The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-04-26
DAKOTA MENTION.
Condensed Happenings Thrsushont
Both North and south Dakota,

Both North and south Dakota.
Jack keefe, the alleged pugilist, was
arrested in Sioux Falls the other
evenings for an assault upon a cur.
penter named Rivers.
Judge 8. j Conklin, of Watertown,
is lying dangerously i'll. The issue
of the Dakotaian, is delayed in con.
sequence.
Joseph Wells, of SpearReld, says:
"For small fruit, such as berries, I
Black Hills certainly beats anyco,
try lever saw"
Pierre has closed IL contract for
system of electriclights. Bismarc
electric light system has suspend
illumination.
Ex-Gov. Ordway said toa st. J. :,
reporter the other day: II intend to
locate n stock farm somewhere in Dn-
kota, but do not know just where
yet.
A fellow named McGobbish, of
Palisades, near Sioux Falls, will be
tried for an attack on A. L. Skinner,
Manitoba agent at that place. He
is said to he n white Cap"
While eating breakfast John L.
croix of Grand Rapids, dropped over
dead. lie was u FIenchman, and had
reached the advanced uge of 1O4
years
The Sioux Falls Press says: "Judg-
ing from comments in some of the
newspapers the idea generally pre-
walls that Sioux Falls desire for the
capital location is entirely selfish"
John King, of the capitalization.
is reported by IL Sioux Falls paper
as saying: 81 am frank to admit the
contest seems to I've narrowing down
Sioux Falls and Pierre"
Officials of the Northwestern rail
way ON IL recent visit to Aberdeen
owned up that the business being
done by the road ut Aberdeen ijusti-
fled new depot, and that it should
he built at once.
August kuehne, an experienced
brickmaker from Mankato, Mimi,
has purchased ground in Chamber
lain, and will at once erect the struct-
tlres necessary tor the manufacture
of brick.
Now that the building season is
opening in Yankton the Press and
Dakotaian suggests that sit costs no
more to put up modern styles than
to erect the dry goods box pattern
of residences. /"
The Lenox Independent wants it
distinctly understood that one of the
main objects in view in publishing
that paper is to collect certain
amount of coin made by the United
States government employees.
In Clark county there is over $40,
600 invested in school houses, while
the value ofsaloon property is 80,
500. There are eight lien employed
in the saloon business to eighty
teaching school.
Charles Pettibone, the directory
publisher. has arrived and commen-
ced work on the third annual city
directory of Aberdeen. Heestimates
the present population ut 1000, an
increase of 1 800 over last years
compilation.
The Yankton Telegram insists
that the people of Dakota could have
promptly relieved oil pr airie fire suf.
fers, and that the contribution adver-
Using the people will get will do them
much more harm than well meant
charity will do them good.
"The people of Dakota have gone
right to work to help each other out
of the trouble caused by the prairie
fires, and in n few weeks the suffers
will he talking politics rs cheerfully
rs ever" says the Aberdeen Republic
can.
There is already moreimmigration
this spring. says the I.etcllcr Blade,
than there has been ut any time in
three years. Over 100 cars of
"cmigrant movables' have passed
there in the last week, all represent
ing new Corners.
Hon. F. II. Hagerty, commissioner
Of Immigration, says his office will be
removed from Bismarck to Aberdeen.
At present his clerical force il ut work
on their blanks for assessors statis-
ties. AS soon MS this work il done
the office can he moved.
The Harrison( Douglas county,
Herald gives this cherry information:
"Borp to tllecditor and wife, April z,
a1O-pound girl. Everything is lovely
with the female portion of the house.
hold and now is the time to take ad-
vantage of the old man. and sub
scribe"
Dan Scott, of Sioux Falls, once q
newspaper reporter himself, has he.
come atullfledged real estatemana and
capitalist, and now he takes news.
paper reporters out for IL ride behind
gay-stepping horses, and gets write
ups and advertising in the news
papers.
Delegate Matthews wired from Chi
cago to his Brookings partner that
Mrs. Matthews is very sick, and he
was afraid he could not get her home.
The lady has been sick with con-
sumption for two years, and her
friends here feared tie trip to WASH
ington might he too much for her.
The Onida (Sully county, journal
man explains that, after packing SUBJ
scription and account books and files
in trunk ready for moving, he went
out to fight prairie fire and did not
get back for two days, and that,
"aftcr facing the flames for two sue
cessive days; the pen doesn't run as
smoothly, or the joints as steadily,
us are their won't"
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