The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1898-02-25

ASAOAS OSuSAO 0ES aISHOkLSk
and Logan counties this W1ntee =!
in the same season in any Of 60 i
dozen years. Y " g5s.S ~ 4.
The Jamestown chief Of poles ~
fishes an official notice to vendors NJ
cigarettes prohibiting sale to boys ~
der seventeen. .s sssss
Frank Buckley, son Of Engineer
Dan Buckley, has been arrested ct.
Fargo, and will be sent to the reform
school.
A team ut Park River took q rum
away into grove, one of the horses
sustaining injuries necessitating his
killing.
The recentscivil service order Of the
president takes all men in the Penn
bina customs district except four from
the civil service list.
An ordinance will be introduced in
the Grand Forks city council to pay
the mayor salary Of from 5000 to
$1,000 annually.
Churches Ferry has voted unani-
mously to erect new $500 school
house. The bonds will probably be-
sold to the state.
The Scottish Rite bodies at Fargo
have purchased ground for a cathedral,
and will begin work upon the buildings
i'll the near future.
A motion for a new trial in the Will
ers murder case at Jamestown will
soon be heard by Judge Fisk, and the
matter finally disposed of.
Ex-Deputy United States Marshal
McCune has gone to Mandan, with q
view to shipping Western horses to
North Dakota.
The jamestown race track will be
sown to oats next season, which will
probably suit the race horses Just as
well.
Stark county has money to burn, and
is trying to redeem some of it's out
standing bonds to stop interest, but
the holders want q premium of 5 IL
per cent.
There has been lady detective at
jamestown for some time, but Keg adj
tnits he don't know what she has been
there for or whether she found any
clues.
In the competitive drill of agricul-
tural college cadets for choosing cor
porals for the color guard, Cadets Phe-
Ian and Brand were found to be most
proficient.
A huge gray wolf was killed at Will
liston that measured five feet in length
and stood three feet high. 1t is be-
lieved to have been the largest ever
killed in the state.
Shipments Of cattle into the ranges
near Dickinson have begun and the
greater number Of the cattle purchased
by the smaller cattlemen this year will
come from Washington and Oregon.
Tie defunct bank properties former
operated by E. Ashley Mears have
been offered for sale by the receiver.
but there were no bidders and no sale.
The coal mine at Minot has been
closed. Financial trouble.
In Trail county, Nels Pladson Of
Hatton, pleaded guilty to the charge
OF selling liquor, and was given the
minimum sentence. Six indictments
for the same otfense were returned BY
the grand jury.
The Mandan Fair association has re-
ceived from the state the half of the
annual appropriation made by the
state for the fair, and is happy ut the
excellent financial condition in which
it places them.
The owners Of q building used as q
saloon at Devils Lake had to pay q
fine of $500 assessed against the oper-
ator, pay the costs and give bond i
of 81 800 to get it released from in
junction.
The owners Of building used as
saloon at Devils Lake had to pay a.
fine of $500 assessed against the oper-
ator. pay the costs and give bond Of
$1,000 to get it released from injunc-
ton.
1t is again announced that no bank
receiver appointments will be made
until Special Examiner Mcdonald
makes his report. The examiner is ex--
pected to begin work in this state at
once.
During revival meetings near Ans
elm several valuable fur coats and,
robes were stolen. Charley Stark
weather Of Anselm was suspected of
the theft and a warrant was sworn.
out for his arrest, but berore it could
lie served the suspect had left the.
county.
George Thor entered plea of guilty
of violating the prohibition law at
Grafton. He is the blind-pigger who,
was once convicted and whose place
was raided a few nights ago, during.a,
term of court, by the mayor, sheriff..
chief of police and night Waterman.
Rather than meet these witnesses, he.
threw himself on the mercy Of tho
court.
The state reform school trustees con-
cede that the law enacted at the last,
session designed to provide funds for.
erecting buildings does not authorize
the issue Of bonds. Certificates Of. in.-
debtedness may be issued bearing six.
per cent guaranteed by the land grant
Of 10000 acres, but there is. no provi--
sion for the state guaranteeing, the In
terest thereon.
How She Cleaned a1,em.
The Rannisters succeeded i'm, finding.
a new Kitchen girl a few days ago, AMI
Mrs. Bannister, after her first morn
ing's experience, came to the Joyful
conclusion that she had secured q