The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-02-02

The monthly open meeting Of the Ep-
worth league will beheld at the residence
Of Mrs. G. w. Ryan, Monday evening
next at 8 o'clock. All members and
friends Of the league. and those wishing
to join, are invited to be present.
The st. Vincent Foresters had a full
house at their public installation last Fri
day evening. A large number from this
side participating. The lodge is in a
very fourishing condition. and we think
has the largest membership of any fra
ternal society around the Four Corners.
Satisfactory Short set new set of sig
nails to the zephers on Wednesday which
also were set to signify new series in
the weather, which also is exceedingly
satisfactory. The old rags were some
what stringy, and the weather they have
indicated for the last week was worse
than the flags looked.
tRube" Bissel, of Sullivan's meat mar
ket, spent several days Of last week at
the family home in Larinore, which he
visited in order to attend the wedding
OF his sister, Miss Bertha L. Bissel, to
Norman r. Watson, we'll known young
Pembina county farmer living near Bath
gate. The affair took place last We'd
nesday evening.-Langdon Democrat.
A sister of ]. M. NORM, of Neche, and
Charles Morris were married yesterday.
Mr.. Morris is one of the large farmers
just east of Neche and is prosperous
and much respected man. Miss NORM
is one of the most popular young ladies
in that vicinity and the wishes from their
friends all over county will be for the flu.
ture happiness OF the young couple
Walhalla Mountineer.
Tuesday night Of last week Mrs. VIM.
Avery, living near Langdon, awakened
her husband in the night and told him to
hurry and light the lamp. No matches
being handy he went into the next room
and when he returned his wife was dead.
The physician said it was neuralgia of
the heart. She leaves husband, five.
year-old son and sister in Joliette.-
Langdon Democrat.
Notwithstanding it was cold, quite a
number of our Methodist brethren and
sisters walked over to st. Vincent to hear
DR.. Forbes preach. Most of them were
in rather irreverent frame of mind on
their return owing to the fact that be-
cause of the blizzard of the previous day,
DR.. Forbes returned to Hallock on Sat
urday, thinking. that conditions would
not be favorable for returning there on
Sunday as he expected to do.
There are many rumors af1oat in the
papers, tending to show the prospects of
a strike on the Great Northern. A COM
mittee is in St. Paul comforting with the
officials and it is claimed they will pre-
sent an ultimatum. 1t would seem to an
outsider that this would be poor time
of year to strike, when so many men are
out of employment and business CON-
paratively dull on the railways.
Alfred Geroux, who lives north of
Walhalla and who has been seriously
afflicted with cancer of the throat, has
received word from the supreme court of
Independent Order of Foresters, ofwhich
order he is member, that he has been
placed upon the probationary list and
that at the end of six months, if his con-
dltion is no better, he will receive one
half of the face of his policy-that is
81, Ooo.-Walhalla Mountaineer.
Notwithstanding the inclement weather
of the past week, the trains on the N. P.
have kept pretty close to schedule time
with great and praiseworthy regularity.
While not bothered with drifting snow
this season there are many drawba cks,
and good deal of anxiety, hard work
and exposure in railroading in 800 be-
low blizzard. The railroad men deserve
the thanks of the public much ofener
than they get them.
A very full congregation greeted
Bishop Edsall at the Episcopal church
on Sunday evening. The Bishop is
pleasant and entertaining speaker, who
speaks good, plain English in an inter-
esting but clear and concise manner.
The mission meetings during the week
were much interfered with on account of
cold and stormy weather but were never
theless quite success from the church
standpoint.