The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-24

Thomson went over to Humbol6t last
Sunday, the former to fill the preaching
appointment ofRev. Mr.. Johnston 81 this
city who was absent. The services were
held in school house about ! mile and
halffrom the station. After the preaching
service. Sunday schoolswas held and
later about six o'clock the school house
burned to the ground. We might add,
that Messrs Full and Thomson LEFT the
school house Immediately after the prea-
ching service and it was two hours after
wards before the school house was dis
covered to be on fire and the origin OF
the fire is a mystery.
MIKE WAGNER's dog bit Register of
Deeds Chisholm's calf on Wednesday.
Mr.. Chisholm is very much attached to
that calf In fact that calf and MI. CHS
holm are to a certain extentidentical and
coincident. Mr.. Chisholm tooka dollar,
and revolver. He presented the dol
lar to Mike and the: revolver to the can
Inc, and the dog is now Exhibit B" in
Mr.. Chisholm's celebrated case Of acct
dents. Mr.. Chisholm took out an acci-
dent policy with Agent Aylen the day
before he cut off his little finger, chronic
cled last week. and the moral as to acci-
dent insurance is obvious. That is-ac-
cording to how you look at it. 4
A HEAD-END collision between two BIZ
cycles took place Wednesday evening,
on the Pembina river bridge. Mail Agent
Roberts and Geo. Leibinger were com
ing from the south at good pace when
they met rider, dressed in sweater
and other scorcher paraphernalia, going
the opposite direction crash, and Mr..
Roberts and the stranger were off their
wheels. Mr.. Roberts picked up his BIZ
cycle, that was doubled up like a. steed
facing northwest blizzard, when the
stranger turned around and asked, .What
wheel do you ride% to which Mr.. Rob
erts answered, cts Crimson Rim. !"
The stranger said, "I'm riding a Cres-
cent and it's dandy" when he mounted
and rode off as if nothing had happened.
Mr.. Roberts says he did not care so
much about the damage to the wheel as
the independence of the stranger.
Personals.
Ed. Damerall has accepted position
with the Northern Pacific railroad at the
station here. Ed. is popular and will
make good railroad man. !. Pat Quig-
ley and his son John were in the citv
Monday on business. Mr.. Quigley has
finished threshing the greater portion of
his three-quarter section of land which
yielded him 20 bushels per acre, and
which he sold in Glasston at the highest
price, SO cents. His son John has 100
acres that averaged IA bushels per acre.
Mr. Quigley Jr. expects to spend the win.
ter in Boston studying music. ..E. o.
Dilling, travelling freight agent of the N.
p, was in the city Friday looking after
business for the company. Mr.. billing
occupies his new position with dignity.
5000. .-Chas. Rosseau of Roseau lake
wasin the city Saturday, calling on
friends and doing business at the court
house. He reports the crops on the
mountains as light and not as good SAM
pie as we have in the valley. :. Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Peterson of Cavalier were in
the city Saturday, and made the PIONEER
EXPRESS a pleasant call. -. Rev. R.
Johnston conducted services at Gilby last
Sunday. Miss Lucy conmy left last
week for the St. Benardine school at
Grand Forks. Mrs. Winchester came
up from Minneapolis Monday to remain
for some time, to look after her farm in
terests in the neighborhood. Mrs. Win
chester expects to spend couple Of
months with Mrs. Lawton at Fort Leayen.
worth, Kansas, after which she goes to
California to spend the balance Of the
winter with relatives. Mrs. Winchester
looks well. 5000. Sam Fry returned Sum
day from visit to the 6. A. r. encamp.
ment and his old home near Boston.
Sam looks better than he has for MANY
years, and says he feels as he looks. and
lays it all to the quantity Of apple cider
he drank, from the fruit orchards BE used
to steal apples from when youti, forty.
years ago. H. Anderson has been
at Grand Forks this week. His SON
Frank leaves next week 70 attend the
Grand Forks university. 3. Mn. Flor
ence Baldwin visited her folks 81 Bath
gate Sunday. She reports her father.
Mr.. Brennan, better and out again. !. !. !.
Attorney Stack was ov from Bathrate
Friday. 40. G. Vaffinson., collector
for the Plano Harvester Co..; VI, Ia the
city Tuesday in the interest Of Ill COM
pany. Manager Jerrue Of the Warren
Manu. Co. was in the city on Wednesday,.
He has arranged with c. Theodorf 81 81.
Vincent to exchange the celebrated War.
rem flour for elevator tickets; % busi-