The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-16
The Pioneer Express.
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 1e, 1897.
Local.

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Local.
MOTHERS meeting at Mrs. F. C. NV
rick's at four o'clock this afternoon.
LoTs Of rain on Saturday and scatter
ing showers all along. Weather warn
but not hot. Splendid growing yeathe
on the whole
MARSHAL MooRHEAD has cleared GU
the underbrush on the street near the III
E. church and the view is much improv
ed thereby.
REV. Mr.. Craig of Bowesmont will oc.
cupy the NJ. E. Church pulpit on Sun.
day evening in the absence of Rev. Mr..
Moore at Selkirk.
ALMOST every exchange in this state
and in Minnesota notices the death Of
VIM. H. Moorhead and some of them
give very kindly mention.
REV. Mr.. SCOTT, late of London, Eng
land, will preach in the Presbyterian
church on Sunday evening at 1880 P. NJ.
Everybody cordially invited.
THE lightning last Thursday struck the
house of Mr.. Ben Wilson at Nowesta and
passed down the stove pipe. All the
family were badly shocked but no dam
age was done.
GREEN Bros store at Hamilton was
burglarized last week. The loss was not
very large but these numerous store rob-
berries are going to get somebody into
lots of trouble pretty soon.
THE insane woman, Mrs. Jones, was
taken to jamestown on Saturday under
the charge of Sheriff Truemner and Miss
Maud Moffat. Miss Moffat returned to
her home at Carlisle for a couple of
months.
1T is reported that some shooting has
been going on at the Geroux Slough,
and Game Warden Cavalier is on the
lookout for the guilty parties. If it is
found out they shoot ducks it is liable to
go hard with them.
In the first row-off heat with the Ut
reehts, the Winnipeg four were winners,
at Hensley on the Thames, England,
on Wednesday. They rowed well and
have fair chance to win in the finals.
Rah for Winnipeg!
The county commissioners have con-
tinued in session this week as board OF
equalization AS their work is not COM
pleted, they cannot give out their con-
cluslons and the proceedings will not APP
pear until next week.
NoRMAND was brought into court on
Tuesday for a second trial for murder.
But the application of his attorney, Mr..
Bangs, for a continuance was granted
until next week. Normand is described
as fast becoming physical wreck.
$40
A TRAIN load of stock went over the
N. P. for the Twin Cities on Tuesday.
Derby & Johnson Of Bathgate put in
couple of car loads at this point. .Chas.
Atkinson has herd of $50, but as he
has fine pasturage privileges prefers to
feed them awhile.
The family of the lateW H. Moorhead
desire us to express their heartfelt thanks
for the many kind expressions of sympa-
thy and respect and for the many acts Of
assistance from friends during the illness
and funeral of the husband and father.
AT the drawing at Chas. Full's Cheap
Cash Store Wednesday the prizes
awarded with the package coffee were
won as follows: No. 81, mandolin; AZ,
guitar; 90, either; which were held by
Geo. Proctor, Thos. w. Brown and G.
g. Thompson respectively.
FRANK HoRR's new house has two
prominent peculiarities. tits bricked up
so that the floor is about four feet from
the ground and the trees stand so thick
about it that you can hardly see it from
the road. Looks as though Frank want
ed,to be high-up and exclusive.
The store Of Moses & Wylie at Dray-
ton was burglarized on Monday, and a
large amount of valuable merchandise
taken. The robbery is somewhat simil-
ar to that which occurred at Bowesmont
a short time since and people begin to
wonder if we have an organized gang
among us.
A BLooD-curdling tale of murder and
lynching was spread last week in which
it was stated that boss Of one of the
railroad grading crews. near Cavalier,
had killed man with spade, and the
next morning the men took him to al tree