The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
COUNTY NEWS.
For the Readers Of the Pioneer Elk.
press. BY special Reporters.

For the Readers Of the Pioneer Tx.
press. BY Special Reporters,
BATnoArE.
Geo. Sl,ambaugll, mine host of the
Chapman House, Pcmbina, was in town
Sunday.
A. c. Clifford one Of the merchants from
the west, was recruiting up at the Clev.
alier House last week.
Chas. Mcleod and Alex Montpetit
were in the city Friday. laying up treas
ures for the local option.
Democrat Wilson was III luck last week
when he carried off the fine oil painting
rallied at the Cllevalier House.
VIM. Billyard has so Ill his hotel pro.
perry at this point to A. ]. Robin.on and
intends moving to Langdon and opening
a commission house. Success is wished
hlm in his new venture.
J. E. Watts brother. Hugh, came down
from Bsthgate to attend the wedding.
He is even better looking tl,as jim
Devils Lake Inter Ocean.
]. U. Dinsman of Saltwater, travelling
agent for the Northwestern Manufactur
ing and Car Company, has been looking
after the interests of the company here.
DR.. Barnes left on Saturday fof Nccl,e
where he will remain a few weeks. The
doctor is one of the jolly boys who seems
to have faculty for making friends.
The so called Nonpariel club does not
seem to be progressing very rapidly as it
is little cold for suckers to bite at about
20dcg. below zero.
The boys did not paint tho town red
OH New Years day as of yorc; whet'e,
it was that the boys respected Sabbath,
or the local option question is connun.
drum.
Last year the Manitoba road hardly
ever made skip in the time of trains
and for one to be late was an exception.
The reverse seems to hold this year;
three to five hours late being the daily
record.
Supt. Wilson has returned from the
meeting of the teachers in Fargo aud re-
ports about one hundred aud fifty there
and very profitable time. Supt. Jack
son was one Of tho prominent lights in
Word received from, Mr.. G. f. McKin-
icy states that lie is OH tho way to the
Golden Gate and will write to us frozen
fellcrs. from the land of oranges and
flowers.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. u. Stack left this week
for a visit to their old home III Water.
town, Wis. Mr.. Stack sill put in few
weeks in California ere lie returns.
The old Sentinel Office has been sold
to e. w. johnson, who intends opening
out in business there in the spring.
Just what the line will be we are at a
loss t0know.
Sheriff James has been away all the
week with his little box of scale testing
apparatus. lie says lie finds no partieu.
lar trouble in the country over short
weights, but on the contrary some of the
dealers are cheating themselves.
Bathgate town taxes are payable with
county treasurer i'll the future and this
will make less trouble all around. Pay
all in one place and you will he through
Knecsl,aw & Barnwell haye changed
their office quarters again and are now
to he found in the old n'il!ncr shop. Mr.
X. Aylen is holding the fort while tile
junior member Of the institution reyels
in Canada.
The cry of fire greeted our citizens for
the second time in tho past month ON
the night Of the 3Otl.. Itprovcd to he
tho butcher shop and had caught from
one. oftlose large round wick lamps. Tie
night was perfectly calm and the fire
Was confined to the building in which it
commenced which was total loss. The
insurance OIL it had expired Just one
week before; this is moral tale for 9TH
CIR property owners. The fire depart
mcllt'was promptly on hand ami did
magnificent work-tl,at is the blamed
thing was found to be in a state ofinnox-
ious desetudc and 10 good. Had the
customary nort!, west wind been blowing
no power Oh earth could have saved the
major portion Of the business part Of
town.
Oti"e,s Of the Masonic lodge here
were installed on Wednesday last as fol-
lows: w. NJ, G. L. Harmon; S. W., X.
d. Hoskins; J.W., NJ. d. Fosxom: Treas.
$. ID. Bostwick; Sec, J. ID. Trenholme; S.
d., NJ. Sutton; J. d., d. Mckenzie; Ty-
Ter, >. Birch; Stewards, q. Taylor and e.
w. Johnson. Batllgate lodge now has a
membership Of about 80 and they say is
growing.
NAlIlAlG.A.