The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-06-23

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Experienced Collectors,
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The Pioneer Express.
FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE %, 1899.
Local.
Gasoline does kill dandelions.
The band goes to ST. Vincent to day to
the picnic.
Ringing Bros. Circus is advertised to
show at Grand Forks on the 4th.
Episcopal church, Pembina, evensong
and sermon, Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock.
A hail storm passed through Hensel
this week. Not much damage as there
was but little wind
w. c. T. U. meets with Mrs. Douglas
this afternoon at O'Clock. A full at
tendance requested.
Quite number Of our citizens went to
Walhalla yesterday and some will go to-
day to attend the old settlers meeting.
The roll of the dead at New Richmond
now number 125 and there are probably
ten or more killed in the neighborhood.
There is big picnic under the man.
agement of the Woodmen across the
river at St. Vincent to-day. Everybody
invited.
Say farmer man, if you walked up to-
morrow and found your crop ruined by a
hail storm you would wish that you had
that crop insured.
Last Sunday new time table went in
to effect ON the N. P. 1t restores the old
hours, comes earlier and goes later, viz
1888 and 400 o'c,ock.
An exchange says that genius has in
vented an ''auto-saw-buck." The boy
who has to saw the family wood auto
call his fathers attention to this.
Dave Hogg of Wahalla has been pro-
noted to superintendent OF the twenty
one lumber yards of the Robinson Co.
and will move to Grafton.
Deputy Collector Robt. Morrison Of
the customs, attended the Grand Lodge
of Masons at Fargo this week as a dele
gate from the local lodge here.
About 4, OOO, 600 feet of logs were run
down the Red River, passing here last
week. They came from the Red Lake
river and were going 10 Winnipeg.
A nice rain on Tuesday left about one
third of an inch of moisture for the grain.
clearing off Wednesday with cool west
wind. Reports from crops are that they
are in excellent shape.
The citizens of Grand Forks extend a
hearty invitation to all their numerous
friends to come and have a good time
with them at their Summer Carnival July
18th and 18TH
A lawn social and open air concert
next Wednesday, June 18th, on the St.
Vincent rectory grounds; supper at 6
O'Clock; concert at o'clock. Ice cream,
lemonade and other refreshments.
Court adjourned Friday after getting
through a large amount Of business for
the time spent. Judge Sauter intended
to 50 to DesMoines, Iowa Immediately
as lbs father-in-law was lying very i'll.
The railroad commissioners were in
the city yesterday. No kick coming on
the y. P. Editor Pierce of the Grafton
Record was along and made us fra
ternal call in company with Sec. Stickney.
The Icelandic Lutheran synod meets at
Hallson, N. D., on June g. One of the
chief matters to come up will be the loca-
ton of the proposed Lutheran college, in
regard to which Winnipeg is believed to
stand in first place.
Fargo people promised the visitors at
the fire festival turkey, but later de-
velopments proved it goose. Though
all acknowledge that it was pretty fair
goose, still there's considerable kicking
because it wasn't what was printed on
menu.
The demand for hay land was not very
brisk at the sale on Tuesday. Only s64
was realized and 500 was paid for one
piece near this city that two men wanted.
or perhaps, didn't want the other to
have. The county treasurer will lease