The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-06

RAINS on tile just and unjust. It just
rained on Ba tl,cate and OIL Emerson but
Pembina don't seem to lie either.
TIE Drayton Echo las announcements
of the marriages offs. r. johnson TO Miss
Mary Wallace and of Frank Wallace to
Miss Florence Smith, both at Pasadena,
Cal. The PIONEER EXPRESS adds its coll.
gratulations.
i BATIIGArE market day. Saturday, bid
fur to be success, but the rain spoiled
the races and though there was fair at
tendance, yet it was too damp for much
pleasure. Many from here would have
gone but for tho muddy roads.
ST.. VINCENT will have great demon.
stration tomorrow evening. A democrat.
ic rally, with some of the best speakers
in the fifth district are the inducements
set forth in the New Era. The Pembi
ia Cornet band will be in attendance.
MEssIs. Il. Mccormick and L. ID. Hen.
ion, passenger engineers, had their ell.
sines decorated in elegant style OH the
lth. 1t showed taste. and pride in tl,cil
profession to put OH the labor and ex.
pense that was displayed OIL their iron
steeds.
MIR. GEoRGE ALLARD, one of the first
French Canadian settlers in Pembina
county, was one who greatly approved of
the presentation of the flag to the Mayor
of Pcmbina, and WAS one of the subscrib
ers, but was omitted from the list las
week.
On the night Of the 4tl,, burglars tried
to gain an entrance into the residence o
MIR. Veazie, OIL End street, but failed, evi
IDENTIFY from being disturbed by someone
The screen was removed from the win
dow and pres placed under the s.sl, III
several places Chipping off slivers. Fol
such crowd rs was gathered it is strange
no depreciation was committed.
COMMISSIONERS have been in session
since Monday. They did not get at
equalizing us the assessors' returns were
net all in. The petition for the rc-sub-
mission of the local option question was
considered. Thete were ,ia3 names
affixed. The petition was approved and
the question will be voted OIL in Novenl.
Der at the general election.
There were between four and five
thousand people present. More would
have come if it had not been for the re.
cent rains and reports that our track was
unfit for racing. a prominent iniivilu.
a! who was on his way to ;lnpthcryathcr
ing is accused OF reporting, to the people
OF st. Thomas that there WAS Il foot OF
water OH our track. We hope this is not
true, but for some reason we did not
meet many as from st. Thomas we had
hoped to see.
THE residence of J. Henry Abrum.
was nearly added to the list of fireworks
Oil 18th of July evening. MIR. Abrams
had lighted Il common lamp, passed int
the bedroom and set the light down in
"'e corner OH Il stand. Suddenly til,
lamp cNplodcd and lcapcd over the he'd
lhtpa closet in Il corner diagomlly oppo,
site and there set fire to about al! til.
good clothes that Mr.. and Mrs. Abrams
had, and before the flames could he cx.
tinguislied. either burned them up Oh
scorched them into useless rags. Tho
fire was put out without mucl, otllci
damage except to carr cts, etc, and with
out Il general alarm.
TIE lecture by Mrs. Barker, on Tenn
perancc, at ktlson Hall on AIon,la,
evening WAS well attended by All inter
ested audience. The lady has clear
logical and forciblc way of putin:
things that not only makes her remarks
interesting, hut convincing. The music
by female qliartcttc, and by the it'll,
folks. was very good indeed, and it'll,
Miss Grcnier rcaped IL silver harvcs
after her recitation on Collections.
uorKiSsoN's jcwclry store WAS bur
glarized last night. and a quantity o
jcwcry and valuables stolen. Some o
the articles stolen belonged to Mr.. j. e
Phillip. WHO rooms over the store Will
Mr.. Hopkinson. Mr.. llopkinson was II!
Dominion City, and Mr.. Phillip VII:
spending the evening with some friends
III town. The burglary was committed
s)mc time previous to midnight, the
thief entering the store by Il rear window
The most Of Mr.. Ilopkinson's vamblcs
are kept in Il safe, otherwise his loss
would have been grcatcr.-Iimcrson In.
ternatonul.
PRESIDENT Cakes Of the Northern Pa.
cilic in his private car, accompanied by
Mrs. Cakes, $. X. Anslic, ;,ssisan t gen
eral manager; n. G. Thriall, private sccrc-
tary, +. l.. Richmond, super incn,lcnt
and l. L. Mclncrncy, roail master OF the
Duluth IL Manitoba and VIM. OMulc;lly
of Grand Forks arrived in the city We'd
ncslay afternoon TO celebrate the 4th. J
and spent II few hours ut the races and
around town. They expressed them
selves highly pleased with the appear
ance of the city and astunishcl at the
enormous crowd gathered. They left
south in the evening, Mcssrs. Richmond
and Mclnerney remaining until the fol-
lowin. morning.
l y SUMMARY Of June weather from the
signal Office ut st. Vincent gives the
mean temperature G2 81, mean barometer
reduced to sea level, 1913 inches. The
month was slightly warmer than the
normal. Coolest June was in II, mean
3Ge; warmcst in 81, mean go. Prevail
ing direction Of wind was south, to.a
move ment 1890 miles; highest velocity
II south on 9Th. Total rainfall was 7.33;