The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-05-09
Next Tuesday is election day.


fold is Dr. Greig. The doctor will always
be welcome, "if only for the time being"
Petitions for surveys of " towns should
be gotten up Immediately. Surveyor
Greene will help to put them through for
you.
Mr. A. E. Moore, brother of the sheriff of
Pierce county, came in from Manitoba last
Friday on his way to Barton with load of
household goods.
Col. Uline of Minot, spent few days in
town last week. The Colonel is an old
democratic warrior and expects to take q
hand in the great fight of Tuesday next.
. Jonathan Walker, with family and
household goods, Manitoba, passed through
here on his way to Barton Saturday last.
He has taken up homestead in that neigh
borhood.
G. E. Sutton, the rustlcr loan agent who
has worked up large business for the
Mortgage, Bank & Investment company of
Fargo, left this morning for short trip to
southern Minnesota.
A meeting of the executive committee of
the teacher association of Bottineau county
will be held in the Bottineau school house
on Saturday, May Is, at two o'clock p. m.
Alex. Geo. Burr, President. Al
w. a. Farwell, from Manitoba, moved in
to Bottineau and has settled near the mill
week who has tired of Cousin John Bulls
government and crossed the line into this
section.
Chas. Watson, Esube Lahait, Thomas
Steel, Sylvester Warner, Christian L. Roth
and Selma Schoonover ar each the proud
possessor are each the proud possessor of a
quarter section Of Uncle Sam best. They
all "proved up their title clear within the
past week.
We regret to hear of Mr.. A. McBain's
loss on Thursday last. After burning up
the rubbish about his house, his son, who
made the fire, neglected to put it entirely
out. A high wind sprang up and scattered
the smouldering embers which set fire to
his barn and was totally destroyed.
eff you know that do fawn on men and
hug them hard and after scanda them, then
hold me dangerous" wrote Shakespeare
this paraphrased would meet n certain case
and be applicable if read as follows: "It
you know that do scandal men and after
fondle them, then hold me despicable.
Examinations for teachers were held ut
the school house Wednesday last. The fol-
lowin presented themselves and were dulv
passed: Mrs. +. A. Paulsen, from McHcnrv
county; Miss Sarah C. Mckay from Mani
toba; Miss Jennie Cruikshank, from Ne
braska, and Mr.. S. Cruikshank, from Jake
Hager's district.
We call attention to the improved an.
pearance Of the PIONEER. Mr. Biggings,
an old experienced typo, recently fiom
Grand Forks, deserves the praise for it.
We give the people of Bottineau county the
sprightliest, nswsiest and best paper now,
and which we will send to them for the
next six months at the low rate of 40 cents.
Hand in your subscriptions and keep posted
on the stirring events which will happen in
that time.
The rushing business the Herald has been
doing of late, has compelled US to increase
| our staff, so Friday evening we made ar
rangements with perfect little gentleman
to assist us in the good work. He will be
known as Martin Francis, and is l4J
pounds.-Dunseith Herald. We hope Fred.
die will continue his rushing business and
may his staff never grow less.
If as the Free Lance fatters itself, our
structures on Ezra Turner's candidacy are
to benefit him, we can only say that if the
| republican party of Bottinea county desire
for its leader and representative man suea
one with such o record and such clFfrac-
ter the Free Lance has given him, We wish
it joy of the accession. 1t is no fqheral of
ours.
The Free Lance inquiries "why all this
talk and mud-slinging at Turner and his
new found political associations" 1t comes
natural to the editor in chief of the Free
Lance to sling mud and we submit that il
there be any idea that we have done so. it is
because we have defled our columns with
quotations from the Free Lance, and we beg
pardon of our readers therefor. a. =
A lengthy communication from farmer,
in which the Rev. Turner is exhibited as d
great fnancier, showing up his transactions
with the poor and needy farmers, is una
voidably crowded out. But Turner wheat
dealings are too well known to need any
especial comment from us. If the people
are wise they will put him in the potage
next Tuesday.
Rev. Ira r. Hicks prophesied q cold
opening for May, but announced that about
the third the temperature would rapidly
grow warmer, ending in heavy rain, hail
and wind storms. From the seventh to the
thirteenth, he prophesies q regular storm
No 1xsfb -
trical and atmospheric disturbances, storms
are also announced for the twentieth,
twenty-frst, twenty second and twenty
third. Fargo Argus. The reverend prophet
forgot TO state that on the 14th inst. q great
snow storm of white ballots will cover up
the prophet Ezra. .
In our last issue we announced the ~.
turn Of Misses Ada and Gertie Dana to Bot
tineau. On Thursday evening reception
| in honor of their return was held at the
residence Of Mr.and Mrs. Harmon. None
but the young people were present and they
enjoy ed themselves, as only young people
can, with games, charades, shadow pictures
| and pleasant chit chat The charade was
especially appropriate to our troublous
Qlitical times. It was said to represent
I0U94StnLuS tuHI uuu HFIScH between the
RitAr Of the Free Lance and the republican
partH The redoubtable Taylor appeared
holding high in air small stand or table
nuder which posed one Of the fair bellies
Il was finally guessed -" Miss-under-sta
lug. Refreshments were sel we'd at late
hour and the jolly reyelers departed wish.
ing that the Misses Dana would come home
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