The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-18
The Pioneer Express.
FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. is, 1898.

FRIDAY MORNING, FEB. 10, 1898.
Local.
CHAs. Atkinson's big auction sale, Sat
urday, Feb. 10th, at O'Clock.
Are you going to the lecture tonight?
Grand Forks and Fargo papers say it is
fine.
REGULAR services at the M. E. Church
on Sunday evening, Rev. ]. G. Moore,
pastor.
THE w. c. T. U. will meet at the resi-
dence of Mrs. E. NJ. Kneeshaw this after
noon at three o'clock
CHAs. O'HARA is preparing to sell his
stock of farm machinery, horses and
cattle at auction sale. Particulars next
week.
SPECIAL communication of Pembina
Lodge No. 9, A. F. & A. NJ, Tuesday,
Feb. 22nd, at p. nj. Work in 3rd de-
gree. By order of the w. M.
QUITE fall of snow on Wednesday,
enough to make good sleighing iii
would only lie flat. But Thursdays
north wind put it in heaps
THE relatives of the late George S.
Russell desire us to express their thanks
and appreciation for the sympathy and
kindness shown them during the illness
and funeral services of the deceased.
A FIRE at Morden, Manitoba, on Tues
day, burned out D. Kilgour's general
store, McConne's barber shop, Dufferin
Hall, ]. H. Smith stationery w. Halls
fruit store. L. McKenzie's shoe store and
the postofice.
GORDON KNEESHAW sent his little
Bantams to the ST. Paul poultry show
and they came back Growing over the
first and second prizes for their class.
ounces and are little beauties.
ALL kinds of township blanks are for
sale at the PIoNEEs EXPRESS office.
This is the time of year when blanks of
all kinds are required. If you want any
election tickets, send in your order and
it will be filled by return mail.
REPORTS come from Anaconda, Mon
tana that the case against James Allie
was dismissed for want of evidence.
Mr.. Allie will be remembered as being
arrested by Deputy Sheriff Brown last
fall upon telegram from Anaconda au-
thorities and taken to Montana.
IT won't be long that you can buy land
so cheap and on so easy terms as in the
list advertised in this issue by l. J. Fos-
ter. Red river valley land is getting
scarce on the market every day. There
is only one Red river valley and that isn't
very large, and it is pretty we'll settled
already.
DR.. LOCKWOOD left for the south yes
terday and will remain absent till next
Wednesday. He would likely wish to
remain absent much longer time owing
to the great importance of the occasion,
but his practice will not allow of his be-
ing absent very long at the time. Full
report Of the object of his trip next week.
-Hallock News.
George Lawrence, the rustling farmer
of toilette was in town on Saturday and
bought several gold watches and other
articles at the customs sale. He also
bought several sacks of Grafton flour,
from H. c. Feldman, and writes a note
to him that it is the best flour they have
had for long time. He hasn't written
anything about the gold watches, how
ever-not yet.
THE Chronicle announced in its last
issue meeting for Friday night last to
take steps for the removal of the county
seat to that point. We haven't given the
subject much thought, but really we be-
lieve the movement is immature. How.
ever, with Bathgate, St. Thomas, posi-
bly, Hamilton and surely Pembina against
such M ,e, it would require more
votes than Cavalier could gets the
way it looks. And Walhalla might take
hand in the contest-for herself-Moun-
taineer.