The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-01-12

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William Witch and Title Noe were
married in Coggswell.
Balfour had a wicked fire, which
started In coal shed.
. North Dakota will get lot Of rail.
road extension work in the spring.
Wolford, one of the recent Pierce
county towns, is to have new church.
Three places at Mckinney were
burgled, the postoffice being in the
list.
Thieves entered . meat market at
Minot and got away with $32 worth of
meat.
Mckenzie county is said to have a
court house in sight as soon as the
spring opens.
One Of the unfortunate features Of
holiday advertising is the way it falls
OF afterwards.
A Fargo man says his wife discov.
cred way to make. a Christmas tur-'
key everlasting.
The Minot police moved on the prop
erty owners and now the snow is NOV
ing OF, their sidewalks.
The new buildings of the state hos
pital will be ready for occupancy by
the middle Of the month.
Extreme cruelty to horses is report,
ed near Wilton, where some animals
were shot and others cut.
The state mail route from Caring
ton to Bowdon will be abolished and
the mail will be carried by rail.
There have been an unusually large
number of complaints against people
for selling mortgaged property.
Logansport ought to be good place
for old maids to locate. At a recent
dance there forty bachelors were pres.
ent.
What field Cassie Chadwick over
looked when she failed to go after the
presidents of the insurance compa-
MES.
Trail county youngsters are taking
great interest in agricultural work
as result of the corn growing con-
tests.
A Billings county man is charged
with killing steer belonging to
neighbor. and using the meat for his
family.
A boy was tried at Fessenden on a
charge of throwing stones at barn
and breaking window. The jury dis.
agreed.
Washburn business men are build.
ing a village hall 36x8O feet in size,
that town having nothing of the kind
at present.
An attempted burglary was frustrat.
ed at Rolla by girl falling over a box
and creating such racket that the
burglar hiked.
John Haas of Mclean county was
convicted at Washburn of violation of
the prohibition law. He operated at
Coleharbor.
There was a raid on the blind pigs
at Napoleon and two men were held
to the district court on the charge of
violating the law.
Hazelton postoffice is now money
order Office, commencing Jan. 1. Part
of the necessary paraphernalia and
red tape arrived some days ago.
This is the season of the year when
railroad men have to be especially &C.
tive to discover broken rails. Two
were found on the jamestown &
Northern the other day, section men
finding one and freight crew anoth-
er. One piece about four feet long
was broken into small pieces by the
passage of train over 1t. Fortunate
ly the passenger train was not affected
further than being delayed.
The middle over the sale of the
Cavalier county school lands is un-
fortunate, but no one appears to be to
blame. The snow blockade prevent
ed the deputy land commissioner from
arriving there. The worst misfortune
falls on the farmers who borrowed
money to purchase the land. They
have the money on hand but no lands,
and must pay interest just the same.
Efforts are being made to have the
lands readvertised and sold as quickly
as can be legally done.
Mrs. Martin Kabachki Of Lidger
wood was taken sick some time age
with erysipelas. which developed to
such an extent that the eruption COW
cred her entire body, from the hair
of her head to the soles of her feet.
This Is unusual. In that erysipelas, ex-
cept in two or three cases on record.
has never been known to cover the
entire body, as in this Instance. Mrs.
Kabachki is now recovered and able
to sit up.
It is not often that people come to
pay their taxes 30 rapidly that It is
necessary to keep an ONCE open day
and night, but this is what is to be
done at Minot. The county treasurer
arranged to divide his force into two
after: the nrst: Of the year, 80
that people may pay taxes either day
or night. It Is requested that the peo-