The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-07-31
in NORTH DAKOT "A
Interesting News Items From All
Parts Of the State.

Douglas' store, at Hoople; wns bur-
glarized last week.
j. II. Harshman hos been appointed
postmaster ut Eckelson.
Jamestown's new depot wifi be fin
ished next week.
Ephraim Seaman of Dickinson gets
his original pension.
Chambers has been getting in its
work with horses around Drayton.
Army worms are doing great dam
age around Drayton.
Reports Us to the condition Of the
fax crop rs fiattering.
The North Dakota weekly crop buIIe-
tin says:
Joe Thompson, at Hatton, has Sc
cured patent on an improved spark
arrester for threshing engines.
A. A. Brown of Oakes offers 5000 re-
ward for the arrest of the person who
murdered his brother last week.
Mrs. Magnus Swanson of New
Rockford fell down cellar and sls-
tanned broken leg.
A change of venue in the Irons and
Gage libel suit has been taken to Eddy
county.
John Alvin of Towner is under ar
rest charged with bigamy. The COM
planning witness resides at Grafton.
The school board at Grand Forks has
decided to adopt the straight up-and-
down system Of penmanshiD in the
public schools.
-Four horses belor ging to John Ram
beck of Reynolds were killed by light
ming.
George Hay. Burleigh county pf-
oneer, dropped dead from heart dis
ease while raking hay.
The legislative convention for the
Seventh district is called to meet at
Hunter, Friday, July 81, to nominate
a senator and three members.
The two men thought to have muir.
dered ]. A. Brown of Cakes, have
been captured near Portal, on the Can
adam lire.
An enterprising hired man near Mil
nor raised a 81 check to $40, cashed it,
burglarized the Minor postoffice of Sc
and departed for dists MT points.
Freeman Anderson # Grafton. under
bonds for violation of the liquor law,
Is under arrest again for a similar
0fenSe.
The Gull River Lumber company re-
ceives the contract for furnishing the
jamestown asylum with coal mt $2.75
per ton.
John Rowhedder. living near Crary,
buried his dead wife himself, without
the formality of n funeral or troubling
neighbOrS tor assistance:
Thorwald Brogan cut anu slashed
John Stordahl at Nortliwood with a
pocket knife, and was bound over un-
der 81 .OU0 bonds.
Conductor Carrathan has ut last in
stituted his suit against the city of
Devils Lake because of the drowning
of his little daughter lust fail.
The Northern Pacific railroad work
at Blom is being pushed to the utmost
and hereafter will be carried on night
and day.
Lyman G. Dunning was arrested at
Larimore on the charge of attempting
to burglarize the house of George G.
Tobey near Niagara.
At Grand Forks one of the men
working in the mill got his hand
caught between the rollers, and nearly
all the flesh on the bones was re-
moved.
G. French of Grafton. WHO is seven
ty-nine years old and las been totally
blind for some years, was operated on
for cataract at Grand Forks, recently,
and 1t is thought he will recover the
use of his eyes.
Application has been made for the
pardon of Alice Baldwin, a half-breed
who killed a railroad man at Devils
Lake several years ago. She cut him
to pieces and then buried the pieces.
She was sentenced for manslaughter
in a minor degree.
A gas explosion in the bicycle repair
shop of NJ. 4. Caswell ut Grand Forks
badly burned Mr.. Caswell and his as
sistant, Mr.. Berg. The latter was
badly burned about the eyes and it
will be hard matter to save his sight.
A broken flange on the wheel of n
Great Northern freight car was the
cause of the wreck two miles east of
YOr When the wheel broke ten cars
were thrown into the ditch and badly
wrecked. Six of the cars were loaded
with copper, three with cattle and one
with sheep. Most of the live stock was
killed or crippled. Fortunately none
Of the train crew were injured beyond
few slight bruises.
The body Of w. N. Wilson. the man
who wandered away from st. Luke's
hospital at Grand Rapids during cir
Gus parade. was found floating in Red
Lake river. 1t is supposed that he
either fell in or committed suicide. He
was suffering from dropsy and had
been in the hospital n month. There
were no Indications of violence. The
body had been in the water at least
two days.
David Powers of Fargo has been mr.
rested charged with assault with in
tent to kill. He and his wife separated
some time ago and there has been
more or less trouble since. He slipped
up to his wife's home and white she
was lying in bed assaulted her with q
razor. She grnsped the weapon and in
the struggle which followed was badly
cut on the hands and arms. Powers