The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-03-19

mercial advantages.
A $500, 900 cotton mill burns at Mors.
Icy, Eng, throwing 800 out Of work.
Lord Cairns, whom the American, Miss
Grant: b to marry. in preparation for the
bataille des deu1 at the Nice carnival, has
ordered 10. 600 white camelias, and has
hired two elephants to draw ono OF the
boats Of his yacht to be arranged for tho
day OF the fiowery warfare.
Dr.. C. L. Fitch, who has been for Ave
years In charge OF Kakaako Leper hospi-
tai, Honolulu thinks that in fifteen years
there will be only enough natives left to
mako curiosities. Liquor and leprosy are
killing them of.
The fruits Of Bismarck's reconciliation
with the Vatican appear in the appoint
ment OF bishop to a long. vacant Prussian
see.
Notwithstanding the break in trnnscon.
tinental rates I'D the necessary reductions
made by the Northern Pacific, the approx.
imate earnings ofthat company for the first
week In March show an increase OF nearly
5000.
Mrs. BENJAMIN Harris Brewster, the wife
OF the ex-attorney general, died at her resi-.
dence in Philadelphia.
DR.. James Eells, president of Lane Theo.
in Cincinnati.
The special dominion medical commits.
sion produce their report pronouncing Riel
an absolutely sane man.
Imports into England during February
decreased f2,590,OOO, as compared with
those OF the corresponding month last
year, and exports decreasedf47O,O 900.
Dublin Cable: Father O'Connor, whose
parish comprises the Island OF Achill, off
the west coast says that five hundred tons
of seed potatoes will be srequired to prevent
q recurrence OF the famine next winter.
Father Grealy writes from Newport that
three more persons have died from starva-
tion and that many are prostrated with
famine lever. There is not vestige Of
seed remaining, and II assistance is not i'm
mediately Forthcoming, the few people who
may possibly escape starvation now must
certainly succomb next winter. The shop.
keepers are on the verge Of bankruptcy,
and "the outlook" Father Grealy says,
"can only bedescribed as terrible"
The report OF the medical commission
appointed to inquire into the sanity Of
Louis Riel was laid on the table Of the
Dominion House. DIR. Jukes, senior sur
after . careful examination OF Riel since he
was under his care at Ottawa. his opinion,
not hastily formed, 10 that Riel was an &C.
couhtable being-sane, clearheaded and
responsible for his actions before God and
man. DR.. Valade Of Ottawa corroborates
this opinion, but holds that Riel held 20.
culiar views On religious and political
questions, yet could readily distinguish
right from wrong. DR.. Lowell, OF the Kings.
ton penitentiary, makes similar report,
all three testifying to Risl's sanity.
The college wing Of the Catholic school
known as the. .Saton hotel, in the outskirts
OF the village Of South Orange, N. j., was
burned. The loss is $50, 900; insurance,
$25. 900. The building contained 90 col.
legiatcs, 81 seminnfians. Is Sisters Of
Merry, a number Of priests, and 22 SER
wants. All got out OF the burning building
In safety.
The magnificent female college at West
used as public school.
The new postmaster at South Hadley,
Mass. has been boycotted by four.fifths OF
the inhabitants OF that place.
The Comstock lode has been worked to a
depth Of 5000 feet and has produced
about $3.50, 600, 900.
Professional boxers are not allowed ad-
mittance into Harvard's gymnasium.
John B. Coughs estateis valued at $75-,
900 to 100000.
Homer L. Andrews, arrested for horse
stealing in Chicago, turns out to be an old
crook OF respectable connections. He once
resided in st. Paul.
Northern Pacific earnings show an in.
crease OF nearly $1,000 the first week in
March.
The striking soft coal miners at Latrobe,
Pa, resume work at an advance OF Is per
cent.
United States Judge Dyer, at Milwaukee,
sustains the petition OF the Goodrich trans.
portation company to limit damages for
the Green Bay fire to the value Of the boat
and cargo which caused the fire.
Joel Chandler Harris (Uncle Remus) will
soon marry Miss Caroline Mugs, awealthy
young lady OF North Carolina, who is also
a niece Of Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
Ex-President Arthur is i'll, but not danger
ously. He has been suffering from bad
cold all winter and has been much bother.
ed by it. He will be out again in few
days.
DR.. Henry ]. Bigelow, whose fame is
worldwide for his method OF reducing dis
location at the hip joint, has resigned as
surgeon to the Massachusetts General hos
pital.
Addison Cammack. the New York mill.
ionaire. weds Miss Mary Hildreth, u Wash.
ington beauty.
The Boston police have raised liquor Ii.
censes in several classes from $50 to 5000.
city's revenue, It 10 believed, will be aug.
mented $165, 900 by the increased fees.
William K. Vanderbilt has let a contract
n X460 Sssn 1o
built moro for comfort than speed, beauti.
fully finished and magnifcently furnish.
ed.
Nathaniel F. Ferguson, the wealthiest
resident at Reading, Pa, has become in.
sane on account Of an accident at his mill,
whereby six men were killed.
The new Mexican veteran pension bill
provides for the pensionins OF about 5O,.
600 persons.
The lord mayor Of Dublin calls a meet.
ing to consider the distress in West Ire.
land.
Jules Verne's nephew tries to kill the dis.
tinguished author with pistol.
Crown lands in Canada were sold in 1885
to the extent Of 99,9 acres.
Tho dominion and imperial governments
have agreed to subsidize the Halifax dry
dock $4,000 year each.
The third car load Of Manitoba products
for the colonial exhibition in London left
recently.
The current mobilization OF the Turkish
army is costing the impoverished empire
5000, 900 p day.
London Cable: extremely close vote
IN the commons on the Question OF the dis.
establishment Of the church in Wales has
made q profound impression, az showing
how advanced public opinion Is on the mat:
A remarkable wedding occurred in Ten.
nessee recently, the bride and groom kneel.
Ing beside the grave Of their child, which
had died several months previous. The
lady had been betrayed under promise Of
marriage.