The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-04-17

Winnipeg. by the secretary OF the
Pembina lacrosse club, asking our To-
cal team to join the Provincial circuit
the coming season. and To send Il dele
gate to Wilma beg, Arbor day, May LIST
when an organization Will be effected
QUITE q SHOW fall Oh liont'ay, Hnd
the farmers still arc waiting. The
season seems to bc destined TO be q
late one, aud this year, above all 9th.
ers, we needed an early spring. Good
judges estinlAte That only thirty pei
cent of the blowing is done. Less
than for mary. ii not amy. years.
MIR. r. GIpDINGs, the old man who
has been at the poor house during the
winter. suffering from cancer. died on
Sunday morning. So faras known he
has no relatives III this county, though
he has been# resident here fora NUM-
Der of years. 1t is thought that he
was IL native of the South and came to
the northwest soon after the war.
Miss Maggie Bride began school in
the Steele district near Bathgate on
Monday. Miss Gertie Kemp also went
to South Carlisle to fill re-engage-
ment i'm her former school. Miss
Maggie Webb teaches IN the Dobie
district near Bathgate. All nice
teachers and we hope will have a
pleasant summer and lots of satisfac-
tion and ducats.
A THREE-legged calf-that's the
curiosity which interests visitors to
Jas. Beurne's farm nowadays. The
calf is perfect, with exception that it
has but one hind leg and quarter.
It's just one-fourth shy, but it is live
ly as a cricket. and navigates as good
as anybody's calf. Mr.. Bourne had
two COWS which came i'm lately, and
from the two realized q calves-one
COW had twins and the other supplied
the fraction.-Minto Journal.
TIE Hillsboro school board yester.
day elected r. G.. Skulason principal
of the Hillsboro schools. Mr.. Skula.
son is graduate of the state uni.
versity class CT "a and was one of the
brightest and most popular students.
He has been teaching for the past
year at Tower City. Mr.. Skulason
has many friends in Grand Forks who
will be pleased to hear of his election
to this important position.-Grand
Forks Herald.
Mr.. j. d. WALLACE came up on
Monday and took Mrs. Edwards of
Drayton, to jamestown. Mrs. Ed
wards got worse rapidly while confin-
ed in the Jail here. Mrs. Lynch of
Drayton. accompanied them as as
sistant to Mr.. Wallace. Mr.. Wallace
will return as far as Fargo and after
attending the republican convention
to which he is a delegate VIII, return
to jamestown again to attend the II /.
E. conference to which he is also a
lay delegate.
ALDERMAN KEMP who closes his
term this week, has been a Getty
father" continuously since the chart
er was granted. Mr.. Kemp is retired
by his own request, as he thinks he
has done his duty in that direction.
During the past year he is the only
member of the council who has an
swered present" at every meeting
and he has always been one of the
most faithful in attendance and ear
nest in his work for the good of the
city and deserve the plaudit, "Well
done thou good and faithful servant. {"
IT WAS children's evening at the
Episcopal church last Sunday. A very
pretty service of song and recitation
was rendered by the children, who
deserve much credit for the prepare
tion and execution. Misses Gertie
Kemp and Oracle Mckenzie had
charge OF the rehearsals and may well
feel pleased at the success of their
drill. Rev. Mr.. Peabody gave an in
teresting "Story Of Lily" to the
children, full of pathos and lessons of
charity, to which young and old alike
listened with much attention and
pleasure.
Council Meeting.
Pursuant to adjournment, q meet
ing Of the city council of Pembina,
will be held at the council room on
Tuesday, April 2lst, 1895, at 8 O'Clock,