The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-03
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.


township, Turner county, allowed n
Mormon missionary<o sctl,c school
building to preach in and an iu,liy-
nant public is now rGlcliing for Ills
scalp.
An attempt was made to fire the
building occupied 10y Il. j. Baldwin,
at Aberdeen. Fire w;s discovered in
an outbmilling. Part of II barrel of
gasoline exploded, scattering tho
tian@s. The citizens with buckets
succeeded in distinguishing it before
much damage was done. The fire il
clearly ofan incrn,linry origin, and
it is thought w:ls set to cover an at
tempt to- bllryarizc the Northwest
crn depot.
Among the Industries on the pcni-
Tertiary farm is that of pig raising.
There are now 100 pigs in prime con-
ditinn. and between ~ and 100 will
Il" killed in the fall. This makes n
great saving i'll the meat supply at
the rrnitrntiary.
Frank +. Newton, thu young man
VIII" was sentenced to states prison
for three years; loriorgrry, was found
dead in his cell mt Wntcrtown Tho
coronrr's jury came to- the decision
that he met his death from an over.
dose of hcllnlonnn, which he used for
violent headache, of Which lie COM
planc'l. 1t is impossible to saw
WHITTIER death was accidental ar not,
although the general belief is that it
was Intentional.
III. 7. Pcttigrcw, of Sioux Falls,
having removed tn st. Paul, MIMI,
where he is now engaged in the drug
business, has resigned his place as
member of the south Dakota hoard
of pharmacy, to which position he
w;s appointed by the govcrnorufthc
territory.
The city council of Sioux Fails; il, i'm
n quandlry, 1t ordered the stock
yards moved last winter and again
last spring. The railroad companies
are ready to move, hut they want to
know where. The council wants to
know where, too, and there the mat
ter stands.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. w. Ainsworth. of
WATERFOWL. were elected supcrintrn-
dent and matron of the boys reform
school, locatcdat Plankinton. Aurora
county. The school will he opened
on or about Sept. l. Mr.. Ainsworth
has had much experience in this line
of work, having been connected sew
rr;tl wears with the reform schools of
the states of New York and IndiIma.
The polishing works at the Sioux
Falls penitentiary have been shut
down for one week to give the prison
ers :, vacation. At this season of the
year tlrmacllincry isalways stopped,
ordinarily fifteen days, hut they ;,rc
SO crowded with orders that only IL
weeks layotf can he given now.
'grass-widowcr' club" has been
organized in Columbia. No man
whose wife is visiting in the cast il
eligible tn membership unless she is
to lc gone at least two months.
The city council of Madison has
passed an ordinance forbid,ling the
construction within the city limits of
amy fence which shall il" composed in
whole or in part of barb wire.
\ lig black Indian and twosunaws
went up to the creamery pump at
llighnorr after water and commence
cd to work the handle of he butter
milk pump and made ready to catch
the aqueous fluid, but when tlrpulmp
commenced to give out huttcrmilii
they were pnlalyzsl, and dropped
everything and ran. They at once
moved their tcpcc to the otllcrsi,lc of
town.
Mayor Erwin of Grotcr, caused the
arrest of base ball nine charged
with breaking the Sabbath on nr-
count Of playin" IL return game with
the Errion nine. In retaliation they
have had the mayor arrested for
swearing and using ,s.snrlalguagr
and he is under bonds for his appear
nncc in court.
james Van Horn, the Hartford
rHpst, has settled matters satisf,,ct-
orily with Mr.. and Mrs. SLoul, par
cntS of the ruined Girl, and they llayn
withdrawn the prosecution. Hart
ford people neutrality-suspicious. threat
I'll violent measures. liz will be
Obliged to- leave the country.
The village marshal of Valley
Springs had OCCASION to show his
authority not long ago for
the first time since he has held
the office, and started in 10y arrest
ing IL Justice of the peace who was
drunk and disor,lerly. Three assist
ants helped to carry hr prisoner to
the lookup, but in Il short time he
WAS on the streets again. having
kicked IL hole through the side of the
cnlaboose. The deputy sheriff then
rccapturcdand returned the prisoner.
Dakota is now maturing IL crop
which will equal, and probably sur
pass the record of amy previous crop,
both i'll quantitynnd quality. From
every locality comes the evidence of
abundant promise for the harvest
now near mt hand. Dakota's indus
tries do not halt because this is
presidential year. The soil puts
forth itsyicld with unt;,iIng prompt
itu,le. Dakota will this year in
crease it's record of GO, 600 900 bush
els Of wheat and 10000, 900 bushels
of corn.