The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-12-26

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Peter Halloy, IN old time resident oi
Bismarck, died at Medora.
Sphinx county, Dak.. must pay the
piper to the tune Of at least %, ,OO0.s
Okoboii viii soon have arst-class.
douring mill, the first in sully county,
The town Of Fountain, in Brookings
county. had two deaths from smallpox
recently.
During the past year Devils Lake
hes invested 4S5, 5,165 in buildings and
improvements.
Building improvements IN Madison
the past year totaled forty y-thresansw
buildings, costing tl6o. .ooO Is ! -
Petitions are csifcalsat1s d Huron,
and visinits aalins Nc issislasara y
grant xbman Suffrage. 80 ! :
Capt: Isaac stQsk1elI ia Sid Ind
prominent citizen 81 Yankton; died III
that city FROM the effects of 1 cancer:
Hank Lewis, ohare;ed with the murder
Of City Marshal Pierce al Mitchell has
been granted q change Of venue to Au.
rora county.
| Stahls hotel; Neche, burned and sew
sral railroad men Who were staying there
over night had narrow escaps ifom be:
ing burned to death.
A recent fire in jamestown destroyed
property to the amount of $1,000. aud
not sls, ono, IS at first reported-which
was largely covered by insurance.
Among the prominent candidates for
for speaker of the next house are Mark
Ward, Of Mitchell, Williams of Bis.
marck, and Martin 81 the Black Hills:
Ex-Vice President Colfax will deliver
an Grafton at the sixty-sixth anniversary
celebration to be held by the Odd Eel.
lows of South Dakota, in Huron, or
Monday, April 81.
Business at tue United States land
office in Watertown has materially in.
creased Of late, so the officials state, in
the line Of contesting, cancellations and
original filings.
Holabird, on the Dakota division of
the Northwestern, and porterviile. Wis,
on the Chippeway Valley division of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul, have been made
regular stations.
K. Thompson, E. Estenson, j. J.
Gunderson, y. o. Henjum and j. W,
Walters we're arrested for removing
stone from school section at Dell Rap.
ids, and taken to Yankton.
Capt. Rockwell of Fort Lincoln has
been appointed chief ordnance officer
ofthe department of Dakota, vice Cap.
tain Bennett who goes to Washington
IS inspector Of rifle practice.
A deputy United States marshal at.
tempted to arrest Lean Elk, Red Shirt
and other Indians at Cheyenne agency.
Tor horse stealing, but Agent Swan re.
fused to give up the redskins.
| The we'll known Towner farm, nea,
Mapes, comprising 2,24O acres, 1000 oI
which is broken, and upon which ther,
are some first-olass buildings, was pur.
chased by John s. Sinclair, scotcl
capitalist.
Claus slegiman, formerly agent o:
the st. Paul harvester works at Andov.
or. has been convicted of robbing
George Humphrey of 41O3, the money
being found under the floor of Slegi-
mans claim shanty.
E. J. Travis, formerly agent of the
Gilmer & Salisbury stages, of the Fort
Benton steamer line, while suffering
from mania potu at Deadwood, attempt
ed to kill himself with knife. Travis
had been sheriff of Lincoln county,
New, but lost friends and standing
through gambling.
The Episcopal Indian women Of Elan.
dfau have established guild on the
sewing society plan. They not only
manufacture fancy articles with the nee
die, but make pipes. ornaments of
pipestone and retail the latest gossip,
according to the most approved fashion
of their white sisters.
Robert Earl, of Howard, was arrest
ed and pleaded guilty of adultery with
the wife of James Otter, formerly Of
Grand Meadow, Mower county, MINI.
Mrs. Otter was recently adjudged in
sane, and is the mother of q large
family, some of them grown to manhood
and womanhood.
A board Of officers has been appoint-
ed at each of the posts of Fort Magin-
mis-, A. Lincoln, Meade, Totten, Ran
dali, Ellis, Bennett and Pembina to ex.
anime and report upon the qualifica.
tions Of enlisted men for appointment
as post quartermaster sergeants. The
pay and allowances which attach to the
position of post quartermaster sergeant
make it very desirable one, and the
appointment is much sought after by
those who consider themselves eligible.
Edmund Hackett. the husband of the
woman who attempted suicide by cutting
her throat with q butcher knife at Min
newauken, is q former mayor of Bis
mark and at present commissioner Of
McHenry county. The following note
was found concealed in the woman'e
sleeve: Edmund, I do not know the
secret. I am innocent. That child is
yours. swear it. I die easy. See
what your oldest son has done for both
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