postmaster B .rtlett a,
that time he was discovered $500 short H.
postal funds, said to have been lost in
ga.lbli g, which HE father.in law subse
queatly made good.
Richard Newell was brouz zht down to Far.
60 from Grand Forks by one OF Pinkertou's
detectives, charged With burning the Mani
tooa railroad bridge near Msnvsl. He w.s
examined before Judge Guptill and placed
under bonds Of 81. 600. In default of which
he was placed IN the county Jail. Newell
had team Of horses killed BY the cars for
which he received no compensation. and it
Il ale cd that he nas made frequent threats
Of getting even with the company.
Rev. Dr. I. N. Pardse. superintendent Of
NJ. e. Missions for Dakota, goes east to se.
cure moro funds TO assist in building O
number Of churches Of that denomination
in Dakots next spr ;ng.
Moro Judges for Dakota.
Mitchell, OAK, Special Correspondence.
A we'll attended meeting of the bar
Of South Dakota was held in this city to
take action toward securing the neces.
sary congressional legislation giving
more judges to Dakota Territory. A
memorial was agreed upon, and will be