The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-03
JOB DEPARTMENT..
La Moure county farmers have or
ganized q hail insurance company.

A reunion of soldiers and sailors Of
the territory is arranged to be held at
Aberdeen Sept. 8, 8 and 10.
A. NJ. Morse, the Big Spring rancher,
was the first man in the Black Hills
to introduce German carp.
Karl Roock of Traill county is only
twenty-three years old, and is six feet
seven and onc-half inches high and
weighs 36s pounds.
As Ed Oney of Clearwater was tax.
ing a valuable bay team from water
ing to the barn, one OF the horses, for
which he had been offered 5000 stepped
into n hole and broke it's neck.
Edward Whalen, editor of the Mad.
ison Sentinel, has begun suit against
}. Il. Stahl, of the Leader, to recover
$4,000 damages forlibel.
G. X. King, publisher OF the Trail
County Times, has unaccountably dis
appeared.
The man known as "the duke OF
Argyle" Special Land Agent Jaycox's
chief witness i'll certain cancellation
cases, was, at Aberdeen, bound over
to the district court in $500 on the
charge OF mansluughter.
St. Johns day was observed by the
Masonic fraternity of Huron and visit
ing members from various parts OF the
county. DIR. j. ii. Moore OF Lake
Byron delivered an address.
j. NJ. Tuohy, night editor ofthe Far
go Argus, has been appointed clerk of
the court for Pembina county.
An Indictment for libel has been
found by the grand jury Of Kingsb,ry
county against j. G. Stowe, formerly
editor Of tho Howard Farm
er, but now managing editor of the
Of Rev, j. e'Ss'' s. shs11aua' Gh 'o%pIsht ;. Met1t
odist minister of De Snlet, The form
er last March published anarticle con
cerning Rev. Shetland and a Young
woman living in the latter's family
upon which the charge OF libel is based.
Rev Shetland is under Indictment in
this count y for holding up ut the point
OF pistol an Alexandria doctor at -
hotel at Villas in Maych ast, at the
time he article above referred to was
published, AMI compelling him tosiyn
papers a,n' give up what spare change
he possessed. The affair was shroud-
sd IN mystery, but enough came to
light to show IL woman was at the bot
tom Of it.
Mayor Il. NJ. Fuller of Bismarck:
took the remains OF John w. Edwards
TO kulpcrsvilIe. PA. Edwards WAS
drowned from Siblcy isl,rMl last Nov
ember, and his body VETS found in Nav
lust onn sandba. opposite Fort Yates.
The body being identified as that ofan
Odd Fellow,
There was slight touch of frost in
many places on the night OF the 2lst.
John A. Wilson, one OF thewcalthiest
pioneers OF Moorly county, was found
dead in his bed,
Ore has been discovered in the poco.
hantas mine that runs 5000, 600 to
the ton.
Three inches of rain fell at Huron
the first fifteen days of June. ;.
Two physicians of Aberdeen recent
ly charged DIR. Bergoff of Westport
with malpractice, in Consequence of
which said doctor brings a SlO.OOO
libel sultag;'inst the complaining doc.
tors.
Henry Spencer, young man about
twenty years Of agc, living in Hand
county, committed suicide by Shoots
ing himself with shotgun.
The next meeting of the territorial
board of agriculture takes place ot
Hulon July 8.
In one OF the newest counties Of the
the assessor states that
he found fully 200 vacant slacks, per-
halhs fourth OF all the claims taken.
Young men, without families in most
eases, had invested S15 or $40 in n
shack. plowcd the few acres required.
ant perhaps occasionally spent n
night on the claim during the six
months, and p,ovelup and gone, hold
ing the land for speculation.
The school census at Bisrnarck
shows more females of marriaecable
age than males-239 to 21b. Several
OF the Dakota towns afford similar fig
ures, which do not bear out the inn
preston that the young men are all
frantic to marry. 1t is claimed at
bismarck that the big count is ofthose
under y years OF age. In most of the
towns there will be found an astonish-
ing number less than years old.
Forest City, Potter county, suffered
from Il cyclone lately.
At the tiremun's tournament MI
Sioux Falls, in the hose-coupling con-
test Sioux Falls takes first prize
Time, q 4-5 seconds. Aberdeen was
second. In the novelty hook and lad
der race, Mitchell took first prize; time,
l3-1Oseconds. In the three hundred.
yard hose race, Sioux Falls took first
prize; time, 46l-9 Seconds; Chamber
fourth,
Andrew Helgerson, prominent
young merchant OF Minor, a few days
ago married Miss Grace Phelps. q
charming belle OF the place, and the
happy twain have gone for bridal
tour,
At Highmore, in Hyde county, a
justice of the peace who could not find
anyone in his section up to his IDEAL
with "a young, educated
and loving gorphangirl, as she described
herself, i'll the Fast, and u marriage
engagement resulted, on the strength of
letters and photographs, and he com
piled with her request tosend her 5000
for an outfit. This is the last the
fleeced justice has heard OF her or his
money,
The more the candidates and their
friends i'll Dakota find out about the
purposes at Washington in regard to
no filling OF the Offices in the territory
the less they seem to KNOW Prophets
md the men with confidential infor-
nation are at = discount. Nothing