The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-17


afternoon with a car load Of horses.
The Red and Pembina rivers have
fallen about five feet within the last
week.
Mn. ]. G. WEBB was summoned Il
Fargo this week to serve on the United
States grand jury.
TnE rain of Saturday night and Sunday
prevented good many from attending
the Carlisle sa,npmeeting.
u. s. COMMISSIONER Kneeslaw went II
Fargo this week in connection will
business before United States court.
IL. AND AfRs. L. GERoux returned
from an extensive visit to friends il
Eastern Canada, on Sunday morning.
Mr.. AND Mas. G. w. RYAN returned
Sunday morning, the latter having spent
several weeks among friends in Illinois
Mn. GEORGE PARKER, Jr. got one of hi
horses badly cut in the heel by scraper
causing the animal to be laid up for sew
eral weeks.
some evil disposed person put a coat o
paint on the front window of Mrs
O'Hara's millinery store one night thi,
week. 1t was as insulting an act as it wal
unprovoked.
Mr.. F. &. MYRIcK has filed his resig
nation as county commissioner viii
auditor Bird. We understand that nj
appointment will be made until the
September meeting of the board.
TIE funeral of the late d. L. Brawley
occurred on Friday last, the Masoni,
lodge attending in a body, the buria
being accompanied by the imprcssiv,
ceremony of the order.
The New Era grader began it's work OF
Wednesday morning with the horse
recently brought in by Mr.. Booker
From this on for several weeks the worl
of grading will go on without inter
upton.
Mr.. ]. NJ. TUoHY, the new clerk of tn,
court for Pembina county, filed his bono
and oath with the county auditor o,
Tuesday, and entered upon the duties o
his Office. We have no doubt Mr.. Tuoh!
will make competent official.
DIVINE service will be held in til,
Presbyterian church, on Sunday next a
1880 p. M. and confirmation will b,
held and the holy communion admins
tered. The bishop will officiate. AL
are most cordially and affectlonately in
vited to attend.
fhRouen q mistake of the compositora
the marriage of James Greenwood Il
Miss McTavish, of West Lynne, by Rev
Mr.. schram, on Tuesday, July 9TH, wa
left out of our columns last week. MI
Greenwood is now occupying rooms o,
Rolette street.
IT is to be hoped that there will he n,
hitch in the arrangements of the Cana
dian Pacific railway company to secur'
steamers for the Red river trade this fall
Should this scheme be carried out, whea
can be shipped east from Pembina, dur
ing the season ofnavigation, at lower rate
than have ever before been afforded il
this part of the territory.
Mr.. j. G. CANNING informs us that h
will continue to prosecute all partie
found to have been trespassing on tn
timber lands belonging to Henry Tucke,
He has recently caused three other AZ
rests to be made. Large tracts of tn
land have been almost entirely deplete
of timber and Mr.. Canning is determine,
to carry out his instructions to the lette
and let no guilty man escape. .
In the rear of Mr.. ]. G. Webb's beau
tiful grounds is one of the finest garden
We have seen in this country. After sec
ing the luxurious growth and forwar
state of the various vegetables ther
found, one cannot but think the poss
bilities and pleasure of Dakota gardenin
are not yet generally appreciated. Nj
Webb's garden is pleasantly located O
the slope between the csulee and til
river and is we'll worth seeing.
We regret to learn that it is the inten
ton of the H. B. Go. to pull down an
remove their large and handsome stor
on the west side to Morden. The build
costing in the neighborhood of$l0, 600 an
will be an acquisition to Morden. It i
not the intention of the company to clos
their business or remove their goods bu
to continue their business in one of thei
smaller stores. Tenders are now aske
for the removal of the large building t
Morden.-Emereon Times.
SPEAKING of the funeral of the late Nj
Brawley the New Era says: eve her
gladly bear testimony to the consoles
care and affectionate solicitude shown
the remains of their departed brother b
the gentlemen belonging to the Pembin
lodge. Nothing was overlooked or fol
gotten by them in connection with hi
interment, and lovingly and with all re
spect they saw all burial duties perform
ed to the last act of their beautiful
mystic burial service, and outsiders wer
deeply convinced of the sincerity, tn
charity, the brotherhood in fact as we
an in name of tho Masonic hrofhorhood