The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-07
Miscellaneous News Items,

grcnt commotion WINS caused in jack
Eonvl!ie. finri,ln: hy n report that the Savnn
nah, Fiorida & Western r,lilrOud refused Il,
takc passengers from that point even OIL
througl, tickets to Northern points. whcr
towns had invited refugees to 20. On,
passenger was thrown of the train at f4aviIl,l
junction. us the conductor said that he lla,
orders not to nllow a single pl.srnccr Ia
leave on the train. No express north nOl
!ny other package will l,e taken. II cannot
be tlscertnined as yet who is responsible fol
| this tyrannicnl rule.
At Browns Gulch, Montana, two boys o,
Dnnicl Morgan hnd been playing in the harll
hy Themselves. The motllcr was sick and no
one else WIS ut home. She heard cries from
the children, and on hurrying ont to the
imrn f0nnd that the whole interior WIS in /,
blaze. The older of the two boys, ngr,l fnn,
years: w,,s standing in II buggy on The flonl
und tile fire was all around him. On seeing
his mother. he stretched out Ills hands to
ward her. uttered n cry of pnin and fill into
the flames. The other little fellow wus hut
two years old. The superstition is that
nay, and in some way set it on firc.
From reliable information received from
Fort Custer it is learned that the recent
movements of Indians from Pine Ki,lg,
agency, Dakota, to Tongue River, Montana,
with nvOwcti hostile intents, according to AS
aorlate,l Press reports, amounts to very
little There is not the sl"ltcst trouble an
ticipated, un'l the mo, pnents of the ln,Iinns
have absolutely nothing to do with the Iand
from reliable official aud private sources. and
sets at rest the approximations c,,,srd by til,
sensational dispatches that have been sent
pr1aiicting IN Indian mtlrcak or Eciiu,l.
trouble. or that til move was the result ri
the efforts Of the land commissioners To fore,
them to sign the treaty throwing Oi,ri. III,
Sioux reservation.
Az the city sexton of Beloit, Wis, was 60
ing the rounds Of the city cemetery, he dis
covered II grave in the pottcr's iieil which
ilnd evidently been tamrcrc,l with. The rof
IN niui rotte'i nearly away, hut il is evi.lcut
hat tho object was not grave robbery. The
,iesrcration Of the grave llaE probably Ronc.
shinS I" do with the rlllnor tint las existed
ior many years. The story is that about
th'rty years ago acolony Of emigrants came
to I'rloit, where their leader W;,S taken sicI;
nnd died Of cholera. lie was buried Mt once
llls clothes not even brng removed. Soon
iiterwarl it was rcl,nrttd that he l,nl u
large amount OF gold in Iii" belt. The story
tas from time to time been revived The Of:
flci,lls are investigating the ease.
The report Of the arrest md confinement
OF John Grass, the Sioux Indian in confirmed
Tie urrest in made on the account Of hs i,l-
'!"Lih'inS lhtlilia who were ticaefOus Oi
slgninT the treuty und tho confinement OF
this obstrepcrous rcd will have mucl, to do
toward making the work of the commissions
crs success, innsmuch ns he il the leader Ul
the opposition md has even been down into
Choxcnne agency trying to work up I. revolt
McClcsney says his Indians nrc not bitterly
opposed to the measure and the Success the
commissioners meet with Crow Creek will
probably influence their nction. M,d'hcsn,y
also says his adviccs from Crow Greek arr.
very favorable, and that very likely every
Indian at that agency will tign, in which
event there will bo no trouble in securing
Cheyenne.