The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-08-07
General News.

The mercury was at % in New York on
Saturday 25th.
The total Of the Rartholdi pedestal fund
at the New York World office is now $98,.
O61.74.
The pictorial daily newspapers have pre-.
scnted their readers with some fearful pict.
ures of Gen. Grant.
Fifty-thrce out Of sixty eight New Hamp.
shire banks hold many Western farm mort
gage loan Investments.
Maj. Edwards, In charge OF the Dakota
census, claims that the population Of that
territory exceeds 400 900.
The Pennsylvania road has abandoned
its 81 emigrant rate, and the Baltimore 4
Ohio Mt once announces another.
At Syracuse Babcock & Andrews, the
proprietors Of the big bucket shop, probably
the most extensive in New York, failed for
100000 or more.
Charles Wilde, Of Kimball, OAK, is miss.
ing under singular circumstances, and ei.
forts are making to trace him at Omaha
and Council Bluffs.
Charles H. Clark, for many years deputy
collector OF internal revenue and secretary
OF the Minneapolis Fair association, was
stricken with paralysis.
Pat Donan has written q wild. irensied
epistle to the New York Sun on the hot
weather and on the advantage Of rolling in a
blanket at DEVILS Lake to keep out the per.
sistent frost.
Rev. DR.. w. R. Davis (colored), pastor "a
the Zion Baptist church in Louisville, KY,
resigned by request Of his congrsga tion. who
complained that he did not preach loud
pitch OF iervor which makes them so happy.
Mr.. Davis 10 q graduate Of Harvard and at
one time was president OF the colorsd Ken.
tucky State university.
Gen. w. w. Belknap, as counsel for the
Baltimore Ohio, made an argument be-
lore Judge Maynard, second controller Of
the treasury, In favor Of reopening the &C.
counts Of his company, from 1862 to 1866,
Tor the transportation Of troops and mill
tary stores. The Baltimore & Ohio claim
that upon areadjustment Of those accounts
iound to be due tho company from thegOv
ernment. The controller reserved his deci.
sion.
London Cable: Mr.. Phelps the American
minister, and large number oiother Amer.
tcans were present Sunday at the service in
DR.. Newman Halls church at Lambeth.
DIR. Halls sermon was devoted to-Gen.
Grant. Special reference to Grants death
was made In many churches in London and
elsewhere, and the Dead March" from
Saul, was played in q number Of places as
. part of the service. All the shipping
decks were heavily draped in Grape, and ali
the flags were placed at hali-mast.
Fourteen Cinnamon Of st. Paul. accom-.
panied by Sunday school teachers, made
the tour Of Lake Minnetonka. Before
strangers in the cars and on the steamboat
they were very quiet but having arrived at
ths picnic grounds they entered into the
spirit OF the occasion, irolicins under the
tress and chattsrins in the Chinese tongue
ct great rate. Ths Celestials were in full
sboissay. Others eompiained % ID ss 81 the Seas' sas
but the philosophical Cinnamon made no
murmur.
John n. Durham, G. w. c. T, OF the or.
dor Of Good Templars in Minnesota, and
veracious gentleman withal. has just re.
turned from protracted visit in the State
Of Maine. In regard to the operations oi
the celebrrted temperance law OF that state,
Mr.. Durham says that it may have limited
the sale Of liquors to young people to q
certain extent. but there is no Disgusting the
fact that liquor may bs obtained without
try districts the law IL enforced, 30 far -
he was able to observe.
8. u. Pinney Of Madison, a. counsel for
the Manitoba road, made an argument b.
fore Land Commissioner Sparks in regard
to the status Of the lands Of the road affect
Cd by the recent order withdrawing indem.
nifty limits. The act authorizing the Man.
itoba grant, Mr.. Pinnev said, make the in.
demnity reserve absolute; .he conditions
were wholly unlike the Others. Gen. Sparks
took the question under consideration, say.
Ing he was not disposed to make decision
until It came before him in an actual case.
1t ID understood that thu recent order haa ~