The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-07
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Crop Reports. Personal, Social and
Business Items, Gathered up
By an INTERPRETING Corps
Of Correspondents
From
Bathgate. Drayton, Walhalla, Park
town, st. Thomas, Mountain,
Romfo, Neche, Hyde Park
Alma, Fremount, Cava-
Ner and Hamilton,
BATnGATE.
Duck hunting is the favorite sport these
days.
Prairie chickens ara plentiful this
year.
In spite of the wet weather, a large
amount of hay was put up last week.
Mrs. Nm. Foster is able to be around
again after long spell of sickness.
We are informed that two new firms
are talking of starting business in Bath
gate.
Prof ]. B. Robinson attended the
teachers convention at Grand Forks and
reports profitable time.
Green & McKinna are steadily build
ing up their trade. They are handling a
large amount of -four and bran.
As an evidence of the advancement Of
Pembina county, u good many farmers
are buying machinery for cash.
Episcopal services held at the school
house OH Sunday were we'll attended.
Services will bc held alternate Sundays
there.
j. j. Anger has his stock ofgroceries
on the shelves, and will he glad to show
his goods tc anyone now; his dry goods
have not arrived yet.
Business has been brisk during the
past week. All of our merchants have
had more trade than they prepared fol
and have had to duplicate their orders.
Tough & Fadden's horse blizzard I" is
making better record this year than
even the owners hoped for INN. He il
certainly fine horse and deserves
notice.
Luke & Watt have been making some
changes i'll their storeroom. They have
enlarged their clothing department and
will soon have very large stock of goods
on hand.
Messrs. Smith and Holt who have beer
here some time with w. ]. Ferguson
from Washington Territory, started home
this week. They answered good many
questions while here about the Pacific
slope. They are old timers there and
are pleasant men to meet.
DO you have any mosquitoes out your
way.
A number of berry pickers we're pois
oned with ivy.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Wallace returned from
Ontario last week.
The Alsop arrived Saturday. She is
making quick trips this summer
Haying IS being done after a fashion
but the clerk of weather must be out.
Four yearlings in the pasture of Mich.
ael Burke have died, it is supposed with
black-leg.
Daniel johnson had a finger crushed
in the grader last week and is suffering
considerably from it.
Your correspondent just met DR.. Mus
grove lighting his cigar with Il ten dollar
bill. Physics must be good.
The new horsepower OH the west side
of the elevator is quite an addition and
when the whole is painted will be a thing
of beauty and a joy forever.
The Drayton B. 3. club is to play the
st. Thomas nine at the latter place on
Friday. We wish the boys success and
will report progress next week.
A Sunday School picnic will be held in
the woods, on Wednesday the 18TH, if a
suitable place can be found in Minnesota
opposite the town it will be held there,
Thomas Edwards extends his hearty
thanks to the PIONEER EXPRESS for the
notice given of his lost Pig; it has been
returned to him through the direct agency
of the minute description given in your
Last paper.
We will guarantee that Mrs. Chas.
Edwards of this place has driven more
miles and picked more berries this season
than any other one person in Pembina or
Walsh county; We dare not state the
quantity.
wALHALLA.
Mr.. Noracong. the deputy collector of
US. customs, passed through on his way
to Pembina.
Rev. Geo. A. scllram, of Pe,nbina,
preached in town Sunday morning, hav-
ing changed with Mr.. Mcnamara.
Some of our young people went up to
Beaulieu to the church social and picnic,
and did not return till early Saturday
morning.
Andrew Mccullough, the artist from
st. Thomas, was in town OIL Saturday, but
the day was too dark and cloudy to take
any pictures.
The fourth quarterly meeting of the
NJ. L. church for the Ernest Circuit will
be held in Walhalla on Saturday 9Th and
Sunday 9th Of August.
A bear and two cubs were seen by
one of our young men OH the south side
of the river. There will be some fun
this fall for our daring lluntsrnen.
Briggs Grow, whose stables and other
buildings were destroyed last winter by
fire, has completed his new outhouscs
and has moved onto the farm again.