The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-14
DAKOTA NEWS.

.grist mill.
/: Macarthur & Estes, of Clear lake
sold to Wilson 4 Co. 1000 steers
for which they received $G5, 900.
i In the United States court ut Dead.
wood, WIN. Wcbbcr pleaded guilty to
opening and stealing the contents OF
n registered package and got two
years in the penitcntinry.
Will Lawrence, who disrcyar,letl
one of Judge Carlnnd's liquor injunc.
tiOns, was sentenced Mt Sioux Falls
tolmy fine of 5000. or thirty days
I'm the county iail. He went to jail.
Fire ut Grotcr destroyed r. o.
Johnson's stock farm, together with
IL jnck, two buggics and ~ quantity
of small grain. The loss is $1,000,
with $500 insurance OH the barn.
The pig-tnlled heather Of Sioux
Falls, have gone into court. hi
Ding claims that he bought out lAv
JOS laundry, and he has obtained
an order restraining .DO from dealing
in soilcl linen.
The present hot, dry weather is
fast destroying the wheat that was
slightly hurt 10y frost, and there will
liz but very little wheat cut in Grig:sss,
county. The damage will le from
as To 80 per cent.
Dog PRISONERS are getting in their
work ut I4cnnox. The Independent.
of that place, says they should he
ranked with animals OH account of
their small, narrow and immoral
condition.
Tho house of Charles Crosskcll, a
larn,er living nine miles southwest of
Ecllcls0n, was burned. The fire w;ls
cnuscl by children plnying with
matches. One child was burned to IL
crisp.
Division Supt, IIadIcy, of the Mil
wnukcc road, speaking of the long
expected depot for Aberdeen, said: I
expect tor@civc working plans with
in ten days. Work upon the built
ing. which will lr II fine one, will in
all probability, begin next month.
Parties from Glovcrsvillr, N. Y,
have purchased the corner opposite
the Bank Of Groton, nt Gruton, and
will soon lrgin the erection of II Sl2,-
600 l'rick hotel, to Im furnished in
modern style and finished by Derln-
her l.
james I. Conlcy, editor of the Ga
vour Democrat, has accepted ~ po-
sition us editor of Il republican paper
ut Cannon Falls, Mimi. This move
will leave Cnvour without a newspi-
lmr, and the merchants of that place
offer good Inducements to some en-
tcrprising editor to occupy the field.
The latest industry started in C;,n-
ton is the man buying old rublcrs.
Wood sheds, buck yards and some
times closets have been searched hy
ambitious boys who are working for
revenue only. Many Al fond and in
lulgcnt parent has missed i, cwpair
of rubl4ls and wrenchctl the story
from his heir with u trunk strap that
they went to the rubber man.
The president of the street railway
at Huron, has asked IL writ of inj,lr-
ton to prevent the Manitoba cross
ing his track. AS the track is very
seldom used the move won't benefit
the street eur company. The city
guaranteed tllccompuny the right OF
way through the town, and it will
lnIve to pny any damages thatniglt
lie adjudgcd.
Prof. ii. NJ. Horn, superintendent
of the public school system of Plank
inton, is organizing IL company for
the purpose Of purchasing and fur.
nislling oxen to the settlers OH the
reservation next spring. The plan is
to secure options on all the oxen in
Aurora and a'ljoiningcountics fursix,
months, and then contract them to.
the settlers az they come on the res
crvation. The professor is quite ci-
thusinstic over the outlook.
The Yankton count v board of cont
missioncrs spenta neutrality-suspicious.
ing the petition asking that theques-
ton oflocal option lie submitted To
Il vote oftlle people, AM, tlmpctition,
having been found to contain thu rv-
quisitc number of n;,lllcs, the PRAYER
of the petitioners was granted andnr
election ordered held Nov. q, which is
the date of tn" EcXt general election.
The commissioners r;,lvnssrsl tho
matter carefully and asked loyal nd
vice from judi &c Trip l,"iorr.lrri,lilI".
The fight on local o tion will brrd
hot. a prohibition club will he or
ganizal for work, while brewers and
liquor dealers are :Irrangin" to make
u warm contest.