The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-07-11


death of ono Of the most widely known
Sioux braves in the west, second only to old
Sitting Bull. 1t appears that Chief Rain-in.
the-Face. and his squaw, handsome young
woman, quarrecd about another woman to
whom the chief was paying undue attention
to the neglect of his lawful wife. The CHEF
left his tent and withdrew to another part of
the camp. That night his wife entered his
tent while lie lay asleep and plunged IL knife
into his chest and side, making several ter
rible wounds. She then gave herself up say
ing she was sorry she had not killed him.
She is now kept under strong guard, await
ing the outcome of her husbands's wounds,
and great excitement prevails ut the agency
Rainn-the. Face is the Indian who boasts
that it was by his hand Custer met HE
death.
SOUTH DAKOTA.
Since tho original package house opened
up in Elk Point live tarantula has been
found in bunch of bananas.
Prot. John Voight, IL Marion Junction
music teacher, has become insane und will
he sent to the asylum. 1t is thought with
proper treatment he will recover.
-Four Idaho MOrmOns, sentenced for ndul-
terry, were received ut the Sioux Falls peni-
tcntiary. Their sentences range from one
year to fifteen months.
The highest point OH the Black Hills cxten.
sion OF the Burlington and Missouri road
will be ut an altitude Of Z, 100 feet above sea
level.
Ned Mcdonald, n Washington Springs
small hoy, was 80 fond of green currants
that he poked his ears full of them. A do C.
TN
tweezers. but the boy may lose his henring.
a Sioux Falls workman engaged in run
ningclcctric mot or wires ccidentnlly touched
n live wire the other day and was hurled to
tho ground His fnco turned M black us IL
negros. and it was by III iracle he escaped
death.
George W. Carpen ter. of WatcrtOwn, com
mitted suicide " Chicago by taking IN over
dose Of morphine. He went to Chicago in
senach OF employment and fniling to secure
work he became despondent and took the
fatal dose. He was 3S years of age. and
leaves II vile. who resides in Watertown.
The Elk Point Courier tells of II good joke
on II M an named Strong, living ut IIichlnnd.
who captured nine wolves md sold their
scnlps in Iowa for s.. each, not knowing the
Dakota bounty lad been raised from 81 to
81, and thus beating Ii imself out OF 80. The
Courier fails to note the good joke played
by Strong ON the taxpayers Of tho Iowa
c nty where the scalps were sold who
Oh 2llt o mike in warm for him il they cun
get hold of him.
\ section Of cedar log, twcnty-cight inches
in dinmetcr, taken from the upper Cheyenne
valley, is on exhibition at Pierre The In.
tlians nnd settlers build their honscs of these
logs along the Cheyenne, aud at Noble they
are building n two-story hotel Of this timber.
The deep cinnons it many places ulong this
valley contain thousands of cords of this
splendid timber that ehdures almost us long
ns granite. The heaviest timbcroi region
lies in Sterling and Scobey counties.
WISCONSIN
A runaway team dashed through the wilt
dow of u crowded barhersllop ut l'araboo.
Matt Iiovcn and Thomas Morgan. OF
Madison, have sold 100000 wor,l, OF ice to
Chicago parties
gang Of trnmps in camp near Florence
committed twelve highway robbcrrs in a
week.
Over 9, 900 men are employed in clenri Ig
the right.ofway of tlceXtensi on oftheOma.
lia road from Neilsvillc to Wnusnu.
The l4-yenr-old son of Patrick Casey, OF
Mauston, was drowned in the mil! pond al
that place. The body was recovered by div
ing.
Alexander Anderson, one of the Oldest col
ored men in the state, whose home III at Ita
cine, was stricken with paralysis lie is "a
years old.
The Great Northern Railway has opened
the new telegraph lines of the Eastern Mime,
sofa Railway company to the use Of the
public between Duluth, West Superior und
liincklcy.
peculiar case llns come before he courts
at Superior. 1t is that OF Henry NJ. Lawson,
charged with stealing n gold watch, /. pair
of diamond earrings an d two rings rom his
wife.
President Luling of the State Board oi
Supervision, says that the next Legislature
will he asked to appropriate money for s"v.
ernl new institutions, reformntory and char
liable. What the board would like to have
is an intermediate prison, where offenders
too old for the Wuukesllu school and yet I 90
young for confinement with the hardened
criminals of the stn might he placed. They
also feel he need of an asylum for the GRIM
inal insane, and an asylum for tho feeble
minded.
IOWA.
The little daughter of f. ., IIowland, liv. |
ng near Dunlap. was bitten by a snake and |
is in q critical condition.
The Cnss county Jail is undergoing extern
aive repairs, and prisoners are being kept |
in the Audubon county juil until the work is
completed.
Michael Healy, arrested Mt Lacrosse, Wis,
charged with the robbery of the ;eweIry |
trunks Mt Waverly. has been held to the dis
trict court in the sum ofs1 900.
c. X. Harding, an Atlantic inventor, has
perfected an entirely new underground sys.
tem for operating electric stree, cars with
out the use of overhead wires. compnny,
with u capital o! So 10000 has been formed
at Atlantic to push the merits of the inven-
ton.
DIR. j. n. shaf'cr of Keokuk, has tar.
antula and mouse caged together. He
furnishes the animals with abundant food |
and is waiting to see which one will prove
Wet or in the battle which the doctor thinks
10 inevitable. They have lived together for
several days and have apparently taken no
notice OF each other
+. S. Wilde, OF Marshalltown, has n curl.
osity in the way Of n stono axe which was
manu- facturcd by the mound builders during
the DRIFT period many thousands OF ycars
age. 1t was used for cutting wood aud in
it's day was considered q very clever instru.
ment with which to fell large trees. The i'm. |
plsment was found near Marshalltown.
The Des Moncs Capital says: There is |
beer and bulge every where. Des Moines lis
flooded. Beer wagons are the comnonest
con veyances and original package houses
are on every hand. If Dcs Moines only
lncked these things to be made prosperous, |
certainly her growth ought to be marvellous
from now on"
Celia Williams, IN syear. old Omaha girl,
wns attacked by drowsiness while visiting
friends in Council Bluffs, and fell into deep
sleep, from which she has not yet awakened.
Her physical condition is normal, and she
lies with her lips slightly apart as if only ell.
joying natural sleep. 1t is said that two
years ago she lived three weeks in an uncon.
scious condition in cataleptic at.