The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1904-08-26

Att'ys Vick and Burke were doing bus
mess at the court house on Monday.
Robert Malin stabbed James Curtis
near Hallock last week. The former is
is farm hand and the latter foreman on
H. c. Malmstrom's place. The men dis
puted about dong some Sunday work
and Malin stabbed Curtis twice as the
latter was turning away. Main was ar
rested and it IS probable that Curtis will
recover.
A paragraph is going the rounds that
the best way to kill thistles is to pillow
shallow in the spring and then keep the
top Of the ground perfectly black by cul-
tivation during the rest of the season.
This is said to smother the roots as they
will not live longer unless they can get
to the surface. We should think that any
hoed crop that took the same sort of cul-
tivation ought to have the same effect.
The. Echo reports the picnic woods
across the river as Astounding in bears,
wolves and other dangerous and savage
creatures. and warns timid couples and
other trequenters of that beauty spot to
watch out. Bet cookie that somebody
paid the editor for putting in that locol
just to scare-other people away-so as
to have the grove to hlmself-and her
|sett-next Sunday.
The mail clerk service on the N. P.
line here is being changed somewhat in
personel. Frank Horr who has been so
long on this route will change to the
Brainard and Northern which is an easier
and all daylight run. He will still reside
here. He is succeeded by Ed T. Olson.
Mr.. Sweet has been appointed to serve
on this run i'll the place of Mr.. Delaney
who resigned from the service short
time ago.
Lightning struck and destroyed the
barn on the farm of Dan Gibson two
miles east of Bruce church on Thursday
of last week. The building was set on
fire and consumed along with seven hor-
SEES, two cows, 16 IONS of hay, machinery
and tools belonging to the tenant Louis
Schofeld who was without insurance.
The family heard the shock but did not
1ealize that the barn was struck until too
late to save ANYTHING. A purse was rails.
ed by the neighbors and friends for the
loser.
George Pitman of Grand Forks county
come to this locality several weeks ago
with team Of good horses and fell IN
with a fellow who had been about Pembi-
ma for some time and made chums with
him. Later the chum took the team
with the agreement that he would meet
him in Crookston. But Pittn1an got sus-
picious and found that the partner had
notsgone to Crookston and then sent out
word to have the fellow arrested for steal
Ing the horses. No trace of them could
be found until this week when word was
received from brother of the fellow at
Forest River, that he had found the
horses in his pasture and for Pittman to
come and get them. The fellow who
took them probably got on to the fact
that the authorities were after him and
skipped after leaving the horses in the
pasture.
The week as been pretty fair for har-
vest weather, though rain on Saturday
and Sunday delayed some. Very little
grain.has been cut as yet, compared witt
esYhole, hut considerable of the earlier
gr;;..;n is now in the shock. The binders
will be- goingspretty generally next week,
though there is lots of grain that will not
be fit for cutting for some time yet. Rust
is pretty general and the prevailing idea
is that it will damage the grain to some
extent, but as whole will be but a small
per cent of the crop, though some indi-
viduals may have considerable loss. Mac.
aroni wheat does not seem tc 11e affect
ed. Mr.. W.:Douglas has a fine field Of
this grain near the city limits. Full moon
occurred last night, but the weather flags
called for pleasant and warmer weather
yesterday.
There has been alk among the rail.
way;authorit.a.es Of changing the time o.
the.N, T. trains with the object of con
!solidadng the:uain service on the Cana
dian Northern, 50 that the N. P. and the
Great Northern trains will meet at EN-
erson at thelsamcltime and the two train:
run as oneitrom.tl,at point to and from
Winnipeg. If this arrangement shoule
|go through and the time changed to sui
that Of the G. N. flyer, the N. =. woule
|arrive here about 7:30 in the morning
land so soa,th about Tao in the evening