The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-17

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.omHsreu WITH tiOvcr ..................UJ
ist ycar......."lUS Glover compared
Tuck wheat ...........@ with II full crOp...7O
Potatoes ............9S
The Telegram says That unless u
good scwerngesystclm is adopted and
that speedily tho people of iankton
will have to suffer the penalty.
Mandan possesses n girl who is not
only a good shot, but has courage
enough to Use n revolver when occa-
sion offers. She practices on dogs.
Sturgis is troubled with two opium
joints. One is conducted by an Ill
momtl-eycd heather and the other is
said to he managed by ala1y ofcolor
and nvoirtlupois.
A large two-story house arrived in
Aberdeen overland from Ipswich.
1t was drawn by twenty horses and
took only two days to travel twenty
five miles.
Some of the people of Dcadwood
insist on turning their stock loose
every night, much tn the disgust of
those who are inclined to be law
abiding citizens.
In carrying out a decision of the
court ejmting Mrs. Prince, of Dead
wood, the marshal was forced to
carry the lady ont also. lie stood
her up on the walk.
The assessed valuation ofMinncha-
III, county, according tn the county
auditors report, is $7,0DJ,319 Of
this sum the city ofSioux Falls il
tlcdit@lw it'll 81 ,O4G,7O4.
What is l,otlrring the people of Me-
took county now is to figure out
what damage Il man should have for
Il COW running over his field when his
crop w;is totally destroyed by hail:
A heavy wind storm demolished n
house belonging to John Jelcnick;
north of East Stiles, killing the owner.
The storm wasaccompanicd by some
hail. and wheat is slightly injured.
Some individual with less wit than
time amuscs himself by writing Cor
,lcrs to CALI on the several States
hanging outside the doors of car
pentcrs and painters at Dcadwood.
\ Mrs. Peterson, of Prairie Rock
township, Turner county, was nearly
killed by IL vicious bull. She was
twice tossed in the air by the ill.,
iilriatcd animal, and is in very
critical condition.
At I'M ire cream sociuble held in
Estcllinc seventy-tive tersotls wcre
poisoned. One young mans life IL
,lespair",l of and others are in u crit
ical condition: No ono tail ;issigll
the cause:
The BARRIERS of Sioux Falls have all
been served with notices to close their
shops on Sunday, in accordance with
the laws of the territory; otherwise
they will be prosecuted for violating
the statute.
John Durkin, q section foreman,
was run over by work train on the
Northern Pacific road near Steele,
while attempting to board the c,,-
boosc. 1t was necessary to ;lmpu-
tate both limbs, from the effects of
which he died.
A Lead City merchant recently or.
..lcrcd nineteen democratic e,mpi~l,
hats. After some delay tho hats ar
rived; but when the lItix #.is opened
the merchant was raralyzcd with
rage to behold the republican hats,
will, the pictures of the republican
candidates neatly placed i'll the
crown.
District Attorney Andrews has be-
gun a vigorous crusade against the
''blind pigs" of Brookings county. A
number "frascs were disposed OF, the
parties w;iving examination and
giving bonds. deputy sllcriffs are
now out after parties in other towns,
us eases have ,lecn made against
nearly hvcry billiard liall and dru.
store in the county:
William Bcnw;iy, 1. rich haif-brccd,
Mt Pierre, sues for the recovery of the
property awarded to- nn alleged wife
by an Indian court, which decision
walls sustained by the Indian depart
ncnt at Washington. The wolma II
claims the property on the grounds
that Bcnw;,y deserted hcranil he de-
nies ever having taken lier as his wife
Il. +. Hnirh, .s'%itrllrnanat Fargo;
kept Il hotel ut Macon, Mo-, eleven
years ago, and during his absence
one day Il boarlcr took Il team of
horses and Balcll's 9-yclr-old daugh-
ter, and he has heard nothing of
them until IL few days ago, when lie
learned that his daughter was in San
Antonio, Tex. lie will ut once send
for her.
An agent OF Duluth grain men who
has visited all portions of the terri
tory was in Aberdeen the other Iay.
lie says Of the wheat crop in general,
two weeks ago I'll" crop prospect was
the best ever known in Dakota. hut
the hot weather has greatly impaired
the condition in most localities. lilo
says further that the outlook in
Brown county is the best of any
county visited. Late reports from
the west and north do not bear out
the Duluth mans statements. Un