The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-07
DAKOTA NEWS

Ole Olcson, an employc of the Gem
tral railroad, fell under IL construc-
ton train ut East Sioux Falls and
had u leg cut off.
Tho engine to furnish tho motiv
power for the electric light plant ut
l'rookings, has arrived. Tho poles
are up, the wires are being strung,
and the arrangement will bc in run
ming order within !. week.
Mr.. Mayo, assistant ut Tho Union
depot, Cakes, and Miss MinnicTllomp.
son were married by Rcv. r. III. Hookc
ut the residence ofD. A. Shutter, and
were scrrnn,lcd by the band of which
Mr.. Mayo is 81 member.
Mrs. l.. j. Tisdalc of Huron, was
very severely burnt on her hands
face, neck, head and arms willie she
wns fcedingn gasoline stove rescr-
voir. She Thought she had put out
all tho burners, but lal left ono
lighted and burnin" low.
The several school township clerks
in the county, when making their re-
port to the county superintendent,
are required to express their opinion
ns to the value of The school lan,l:, in
their several townships. In the rc-
port received the value is estimated
everywhere from 81 to $40.
Sixty-fivc paving block cutters. in
the employ OF the Sioux Falls
Granite company, nlc out on strike
owing to u difficulty arising as to
the time of monthly payment. The
company is in no hurry for men, and
will make no effort to- induce the
strikers to return to work.
Wahpeton presented n beautiful
sight in the claborntcncss of her dec
orations ofpublic and private build
ings in honor of the forth annual scs-
sion of Knights of Pythias, grand
lodge for Dakota, which convened
here. AS NIL the delegates have not
arrived, the Knights have not set.
ted down to business.
Fargo Special: Attorney General
Tcmplcton returned from Bismarck,
where he has been attending the
meeting of the territorial board of
equalization. He reports that the to-
tal assessment of the territory, real
and personal, this year is $161 ..l2O,-
g74.32; last year it w;,s $l57,OS+,-
10000; showing on increase this
year of $4,33G, GOS.:EI.
Engineer Bcrgstrom, of the Min
nclpolis water works, arrived ut
Grand Forks. lie brought with him
divers parapllcrnali;l To he used
for the purpose of cleaning out the
intake pipe of the water works in the
Red river. 1t will be several days,
however, before the stones and mud
are fully removed.
Judge Rose has returned home after
concluding Morton county's term of
court, and was waited upon by Il
delegation ofiitty citizens, who pre-
scented him with IL handsome chair.
Ex-Mayor Flint made the prcscnt;,-
ton speech. The chair is an elegant
affair, costing over 500. 1t is
handsomely upholstered, and the
frame consists of twelve Tcxasstccr's
horns.
1t is believed hy cold timers" thnt
the commissioners at Standing Rock
are quietly getting signatures to the
treaty. After the big council and
defiant spaphesb by Gall, John Grass,
Sitting Bull nnd Others all the Indi-
ans were Dismissed and sent home.
They visited Individually Indians at
their home, and undoubtedly they
IRE meeting with success. These ru-
1nors come here through ln,liansand
by way frunners. In fact, it is the
only way news can be got, for all TO-
porters and correspondents have
been dismissed 10y the commission,
thus closing avenues for cO,mm,lnicH-
ton with the press.
Some would-lm practical iokcr,
went to the Grand ForLscnyineho house,
uncoilcd over eight hundred feet %
fire hose, carried il IL distance oftllrre
blocks to the residence of u tribe of
the dcmisnon.lr, attached tile hose to
the lydrant and turned the waternn.
After opening the front door of the
residence of t'rsmparticS, they placed
the nozzle of the hose in proximity
to the inner door aud fed. An hour
or two nfterwar,l, when the flnil an
gels, discovered il, their tomicilc WAS
Hooded to Il depth of several feet,
carpets destroyed and furniture gen
orally. Although sentiment general
ly il opposed to sucl, IL proceeding,
it has relieved, or will do so, at least,
that ncighborllood ola ppstilcntial
nuisance.
In the Democratic county convcn-
ton ut Fargo there was Il fusion be-
tween Prolibiiionists, the Farmers
alliance, disgruntlcd Repullir.nsand
Democrats. Tho convention in.
dorsed Smith Stinn,cl, til" Farmers
alliance candidate, for the council;
Augustus Roberts. Republican, for
Judge of probate; William Mitchell,
Republican, candidate for snprrIl-
tcndcnt of schools; John u. B,tsnn
was nominated for treasurer: Il. Y.
Mcknight, register of deeds: Peter $.
Golhcrs, auditor; c. W. Smith. sl.cr-
i'll; 5. i. Bartlett, district attorney;
J. ID. White, surveyor; DIR. \. A. An
drew, coroner; Walter Muir and J. NJ.
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