The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-02

bnlp OF TIE feWOiha fuDllc SCHOOL. we
congratulate the Pembina people on
their choice and can assure them Of
satisfaction at the en,l of the year.
Bathgate Democrat.
Rev. q. H. Treglawny will preach in
the NJ. E. church next Sabbath ut usual
hours. The tent meetings will close
Friday night to be continued in the NJ.
+. clurcl, every night during the com.
ing week.
Or Monday evening, Frank Morris.
ST., after having spent the afternoon in
Neche, returned to his home on the
Pembina river, about eight miles from
this city, in an intoxicated condition,
and getting into row with some Of his
hired men shot one Of them in the
hand with a revolver. The bullet struck
near the knuckle joint between the third
and fourth fingers and passed up along
the hand. The doctors as yet, have been
unable to End tho bullet. Morris was
brought before Justice Quackenbush. Of
Neche, OH Wednesday and bound over
to appear at the district court in the Gum
of 81 500. He furnished the bail. Nor
ris is well to do farmer and is probably
worth fifteen or twenty thousand dollars
but is somewhat quarrelsome in DISPOSE.
ton. especially when in liquor.
LAST Friday afternoon the married
and single men met OH the diamond ia
"play ball" as Umpire Kabernagle ex.
pressed it. THIS they proceeded to dc
with some exceptions. The exceptions
were mostly among the married men,
Messrs. LaNIoure. Booker and Knee.
shaw took very active part, though
their activity was more observable than
their success. They took in the ball
game as little preliminary training for
the game OH the political diamond com.
ing OH later. Jud pla, ed two innings,
took a look at the score and concluded
lie had training enough for one day.
Jud never did like to play on the losing
side. The features" Of the game were
the Doty Bros twin catch act, Knee.
shaw's red slippers, Jud's double play
and BookGr's home run across the dia.
mond, from third base TO the first, via
the pitchers box, followed by two base
men with the ball. Our spuce is tor
limited to cnuMcrate the little cccen
tricitics of the game but there was lot.
Of fun and some pretty good ball playing
During the first half of the ninth inning
with only two men out aud only fifteer
runs tn make to beat the singles, crue
shower caused the married men tn al
take home run and spoiled their ex
cellent chances of victory. The married
men had put great faith in kneesllawl
red slippers as ii mascot but they appear
ed to be Il regular "loo,loo!' instead.
BHIErs:-AIiss Grace and Master Franl
Gooiing, of Minneapolis who lave beel
here visiting Mr.. john Flnrance, lcf
for their home last week.. party from
Batlgatc, fishing In the Red, above til,
fort last Friday were suddenly Interrupt
ed 10y Il shower .....J. ID. Trenl,olme wa,
on II business trip to the county seat OF
Mon,lay.....W. j. Kn.esl,aw has been
OH the so all week first to Grand Fork
and then 10 Necl,e on the Morris case. =.
q. w. Hall Of Bowesmont made US
pleasant cali On Tuesday, and said crop
in his ncghborl,ool are good.....Arn,
Bjornson Of Mountain stayed will, us af
ter the convention, until Monday, look
ing over the records at the court llous,
connected Will, his real estate aud l0ai
business. ......Ios Muir ui l'owesli,ont wa
in town Tuesday. Mr.. Muir has 81 10
nal,za crop this year. which is " goot
thing fer good ntan..".P. II Mcmillan
came in on Tuesday and indicated to u.
the straight and narrow path" of state
politics--but We fear that the majorit,
will he found OIL the "broad road that
leads to the other place" ......Sandy Nc
Fadden's jolly phiz WAS seen around tho
streets Tucsday......Prof. J. W. Bishop
late principal of the Pembina school, nov
on the Grand Forks Plaindealer sojourn
ed with Pembina friends. Miss hi,
Booker left for visit to Iowa, Saturday
..."Albert Short, who has been here fol
some time visiting relatives, left for Iii.
home in Illinois Tudsday. Mrs. Sl,or
has found the climate to improve lel
health 80 much that she las concluded
to remain Tor some time........ Rev. Mr.
Creswell, formerly pastor Of the prcsby
terrain church here, now on the travelin,
staff Of the Interior, the great Presbyter
ian weakly Of Chicago, is in the city.
Marriage Bells.
SrEAlS-ABRAMs AT Pembina, Wednes
day, July 3lst, by Rev, q. II. Treglaw
ny. Mr. Herbert Strain, Of MinOt, N
d., and Miss Sarah Abrams, of this
city.
The ceremony was performed at tile
residence Of the BRIDES mother, in the
presence Of large number Of relatives
and invited guests. The presents were
numerous and beautiful. Many were the
artistic landiwork Of the doners and al
were tasteful and appropriate. After the
ceremony. the guests sat down to Il boun
tiful rcpast whose variety was only ex'
celled by lis elegance. After some time
spent in social converse and merry max
ing, the guests departed at a late l,oul
wishing the new married pair every
blessing knowa to iaortals.
The groom IA u member of the mer
camille firm of STRAIN Bros. of Mlnot. N
u. and was formerly connected with the