The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-16
COUNTY NEWS.
Hoe tAo Readers OF the Pioneer n.
pesss. By special Reporter.

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j peess. By special Reporter.
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G. e. Beemer Is confined to his bed
with severe attack Of rheumatism.
i ]. d. TrcnhOlmc sold a fine team OF
|Clyde mares to Alex. Beaton, Satur-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Gnffncy, frum
Grafton, arc In town visiting with
Mr.. J.,D. Stacks family.
Albert Gansslc, 0f st. Thomas. vas
In town between trains, Tucstla, i,
visiting his br'ther Gcorgc.
L. Peavey arrived last week with a
fine earload of work horscs, which he
IL dispwing Of ut good prices.
Teams have been hauling the tim
Der for the new dam which will DO
built right away on seventh street.
j. ii. Mathews, Of Larimorc, who
has fine lot of standard bred horses,
registered ut the Chevalier house last
Monday.
w. S. Thompson, Of Minneapolis, an
old time Pembina hardware merchant.
was interviewing our machine men
here last Tuesday.
Hon. John Stadclman, Of Cavalier,
drove over Tuesday last to attend to
some business. Mr.. Stadelman has
rcntei his farms and will lead a gen.
tlcman's life In the future.
Joe Bennett and Alex. Beaton have
rented the Grandy farms for this sea.
son. The boys have bought horses,
machinery, etc., aud the next in order
IL to get some Ole to do the work.
W. Rafferty, returned from Canada,
Sunday, where he had been spending
the winter ut bis old home. 1t Is all
right to 60 to Canada for a visit but
not one In u hundred stays thcrc;thcy
prefer to live In North Dakota.
Jim Harvey, Of Ernest, Alex, Bell,
T. Trotter, a. Fansct duvc down
from Nechc, Tuesday evening to att
tend the Masonic meeting and wit
ness the raising Of four candidates to
the degree Of u FellOwcraft..
The school teachers examination
came of ON Tuesday and Wednesday
"f last week, and to say that there
never was better and finer looking
lot Of young women and men adorned
our streets, is but giving them Justice.
The young men Of the town donned
their Sunday best, while the married
ones put on their best smiles, hoping
to get one glance from the many pref
ty schoOl.mams, who were in attend.
ance ut the examination. Supt. Jack.
son wis on hand and In his usual.kind
way made those who were writing for
certificates feel perfectly at home.
! a sad accident occurred last Tues.
day lat the ruler mill, by which Claude,
the fourteen year old boy Of Mr.. and
Mrs. $. Simpson, lost his arm, 1t be-
ing taken Of just above the elbow.
AS he was alone 1t Is hard to tell how
1t occurred as nc don't rcmemberan y.
thing about 1t. There is u grind
stone In the basement Of the mill
which Is run by belt from the maig-
shaft which the little fellow was try.
ing To start In order to grind his
skates and is supposed he must have
been trying to put the belt on to the
pulley that drives the stone when his
arm was caught in the belt drawing
him around the shaft with force
enough when his body struck against
the heater pipe, which is little
above the shaft, to break two-inch
coupling of, severing the arm in two.
The little fellow got up and ran
home about fifty yards leaving his
arm In the mill. DR.. Burrows was
at once called and he decided to take
the arm of ut the shoulder as it was
broken further up than where it was
torn of. DIR. Burrows, assisted by DIR.
James took OF the stub aAd the lit
tic fellow is doing we'll as could be ex.
pccted. There is no blame attached
to the employees Of the mill.
1loxa
Farmers are hustIing In good shape
getting things ready for seeding.
Mr.. Nelson, Of Auburn, was visit
ing with C, b. johnson, Monday and
Tuesday.
The scholars of district No. IS in
tend to give an entertainment ut the
close Of the present term.
lloyd Anderson is supplying half
the country with a new seed wheat,
warranted to yield 80 bushels per acre.
A letter received from Rev. Brad
ley states he has accepted a call at
Alvinstone, Ont. will not return to
n. d.
Mrs. Moulton and Mrs. Robt. Por.
ter are 10th seriously i'll at this writ
ing, VIC hope ere long change for the
better will occur.
The following Is an extract from q
composition written by one Of the
scholars Of this school on, "Arc men