The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-08-21

t5 Parts uf tho state.
lightning struck the Episcopal
church at Bathgate.
rs Jamestown's new depot is about COM
pleted. 5;s
Ransom county reports cash on hand
So S31.S1.
|. Dickinson butchers have q trust and
prices are high. # & n ss js.5s
Mrs. Cramond Is president Of the
LangdOn W0man's club.
Ole Newhouse Of Osnabrock, has:
been taken to the jamestown hospital
The state board Of equalization 10 to.
meet at the capitol Aug. 1S.
Bona flde harvest hands are scarce
at Edgeley.
A very bad hail storm struck Bur-
leigh county Sunday.
Recent rains in Bottineau county
have done world Of good.
Jamestown has added an Indian to.
tbs choice selection Of hoboes. Women
1t already has.
Wheatland has an Enforcement.
league with all the business men and
best citizens In 1t.
Indications arc that there will he an
abundance Of duck and chickens this;
fall.
T. F. Tyler has been appointed. post
master at Grand Rapids, LaMOure
county.
There are only five quarters, Of va
cant government land left in Steele
county.
George and August Darkenwald,
near Wimbledon, lost 200 acres Of
wheat by hail.
John Flittie is reported locating
c0lonw of 300 families in Mercer coun-
ty on N. p. land.
Hoboes are SO numerous and cheeky
at Churchs Ferry that a new jail is to
be built at once.
Grafton boy, ran away from homa and
was arrested at Grand Forks.
John King of Inkster dislocated his,
shoulder by q fall on Grand Forks
sidewalk.
Sale of the Mismarck water works
property has been postponed until Aug.
A tornado ut Grafton tore down d
stable, and whipped the halters of
the horses heads, but the animals were.
left standing in their places.
A hobo at jamestown tired to walk
Ing and went into farm yard and
borrowed horse to continue his jour
ney.
Sheriff Wenaas made raid upon
Portland blind piggers and arrested
Charles Hill and John Jackson for lille
gally dispensing the ardent.
Hoboes gather on the break beams
on all trains traversing the state. Two,
women tried it from Mandan to James
town.
Stutsman county has 3S,692.O2 on
deposit In the James River National
bank, and has $S,968.72 with the treas
urer, according to report.
Some little children near Williston
were sadly injured by the explosion Of
dynamite cartridge with which they
were playing.
At least 100000 pounds of woif will
be marketed at Jamestown this year. .
The quality of the product is good, and
Stutsman county farmers are in luck.
The various experimental farms Of
the state are entertaining lots Of visi-
tors now. All these farms are said to.
be great successes.
Crystal will have new engine house.
with 1000 barrel cistren under it SO,
that the fire engine may work without
being moved out.
Railroad officials all through the.
state report great difficulty in procur-.
Ing help for construction, repairing,
etc. And yet the state is full of hoboes
pretending to want work.
The father Of the little boy who was
injured at Hillsboro has Instituted q
$4,000 damage suit against the Brooks
Bros. Elevator company. It develop
ed that the boy was Kidnapped from
Ireland over a year ago.
Contests for state printing have been
let by the printing commission. The
tribune, OF Bismarck, gets the legisla-
tive bills, and the Journal-Argus, of
Fargo, the reports Of state ocers. The /
Herald, of Grand Forks, the laws and
supreme court reports.
Hon. John Flittie was at Stanton
from Mayville recently looking over
the county with the view of locating Z
a colony Of about 800 families. Mr..
Flittie was surprised to see the Inn,
mense crop growing here this season,
and predicts large immigration next !.
season. ;s.s s..tI5-,qf SIS,
j Alfred D. Thomas, Judge Of the.
United states circuit court, is lying in
q critical condition at his home at
Fargo from an attack Of neuralgia.
It is feared death will result. The
Judge has been sick some time, but
his condition was not thought alarm
ing.
A bicycle club has been organized
at Lisbon, with A. b. Herrick presi-
dent; q. 8. Wisner, treasurer; Sidney
d. Adams, secretary, and Robert 3.
Riddell, captain. There are about sey-
enty-five wheels in town, and all tie
lady riders are made honorary menu
bers of the club. A onethird mile track
Is beinb constructed.
The North Dakota crop bulletin SAYS:
Crop conditions are generally about
the same as the previous week, being
49, H.