The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-05

LOOK at ~ man with ono eye" else.
where, in this issue.
ROBERT JOHNSON Is painting the house
bought by Stunt. jackson from J. Henry
Abrams. Mr.. jackson expects tn move
In as soon as the painter AMI paper hang.
er are through.
.. a.ev. Father Jutras
accompanied them. Miss Maul Abrams
leaves to-day for the st. Cloud Normal
School, Miss Nellie Vaughn returns to
Hamline on Monday. Miss Pauline
Harris has delayed her departure to
school in Manitoba until Wednesday.
A tinge Of sadness IL observable in the
demeanor Of some Of the young gentle.
men.
A NEW amusement for evening parties
has been invented. Instead of giving
prizes for card playing, etc.. a large bowl
or other receptacle is filed with fifty diff.
ferent articles Of different shapes and sig.
es. At the beginning of the evening.
the guests all survey the contents for a
space Of five minutes, after which. they
amuse themselves in the usual ways for
a couple Of hours. Then each guest is
furnished with q pencil aud paper and
told to write list Of the objects in the
bowl; the prizes being given to the best
lists, ETC. The results are said to be
very amusing.
il AVERY pleasant party of young folks
assembled at the residence of DR., and
Mrs. Harris OH Tuesday evening. Social
amusements Of various kinds made the
happy hours pass quickly away, and the
guests, on retiring. expressed themselves
as having had most enjoyable time.
The occasion of the party was a sort OF
farewell to Miss Pauline Harris AMI Miss
Maud Abrams who leaye for school next
week.
Two special cars. containing D. q. BEN
son. vice president of the Chicago. Kan.
sas City & Des Nloines Railway, and a
small party Of friends, was switched of
here on Saturday. They were looking
for chickens AMI had been recommended
to Mr.. L. X. Cavileer OF this city, MS a
person who could show them where to
find some aud il necessary shoot them.
Lieut.. jackson, of Fort Pembina, joined
the party, and OH Monday, they went up
the river OIL the Minnesota side, going
to Drayton. where their special cars were
awaiting them. Mr.. Cavileer informs lis
that they had good luck, bagging los
chickens, two geese and eight ducks.
There were six guns in the party.
A DISTRESSING accident occurred at the
Reid farm. near st. Vincent OH Monday.
They had just got started up threshiny
when the engineer, WIN. Fitzgerald. of
st. Vim cent, got lis lex caught between
the drive.wlleel and Il part of the frame
OF the steamer. 1t was very badly torn
in several places, from tile ankle 10
above the knee, in some places leaving
the bone plainly visible. lie was i'm
medistely taken in a buggy to St. Vim.
cent, DIR. Harris. assisted bv DIR. Holland
administered choloroform and stitched
up the wounds. The patient lost con-
siderable blood AMI it will he some time
before lie is able to be around. At last
reports lie was improving, though at first
it was thought doubtful if lie recovered.
TIE item in recent edition regarding
the open season for game was in error III
regards the date for chickens. In the
September issue of Waghorn's Guide,
which contains the main clauses of the
new act for the protection of game, it il
shown that grouse rs well NJ duck shoot.
ing commences OH the list of September,
The embargo on the sale and barter OF
chickens is still in force. and the birds
may only be killed for private use; GER
tiiicate has to accompany any Shipment
within the province that the game il not
for sale. No game to be shipped out of
The province, and sporlingmen not resi-
dent III the province. require to tp take
out license of S25. guest OF resi-.
dent, however, can obtain license for
three days, frce.-Winnipeg Free Press.
We regret TO announce the death of
Mr.. Henry Girts, WHO died at his home
near st. Thomas, last week. lie was Il
former resident Of this city for several
years and was the builder of many of the
public and private buildings here. Mr..
Girts WAS Il man well liked by all, sim
pie aud unostentatious, faithful and hon
orable; lie well deserves the epitaph
than wl.ici, there is no higher, ale was
a good man." Among his children npw
living in this county are. Mrs. q. II.
Johnston, Of Hamilton, Mis-. j. Oliver,
Mrs. Dahl and Mrs. N. W. Gilman, Mr.,
John Girts and Miss Iva Girts, of st.
Thomas, lie was injured by IL severe
fall while working at an elevator at
Glasston last year and from the effec,s of
which lie never fully recovered, and
which iIastencd his final illness.
PERsoSALs:-H. J.. Holmes, Sandy Nc
Fadden and Judson LaN1oure came over
from Neche Thursday night and the
next dav went over INTO Minnesota and
slaughtered big string of chickens. 49,.
w. J. Harper of toilette, and DR.. Harris
were having a consultation oyera felon
OH the formers thumb on Saturday. BY
the way, DIR. Harris says, there is no use
Of letting a feIon run its course, any sur.
geon can stop them In the beginning. .....
The congregations at the st. Thomas
churches were largely increased in
number last Sunday, by the attendance
OF Il party of Pembina gentleman who
left here on Saturday and returned OH
Monday, among whom were the follow
ing: J. d. Winlaw, A. j. Widdis, o. NJ.
OIteilly. ]. I. Vaughn. d. J. Laxdal
and Nj. Frazer of Emerson. Win.