The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-14
General News.

Milwaukee il preparing to celebrate her
semi-ccntcnnial Sept. II.
The failures OF the week number 1874,
against 2l5 tho week previous.
There were 25B deaths in Boston last
week, Of which 115 were tile babies.
George w. Chills insurcs tho lives OF all
the principal men on his paper, the Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Gen. Sherman says the Grant funeral
parade will he hegrilndcst military display
over seen in New York.
Land Commissioner Sparks declares him
self in favor Of consolidating the surveyor
generalships Of Minnesota and Dakota.
A Chicago newspaper asserts that
thousands oil diseased sheep arc daily
slaughtered for consumption in that city
PAUL e. Hamilton, organ manufacturers
of Lancaster, Pa, have failed. Their linbil-
tiles arc $25, 900 and assets considerably
less.
Two hundred workmcn are constantly
employed on tho immense tomb Of the
Vanderbilt family ut New Drop, Staten
Island.
At Ocala. Fla, Mr.. Thomas D. Prentiss,
aged twcnty-four, married Mrs. Annie NJ.
Butt, aged eighty. The bride has an estate
worth $1,000
The sixtccnth annual territorial fair will bc
held at Helena, Mon, Aug. "a, 20, 26, II,
2S and 20. Ten Thousand dollars will be
offered in premiums.
During tho year Just ended the gold and
silver bullion received at the Helena, Mon,
assay office amounted to: Gold, 81 OBJ :
1897; silver; $65, ,29l.95.
In excavating on the site for the Aucrbach
block, on Main street, Helena, Mon, IL gold
nugget worth $3.50 was found. The gravel
taken out il to DO washed for gold.
Thorndykc Rice offered Gen. Grant, be-
fore the general bound himself to the Cen
tury company, $4,000 for twelve articles
on the war, to. bc printed weekly by his
newspaper ayndicatc.
Rumors concerning IL deficiency in the
accounts OF the dead cashicr Of tho Manu-
facturers and Traders bank mt Buffalo, N.
Y, lead the officials OF the bank to issue a
circular declaring that tho loss is only $75,.
900.
On June go n shortage Of $4,000 was
discovered in the cash account Of the
Citizens Bank at Council Bluffs, Iowa. A
most thorough investigation has flilcd to
discover where the money went TO or who
got it.
Mr.. Il. Connnt, on n tour OF observation
through the Canadian Northwest, discuss
ing the effects OF the rebellion says: "An otii-
cial Of the Canadian Pacific railway told
mo that early this spring they got three md
four loads per day from the south filled
with immigrants. Upon the rebellion be-
coming known, he said, it stopped just like
| turning tho water off from IL faucet.
An effort is being made by Col. James F..
Coogan Of New York city to buy the house
in which Gen. Grant was born, ut Point
Pleasant Ohio, now the property Of Mich.
nc, E. Hirsch. In answer to an inquiry from
Col. Coognn, lIirsch offered to sell the house
for $4,000. Col. Coogan replied that no
would give $4,000. Mr.. lIirsch has been
offered more than this, and evidently real
ICES tho value Of his possession.
Tho fact is that there IL no law or regula.
ton which prevents the intcrncnt at West
Point Of tho widow OF an army officer, but
on the contrary, the equations specifically
provide that widows Of officers buried there
may also find scpulturc at the post GENE.
try. Accordingto Trustworthy reports, the
celnetry at West Point was ono OF the places
for which Gen. Grant expressed IL preference
AZ place Of intcrmcnt, but was induced to
decide against that place because Of tho be
lief that Mrs. Grant could not be laid by
his side.