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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Reople Talked Ahout.


David =. Foutz, the great pitcher and
right fielder, is dead at his home in
Baltimore of asthma.
Mrs. Edward Terry, wife Of the pro-
prietor OF Terry's theater, London, is
dead.
Prof. Edward Thompson Nelson of
the chair of science in the Ohio Wes-
leyan university, one Of the most dis
tinguished educators Of Ohio, died sud-
denly Of heart disease ut Washington.
Fitzhugh Lee, JE., and Senior Lewis
Morote. the correspondent of Ell Liber-
al of Madrid. sailed from Havana for
the United States on board the Mas
cote. Senior MerOte has been recalled.
L. W. Tisdale, agent of the American
Express company at Saginaw, Mich,
since 1862, is dead. Two years ago he
was placed on the retired list with
pension for faithful service of so many
years.
Edward Ellis, president of the
Schenectady Locomotive works, Re-
publican presidential elector in 1892
and member Of the New York State
worlds fair commission, is dead at
Schenectady, N. Y.
Judge w. w. Crump, one of the most
noted criminal lawyers of Virginia,
died at his home in Richmond, aged
eighty years. He was employed, on
one side or the other, in nearly every
famous case in Virginia for half
century.
Rev. Charles Frederick Hoffman.
the veteran rector of All Angels Prot
estant Episcopal Church of New York,
and perhaps the wealthiest and most
liberal clergyman in the United States,
Is dead, aged &C years, ut Jekyl Island.
William L. Chambers of Alabama
has been chosen by the three powers
party to the Samoan agreement, as
chief Justice Of Samoa, to succeed Mr.,
lde Of Vermont. Mr.. Chambers was
one Of the land commissioners for the
United States in the. settlement oE~the
Samoan land titles. :,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
saloon Mon st.bbea.

Hayward. Wis.,, Manufacturing q
fight In Gus Riders saloon Rider was
seriously stabbed. A knife entered his
side just above the heart and pene.
frated several inches. 1t 10 thought he
will recover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

School Trustees Were Ignorant.
Butte, Mont, March 1O.-I,he grand
jury unearther steal Of nearly $751;
600 In connection with the building Of
high school now in progress in this
city. but excuses the school trustees on
the score Of ignorance and accuses the
contractors and architects with being
responsible for the steal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Injured by ExpIo.,o,-

. Injured by EXpIOsfOn.
lie Mars, Iowa, March 10. = George
Stilson, farmer living near Struble,
was badly injured by the explosion of
musket. His right eye was torn out
by the flying breechpin, and the whole
right side of his head was powder
burned and lacerated. His recovery is
doubtful.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Clay Sent I'm

Denver, March e12.-H. NJ. Clay. city
passenger agent OF the Union Pacific,
has been promoted to be general agent
Mt Salt Lake to succeed d. F.. Burleigh.
who becomes general passenger agent
Of the Oregon Short Line.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
A Free Lance at Charle. Citv.

A Free Lance ut Charles City.
Charles City, Iowa, March 10. = A
third attempt has been made to run q
daily paper in this. city. The Daily
X-Rays was launched Saturday. Il
announces that 1t will be Independent
In politics.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Killed n = Fire,

New York, March 10.-Three aoqEs Of
z hve-story fiat building at AuburI|
Place and Canton street, Brooklyn, wa
Quilted by fire. One man was burned
TO- death and q woman and child Wer1
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

A New York man went up to Fall
River, Mass, last week and bought 49,.
100000 yards Of calico. What big.
family Of girls he must have.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Church Burned.

Church Burned.
Chippewa Falls. Wis.,, March IL. -
The Christ Episcopal church was
burned here. Loss. $4,000. with 1900
insurance. A new pipe organ was de.
stroyed. 1t will probably be rebuilt.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
From Foreign Shores.

A dispatch from Moscow says that
Moscow passenger train fell over an
embankment and that nineteen passen-
gers were killed.
A dispatch to the Cologne Gazette
from Athens says that smallpox has
broken out among the Cretan refugees
ut the Piraeus.
The governor Of the Province Of Val
paraiso, Chile, has invited the leaders
of all political parties to meet at the
palace. The object is to devise means
II insuring public peace during the elec-
tions without recourse to arms.
The largest engine ever shipped by
any concern to johannesburg, Africa,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

Canton Will Break Its Record.
Canton, s. D.. March 10. = Canton,
which has been without open saloons
for nearly eight years, is likely to ex-
perience siege with places where
liquor is sold openly by the drink I'M
der the new license law. The pro-
hibitionis.s will resist the attempt to
establish saloons.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Cher. seriea bx ,Phon..

ChesS SeFIeS by Phone.
Minor. s. d., March 12.-An inter-
esting series of chess games was
played between Minor and Forman,
the rival towns of Sargent county, by
telephone. Minor won the first and
third games. The second game was o
draw.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Failare ID Ea. claire,

E1AuF6 IT Eau C101R0.
Eau Claire, Wis.,, March lot. AL
Johnson's large dry goods store was
closed on q chattel mortgage amount
Ing to $5,S06.92, by Marshall, Field Il
Co. Of Chicago. The stock viii be re
moved to Menomonie.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

Common sense ss not in the same
class as genius, but It often gets more
solid comfort out Of life.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

Fear and hate are nearer akin NaA
6rst cousins.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

Most people who imagine that they
need more leisure really require great
er energy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

A man is about at the end of his
usefulness when 1t amuses people to
make him swear.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

People who are ashamed Of their
company, and still cling to It, are
worse than their associates.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Good advice cannot create some
thing out Of nothing.

Close cultivation is better than larger
fields in any kind Of occupation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

The world is full of people who do
not appreciate that they are dead in
all respects except physical ones.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Crimes and Crimiaaia

S1AGnS0 anu. NE1010o1A
At Hayden, Colo, Bill .Sawtelle, Bill
McEwen and John Owg. a half-breed,
Quarreled over game of cards. Owg
and Sawtelle began shooting. Owg
was killed and McEwen wounded.
Sawtelle surrendered.
Ex-State Treasurer Barley of Ne
braska was called before the county
court OF Lancaster county to plead to
the charge of embezzling state funde.
By agreement the case was continued
to April 8. Bail was fixed at $4,000,
which was furnished.
Nicholas Schorn, formerly a saloon
keeper, and his stepson, Matthew, aged
ten, were found dead in their home Mt
Detroit. Mrs. Schorn asserted that the
deaths were due to coal gas. She was
arrested on suspicion Of having caused
the deaths.
The friends and relatives of Otis
Smith, the defaulting cashier of the
Georgia Security and Banking COM
pany, who has been in jail at Atlanta,
Ca, awaiting a preliminary examina-
tion for q week past, have arranged q
settlement Of his shortage, and he will
be allowed to go free.
Judge Wofford Of the criminal court
at Kansas City, Mo-, has decided, in a
lengthy opinion, that the law fixing the
death penalty for train robbing was
constitutional. The decision was in
the case of the Blue Cut train robbers,
Kennedy, Bolen and Finn, who filed a
demurrer to the indictments. After the
trial, If the men are convicted, they
will appeal to the supreme court, as q
further test of the law.
United States District Judge w. w.
Morrow at San Francisco has decided
that Charles B. McCloy, the Bay City
(Mich0 embezzler, should be returned
to Michigan for trial. McCloy is the
young man who, after three years
passed in wandering over various por-
tions Of the globe, finally was SO goad-
ed by the pangs of conscience that he
surrendered himself to United States
Marshal Baldwin.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19
Accidental Happe.I.e,.

Accidental Happenings.
A 100000 fire burned the chair fac
tory at Aurora, Ill.
Three men were killed in the wreck
OF the Baltimore & Ohio wrecking train
at GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
James b. Kernochan, the we'll known
banker Of New York, was run over by
either a vehicle or car on Forty-second
street. He was placed in a cab and
driven to his home ON Fifth avenue.
He was unconscious and the family
physician was called in.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16

SPRING MEDICINE is a necessity
which Hoods Sarsapari11a grandly
supplies. 1t purifes and vitalizes the
blood and thus gives tone and strength
to the whole system.
The Shelton Military Band is praL-
tically new institution, although
formed from the old Cornet Band. 1t
is under the leadership of Sam Schu-
tnacher, who with Chas. Stone and G.
V. Dunbar, are managers, AMI holds
its practice meetings in the Masonic
building. The membership consists
of eleven. nearly all of whom are old
players, and make frst-c1ass music,
as their first appearance last Monday
evening, proves. The new Band in
tend tc give a series of excursions
during the summer, and with concerts
will afford a considerable entertain
ment. They deserve patronage when
ever possible, as the Band is a good
advertisement for Shelton:
Miss. Draham and Mrs Thrash have
given up the idea of opening a priva I
school and the former teacher ha.
secured a district school.
LATEST. Pattern hats and new
spring millinery at Mrs. Eatons,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16
Big Shortage i'm Stock.

M. M. Spaulding, manager OF the
Pacific Meat Company, says that the
shortage of fat cattle, sheep and hogs
in Washington is almost beyond re.
cord. Some weeks ago his firm re.
ceived a train load of fat cattle from
California, and Mr.. Spaulding says it
will be necessary to import beef cattle
and other kinds of fat stock for some
time to come yet. The scarcity of fat
sheep in the state has sent prices away
up. The last California steamer
brought fifty dressed mutton for Ia
coma. Hogs are being brought here
from middle West as the supply in
this state is very low. Not since the
days when the farmers of Washington
confined their crops to hops and wheat
has there been such a shortage of fat
stock of all kinds.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16
The Ravages Of the Flood.

WASHINGTON, April ia state
ment relative to the agricultural inter-
ment of the submerged districts of the
Mississippi valley, south of Cairo, His,
has been issued by the department OF
agriculture under the direction of the
chief of the. weather bureau showing
the extent of the flood on April 6.
The total area under water on April
6 was about 1890 square miles, OF
which 1900 square miles was in Miss
issippi, 1900 square miles in Arkansas,
1850 square miles in Missouri, 1900 in
Tennessee and $50 in Louisiana. The
region contained in 1890, so far as can
be determined in view of the some
what indefinite boundary lines of the
flood, population of 379 1855, of which
186, 4S9 or about one-half was in Miss
issippi; 1OO,235 in Arkansas and the
remainder almost equally divided be-
tween Missouri and Tennessee. Taking
the entire region the colored popula-
ton outnumbered the whites in the
proportion of to |, the colored pre-
dominating in the flooded districts of
Mississippi in the ratio of more than
5 to l and in Arkansas in that of 2
to l. In Missouri and Tennessee the
population of the flooded districts is
largely white in the former state in
proportion of 10 to 1, and in the latter
in that of 2 to 1.
The flooded districts contain, it is
claimed, about 80 800 farms of which
about 1880 are in Mississippi, nearly
10, 900 in Arkansas and like number
about equally divided between Missou-
ri and Tennessee. These farms con-
tain total area of about 100000
acres, one-half of which is in Missis-
sippi and rather over one-fourth in
Arkansas, the proportions in Missouri
and Tennessee being about the same
as in the case of the number of farms
About million and half acres OF
the area under water were last year
devoted to cotton and corn, to which
crops nearly SO per cent of the entire
acreage cultivated is devoted.
It can readily be seen that the dam.
age was wide spread, although we in
Washington can hardly appreciate the
distress it has occasioned.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16

The Rebekahs entertain the Eastern
Stars at the Odd Fellows hall this
evening, in social session.
The L. M Co. has just opened the
finest line of picnic goods, in cans and
bottles, you ever saw, Just what is
wanted for cold lunches.
This week has been a lively one
with the tugs, fiye RATS have gone to
the down Sound mills.
The county intends to have a pile
driver of it's own for the repair of
county bridges, and call for bids for
construction.
Apples. pears, plums, cherries and
small fruits-the warm days of this
week has started the blossoms out,
and the bees are everywhere in search
of sweets.
Hunter & Eaton have had two big
signs placed on the.Odd Fellows build.
ing, and w. S. Ellis is now engaged in
painting big hat on Needham's store
J. P. Feaster, penman and teache,
of 20 years experience, has arranged to
begin a class in writing, at the school
house Thursday evening. He also in.
structs in bookkeeping and business
writing, and his terms are s. for a
course of twelve lessons. This is a
first-class opportunity to improve your
hand writing at trifling expense.
A. A. Phillips, receiver of the First
National bank, has received informa.
ton from Comptroller Eckles that a
dividend of 80 per cent has been de-
clared to the creditors of the bank.
This will be cheerful newsto the above
parties. The dividend will be payable
in about thirty days.-Olympian.
A petition, which has been circulated
during the week for funds to aid in the
construction of a floating landing al
the Point, has been generally signed
by the business men. This idea has
been talked over and the people who
come to Shelton for trading purposes
or to bring produce, have been strug.
Cling through the mud at low tide, sc
long, that we should be glad to see
something substantial done towards
the float. It would be a great con.
venience to the country people who
come by water, and especially 50 to
the business men of Shelton. A peti-
ton is also being circulated asking the
town council to take an interest in the
construction and maintenance of the
float.
Elegant new Shirt Waists at Hunter
& Eaton's.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16

HAS it ever occurred to anyone Just
what proportion of the fusion party
was made up of hunger for spoilsi
The various boards of the state have
heretofore been non-partisan, made up
OF members of different political or
CARNATIONS, and generally never look
ed upon as holding political offices OF
working for political ends, The mem
bers have recently been removed, not
because inefficiency has been proved,
but rather in order to satisfy the de-
mands of workers in the reform party
who went into the movement with
the deliberate idea of being satisfied.
1t Is fine precedent to set for future
admlnlstrations.-Pos -Intelligencer
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16
Commissioners Proceedings.
CONTINUED from last week. J


Board of county commissioners Of Mason
county convened in regular session Thurs
day, April s: Present full boord. Following
is their proceedings:
On motion, report of coun ty treasurer
was approved.
Forenoon was taken up in examination of
tax lists.
At afternoon session appeared w. s. 20.
will, j. P, and presented cost bill in case
OF State VS.. Spencer. Action on same was
deferred till next meeting.
On motion of Specie, the auditor is di
rected TO give notice by publication fol
sealed bids for the construction of a pile
driver, to conform to the plans and specifi.
cations now on file in the auditors Office
Board reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. Bids are to be filed with the auditor
on or before May II, 1897, at 10 a. m.
Also appeared w V Martin, supervisor
of road district No H. and on settlement
was allowed $252.5l, the sum of $l49. So
being drawn at this time, and balance when
sufficient funds have accumulated to the
credit of said district.
Minutes of entire session were read and
approved.
No further business appearsng, board
proceeded to make following allowances:
L. w. Specie, 4 days and "a miles. .$22 40
Il. Latham, days and 20 miles 80. Is 90
D. .Duckworth, dys. and Is miles II 80
Board adjourned to meet May II, 1897,
at a. m.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16

The BEST DRESSED WOMAN NEVER SonEEzEs
her foot into Shoe that's small She
high to give her ungraceul walk She
uncomfortable Shoe for would her from looking
her best.
We keep all these points in view and this is why We
have The Best trade III town you will help you in
properly fitting your feet We will stand the responsibility
the Shoes do npt satisfactory. We would like to
your minds that We have incest line of Dress
Goods Embroideries Ribbons Ladies waists etc.,
ever been shown town. glance Stock will con-
vince you that Our Prices Lower the Lowest
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16
/ ! Gods
SarsapariIla
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
Hoods Pills pills. aid digestion. 25c.
Is the best-in fact the One True Blood Purifier.
An Early Sound Mint.

Tacoma once had mint that coined
all of the money in circulation where
the City of Destiny now stands, and it
did not require the fiat of Uncle Sam,
the silver of Idaho or the gold of Cali
fornia to make the pieces from Taco
mas mint pass current among the
Indians and the few hardy pioneers
that were blazing the path of civiliza-
ton through the forest on the shores
of Commencement Bay.
Back in the early seventies the Ta-
coma Mill Company, not being abls to
handily secure gold and silver for use
in trading with and paying off the In
dian laborers and early settlers, hit
upon the novel plan of issuing their
own currency, and to this end set their
blacksmith to work to fashion for
them, out of scraps of iron and brass,
pieces of money, or rather, tokens
which could be used as circulating
medium, says the Tacoma Ledger.
The pieces consisted of 40 and 45-cent
iron tokens and brass ST. pieces. The
Accent pieces were about an inch in
diameter, and the 45-cent pieces were
about the size of the present half-dol-
lar. The ST. pieces were oval in shape,
about an inch and quarter long, an
incn wide and a sixteenth of an inch
in thickness. These pieces were
stamped with the figures showing their
value, and readily passed current all
over the country tributary to the mill.
Nearly all of this old "mill" coin has
passed away, but few days ago Will
liam Hanson of the Tacoma Mill Com
pany presented set of these queer
coins to the Ferry Museum.
In his letter to the museum he said
"The honesty of the people and the
absence of any blacksmith shop save
that of the company made the use OF
this money possible"
Oregon has long boosted that the
"Beaver" coin, minted at Oregon City
in the early sos, was the only money
minted in the Northwest in the DAYS
OF the pioneer, but here in Tacoma,
long years after Oregon's "Beaver"
mint had become a historical incident
was a primitive mint that Supplied
the coin to furnish the pioneers and
Indians with all of the necessities for
their rough lives.
The coins which are still preserved,
are roughly made just such as any
blacksmith with ordinary tools might
make and as matter of fact during
the early years of the mill company's
existence formed practically the local
circulating medium of exchange.
When the Indians who were EMPLOYED
In the mill were paid for their labor
this coin sufficed, as all the trading
they did was with the little store run
IN connection with the mill. The
iron and brass pieces we're, of course,
passed among the Indians in trading
with each other, and as anything in
the way of supplies was purchased by
them at the mill store, the pieces were
fully as good to them as if they had
borne the stamp of the Government
Seattle Times.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16
Ca mt

This is The complaint Of -
thousands at this season. N 90 B
They have no appetite; food 6zk2 90 @
does not relish. They need the toning up of
the stomach and digestive organs, which
a course of Hoods Sarsaparilla will give
them. 1t also purlfes and .enriehes the
blood, cures that distress after eating and
internal misery only dyspeptic can
know, creates an appetite, overcomes that
tired feeling and builds. up and sustains
the whole physical system. Itso prompt
ly and efficiently relieves dyspeptic symp-
toms and cures nervous headaches, that it
seems to have almost ga magic touch"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16

A PoPULIsT paper in Kansas hit the
oulrs eye when it said too many mem
bers of the legislature of that state did
not know the difference between the
plan OF salvation and the previous ques-
ton. Very many people think any
donkey is fit to be member of the
legislature, whereas the ablest men
who can be induced to go should be
sent to make laws.-Tacoma Daily
News.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-04-16

A CASE has already been brought in
Adams county to test the constitu-
tlonallty OF the exemption clause in
the new tax law and will soon reach
the Supreme Court. If the law holds
u VIII cut down the revenue of the
state about SOC, 600, it is estimated.