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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
RESUME OF THE NEWS.
HORRIBLE CALAMITY.

Out OF Thirteen Persons but Two
Escape a horrible Death by the
burning Of the NNundlno Hotel,
Rockdale, Tex.
A most horr'iyine calamity has beiall.
en- Rockdalc, Texas. The MSndine hotei
a three. story brick building, was found TO
DO on fire. and was quickly all ablaze. In.
side were thirteen persons. only two OF
whom escaped alive. DR.. H. A. Brooks,
the proprietor, was pulled out Of the burn.
ing building with his hair and beard
s,nRed OIL and otherwise badly burned,
leaving behind him his vile and four
children, who pcrished. Pemberton Pierce,
representing the firm OF George H. ZeiRler.
OF philadelphin, jumped from the burning
building and was killed. d. NJ. Oldham oi
Dallas. representing the firm OF +. Cannon
d Co oil Galveston. escaped badly singed.
The mystery about the thing is that 40
many should have perished when none
were higher up than the second story,
ana there were galleries and exits on
both sides of the building occupied
by the sleePers. No ono was heard
to call or scream. all dying without n
cry for help. though great crowd quickly
gathered. and exhausted every effort to
afford q rescue. The remains OF several
save been recovered from the ruins, but
they are unrecoynisable. a great .palI
ssasse4assRpelll laSSssasfssVtfyss ESsttSSS
faHte ii c1osSd: Nj. Pierce II the only non.
resident victim. The pecuniary loss is
adout $l5. 900.
Those known to have been lost are: Mrs.
w. A. Brooks, wife Of the proprietor Of the
hotel and her four cons. aged four, six,
nine and fifteen years respectively; j. f.
Briscoe, vile and two little children; lsaac
Crown. and travelling salesman, suppos.
ei from papers to he I'embsrton Pierce OF
Philadelphia. The hotel register being
burned. there is nothing more with which
to identify the remains. The origin of the
fire is as, yet n subject oi conjecture. The
postottice was in the building and It's con.
tents were destroyed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
AErench corsafr.

On one occasion, having been wreck
ed and cast ashore destitutenear San
Lucar, Doublet had accepted the
command OF u small vessel bound for
the Cunaries. She was 30 tons bur
den. mad ! gun. (n 3-pounder,) 10
;,wivels. and some blunderbusses; l3
men. IL boy, and II passenger-l6 all
told-anl her name was Saint An
toinc. The day after they sailed they
sighted 1. settec. which, from the
number OF ours she was pulling, Dou-
blet conicctured to be IL Sallee cruiser.
Sallc or noe he Judged it was us we'll
to bo prepared. and accordingly load
e,l his gun, hls swivels, and his blum
'lerhu-ses up to the muhzle with ball,
grape, and small shot. got ready what
muskc,s, pistols, and pixies they had
on hoard; surrounded the helm with
u screen OF mattresses, slunc the main
yard in IL chain, and so waited the
event. AS the stranger approached
doubt gave way to certainty; turbans
could be- seen on board, and Moors.
| The men oi he SAINT Ant oine were
wild with terror, winch took the form
OF VOWS to attend church barefoot on
the first opportunity. Doublet
more practically got up barrel OF
powder. lighted II match, and called
out, "lf any one tails in hisduty will
| kill INN and fire the powder; better die
! than he the slave OF these barbarlans."
AT this time the settee, having come
within pistol shot, fired her broad
side of s guns and l3 swivels. but
without doin. much damage. Doub-
lr, reserved his fire. waiting for them
to attempt To board. Fortunately
breeze Spr'ln. up, the Saint Antoine
answered her helm, and paid OIL Just
rs the settee was ranging alongside;
at the same moment l)oublet Tired
into the thick OF the crowd-every-
thing, the @un the swlve's, the blum
| .lerbu-es, and the mllskets. Many
we're killed, many lel into tine water
and were there shot three only gained
tho deck of the Saint-Antoine, OF
whom Do,lblct shot one; n second
Spran. overheard and was shot in
the water; the third Jumped down the
hutchwav and hid hlmselfln the hold.
Meantime, Doublet having got his
armament all loaded again, steered
! straight for the pirate, and, when
within pistol shot, fired with the same
happy precision as before. A third
| discharge reduced them 10 cry out for
quarter, and, adds Doublet. "if had
| had 80 men would have taken her
but with 10 and IL boy the risk was
too great We were fortunate enough
III escapin. us we did" They had
only one man at all badly wounded,
and. when they arrived at Tenerltfe,
was taken in hand by Il French sur.
rcon settled there. ",rhs cost me-"
says Doubiet. "l25 l'iastres; but our
Moor-the fellow that had Jumped
down the haichway-paldi 1t, as lsold
him Tor 323 piastreS to resident
who had Il brother Save IN Moroc.
co. and hoped to make All exchange.
The Edinburgh Review.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
Murder and Suicide.

The wife of George Herkimer OF Eau Claire,
Wis, proprietor OF q knit goods factory,
left llnr husband and went to Fairchild, q
village thirty miles from Eau Claire, TAX.
ing her hahy with her. She claimed her
husband did not provide for her and the
child. and ale took refuge with her sister,
Mrs. Thompson OF Fairchild. Herkimer.
who remained at Eau Claire was observed
to bs in an excited condition. He
left on tho noon train for Fairchild. Ar.
irving there. he went to Thompson's house
and insistc! On seeing Mrs. Herkin,er,
who finally consented to talk with Herki.
mer in the kitchen. No sooner had the
kitchen door been closed than Herkimer
pulled u revolver, shot his wife in
the breast, and Immediately shot him
self in the right temple. Tho occupants
oi the house rushed into tho kitchen and
found li"rkimer stone dead and Mrs. Her.
kimer lying on the floor In pool OF blood.
Sho is still alive. Hcrkilner had said be.
fore he left here that his wiie's departure
would drive him to desperation. Ne IL
believed to have been insane ios
some time. Mrs. Herkimer's parents
Mr.. aud Mrs. Samuel Lee o
Nottingham England. had just come e
America and were at the Thompson real
dcncr when the shooting occurred. Mr..
Lee at first refused Hsrkiiner admittnncs.
but WAS overule,l by the other. HerkimeI
was II middle-aged man. his wife severa
years younger than he. Mrs. Hsrkimer
may recover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
The Suction of Toads.

In one OF the Letters OF Junius"-
speaking o, the then princess of Wales,
who was uying of cancer-that writer
says nothing keeps her alive but the
horrible suction oftoads." Prof. New.
ton oi Cambridge explains that dur
III. IL certain period of last century
live toads were applied as supposed
cure or as q relief to cancerous
breasts. In theth ird volume OF PEN
nant's Zoology" is a letter in which
the process is described to DR.. Lyttle-
ton. the then Bishop OF Carlisle, by
MI. Patfield, medical eyewitness.
The toad was put into linen bag, all
but it's head, and that was held to
the sore. which the animal sucked
Ereedily. A woman supposed to have
been cured in this way was said to
have had toads on her day and night
for five weeks without in n'nrmission.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15

Several enthusiastic Boston gentle
men have invented Il new method for
using the surplus in the United states
treasury. They propose to abolish
usury or interest by having the gov.
ernment establish depositarirs OF
money at all necessary points. to
loan money without interest to all
who can give security.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
REPUBLICAN COMMENT.
Vie Red sose passsd MIN In

A temperance man with . native. born
red nose is an object Of widespread sym
pathy and charity, for he is always under
topsr from way back.
A newspaper man with such a nose,
whoae carmine hue was a base libel on his
temperate character, recently presented
himself at q secret democratic meeting in
Connecticut town. He wanted to 20 in.
Are you delegate?" asked tho Ser.
seant.at.Arms.
No." was the reply.
Have you any credentiala7"
The reporter mutely and signitican u
tapped his red, red nose
that will pass you. Come in."-JudRe.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15

The special excursion party. composed
OF gentlemen who manage agricultural
papers in the state. accompanied by
United states Commissioner Coleman Of
Washington, n 70 on q western tour. Few.
eral Dakota edit ors Joined them at Fargo.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
Bowen 4 Rodgera. Buffalo, N. Y, where he
read law. and, in 1850. was admitted TO the

read law, and, in 1850, was admitted 70 the
bar
In 1863 Grover Cleveland was appointed
district attorney for the county Of Erie.
which event marked his first entrance into
political life. 1n:ls60 he was elected sheriff
Of the same county, having previously been
defeated for the district- -ntto rneyship by the
Republican candidate. Lyman K. Bass In
1881 he was elected mayor of Buffalo on
combination Democratic aud reform ticker
When q successor was to be elected to Gov.
A. D. Cornell the Democrats nominated
Grover Cleveland. Owing to an i'm
placable and fatal division between
the two leading factiOus OF the Re-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15

pupllcan prrty IN the ntate OF New YORK,
surprising majority of l92, 600 In vlew Of
this impetus given 10 his political fortunes
no was In 1884 nominated for president
against james e. Blaine, and on March 4,
1885, inaugurated president Of the United
White House on tho second day Of June.
1856. Frances Folsom, daughte, Of his de.
ceased friend and partner, Oscar Folsom, of
the Buffalo bar. Except the wife Of Madi-
son, Mrs Cleveland is the youngest of the
many missresses OF the White House, having
been born in Buffalo. N. Y. in 1864.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
THURMAN ron VICE PRESIDENT.

Az was known ON the third day OF the
convention Allen Thurman, OF Ohio, was
nominated for vice President, with scarce.
iy any opposition at all, Gray and Black
having received IL few complimentary votes.
Allen q. Thurman was born ut LsnchburR.
w., Nov. l3, 1913, He removed to Ohio In
1919, and received an academic education
and studied law under his uncle, William
Allen, then senator, and nfterward governor
of Ohio, and with Nonh H. Swaync, after
ward u Justice of tho United States supreme
court While he studied law young Thur
mum also gave much of his time to land sur
veying In 1S4i he was sent to congress by
the Democrats. During his service In that
position Mr. Thurman advocated and voted
for the @Wilnlot proviao," and opposed tho
repeal Of tho Missouri compromise After
one term IN congress he returned to his pro-
fession, declining a denomination. He re-
manned at the bar in growing practice
until 1851. when he was elected
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
No Plaee For the q. A. r.

Daniel A. Grosvenor. q member ~ tn.
employment committee OF the g. A. r..
testified before the house committee on
printing regarding the employment Of sol.
diers, sailors and the orphans Of soldiers
OF sailors by ths government printing Of.
flee. He was asked Of the assurances made
BY Mr.. Benedict TO the representatives Of
the g.. A. X. that the Law sxsmptins this
class o. employees from discharge had been
kept. He said it had not been kept. but
had visited the government printing Office
quite frequently OF late in the interest oi
comrades of the g. A. r., and it always
seemed to him to be the most difficult bu.
reau OF the government the g. A. X. had to
deal with and whore they could sxpsct the
the least help.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
THE PIONEER EXPRESS
Il Pubiishsl
evA1Y FRIDAY MORNING.
AT PEMBlNA. u. Z.
wARDwELL & THOMPSON, Publishes.
Subscription, q Per Annum, IN Advance,

The Pioneer Express crculates nutnerously IN
sy sstery neighborhcod 3 in Pembina county. and 10 q
independent In politics, though suppostins n.
publican principles. Re4ulaE comrnuuiostfons
ron al !Mrts 3f the county published weekly.
North Dakota S1.- ="
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15

Out OF Thirteen Persons but Two
Esoape a horrible Death by tho
burning Of the Mundlno Hotel,
9ockdale, Tex,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14
A FEW LARGE ONES.

A CIRCULAR saw one hundred inches in
diameter, the largest in the world, was ex-
hibited in motion in a recent trades display
in Philadelphia
A PIE weighing over two tons was one of
the features Of the Queens jubilee at Den
by Dale, Eng Itwns eight feet in diameter
two feet in depth and contained about five
barrels Of -four together with over half a
ton of meats, fowl aud game.
A SCRANTON (Pa) firm has lust COM
pleted the largest boiler ever put together
in the country. Its length Is over thirty-
FIVE feet; height, ten and "A half; breath
eleven and a half and il weighs forty-five
tons. IL is a onc-thousand- horse power
boiler and is made Of sheet steel
Az account Is given by a recent visitor to
Willets Point, n. Y, of a magnet on a man,
moth scale. Two huge cannons are con-
nccted az the trunnions aud wound with
four miles Of wire cable, and by the aid of a
thirty-horse power dynamo converted into
an clcctromagnet weighing one hundred
thousand pounds and capable OF attracting
objects weighing nearly half ton.
A srKEI. truss 525 feet long, SO feet deep
and 81 feet wide was recently finished and
adjusted in the Poughkcspsie bridge, New
York. II a said to be the largest steel
truss In the world. II rests on steel tow
ers 100 feet high, which stand on masonry
piers whose foundations are ia5 feet below
high water, and lie total height from the
foundations Is SS7 feet II carries floor
system on top for a double track railway,
and Is capable of supporting a rolling load
Of 5000 pounds % the running foot on each
track
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14
HABITS OF Leo XIII
The Roman POntIfr Said to BE an L n
Riser aud n Moderate Eater.

The Roman POntiR Said TO BE an Early
Riser aud n Moderate Eater.
The Pope rises very early both in win
Ter and summer, says a Rome CORE spond-
emit AT FIVE In the morning he is found in
his private chapel celebrating mass. I'm.
mediately after wards he takes a cup OF
coffee prepared by his body servant by
the aid of a spirit lamp. During his resi-
dence in foreign countries His Holiness
acquired the habit Of drinking coffee pre-
pared as in Turkey and without sugar
and he clings to this habit even against
the advice of his physicians, who tell him
that coffee prepared in this way Is too ex.
citative, especially when taken on an
empty stomach BY eight O'Clock he IA
Sc ated at his work table. He first reads
the Roman and foreign newspapers and
marks with a red lead pencil those arti-
cies TO which answers m ust be made
sometimes he dictates himself the reDIv
aud the manuscripts is then sent to the
Official journal of the Papacv. which il
printed at Rome The reading of the daily
prints occupies never less than two hours.
At about ten o'clock the Pope eats his
nrst meal, which is very frugal and al.
ways the same. II consists OF two poacbed
eggs, piece of The breast of a fowl and.
Tor dessert, some fruit or preserves. He
drinks almost no whenever more the,
one glass Of white Frascati during the
whole repast. He will not touch Dor.
deaux, which IS more Intoxicating and
tonic than the wines Of the neighborhood
OF Rome. After this simple break fast be
receives callers. But il there happens tc
be no one waiting TO see him he goes out
for wax in the gardens OF the Vatican.
This promenade never lasts more than an
hour. he Is accompanied during these
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14
SIMPLE REMEDIES.

NEVER use sharp knife in cleaning the
nails. Fill under the nails with soap, and
then remove it by brushing with nail
brush.
WHEN felon first begins 20 make its APP
pearance, take a lemon, cut of one end, put
the finger in, and the longer it is kept there
the better.
For cold on the chest, a flannel rag
rung out in boiling water and sprinkled
with turpentine, laid on the chest, gives the
greatest relief
FoR the dyspeptic, fried oysters are for
hidden. When roasted IN the shell oysters
are delicious, and can be digested with ease
even by weak stomach.
Az English surgeon says that people who
use rocking chairs the most, get deaf the
soonest. Rocking also hurts the eyes and
mazos people near-sighted.
A REMEDY for catarrh is 10 gather hops
when perfectly dry, and sift the pollen or
"hour" through Swiss muslin Use as a
snun early in the morning or on retiring at
night.
TURPENTISE Is almost a sure remedy for
Group. Saturate piece Of flannel with il /;
and put 1t on the chest, and in a severe case
three or four drops ON a lump of sugar may
be taken inwardly.
PREPARED chalk is about the only dem
thrice that should be used, and this not to
exceed once a week. Orris root is also a
pleasant and harmless agent for cleansing
the teeth, and frequent good brushings
with pure water is as good as any thing.
THE very best thing for a sprain is to put
the limb into a vessel OF very hot water i'm
mediately, then add boiling water as it can
DO borne. Keep the part immersed for
twenty minutes, or until the pain subsidies;
then apply a tight bandage and order rest.
Sometimes the joint can be used in twelve
hours.
AN excellent glycerine ointment for
chapped hands Is made by melting, with
gentle heat, two ounces Of sweet oil of
almonds, half an ounce of spermacet and
one drachm Of white wax. When melted, re-
move from the stove and add an ounce of
glycerine, and stir until the mixture is cold.
The ointment can be scented with any per-
fume to suit the fancy. Keep it in wide
necked bottles.
Persons consumptively inclined, those
with feeble digestion, aged people and those
inclined to chilliness and cold extremities,
arc especially benefited by a liberal use Of
sweet cream. No other article of food or
medicine will give them results satisfactory,
and either as food or medicine it is not
bad to take. AS an antidote for n tendency
70 consumption, it acts like a charm, and
serves all the purposes intended 10 be
served by cod-liver oil with much greater
certainty and effect.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14
A Temple I'm India.

The geographical and social center Of
Trichur is the temple, which occupies a
large green square and is surrounded by a
high green wall covered with MOSES and
little ferns. "You enter, or would if per-
mitted, by two gateways Of three stories
with green roofs-in fact, every thing is
green. In front are two tall and sacred
banyan trees, around which platforms are
built Here every morning you may see
the townsfolk performing the pradalIshana,
or circumambulatiOn, muttering prayers the
while, and we do not fail TO note the fair
Nair lady in spotless white linen cloth, her
ears distended by large round wheels Of
solid gold, holding in her hand a palmyra
leaf umbrella, or the Brahmin fresh from
her bath in the neighboring tank with drip
ping cloth clinging TO her limbs. Monkeys
hop about uncOncerncdly among the wor-
shippers. Some Of the women carry babies
athwart their hips as they walk around say.
ing their prayers.--Cor Chicago Ne,cs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14

holding commission later than his moved
up one scat in this order. This left the
Chief Justice sitting as before in the CEN
ter Of the bench with Justices Miller, Field,
Bradley and Harlan undisturbed Stanley
Matthews went from the south 70 the north
side Of the bench and took Judge Wood 8
seat; Justice Gray, who had sat at the ex-
tremo north side Of the bench, went over TO
the south side, and will have Judge Lamar
for his neighbor on the left. Justice Batch
ford has Judge Gray's old scat at the end
Of the bench, and Judge Lamar has Judge
Blatchfords old seat.
Lamar in point Of looks is fully as inter
esting as any man on tho bench. His strong
digniticd face with the heavy name of hair
falling about his shoulders, compares well
with tho large handsome features Of Judge
Gray, Judge Harlan or Judge Miller. He is
wearing nowadays n magIAicent black silk
robe, lent him by Judge Field, who had Just
received II from London the day Mr.. Lamar
was confirmed by the Senate. From what
can be learned in a roundabout private way,
his colleagues on the bench received Mr..
Lamar with great cordially. They had
known him personally for many years during
his life In Washington, and had come 10 re-
spect his ability as "a lawyer. Besides all
this,in the social life Of the bench Mr. Lamar
promises 10 be a most acceptable acquisi-
ton.
To sec thcm on tho bench, these sedate,
hoavy-faccd, pondcrous-looking men, ,one
would hardly suppose they could form lit
Tie social club Of their own, and in the pri-
vacy Of their robing room unbcnd with tho
hilarity of boys, with the diversion OF story
telling, punning, guying, and with every
sort Of wit and humor 10 Is one Of the ira
ditions OF the court that the little brass ket-
Ito with which tho Judges make their punch
was first carried TO the Capitol by John
Marshall, and Il Is favorite conviviality
for tho Judges every noon before goinT TO
tho bench 10 take their teddy made from
this old kettle. No outsider is ever admit
ted 10 the robing room except the tall, sol
diorly negro man who keeps il In order and
waits upon the Judges. His mouth Is as a
sealed book, and how on earth the outside
world can ever learn the doings Of the
Judges within, Is something Of mystery,
unless the Judges themselves tell the storys
Mr.. Lamar himself takes congcnially TO
his new life. While ne never enjoyed prac-
tico at tho bar, being too inpatient with the
opposition, obstnacy'and stupidity OF other
minds with which he had 10 contend, he
feels at homo as a Judge He has mind
essentially judicial In its characteristics,
and whilo nc may not be thoroughly versed
In the tcchnicalitics Of the law, nor have mt
his tongues end oil OF the decisions Of the
court Of which no is now a part, he has
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-03-14

his graduation had reached the RANK OF
Captain. In 1873 he was called back to
West Point as Professor Of Natural and
Experimental Philosophy. In 1874 he was
sent in charge Of the American expedition
TO Northern Tasmania 10 take observations
Of the transit Of Venus. Four years later
he was made instructor a practical Mil
tary Engineering and Telegraphy at West
Point During this assignment he rebuilt
the barracks and extended the water-worlzs
at the Point, making himself familiar with
the whole subject of sanitary engineering
md drainage, in a way that viii Of course
be Of great advantage 10 him in his new po-
sition. For some years he was Lighthouse
Engineer along the Maine, New Hampshire
and Massachusetts sea-coast, having one
hundred and fifty lighthouses under his
supervision. Two years ago he was as
signed to service in the Engineers ONCE
here in Washington 10 succeed Colonel
Thomas Wilson, who had been appointed
Superintendent Of Buildings and Grounds
In Washington. Major Raymond and Colonel
Ludlow were in West Point together, and
arc warm friends.