The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-05-14

. Col. George B. Goodwin. q well known
lawyer and politician Of Milwaukee, is dead.
DR.. William A.. Hammond, ex.sureeon
general Of the United States army, was
married to Miss Chaplin Of New York.
Senator Van Wyck is so bow-legged he
has to have his pantaloons cut with q cir.
cular saw.
"A public scandal has arisen at Ottawa,
Can, over the fact that civil service EN-
ploye, whose wife is also employed in a
certain department with her husband, and
who is the recipient Of very much larger
salary, and who has been for some years
suspected OF close intimate friendship with
the minister. who is much her senior, had
quarrel with his better half in the corri.
dor OF the department. The husband
made some charge against his wife about
being In the minister's rnnn,. and the result
W3s shht blows went fast and furious be.
tween the two.
I London Cable: Miss frankie Folsom
Mr.. Geveland's fiancee, is coming to Lon.
don from Paris as soon as she and Mrs.
Folsom have concluded their purchases.
While hsR Miss Folsom will be presented at
court.
Marie Christina, queen OF Spain, has two
lovely daughters who are still in ignorance
Of their fathers death, and who write let.
tiers to him begging him to return.
Queen Victoria opens the colonial exhi-
hilton at London, and an ode by Tennyson
is rendered.
The house committee ON postoffices and
post roads instructed Representative
Dockery to report iavorbly on q bill
to extend the free delivery system to all
towns containing 10000 inhabitants OF
more.
A letter has been received by Senator
Logan from the bar Of New Mexico, asking
for the confirmation of Elisha V. Lang OF
Warsaw, Ind, to be chief justice Of the su.
preme court OF that territory. Senator
! Logan says that the nomination will un.
doubtedIy be confirmed.
The senate has confirmed the nomina.
tion OF Hill to be marshal OF Colorado.
This 10 the man against whose appoint.
ment Gov. Grant, John Askins and other
prominent Democrats came to Washing.
ton to protest. He is son Of Gen. Hill Of
Confederate fame.
In order to assist the authorities in the
maintenance OF quarantine against the in.
PRODUCTION OF infectious diseases, the presi.
dent has determined to establish, by means
Of the vesselR OF the revenue marine q
national patrol Of the coast Of tho United
States.
The Mormons and their attorneys at
Washington vigorously oppose the Ed
munds bill.
Several Of the trhdes in st. Paul are bad.
~ bothered by strikes.
The senate committee on public buildings
has made q report stating: Only ons
building has been allowed in Minnesota,
and that is at Saltwater. The proposed
building is for the accommodation OF the
postal service. Rent paid by the govern.
ment for postoffice, $500; net revenue oi
tbs same for the last year, $s,266. 65.
These two amounts combined are equal to
12K per cent Of the proposed outlay.
Washington Special: The Indian bill has
an item Of SIC, 900 for the Medawakentons
OF Minnesota. Lastyear this amount as
spent among separate Indians around
Shakopee and Chaska, but this year it ID
to be concentrated with a view to re-estab.
lish the old Redwood agency, and ulti.
mately restoring the annuities abolished at
the time Of the outbreak in 1862. It ID
said the Indians are leaving their farms in
Dakota, under the influence Of sons Of ths
old chiefs, in the hope Of restoring tribal
relation and enjoying support from the
government.
The house committee agreed to report
favorably on the following resolution, In
troduced by Representative Dorsey: In.
structing tho committee to investigate
charges that the present system OF trans.
porting live stock by. railroad companies
u barbarous and destructive; that this
system causes an annual loss OF $16, ,0O0,.