The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-24
NORTH DAKOTA

The new Opcru-liOusc mt Grand Forks will
be opened by Emma Abbott Oh the 10th ul
Novemher
The Bismarck saloons !lav" received n
polite invitation ly mil from tli" attorney
general to close up and thus comply with tile
state law.
The artrsinn we'll ut Oates has bean com
plr'cd and accepted by the 'iycouncl 1t is
9I' feet deep and has n pressure of Iii
pounds.
At Il special term OF court held at Valley
City hy .ind-e Rose to consider saloon eases,
all were dismissed by the ju!.e. who irld
that the Wilson law is sal,solutrly inoprraiiye
and void. All further prnsrcu ions will be
nbandOncl at present.
Milton Wyrkoif. Of Wieatlnn'l. is lin"in-
more mis- orinne than sllnull be- nny one
mans lot, in one season. at least. Last sum.
mcr his wheat was nearly all rut ,iown with
hnil, and then some one set fire to about
twenty-five tons of hay in stack and lie
whole was consumed.
Schmit 4 Co., dealers in general merclnn-
disc. ma,le an assignment ut Devils Lake
for tine benefit ol heir creditors To e. n.
Fisher Liabilities about 5000: estimated
assets $1,000. Tho reasons given for the
assignment are poor crops AMI slow cnlrw
tions.
The county commissioners %! StntSmal
county have ordered separate ballot hnx"s
provided that indies may vote Tor snperim
tendent of public Instruction 'h,S all. Scv-
rrnl other counties have n'ready taken sinl-
lar action. lfthe l;'ics are all permitted to
vote il is claimed that Mrs. Elsrn!iur,
their candidate, will surely he elected.
Tie shock thrcsAin= season is about clos
ing and stack thrcslim= about IL begin.
Wheat and oats are furnishing IL iiirir good
yield on the divide" Wheat that WAS well
put in is thrcshiny out from ten To twenty
bushels per acre. II good deal ra@in. above
fifteen. 1t generally grades No. = Northcin.
The qnnlity Of ont, is good. Barley is poor
and OF small yield.
Charles Bailey, indicted as one OF the men
who held up lie Northern Pacific train at
New Salem last Summer AMI w.p j. Charged
with robbing the mails pleaded gully in
the nited States court. nj Fargo AMI Wis
sentenced to eight years i'll III. i,ru,i"ntH,!y,
Some very interesting: Developments w"rr rX.
rcctrl /! this ease had cone un :or triad.
Charles lOunginan wns inIi'st'! or taupHf.
ing with the United States mn.is III tin ] rr.p
post office eand abstracting money 'ro:n letters.
The Jandcll horse ranch n,;tI j amcs town.
had HARROW escape from losine Tho riu-yr
by fire. Dick Brown, onc of tie men on ii.r
ranch, got caught in II corner hy The fire
while hnck-tiring, and before he could escape
was badly burned on the face. neck anl other
pnrts of his body. His feet wrir burned
I .
lucky man got into IN extra heavy cltl:np o.
grass. and flames eight fett high surrou nded
him before lie could escape lie is II; he
Grand fentral hotel doing us well as coad
be expected.
DR.. l.angJ0n, state veterinary surgeon, re-
turned to Fargo from an ins pcc,ion trip to
the western part OF the state TO investigate
The charge that scnh existed among sheep
there. liefound the disease in sheep brought
in rom Washington. and has written the
governor advising him to quarantine the
sheep in Stutsmnn kidder and Logan conn
ties; also that sheep comm. into the state
be thoroughly inspected, and non. shipped!
out unless they have II clean bill of health
rom an inspector. lie also advises the nwr.
ers how the disease can hecx;armna;cd a,iI
hopes by this early and prompt action TO
prevent it spreading.
The BaptiS, convention held ut jamestown.
"lrctcd the following officers or ;hr rns,i II,
year: President, Rev J. Il. Dcrknr,I, Mandan:
first vice president. Rev. J. A. Carcm. Ellen.
dale; secsnl vice president. Rev.. j Craw ord,
ID. d., St Thomas: secretary, Rev. George
Kline. Hipnarck; treasurer. Rev. Il. II. Teal,
yf.toau. full board Of directors was al-