The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-06-04
Lewis I. sprain, and their two minor chill.
dren.
Mr.. White has introduced Q bill erantinR
O pension to Minus Ciasel,

the following: u. l.. Aune, receiver Of pub.
lie moneys, and Thomas F. Cowing, regis.
ter Of the public land Office, Fergus Fulls.
Mimi; William p. Christiansen, register oi
the Redwood Falls (Minn.) land office.
The president has vetoed two senate bills
granting pensions to d. w. Hamilton and
]. D. Hall. The messages state that the
preaident fails to find sufficient foundation
Tor the claims.
Mrs. Mary F. Kimball wife OF DR.. Kim.
ball, director Of the mint, died after an i'll.
ness Of several weeks.
The stage running from Melrose to Glen
dale, Montana, was "held up" recently by
former town. The driver, George Feryu.
son, was shot and killed. There were two
men, two ladies and q little girl in the stage
at the time Of the attack. As the stage
was passing between the bluff and the
creek, = man stepped out and fired at the
driver with Q shotgun. He fell forward
over the dashboard and struck on the
travelling from San Francisco caught and
held him from falling to tho ground. As
away. Ns.Eioux, sho was risitne ON the
second seat. stepped over and caught the
mail bag, which had slipped from the coach
and seiEing the reins drove into Glendale
at full speed.
The n. E. conference ct Richmond, w..
fixed upon the first Wednesday in May,
1890, as the time for the meeting Of the
next general conference. The report Of the
COMMITTEES an divorce was adopted. 1t
provides-No minister Of the church shall
| solemnizs the rite OF marriage between par
| ties when one or both parties are divorced
from wife OF husband still living. provided
| that the inhibition shall not apply to an
! innocent party to o divorce obtained on
| scriptnral grounds.
Many OF the largest stock growers Of
Montana territory are driving large bunches
OF stock across the border and ranging
These ranges are leased from the Canadian
government for twenty.one years, and no
duty 10 charged on cattle driven across to
feed. Canadian rangers are ihcensed
against the dominion government for per-
mitting Montana owners to do this, as
they are not given the same privileges by
the American government.
Senators Hoar and Cockrell are the only
! two men In the senate who pronounces
correctly the word oleomargarine.
Justice and Mrs. Field, Mrs. Dolph and
Miss Dolph will sail for Europe on
June 8.
The house committee on banking and
currency reported favorably Representa-
depositOries in s.. Paul, Minneapolis and
other cities.
Mr.. Glasscock kills G. NJ. Hatch in q
quarrel at Urbana, III.
Henry Ward Beecher, It il understood,
has asked the president to Withdraw the
nomination OF his son to be collector at
Port Townsend, Or, as it is probable that
he will be rejected.
The bill reorganizing the customs service
abolishes the Gnlena district in Illinois,
the La Crosse district in Wisconsin, tho
Duluth district in Minnesota. the Superior
district in Michigan, and the Burlington
and Dubuque districts in Iowa. Thcrcaso
assigned for the abolishlnent OF the dis
tricts is that it costs more to collect Gus
toms at these ports than the aggregate Of
tho duties collected.
At the close OF business in the New York
custom house on June 81 1876, the cashier,
William d. Robinson, reported that his &C.
count was IS 900 short. skilled detectives
wereimnediately employed, but it probably
will ever be q mystery, except the bare
fact that one 1000 coin certificate dis
appeared. At that time Chester A. Arthur
loss, and the senate passed bill to re-
imburse him for the $4,000 stolen and tho
So, 600 short. The bill authorizes the nc-
counting official Of the treasury to credit
ex-Collector Robertson with $13 900 which
was stolen from the cash room OF the Gus.
tom house in March, 1853.
A calamity beiell the inmates of Smiths
hotel, house OF i'll rep,lte one mile from
Rhinelander, Wis. The building was burn.
ed to the ground together with four in.
mates-J. A. Smith, Daniel Doyle, Mrs.
Doyle and Maggie ProMit-whose charred
remains were taken from the debris. One
sna n r1oi (1o I'll, sa,I,1
ond.story window, is now lyiEg at the
Rapids house in a dangerous condition.
The coroner's jury brought in verdict
that the inmates came to their death by
being burned in the house, set on fire by III
cendiaries, belived to bc the watchman
and Fiddler Kelley, alias Fred Wcscott.
man representing himself AZ j. L. Say:
re, agent for the Barnes Safe and Lock
Company Of Pittsburg. called ut the law
office OF Lloyd A: Howard at Warsaw, N.
T.. stating TINT lie was examining the out.
put OF his firm and repairing where neccs.
sary. He learned the combination had
not been changed, and he opened the sale
md stole $3.50 cash in United States cS.
press stock certificates Of deposit. and
notes to the sum OF $4,000 and dis
appeared.
barred L. G. Burr from practicing In any
court oi record in that state for two years.
This sentence is punishment for unpro-
fcssional conduct in aiding Mat thinner
man, condemned murderer, to escape.
Burr managed to get Zimmerman before a
United States commissioner on writ oi
habeas corpus, and Commissioner Lowell,
who had no jurisdiction whatever released
Zimmerman on 81 900 bail. Lowell lost
nent lawyer, and is mayor OF Lincoln.
N1n
take place at Folsomdale, which is one oi
the most isolated spots in Western New
York.
The Yale corporation have definitely de.
termined not to give Miss Alice Jordan the
degree Of bachelor OF law, because she is a
woman.
the Chicago packing house proprietors
but one will return to ten hours on Junc1
"Azov" wheat, recently imported from
Russia, is doing splendidly in Manitoba.
The Cuban buget, for a wonder, shows q
surplus of $125,OOO.
The Dominion Senate at Ottowa, defeat.
ed the Chinese bill. This means that China
men can come and 20 as they please. The
people Lf British Columbia ought to have
been satisfied with the measure as it was,
instead Of risking it for the sake OF few
trffling amendments, to the death which it
has met.
The committee on postoffices has under
consideration the nomination OF William
a. Burke to be postmaster Of staunton,
Va, against whom serious charges have
been made. Burke, it is alleged, embezzed
Sc 5000 while treasurer Of manufacturing
institution.
In reply to inquiries as to the advisable
ity Of the construction OF the Gnabar and
Clark's Fork railroad in the Yellowstone
Park, Gen. Sheridan has written II letter
saying: A railroad through any portion
Of the park 10 not in harmony with the oh.
jects for which the reservation was created,
and il permitted would be q precedent for
various Others already projected. The
game il collecting in great numbers, and il
not disturbed will continue to do so.
In the executive session Mr.. Wilson OF
Iowa reported the nomination Of John
Ieaman to be postmaster at Dcnnison,
Iowa, with a recommendation from the
postoffice committee that it be rejected.
This is the second repor; OF the kind on
the Dennison Office.
John D. Ham, whose pension bill was
"a l.. L..