The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-07-02

own door'the whole town will be cores
pondingly neat.
Cards have been received announcing
the marriage of Miss kathrne Gear to
MIR. Elmer j. Wightman at Chicago on
June 18th. The new married pair will
be at home after Aug. 9Th at 6Ols Kim.
bark Ave, Chicago. Miss Gear was
during the last year popular teacher
IN the schools of this city and many
friends here will wish her much happi-
ness in her new relations.
Dr. McCauley, veterinary, in the en-
ploy of the U. S. government in this
city for the past year has been called to
report at Bismarck for assignment to
another station. His place has been
taken by DR.. Nutting, who comes here
from Sweet Grass, Mont. DR.. McCauley
will be especially missed in base ball
circles as he is an all round athlete DR..
Nutting is married and expects his wife
to join him here soon.
During the storm on Monday night
the town hall of Bathgate was struck by
lightning and burned to the grouud. At
Grand Forks the largest building on the
fair grounds was also burned in the same
manner. Out near Churches Ferry in
this state at Niles, there was a small
cyclone that demolished several houses
and buildings, and the members of one
family were all badly hurt and baby
blown away about two hundred feet and
not found until next morning when it
was discovered in mass of barbed wire,
considerably exhausted but alive with
prospects of lecovery.
Mr. Flynn who bought the Baskin
farm at Carlisle was visitor at this of.
flee on Tuesday Mr.. Flynn comes from
Shakopee, MINI. and expects to remain
here for the summer, his wife Joining
HIM in short time. Mr.. Flynn is a
veteran of the civil war and wears the
button of the 6. A, r. He traded
hotel property situated in Shakopee to
MIR. Baskin for the farm and Mr. Baskin
has already gone thther to take posses
sion and Mrs. Baskin will follow in a
short time.
Louis Bouvette brought in a pail full
OF snow and some radishes about six
inches long grown by Andrew Nelson
near town, the latter being grown on the
bank of snow. This looks little exag-
gerated, but it will be remembered that
we had heavy wind storm in the spring
that drifted loose dirt over the snow
banks, which dirt in this case furnished
the sustenance for the radishes while
the snow beneath furnished the moist.
ure. 1t is really no more remarkable
than our annual sowing of wheat as
soon as the ground has thawed sufi-
GENTLY to get loose DIRT enough to cover
the seed, over the frost beneath.
Saturday and Monday will be Fourth
|of July days this year. Tuesday and
Wednesdays papers will bring the news
of the dead and wounded. The annual
death roll amounts to just about the
same number as one of the lesser battles
during the civil war, about thousand
killed and from five to ten thousand
wounded. The simple Chinese invent
ed fire crackers and used them thous
ands of years and never killed anybody
We wise and enterprising people adopt
ed the cracker and enlarged and mprov
? ed it so that we can kill boy withou,
t trying. What simple folk the Chimes
are.
Our near nelghbor, St. Vincent, will
celebrate IN great style tomorrow, the
Bird. There will be the usual 4th o.
July features with the Pembina band t.
make music all day. A long list o.
l prizes is scheduled for athletic sports
} but the feature Of the day will be bass
: ball tournament which will be contested
, by four local teams, Hallock, Emerson
) Neche and Pembina. This will make
three games, one in the morning, one in
: the afternoon, according to the drawing
the winners playing in the evening Al
) $50. A prize of e25. divided into els
, and $40. purses will be given for each
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