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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
wARDwELL I THOMPSON, Publisher.
Subscription. ee Per Annun, in Aays,e.
THE NEWS DIGEST.
Interesting News Of the Week
Boiled Down and
Classified.
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.

A former citizen of Minnesota, Charley
johnson, ne he was once known. moro familiar.
ly Census Charlie. clerk in the office of the
secretnry of tho United States senate, III one
ot number OF senate employees who stirred
up quite mnss in the senate recently by
compelling coloreh messengers md attend.
ants to black their boots regularly.
Census Superintendent Robert p. Porter
Is getting into deeper and deeper water. Not
only is he tile object OF Widespread criticism
on account OF the suspected census; but lie is
now threatened with nm exposure which, il
the facts alleged lie true, will Justly dscredit
him in all eyes. 1t is said that there nre now
stored awny in the basement of the building
used by Supt. Porter rs his headquarters
hundreds of machines which were provided
for tabulating census returns. 1t now trans.
spirrs that q cousin of Supt. Porter is the in.
yentor OF tho machines. md TINT lie ia a
leading member Of thu firm with which Mr..
Porter mnde the contract for supplying them
TO the census bureou,
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stolen Gnods for Ircsents.

AsHnY, Spccial, Sept. Ni. = lnsyccto,
Childs, of tine rostnicc department, was
here with u detective 10 search the premises
of +. Rycrson of Mclbv, Douglas county,
for stolen goods. Hyrrsons so,,-ir-Iaw,
Carlson, was one of the three arrested at
BarnesviIlc by the Great Northern railroad
about two weeks since. Rverson acknnwl-
edged having had some goods sent to him
by Carlson, but said they were sent as pres
ms MS i'ut wv ~ ~ Wins ,'c"'is ''iii.
innocent of any intent to receive or conceal
stolen property and decided not to arrest
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Recnnstru.led bx oninnx

In the spring of 1864 the writer of this,
having been a prisoner of war. was released
Oh parole and was sent to Jollson's island,
then depot for Confederate prisoners OF
war, until exchanged, which did not take
place until the following August. During
the early summer the prisoners were cd
mainly on fresh and salt meats, beans, rice
and some potatoes. Early in June the post
surgeon recommended that they be sup
piled with ration OF onions us Il prevent
i've against scuryy and diseases a. that char
aectcr, and accordingly Gen, Hill, who was
in command, issued an order to that effect.
Accordingly large supply of onions was
purchased by the commssary, and on their
arrival were issued to the prisoners.
The unboundcd delight with which this
ration was received by the prisoners will
ever be q pleasant memory to those who
witnessed it. More than u quarter of cen.
tury has in!crvcncd and yet it seems ns
though it might have happened but ycstcr-
day. They made the most uproarious dem
onstrations, cheering aud shoulng-ani in
every way possible exhibiting their salts
faction and gratitude. One enthusiastic
Confederate officer mounted the step OF one
OF the prisoners huts and made u stump
speech in which he declared lis purpose ia
vote for Abe Lincoln il lie should he fortu.
nate enough to be at liberty when the clcc.
tion took place. On a platform of onions
he, was for Old Abe first, last, and all the
time.-[ Lancaster Inquirer.
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A FEW LAND CASES.
The Regulation Quota or Daily Decisions
ON NOrthwestern COntest.


ON Northwestern Contests
WAsnISGroN, Special Telegram. Sept. 2G
The government docs not desire to drive
a hard bargain with its citizens because it
happens to be placed where it can do so.
says Assistant Secretary Chandler in de-
cision to-day. The case was that OF John
Brown. who offered Valentine scrip on two
tracts of land in the Duluth district. Re-
ccipts were issued, but it was held that he
could not hold both pieces, as they were
contiguous. Brown wanted to take the
smaller tract, about nine acres and secure
the return OF his scrip for the larger tract,
amounting to about tl,rty-tliree acres.
but this was refused by the
Democratic administration, which held
that there was no obstacle OH the part of
the government to issuing of title to the
land. and decline to cancel the location or
return the scrip" Secretary Chandler says
that the government loses no control over
the land by returning the scrip and cancel
ing the locotion, and orders it 10 be done
In the casc of Patrick Kelly, an applicant
tor d tract in the Grand Forks (N d. dis
trict the secretary holds that when person
makes application for timber culture
claim and there is some defect in the papers
and they are returned to the applicant, the
latter must have reasonable time in which
to return the corrected papers. This was
the case with Betsy Holvcrson, who re-
mains in undisturbed possession of the
land
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life iE i'rontic Posts Before the wa,

In the old regular army years he.
for" the War of the Rebellion. WAY
back in the early "li'lics," punish.
meat for ,lcrcliclion Of duty on The
part Of enlisted men was more varied
aud severe, perhaps, than at present.
For dcsrrtion fifty laShcs on tile bare
back with II raw-hi,!r. we'll laid on.
WAS the usual sentence of Il cour,
martial, in addition To Lcin. dr,lmmed
ol'i nf the service. or ball-nud- -cialll
ior q d"linii" period and conlinemrn,
i'll HE guard house at hard labor, as
the ease might be. l;ut ,lcscrlions
wer" rare in those days. not because
OF the Punishment, but rather for the
reason that soldiers were treated much
better. and the life of an enlisted man
al th" frontier pns. was the happirs,
that can Lc imagined il he behaved
himself buiy was light and amllsc.
nrn,, abundant; the garliSons had
their ""n 'h"alcrs, howling alleys and
billiard rooms: their pets, comprising
d"-~, wo.Nr>, badgers. bears, and nil
other Species of animals whose habitat
was lIic ~urrnun,ling wild region. With
'"'-' ''iht'.'h. SatbeHS anu Il luna
rrri'r! by the sale Of raiions not con-
>nni"d in many instances the men
lived ~ well rs ii boarded nj Il first
c.as> hotel. have seen pork sold To
miners III the ralc ni $500 a barrel in
!s"id, aI!'s other component parts of tht.
ration ia proportion. SO with plenty
"i :ganir oi all kinds, from grouse to
" bla"> tail deer. it may Well he in
i"frrd 'hcr" WA, much Of the fare pre-
seriiH'i lay the government to be dis.
posed ii; but lhp>r days have passed
away forever, because there is no lonn.
cr uny frontier hujis,tg fJ/u c/,,.
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The Man Vino Showed Off.

At Fargo we got news of an acci.
'!ent on the line beyond, and tho
train had TO wait there two hours.
Every body got out to stroll around,
and there were Il good many people
Mt the depot to look the passengers
over. Among these We had our at
tention attracted to Il big man who
had on Il buffalo overcoat, ~ wolfskin
cap. and from the collar of the coat
dangled seven or eight claws which
had once assisted grizzly bears to
scratch their way through life. He
had long hair, Il Wild eve, buckskin
leggins, and was evidently mighty
nimrod, il not Il western terror. He
was walking up aud down the
platform to show himself oil, when
an understood, nsigniicant- looking
passenger on our train, who had
been dubbed "lodl'rcy's Cordial"
ever since We left Chicago, npproncll-
ed him and sai,l
"Alistah man. it'll that ovcrcoat
for thale?"
"No, sir!!' was the thun,lcrous re-
sponsr, Us the wcarcr of it turned on
the qurstoner.
"Oh! excutle me- thee yur have
thome claws there. Did they belong
to u cnt?"
Cat! Cat! Did you ever See a cat,:
with such claws'!' \
no, thir; and that's tho reason |
asked You. Ith that cap made of
lnmbskin!"
"I.,mhskin. What a.'c You driv-
ing att
"My dcah sir, novah drive. Its
against my principles. am thimply
tlmekin@ solid facts. Wiydon't yun
have your iElircut and put on thome
wooden pnntnloons": should think
you would catch cold"
"l.ook hcrea growlcd the bic man
as he came to Il halt. IL want you
to go awny.'
'Do make YOU tircl'
"lou do"
81 am tho tlorly,,'
"Now, you clear out, or Ill get
mad"
"Rcal made"
You hear me-"
81 should so like to buy ono OF
those claws. | will give you two
slillings for
"Ifyon don't clear out I'll slice an
ear OFF,
"Wonld you really slice my car of"
innoccntlynskcd Cordial
81 would and will"
(Which c;,i?''
both of EN-, YOU Internal fool"
''Thay, said Cordial, alter looking
Him over. 81 don't like the way YOU
talk. think you ought to apollo
SiZc.
"Apologizc! Why you grasshof>-
per, I've IL good mind to hold you UP
by the hnir!''
"Don' tn YOU try it!'
"But will.'
And he did, but he Ind scarcely
reached ont when Cordial was all
chain lightning and fish bones ana
his left on the hi" mans nose, took
him on tho nose with his right as he
fell, and the buffalo ovcrcoat had no
sooner hit HE platform than the lit
Tie man was swlrining nlI over il,
with both his fists working like pis-
ton rods.
In one minute the Iig man was
licked, and then he was led off ono
way willie we took Cordial the other.
don't know what old bears claws
had to say, but as we got the little
fellow into the coach he retied the ,
bow at his collar, d,istcd his shoes
wit his handkerchief, and explained:
"Natli to blame. When thaw
those claws wasn't it natural that 1
should wonder where the cat wnth?
And never tllnw II wolf nor a bur-
ialo i'll my whole lite. ~. y. Sun. =
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\ Cutc Trick.
a rnnl.lnnl,iu.e wnnan

a good-loohing woman about 30
years OH; WAS going UP Monroe avennc
the other da.. w.icn Il niasler stepped
o"t OF 4 doorway aud began following
her. She paid no attention to him un-
Ill ho WAS close behind her, aud then
the para>nt which she had been carry
ing closed in her iland was suddenly
elevated to her right shoulder and the
end oi The handle caught The mashcr
over 'hn eye and raked him clear
llo"m TO his chin, He uttered yrunt
and gave a jump, and as the dozen
people who 81" HE trick applanded the
act tho woman sailed along with lit
II u smile III the corners of her mouth,
While her victim hunted for II retired
'not !" estimate damages. s.-DetrUil
Free Press.
---------------------
There is Il woman ut Sedalia who be
eomes thoroughly charged with electrlcl
aty eyArv time she rides on the electro
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.,.,,, r,,,4, ,,,,,.

CHICAGO. SEPT. 2G.--Troublc is brewing
between the West Side Street Car company
and its conductors and drivers The main
body of the employees claim that the COM
pany is fostering an opposition union in an
effort to lrcali down the regular union aud
that it is seeking to force the political action
OF the men in the coming election in No
vcmbcr. a general meeting of the con
ductors and drivers has been called for Sat
urday night to consider the situation. The
men freely threaten to tic upall of the West
side lines.
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rn,,.,, s,.,., s,o,,r, .ascs

|
ia CROSSE, Special Telegram, Sept. &C
in the United States court to-day the jury
in the case of Godkin vs.. The Wolf Mvcr
Lumber Company found a verde. Tor about
5000. Which was nearly all the plaintiff
claimed. Defendant moved to set aside the
verdict, which was ovcrrilcd. The case of
iiodkin vs. clayton, involving a similar
issue, was settled. The trial OF w. NJ. Pal
mcr. the bogus agency swindler was COM
menced. y dozen parties who lave been
swindlcd are here to testify.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03
KILLED BH TROOPS.
Soldiers at Goa lntliscrimiuatcly Mur
dering tho Inhabitants.


derinE tho Inhabitants.
CALCUTTA. Sept. T.-ltis reported that the
troops in Goa are committing the widest
cxccsscs and shooting people indiscrlni-
latcly. Several popular leaders lave been
arrested and shot in their residences. The
residences of others are bcsicgcd, and Il live
ly f,lsillade proceeds between bcsiegcrs and
bcsicgcd. Numbers of people have fled to
the sanctaary of.the cathedral in Old Goa.
1t is rumorcd that the governor general
is hiding in the palace and is deaf To petit
tions from the inhabitants. Many women
and children who fled lhitllcr for prutcc-
ton have been bayonc,tcd by the palace
guard. Several dynamite bombs have hccl,
thrown into tlcpalacc bya band oi citizen
soldiers.
The governor justiiics the acts of the
troops OH the ground that revolution las
been declared. 1t is estimated that aUD per-
sons We're killed and wounded in two days
fighting. Meetings of Goancsc have been
held in bombay to denonncc the govern
ment Of Goa and to ask for British anncx:,-
ton.
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ly.c.l M y'iolc,,cc

WASHINGTON. Spccial.--T'hc house conn
mittcc on judiciary, to whom was referred
the resolution introduced in the house by
Mr.. Enloc of Tennessee, charging one Of
the doorkccpcr> nl the house with using
violence in trying TO stop lin leaving the
house. to-day reported it back to the house
adversely. The lonrkccpcr charged with
the oiic,lse claims that lie simply laid his
hand on Mr. Enloc's shoulder and reminded
him that it was against the rules to leave
the house during call OF that body.
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REGULATION CHARGED
Against q liouse officer, and an Inves-
tigatiOn Is Ordered.

tiEatiOn liz Ordered.
WAsIiINGToN, Sept. H.-Mr. Enloc oi
Tennessee introduced resolution in the
house rccitng that il is alleged that the
postmaster Of the house. j. L.. Wheat, whose
duty il is TO let contracts for the carrying oI
the mails let the contract to one Samuel
Culbcrtson for $1,000 Il year on the condi-
ton that Culbcrtson should pay To the
amount OF $50 Il month out Of the money
received from the government for his serv-
ices, and TINT Wheat did receive that sum
ior five mon,l,s, and directing the commit
tee on accounts to investigate these charges
and such other matters as pertains iu
Whcat's administration Of the I,n>tolicc OF
the house %! representatives.
Mf. Hopkins offered an amendment cx-
tending the Investigation into the practices
OF the postmaster in the Fnrry-ninlh and
Fiftictli congresses. Adopted. The rcso.
luton was then agreed to.
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"lio: ho!" quoth the cobblcr. "lla: In: |
Il lri. he Ind to work like me all the day.
IniS mighty, important, uNi fiisSy old swell
Would not like his billet Unc-liulf so wr!l','
Come try" saidtlc King. "and here Il, on
And toyonr lust will mos, gladly sit down,
N Gun mend b0Ot, II noise cam make,
Which for work In this life VIC too often mis-.
The King smashed finger in hitting u nail.
Al last lie got angry, AMI terribly swurc
That lnenlng of boots should be stopped by
the law.
"Tls CROWN" roarcd the cubblcr, won't Lcc,,
out the cold:
Like many other folks. I'm deceived hy the
gold.
And ns for this man,lc"-and here he fell
down.
''Jlcp are more checks about II than Mas.
gcry's gown"
They looked ut each other, and laughed nj the
game
tAna, had We been there, We had lust done
the sanc,
said the Kiug, Let US both TO our stations
return;
Putting things to the proof is the right way
The King died In battle, the colbrr in bed
Anu as he was dying these last words hc said
We pcrn good cOhbler 4 gerry goDtl thing
hope where I'm going l sl.:,ti't he II King"
john I;tr;lrll
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Australian View of Parliament

IcIl Nlttll NitIrttr.
Here isa view OF TIE House of
Commons asitstrikes the correspond
cnt OF one Of the Australian pnno,s.
1T Is an idle, gosslping, demoraliz.
ing, whisky and soda compelling at
'nospheree, which is repellent of men
OF affairs. The other day l was sit
ting next to one OF thes,nost cIninent,
solicitors in England and as we rose
to SO he exclaimed. 'fhree DAYS Of
this place would send mo into n,
straight waistcoat.' Until then, h,,l
had nurscd Parliamentary ambi.
tlons. This correspondent must
really take care. or lie, too, will tin-
ure ut the bar of the House-ior ;,
purpose other thun "sYhiskey and
Soda 71,..
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Calls on tho Manitoba.

WASHINGTON, Special. = The commits
ssioncr of the general land office has issued
n rule upon the st. Paul Minneapolis &
Manitoba Railway company to show cause
why rcconveyance should not be made to
the United States as, contemplated by the
act Of March 3. 1887. of about 10000 acre,
patented on account Of the giant TO- said
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Cushing md (;ihbous Ma,ch.a

PArEEsnN. n. j., SpcciaI.-Articlcs of
agreement for fight, Qucensberry rules, be-
.wccn Michael Cushing Of brooklyn and
Austin Gibbons of Paterson, for $1,000 a
side, open to an increase of s., ,OOO, have
been signed. The struggle is to take place
Thursday. Nov. g. each contestant to weigh
l32 pounds. In case they cannot agree 10
light before an organized club, Capt. Cooke,
II the Police NewS OF Boston, will namc
he battle ground. Should Capt. Couke
aame the grounds the light is to be with
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Killed While Ouareling.

GRAND Forks, N. d., Special Telegram,
Ole Jacobson, o farmer living in
Polk county, Mimi, went to Fast Grand
Forks to-day with his son fora load u, lum-
Der. On the way home he quarrclcd with
his son. and during the scutllc the team, ran
away and knocked the old man down. The
wagon passed over him, killing him i'll.
stantly
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Killed Il Kaiil.

LONDON, Sept. 2G.-Scro,is disturbances
are reported from Morocco. A provincial
kaid, or governor, abducted girl. Tho
tribe to which the girl belonged attuckc,
the kaid, killed him, all his women, and
troops marched against the tribe, killed
some and captured others, and sent til.
ringlcadcr's head to the sultan.
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WAsn1SGroS. Sept. 2G-The house
passed the bill defining the duties of ,he
sergcant-at- t-arms. 1t enables the sergeant.
alarms to make rcquititon directly upon
the treasury lor the l,ay and mileage oI
members, and constitutes him in explicit
terms discussing officer, limiting his com:
pcnsation to his present salary. A bond
in the sum Of $4,000 is required.
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PEOPLE OF NOTE.

Ex.Congressmnn Frank L. Morcy of LOU
isiana died in Washington. Malaral troubles
contracted during .the time of the recent
Heavy floods in Louisiana. when his plaD q.
tiOn was inundated, combined with brain
aHectations, were the causes of his death.
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Through the Heart

WISSIrEG, Special Telegram. Sept. &c
William Fisher, a young farmer living at
Moosomin, quarrcled with his wife and
shot himself through the heart.
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Blemishcs, as we'll as diseases. are often
transmitted to offspring. and for this reason
il is very Important to have lhv sire. al
least, o. perfect o. possik,e.
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The King and tile Cobblcr.

4! cObblcr l,c sat In n dirty old stall,
working will! elbows. and hammer, and wi,
4, 4 King with his lnnnt!c and crown came hv,
with his feet Oh the cartli, und his nose in Tie
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24

once safely at nome, Ella hastened up
stairs to her room, where, if the truth
must be told, she employed the half hour
before dinner in underwriting sob6ing,
into which temper largely entered. "He
has spoiled it all for mel How could he
--oh, how could heF' ran the burden Of
her moan. At the dinner table, how
ever, though pale and silent, she had re
covered colnposure.
"a pleasant walk, Ella" inquired her
mother, with rather formal interest.
Eyes, very replied Ella, trusting she
would not be questioned further.
81 believe know where you wentn
cried indiscreet Flossie; s'you went to
look at your new house now, didn't
you? Ali / thought so. Isuppose you
have quite made up your minds how
you mean to do the rooms"
quite"
1--WE might go round to all the best
places tomorrow" said Mrs. Hylton,
''and see some papers and hangings.
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"0h, Georgew burst inyoluntarily from
her lips.
q knew you'd be pleased, he said,
complacently; .sbut mustn't take all the
credit myself It was like this, you see.
Ifelt all right about the other rooms,
but the drawing Foom-that's your room,
and was awfully afraid of not having
it exactly as it ought to be. So l Went
to the girls, and said: You know all
about the lthings--just make it what
you think Ella win Hike, and then we
can't go wrong We had that Grosyeno1
Gallery paper down first Of all. Choose
something bright and cheerful, said,
and don't think they've chosen badly.
Then the pottery and china and all that
--those are the girls present to you, with
their best love-"
Its very good Of them,s said poor
Ella, on the verge Of tears.
ssOh, they think lot of you. They
were rather nervous about doing any
thing at first, for fear you mightnt like
it; butt told them they needn't be afraid
What like, Ella will like / said, and
Unjust say no one could wish to see o
prettier drawing room than they've turn
"a it into-they've a good deal of taste,
those two girls.
Ella stood there in a kind Of dreaxy
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spared to them, like everything about
the house to be kept exactly as it was III
their poor fathers life time.
s'Isn't she a dear, conservative old
mummy said Jessie to Ella, IN an audi
bic aside. why, l do believe she won't
see anything to admire in your little
house AT least, if she does, the dear old
lady, she'd sooner die than admit itI''
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24

Is peculiar medicine. 1t is carefully prepared
from sarsaparilla. Dandelion, Mandrake, Dock,
Fipsissewa, Juniper Berries, and other we'll
known and valuable vegetable remedies, by a
peculiar combination, proportion and process,
giving to Hoods Sarsaparilla curative power not
possessed by other medicines. It effects remark
able cures where other nrenarations fail.
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24
ALL A MATTER OF TASTE.
A Little Romance in Which Plumber and an
Insurance Company Play Prominent Parts.
By FREDERICK ANsrEv
SYNOPSIS OF THE OPENING CHAPTER

lcuture dand
wasfu
o
when he
meant is
obe q
The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-24
Hoods SaYsapaYiIIa

Is the best blood purifier before the public. Il
eradieates every inpurity and cures Scrofula,
Salt Rheum, Dolls, Pimples, all Humors, Dys-
pepsia, Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indigestion,
General Debility, Catarrh, Rheumatism, Kidney
and Liver Complaints. oTereomes that tired feel
inl, creates an apDctitc and builds p the system.