The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-20
DAKOTA NEWS NOTES.

A heather Chincc recently give up
the ghost Mt Deailwood and his funcr.
al under the auspices of tho Chinese
Masonic fraternity was n matter OF
great curiosity to the people ofDcad-
wood.
At Coopcrtown, Albert Lindsay, an
employee of the Cooper farm, shot
himself through the head dying in
about two hours. Lindsay came
from st. Clair county, Michigan, and
was in good circumstances and en-.
gagged to lc married. llclclt a letter,
from which it il Inferred that mclan.
cloly was the cause of suicide.
A soldier who was the worse for
the liquor he had taken was in Man.
dan recently, trying to sell n good
Ovcrcoat for 80 cents which was
worth several dollars. lie gave as
his reason for wanting To sell that liz
was afraid the tariff ON wool would
tie taken off and he did not want to
I've long" on WOODEN goods. 1t il
thought, however, that he did not
want to he long without Il drink.
The city council of Woonsockct has
ordered IL new fire engine OH trial
from st. Paul. 1t will arrive within
the next thirty days. With the en-
ginc il IL hose cart and 900 fpt Of
hose, the whole outfit to cost - 400.
Since the high license advocates of
MinnelalIa county have secured
about 1000 more names than are
needed to the application calling for
II vote this fall on prohibition, the
prohibitionists held IL meeting in
Sioux Falls and raised $500 as Il
fund with which to enforce the law.
| William kcsbcth, of AfcCook coun.
ty. IL fresh youngstcr 40 years ofagc,
was married last Wc,lncs,layat Sioux
Falls to Henrietta Hoffman, u coy
maiden of 80 years.
A number uf persons from different
portions Of Brown county who favor
high license held u consultation in
Aberdeen. They claimcd to have
procured the requisite number of
names necessary To- take another
vote upon local option this fall, and
it is untlcrst ood that ,.vi yorous cam
paign is to he fully inauguratcd.
At Tcmbina they are hauling the
fish out of the Red river in large
quantities. Some of them weigh us
much as twenty pounds.
1t is estimated that there are no
Jess than 300 lul,oring men and me-
cianics now at work upon improve.
ments in YanktOm.
An insane man confined in the Jail
at La Grace had nearly dug his way
out when lie was discovered by the
sheriff. The sheriff is of the opinion
that the county should build d, new
Jail.
Martin Head, II Hccla farmer,
whose case has been before the com.
missioncrs of insanity, was found in.
sane, and will he again taken to
Ianktown. The decision was made
upon the testimony of two physicians
who examined him. Head il the
man whose wife wants q divorce and
deed of his farm.
County Treasurer Palmer left
Pierre for Bismarck, where he will
assume the position of deputy terri
torial auditor. 1t is an open secret
that Auditor Ward contcmplatcs re.
signing soon SO as to attend to his
private business at Sioux Falls, and
that Gov. Church will appoint Pal.
nlcr to the vacancy as soon as he
familiarizcs himself with the duties Of
the office.
The walls of the Warner building
at Mitchell has settled, caused by the
heavy rains of the past few days. At
one time it was thought the building
would sink out of sight, hut after go.
ing Chinawalal about two feet the
settling stopped. The building is al.
most an entire wreck. 1t was used
as a drug store, and the stock has
been removed without damage.
A natural soap well has been dis.
covered GS miles west of Buffalo Gap.
The soap is skinned from IL boiling
spring and hn,rlcns by exposure to
the air. 1t is like soft clay, and Gun
be gathered with IL shovel, and is
supposed to be IL mixture of alkali,
borax and the lubric;,ting oil found
i'll many parts of Wyoming. A sam. |
pic has been tested 10y Il prominent
Chicago soap manufacturer, and he
reported the discovery worth the full
weight OF the manufactured article.
PARTIES surrounding the springs
have used the natural article ms axle
grease by adding IL little of the oil
discovered there, and it is plonoullccd
the finest material ever used for that
purpose. The soap will wash in the
hardest of water and leave the hands
much softer than the ordinary article.
The supply is supposed to he incx.
laustible.
Lightning struck the house OFFS. I.
McVoy north ofMantlan and knocked
down IL brick chimney, broke the
stove to pieces and broke 4, sill ON
which the house stood. No injury re-
suited to the occupants. AtStanton
the house OLA. Z. Macroric was struck
similarly and II l,r,lstcad smashed.
besides the chimney and stoves, and
the carpets were torn up. One occu.
pant OF the house was stunned byt the
shock.
Walter A. Wood & Co., applied to
Judge Mcconnell for an Injunction re.
strlining the Fargo Inc;,ndcsccnt
Light company from erecting and
maintaining wooden buildings within
the fire limits of the city ofIInrgo the
city council having granted the com.
pany II permit to erect such II build.
ing. The court denied the Injunction
on the ground that the council had
no authority under the old cllartcrto
pass an ordinance prohibiting the
erection of such IL building. and that,
while new charter does confer such
authority, no ordinance Bearing on
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