The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-18
W. J. KNEEsHAW, pEMBINA
AROUND TOWN.

FRIDAY, JULY IL, 1870.
AROUND TOWN.
COUNTY fair meeting to night.
REGULAR meeting A. +. and A. NJ. this
Friday evening.
Mrs. III. r. VAUGHN has been confined
to her bed for a few days but is Improv
ing, We are glad to say.
Mass was celebrated in the Catholic
church Wednesday morning. by Rev
Father Genin of Bathgate.
OuR farmers a'c very generally insur
ing against hail this year. Which is /,
good idea.
CONSIDERABLE more moisture las fallei
again this week. And for the present
We have all the rain We want.
G. ID. STRONG is contemplates the NOV
ing o! the old hardware store TO the cor
ner next to bridge OH Cavileer street.
\ Masonic picnic is talked Of, includin,
Bathgate, Pembina and Emerson lodges
to meet at some point to be decided
on. We think it would be a grand idea
Mr.. JESsoS Of st. Vincent, hasapp,int
ed Geo. Proctor his agent here to llandl.
the celebated Walter A. Wood machin
cry.
OPERATIONS OIL the Duluth and Win
nipeg road have been stopped by order
from the government, restraining then
from running through the Indian reser
walton.
TIE presbytcrians of Drayton are max
ing preparations to build a church. A
a meeting last week, 10y unanimous vote
Rev. p. Ahern was retained for the past
crate foi another year.
MEssl;s. Knee shaw and Mc,ravisl, ex
lpct to sail for home OH the 26tll. Mr.
kncesl'aw spent July All, in Paris, wllcr,
lie says the stars and stripes fioatel free
from all parts Of the city.
By request of Il number of citizens, T,
meeting is hereby called this, Friday
evening at the PIONEER EMPRESS Office, N
$50 sharp, to take into consideration til.
organization of county fair association
This is a matter of considerable intercs
to all of our citizens and a general attend
ance is requested.
TIE u. A. Il. encampment will be held
at Boston August lth to 10th. Railroad
fares are down to 5000 from st. Pau
tickets good to September. 3Otll. This is
n good chance TO 20 east for those that
want 10 take the trip. Anybody can go
reduced rates. one fare, we think, to St
Paul and back
Hos. John Flittie of Trail county
secretary of state, was guest of l.. T.
Booker on Saturday and Sunday. Mr..
Flittie wouldn't talk politics and ap.
parently came on another errand, but
lie is Il very pleasant gentleman to meet,
and wc are glad To say, is likely to be
his own successor in the Office which lie
has SO ably filled
TILE episcopal congregations Of Penn
ina and St. Vincent held their annual
Sunday school Picnic in Webb grove
Wednesday. They had full attend.
ance and Il we'll arranged programme got
ten up Ivy Rev. Mr.. Beer, who we can
safely say can entertain chidrcn's gath
ering better than any one we know of the
fraternity. Running races
for boys and girls were numerous and
prizes plentiful.
Miss BLANCHE BOOKER celebrated her
twelfth birthday last Tuesday evening,
with the assistance OF large number of
invited friends, both boys and girls. Prof.
Juliot was present and furnished music
Oh the harp to which the young folks
1anced good portion of the evening.
1t was as amusing as it was interesting
70 watch them Keeping time to the music.
With good many it was their first at
Tempt.
One Of those worked notices which
are 50 common in houses, having become
l little the worse for wear at one of the
officers, quarters at Fort Pembina, was
thrown out in the back yard, during a
period Of renovation. A few days after,
rs the commanding officer was making
lis rounds, what was his establishment to
zee the familiar motto placed above the
door. reading in rollicking
'arcasm "God bless our Home"
lIoS l.. +. Booker has bought the lot
III which the cellar and foundation was
quilt by the late James Carey OH Cav,.
eer street. He intends moving the cor
Ter store now occupied by A. b. Corbcil
o the lot mentioned, and OIL the corner
)uild solid brick, two story, bank buil,!.
ng. Such Improvements will be very
gratifying TO our citizens, and greatly i'm
prove the appearance of the business
PORTION of the city.
Mic Jacobson has purchased the Nor
nan house of John Gustavson. Mr..
knudson, will continue to manage the
anne. Mr.. jacobson is a solid business
nan from Pembina, where he has been
unning q stage and mail route; also
ngaged IN the business of shoemaklny.
lie has decided to locate in Grafton and
AS contracted with j. Greene to erect a
tore building on Hill avenue, l4xo4.
ear his hotel, where lie will do business
shoemaker and dealer in the same.
'ollman 4 Lewis are hauling the ma.
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