The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-14

DR.. Fenton of Willow City slipped
and fell on the sidewalk and broke his
arm in two places between the elbow
aM shoulder.
Agnes Baldwin. recently released
from the peni,entiary. is living IL quiet
lie in the western part of the state,
near Dickinson.
Et PieTcc's state bank at EndeTlin
makes Il good accounting in it's pub
nsAed statement. Deposits aggregate
ABOUT So iOO-well inyested-witl DO
oyerdr"fts.
Attorney Havrevold is going to sue
berSon county for big damages to his
character and reputation. for being ar
rested for clnbezzlement and contine-
ment in the county Jail.
!. +. Thayer has been appointed
postmaster ut Aneta: Il. A. Spaulding
NJ fairmount; Myron II. Puffcr at
Guelph; John e. Mcnamara at Portal;
James Smith at st. John.
Park River has subscribed 81 900 for
the proposed Iceiandic colleges, but
the directors ask for $4,000, and the
institution is likely to be located at
Winnipeg.
Hon. A. d. Walton. a pioneer mer-
chant OF Sheldon, died at Lrcca of APP
opleXy. He leaves wife and daugh-
ter Intcrment will be at Albany. n.
u.
Hon. Tom Elliott of Lisbon will go
to Alaska in the spring and operate Il
pacE-t1A'n. in partnership with w. II.
Babb. They Will take 100 horses with
| them
Robert Bergh of Grand Forks has
been notified to present himself for
the consular examination. and will
probably be appointed as consul to
.sothenberg.
At Belgrade the wind blew Il barrel
of oil from the platform of the depot
upon the track. IL freight train ran
into it and set il OIL fire. and the depot
was totally destroyed.
| Pemtina county has about $4,000
tied up in the First National Bank
failure at Iembina. but as it was Sc
cured by bonds, there will be no, loss.
and but little delay in getting the
cash.
The Bank Of Gilby. with a .Said-up
capital of $4,000, shows undivided
profits and surplus of about $1,000
and cash on hand about equal to capt.
tai. Cashier Forbes seems to be enti-
tied to credit for good showing
The election of new president of
the First National Bank of Fargo is
anticipated. the illness of Mr.. Erskine
neccsSitating his absence from bust
ness. He will spend the winter at
Hot Springs.
Charges have beer preferred against
10. +. Rice. i'll his connection with the
First Baptist church at Bismarck, Mt
the session of the North Dakota Bap-
list State Board. !ield ut Fargo. Dec.
80. 1897, Of which lie has been notified.
| The executive committee of the en-
forcement league reports 125 cOnvic-
lions secured in the state last summer,
and the enforced absence of % more
A large meeting of the league was
planned for Grand Forks about the
last of January.
| Mrs. Hans Thnglastad of North
wood has been taken to the Grand
| Forks hospital, her mind being affect
ed. The case is a sad one. the woman
being the mother OF several children
She has a sister at the Jamestown asy-
hum.
w. B. Galbraith brings suit in the
district court at jamestown to recover
possession of his child whom he 4
| year or two ago. placed in the care Of
his deceased wife's brother and sister
ut Valley City, these relatives now de-
string to retain possession.
Mr.. Howard James, we'll known in
Fargo and Moorhead, formerly divis-
ion superintendent Of the Great North
crn. was married last week at Sagi-
nav, Mich, to Miss Sophie nj. Ayers.
daughter of Col. E. Il. Ayers of that
city. Mr.. and Mrs. James will reside
in Buffalo, N. Y.
Judge Fiske sentenced several DrIs-
0ners at Grand Forks to terms i'm the
penitentiary. The prisoners We're: Ed
Hobart, Robert ]. Gray. Thomas j..
Mcdonald and George Sloat. The first
three received sentences of eighteen
months each. and the last three got
one year each.
Alex Esler. an old-timer in the state.
has gone back to farming in S..utsman
county. He caire to Fort Abercrom-
bic twenty-SiX years ago. and has seen
the entire state develop practically
from buffalo pasture He thinks
there are better times ahead for the
farmers.
Russian settlers in Dickey county
have imported from Northern Russia
a pecies of grain, resembling both rye
and barley, said to be proof against
frost and dry weather and to yield
: from thirty to sixty bushels per acre,
apparently yielding better in a dry
season than otherwise. 1t is highly
valued as feed for stock.
Postmasters have been appointed in
the following towns in the state:
. Evanston, Towner COT ty, G. w. III.
Davis; Horace, Cnss county, Christian
o. Brink; King. Logan county, Colt
fried Leischner; Marvel. Grand Forks
county, P. L. Hamre; Towanda. Sar-
gent county, Jerome r. Baker.
Asa Casselman of Bismarck, father
of John Casselmln, w. s. Casselman,
Mrs. d. r. Streeter ard Mrs. Il. II.
Thistlewaite, dropped dead of heart
disease while doing n little work. He
was seventy-two years of age, and has
been living in Bismarck or Emmons
county, sincn 1894 Tho f,1no,.ol +ooI.