The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-05-02
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trade of the saloon heretofore carried on
by Archie Buie. Archie intends TO quit
the liquor business.
The farmers have rather dolefuI APP
pearance, as the continued downfall of
rain prevents them from making any pro-
gress with seeding.
A. Murpley, coroner of this county,
took his departure from our midst hast
evening for Minneapolis where he is like
ly to locate permanently
A petition was forwarded last week to
Hon. Knute Nelson, requesting him to
use his best en,ieayors to have congress
make All appropriation for the building
of a bridge across the Red river.
| Quite a discussion arose in the village
council in regard to the transfer of isuic's
liquor license to Griswold. Two trustees
being i'll favor of charging fee Of SIS
for the transfer; the motion was lost.
We neglected to announce last week
that there is now an accommodation
train which leaves this place ut . o'clock,
A. NJ, and connects with the eastern ex.
press Crookston. The accommodation
arrives here at $50, p. NJ.
feWe regret to announce the death of the
Wife Of Duncan Cameron which occurred
on the oath ult. Death was caused by
bleeding of the lungs. Their home was
about four miles from town. They had
been married nearly two years.
The village trustees are about to dis
pose of bonds to the amount of six or
eight thousand dollars thousand will
go to pay off the village Indebtedness; one
for repairs of roads and sidewalks, and
four or six thousand are to be expended
in the erection Of court house and Jail.
Avery sad accident through which a
young man, Ia boiler maker by trade and
employed in the round house,) lost his
life occurred last Tuesday evening; the
particulars are as follows: George Man
gin and John Kruse started on a railroad
yelocipede for Emerson ON the evening
mentioned, at about Z O'clock; arriving
there they made few purchases, and on
their return, when short distance this
side Of the boundary line Mr. Kruse hap
lpened to look back and saw q. p. r. en-
CINE not more than twenty feet behind
them. He made jump and at the same
time called to Mangin who was sitting
in front and working the velocipede, but
before the poor fellow had time to move
the engine was upon him and almost
severed him in two; the upper and lower
extremities were only held together by a
small piece of skin above the small of his
back. Death was instantaneous. The
coroner's jury which was impanelled the
next dav brought in the verdict that the
deceased George Mangin came to his
death from being run over by a Canadian
Pacific railroad engine which was run
ming backwards without reflector at the
rear. Young Kruse escaped without a
scratch. This is the second death which
has occurred by the Z. P. X. engines
running backwards without tail re-
fector. All railway hands agree that
this last death would never have
occurred if such light had been carried
or if the engine had run head first as
it should. The noise made by veloc-
pede will not allow person riding one
to hear that made Ivy an engine. conse-
quently the only safeguard at night is
reflector, such as the st. P. NJ. & NJ. en-
gnes carry at both head and rear. The
parents of the deceased reside at Aurora
ILL.,, where the body was forwarded in
charge of Mr.. Stalks, foreman of the
shops at this place.