The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-02-10


AROUND TOWN.
49, below zero Thursday morning.
A NEW tailor is prospecting about tow
with view officiating.
Miss SmuRTLIrr was sick Monday
The youngsters were sorry but had /.
holiday.
We hear Of a prospect for new steam
laundry in the spring. How would thai
suit you boys?
THE semi-monthly club dance viii
come off next Monday evening IN Kilt
son hall.
PERSONS who we're out on "Wednesday
claim tliat it was the coolest day of the
season to drive.
A DANCE was celebrated at the fort last
Friday. A large number attended
from town and report good time, and
much credit due the boys.
SOMEWHAT longer. somewhat wider
Do you notice it? And VIC expect to
keep it 40; gives us more room for ads
and correspondence. Send them in.
WooD is still in good demand.> Las,
week people from Emerson were watch.
ing all day long and when loads would
come III, the prices would he run way
up.
PARTIES in town who expect to have
cream to spare to the creamery, are re.
quested to leave their names and nun.
Der of COWS with J. III. Abrams or at this
office.
SERVICES in the NJ. j.. church next
Sabbath, Feb. 18th. The Rev. G. III.
Treglawney will preach. ii a. m., Jesus
and Little Ones. p. M. song service.
7:30 p. M, The Cold.
PRoF. AHERN preached to q good COLI
gregation III the Presbyterian church,
last Sunday morning in the absence OF
Rev. Mclean who was at Drayton. Our
professor is getting quite popular in tho
pulpit.
THE president aud directors of the
Pembina County Creamery Co. should
note this weeks Carlisle correspondence.
Why wouldn't it he good thing to have
it engraved over the door of the cream
cry?
TIE Grafton News and Times gives
tongue ON the subject of our condensed
mail facilities, and says outside of rail-
road towns the people Of the county
haven't half the privileges they had five
years ago. Same here.
TINE table of the Northern Pacific is
changed; look ont and don't get left.
Train leaves at 10 a. IN. and arrives Sis
p. IN. instead of as before. Several peo.
pie have found out about it this week,
after the train had left.
PEMBINA can now boast of as 6ne to-
bogean slide as you will find in the low
er Red River Valley. and there is nothing
artificial about it either. The credit is
due number of young boys in town,
who have worked hard to make it what
it is. Several tobogsans nave been or
dered and gala time can he expected.
COMPLAINT has been made by parties
travelling OH the road 10 the Geroux
bridge, that the road is rendered almost
impossible by parties driving out from
town and scattering manure along the
roadside. 1t is a good practice to keep
barn-yards clear IN winter rs well as in
summer but the same rule should gov
ern. the year round, as to where the re-
fuse should lie deposited.
Nix. A. V. EASTMAN, manager Of the
Colonial and United States Mortgage
Company. authorizes us to state that par
ties owning lands sold year ago by
foreclosure sale, will have al extension
o! thirty days to redeem the same, if de-
sired. Mr.. Eastman and his company
have always been lenient Will, their cls-
toners. by doing every thing reasonable
to have an amicable settlement.
ANOTHER new corporation has been
started. Its general objects are dealing
in cattle and hogs, with view Of pack
ing pork in the future and the establish
ment Of meat market Immediately.
The Inter will probably open next week
in the store now occupied Ivy Miss A.
Macdonald. Tie capital stock is 81, 900
of which 5000 is understood to be paid
in now.
TIE creamery business is moving Oh.
Some of the roofing material arrived this
week. Mr.. J. Henry Abrams who is
FOR COWS, reports good pro-
gress. though bad weather has interfered
witt, his engagements at public meet
inSa. While lie has hal fair success
in interesting farmers in the business.
yet it is difficult to get ut exact figures as
yet. but tile outlook is promising for the
cream from a Thousand COWS. There
will probably he four routes; st. Vincent
and vicinity, Toilette, Tongue river, and
Pembina river.
By the courtesy of signal officer Hard.
inee, of tile st. Vincent station, we l,aye
the following figures Of the cold month
of January: Highest temperature, SO deg.
on the 3Oth: lowest Temperature, 534 deg.
on the 18th; mean temperature 1871 deg.
This makes it the coolest January for
fifteen years. Tie highest velocity of
wind was Is miles an hour. which is
swift enough, but not 20 bad as reported
from eastern .tates. Tie Total snow fall
was seven tentln ofan inch. Only one
day is rel orted cloudy, all the rest were
fair or clear. Tie thermometer showed