The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-11

&c Lutheran church next Sunday after
noon, after which meeting will be held
to elect delegate to the Synod, that
convenes at Minneota, Lyon county,
Mimi, besides other minor business.
The A. o. U. w. Of Manitoba are
planning to hold their annual picnic on
July LIST. Arrangements are about COM
pleted according to reports. The fare
will be e for the round trip, and the ex-
cursion will be via the Northern Pacific.
THERE have been various reasons ad-
vanced for the hlossoming out of daily
papers in Pembina county, but it looks
now as if it was to enable the Hamilton
and Bathgate papers to whack the P1oN-
EER EXPRESS six times. to its coming
back once.-Grand Forks Herald.
Col. HOLT has been giving temper
ance lectures in Kittson Hall this week.
Mr.. Holt gives pleasant address and is,
entertaing. His meetings are success
full and he expects to remain for some
time yet; every evening there are new
homes added to the temperance roll.
MISS Sarah Kochendorfer, was taken
to the asylum at jamestown last week,
by deputy sheriff Brown, accompanied
by Mrs. Kochendorfer. We are glad to
say that that the asylum physicians gave
strong encouragement that the young
lady would recover.
THE game of baseball between the
married and single men was played Fri
day afternoon on the ball grounds near
the round house. The score stood As to
50 in favor ofthe singles. In justice to
the young men, we state that there we're
several of the crack players barred on
account of being professionals"
We are in receipt of an invitation to
attend the third annual commencement
exercises of the State Normal School at
Mayville, on Monday next. The May
vile Normal has good record and the
seven members Of the graduating class of
'97 are undoubtedly up to the standard.
AcENERAL drizzeling rain passed over
the lower valley Tuesday night, that did
considerable good to the crops, and
everything looks refreshed. We want
considerable more before we shall have
enough; however nothing is suffering in
the eastern half of the county. Yester-
day afternoon another shower refreshed
things generally.
]. G. SoNDERMAN leaves on the eth
inst. for St. Paul where he will join the
remainder of the survivors of the famous
First Minnesota en- route for GETTYSBURG,
Penn, to visit the battle field where they
gained their fame. New York and
Washington will be visited before they
return. The legislature of Minnesota
made an appropriation last winter suffi-
cient to cover their expences.
CHIEF Surveyor A. M. Scott, also
right of way man, of the Great Northern,
was in the city last Friday: He had just
finished surveying and securing the right
of way for an extension of the Cavalier
branch to Walhalla. Grading will be
commenced one week from Monday and
a train will be running on the extension
in ninety days.-Grafton Record.
The Nashville Students" gave one of
their inimitable concerts at the court
house Monday evening. under the auspi-
ces of the local lodge K. OFF,, before a
large and delighted audience. The voic-
es of all the company were remarkably
good. There's no imitation or burlesque
about the Nashville Students; their con-
cert is genuine and is given with all the
realism to be found among the darkies in
their Sunny Southern home.-Langdon
Courier.
PEMBlNA is having revival in build
ing this spring. Besides numerous local
repairing going on, there are several new
buildings going up. VIM. Fowler has
added large two story addition to his
residence. Walter Kemp will tear down
his residence and build a two story double
dwelling on the old site. A four hun
dred dollar addition is beingadded to
the Methodist parsonage. LID. Ward
we'll has more than doubled the capacity
of his residence, occupied BY Donald
Thomson, on second street. Frank
Hor is clearing away tho underbrush on
his five lots opposite J. II. Andeson's
place. and will erect . two story double
residence, IS by 3, and IL by 18 feet. on
a three foot brick foundation.
For Gale.
Wanted to sell for11o., good second
hand sIusnn11 ne- oen~>,o