The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-24
IN NORTH DAKOT Al
Interesting News ITEMS From all
Parts OF the State.

Inc t1fSt National D1nk OF CaSSel-
ton has declared per cent dividend.
Two blindpiggers ut Niagara have
been gathered in.
Fire ut st. Thomas destroyed IN ele-
vator; loss $4,000.
Russell G. Henry was elected presi-
dent Of Fargo Typographical union.
A pension has been granted to Ma
tilda Schultz of Geneseo.
Two blind-piggers ut Niagara have
been gathered in.
= A st. Louis syndicate is after the
street railway franchise in Grand
Forks.
The Grafton Rolling mill shipped five
cars of -four to Holland, Germany, last
week.
William Evanson, who was recently
bitten by vicious stallion at Cando,
Us getting better.
: Night Operator Mason of Buffalo has
been promoted to station agent at
Dickey.
The petition to Gov. Allin to COM
mute Kent's death sentence is being
quite generally signed ut Mandan.
i A Norwegian Lutheran church il be-
in built about five miles southwest Of
Fingal.
Mrs. Magnus Swanson of New Rock
ford fell down cellar and sustained {:
broken leg.
Joe Thompson. at Hatton, has Sc
cured patent on a new spark arrester
for thWshing engines.
Betsy Thompson aged forty-on has
20 Ss,rn v1,vy,N F,e0N
Lisbon.
Thomas Harrington is candidate
for the Office of sheriff in Mercer
county.
Willie Gardner, aged eighteen, was
drowned while swimming in q small
pond near Fullerton.
The Turtle mountain region is re-
joicing in the prospect of very rich
harvest.
Howard Jones, Northern Pacific
brakeman. had his shoulder crushed
while making coupling at Bloom.
A man cleverly swiped $4,000 from a
was afterward as cleverly swiped by
the police.
II is believed that section man
named Sullivan, reported drowned In
the Mouse river, was really murdered
and thrown in the river.
Lightning killed the team of A. ].
Rose Of Lisbon, the father of Rose
Bros, of Fargo. Mr.. Rose was badly
shocked but is recovering.
"A peculiarly sad accident was that
! of the choking to death Of two-year-
old child in Richland county, cause
by getting some corn in its throat.
The farmers of Pembina and Walsh
/ have Organized mutual insurance
company, with headquarters at st.
Thomas. .~.r
Supt. Stockwell of Grafton has had d.
bank running in the public schools
there for the past year. Over $500 was
deposited by the scholars.
The Mandan people are making ex.
tcnsive improvements in their fair
grounds. preparatory for tn, finest ex-
position in the state this fall.
Mrs. Napoleon Lemay, living near
Tarsls. while milking one of her cows
last Thursday morning, fell off the
milk stool and expired Immediately.
T.. NJ. Wheeler and George Mogy
have secured the contract from the city
council for drilling an artesian we'll at
Cassalton.
Miss Christina Norum and Miss Tilda
Carlson had narrow escape from
drowning iii the Heart river, from
which they were rescued by Joseph
Derry. ..
=. II. Mcmillan of Carlisle, lost his
stable. six horses, some harness and
about 800 bushels of oats by fire. The
fire was caused by lightning; no insur-
ance.
NJ. E. Delameters house at Knox
was struck by lightning, which tore
the chimney all to pieces. passed down
the stove pipe and into the cellar. No
one was injured.
The wheat is badly rusted at Gran
J din, Gardner, Angusville and HARDWOOD.
Wheat is ina worse condition on ned
river farms. Much flax sown will
amount to nothing. Rain is needed.
Mayor johnson has made a demand
| on Cass county for all moneys collect
cd by the road and bridge levy on real
and personal property within the cor
porate limits of the city of Fargo since
March 20. 1896.
In 4 free-for-all scrap Mt Minot. on
the Fourth, a man named. Smith and
another known as Dutch, were hit
with billiard cue by the barkeeper Of
Il blind pig, and seven stitches We're
necessary to fix up the aching void in
Smiths head.
A farmers horse driven down the
hill west of the ice house at James
town. ran away end threw the driver
from the sulky into u wire fence. The
horse smashed the rig and thrust a
piece of one thill into his breast. In
that condition he disappeared over the
hill, lOmeWaIJi bound.
Richard s. Haines. charged with rob
bling the Great Northern express office
ut Kindred and whose arrest caused
the authorities a chase over half the
United States, is on trial at Fargo be-
fore Judge Templeton. who was called
in by Judge Mcconnell, now holding
court ut HillsbOro.
James Balm of st, John was arrested