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

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The Press says that Sioux Falls in
going to have IN immense shoe fac
tory next year.
Blind pig keepers We're pulled at
Pierre and fined $50 forsclling liquor
contrary To law.
1t is u criminal offcnsc in Mnn,lanto
beg without the consent of the may
or. 1t is therefore necessary to l,c;;,
of the mayor first.
lroquois must posscssa 'logor two.
The Chief says the town could spare
about 200 to tho square inch and
then have enough left to keep every
body awake nights.
According to the Buffalo Gap News
when twoCustcr county farmers meet
they do not ask: GLOW are your
crops??" but, "llavc you found Il
place to store your graf, yet?'
II is reported that the Day County
Bank of Webster closed its doors
having made IN assignment for the
benefit of ito creditors. The liabilities
are not stated. The capital Of tho
bank Wis $4,000.
Agent McChcsncy of tho Cheyenne
agency says he cannot convene his
Indians for some days, and should
the commission arrive nothing can
be done. He expresses the lnlirfthat
his Indians will sign the treaty.
The Press says that roasting ears
from Dakota corn fields are IL drug
in the Sioux Falls market. Ears as
long as broom handles and with kerr
ncls OH them as large as hazel nuts
and as juicy aus grapes sell for Is
cents per dozen.
A good Touring mill is wanted at
Lebanon. The farmers adjoining
town have obligated themselves to
give as IL bonus 1900 bushels of
wheat to the first party who will
erect a. mill of not less than fifty bar
rcls capacity.
An Aberdeen man says: 'Our
posterity will he deprived of the priv
ilcge of writing five cights for 1000
years or until August 3, a. ID. SsSS,
but they will doubtless have the sat
istaction ofvoting for president by
that time"
Sioux Falls comes to the irontwith
a sel-serpcnt story. 1t is alleged
that the animal WIS seen in the
Sioux river II may also he said in
connection with this story that in
functions have been served ON the
saloons
]. w. Glcssncr, willie recently dig
ging Il we'll on his claim near Oknho-
jo, found ut IL depth of six feet IL vein
{" peculiar clay. 1t had the appear
nncc of putty, and IL trial of the ar
tirlr for Glazing purposes proved that
it worked as well as the genuine az
ticlc.
Sioux Falls can't afford to hire
street swcrprrs, therefore it is the i'll
tcntion of the city officials to see
that the pavement isn't used as
dumping ground for swccpings from
stores and garbage repository for
,lrcayed fruit and vegetables.
Canton has been we'll lcsicgr,ll,y
gold seekers. First came the man
with one leg and Il heart disease who
WAS gathering moneyto buy 4. house
and lot! Then there WAS the man
who sold pewter morkimg birds, and
later the man without any arms. A
man without any cheek is expected
Oh every train.
The Milwaukee Railroad Company,
it is said, will refuse TO pay the tax
assessed against it's lots for the paw
ing Improvement, OH the ground that
it's gross earnings tax preclutcs the
ussessmentof any other tax. That's
the way that road does in st. Paul
and other cities where it's property is
improved ut the expense of the poo
pie.
Members of Damascus command
cry, which considered plans forbuil,l-
ing a Masonic hall and opera house
at Aberdeen, say that assurances
sufficient to warrant the enterprise
have been secured. The proposed
building will cost $4,000, and
will he II three-story brick structure
75X142 feet. The basement will he
used as an nrmory and drill hall, the
second story for an opera house,
with Il seating capacity of one tl,ous-
and, with offices ON the street front.
The entire third floor will he fitted
up as u Masonic hall.
Judge Francis retired from the
bench at Manlan after swearing
Koderick Rose in as his SUCCESSOR
Judge Francis spent his last day in
clearing off eases that had been
pigcon-hole'l by him for years, and
which the litigants had nearly for.
gotten. There is great rejoicing
among the citizens and attorneys
over the fact that Francis is ctual.
ly off of the bench. The grand Jury
will probably intict lin for travel
ing on II pass, witnesses being secured
to prove this fact.
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