The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-23

black Ned" for good second. Mr..
Isaac Foster took first on the mems race.
Mrs. III. G. Green won the ladies race
with Miss Sryava johnson second. In
the old mans race Mr.. Geo. Klyne took
first, J.. Freeman second. In the smok.
ing race Nj. B. Bartholette took first, VIM.
Anderson second. For the three-legged
race Freeman Rose and Geo. Harvey
took first, l. Foster and B. Bartholette
second. freeman Rose took first ON all
the jumping.
HYDE PARK.
Mr.. Jas. Hyde has made a big i'm.
provement on his farm in the way of q
pasture field.
Hay is scarce. Mowers may be seen
going in all directions. hunting place to
cut one load of hay.
Mr.. Jos. Kyle's new building in front
of the church for a store and post office
is just about completed.
Why don't someone in Hyde Park
keep a livery rig? 1t would be very
accommodating Just now for some.
Mr.. Joseph Kyle arrived here yester-
day from Turtle mountains and reports
hundreds of acres that will not be cut in
that section of country.
The Northern Light base ball club of
Nile makes bad mistake when they
say it was the Hyde Park first nine that
they played instead of the second nine.
That's why they got beat.
Crops still continue to suffer from such
long season of dry weather, no ram
having fallen since spring to wet the
ground half an inch at any one time.
Most of the wheat is very little over half
a crop, oats in full head six inches long
and barley total failure.
CARLISLE.
The campmeeting closed OH Thursday
evening last. The concluding exercises
were very pleasant and interesting.
Haying is under way but the article 10
very scarce. Harvesting will begin in a
few days, as the grain is ripening fast.
Mr.. spicer has already cut his barley.
A company made up from Pembina
and Hamilton are "tenting ON the old
camp ground" and enjoying life under
the canopy of leaves among the squirrels,
birds and things.
MIR. =. Spicer went cunning after a
pole cat the other morning, and though,
the little animal will no longer feast on
Young chickens, his memory is still fra
grant hereabouts.
Mr.. Albert Moftat has charge Of
our school while Mr.. Richard Weeks
holds the fort at the school on the
west side. Both attended the institute
at st. Thomas.
The New Era gang of men under the
supervision of Mr.. John Cromby have
graded quite a length of road the past
week. With little smoothing up, and
the bridge put in its place over Iceland
coolie we will have good road for all
weather to Pembina.
BATnGATE.
It is time for new potatoes.
Barley harvest will begin next week
Frank Laugh has gone to Ontario 70,
horses.
Haying is nearly done in some 10.
calities.
u. Brennan's new house looms up in
the south part of town.
A few law suits now and then seem
to be relished by the best of men.
VIM. Jones delivered and settled 70,
about twenty Deering binders and NOW.
ers in one day last week.
The match game of ball that was
promised us last week had to be post,
poncd for some reason.
Henry Keller spent Sunday in GU,
little city......W. N. Steele, of Grand
Forks, spent Sunday in Bathgate.
The Bathgate band boys are making
good use of their time practlcing. By
winter they will be able to give us some
fine evening serenades.
Wheat is filling much better than was
expected some time ago. Oats and
barley seem to be poor crop generally
on account of drouth.
The camp-meeting closed at Carlisle
as per announcement. on Thursday night
last, and Friday we saw several of the
Arabs, who had folded their tents anG
silently stole away.
NECME.
The farmers have started harvesting
The Trotter Bros. have their telephone
SO it works all right.
| Joseph LaPorte has sold his GRAY
Eagle to Cass Prudhomme.
Fred Briden, brother of our schoo
teacher, arrived from Ontario on Mon
day.
DIR. P. G. Donovan is away OIL q two
months vacation. He has the house al
ready for. We think Doc. mean
business this time.
Report of school No. / in district No
2: 9Th class: Samuel Edgerton, Mar,
lSere, Maggie Glenn. 4th class: job,
NORM, Richard Bere, Joe Galloway. 3r,
class: Joe NORM and Grace Hicks, equal
Hattie Bere, Henry Galloway. end class
ST.: Eriles Thompson, Rebecca Gagne
Joe Gagne. End class, Jr.: Georglan
Lemier, Bella Brown, Lizzie Morgan
LIST class: James Thompson, James Bere
John Galloway. Number pupils enroll
ed 66. Fred 7. McCrea, teacher.
Il CAVALIER.
Mr.. John Heyrock, wife and family
intend to leave Ontario next Monday OF
their return to their home in Dakots
They have been a good while anon
their friends and relatives here and ha
n wow, ,i1aosonf visit tho ,oo,,,or;oo r