The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
ORIH IA NEWS

|NO RHH DA IVA NEWS
Mrs. Coudot, widow Of one Of the
men lynched In North Dakota, viii sue
Emmons county for go. 900.
Three prisoners. held for robbery and
forgery, made their escape from the
Stark county jail the other night.
J. J. Reynolds, one Of the prominent
citizens Of Cando. died from an over.
dose Of aconite. taken for neuralgia.
States Attorney Kelly Of Nelson
blind piggers at the present term OF
court.
Station Agent Boyden Of the North.
ern Pacific at Lisbon, is one Of the Car.
yer claimants, who make claim to
ownership Of the sites Of st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
A. w. Campbell, Louis Hoffman and
Bert Woodward of Minot were con.
victed in the district court for selling
liquor and sentenced to 90 days, impris-
onment and $500 fine.
Governor Briggs has ordered the re.
moval of NJ. j. Villers from the pen;.
Tertiary, and he has been taken to
Jamestown to stand trial for the muir.
der of August Tromer.
The city council Of Jamestownis con-
sidering the possibility Of licensing
various trades. professions and occupa-
tions in that city for the purpose Of
raising revenue for the city.
At Jamestown. E. G. Terrell, . trick
rider, fell in attempting to ride on q
bicycle from the top Of the freight de.
pot down ladders. He broke his arm
twice and injured his head.
The Northern Pacific will put in a
new electric light plant in the new
roundhouse in East Grand Forks with
sufficient capacity to light all of the
company's bu. .d.ngs ON both sides of
the river.
The agedt of the Great Northern rail.
way at Leeds was ro,.ed by burglar
who forced open the window and com.
PEELED the agent at the point of revol-
yer to turn over all the cash around his
person, $50.
William Hart, living near Eldridge,
has brought suit against the Northern
Pacific for $500 damages alleged to
have been sustained in the loss of SO
tons of hay by fire set by one IF tho
company's locomotives. 3
G. B. Norton, on trial at Glendale
for the murder Of j. w. Shelton, was
acquitted. Norton lives in what Is
known as the Little Utah" settlement
in Dickey county, and the murder grew
out of an exchange of wives.
w. I. Cray & Co. of Minneapolis
have been awarded the contract for
putting in municipal electric light
plant for Grand Forks at cost Of Sl2,.
7o3. Including the building the plant
will cost little over $4,000
Bulletin No. % of the North Dakota
agricultural experimental station con.
tains much scientific information use
full to farmers, who can procure these
bulletins free Of charge on application,
addressing the institution at Fargo.
Questions to be brought up for the
supreme court to settle in the Wells
county tax case are numerous, and com.
plcated. The attorneys for the county
end tor the road have agreed upon !
number that the court will have to pass
upon.
N. Nelson. farmer residing near
Minnewaukan, shot his hired man, one
Thompson, twice with shotgun, shat.
tering one arm and inflicting dangerous
body wounds and making amputation
of the arm near the shoulder necessary.
Nelson is said to have been drunk at
the time of the shooting.
The famous petrified man, discovered
a year ago on the Minnesota line on the
farm of P. II. McPherrin, has been sold
at Grand Forks under order of court
for 81, 900 to Mr.. Graham. Since dis.
covefy the petrifaction has divided its
time about equally between exhibition
halls and the care of the sheriff.
In the federal court at Grand Forks
James Smithy was convicted ON the
charge Of cutting all the timber of q
quarter section Of land near st. John.
He fled on it, cut the timber, and then
made affidavit that he could not make
his living on the land, and was allowed
to file on another quarter. This is hi
second conviction on the same charge
DRAWN BY ST. BERNARDs.
Minnesota Family En Route 20 the KIon
dixie By Dog Team.
BUTTE, Mon, Nov. Pad. @. Blandy,
with his wife and 4-year-old boy. loaded
in wagon drawn by eight st. Bernard
dogs, arrived in Butte from Brainerd
Mimi, en- route to the Klondike. The