The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-01-06

George Monseau and Fred NORM Of
Walhalla, who were visiting at Winnipeg
last week, were the victims of an assault
by five men, with the probable motive Of
robbery. Both men we're laid out with a
heavy club but managed to put up suffi-
Gent defense to get away from the rob-
bers. Neither are permanently injured.
The PIONEER EXPRESS office and F.
is. Cheney "uallo" to their neighbors
this week, and Messrs. Olson and Shoe
maker are putting in two more. This
makes twenty-seven telephones on the
circuit. One short, two long and one
short calls, up the newspaper men. New
cards of calls will be printed and dis
tributed this week.
| The toilette school closed last Friday
with an entertainment and Christmas
tree in the evening. The gathering was
a pleasant one and the school house was
filled with parents and children. Many
nice presents were received. The teach
er, Miss Grace Parker, was presented
with handsome gold watch as a token
of esteem.
Judge Sauter held short session at
the court room on on Tuesday. There
were present Attorneys Brynolfson,
Burke, Muir, Stack and Hager from out
Of the city and Attorney Spencer of
Walsh county. The calendar was called
over, and the attorneys generally agreed
that no jury term be held until June.
Some court cases were set for the 18th,
next week.
The bridge builders are busy tearing
down or up the Pembina river bridge
and parties wishing to cross have to go
down the ferry landing and cross on the
ice via the Red river. The new structure
will be entirely of iron except the floor
ing. and a new foundation will be put in
at the Pembina end. The old bridge
was of wood and iron and the wood was
rotting so that the structure was danger
Gus.
George A. McCrea who for seventeen
years has conducted what is now the
oldest hardware store in North Dakota
under one management, has sold out to
Thomas E. Morgan newcomer to this
county. MIR, McCrea, as previously an
nounced, has taken the position of CASH
ier in the First Bank of Drayton. He
has been very successful business man
and is deservedly popular in his own
locality.
Last Thursday, inst across from the
river from Drayton, one Anton Thomas
shot young man name Buchee dead.
The parties had been drinking, and
there was trouble about Thomas atten-
ton to Buchee's wife. Each party fired
four shots, the only one taking effect
went into Buchee's forehead: Buche for.
inerly lived at St. Vincent. Thomas was
about the bity short time last winter,
ana came from across the line. He was
arrested.
The railroads both here and at St
Vincent change their time tables. At
St. Vincent the G. N. arrives at 1915 and
departs at 4:15. In this city the N. P.
will arrive from the south at 1898 a. M,
some twenty minutes earlier than before,
and depart for the south at 2:43 p. M,
nearly an hour earlier than before. This
time to take effect on the N. P. next
Sunday. These changes are made to
meet the new time tables made by the
trans-continental trains on both roads,
which are intended to shorten the time
greatly, clear from New York to San
Francisco, particularly for fast mail SER
vice.
The toilette Methodists will dedicate
their new church next Sunday and have
arranged for an attractive program Of
Sunday services. Rev. Mr.. Collinge OF
of Drayton will preach in the morning,
Rev. Mr.. Cooper of Larimore in the
afternoon and Rev. VIM. Love of St
Thomas in the evening. The good PEG.
pie of toilette will be glad to have the
people from other congregations join
them and ample accommodations will be
provided for guests. The church is Of
good size, finely finished and furnished
and it is not only ornamental and useful
but it is also mark of substantial pro.
gress, secular as we'll as religious, and
the toilette people may we'll be proud Of
it. Ten or fifteen years ago it would
have been hard work to have collected
money enough to have built the new
horse shed they have this year built
along with the church, and church
would have been an impossible accom-.
plishment for want Of pecuniary ability.
This year it was no trouble at all to
build and pay for $1,000 church and a
very large shed besides.