The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-06-12
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;. finS gray sandstone IN great quantt
ase has been found nSaf Dunseith.
I iss q. A. watson bSs BEEN Sppoins,
"a postmaster ~ .Mo1ssy,. Beadls
county. and, John A. Zieglef d Harold.
Hughes county ,.,,..
young msn named Ed Mccormick.
who recently came from Oneida coun.
", n. T., Was drowned near Mitchell,
while bathing. I
8 Two strangers attempted to steal the
gold and silver communion service of
the 81. James Catholic church, in Keno.
tha, bub wsre feiled.
6tAa. iss Mineral satriss taads In
The D. Awood land Office since Ms "a:
tablish lent: 81 have been, pl4cefs and
t39 lod claims, and the total number
Of acres has been less than 300, enter.
Cd - mineral land.
Tho banquet given Of Fargo, to Judge
Audson on his retiracy from the bench
II the Third judicial district was very
successful affair. Distinguished mem.
bers Of the bar frem many parts of tho
district wers present.
While digging q we'll ON the premises
81 MIS-: WillisHa McCart ieat Lie Mours:
pieces u coal. apparently lignits;, we're
pund at q depth. 81, ten feet, and at Z
iepth q twenty four feet ! piece Of wood
swo and one-hSlf feet long:
The grand lodge. A. F. and A, n.
vill meet in Fargo June 8, 8 and 10.
About two hundred Of the most promi,
nent members of the order are ex pected
70 be present. Preparations are max.
ng to extend hearty welcome.
A young man named Otto Bartram
,ooE dinner with James Downs, who
lives twenty miles north Of De smet,
and borrowing Q revolver, retired to 4
barn and shot himself twice, both balls
sntering his brain. He died almost in.
stantly.
Government Surveyor q. G. Boards.
ley. says the Turtle Mountain Times,
has tile contract for surveying several
towns id the Fort Totten Indian ressr-
sation this summer: In oil probability
The Indians will be allotted lands Id
,everalty:
Mr.. Frank Hansen of Dunseith had
Just finished his dinner when he saw q
streak of lightning almost at his elbow,
and he was forced down to the floor,
iazed for few minutes and his arm
twisted. The next night the house was
struck again while Mr.. Hansen was
away.
A Cheyenne company prospecting
near Buffalo; at the foot Of the Big
Hort1 mountains; recently received au
offer Of $3.50. 900 for its property CON
tingent upon tapping twenty-five
barrel we'll. Work was vigorously
pushed, and at depth of eighty feet q
dow Of fifty barrels day was secured.
t.. eastman Of Sioux Falls has iii.
vented a contrlvance for planting sod
corn. It is attached to the handles OF
the breaker, and drops from three to
Eve kernels every three feet. It is al.
10 sc constructed as TO drop the kernels
close Up against the sod side of the fur
COW. 20 as to place the corn Immediately
under the seam of the sod.
Pyne's large four-stoyy grist mill 81
Corning fell with crash recently. de.
nolishing the entire structure. The up.
per story was occupied as residence by
!he majors family, but fortunately nc
,ne was in the building at the time and
The only person injured was the majors
sldest boy who was standing near the
building ut the time, and who received
'nly slight bruises.
The eastern papers contain the fol-
lowing: IA Dakota paper has the fol.
lowing funeral notice: At the conclu-
zion Of the services at the church, the
procession will ct once proceed to the
grave, where all that remains of the Ia
mented deceased will bs laid at rest.
The hearss will be drawn by Fastboy,
Ihe we'll known five-year- Hamb1e-
eonian, who has but recently reduced
his record to 2:324."
Washington, special.-A Dakota
delegation arrived here recently intent
ON sesing the president and securing a
suspension of his order that the set
tiers on the Winnebago reservation
must vacate by June II. Among them
was Gen. Lawler and John ID. Lawler,
Jr.,.M H. Rawley and John w. Cary
of Milwaukee, who comes as the at
torney of the Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad. Rev. s. d. Hipman 10 also
here on the same errand.
The removal of DIR. Blackburn from
the presidency of the Grand Forks uni.
versity by majority of the regents is q
matter of general discussion in the
press north, and provokes some bitter
ness. The friends of the board claim
that its course was dictated by the fact
chat the doctor was not earning the g..
500 he received and that a more eff
cient manager could be had for the
money, but they are not generally given
credit for unselfish motives alone.
A man named Daniel Quigley, en-.
ployed ~ . section hand at Worthing,
some nine miles west of Canton, entered
upon q protracted spree. He was ar.
rested by the marshal and lodged in the
calaboose. He was taken before the city
Justice, and not having any money to pay
his fine, was allowed to go, after promis.
ing to send the money as soon as he got
home. Instead of going home he re-
NAMED and continued his spree. Re.
Gently he was seen by the proprietor Of
the Burrell house, staggering along the
track and his mangled remains were
found on the rail way track, having been
run over by train.
A dispatch from Canton, says: One
of the heaviest thunder storms that ha.
visited this section for years ragged q few
days ago. The summer house of VIM
Butler, market gardener, was strucl
by the electric fluid and torn to pieces
About twenty miles north and west from
mere, Frank Elliott, who WAS corrallina
his stock, was struck by lightning ane
inafantlv killed When found q fov