The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-06-13

Next Sabbath. Grace cl,urcl, will be |
dedicated. bishop Walker will bs pres.
ent and preset, vt II O'Clock u. m.
EMERSON proposes to celebrate Domi.
uion Day on the 26th aud 9th, and Win.
nipeR OH the LIST Of July.
TIE Evangeline Opera Troupe went 10
Winnipeg on Wednesday, via the N. P.
Some forty people and a baggage car of
stage fixtures.
SENATOR Pierce has our thanks for cop.
les Of Senator Davis speech on pensions.
which gives an epitome of pending pen
sion legislation and is full of statistics.
IT is said 10y parties WHO have inter.
viewed the railroad. inagnates, the Great
Northern will begin 10 lay iron OH the
Crystal branch during the last days of
June.
SUNDAY people said: ut swarm. Mon
day, ut swarmer," Tuesday. at sot,"
Wednesday, ut sotter," Thursday. "rhat
was nice little shower yesterday after
noon. but it got again to-day"
If your COW don't come home at milk
ing time, or your stray pony that herds
on the street don't seem to come around,
ask Jim Greenwood about them, he is
city poundmaster since the last council
meeting.
REV. MIR. WATTS will remove to vir,len
OH the first Of July. While the change
will be in the Interest of Mr.. Watts Il.
nancially, the many warm friends of the
family will regret their leavinS town.
Emerson Times.
Tile new time table of the N. r. goes
into effect OH Sunday. The tram going
south, leaves Pembina at 1855 y. m.,
gong north at 2:45 p. M. This is not
quite as convenient as the present ar
rangement, as it brings our mails an hour
later.
An unlocked for phase of the assess-
ment law. which allows Indebtedness to
he subtracted from the total value Of per-
sonal property. is the refusal of persons
to take advantage Of it, probably prefer
ing to pay the extra tax rather than to
expose their poverty.
VIZ acknowledge pleasant call from
f. A. Burbank, late Of Australia. Mr..
Burbank has purchased the material
lately used to print the Emerson Iuter-
national anil which lie will use on his
new paper, The Carman (Alan.) Weekly
Standard. which he is establishing
In the apparent absence of interest in
the nomination Of IL school board for this
district, No. /, the PIONEER EXPRESS sub.
mits the following ticket for consilcra-
tom. For Directors, John Bmnc!,aud,
II. II. Vaughn, Mrs. Augustus Short.
For Treasurer, ]. X. Musselmnn. lfany
one can give ns any better selection, lei
him stand up and say it, but we think
that as representative and capable
board, it would he ut least eQua! to any
other Dtssil,le srlertion
Tie first annual session of the Grand
Lodge Of North Dakota will he held at
the City of Grand Forks commencing
on The 18th day of June. A. L. $3.50.
Arrangements have been made with the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
railways for reduced rates of t,anspnrt:,-
ton. The representatives will I've care
ful To secure q certificate from the agent
at the starting point, showing that they
have paid full fare to Grand Forks,
which certificate, when signed by the
Grand Secretary, will secure a return
ticket for one-fif,h fare.
ABOUT May oath, a valuable new CALI
vas Ian!in WAS stolen from the hay stack
at Fort Pcmbina. A few days ago clue
led to the arrest Of an employee Of the
post traders, by the name Of Grimm. One
half of the ,aulin was found in st. Vim.
cent, the other half at Turtle Mountain.
U. S. Commissioner Quackenbusl, held
Crum in two thousand dollars bail to APP
pear i'll court, and Jean Baptistc Mont
trillc i'll the same amount, as witness.
U. s. Marshal Olson took both parties to
the Grafton jail in default Of bail. Capt.
Mckibbin has been annoyed by petty
thefts until patience has ceased to bc q
virtue, and now says lie will prosecute
one and all alike.
Til: committee in charge Of the Wei
ford picnic OH the 18th, next Wednes.
day, are making every arrangement for
a grand time, and there seems to he a
general disposition of farmers and town
people to spend delightful day in the
woods. The Pcmbina Cornet Band will
be in attendance to dispense music. The
grove is on the Pemblna river, Just ut
Corbets bridge, and is about equally dis
tant from Necl,c, Bathgateand Pembina,
by gno'i roads. Speeches hearing ON the
subject of corporation and questions Of
interest to the farmers will he delivered;
base ball match will be played and the
proceedings will close will, dance in
the evening. If the day is a pleasant
one there will he n large crowd in ut
tendance.
PERSONALS: Mrs. j. II. Anderson is
visiting her sister at Rugby junction 500.
MIR. and Mrs. ]. l.. Stiles are visiting at
Red Lake Falls.........Albert Cavileer is |
temporarily filling Il vacancy OH the mail
route between Winnipeg Junction and
here. cansed by the retirement of II. T..
Webb.....Miss Purdy of Bowesmont las