The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-23

ON Monday aftem andlocd Mur
rel's baby Tot hold Of SOME matches Az
dropped . lighted one on % upholsteres
stool or ottoman, and ia few minutes
the blaze had gotten I pretty good start
Prompt work got the fire out withou
much damage and the services ofthe fir'
engine were not required though ALARM
was rung and the engine was ready in /
very brief space. The loss in charre,
furniture, carpets, etc. was about $50.
w. D. HINES the former president Q
the farmers railroad, has gone insane
His mania is Of a religions nature and h
inlagines the millennium is close at hand
and he is prophet sent to warnthe pee
pie. He was at Drayton on Wednesda,
evening. and physical force was necess
airy to keep him from going to the re
vival meetings now being held there
He was taken to the lookup and watch
ers were kept with him to prevent doin,
injury. He will doubtless be taken t.
Jamestown. Geo.A.McCrea Of Drayto,
was in the city yesterday, to state tn
case to the board Of insanity. A iarr
number Of people in this and Cavalie
counties, will regret to learn Of this troub
lie of Mr.. Hines, for no matter what TIL
opinion as to the feasibility Of his plans
every one had the utmost respect for hi
sincerity of purpose and honesty Of hi
convictions.
AN impression has gone abroad tina
draw business. Il should he correcte,
as soon Is possible. and we would thanl
the daily papers ifthey would help u
by saying we are overstocked. I. D
Peters has a dray on the WAY. E En-
ton announced two weeks AFRO that
was his intention to start one-and b,
hasn't changed his mind: w. A. Elem
ing has considerable work promised nm,
viii begin as soon u the road rets here
S. d. Gleason brought his over from
Langdon and ha. been here for : veek
Ed. Simpson Of Cavalier v;ll ~ IN IN
an outfit on Monday next and ~. con
tracted for enough WORK 70 been hin
busy: SATURDAY. night ! Mr. Jarvis d,ov
in from Grand Forks with : I'm. ,,,t6t-
both rio and team. VIM Harvey .,e, a.
nounces his intention Of starring an. =
two teams at this work. We havn,
counted them all hut W,,h.,l. h.. :,
need for any more draws Monrt.;r 81, :.
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Weather and Crops.
dav nassed withou+ sho,v.rs. r,o.t ,
them Of the electrical variety and t,,o
destructive hail storms On Tn.sd.
and Wednesday followed b.avv fat,
eight hours steady down nour A. -;
writing Thursday il looks Ike cIe.r;n
up. Al least s;r inches ofr,;r 10. g,
len since Monday n;oht clo,,a,,. -,
bitches are full of water and Al, ~, -
drained grounds are aooded ;,cl,,d;n,
much land in crop.
The general opinion seems 10 he n.
while there Is much more moisture tha
IS needed. vet If the weather rem.;n
cool until the surface water runs of :
evaporates. no material DAMAGE will =
sue to the crops. From renorts =,
think that in spite of the oreat d.m.r
by hail and other drawbacks vet nc
whole, the county viii have an averap
yield, as in some paris the outlook !. s :
cellent. and in but few nlaces verv 40,
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a Pioneer.
Mr.. r. c. Burdick Of st. Paul is Wis
ting with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Cavileel
Mr.. Burdick came to st. Paul in 1856
AT that time there was only one railroa
west from Chicago. He had to stage
most of the distance to the Mississippi