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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
wasl,inston News.

The government pays man $50 month
to wind the clocks in the interior depart
ment building.
The applications for places abroad, ac-
cording to Assistant Secretary OF State
Porter, number fully ten thousand.
Col. Lamont has to do the presidents
telegraphing whenever the regular operator
is absent. lie is an expert in the business.
The president is greatly encouraged by
the decrease Of the White House mail from
five hundred letters daily to about two
hundred.
Attorney General Garland's opinion in
the case OF the Dolphin simply forces the
government to bring suit against Mr.. Roach
to recover the moneys paid to him.
There are fifty applicants for the position
OF superintendent for the government reser-
walton at Hot Springs, Ark. The place is
not hard one and it pays $4,000
year.
Leave of absence for four months on a
surgeons certificate Of disa blity, with per-
granted Lieut.. A. w. Greely, Fifth cavalry,
acting signal officer =, r.''"",..
William;H. White, appointed United
States district attorney for Washington
Territory, has been resident of the terri
tory fourteen years. He was a competitor
Of Voorhees, for denomination for congress
last fall, forty-three years ofage. and i'd said
to be one OF the ablcst lawyers in the terri
Tory and one oiits most prominent citizens
John Roach, the builder and contractor
pfthe Dolphin, decliaedl to say anything
about Attorney General Garland's opinion
that the government need not accept the
vessel. He had not beenqfticially informed
that the government does not want the ves-
sci. u shall have something to say when
the time conles," was the most reckless
statement that Mr.. Roach permitted him-
self to make.
Secretary Lamar has decided to divide
the responsibility Of the department be-
tween his two assistants. First Assist
ant Secretary Muldrow will have charge OF
the following business: Yellowstone Park,
Hot Springs, Ark, open market purchases,
proposes and contracts for Indian sup.
plies and leases, and various other Indian
matters and accounts for Transportation,
Assistant Secretary jerks will have charge
Of matters relating to public lands and
land grants to railroads, rights Of railroad
companies through and upon Indian lands,
county land scrip, rights Of Indians to
lands constructed Of. Indian treaties, and
appealed pension cuses.r; = g.,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Grimes and Crirnin.ls,

Albert Ross, a well known grocer, shot and
probably fatally wounded his wife, and then
killed himself at his home in Jeffersonville,
Va. The cause was jealousy. The couple
were aged twenty-seven and twenty.three
respectively, and had only been married two
weeks.
Juan Vaca, Mexican and q hali-brccd
herder were held up near Shadwell creek
Montana, and robbed, Vaca being seriously
shot in the head and the hertler cut in two
or three places. Vaca lost $50 in cash and
q draft on the First National Bunk Of CHI
cago for $16,OO
Henry G. Williams. a merchant and one
Of the alleged Metropolis, Ill, graveyard
insurance swindlers. indicted Mt Blooming.
ton, Ill, for attempting to rob the Bloom.
ington Mutual. Williams father-in-law, it
is claimed, was insured after he was dead
Tor 900, and Williams signed the afii-
davit OF death, dated forward one year.
Ten Of the alleged swindlers are now in Gus.
tody.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
An Heroic Cure for the Opi,ln,
Habit.

A pathetic story has lately come to
my knowledge of u young man, an I'M
dergrtduate i'll ln eastern college, who
had become u victim OF the hypodrr-
mic use of morpllia. He went with
his father, who was engaged in the
numbering interest, into the pr,nlcv;,l
forests of Maine, hoping that during
his stay of months with the wood
choppers he would beable to fight out
the battle of gradual abandonment
successfully. Through a strange fat
tality. when thcparty had just arrived
ut attheircampingplace, and were trans
porting their goods across u stream,
the case OF morphfa was brokenby AM
apparent accident and it's contents
scattered mtg the water. None but
the haggard young man could, at the
moment, c0Mprehend the appalling
magnitude OF the calamity-tIere, as
he was, two hundred miles from the
nearest settlement! He survived the
terrible ordeal, butno words could en-
press, he has said, the tortures and
agony through which he pnssed dur
A.'t5 caS etitSCSttiblEs WcckS. TIC WIS
closely watched, else ut times, he
would have drowned himself or have
beaten his brains oWt en the rocks.
Months afterward he came back to the
world Q skeleton, worn and h;.ggarl
from his terrible contest 1t waa an
experience to which he could never al
terward refer without the most pain
ful emotions.
Not the!east significant point in this
veritable account is the fact theyoung
man always believed that his father
purposely brought about the catas-
trophe for the sake OF ofbringingnattcrs
to a speedy end! Has the usl,altrcat-
ment of the disease by physicians at
this day anything to offer that is much
better than this mans summary
method?-Popular scienea Monthly
for July. ~"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

The President has signed IL procl;,-
nation revokingan executive ORDERLY
President Arthur and Sccretn airy Teller
OF Feb. % last, removing the land
office ut Dealwoml to Rapid City.
One day !atley Deputy Register Me
lntrye OF La Mourc issued warrants
for ,E4 gopher tails. one man bring
ing i'll over nine hundred
Watcrtown entertained 200 cxc,,r-
sioniSts from Marshall, Mimi. An cx
cur>iOn from RWliield nnl Clark also
arrived during the day, landing about
100 eNcurSionists.
During Il heavy thunder storm at
l.arimorc, lightning killed James Burns
and Jennie l.argarl, at the CONNER
cial'hotcl.
Miller was scared by that old tun-
mel shaped cloud.
Sheriff lIayycrt of CaSs county dc.
livcred ut the Bismarck pcnitcnti.,ry
the first prisoners received there.
They are John Donohue, j. W. Jasper
and John EwrrS. Donohucw was sent ,,p
Tor assault with a. dangerous weapon,
and the Others for grand larceny.
Webster had about 900 Indians to
help celebrate the Fourth, and the Re-
porter says of the sham battle of the
braves: The sounds OF the firearms
and the wild whoop OF the Indians,
made, for few moments, anintcnsely
exciting scene
OH the 18th II good deal of damage
was done in the vicinity of Larinorc
and Arvllla by hail.
In the United States court at Faro.
the grand jury was charged by Judge
Mcconnell. Among other topics he
touched upon was the Devils lake
land office, where. he said, it was ui-
legged there was Il rank conspiracy, to
the drtriment OF the settlers.
a gang OF Whknown mounted men
entered the Central City beer hall at
Deadwood, handcutfel the proprietor,
run the machine to suit themselves un-
I'll they exhausted the supply OF beer,
when they released the lcg climate dis
tnbutor OF booze, mounted thr;.
stccds and departed.
The operation Of the Fargo South
ern road hts been formally transfer
TIat to the Milwaukee 4 st. Paul, and
1t will hereafter be known as tho Fan.
go Southern division OF that road. As
soon as the business OF the Fargo
soGtlicrn company is wound up all of
thcprcsent officers willretiie excepting
Observation-Disclosures. lIcwill
continue in charge of the roud as the
Milwaukee Il st. Paurs division su-
pcrintcnlent. The recent deal with
the Milwaukee, & st. Paul is practical
~ Il lH,so. .mder which the lattercom-
pany will operate the road in the ir-
tercsts OF both companies.
II is reported that Maj. y. C. War
ner OF Rockford, H., is in the !;c),l 10.
governor OF Dakota.
The assessed Valuation of Burleicl.
county, real and personal, this yea,
will be s2,G0O.0OO. The total PERSON.
al outside oi five organized townships.
i'll the county, Is S5G6.5GG. The lot
property y in the city OF Bismarck pro.
per is assessed ut S64G,1lO, and the
various additions swell this figure tc
81, III, ,s35.
The Indian population OF Dakota is
estimated at 81 900, and these red
children have lands amounting to AL.
9l9 square miles, making something
like 500 acres apiece.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
A Sheriff WHO Did Ri. Du.,

. At Marine, Ind, colored man named
Wallace ravished the fourteen-year-old
daughter Of well known citizen named
Vinson. The girl was thrown into spasms
and her condition grew hourly more alarm
ing until recently when her death WAS de-
clared to be but u question OF few days.
The feeling against Wallace reached fever
heat and when it became evident that an a t.
tempt would be made to lynch him Sheriff
Holman resolved to protect his prisoner and
surrounded himself with a strong guard. At
12:45 a mob organized in the rear OF the
jail, and few minutes later made u des-
perate assault. They were met by Sheriff
Holman and his guard, who, after giving
James Kelley and wounding three OF four
others. The dead and wounded were car
ried away, and the leaders OF the mob, af-
ter short consultation, decided to post
pone further hostilities.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Record Of Cssus,s,ss.

Benjamin schoaeld's yarn mill IN West
Manayunk, Pa, was burned, causing a
loss Of 5000, 900; partially insured.
The. Forest Touring milh at Ottawa.
Kans.. owned by John Kinnard, were
burned. Loss, $35, 900; insurance SIG.
900.
The region around Bloomington, ILL.,, was
again visited by q tremendous rain storm,
lasting over an hour, which Gleluged the
grain fields. The recent storm was the
worst for twenty years. East and north
east OF this city several bridges ON the Lake
Erie 4 Western railway were swept away.
The damage to railroads, crops, buildings
and stock is not less than $3.50, 600.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Personsl Mention,

Eli Marsh Turner, who has recently beer.
elected president OF the West Virginia State
university, is a Princeton graduate Of 1868.
Ex-Unitcd States Senator John A. Pat.
terson OF South Carolina, once a conspic-
uous character. is living quietly at Mifin.
town, Juniata county, Pa.
Ex-President Arthur, accompanied by his
son, says New Richmond, Que, dispatch
has liad rare good luck in salmon fishing on
the river. In three days the party caught
300 pounds OF salmon.
Mr.. Lee, the recently appointed secretary
expected to arrive at his new post Of duty
soon. Oh his arrival United States Minister
Francis will take finallcave
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Dominion News.

An adjourned meeting Of sympathixcrs
with Louis Riel was llcl,la at jacques Cartier
Hall square, Quebec, at which about {. 5.OOu
were present. The meeting was addressed
by ID. j. Pellctier, secretary OF the com.
mittee and by other French Canadian
gentlemen. Owen Murphy, cx.mayor oi
Quebec, also spoke. He compared the
cause of the halfbrcctls to that of thr Irish,
who, 1.-THE proper appeal were made would,
he said, readily give the half-brrctls their
support. The following resolution was
then adopted: Resolved, That in view OF
the iact that all British subjects who arcac-
cused oil criminal Offenscs arc entitled to n
complete and impartial trial, and to at
tain that end considerable sums, must be
Forthcoming, u publicsubscription bc taken
up, as the halfbreeds have not the means
to attain that end.
Jurymen for the Ricl trial have been se.
iected from among the white settlers along
the line Of the Canadian Pacific railway.
Half-brcctls and other symputhizcrs of Ricl
arc objecting because the jury will not he
mixed. The trial will certainly begin on tl.s
goth inst. Hon. William McDougall, who
ranks high as = constitutional lawyer in a.
communication to the Ottawa papers, cx-
presses doubts Of tho validity of Il court
trial of Riel az at present constituted, and
contends that AZ stipendiary magistrate of
cne NortnWesG territories llits not power
without the issue OF IL special commission
from the crown. The Indictment is also
considered irregular.
The franchise act Of the dominion is kind
to Indians. 1t permits thousands of de.
pendent Indians to vote and excludes tens
oil thousands of self-supporting white men.
Tho Emerson lManitobs,) authorities are
now looking for Thomas Cole, the late clerk
OF the court there, for embczzling S., 900.
Cole was clerk there for some years, and it
was during 1882, when Emerson was as.
Stunning metropolitan proportions and spec.
ulitors were dipping heavily in real estate
that the lonns, as Cole called them, were
made. lie took small sums from time 10
time aggregating $4,000, and when Osborne
the expert accountant, came from Mimi.
peg to examine the accounts, Cole went
across the international boundary line
to Pembina, Minn., where he il now safe
from the Canadian authorities.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Sitting Bull was interviewed in RNs-
falo recetly about the fight in
which General Custer was killed. lie
Bald: :'That is of another day.
fought for mypeople. My people said
Sas right. will answer to my peo-
pie. The friends of the dead lnllefaces
must answer for those who axe dead" /"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Statistics show the arrival at San
Francisco during the past four months
Of 1868 Chinese; while only l,47s, de.
parted, leaving an average, monthly
increase of about 27O.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Government Crop Report for July,

The month has been favorable to the
development Of winter wheat. A slight i'm.
provcmcnt is indicated which advances the
general average between two and three
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
CURRENT TOPICS.

Greenbacks are said to be SO popular
In Cuba Is TO command . large prem
lum over any other money; whether of
gold or silver.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24
Dedication Of Nl.s.r. Fan. Park.

The country adjacent to Niagara Falls, is
now the property Of the state OF New York,
ithaving been purchased ut cost oincarly
$2,OOO,OOO. This event ends the DAYS Of
ilackmen and all sorts Oi extortioners, It
was celebrated with great pomp on the 10th.
The city OF niagara Falls was crowded with
people from New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Canada. The exercises of the day were
begun with the firing OF hundred guns at
sunrise. Hon. Erastus Brooks presided
over the exercises. Ex-GOv. Tilien sent II
telegram to the committee expressing his
regret at not being able to attend.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. Dorshcimer, president Of
the commission, then read the following
communication, which he had received from
the governor general Of Canada, in which he
hoped Canada would follow the example OF
New York.
DIR. Dorsleimer then made the presenta.
tation address, after which Gov. Hill ac-
cepted the reservation on behalf of the peo-
pile Of the State Of New York. There were
which the pavilion had been erected.
Addresses were also made by Hon. Eras-
tus Brooks, james c. Carter, orator of the
day, Lieut.. Gov. Robinson OF Canada, and
Attorney General MOwatt. After the sing
Ing OF the hymn "Ancrica,' and the Dox-
OlOgy, the exercises were closed with the
benedictiOn by Bishol. Coke. In the after
IOOn tHeCe WAS " lnlrHUe ana Il review Oi
troops, and in the evening grand display
OF fireworks, witnessed by an immense g:,t H.
cring OF people. II is sestimated that so, ,OOJ
visitors were present.
Onaclal Advice to Farmers About Wheat.
Prof. Dodge, statistician Of the agricul.
tural department, in a curefully-written re-
port on the condition OF wheat crops.
says to farmers that the wheat har-
vest Of the world in 1885 will not he
an average one. Hence, prices will eventu.
ally advance, but it should be remem-
bered that it requires full year to
move the crops Of the world. Heavy har-
vests following the deficiency do not de-
press prices materially for many months
after garnering. The elimination of the ef-
feet is often in the following year. So the
large production Of last year now fills the
granaries OF Europe and America and prices
are low in the face Of current crop failures
No great advance will occur until the ex-
cess Of stocks shall bc consumed. Let the
farmer, therefore, who is not pressed for
money, deliver slowly until the COM
mercial stocks are depleted, watch
markets and il he can hold until late in the
autumn or winter lie may profit by the
scarcity. But he must not assume the ex-
istence Of the scarcity, which is prophesietl
by the bulls OF the present hour and head
Tor extraordinary prices, refusing reason
able advances or his ultimate loss OF price,
In interest and rottnge, may prove a sorcr
calamity than the early autumn sales.
This is O true word for the ear OF the wise
farmer
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24


The collections of internal revenue
during the first eleven months of the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1855, as
compared with the collections during
the same period last year, were SlO.-
SS9, 164, a decrease of $S,62),413. The
principal decrease was in the receipts
from spirits, which item shows fall
ing of of 81 ,456, ,9O9.
In the United States some 5O,OOO
miles of railroad track are now laid,
and this rests on 1896, OOC, 600 ties, the
product of 100000 acres, an area
larger than the States of connect cut
and Rhode Island. Thirty years are
required to grow trees of suitable size,
and the average life of tic is seven
years; therefore, 1891, APO acres Of
growing forest are needed to supply
the annual demands of the roads that
now exist. This forest area is larger
than Now Hampshire. Vermont and
Massachusetts,. And, inasmuch as the
miles of railroad arc growing every
year. this calculation shows IN an inn
pressive way the demands our forests
will be called upon to meet for this one
item alone.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Poles are being terribly prosecuted
agstn. about $4,000 having been rec.
emily expelled from their home and
country by the Prussian government.
Lorenzo Snow, a Mormon dignitary,
has had q family reunion, participated
by his eight wives, twenty-threo
daughters, nineteen sons and hun
dreds Of grandchildren.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Children were born to mother and
daughter at the same time and in the
same house in Illinois the other day.
The babies were dressed and put in tho
cradle together. When they were ta-
zen up. soon after, neither mother
Knew her own child. and to-
day they are still wondering which is
which.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

"a tASIcA uaincs VI American cltloS: Bell
City, Racine, Wis; Bluff City, Hanni.
bal, Mo-; City of Churches, Brooklyn,
N. Y; City of Elms. New Haven,
Conn; City of Flour and sawdust,
Minneapolis, Mimi; City of Magniti.
gent Distances, Washington, b. c.;
City Of the Plains, Denver, Col; City
q Il Rocks, Nashville, Tenn; City of Ro.
;Ves, Little Rock, Ark; City of Spin.
Sales, Lowell. Mass; City Of the
estraits. Detroit. Mich..; Corn City.
Toledo, ohioi Cream City, Milwaukee.
Wis.,; Crescent City, New Orleans,
La; Delta City, Alexandra. d. c.;
Falls City, Louisville. KY; Forest City,
Cleveland, Ohio; Frisco, San Francis.
co. CAL, Garden City, Chicago, Ill.,;
Gate City. Keokuk, Iowa; Gem City,
Quincy, ILL.,; Gotham, New York City;
Modern Athens, the Hub. Boston.
Mass; Monumental City, Baltimore,
Md; Mound City. St. Louis, Mo-;
Bluffs City. Kansas City, Mo-; Paper
City. Holyoke, Mass; Quaker City.
Philadelphia, Pa; Queen City, Pork
opolis, Cincinnati, Ohio; Railroad City,
Indianapolis, Ind; Shell City, Mobile,
Ala; Smoky. City; Pittsburg,, Pa; Star
City, Lafayette, Ind.;' Tusselburg. AT.
ton. ILL.,; Tunnel City, North Adams,
Mass; Zenith City, Duluth, Mimi;
City Of the Angels, Los Angeles. Cal. F;
splipteryille, North Braddock, 81
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

About mile above Magnolia Dell,
in Muckalee Swamp. Ga, q colony of
beavers have settled. The site of their
home is well chosen. It is at sharp
bend in the creek. a long open reach
extending southwark and in the same
manner westward. On the land side
it is protected by boggy norass,
which, intersecting above and below
with the creek. makes an island. On
this island they have built their mud
fortress, and queer looking structure
y is, made of saplings and pieces of
bark and branches skillfully interwo.
ven. The trees in tho vicinity exhibit
marks of the sharp teeth of the busy
Little animals, and a fish trap near by
has een utterly demolished.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Pr John NJ. Klein, we'll known
.astrd gmer of Hartford, KY. predicts
the appearance of a comet the latter
part of July or in August. He bases
his opinion on the appearance of a
streak of light in the heavens, rescm-
bling Pewhat the milky way. 1t is
the pat br orbit of great comet and
that gra streak of light is the gase-
GUS mat that follows in the wake OF
comeS TT is impossible to see it at
present. Eas it travels in the orbit of the
sun, whose brilliant light during the
day prevents the human eye from gaz.
ing att The DETECTION by the latter
part ofJuly or August will, however,
sori44it above the horizon during the
Early evening hours, when he says il
xlRbe plainly visible and will be Of
:fef first magnitude. As Prof. Klein
has heretofore predicted and discovered
sd3@ets with unfailing accuracy. the
ldtfllment of this prediction will be
hoked forward to with interest by the
~ c.entific world generally
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

The war Of 1872 closed more than
seventy years ago, and yet there are,
according to the last annual report of
the Commissioner of Pensions, 3,89S
surviving soldiers and 1852 widows
On the pension rolls.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

5iilslls.e5te, Fublbhsd -
EVERY FRI DAT MORNING,
AT PElrBINa. b. +. r,
/. \. YOUNG, Publisher.
Subscription. q Per Annu,irn, in Ady.ae,

The Pioneer E1pyen circulstes numerously n
every neigh6orhood In pemhfna county, and 70 q
disteAce Of over % omiles Weak Of Red river. lSts
Jndcpeldent In poiitlnA; though suppoeting He.
pablicen principles. Regular communications
from all parts Of the county publtshed weekly,
A ~ advertising medium it has no equal In
North Dakota. .ssl.. So " ~, :. 80
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-24

Some peat moss which was recently
exhumed near Dumfr:es. Scotland,
vas found to contain seeds of plants
dating from prehistoric times. They
we're planted and at once began
to germinate after sleep of ages.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-12-25

Is there a gentle one sitting Jesides
your hearth one who goes about her
daily round of duty with an uncom-
planning patience? Deal tenderlY with
her, for when she goes forth for The
last time, there will creep q shadow
over the household darker than any
twilight ever cast, a shadow that no
sunlight viii ever chase away Gently
share hes yexations and dissapate The
clouds of dependency. Remember
that her heart is tender and true, and
that cold looks or enstrangea affections
shrouds her in gloom. Like the mi
mosa, she shrinks at the touch. Like
the tendrils, she weayes her thoughts
and feelings around some object She
IS often reminded of her duty, but man
seldom Every book and paper
contains some aIIusion to her ex-
cellencies or follies. Every noble man
prsises her virtues and extols her quiet
unobstrnsive acts of goodness-yet
how many fail to accord the one near
est and dearest, the one who sits at his
board the full measure of praise due to
her intrinsic worth.
Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1885-12-25
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