The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-02

TIE disagreeable weather Thursday |
prevented many from taking in the
Winnipeg excursion. There were ten
coaches in the train and between four
or five hundred excursionists. Agent
Cunningham reports thirty-fve tickets
sold.
WEregret to announce the Serious illness |
of our townsman, R. B. Ross. He is af-
flicted with a lung trouble aggravated by |
a bad cold. Rev. NJ. Ahcrn OF Drayton.
his brother.in-law, has been in attend
ance at bis bedside. Their are several
other cases of sickness which, are the cause |
Of much anxiety to friends. A little
daughter of Martin Bentley. and the IN
FAINT child of Mr.. Branclaud IRE very
Ill. The doctors have been the busiest
folks in town the last week.
On Friday night of last week the
air of our usually quiet burg was disturb
ell by agonizinR cries of distress coming
from the neighborhood Of the ferry over
the Red river. The road to the ferry was
soon alive with people lurrying in re-
sponse to call which fastened all as they
realized ths situation. Investigation soon
developed the fact that two blue coats
from the Fort were coming home from st.
Vincent little the worse for the "pizon"
which they had incorporated into their
system. They had secured small row
boat and having no oars attempted to
cross by pulling themselves along by the
aid of the ferry cable. The plan worked
admirably until they neared the Penn
bina landing when one ofthe men let go
his hold OIL the cable and the boat swung
round ami headed for down stream
while the other, WHO forgot to let 70 also
hung on for dear life and yelled for help.
He was finally rescued from his perilous
position by Joe. Nealon and Pete. Nc
Kay who got boat up the river and
came down at a H anlan pace. The man
was taken to the Winchester Hotel and
thawed out. His partner in the boat
was picked up some distance down the
river and conducted to his colnrade who
was rapidly recovering. Finally they
started for the Fort comparing notes.
NORTHERN Pacific passenger train No.
], the Portland express. WIS wrecked at
Grow Wing River Saturday night. At
this side of the bridge the switch was
left open by an engine which l,;.d pulled
in to let the passenger pass; that engine
broke from the tender and the tender,
with the mail car aud two baggage cars,
went over the embankment into the
river. The front part Of the engine,
with engineer and fireman, kept tho ties
and crossed the bridge OH them, but ran
off the ties OIL reaching the west end,
rolled over and over and buried itself in
the embankment. killing the fireman,
Alex. Brown, and severely injuring En-
gineer Swart. OF the cars which went
down, the mail was first, in which, were
railway clerks c. NJ. Brown. who lives at
62s Sth av. S, Minneapolis. i'll charge; j.
A. Slatterly and Oscar Stevenson. When
the car stopped tumbling they found the
side door directly over head, and climb
ing ont and walking along the car side
and jumping off dropped into tho river
in water waist deep. The first two named
had wounds, but all got out of the water
in safety. Next came two baggage cars,
both down the bank. but no one hurt;
the nextcar, the smoker, was only partly
of, and none of the rest of the train dam.
aged, and not a person injured, except
from being badly shaken up. Driven i'll
to the sand bank at tile front of the mail
car was found man named Clinton
Wayne, a member of Coy X, Sd reg't,
who had been riding on the front end of
the mail car. He will probably die
Evening Journal. This was tine cause
Of the north-boun,l passenger train being
sixteen hours late Sunday.]
1t is Patrick not p. H. McIIugh. Fix
your ballots RS many are printed wrongly.
BRrEFs-J. d. Trenholme and II. d.
Hoskins drove over from Bathgate Sun
day......C. S. Florence came up from
Minneapolis Friday and spent a few
days with his friends. ....F. l.. Bacon,
formerly of Minot, is occupying &. o.
Wells place at the depot, Mr.. Wells is
placed at Motley, MINI. Mr.. Wells has
been doing lots of work for the company
at this place and can be placed almost
anywhere along the line and find relief
.....J. b. Latham returned to Pembina
last week and is now acting head clerk
for Cllas. Full's emporium......H. L.
Still, travelling freight agent for the
Northern Pacific, WIS in the city We'd
nesday......Mrs w. ii. Cummings went
to Detroit Monday, where they expect to
take up their residence, to see if q suit
able residence could be got......Rev. Mr..
MacLean returned from two weeks
trip in southwestern Montana the first
Of the week. He is pleased with the APP.
pearance of several localities which lie
visited. MIR. and Mrs. WIN. Roadhouse
left for their home in Illinois, Monday,
accompanied by their son, Thomas.
DIR. Turcotte of Batl,gate was in town on
business ycsterday......A. b. Gordon, of
Bay Centre. was in the city couple of
days this week. Mr.. Gordon is one of
the pioneers of his neishborIlood and
has been II successful farmer. Fred.
Geroux accompanied by his father left
Yesterday for st. Boniface to enter upon
a collage course at the above place. We
wish him success.
Republican Rally.
The Penbina cornet band, accoiDpan-
led by number of citizens, marched
over to st. Vincent Wednesday evening
to attend the republican rally. Col. +.
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