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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
A Bug in His Mouth.

The tenor in one Of onr church choirs
had his equanimity somewhat disturbed
last Sunday evening by large pinch
bug flying in his mouth while he was
in the middle of rendering a beautiful
musical selection. The hard winged
specimen was expelled with great ve-
locity. and died an untimcly death, not,
however, before he had considerably
marred the effect Of the anthem.-Saq-
inaW NeWS.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
Beyond the Reach of Drugs.

Doctor" said an old lady, "nny hus.
band is that nervous that don't know
what to make of it,
''ln what way does he manifest his
nervousness?'
''Well every time the front door bell
rings he busts IL button off his vest. I
think he ought to have dose of med
icinc"
medicine won't do him any good.
madam. Nature and his creditors will
have to take their course. "--Li)e.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
Tho funded debt of Philadelphia is $780,.

1926, ,12O.
The Parnell parliamentary fund commit.
Hoffman house New York. Nearly $1O,-
900 was subscribed. Joseph j. ODona-
hue cabled from Paris that he had instruct
ed his son to pay in $1,000 for himself,
and stated that the generous support given
by the American people gave great courage
to Parnell and Gladstone. Mayor Grace
gave hissecond subscription-$1,O 900. Rev.
Andrew j. Chambers q colored protestant
minister at Wilmington, N. c., wrote that
he would like to cross the water and work
for the liberation of the white slaves in
Ireland. 1t was voted to furnish him .
passage ticket. The New York Sun turned
In $4,000 it had collected, and the World
forwarded $425.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
At the Exhibition.
She wears great big bonnet
With q bunch of roses on 1t,

In bow;
AlthO' she looks so shy,
sometimes catch her eye,
As the restless crowd pass slowly
To and fro.
Now, do you think she'd care
II some day should dare
To speak to her, and ask her
What's her name!
Alas! tho fair, she's mute,
She'd never heed my suit
For she's nothing but picture
In frame. Life
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
A Distinction.

A distinguished citizen has an inter-
csting boy of 4 years who likes to amusc
himself with necdlcwork. but last Sun
day the child's nurse objected to his
practice of that innocent ;.vocation OF,
the ground that no work should be
done on tho Sabbath. The difference
was settled satisfactory TO both parties.
howcvor. by allowing the boy to sew
with Il thread. the end of which had
not been knottcd. 1T j: not work, 81
explained the nurse. ''if you only draw
the thread through the cloth. "-Har.
alcr'S WeekM
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
General News Condensed.
n. D..,y E.p.r..... !. oA,e.ee.

Chicago Special Engine 4s6, Of the Lake
Shore road, escorted BY thirty special po.
hcemen. was sent to the stock yards. On
arriving near the packing houses intense Ok.
element prevailed. Every window Of the
packing houses was crowded with workmen
who are In sympathy with the strikers, and
who yelled Offensive epithets at the guards.
1t was isared that there would be trouble
when the workmen went to dinner. Tho
Lake Shore engine, which was attached to
tool car and caboose, was stopped behind
the Chicago Packing and Provision com.
pany's slaughter house by train OF cars
In front. Some oiial was afterward thrown
from the windows and struck one Of the
Pinkerton mon who were on the top Of the
car. This was the signal for q shower Of
stones and clubs, which were thrown from
the windows and roof OF the building. ON.
Ger Mike Begley was struck on the Jaw by
one Of the clubs, and was seriously injured.
Tho Pinkerton men raised their rifles to
shoot. but were restrained by the deputy
sheriff. A shot at this moment would have
undoubtedly precipitated riot. The
crowd was finally broken up whom the whis.
ties summoned them to work.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09

A promising journalist having capitulated TO
bright Boston girl, that cruel creature LOW
.lludcs to him % her papier mache t-Bosto.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09

If beauty is ONLY skin deep 1t needs but a
scratch witL bare bodkin to attain to the
beaut:sul.-JMage.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09

1t may be supposed that the man who has
been scnt to the House Of Correction twenty
three times is not ashamed Of his convictions.
B0stUa Post.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
Powderly's Compliments to aoula.

Correspondents has taken place between
General Master Workman Powderly, ofthe
knights Of Labor, and the president Of the
OF an allegation by the former TINT he had
been misrepresented in the reports Of the
Cleveland convention. Mr.. Powderly, who
had charged that the press reports were
colored in the interest Of Jay Gould, now
cxonerates the associated press, and in
his letter says: 1 can assure you. no mat
ter what the paper may say at times in
favor Of Mr.. Gould. no matter though he
has wealth unlimited at his command, he
'on the American side Of the Atlantic to.
day. Ispeak from knowledge OF the people,
having mingled among them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09

The last Revolutionary pensioncr died at
Clarendon, N. Y, in 1866, eighty -four years
after the close Of the war.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09
tn. Demand. of tn. knight. Of Labor.


Ralph Beaumont, James Campbell and
John j. Mccartney, the committee Of the
knigilts OF Labor appointed at the meeting
Of the general assembly held at Cleveland,
have sent a letter to Speaker Carlisle.
Copies have also been sent to Representa-.
tives Randall and Morrison. The letter
states:
The committee was appointed to visit
Washington and ask the passage Of fcertain
bills. for which petitions bearing
100000 signatures will soon be pre-.
sented. The bills are: Repeating
tile timber culture, pre-cmption and desert
and other land grants; forfeiting all rail-
road land grants, the conditions OF which
have not Lecn strictly complied with; or.
ganizing the territory Of Oklahoma; open.
Ink portion OF the great Sioux reserva-
tion to settlement; prohibiting aliens from
holding lands in the United States; making
presidential and congressional election
days holidays. and furnishing bribery;
directing the disbursement Of at least 5000, :.
200, 900 treasury surplus and substitut.
ing treasury notes for bank notes re-.
tired. In making these requests, the com.
mittee say, we feel that we are not tenumer-
ating any new doctrines, but we find the
groundwork. OF nearly every one of them
laid down in the Democratic platform
adopted at Chicago in 1884, on which the
present majority Of the dominant party
was elected. We are not asking anything
from the dominant party, only to fulfil
the promises that it made to the people.
We only look to you and your party to
sec that the measures are brought forward
and submitted to the house for its action.
and we are willing to trust them to the
good judgment oi the members regardless
of party.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09

The San Francisco police are drilling with
rifles.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-09

1sts JSAA 1eFtsr ResesreA % the Army.
The house bin Tor the relief oi Gen. Nts
John Porter BY vote Of 80 to II. Five
spublicans voted in ths affirmative, name.
Y Cameron. Hoar. Jones (Nevada), Mitch
oil Of Oregon and sswall and Riddelbereer
also voted for the bill. sabin and Stan.
lord, who were absent would have voted in
the Affirmative, and were paired.
Ths debate was without special incident,
except that the sharp criticism Of Senator
Plumb on the conduct and motives oil
Southern senator's in voting for Porter's
relief drew a heated protest from Senator
Butler, who said Plumb's insinuations
were unjust and ungenerous, and IL made
In any place other than the senate he
would denouncs them 40 false and coward.
ly, and would promptly resent them.
Mr. Logan offered IN amendment to place
on the retired list every volunteer officer
who received wounds producing total disa.
bility. Rsiected-1S to 20. Mr.. Logan
offered another amendment providing
places on the retired list for Union officers
who lost an arm, leg or an eye at the
battle OF Bull Run. Rejected. The bill
was then brought to vote and passed, az
YEAs-3O.
beck: HeorRe, PuGh, berry, Gibson. Ran
som. Blackburn, German, Riddlebcrger,
lrep.) Brown, Gray, sewell, (rep.) Butler,
Hoar, (rep.) Vance, Call, Jones (Ark.), Vest,
Cameron. (rep.l Jones New, (rcp.j voor.
hees, Cockrell, Mcpherson, Walthali, Coke,
Maxey, Whitthorne. Colquitt, Mitchell,
(Or.). (rep.), Wilson, md.
NAYs-17.
Aldrich. Hale, Palmer, Allison, Harrison.
Sawyer, Conger, Hawley, spooner, Cullom,
Ingalls,. Teller. Evarts, Logan, Wilson
(Iowa), Frye, Mandcrson.
The bill passed tho house on Feb. 1e
last. It authorizes the president, by and
with the advice and consent OF the senate,
to appoint Gen. Porter to the position oi
colonel in the army, the same rank and
grade held by him Ut the time Of his dis
missal. and authorizes the president, in his
discretion, to place Gen. Porter ON the re.
tired list Of that graie-Gen. Porter, how
ever, to receive no pay, compensation OF
allowance whatsoever prior to his appoint
nlent under this act.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16
RUIN IN THE U

Continued Reports of the Loss of Life and
Property by the Recent F~loods-Valua-
BILE Canadian Lands Laid Waste, Crops
Ruined and Livestock Swept Away.
CINCINNATI, April Slate accounts from
the inundated districts in the South show
that the swollen streams in Alabama, Ten
nessee and Georgia are rapidly receding,
but many cases of loss OF life and great
damage to property are being reported
hourly. In and about Selma, Ala, the de-
struction OF property has been inn
mense, and many negroes and poor
people have persisted. The entire eastern
portion of that city is under water, includ.
ing the railroad depots and shops, the gas
works, foundries, factories, and 300 dwell
ings. More than 800 persons were picked
from housetops and trees Saturday by
the relief steamers. 1t will be two
weeks before the city can be lighted by
gas. The town OF Cahala, near Selma, is
wholly under water. In the flooded region
around Montgomery the situation is de-
plorable. Farmers have lost all their live
stock. corn and cotton-seed, and in some
places starvation is threatened.
MONTREAL, Can, April 5.-The floods in
the Province OF Quebec, Can, lave caused
a greater amount of damage than for half
= century past. The fine valley of the
Chateaugav, near this city, has been en-
tirely laid waste and horses, cattle, houses
and barns swept away, while the crops
are almost ruined.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16
PARAGRAPHS.

"A wealthy girl never has freckles.
Those specks on her face are merely
brown-eyed daisies slumberingin a field
of roses.-Burdetn.
Ell man whit likes er song jes
ease it is hard ter sing, dom know ez
much erbout music ez he do erbou:
sci'nce.-ArknnsaW Traveller.
A Texas editor says: N'Wc never
could understand why SO much shot
should be wasted in killing birds while
SO many young men part their hair in
the middle. y TEXAS Si7tngs.
Aged Suitor-'I shall love you as
long as l live" Young Lady-"That
will not suffice. l want some one who
will love me as long as I live. "--FNe-
gendo Blatte1.
Teacher: why, how stupid you
are, to be sure! Can't multiply eighty
eight times twenty-tivcp I'll wager
that Charles can do it in less than no
time" Pupil: II shouldn't be sur
prised. They say fools multiply very
rapidly. "-Pruirie Farmer.
The Chinese answer
You shootee me and hangee mo-,
You bootee me and bangec me.
VIZ uOCt nOEhcC, kctVsc UOVOt0s d.
Livee on ratee, poodle;
0. me livee oh. so cheapee.
And ME workee while you sieepee.
EFF there's anything Hike it's roast
GOOSE remarked Henderson, as he
passed his plate for a second helping.
''ltdocs you credit said Foggg;; 'there's
nothing s beautiful as affection
amongst members OF q family
Boston TRANSCRIPT.
-Bothering 4 rich mar by Boosting
of a set of malachite studs he had Just
bought, a fop asked if he did not admire
them. 20, yes" replied the man Of
wealth, Every much indeed; I've got a
mantlepiece like them at home.'-Peck',
San. IN.
THE remedy is worse than the dis
ease'-as the young lady remarked
who was expecting a male friend to pass
the Sabbath evening, and so was seized
with a headache SO violent that she
could not go to church with her family;
when her mother put her feet in hot
water, gave her a dose of castor oil,
and sent her to bed al seyen.-Boston
Post.
Slime horse you've got there"
ssio zones 10 y n5ucK rlOlnS "
beautiful bay saddlcr. pretty fair
hoss,' responded the Kentuckian, with
affected Indifference. Thoroughly
trained asa saddle horse, too, ant he?.,
'knows all the motions, he does.
"What do you call himp'' .'Thebes.'
"Ihebcs! That's odd. l never heard
such a name for a horse before. What
40 you call him that for?', s'8ecsuSc
ne a a hundred gates, of course
i,ont you know ancient histcry?'-
Merchant Traveller.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16
AT AN END.
The Work of Rev. Jones and Small in Chit
cagO Comes to u ClOse-An Enormous
Attendance al the Last Meeting.

cago Comes to u Cl0se-An Enormous
Attendance at the Last Meeting.
CHICAGO, April Sam Jones preached
last night his last sermon in the
Casino rink. Careful estimates place the
number in attendance at 5000, while
those unable to obtain an entrance
to the building are estimated ut
10000. Mr.. Jones preached upon the way
to heaven and the comforts and beauties
that adorn it. He described it as a way of
light, OF good things, OF happiness, a way
that seemed short, because the journey was
made in good company. After the sermon
he took DIR. Scudder's hand and led him to
the front OF the rostrum, saying:
l want to take the hand of DR.. Scudder,
one of your noble preachers, and l want his
hand to represent yours. l want every one
OF you to consider your hand in mine. I
my SOU for your kindness and considera-
tiOn for me.
DR.. Scudder placed his arm around Mr..
Jones' neck and asked the blessings OF God
to accompany him on his way and to
prosper him in his work. The great audi
ence %applauded vigorously. Halt an hour
was spent with about a hundred penitents
in the inquiry-room
The executive committee has paid to Mr..
Jones $4,000 and to Mr.. Small the same
amount. The voluntary contributions
will add to these sums about 81, 900
apiece. The committee. had intended to
pay the larger share to Mr.. Jones, but the
latter objected and insisted that Mr.. Small
had worked as hard as he had and was en-
titled to as much pay.
Mr.. Jones estimates the number OF con-
versions during their stay in this city at
$500, and thinks the influence and results
exceed the great work done in Cincinnati.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16

Serious Charges Against Prominent Men
bers Of the City Government of East s

Serious Charges Against Prominent Mem
bers of the City Government of East 81.
Louis.
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill.,, April "a thunder.
bolt struck East st. Louis yesterday in the
shape of indictments against nearly all OF
the prominent city officials and politicians,
charging them with corrupt and criminal
acts. Ever since the mysterious assassina
ton OF ex-Mayor John b. Bowman in No
vember last Thomas Furlong, chief OF the
Gould system secret service, has been at
work getting evidence against city officials,
two or three OF whom, it is claimed, were
accessories to the murder. A year ago
last summer the city sale was broken into
and robbed Of a sum OF money variously
estimated at from $4,000 to $6o, 900. A
professor ~safe-blower, named Clarke, a sa-
loon-keeper-Pat E~agan-and Lieutenant
of-Police Duffy were arrested. Clarke
turned States evidence, and Eagan and
Duffy were sent to the p~enitentiary for two
years. but before they went they made a
confession to Furlong duplicating two or
more city officials i'll the robbery.
A few days before the murder OF cx-May-
or Bowman, who was known to be inimical
to the city government, a ruinor was cir
culated that he had ascertained the true
history OF the safe robbery and would soon
make disclosures that would startlc the
community. He was assassinated and the
disclosures We're not made.
Furlong was urged to take up the case,
and has slowly but surely worked it up to
a denouement. His first card was played
about six weeks ago when all the gambling
houses were raided. By means OF the ar
rest OF the keepers, whom, it is said. had
been paying the city officials $1,000 a
month for protection, important evidence
was secured which resulted in the indict-
ment of the city treasurer, city attorney.
school treasurer, chief Of police, city clerk,
county recorder, an ex-mayor, a number
OF aldermen and ex-aldermen, and many
politicians on charges OF malfeasancc in
office, bribery, illegal voting and per.
hitting the same. The next startling de-
velopment promised is the arrest Of the
Bowman murderer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16
persisted IN THE FLAMES.
A Fire Breaks Out at Night In the
Planters House In st. Louis-The Pecun-
larry Damage Slight, but -Four Servant
Girls Are Burned to Death.

A Fire Breaks Out at Night In the
Planters House In st. Louis-The Pecun-
iary Damage Slight, but -Four Servant
Girls Are burned to Death.
ST. Louis, April Sat $50 Saturday
morning fire was discovered in the rear
portion OF the Planters House, corner of
Fourth and Pine streets. Upon arrival OF
the fire apparatus it was found that the
laundry-room, as well as the drying
room, of the hotel was in flames and
burning ~fiercclv.
At about 500 the last spark was e1-
tinguished. and but for a complete drench-
ing the main portion OF the hotel suffered
little.
After the guests had been awakened and
all was thought to be safe, the fi1emea, in
making their rounds through the building,
made three horrible discoveries. On the
fourth floor in the north hall they
came across the bodies of two women,
stumbling over them as they made their
way through the smoke. They were
conveyed to the dining-room floor, where
DR.. G.. F. Renoines was called and
made every effort to resuscitate them, but
it was a hopeless task, and after working
with the aid OF several OF the fremen for
almost half an hour, he pronounced them
dead. AS all the guests nau Deen account
ed for, it was certain that they were serv-
ant girls.
Up in room 246 another pitiablc scene
was witnessed. Here the third unfortu-
nate, who proved to be Mary Cooney, an
other employe OF the linen department, had
been taken, upon being picked up in the
hall. She was found lying with her head
near the west door Mt the extreme end of
the hall. On her being conveyed to the
oom there was just the slightest indica-
ton that life was not extinct, but after
one-half hours hard work by the physician
and a fireman she was pronounced dead.
The body of another girl who died from
suffocation was found later, making four
deaths in all. A patrol wagon was sent
for and the bodies were taken to the
morgue.
The coroner 8 jury yesterday afternoon
rendered a verdict on the death OF the four
servant girls who lost their lives in the
fire. No special blame is attached to the
management OF the hotel, but the jury
find that the room in which they slept was
small and a number OF narrow halls would
have to be reached before an exit could be
reached.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16
A TIcKL,sH JOB.

Novel Reasons Presented to the Governor
of Indiana for the Communication of q
Wife-Murderer's Death Sentence.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 3.-A petition
signed by 500 persons was Yesterday pre-
sented to the Governor. praying the com
mutation to life imprisonment OF the SEN
tence OF Robert Phillips, the uxoricide,
who is sentenced to hang next Thursday.
The petition is based upon a set of
facts which combine to make a curious and
interesting case. When Phillips killed his
young wife he cut his own throat, and this
wound has never healed. Having severed
the windpipe, q silver tube was inserted in
his throat, and if removed he would die OF
strangulation. AS he is u very small man
the probabilities are that his neck would not
be broken by the fall, and the tube pre-.
venting strangulation, he would have to
hang until death resulted from sheer
physical exhaustion, unless, owing, to his
throat wound, decapitation should follow
from the fall. The petitioners declare that
ali exhibition such as may take place at
the hanging will be an outrage upon civil
lzation and simply barbarous.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-16
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
-Eighteen Thousand female Sind,

. Eighteen Thousand female student,
arc in attendance upon the colleges os
this country.-Ch Chicago Herald.
The Christian Dakota fnd;,n
men have formed eleven ..Kosh"
Okodakiciye," which is the way tha"
call their Y. NJ. c. A.
1t has been proposed by mis-.
sionaries in China that the new version
of tho New Testament, prepared hv
Rev. Griffith John, of Hankow. hs
adopted as the basis OF q union version
for all China.
Conversions have been reported
from all fields of labor Of the American
Sundav-school Union from Ohio. Kan.
sas, Minnesota, Nebraska, ard Wis.
consin. Four new schools have been
organized recently in the Indian Terri.
tory.
AT a regular meeting of the trus-
tees of Dartmouth College, tho request
of students of the college that the read.
ing-room be opened on Sunday was not
granted, that subject having been re.
ferred to the trustees by vote of the
faculty.-Concord IN. H.) Monitor.
"A vestryman in one of the fashion,
able churches of New York declares
after years of experienced in passing the
platter, that the richest h~eiresses rarely
put in more than q dime, no matter
what the occasion for benevolence.
They take the lesson of the widows
mite metaphorically.
The maximum of daily school work
in Prussia is seven hours for children
eleven years of age up to nine hours
for those sixteen years and upward.
The standard is stin higher in Denmark.
No wonder that a large percentage of
the children under such systems are re-
ported as sickly and weak-eyed.-Chi
cogo San.
The following statistics o fthe Welsh
churches are taken from the most trust.
worthy sources: In the year 1881, the
population of Wales was 1871. 267.
The Nonconformist denominations com.
prise 1854, 389 of this number. and pos
scss 4,447 churches; Calvinistic Meth
odists (Presbyterians). 277. 300; Con-
gregationalists, 276. 201; Baptists. 1885,
631; Wesleyan Methodlsts. 86.4:3S;
Primitive Mcthodists, 1882; Uni
t~arians, 5000; and Methodist Free
Church, Society OF Friends, and Scotch
Presbyterians number 1.608-Ckristian
Union.
The "'Oficial Year Book of the
Church of England" has published
statistics of the amount contributed by
churchmen during the last twenty-five
years to distinctly church objects. The
figures have been carefully checked
with the view of excluding contribu-
tons devoted to purely parochial pur-
ditional clergy, OF the reliof of the sick
in particular parishes, to middle class
schools, to unsectarian institutions, and,
with few exceptions, to s%isterhoods.
Even when thus limited. the total sum
contributed in the quarter of a century
is said to reach the enormous amour.
of four hundred million dollars.-N. Y
EI0Ultncr,