The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-31
News in General.

Eleven hundred persons, most Of them suf
fering from some afflictioIl, left Ottuw., Can.
ada. by two special trains ON a pilgrimage
to the shrine of st: Amne dc Benuprr, where "t
the altar of the snint they will nsk to- be re.
licvel of their sufferingn. The cars were
crowded with manned. halt and blind, some
on crutclies, while others were curried Oh
hOnrtl the train on strctchcrs, all hoping to
return home restored TO perfect health.
Emma Trnxel, the eighteen -ycar-oll
danghter Of jacob Tmxel oi Crooked Run.
near New Philadelphia, o., narrowlv cnpcd
lMing buried nlive. She w;is taken sick, md
to all appearance died. She was prepared for
wus set. Miss Traxel, to the ast0nishmrnt
of all suddenly cume to and arose. as it
were from the dead She had l,ccn in IL trnnce
tliirty-six hours, and was conscious of all her
surroundings
Tho annual convention of the Wisconsin
Anti-prOhibition society opened ut Madison,
Wis, with about two hundred whisky dealers
prcsrnt. The sociGty's mission is to defend
the liquor interests by securing laws favor
off set prohibition for it will spend money
with lavish hnnd to guin it's end. The pres.
cnt membership exceeds 900 men who are
vitnlly interested in the freedom Of the liquor
trnfIlc. Col e. s. Ellsworth, a former prohi-
bition orator, now ST st;teorganizer of the anti
high license, and said there wns NOT liquor
mnn in Wisconsin who did not oppose tho
Rcpnhllcnn free whisky pink.
Hebrew wedding occurred ut hcsynagogue
mt Fall River, Mimi, und n feast followed.
Tho noise late af night ut tractc,l the police,
nnd they found n dance in progress. As "a
previous wnrning had lrrn given against
Sunday dancing. 33 Hebrews. including sev-
ernl women, were arrested. Scores of voices
were raised in angry protest agninst what
was termed un Outrage. few tried toescu pc.
and half n dozen were pulled ont Of narrow
closet, where they were closely packed away.
The bail commissioner was absent in New
York, md the whole party had to speud the
night in the lookup.
The result Of o game of draw poker in.
dugcd in by two st. Paul lrummers nn,l n
jewclcr and clotllier fist. Cloud. Mrn.,
was the subject for considerable comment.
1t seems that the game was not altogether %
E"ntlcmen's gamc. Anyway, one of the st.
Paul drummcrs proposes not only to get his
money back, but to prosecute the man who
bagged the rake of, md for that purpose
made complaint before the authorities, aud
the other drummer md the clotliier have
turned states evidence agninst the jewclcr.
ii. Z. Mctzl ia the iew.ler, and the drummer
who made the complaint is II. Wise.
A genuine sensation was created in South
Chicago when it bec;i me known that the i'm
mehse plant Of the North Gdicago Rolling
Mill company ut the mouth of the Calumet
river was to be shut down for an indefinite
period. Before evening some 1.5OO men
had called Mt the companys Office and re-
ceived their pay. Between 800 aud 400 men
are still employed nbout the works ON
repairs and cleaning up. The cuusc Of tho
unexpected turn Of affairs is due directly
to the lack of orders on til"
books of the North Chicngo company
und Indirectly to the present politcul situn-
tion. Manager Potter said; The s,isJmn-
sion Of work is but u temporary one The
railroads are withholding their orders on
account of the present state of politics. We
have some August deliveries to make, und
it is quite probnhlc that we will resume the
luttcr part of this month"