The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-16
Three Young Ladies' Drowned.

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eamileA The chapel was crowded
Three Young Ladies' Drowned.
At Norris Lake, one mile west oi st.
Francis, Anoka county, Mimi, three young
!Adies-Ella Gaslin aged seventeen, Ncttie
0aslin aged fifteen. daughters Of Joseph L.
Gaslin OF st. Francis, well known lum-
herman, and Jennie Joy. aged seventeen,
daughter Of 8. H. Joy. OF North Minneapo.
lis. These girls, with Miss Nutter, an
adopted daughter Of Mr.. Joy, were bath.
Ing In the lake, which is about u half
wadei out about three rods from shore.
Suddenly stepping into large hole, they
sank out Of sight. Ella at once went to
their aid, whom she was seized by tho
drowning girls and drawn into tho sink
hole; all three drowning before help could
10 obtained. The bodies were recovered
one hour after by Mr.. Gaslin.
Fifty persons were invited to the grand
banquet given by the sultan to Admiral
Franklin and the officers Of the American
steamer Kearsage, besides Minister Cox and
vito, and twenty petty officers and a num-
ber oI sailors. Hassan Pascha, minister
of war, presided.
Papal Ablegate o. Brien sailed from Liver
pool on the steamer Polynesian for Mon.
treal. In addition to the hat for Cardinal
Tashereau, he carries the pallium for two
Canadian archbislops.
Father Curtis has been appointed bishor
Of Wilmington.
Bellows kills his neice and wounds him.
self. near Charles City, Iowa.
Charles Marsh, junior partner in the large
dry goods house Of Jordan, Marsh d Co.,
Boston, died Mt his summer residence at
Cohasset. Mass. Mr.. Marsh was Iifty.six
years old. His partnership with Ehcn ID.
jordan was formed in 1853. Hcwas prob.
ably worth over $4,000, 900, and carried
an insurance on his lie ofS25O, 600, $780,.
900 OF which is in one company.
"A Billings special snys the wholesale
hardware house OF Camp Bros. Il Co.. has
assigned to ID. q. Porter. The liabilities
nnd assets are large, but unknown. The
principal creditors nrc in Chicago, st. Paul,
and Springfield, Ohio.
Tho New York fire underwriters have just
agreed upon important action concerning
fire insurance. All the companies and
agents doing business in New York and
Brooklyn have signed an agreement to
establish ratings on all property in the
metropolitan district and to reduce
brokers' commissions to 10 per cent.
Unless legal entanglcmcnts prevent, the
most remarkable raft OF logs ever put to.
gether will soon leave Halifax, N. f.. Tor
New York. 1t IL ~ cigar-shapcd cylinder
400 feet long, with the beam and draft ola
scagong vessel, and contains $500, 900
feet 81 logs. Its value here will be S35. 900.
II will bc hauled by n regular OCEAN steam
or, which will follow tho coast pretty close
ly. The object il to save $S, 900 duty, saw.
ed timber being taxed. while logs enter Tree.
The Cincinnati Enquirer is said to clear
100000 ycnr.
Five hundred Mormon immigrants ar.
rived in New York recently.
Six buildings were burned ut Tonawanda,
N. Y, the loss being 100000.
A fire in tho SaltoustalI block Mt H;lvcr.
hill, Mass, caused u loss OF SGO, ZOO.
Sam Jones will receive $1,000 for his
sermons at Chautauqua.
William Walter Phelps was reelected
member Of the corporation OF Yale College.
Tho Chicago Il Northwestern depot ut
Brookinss, Dak., is burned with contents.
Burglars break into the Minncn polls post
Office nnd t,.ke $4,000 in stamps nnd
some money.
During June fifty-nve roads reported
earnings Of S19.9OS, ,SG2, an increase 0i
81, l33,99s. For the six months the re.
ports showed earnings Of $125,2S7 ,353,
IN increase OF s7,352,i72.
Lieut.. Alex Brown, Jr., of Company u,
Michigan national guard, has asdissaplmare.i
from Jackson, his home. Friends fear foul
play. He had 81 900 with him.
A Boston fishing party recently caught
in Narragansett bay an enormous SCI, tur-
Tie weighing 900 pounds.
Jack Lambert. IL painter. WAS executed
at Charleston, Tenn, for the murder nl
Dick Wilson.
Forest fires are still raging in the New
Zealand valley. n. II. Tho loss so far il
estimated ut 100000,
There were 153 failures in tho, l'niteG
States reported to Erllstrrct lurin. the
week, against l57 the proceeding wcrt; and
ia, lSS, 40 aud 90 in the corresponding
weeks Of 1885. 1854, 1888; aud ISIS. re.
spcctiyeIy. Among those reported cnbar.
rassed were: Stephen Moorhouse K Co.,
Wennburg, importers of w0rstctls, New
York; G. \. Crown IL Co., trimmings, etc,
Pittsburg, Pa, bridgeport knife accompany,
Bridgeport. Conn,
Sam Archer was hanged at Shoals, Ind,
Friday, on the 9th inst. Sam Archer, in
league with his father, his brothers, John
MAJ tin and others, murdered John Bunch,
IL farmer. in tho latter part of 1883. be.
cause he would not join IL gang of horse
thieves Of which the Archcrs were members
SANS brother Thomas and John Martin
were lync.led ut Shoals on the night of
March ., last.
Miguel Chacon, the negro who killed his
mistress, Mrs. Maria Williams, was hanged
at the Tom5s prison New York, Friday
the 9th.
Mrs. Eleanora Cole, oi Baltimore. moth
er OF the late teCongressmnn William ii. Cole,
who was recently buried, died shortly he.
fore the funeral Of her son from the shock
ocnsioncd by his death. She was 60 years
Of age, and had been in feeble health for
some time.
Two young boys Bennic Harrison and
B. Nelson, sons Of d. B. Harrison and Is.
Nelson, while bathing in the river. two and
al,alf miles south Of La Crosse, got beyond
their depth, and were drowned. Both
were bright boys, and members of e.tima.
BILE families.
George w, Chatterlon. a prominent farm
cr living north Of Grand Rapids, Mich. was
shot dead by his wife. Divorce proceedings
were in progress. She entered q inG,n where
her husband was sitting, shot him down
with u revolver. and fired IL second time,
killing him instantly.
X. w. Morrow, sheriff and tax collector
for Howard, Tex, and adjacent counties
has fled. He is short in his accounts
$4,000. Morrow was under $40. 900 bonds
for killing man. 1t is believed that h. is
in Mexico.
John w. Deeter was killed near Hartford
City, Ind. by Charles Weissnan. Dceter
mistook Weissman for man lie wished to
chnstise.
The deepest well in the world is at Home
wood, Pa, and is G,O0U feet below the sur.