The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1884-03-21

- No914e0Gy 10Mbe1B fully $50 600
Ihs b0l n % framed that no political con.
adRataons affecting the next prsaidenaa
Slsction arc involved, ~ tho state cannot b<
admitted until after tho election.
The saloon license at Aberdeen has
been increased to $500 year.
At the recent election the no license
question was settled in favor Of prohi-
tion in Kingsbury county.
James Devereaux has been arrested
and taken to Huron, charged with steal
ing horse from Mr.. Golfer.
E. NJ. Webb of Huron, has been ar.
rested on charge of malicious mischief
in the destruction Of 81, 600 note.
The girl Nellie Collins of Grand
Forks, who has caused sensation on
account Of the arrest of young man
for abducting her, has been married to
. Canadian named Young, in spite of
her mothers protests.
Ole Halvorsen, q NORWEGIAN farmer
residingnear Reynolds, while arranging
the harness of his team, was kicked to
death by one Of his horses.
An effort is being made to transfer the
s sss & & tas hsheGa Ms5S pEsE sy,b
been made to Judge Hudson for q change
Of venue.
A letter from . British Syndicate to .
mortgage and investment company at
Pierre offers to purchase Dakota real
estate bonds to the amount of $1,000
900.
The elevator Of Cargill Bros. at
Kinkred, ON the Manitoba road, burned
on Monday. Loss, q, 900, on building;
insurance, ~ 600; contents not known.
A Grand Forks mother-in-la law burned
all her daughters clothes and trinkets
in rage ct her marriage.
George w. Vincent, of Bartlett, got
drunk at Detroit, Mimi, fell ON the rail-
road track and was cut to mincemeat by
passing train.
The final proof papers of seven Indi-
ans were received at the government
land Office in Huron on The 9Th inst.
Proof was made on homesteads. that
being the only claim an Indian is per-
mitted to take.
Mcpherson county was organized on
the 7th. All the county Offices were
filled by the commissioners until the
fall election. Leols, situated ON Sec
Gons II and 20, township 1876, range
81, is the county seat.
The house committee on Indian sf.
fairs have favorably reported the bill to
grant the right Of way of the Dakota
Central railway company through the
Great Sioux reservation. The bill
granting the same to the Chicago. Mil
wsukee' & st. Paul railway will be ta-
ken up at the next meeting of the com.
mittee.
A Fargo dispatch says: The matter
Of lack of judges in this territory has
increased to the proportions Of crying
evil and has already cost many thou
sands Of dollars to the United States as
we'll as to those having suits. A very
long calendar of the district court here
remains as yet almost untouched, the
court up to the present time sitting al
most wholly as . United States court.
A man named Adams with compan-
ion robbed q drunken man ct Mitchell
Of between $500 and $500 in cash. The
trio had been drinking together during
the night. and in treating the man who
was robbed exhibited his money freely.
Adams had about 800 of the spoils on
his person when arrested and It is sup
posed that he and his friend had divided.
At Pembina, by the burning of VIM.
Masons livery stable, there were some
very valuable horses destroyed, the not
able ones being Mr.. Booker's 2:4O
horse, valued at $500; Mr.. Bookwalter's
(the collector of customs) three-minute
horse, valued at $3.50; Customs Inspec-
tor Cavalier team, valued at $500. Mr..
Mason had an insurance of 5000 on
the building and it's contents, $1,000 be-
ing on the building, $1, 500 on the house,
81 900 on buggies and robes, and $500
on hay and grain; q, 900 being in the
Insurance Company Of North America
and $3, 600 in the Home Insurance Of
New York. Eleven Of the horses
burned belonged to Mr.. Mason himself.
The entire loss will be about $4,000.
Hon. W. G. Metcalf, clerk Of the dis
trict court and United States commits.
sioner, is announced Is candidate for
the postmastership atr Mitchell and i
receiving general Endorsement.
Judge Edgsrton has appointed . lsdy
stenographer for the present court, q
sister Of ex-Gov. Davis Of Minnesota.
6ergt. Swepstone from Fort sully
took the remains Of his brother, who
shot himself at Fort Yates, to Creola,
Ohio. 81 !
The case Of W. II. Matteson, of The
Fargo 9ua,fos using language in hi.
| paper calculatsd % brin ths cou.t intc
his coats isson tri6 Tho eases i
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