The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-22

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trees this spring?
FREE ice cream this afternoon, at
Corbeil's. Everybody call.
F. c. Myrick is preparing to build
quite an addition to his present home.
c. D. Kerns, girl baby, Wednesday
morning, was happy combination. saws
DR.. Harris.
A MEETING Of the G.. A. r. will be
held on Monday evening at the city
council room.
I'll. Price is the first to get up fine
pole and show the national colors under
the present excitement Flags will fly
all over the country for the next while.
The subject of a fire alarm bell is be-
ing agisated. The two alarms of last
week on the church bells were anything
but alarming.
The man Sannes Of Cavalier, held to
the district court for bigamy, was given
by his bondsmen into the charge of Sher-
if Truemner, who brought him to the
county Jail on Thursday.
A carload Of No. l. hard wheat on the
track at Pembina could have been sold
yesterday for SO or 81 cents per bushel.
Mr.. Barnath of St. Vincent sold car
load for SO cents Wednesday morning.
w. c. Short has received the necessary
paraphernalia, and hereafter will send
weather reports to the Weather Bureau
at Washington, D. c. He has his ''of-
fice' on the roof OF the bank, and will be
under the necessity of getting up at $50
each morning. to see how the thermom-
eter stands. and telegraph the same
forthwith thereafter. He does not lin
this Department. guarantee that it will
always be Satisfactory" to everybody.
Ben Daniels and John German were
each sentenced on Saturday by Judge
Sauter, to 80 days and 800 fine, or 30
days additional if fine is not paid. AS
sistant States Attorney Hager arrived on
Friday. At two o'clock Saturday morn
ing, Deputy Sheriff Laney arrived in
town, and half hour after, both men
were under arrest. Saturday morning
the prisoners were taken before Justice
Aylen, where they plead guilty to selling
liquor, and at one o'clock they appeared
before Judge Sauter who was holding
court, plead guilty again, and received
their sentence. A little less than twelve
hours. Our new states attorney is evil
IDENTIFY hustler.
On Monday work train with so Ital-
ians arrived here. They will proceed to
widen the railroad grade to l6 feet, and
then level the track with gravel from the
boundary line to Grand Forks. Ami
Olson formerly section foreman here will
have charge of the work, and Mr.. w.
Doyle OF Drayton will take his place as
foreman of this section. Mr.. Olson has
spent five seasons at this work, and will
doubtless make a good job. The n. P.
evidently expect to do business on this
line in the future, and just now are run
ming large freight trains pretty often.
We hear considerable work is contem-
plated over in Manitoba in extending
ing its branches there.
SUPT. JACKSON is the latest to sue
cumb to the bicycle craze. He says he
gets on very we'll when he gets on, but
that sometimes when he gets on he don't
get on but gets off: that is he gets off
from the bicycle and don't get off on the
bicycle, in fact he is somewhat in doubt
whether he is of or from. tits very annoy
ing when people are looking. Archie Nc
Donald was trying it the other day, and
got along very we'll except that OCCASION
ally he would try to show off and ride
on the brake-beams of the thing, and
nobody can do that trick to perfection
except a tramp. Archie ran over
himself several times iii his endeavors,
but fortunately the bicycle escaped in
jury.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Askew,
on the 18th inst, a daughter. Johnson
& Donovan made a deal the present
week whereby they have disposed Of
their lumber business at this point to
Messrs Mahon & Robinson. VIM. and
Frank Lang, Edward Cunningham and
John Stewart, Of Leroy, took the train at
this point last Tuesday for the Kootenai
country where they will engage in min
!! ing. -. The customs officials at this place
are inclined to the belief that the millen-
ium is at hand, inasmuch as they are in
receipt of communication from a resi-