The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-10-11

with the party and expects to have q
months hunting for geese, ducks, chick
ems, deer, moose. bear and other game,
in that famous happy hunting ground.
ABOUT seven o'clock Wednesday even.
ing, MIR. Proctor. the harness maker, DIS
covered that q sneak thief had made
way with two fine fur overcoats and six
fine fur caps that lad been hanging by
his front door. A search was made that
evening OIL the flat. back of the store, but
nothing was found until next morning
one of the caps was discovered. There
is ITO other clue to the tibet.
MIR. Chas. Full has bought the stock
of b. j. Webb and will remove to the
corner. Mr.. Full will thus enlarge his
facilities by more room and larger
stock and will no doubt find his business
increase ommensurately. Mr.. Full has
built up good business from small be.
ginnings and by his strict attention to
business. fair dealing and low prices, de.
serves to succeed in his new venture. ,
by the signal office observations at st.
Vincent during the month, we find that
VIC have had II cloudless days. II partial.
~ cloudy and 10 days on which, rain fell.
The total rain fall was 2.77 inches, being
i'll excess Of the average nearly an inch.
This shows that we have had bad harvest
weather. On the windy hot Sunday, OH
which the month began, we had tile
strongest wind of the month, fifty miles
per hour and the hottest day, with max.
imum of $40 and al average ofs3o. The
average temperature of the month wus
OILS u little colder than usual. Lowest
temperature $50 on the 18th. The wind
blew 7,7S5 miles which makes September
very breezy month, to which, those
building stacks will testify. The year is
now S96' ahead in heat but is still
.! inches short in rain fall.
a rIlEEsiIlNG machine engine ut work
on the farm of NJ. McAndress abuut
two miles southwest of st. Thomas ON
Monday morning blew up and killed
four meE. The accident occurred Just AZ
they started it early in the morning and
the men were clustered about the engine
discussing its workings, as there appear.
Ell to he something wrong about the
guage. All at once the boiler exploded
hurting fragments toward the sepalutor.
I'D. McCaffry the owner of the machine
was thrown some ten rods, his right leg
and arm torn Off and otherwise terribly
'mai'HIed. VIM. Paul the engineer had
nearly all his bones broken and his face
flattcned into horrible distortion. A
flying fragment struck Richard bailey i'm
the back Touring several ribs loose. lie
lived two or three hours in terrible
sulferIngs begging to he killed to end his
agony. A boy, Charles Frazer was stand.
my cl"se to the engine and was almost
buried i'll the ground and had his legs
ana arms broken by the force of the ex-
ploslon. McCaflery lived in st. Thomas
and WAS about ~ years of aye. Paul
anu Frazer were Cousins and came from
Rat Portage; Paul was about 80 and Fra.
yer about Il years old. Richard Daley
came from St Paul and was about so
years of age. Paul was a married man
the rest were single.
| BKlEfs:-(ius Short and Bert Webb
sl'oul,lered their shot guns and went via
the N. II. to the vicinity of Tilden i'm
Minnesota looking for geese. ID.
iloskins took the n. Z. train for few
weeks trip to Tacoma, w. L. lion,
Judson LaMoure accompanied him at
least part of the way. They both expect
20 return III time to help inaugurate the
new state OF n. D......Messrs. Stadelnla,.
Appleton and IIolDrook have all been in
town during the past week. Perhaps
they were interested in the returns from
the Second district.....John Robinson.
the big medical man from Batlgate, has
been selling his wares hercabouts this
week......E. X. CaviIeer and his visiting
friends left on Monday for Stump Lake
west OF Grand Forks hunting for wild
gecse......J. l.. Robinson, Of Batl,gate.
had business witt, the commissioners on
Wednesday.....Mr. Lee, of Winnipeg.
the owner and driver Of Winfield Scott"
is making arrangements to move to this
city, where he will take care of Messrs
Shaw & ClIarton's valuable trotting stock
Tor the winter Aressrs. II. n. Joy and
Robert Muir, Jr., Of Hamilton, drove
over to the county seat OH Monday ........
Mr.. John McGnrran one of the lonanz,
farmers of Cavalier township was IL pleas.
ant caller on Wednesday. Mr.. Me-
Gnrlan reports the crops in lisncigl,bor.
hood as fair, getting himself 2,4oO BUSH
els Of wheat this season......AIr. and Mrs.
Robb, of Olga were in town this week.
They are expecting to take charge Of a
LaEglon hotel in the near flture.
Attorney GafIney. Of Bathga,e, was busy
around our city on Wednesday, ..... Mrs
stiles is visiting friends and neghbors at
Red Lake Falls Minn....H. S. Webster
was caller Oil Tuesday eve and swapped
navy yarns with us until 81 late hour
lie WAS at the taking Of Fort Fisher and
tells some interesting incidents of that
heroic fight. His crops have turned out
from thirteen TO sixteen bushels per acre
this year...".Mr. and Mrs. Holbrook
went south on the n. z. on Wednesday
......Rev. Z. III. Treglawny and Rev. l.. ID.
Wardwell are at Drayton this week in
attendance at GOVERNMENTAL Benson
Cherry, relative Of Mr.. John Eastman,
OF Carlisle, left Oh Tuesday via the n, +.
for his home in Colburn, Ontario.
j. P. Hardy, of Nngem, Brown & Co.
book binders ETC., Of Fargo, called ON
Wednesday...".Mrs. Capt. McKibbon
and her daughter Miss Bessie left on
Tuesday to spend The winter in Chicago
......Geo S. McTavisl,, Jr. took the n. r
yesterday for Montreal and other east.
crn ponts......Miss Balsillie returned 10
her home in Winnipeg ON Thursday altar