The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-02-26

lions ofpostmasterstot the senate: Thomas
B. Coon, ut Kilbourn Cish, Wis; John Nc
Apsland. at Miles City, Mont; James Ben
ton. at Coliax, Wash.
Tho brother o. the late Vice President
Wilson is very i'll and entioly destitu to In
Washington.
A bill will be reported to tho house pro.
viding that lands shall not be conveyed to
the Pacific companies until the cost Of sur.
veying has been paid.
The body Of Rev. Jesse B. Braly ofNor.
tonville, KY, vas found encased in ice in
the river below st. Louis. He had com.
mitted suicide from fear Of the result OF an
investiRation then going on In relation to
his private affairs.
The Renfrew Manufacturing Company oi
Adams, Mass, which is ono Of the largest
cloths in the country, have raised the
wages Of their operatives 10 per cent. to
date from March /. The men had NOT
asked for more pay.
The strike Of hosiery operatives at Lei
cester has ended In a compromise. The
Sunderland ship builders threaten to omen
their works to unemployed workmcn unless
the hands in the strike accept the terms oi.
tered them: Mossra. Morgan, the bankers,
| sssssV NSA0VSSA ssOOV ~ Suo SUAU01Ou klOUS8
relief fund. The fund now amounts to
f52, 900.
The examination into the death oi Mr..
bartlett, q merchant OF Pimly, England.
towhom it isnllegetl cloroform was admin.
istered by his wife. SO that she would be
able to marry Rev. Mr.. Dyson, a Wesley.
an minister, with whom she had been init.
mate. has been finished. and Mrs. Bartlett
and Mr.. Dyson were both committed for
trial on the charge oi numbering Mr.. Bart.
lett.
P. Z. sarrasin 1 Co.. cigar and tobacco
brought suit ag"inst their creditors. prav. ,.
ing Tor a respite Of six, twelve and eighteen
months. Their assets are $15S,OOO. and
their liabilities 100000.
Mrs. Hendricks Of indianapolis, has been
annoyed by spiritua'ists, who send her let
ters purporting to have been addressed to
her from the spirit land by her husband.
One person in New York wrote inclosins a
letter from Mr.. Hendricks, claiming that it
was genuine and written in his own ,ccul-
lar style: There WIS an undoubted resen-
blance, but Mrs. Hcndricks characterized
1t as only u clever piece Of imitation, re.
marktn, that she could easily detect the
difference.
At Salt Lake City, Thomas Birmingham
and James Bowen, convicted OF unlawful
cohabitation, were sentenced in the district
court TO six months imprisonment and to
pny fines OF $500 each. Abram IT, Can.
non took the witness stand when his case
was called. Upon being asked whether two
women were his wives and whether he had
lived with them, he replied, "They nre,
thank God. have lived with them as
charged" He was convicted. Henry Din.
moody pleaded guilty. He promised ODE.
dience to the law, and sentence was sus-
pended.
The governor OF Illinois has offered q re.
ward OF 5000 for the arrest OF the parties
who hung Miss Georgia Aldrich at Wind.
sor.
L. A. Hopkins absconded from Chaplin &
Cores wholesale liquor establishment,
Chicago, with S3,5OO. Soon after the firm
received ~ draft for 81 700 from Hopkins
who is at Montreal.
A we'll known Minneapolis gentleman re-
ceived letter from a friend who is con.
ducting an exhibit at New Orleans. The
letter states that there are very few visi-
tors in attendance, and that all the exhib.
itors are heartily sick 81 the affair, and
would be glad to get out OF it il they could.
The managers Of the institution are cut
ting expenses on every side, and the enter
pFiss. is almost. a dismal tailu1e. es.s...- -,
David Shelly. q wealthy farmer living
near Shirley, ILL.,, armed with two shot.
guns, secreted himself in the oat bin OF his
barn. The members of his family dis.
covered his whereabOu and attempted to
take him to the house. He jumped from
his hiding place and fired number Of
| shots, inflicting probably fatal wounds up
on his brother, Levi Shelly, his wife, sister.
in-law, and his son. aged seventeen. He
then set fire to the barn which was entirely
| consumed.
The action oithc assistant treasurer OF
New York in refusing to accept deposits OF
| silver until he IL able to count it sin strict
| accordance with instructions issued by the
United States treasurer. Similar instruc.
tions have been sent to all the assistant
| treasurers, the object being toinsure great
| er protection in the handling of govern
ment funds.
The president has nominated Lieut.. Col.
Nelson y. Sweetzer, Eighth cavalry, to he
colonel Second cavalry; First Lieut.. Ed.
ward E. Wood, Eighth cavalry, to be cap.
tain; Second Lieut.. John A. Johnston,
Eighth cavalry, to be first lieutenant;
marshal for California.
John Bell, aged sixty-f five, and a member
OF well known upholstery firm OF Pitts.
burg, was decoyed into bunco room and
became so pleased with the workings Of
the game he went to n bank. drew $4,000
and returned. He was knocked down,
and when he recovered he found both
money and thieves gone.
Detroit, Mich, claims to possess the old
est man in the world in the person OF An
drew Lucas, an ex-slave, who is 127 years
OF ase @lu s'''' vigorous
Samuel kancher at Yankton has invent
ea tn:, wnee nuner .na' , eleans tne gram oI
;ntact This j. ths ogtha nr roiiar @
ln.ae.. AniS 10 'lAe 'eseFse u '"e foiAer '''''
process
Marcus Frazier, Manager OF the Globe
Life Insurance company, has been arrested
in Des Motnes for using the mails for illegal
purposes, his death assessments being
based on imagination,
George Cabot Ward oi New York who
has been suffering for sometime from pener.
a. PaTesls' was aso!uuseu W snern s!ury
% amu snaee e.o1ssto sn4 ~ ni appoIsIi ~ .ns
ueJ eo1Fs t.G,n ~ u0 oa.o " ~ ;n,sa'; -. H M
,neapnt.e ~ .a,o .,,,nn.mn ~ t.nha. y. .s
properly. "E' waFu's 10 .. We" KNOWN "Foser'
The vile OF Pro!: Waldo Of Yale college
wandered away while insane, and was kill
ed by Q afall In the presence oil search party.