The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-02-01

1athgats
Baker Keiver also has men and
teams putting up and packing his
summers Ice.
Geo. Words has teams tn work haul.
ing leo opt to d. Trenholm's farm for
use next summer.
S. D. Bostwick left Monday for St.
Paul and Minneapolis to order lis
spring stock OF hardware for his store
here.
i'll. Green customs Inspector or
Portal, N. d. has been visiting with
his family here the past week. He
left Sunday for his charge.
Nat James, u brother Of the boys
here, Is visiting IN town ut present.
Nat has Deen away for four years aud
looks as young aud fresh as ever.
The Wizard Oil Co. is showing to
q crowded house every night this
week. 1t is Il regular minstrel show
ana very good for the price charged.
The Bathgate Mercantile Co. have
opened out their grocery department
In their store on Main St. between
End. aud Bird SITS. They will draw a
good trade.
Norval Baptie up to the prcsen,
time Is champion fast skater Of Penn
oina county. lie had no trouble do
Ing Cavalier and Crystal ut the rink q,
the latter town last Friday evening
e. G. Cooper, OF Grand Forks ant
Ben. Newell Of Glasston, registered u,
the Chevalier house last Friday
Both gentlemen are connected with
the st. Paul Fire s. Marine Ins. Co.
A carload OF -four, etc. left here on
Tuesday for the Nebraska sufferers
We certainly ought to feel thankful
that the people Of North Dakota are
not suffering for want of something
to eat.
Moses Blais is very i'll ut the home
OF bis brother, Thos.. Blais, Of this
place. The young man is suffering
with hcnmorage Of the lungs brought
on by heavy lifting. 1t will take him
all his time to pull through.
A large number OF young folks at.
tended the carnival ut Cavalier last
Thursday evening. 1t will be u long
time before they attend another one.
The citizens Of Cavalier evidently
have no love for Dathgate.
A number Of our citizens are at.
tending court this week at Pembina,
among them are l. j. Chcyalier. l..
Peavey, Geo. Gansslc, n. Green, Geo.
Beener, N. e. Young, j. d. Stack.
j. G. MOnette. Lou Dubkipg and Il.
A. Fielder.
jim Derby.-Wc have sold more
goods the past three months than we
did for the corresponding three
months last year when We had the
the trade to ourselves, aud the other
drug store seems to be doing a good
business too.
Prattford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Youmans Of toilette
and Mr.. James Squires have beer
visiting at MIR. Bells.
Mr.. Dunbar has traded his youns
horse to A. Switzer for his fine Inn
ported brood mare. Mr.. Dunbar IL
tends breeding heavy horses,
Miss Meredith is visiting at he,
brothers IN Grand Forks and George
Meredith has gone to the pcmbin,
Mountains to locate Il farm'ur hunt ,
gold mine.
Since last writing the literary 50
ciety has reopcncd. quite a number
came out the first night. and afteI
the officers were elected the remain
der of tho evening WIS taken up by
reading, resolutions, songs and {
speech by Mr. Stanley. Mr.. Stanley
though uncxpectly called to the plat
form, gave grand speech, in which
he referred to the former societ,
aud showed what good it had done
although some people were opposed
to 1t, and named it a counting society
he failed to see where it had turned
out one graduate Of that order. Las,
Saturday evening, though the wealth,
or was somewhat unfavorable there
were good many out. The subject OF
debate was: Resolved that the
statesman Is Of more bencfi. to lht
country than the warrior. The cup
tatns were T. Stanley and II. Simp
son. Simpson ON the Affirmative and
Stanley for the negative. There
were three judges appointed, Miss
Mcintosh, w. Menzies and ]. Nobery,
the two latter giving their decision
In favor Of the negative, and the for.
mer in favor of the affirmative. Feb,
ruarY 2nd. the subject OF debate is
''singlc and married life."
1t. Thomas.
l. w. Hines, president Of the Du.
luth and North Dakota railroad made
trip eastward over the proposed
line OF railroad, by way Of St. Thom.
~, Drayton, Warren and Thief River
Falls, taking more men to the camp
o" Red Lake, where he is taking out
ties and holding meetings In the
towns on the way until he reached
Duluth, where he spoke by invita-.