The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-01


worthy work.
The Manchester County Sunday school
will be held at the Baptist
church at Emerson on Wednesday and
Thursday, February 9th and 7th. Ses-
sions Wednesday afternoon and evening
and Thursday afternoon. An interesting
program has been provided.
The following are the birth and death
figures of Pembina county for the year
1900, as returned to Health Officer DR..
c. B. Harris: births 252, deaths 80.
These figures should probably be in
ere ,sed at least one-third owing to the
and ignorance of the law.
A justice case this week in which
Charles Desjardine and Mike Wagner
jr. were accused of stealing railroad ties
and using them for fuel resulted in the
of the latter and the for
mer proving an alibi. These are the
same boys who were convicted of steal
ing hay short time ago.
All barristers and solicitors will have
10 take the oath of allegiance to King
Edward VII. Forms of the oath are be-
ing printed and will be sent to the MEM
bers of the profession by the secretary of
the law society, to whom, after being
sworn to, they must be returned. WIN
nipeg Tribune.
Mrs. James G. Ball of St. Thomas died
on Tuesday of last week. She was an
early residen and highly respected.
Miss Annie Mckenzie OF st. Thomas
also died on Tuesday, aged 46 years.
She has been i'll with rheumatism for
about two years. Her death is much
The U. S. civil service examinations
will be held at several places in EACH
state during March and April to secure
young men and women for various gov
eminent positions. No fees are charged.
Information about the places and dates
of examinations can be had free by writ
ing the Columbia Correspondence Col
lege, Washington, D. c.
Bazille DeMarse was in the city last
Saturday and reports the quarantine
under which he and his family have been
kept for two months, raised. The dis
ease was diagnosed by DR.. Burrows as
verv mild form of small pox and all the
children of large family took it, but
none seriously as all had been vacci-
mated.
In the Tuesday blizzard Of week be-
fore last, Mrs. E. Scherf, wife of a Luth-
eran minister living near the west bound
airy of Cavalier county lost her life. She
had been visiting her parents only
quarter of a mile away and as her hus-
band was not at home, she attempted to
go home to attend to the stock. She
was found not far away.
Mr.. Oliver, of South Pembina, keeps
his chickens in loft. He has missed
some of late. He covered the whole
leading to the stable below with thin
boards. Next day the thin boards were
found broken, as we'll as a thick board
nailed to manager below. Whatever
broke the thick board below must have
been heavy and come with considerable
force.
One Of the remarkable things about
human nature is that when man falls
how likely he is to go clear to the
bottom. Messrs. Towne and Pettigrew
not only fell into the Bryanatic party but
are the extremists of the party. We can
believe in change Of opinions, but a
change that reverses, everything that a
man believed right previously, looks like
something more than mere change Of
belief.
The new educational bill which has
passed the house provides that all teach
ers' examination papers shall be passed
upon by the state superintendent and not
the county superintendent as heretofore.
First grade certificates good for three
years, second grade two years and third
grade fifteen months. A first grade
teacher must have taught one year.
Four examinations year. II is the bill
recommended by the teachers associa-
ton. y
Hay for Sale.
! have twelve tons Of hay four miles
east Of Joliette station, on the Minnesota
side, for sale At g per ton IN stack4