The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-17

Services as usual in the Presbyterian
church next Sunday at $3.50. Children's
Day exercises in the evening at 7:30. All
are invited.
Rev. Mr.. Crux of Emerson will con-
duct services in the M. E. church next
Sabbath evening at the usual hour. All
are cordially invited.
The band boys have their new clothes,
and the Queen of Sheba was never so
gay as they were last night when logged
out in their scarlet and blue.
Mr.. Letter and the wheat market took
a simultaneous tumble on Monday, and
both went busted, and now wheat is just
as much too low as it was too high.
During the high price ofwheat George
Barron sold carload that netted him
more than any load of wheat shipped
from Pembina The net receipts were
81 LOSSES.
The tenth annual convention of the
Pembina County Sunday School Associa-
ton will be held in the Presbyterian
church, St. Thomas, on Wednesday and
Thursday, June 90 and %.
There will be bicycle run this even
ing from Pembina to Scott's grove be-
low Emerson. The party will start at
1880 sharp. Everybody that can make
the raise of wheel is invited.
The fishing industry on the Red river
is followed very extensively these days.
Thousands Of pounds of fish are being
caught every week. The principal fish
caught are sheephead, cat fish and gold
eyes.
4. Will be strong
institution.
Devils Lake piggers assaulted two
prohibition men, dragging them out of
their beds on Monday. The injuries
though severe were not serious. Thus
the law-breakers make themselves more
odious and the result is sure to recoil on
themselves in a changed public sent-
ment.
In copying the article on '.Jud" from
the Grand Forks Herald this paper does
not altogether agree with its assumptions
and statements, but it is so much fairer
and contains so much better estimate of
him and his political position than usual
ly comes from his opponents, that we
give it place as an outsiders point of
view.
A picnic will be held at the residence
Of Chas. Glow, Humboldt, next Tuesday
afternoon. A race track has been pre-
pared for trotting and running and bicy-
Gle races. Two games of baseball will
be played between four different clubs
The picnic is free to all and general in
vitation is extended to all. Mr.. Glow
lives half mile from the Humboldt sta
ton.
A large number of people from here
and the surrounding towns congregated
at the home of Richard Demarse, Car
lise, Wednesday evening, to celebrate
the completion Of his large barn. About
fifty couples danced till early morning,
the Quigley orchestra furnishing music.
At 300 o'clock everybody enjoyed a
nice lunch. Everybody went away vot-
ing Richards enterprise grand success.
There was man, he had pig, the
pig was little but never got big, etc." but
it wasn't the pig we were going to tell
about. There was another man who
wanted to see that pig. He went to the
door, gave the three raps but there was
no response. Repeated raps lad no ef-
feet, the door stayed shut. Suddenly
the man outside remembered that the
man inside had a.favorite dog as we'll as
sa.pig. Bending, low, the outside man
scratched at the door in imitation of the
dog. Then the door opened-and-well
4 bs door was shut as soon as he went in
ord We are not sure whether this IS a
dog tale Or pig tale.