The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-14
Miscellaneous Items.

The last company of militia has lett the
Spring Valley Nll.) mines. and sixteen more
men have gone to work. No further trouble
is anticipated.
Tie lower house of tho Connecticut lrgisln.
tnre defeated tlebill giving women the fright
to vote on questions pertaining to thes sale of
observation-disclosures.
The national white lead trusts have pur-
chased the plant of the Collier White Lead
company, st. Louis, and the Southern White
Lead company: consideration, $500. 900.
The opium seized at the Minnesota Trans.
fer several months ago will be sold Mt public
auction July by order of the United States
district court, There are our hundred pounds
of the drug in possession oi the treasury Of
ticinls.
Capt. y. NJ Sherman returned from Court
Orcilles reservation, in Wisconsin where lle
has paid $50 900 to the Indians on pine con
tracs. The Indians are more than eyer adj
dict",l to gambling which they commenced
ut once on receipt of the monef. Seventeen
poker games were immediately started, the
lndians ut each game grouping themselves
around blanket spread on the ground.
A decision involving S1IO,OOO to the tnx-
payers of Dubuque was rendered in the state
supreme court. In 1883 IL tax uf5 Inr cent
was ordered to aid the construction Of what
is now known as the Chicago. st. Paul II
Kansas City railroad. A portion Or tl, tax
WAS paid by property owners Others rc-
fused to pay and brought suit to rcslr;iu
further collection. A I"rmarcnt injunction
was granted by tho district court and the
supreme court reversed its former decision
nnd has ordered collections of the remaining
Sl4O.000.
The Minnesota Grand Lodge of Odd Fol.
lows in session at st. Cloud closed the most
profitable and enjoyable convention over
held by them by clrciing the following Off
GERS: q: NJ. {. NJ. Spraguc, Sauk Center; u.
q. NJ. Henry lingcrmarh. Rochester; g. w..
J. II. Grass, Fergus Falls; secretary. A. l..
Bolton ST. Paul; treasurer. Charles Girls
wold, ST. Paul; q. r.. two years, Il. Kelly:
q. H.. one year, j. G. Cnrkbu!,l. Minnon,,o-
ls; q. g.. W. q. Nyr. Minneapolis: t. NJ.
John HERNIA n: q. e Henry Stanley: g. e.,
I. ". Denton: q. H.. II. Parker.
Republican campaign orators are rrcpar.
ing To swarm int" the territories Congress
man Dorsey ofNebruska llas organized u tour.
ing party, which will leave Omaha July 1G
for San Francisco. over the Union Pacific.
They will return wo mouths later by the
Northern Pacific stopping to make speeches
in Washington. Montana and the two Dak-
otas, and separate in st. Paul about Aug
10. TIL" most prominent members fthc
party will bm Congressman Mckinley and
burrows, both candidates for speaker aud
extreme pIotrrtionists. Maj. Mckinley has
long been anxious TO visit the Nortiwc-, ami
solve for himself the mystery OF the revenue
reform sentiment there.
Snow fell on the last day of May in Wis.
consin. The temperature in Milwaukee was
:}3 deg. Railroad men report over foot of
snow south OF Fond du Lac on the North
western road. Crops have been considerably
$40 lied by the late frosts. Reports from all
parts of the state are that the snow fall wny
fairly heavy, with cold, unreasonable wealth.
or. In Sank county small vegetation suffered
very considerably. In many localities of the
state the strawberry crop was completely
destroyed. In the tobacco district OF south
crn Wisconsin the Seeding tobacco is com.
ing out all right but all the plnnts that we're
set have been killed by frost. Small grains
and fruits are badly damaged in the tier of
lake shore counties. In the potato counties
oftentral Wisconsin he field Io,ntoes will
come out nll right, despite the severe frosts.
The fruit and berry crop suffers most in