The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-25
COUNTY NEWS,
In the Form Of Poetry and Prose,
Gathered by Correspon:
dents, From


Bathgate, Cavalier, Carlisle, Dray.
ton, Walhalla, Mount Pleasant,
Hamilton, st. Thomas,
BArnGArE.
Weather is warm.
Wheat is going up.
Fall blowing is progressing.
Wheat is booming, " cts. ON Wednes.
day.
People don't stand around an engine
being tested now.
q. L. Parker sells tickets to aud from
all European points.
Luke & Watt have mammoth stock
OF goods of all descriptions.
The river is about as low as it ever
was, still there is good swift current.
Word reaches us that VIM. Campbell
lost three stacks of grain by fire last
Saturday.
VIM. Campbell had four more stacks
of wheat burned Monday and John
Houstan lost his separator.
A. o. Brown. a prominent attorney of
Minneapolis, was guest at the home of
your correspondent Friday and Saturday.
Fires of burning straw make a beauti-
full sight these evenings, but it would be
far wiser to arrange some means of work.
ing the straw into manure, to be returned
to the land.
The steam threshes are so numerous
around here that the whistles sound like
the factory whistles in some large manu-
featuring city, and the whistle of frequent
locomotive engines.
L. a. Pixley and N. W.. Webber, OF
Hamilton, have bought the furniture in
the Grand Union Hotel and will take
possession OH Oct. LIST. We wish the
gentlemen success.
Mrs. +. Bawen returned Tuesday from
her visit i'll Minnesota......T. v. Copeland
is rusticating out at the mountains. .. ID.
Robinson visited Fargo this week.
On Tuesdays afternoon train from the
south, w. N. Steele, accompanied by
Jacob Miller, of Canton, Ohio, arrived
for a combined business and pleasure
trip. The ducks and chickens haye to
suffer.
The Deering men have closed up thei,
work here for the season and Mr.. Frank
Campbell who las had charge of Their
books and settlements has returned tc
Evanstan, ILL.,, to resume his college
course. Mr.Campbell made many friends
during his stay here, who would be glad
to see him back again, and who wish
him success wherever he may go.
On Saturday James Magher suffered tho
loss of over stack'o wheat, caught from
the threshing engine. A ladder would
have enabled the men to save the grain
The owners of the machine hitched 9
good span of horses to the end of the
tongue of the separator and continued tc
thrcsil the other stacks of the setting
while the one stack was burning, Some
of the men got scorched.
HAMILTON.
No. hard 72 cts.
The bank is having some changes
made.
o. II. johnson is having his office
plastered.
j. ID. McGrecr is expected from Por,
Arthur OH Thursday the 23rd Sept.
dive are sorry to report four separators
burnt from sparks from the engines.
Mr.. Ferguson, our present school
teacher, is giving universal satisfaction.
John NJ. Chisholm is having some fine
lettering done on his new lumber office.
Will Green is quite ill again, DIR. ]. b.
Muir is in attendance. We hone no
serious results will occur.
Only two out of all our business men
have not signed the request to close on
Sundays and they were absent at the
time.
Among the new ADVERTISEMENTS will be
seen four letters Of the same kind, PIP.
L. Z. Next week one z will take the
place of four.
The ten cent stamp for immediate
delivery has been received at this Office.
All wishingto have their letters delivered
will find list of the delivery Offices and
the conditions at this and all other post
offices.
Enforcing the Sabbath Law.
AS an unusual disturbance had taken
place in one of our saloons on Sunday
evening, u number of leading citizens OH
Monday evening talked up the question
of the Sunday laws, especially in respect
to the closing Of saloons. As a result of
this discussion, Il number ofIadies visited
the people of the town, during the day,
informing them that there would be q
meeting of the citizens in the evening at
the Presbyterian church. The meeting
opened at 8 p. III. Rev q. H. Davis was
chosen chairman, and Rev. d. Williams,
secretary. 1t was stated that the object
Of the meeting was to secure the closing
OF saloons on Sundays, and as other
business had been carried ON recently
rather more freely than usual, the check
ing of all Sunday traffic as far as possible.
During the meeting number of re-
marks were made, and indeed some
stirring speeches. Messrs. Mclean,
Justice of the peace,) Boylan Constable, J
Norton, j. Mcmillan, Wallace, Healy,
Barnes :and Rev. MIR. Hamer taking the
principal part. After thorough dis
cussion of the subject the following COM
mittees were appointed,viz: Revs. Davies
Williams and Hamer, to visit the business
places and secure promises that no
business will be transacted ON SUNDAYS.
Messrs. ]. Mcmillan, A. j. Wallace and
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