The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1888-04-05
The Bottineau Pioneer
Ohciat Paper Of Bottineau County.
40. Y. BENNETT, Manager aud Editor.
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1888.

From the following letter which we
kave received from the e,fitGr-in. chief
Of the PIONEER, it would appear that
be has been ''doing' Chicago and see-
ing life in its different phases in that
great, wicked metropolis. He ap.
lears to have imDibed quite a religious
sentiment, and we expect he will
want To teach the bible class" when
lie comes home:
GOD Is LOVE.
"Calling sinners to repentance" is
3 matter OF fact business in Chicago.
On the corner OF Washington and
Clark streets, Sunday evenings, one
ma near young men calling out in a
loud voice TO the passers by: "Step
right in,-free for all, --services,--.
prayer meeting,.:-wa@k in,---it will do
you good, -.-etc."--c, urch. Just across
tie way, amidst the garish glare of
the gas and the evanescent eifulgence
OF the incandescent electric light,
crowds were vending their way to the
Chicago opera house.
To point a moral or adorn a tale,
just by way Of comparison and illus.
tration, ] "did" the both of them. I
invested 30 cents in "Pop," Chat was
the name of the play, and heard the
humorist Mackay tickle the ears Of
the groundlings and cali forth the
r!aud.ts Of the *'gods" in the gallery,
bit the pleasure was transitory, the
jokes were either old or local, and
there was nothing left to think about
except the possible reflection tina, such
ii sou.ce Of amusement was a delusion
and d snare. On the other hand, to
witness the ferv"r of the children of
God under the guidance Of Bliss, the
evangclist,~ as they portrayed the
beautiful works Of creation and de-
ricted the glories Of a christian lite,
we're we'll worth listening to aid re-
memberlng, and the grand thought
that comes yelling up from the soul
is, that in the contemplation Of the
great beyond, and the enjoyment of
-eterual life there to be found, we
must apply the standard rule of meas
nrement,---God's great love TO man.
JOHN w. BENNETT.
Xxx
Our county commissioners on We'd
nasdav voted to bond the county fol
$4,000, the warrants to bear interest
from Iate Of issue. This will put the
county on a good basis, and q warran,
drawn for a dollar will now lie good
for one hundred cents.
Xxx
The agreement between Bottineau
and McHenry county has been settled
'jn so far as the amount Of McHenry
cnuntv's Indebtedness is concerned
but there is a slight difference as tt
how it shall be paid. McHenry
county wants to pay it from a sinking
fund to be created for that purpose
and to be paid in instalments. Bot
tineau county refuses to close the dea
unless McHenry issues a warrant foI
the whole amount of the indebted
ness, (almost 50, 1907. Dist. Attor
ney Noble was ordered to take step;
~ complete the arrangement.
Xxx
One of the wisest acts our count,
commissioners have ever passed va.
the making of a resolution, last Mon
day, appropriatiny from all unsettled
land in this county, a strip Of lane
two rods wide along all section lines
This will settle the road question il
future, and there will be no more
trouble about laying out roads anc
purchasing the land from the settlers.
Dakota is to have two Arbor- Day.
this year. Gov. Church has desig.
mated Wednesday, April 18th, a:
Arbor- Day for that portion Of Dako
ia lying south of the 9TH standard
parallel Of latitude, and Thursday
HAY Sd, for that portion lynn, nortl
of said parallel.
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