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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
Ina Lighthouse.

Eyes, we see and hear some curious
things" said the lighthouse keeper.
land as for monOtony it's enough TO
drive one mad. Married men fare bet
ter, as when women and children are
around it isn't quite so loncsome; but
it's bad enoug III. My station for u
number of years was rock about two
hundred feet long and one hundred
feet wide, and in 81 gale of wind the
house stood right in the water, with
the seas rolling all around.
Eyes, it was shaky. One night
call to mind especially. 1t had been
blowing u gale for two days; the sea
was making u clean breach over the
ledge, and every tine it hit the house
it would Jump sixty or Il hundred feet
into the air and come down on the roof
Ike rocks. On the ledge were four or
five boulders that must have weighed
over two tons: and the first thing we
knew one of them fellows came at the
door, burst it in, and in Il second we
were all a-swimm.ng. The stone
couldn't get in; it Just stuck there, SO
we took to the light and sat on the
stairs, and nigh froze to death, all
night. Me and my man took turns in
going up every half hour and dye
know. the lighthouse swung SO that
you could hardly keep your feet. ]
thought more than once that we'd go
over. but she didn't. The feeling is
different from most anything else.
There is shaking and vibrating all
the time. and then when the big gusts
come you can feel the whole thing
tremble and quiver, SO that you al
most lose your feet.
Zone night" continued the speaker.
81 remember some lishcrm N got
bowed OFF shore and came in there.
and what night it was! About md
night some one sings out. The lamps
out!' And SO it was. Up we rushed.
half q dozen of u, scared to death. rs
ten minutes might cost good many
lives and vessel could come within
twenty feet of our house before she
struck. BY the time we got up we
found the place full of smoke and see
something had fouled the chimney.
and what dye suppose it was? You'd
never guess. 1t was blowing fit to take
thS uutGOuS ou SOuI Costts Dut SOIllCOllC
had to go outside and climb up the
rod on to the very top of the light and
see what was the trouble. II was IL
close call, and we o,scd for il. MY
mate drew and started. We tied a
rope around him and up he went and
did the job.
''Ile came back alive, but with the
whitest face ever saw on live man.
He said he wouldn't do il again for
love or money.
But what dye suppose he found in
the chimney, stuck fast? Nothing
more nor less than one of these ere
Mother Carey's chickens. jammcd in
as tight as it could get. and dead, of
course. We get regularly peltcd with
birds in the light and that is the rea-
son the glass is made so thick. as al
most every night one or two birds ht
against it. Sonnet mes in the spring
and fall hundreds of 'em will strike in
the course of a night. You see at this
time the birds are migrating and fly
ing off shore along the coast and on
foggy nights they only see the blaze of
the light. They make break for it
and down they 20. and in the morning
the rail, iron and glass will be all
blood and feathers
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
Position ofv.tsrans in the Army andN.vy.

fOsitlOn OF Veterans In the Army andNRvy.
A number OF discharges were made in the
Brooklyn navy yard last spring, owing to
the smallness OF the appropriation avail
able. Among those first discharged were
some veterans. The matter was at once
taken up by the Veterans Right union and
efforts were made to have the men reinstat-
was appealed to by the committee and they
were referred to the foreman, but no salts.
faction could be obtained. The committee,
consisting OF r. p. Little, Joseph w. Kay
and George +. Hopper, ON the 10th OF last
July wrote letter to Secretary Whitney
stating the facts. To the above appeal the
following letter was received q short time
ago:
Navy Department, Washington, Sept.
"2, 1ss5-GentlemeD: Your letter OF re-
cent date, requesting that due attention be
given to the claims Of honorably discharg.
ed soldiers and sailors Tor employment and
retention in the navy department and the
yards under its control has been received.
In reply have to soy that it will give me
pleasure at all times to give preference to
those honorably discharged from the mill
tary and naval service Of the United
States, either for appointment to or
retention in office, as the case
the Republic to maintain in this way The
premium on patriotism displayed by these
aonorably discharged soldiers and sailors
are commendable and shall have my CO.
operation. You may rest assured the fact
that a man is an honorably discharged SOL
dier will not initiate against his obtaining
employment in anv Of the establishments
under the control OF the navy department,
but, on the contrary, the fact will be (as it
Il hoo hos knfo I,
recommendation in favor oi the applicant
Tor the employment he seeks. ] shall be
glad to have my attention called to any
violation Of the law with reference TO this
subject: Yours respectfully,
A.C:: WHITNEY,
Secretary Of the Navy.
Secretary Whitney's letter was referred TO
Commodore Chandler, and the men were
reinstated.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
The Conductors Story.
Chicago Herald.

CncaKO Herald
"If you write stories for the paper, {"
said Rock Island Ra lway freight
conductor, "lct me tell you a true one
that came under my observation last
winter out near Des Mo:nes when l was
running on the Iowa division. THIS is
no railroad yarn, but fact. l saw it
with my own eyes. One day we were
running along and ! was on the en-
g'ne. As we began to cross q bridge
we looked ahead and there was little
girl about six years old clarsbering
over the timbcrs. She had some school
books in her hand and was evidently
on her way home from school. The
engineer whistlcd, when she turned
her face toward lis. I'll never forget
that face as long us live. 1t was Just
as white as the snow on the ice in the
creek thirty or forty feet below her.
But she d'dn't scream, nor try to Jump
nor do anything. She just looked at
us with a steady glare as if she'd stop
the train with her eyes that We were
unable to do with our brakes. At first
we were all SO broke up we hadn't any
idea what to do. and l pelieve we'd of
stood there like posts if she hadn't
suddenly stretched out her little arms
to US in mute appeal for help. Well.
sir, that broke the charm, and we all
started up wildly. swung way out
as far as l could, holding BY one hand
and with the other motioning her to
get downtown between the t;mbers.
Would YOU believe il? That little
thing followed my directions as if
she'd been man. And she took her
time to it. too, and climbed down us
deliberately as if she'd been at home.
She was none too Guck, though, for
her little brown hood, with u rel rib
bon t'uttering from it. had no sooner
disappeared 4 between the mbcrs than
we Numbered over her.
Let her out. Bill. l shouted to the
engineer. let her out lively. or that
title thing will never be able to stick
down there till We get over the bridge.
Turn her rloose!'
$50 Bill let her out. but she'd nc
sooner reached the bank than l jumped
of and went heels over head in 81 SNOW
bank. got back to the br dge al
soon' as could and waited for 'oul
long train to get by. Don't mind tell
in ye that as l stood there ! did some
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
A ATERRIBLE COLLISION.
Tho Robinson Circus Train Wrecked d NeaI
Fergus Falls. Minn., and Five Men
Killed.

Fergus Falls. 1dinn., and Five Men
Killed.
At 3 o'clock Sunday morning the 4th,
inst, John Robinson's train, i'm two Sec
tions, was coming into Fergus Falls, Minn.,
Pacific railroad, about four miles west
OF the city, coupling broke and the
rear seven cars Of the first section ran down
the steep grade into the engine OF the second
section ut the rate OF forty miles an
hour. The caboose and two sleeping
cars, containing 1GO sleeping men, composed
2 portion OF the section which
had broken loose. The engineer Of
the approaching train stopped his engine,
saved, but both sections crushed into each
other, killing five men outright, fatally injur.
gthree, and injuring ten or twelve others
slightly. The Waterman OF the train, trying
to warn the sleeping men Of the danger OF
the collision, was killed himself, refusing To
desert, although aware that collision was
inevitable. He was frightfully manglcd.
His heart was found on top Of a fiat car
some distanc away, his bowels lying on
the ground and body cut to pieces.
Had the engineer Of the rear section only
u moments more time, he could have
backed his train and avoided the calamity.
But it was too late, and the cars struck his
engine with tremendous force, throwing the
three sleepers from the track, and smash
ing them beyond recognition.
No performers or animals were hurt.
The men killed were the Watchman Wilson
and four carfvassmen. The engine was
badly smashed and cars reduced to kind
ling wood. The most remarkable fact ia
that more were not killed and injured.
Twenty or thirty others received slight
cuts and brllRpa The LIST NJ ki11eI.
on the way to Cincinnati.
William Krause-Lived at AZ Main
street, Cincinnati.
Sam Blair-Joincd at Colfak, Wash.
James Wilson-Watchman, formerly
policeman at Cincinnati; lived at Hummel
house.
Charles Wallace-Joined at Portland,
Or. Antecedents unknown.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
Judicial Methods in England aud Amer,-

A Washington letter states that Chiei
Justice Waite has derived very great bene.
fit from his three months trip abroad.
Some OF the English papers, just before lie
sailed for home, expressed regret that more
attention had not been paid him. and rather
chided tho bench and bur for failing to Ell.
tertain him, but the chiei Justice has no COM
plants to make on this score. Before no
lett the United States his physicians advised
him that II he expected to recuperate, he
must avoid all lexcitencnt, and particularly
to abstain from the pleasures and temptn-
tions of set Entertainments. FOlowingths
advice, lie kept out of fashionable circles
as much as possible, spending only about
two weeks OF his time in London and giving
the remainder VI his stay TO quiet enjoy.
ment in the beautiful rural districts OF Eng
land and Scotland. On several occasions
he accepted invitations of distinguished
members OF the bench to sit by them while
in the discharge of their official duties,
and he was much struck with the
comparison between court practices in
England and America. In England,
the chief justice says, the judges
decide questions much more promptly and
in lever words than in the United States
At the close Of important cases in England
the presiding judges will often consult ~
moment or two and announce their decis
ion before leaving the bemch-so different
where Judges will take days aud weeks to
get their decisions ready, and then put
them in the form Of lengthy essays.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
w
Secretary Endicott AdIeres and Con.
Sheridan Yields.

Upon u request by Generals Sheridan,
Schofcld, Pope and Howard that their
present personal aides be made exceptions
to the recently issued order. sending
back to the regiments all officers
who had been absent thereirom on de-
tached or staff duty four years or more,
Secretary Endicott has had the subject
brought to his attention. and has decided
that no exception shall be made to the oper-
alton OF the order. The order was issued
after long and careful consideration by the
secretary, who fully knows the effect Il
would have. Hellas become convinced that
under the prevailing system detached OF.
ficers lose interest in their regiments, and
its longer continuance would be demoraliz-
ing to the service.
Gen. Sheridan submits gracefully to the
answer made by the secretary Of war to HE
protest against the removal his aids. lie
appointed Maj. T. w. Benteen, Fourth cav
airy, and Capt. Stanhope Blunt, formerly Of
the Thirteenth infantry and since 1874 OF
the ordnance department. These gentlemen
from their appointment receive the title and
pay Of lieutenant colonel. Capt. Davis and
Capt. Gregory, whom they succeed, will
lose this title and will receive instead Of
the 81 900 a year that attends these fash
ionable assignments, $1,000 and $2,4OO
respectively. Capt. Davis will go to his
regiment, the Fourteenth infantry, at Van
Couver barracks. Capt. Gregory will 60
wherever he is assigned.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
General Nova.

The yield Of lead ore in the Galena mines
last month was !, 200, 900 pounds.
The Michigan supreme court declaresithe
new Egan election law unconstitutional.
Fifty Irish. Americans are to be sent to
Ireland to assist Parnell in electioneering.
The American Free Trade league calls
for n national conference, to be held at
Chicago Nov. 1.
Editor Dunno, OF the Miles City Maverick,
shows up roller rink abuses, and Deputy
Sheriff Bishop, who is interested in one,
knocks out four Of his teeth and blackens
his eye.
Mrs. Lena Branz Of Chicago has sued
the three brothers Lynch to recover $780,
900, the value she attaches to her long
golden hair, which they cut off without her
permission.
The court Of appeals OF New York decid.
ed that the dedication OF q sum OF money
to be expended In masses fov the souls Of
the dead is recognizable In law as O legal
disposition Of it.
Whatcostly Injuries lawsuits may prove
to be is shown in q special from Waterloo,
Iowa. Eleven years. litigation over $45
worth Of calf has already cost $50. 900 and
bankrupted several worthy farmers.
Thomas MacKarness, dealer in cigars, to.
IL
an assignment to f. w. Toole. His fndebt-
edness amounts to about So, 900, and hjs
assets are reported to be about So, 900.
Ameeting Of solid business men Of Vir.
ginia was recently held at Natural Bridge
to consider the project OF asking the feder.
al government to pay West Virginia's Dor.
tion OF the original debt, since the govern.
m, mt created that state out OF old Virgin.
ia.
Upon the committee appointed at the
Brooklyn meeting OF the Irish hsympathizers
to go to Ireland and assist in the campaign
Of Mr.. Parnell and his associates are Con.
gtess,ilan p. A. Collins and John Boyle
Q'Reilly OF Boston,. Neither of these gen:
tlemen iayors the project, believing it en-:
TREK ys. %nRessssaEy g as MI psrnf fssf
lins said, when asked i he would go: NJ:
nor will apyhody else, u fthey want to do
anything for the cause, why don't they do
| as Others are doing-send over money?
Gen. Lew Wallace, ex- minister to Turkey.
In aninterview says in regard to the Balkan
trouble: ! do not think any action will be
taken by Turkey until the signatory powers
meet. The sultan has too much common
sense to rush haphaxard into war. He
will await the Issue Of q conference In case
| OF disagreement between the powers the
whole Of Europe will be swept into hostili.
ties; Russia, France, and Italy on the one
side and England and Austria ON the other.
Germany guided by Bismarck. will endeavor
to act as Arbitrator. Austria would i'm.
mediately take possession Of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Russin would occupy Bul.
garia and Roumelia. The conference is most
likely to result in statu quo. One Of the
worlds greatest wars will happen before tht
crescent disappears from tho Bosphorus.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16

thing I never did afore-yes, sir, I
stood there and prayed that that little
one might be able to stick 1t out till I
could get to her. But 1 guess my
prayers are no good, for when the
train was by rushed out Oh the bridge
over timbers by the dozen, expecting
every minute to see that little red rib.
bon. But it never showed up. Tears
began to fill my eyes so that I could
hardly see the cross-pieces-I have q
little girl of my own you know-but
on and on went. and no brown hood
or red ribbon could l find. Then l
turned and looked to the ice below,
and there she was. Yes, she had fall
en- thirty or forty feet through the
bridge.
''How l got down to her I don't
know, but got there. lifted her up
in my arms. Her eyes were closed,
but she opened them, looked at me
second and then said:
"How did you get down here?"
"lhis question would have made me
laugh if l had felt sure she wasn't
hurt, but as it was hurried up the
bank and to the caboosc. She said she
wasn't hurt much, but l knew she
couldn't tell, and we started for the
next station.
"Im going home. amt lP" she in-
quired, after we had fixed her up in
our bunk.
II told her yes knowin' that min
ute We were goin' right by her house
l was in such hurry to get to sur.
geon that thought it right to deceive
her Pretty soon she went of to sleep
and she looked so dcathly living there
that all of us went to wipin' our eyes
like women.
Boys says l, If she never wakes
up I'll quit the road. never want to
see that bridge agin.'"
"And you have quit the road?"
''No, I'm at the old business. She
got well, and all the spring used to
watch for my ira as she would for
her papa cominghomc from work. We
never passed her house unless she was
out waving that little brown hood at
us and making that red ribbon dance.
Our engineer used to whistle for her
regularly. and she got so that she
could tell that whistle as far as she
could hear it. Once in while. when
not in a hurry, we'd stop our train
and have talk with her. She said
she loved us all. even the old engine,
but sne has never set her foot on the
track since that day she fell t'''"""ll
the bridge. This is true sto /
the little girls name is Lily"
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
Poor Nellie Grant.

The papers have been dumb about the
Sartoris matter. The truth is that the only
reason why the separation has not
been complete between Nellie Grant and
her husband has been because other inabili.
ty to obtain possession OF her three chill.
drcn. Sartoris has been brutal in his
treatment of her and she does
not want to live with him. II the
children ever get to this side OF the water
they will never he allowed to so back again.
II Mrs. Sartoris gets possession Of them she
will probably, after the mourning in the
Grant family ends, bring suit for u divorce
from the brutal, unapprccintive creature
she married. This marriage was the regret
ot Grants life... This is not gossip, but ~
plain statement OF fact.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
From Wa.hineto,.

Hon. A. A. Adee, United States assistant
secretary OF state, was in Halifax getting
information about the fish CATCH
The Indiana delegation presented the
name OF prof. j. II. Sharp OF Indianapolis
as member Of the civil service commits
sion.
Attorney General Garland, during his
recent outing, killed seven deer, fourteen
wild turkeys, and hundreds Of ducks and
wild geese.
It turns out that Maj. Swindall was ap.
pointed clerk at the Crow Creek agency ai-
ter all. Agent Gasslnan's wish iathered
the statement to the contrary.
A. B. Dickerson of New .Jersy has been
appointed chief OF division in the office Of
the controller Of the currency, vice F. A.
Miller, resigned. Mr.. Dickerson was recent
ly appointed chcif Of u division in the Sixth
auditors office.
The president has not used sheet OF
government paper or government ell
velOpe since he has been in the White
House, and lie has used the same old pen
for six months. He bnyes his own station
cry.
The division Of abandoned lands and
property OF the treasury department, has
$l3, ,OOO, 600 in its charge, proceeds Of cot
ton taken from plantations in the south
during the war. The money awaits legiti-
mate claimants.
The president has appointed the follow
ing. Jabez l.. NJ. Curry OF Virginin envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotenti-
ary to Spain, vice Foster, resigned; Charles
a. Zollinger, pension agent ut Indianapolis;
A. N. d. Shaier. receiver OF public moneys
at Evanston, Wyo., and Charles COryell,
receiver Of public moneys at Del Norte,
Colo.
The president has made the following ap-
pointments:-To be Receivers OF Public
Moneys-Samuel L. Gilbert at Wichita,
Kas.; William Q. Jordan ut Montgomery,
Ala; Oliver Sherman ut North Platte, Neb.;
4 Samuel g. Glover at Valentine. Neb. To
sba Rereiyers of Land Offices William Ne
willie at North Platte; g. F. Batelle at Valen-
tine. Neb. freeman Barnum, collector oi
internal revenue, First district Of Missouri;
drugs and medicines for the district OF New
Oileans.
The secretary OF the interior has made a
decision against the appeal of Luther Har.
riSon, ex-assistant commissioner of the
land Office, from the order of Commissioners
Sparks, denying to him the right OF prac.
tice as IN attorney before the interior de-
partnent, under the terms Of the act oi
June l, 1872. which provides: 'It shall
not be lawful Tor any person appointed
after June l, 1872, as an officer, clerk or
employe in any department to act as
counsel, attorney or agent for the prosecu-
tion OF any claim which was pending in the
department while he was such officer, nor
to aid in the prosecution OF any such claim
within two years next after he shall have
ceased to be an officer or e,nploye" This
opinion applies to all persons who have
either resigned or been dismissed from any
department during the present adminstra-
tion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
TASTED to Death.

Miss Veronica Bella, who performed a re.
markable fast in Syracuse, N. Y, died
Thursday morning the sth inst. Her fast be-
gan on Aug. 10, fiity-nine days ago, and
since that time she did not touch morsel
Of food, living entirely upon water. in which
small quantities Of morphine were dissolved.
When she first declined to partake ot food
she weighed 140 pounds. As she lay upon
tho skin, which lay in wrinkles, and her
eyes were terribly sunken. Since the death
Of her husband, eight years ago in aninsane
asylum, her mind vas affected. !; A post,
mortsm examination has been held...
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
Hscora Of Casualties.

Charles Dayidson, while painting the
ceilinsei high building at Evansville, Ind.
tell tlaeongh the elevator into the cellar and
was Killed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16

remorss returned and hs says drove him
into . frenzy. Since then he has known no
peace Of imind, he got drunk and hired o boy
to take him to q police station, where he
made his startling confession.
Nah YIN, charged with the assassina ton
OF See Choy, is on trial at Portland, Ore.
gon. The best legal talent in the state is
engaged on both sides Of the case. The
case is most peculiar one and attracts
great attention among Chinese residents.
The assassin and his victim were both high
members Of the Chinese Masonic order.
Tho murder WAS perpetrated in o Masonic
lodge during its session. Tho motive
prompting the deed is not known. Nah
Yims' counsel claim that the defendant ia
innocent and that the murder was COM
mitted by another prominent Chinese Ma
son, who was permitted to make his escape,
and all the members OF the order are en-.
deavoring to have the innocent man con.
victed. It Is claimed that See Choy was
murdered for divulging some Masonic &C.
crets. The whole case is involved In much
mystery.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
CHlLDREN's CORNER.
Hew to Stop It.

Our Dumb Animals.
Mamma, q dear little birdie Is deadi
saw 1t upon your new hat;
wondered, dear mamma, while big tears
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16
Foreign Gossip.

Parncll has improved greatly in his ora.
tory during the t.o past years. When lie
entered political life he was very poor
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-16

Who could have been so cruel as that
AS TO kill the BIRDIE mamma, do say,
Did little ones die in their nest.
DR. from cold and fright did they pass away,
For want of their dear mothers breast.