The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-19

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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1880.
AROUND TOWN.
AVERY quiet time in local politics, in
this section at least.
"SQuAw winter" last week, "Indian
summer" next week.
WoRDEN Post q. A. X. will meet next
Tuesday evening for business.
1T is reported that the st. Vincent sig
NIL Office will he abandoned December
LIST.
Work on the bank building is at almost
a stand still OH account Of the scarcity of
labor.
Tile County Fair movement is dead.
Plenty of money was subscribed but it
seemed TO lack life.
SURVEYOR S. U. McGuin is getting up
the lines 10 find out the cemetery bound.
aries, preparatory to plating
THE N. r. finds it necessary to run
special freight trains for north bound
freight occasionally these days.
Mrs. W. ID. TUBES was ut Bathgate Wis
iting Mrs. Beemer and other friends
the first of the week.-Democrat.
MEN for farming operations are very
scarce. Half a dozen farmers have made
special trips this week to this city for
men but returned home disappointed.
BIsiioP Stanley WIS accorded Il re-
ception at Bathgate last Monday; Attor-
ney Gaffney made the welcome speech
to which the wisl,op responded in u fine
address.
QUITE number of eastern visitors are
taking advantage Of the harvest excur-
sion tickets, good for 80 days, sold at one
fare for the trip. by the N. p. and other
railrosds.
To Judge from the expression of opin.
i'm at the local school district election
this summer. the democratic candidate
for state SUI erintendent of schools will
not get very large vote III this vicinity.
TIE democrats have issued calls for
conventions as follows: County conyen-
ton at Batllgate on the 29tll, at l y. m.,
fist legislative district Mt Necl,e. Octo-
Der 10Th at 2p. H., second legislative
district at Hamilton, September Both.
US. WHITE, chairman Of the prohibit
ton central committee, whose name is
signed to the call for the prohibition
convention at Grand Forks on tho 25tl,,
says that he never signed the call OF au.
thorized the use of his name.
Work OH the Cavalier branch is going
OH slowly hut no crews for ing ties
and ties are at work. Probably the con.
tractors don't want to pay the wages it
would he necessary 10 pay at present to
keep their men from. the harvest fields
GRErSA, Manitoba holds its annual fair
Oct. End and 3r,l. Arrangements are
being made for the attendance of the
Pembina Cornet Band. Last year the
Gretna folks had very successful fair
and treated the band boys in splendid
style.
Snow. Friday, Sept. 18th, was little
early in the season. 1t was vet and didn't
cover the ground. The next morning it
formed Ice one eighth Of HI inch thick.
First of the week very pleasant; yester-
day hard rain storm again.
Bishop Gilbert Of Minnesota. will be
in st. Vincent and Pembina OH Sunday
next. There will he morning pray er,
confirmation, harvest festival and com.
munion at st. Vincent, commencing at
1890 a. m. At p. M, there will he de-
vine service at Grace church, Pembina.
Tie bishop vii: preach.
FRIDAY morning the Northern Pacific
commenced to run regular trains lie.
tween Grand Forks and Crcokston.
The first train arrived from Crookston
at II 20 and will return every afternoon,
leaving Grand Forks at $50 p. IN. This
will be good news to MANY weary travel
ers who have had to team it across the
prairie to make connections.
NJ. N. You've q bright, progressive and |
ambitious young lawyer, who is rapidly
gettingto the front in Casselton, is an
old typographical artist, and at one time
"',eld cases" and "rustled for plat" in
The Republican composing room. Mr..
Young is now the junior member of the
well known law firm Of Pollock & Young.
and has bright future before him
Fargo Republican.
JOHN F. MAaER, the Walhalla miller,
was in the city Tuesday. Mr.. Mayer
has been fixing up his mill, preparatory
TO big.Nind the coming season. Tie
farmers in his vicinity haye had fair
crops aud good quality and the Walllal-
Ia flour is not liable to he deteriorated
from it's famous good standard. He was
here bidding OH government flour for
fort Pembina. He was the successful
bidder tile last time, and the soldiers