The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-02-14

d. j. Egan and family, of Toronto, are
eupected back to Cavalier IN the spring
to remain for the summer so that Mr..
Egan can give personal attention to his
farms.
J.N. Horgan has written the Chrono-
type from Scenic Springs, Wash. This
place is 80 miles from Seattle, in the
heart of the Cascades, at an altitude of
2,2OO feet.
Messrs. A. A. Arms and John Nc
Eckern, of Crawford county, Wis, were
here last weok for land. w. H. Often
sold quarter section to Mr.. Arms and
Mr.. McEckern will buy later.-Chron-
icle.
John McLarty returned to Neche
after visit with Winnipeg friends. He
was accompanied on his return by his
niece, Mrs. Maggie Whitehead. of Silver
Plains, who has since been visiting her
father, Donald McLarty, of Hyde Park.
The residence of julius Karss, four
miles west of Neche, was destroyed by
fire Sunday evening. The inmates of
the house were asleep when the fire be-
gan and Just escaped with their lives.
Considerable difficulty was experienced
in rescuing some of the younger child
ren.-Chronotype.
Mrs. 4. w. Musselman and children
and Mrs. Arthur Holbrook took their
departure on Monday for California.
Cavalier will miss them, but all their
many friends here hope for their future
happiness and prosperity in that far off
land of sunshine and flowers.-Chron.
icle.
In ''spotting" car of coal to be un-
loaded in the bins south of the G.. N.
round house in Neche, too much force
was given the car, with the result that
it went right on and struck the round
house, knocking the front doors in and,
passing on, carried away part of the
rear wall.
Mrs. D. P. Jameson-Wohler, M. D.
formerly of Osnabrook, but more re-
Gently of Buffalo, N. Y, and little
daughter, are visiting at the home of
her sister, Mrs. M. j. Switzer, at Penn
bina. They are en- route to Battleford,
where they will reside in the future
Chronotype.
The Midland railroad-Gulf of Mexico
to Winnipeg-will run preliminary
line from Crystal to Pembina by way of
Hamilton Immediately. If the new road
does hit Hamilton it will sure hit it
hard enough to make Johnsonville sit
up and yell for the county seat. Re-
member the Chronotype said this when
the yelling beglns.-Chronotype.
Mrs. Duncan McKechney died at the
home of her son John, at Walhalla, Feb.
9th, aged SO. She had been in ill health
for about year. She leaves to mourn
her death six children. They are John,
of Walhalla Neil, of Ontario Duncan,
of Pilot Mound and Catherine, Jennette
and Sarah, of Ontario. The funeral
took place at Walhalla and interment
was made there.
Little one year old Archie Sing, of st.
Thomas, had narrow escape from
death last week. He found button
and babylike put tin his mouth. Later
when his mother began to feed him he
strangled and stiffened in her arms.
Home remedies failed to bring relief and
the doctor was summoned. Upon inves-
tigation large button was found back
of the larynx and removed without diff
Guilty. The mothers efforts to remove
it, pushed the button back into such a
position as to open small air passage,
otherwise the child would have died.
Word was received in Neche of the
death by drowning of Harry Hughes in
Lake Washington, WASH, on Monday
last. He was working as deck hand
on steamer and fell overheard without
anyone noticing the occurrence until it |
was too late to rescue him. The body
has not yet been recovered. The de-
ceased was born and raised in Hyde
Park, James Hughes being his father.
He was % years old and went west two
years ago. He was married to young
lady of Seattle about three months ago.
1t is unlikely that the body will be re-
covered as it sank in 200 feet of water.-I
Chronotype.