The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-12
TnE following ia q summary Of siensl

The following ID . summary Of signal
offica records for March, 1880. Mean
barometric pressure, reduced to sea lev
81. 1910 inches; highest on the 9th and
lowest on the 3lst; monthly range 20
inches. Mean monthly temperature 2So,
highest e9e on the 23rd, lowest 70 on the
18th. Mean daily range Of temperature
2le. Warmest March was in 1873, mean
38s. coolest In 1880, mean 80. Mean
temperature last March 50. Mean daily
relative humidity 20 per cent. Prevail.
ing direction of wind, northwest; total
movement, 7.767 miles; highest velocity
So northwest on the 18th. Total ram
and snow fall. IS incll. Appreciable
precipitation fell on four days. Wettest
March was in 1873 when as inches fell
Dryest in 1873. when only .04 inch fell;
last year SO inch fell. Cloudless days,
10; partly cloudy. 10; cloudy, 8. Auroras
were observed ON six nights. April
comes in with 663s of!heat ahead of the
normal since January and an excess Of
! inch of moisture. The possible range
of April temperatures deducted from
eight years records is from "a to IA be.
low zero. Average clear days, one in
three; rainy, one in four; average rain.
fall, Tor snowfall,) on Of an inch daily.
BRIEFS: G. A. Douglas of Cavalier wa.
in town Tuesday. He says it is true he
has sold out his farm property. Eugene
Harris and George shambaugh left Tues
day to see what Montana and the great
west is like......Miss Lena Eyferd is bach
frow Winnipeg and is visiting at John
Kabernagle's......H. ID. Borden and lii
mother are visiting in Winnipeg......Mrs
J. Stuart is visiting at ]. E. Ashley's ....
Ed. McCraa went to Winnipeg yester
day for short stay. Il. w. Doty. Jr. il
acting tcnsorial artist in his absence.
Messrs. Thompson and Anderson repre-
sent the court house at st. Thomas tli
week."...Mrs. G. A. Abrams has gone t
Minneapolis to visit friends. Mis-
Maud McTavish is home from Banff. N
W. T......Editor W. II. Mitchell of Mint,
was pleasant visitor Tuesday ......Attor
ney G. H. Megquier is making arrange
ments to leave for the west......Mr. Hun
ter, business manager of the Crane
Forks Herald exchanged friendly gril
with us yesterday and said the Forks ant
the Herald are booming. Editor Fair
child was down from Drayton Monday
A party of Manitebans leave Thurs,la,
for a pleasure trip north to the Arcti
ocean. The party consist of Hon. A
w. Everest, Count de Sainville, MIR. I
Young, Of Lake Manitoba. and probabl!
Mr.. r. LaTouche Topper, of this city
The party will 80 to Calgary by the &.
H., and from there stage across to Ed,non
ton, and then on to Atlahasea Landing
Here boat will he built. and the part,
will proceed down the Athnbasca Rive
to Athabasca Lake, across the Lake t
Slave river, down Slave river to Slav,
Lake and across the Slave Lake to til,
Mackenzie River and then to the Arcti,
ocean. They will coast along for abou
five hundred miles to Point Barron, the
most northern point in Alaska. Her,
tho only difficulty OH the trip is likel!
to be experienced. as this point is note,
for being blocked in by ice foes. Provii
ed they pass this point successfully, til,
next will be to Behring's straits and tllcl
down the coast to Victoria and over til,
q. p. r. back to Winnipeg. Ill,
route followed will be the same us tina,
taken by Lord Lonsdale for the first par
ofthe journey. Lord Lonsdale left Nc
Kenzie river and then across to the Yu
kon, while Mr.. Everest goes direc
north. it is a long journey, but the part,
think they will be successful.-Wlnnipe,
Free Press.