The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-02-07

Geo. savage Of South Carlisle ~,
ports the loss OF horse. and says
That he has good reason to believe
That someone has borrowed the AMI
NAL either in FUN or with the tnten.
tiGn Ut keeping 1t for goud.
Yonr reporter Is informed that
some Of our high school girls have y
crow to pick with a certain primeval
bachelor who disapproves Of dancing.
They say one should not express their
likes and dtslikes too strong to the
school board.
G. w. Boylan has entered into part
nership in the drug business at Mimic,
N. d. with Geo. White, formerly of
this place and Pembina. Mr.. Boylan
Is first-class druggist, and although
we regret his departure from our
town we take pleasure in recommend
ing DR.. Boylan to the Mimic people
and hope that success will attend him.
City Editor Lewis supply of natural
gas has been slightly in the decline
the past two weeks, it is to be hoped
that he will recover his old time eff
fervescence, and like the brook ego
on for ever" chronicling items about
the canning and knitting factory, the
patent cow and the periodic overflow
Of the artesian we'll. Laying all jokes
aside, Ben is a good fellow, and like
the bed bug ''gets there with both
feet"
-Four candidates were Initiated into
the mysteries OF the A. o. wv. Mon
day evening of last week. The goat
was said to be in good condition, and
of course the fun ran fast and furious.
Among the candidates initiated may
be mentioned; DR.. j. G. Hay, who sue
ceeded in proving himself an adapt at
goat riding. John Wall was the only
one to take the third degree, and it is
said that his English lineage stood
him In good stead on this occasion.
The F. A. s. 1. U. Elevator Co. held
their semi-annual meeting Friday.
The house has proven a paying insti-
tuition the past year, having on hand
a cash surplus of $571. 90 and 600 BUSH
els Of mheat. The constitution was
also changed, making it possible for
one person to purchase and hold any
number Of shares. J. M. Chisholm, j.
T. Blackjack, w. f. Grill, Robt. An
derson and p. HI. Mcmillan have a
controlling interest. The sharehvld-
ers rented the house to J. T. Black
lock for term Of six months The
directors held meeting Saturday and
refused to surrender the house to the
new management until their term of
office has expired. Monday morning
the new faction broke the lock and
forcibly took possession of the build
ing, and the end is not yet.
Died-On Wednesday morning,
February 5th, William Lewis Abrams.
Mr.. Abrams was well-known in this
county, having formerly been employ
ed at the court house, and for the last
nine years been in the agricultural
machinery business at Hamilton. Mr..
Abrams was man of marked ma.
tural ability and wonderful energy.
Coming to this country, with his faith
er in 1879, as slender lad, pale and
thin. it seemed only a question OF a
few months when he would die. But,
the air and climate here agreed with
him and he braced up, and though
never very rugged, did an immense
amount of work and business in the
years that followed with a remark
able energy. He has been sick dur
ing the last illness greater part of
the winter, and his case has been con-
sidered hopeless for that time, not
withstanding this however, he has
made some wonderful rallies, and at
times a CLEAN of hope came to the
sad watchers by his bedside. But the
end has come ut last, as it must come
to all. A wife and three children
compose the Immediate family left to
mourn kind husband and father.
Besides thsre are his brother Mr.. j.
H. Abrams, now Of Minneapolis, his
sisters, Mrs. r. Aylen and Mrs. G. B.
Harris, of Pembina, Mrs. H. Strain,
of Great Falls, Mont, and Mrs. Rey-
nolds, Of Highland, Mont. Mr.. G. w.
Abrams, his father, is now absent in
Ontario and Mrs. Jane Abrams, his
mother is at Great Falls. Mont. Mr..
J. H. Abrams and Mrs. Strain arrived
in Hamilton at 10 o'clock, Wednes-
day, half hour after the death of
their brother.
Canton.