The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-07-26

lady.
On Saturdays train, from the north
arrived tho Neche base ball tenn,
with their many friends, jubllant and
full Of glec, and produced the Free
Press to su6stantiatc the telegram
ten to one la favor Of Neche. We will
have to pass by Minneapolis to look
for lsurels 10 win. What ssycst
thou. our Shakespeare OF the nine?
It IL we'll aud nobly done.
@. N. Murphy, Nccho, N. d. has the
largest assortment 0f finc candies 10
Pembins county, call aud look them
over. %
LA.t,is hf0rIn has ten-acre lot ad-
joining the river. part Of which Is
fenced In for pigs; some six, two
months old. little fellows disappeared
lately and Louis hus an idea they have
been murdered and eaten by tramps,
SO YOU may suppose lie was one of the
volunteers in yesterdays skirmisll.
His face has lost that far away Look
and Is replaced Ivy u contented smile.
The boys say Louis IL u great sklrmish-
|er.
Sunday night tramps broke into the
store Of J. LaMoure s. Co. and helped
themselves to u few clocks and
watches. shirts and sucks, etc. They
were nice. clean, sort Of tranlps for
they were particular about their
underwear. They also paid a visit to
our butcher, aud took nice ham.
Our marshal Looked them over In their
camp. Ia the bush, In the evening and
saw they were cooking u nicc ham, but
had not heard Of tho theft then.
Thinks to tho press Of tho Twin
Cities. blowing about our crops for
the purpose Of getting the author.
titles aud railroads to make this The
Dumping ground Of nj, their riff-aff.
There are lots OF men In North Da-
kota to handle this crop, and VIC can
well dispense with the sort Of help TO
be derived from great cities.
II you want anything In the line of
jewclry or want your clock or watch
repaired 70 to q. N. Murphy, Nechc,
N. ID. %
On the 18th. the town was quite IL
q tcrmcut, the single faro To Winni.
peg aud hack brought lots ef country
people 10 to take advantage Of the
round trip; independent Of that,
Neche base ball team was on hand.
they were of to the Capital Of the
Canadian Northwest To show their
skill ut the diamond, with the team
0f that city. Gracious, the buys were
dressed to kill: amongst the great get
up In the style Of the day we might
say Johnny NJ. and Ward Manchester
were about even up, w. J. and Ken
q good second, Finley Il good third.
The style Of the young ladies who nc.
coDpanied the boys to encourage
them to victory was something i'm.
mensc, and they were as great In
number IA they were IN beauty, with
miniature starsand stripes on the lapel
Of the coat, surm0unted with rosettes
Of orange in c0mmem0ratiOn of the
great arrangements festival. Their
must have caused quite a
sensation on their arrival In Winni.
peg. In Neche, during the evening,
several reports with various results
we're circulated and great excitement
prevailed. the boys at home could
scarcely realise that the team they
sent to victory could have beaten
their adversarIes SO badly, but what
can't Nechc do? It is greatly believed
that the young ladies did good service
with their soothing influences. for the
boys might possibly and excusably to
have been little excited after the
ball had ceased to roll, but knowing
they had ladies' under their protcc-
ton. Why, yes, but some were not
70 fOrtunite as to have ladies. well,
we'll, they did the best theyacould.
Monday morning the call to arms
by the Mayor was responded to with
great enthusiasm. The volunteers
in front Of the new bank
and we're Inspected BY his honor; the
Jack Miller was made
captain OF the brigade, with Fl. L. az
commander-in-chIef, and Marshal
Jackson with his shackels at his side,
we'll to the front; after inspecting the
arms and ammunition. the town dray
was pressed into service with an.
other wagon and light double rig;
The force moved at u steady trot;
there was quite a debate before start
Ing on the ACCESSIBILITY Of taking the |
large pump with Its two hundred and
fifty feet Of hose, thinking it would
do good work II the enemy should lie |
met near the river, but after mature
1t was considered not ad-
visable as tho force was quite strong
enough tn overcome all opposition
without water. On reaching the
timber on the river our commander
ordered halt, and disembsrked the
gallant band Of warriors Skirmish. |
ers were thrown out, who soon came
on the trail Of the enemy and alas, the
Of . noble ham lay scattered
over the ground before their mourn
full gaze. It was just about twelve
O'Clock, three doleful wretches were
overha ruled further In the bush and
were escorted to his honor, but they
we're able to prove their innocence BY
their arrival on the train from Winni-
peg that morning; for their miserable
looks they explained that they had
played against the Neche base ball
team on the 18th. His honor ordered