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Jamestown alert., 1878-07-25

THE Democratic Central committee
Of Dakota Ter, of which D. NJ. Kellehar,
of this place, is a member, met at Yank-
ton on the 22nd inst. Mr.. Kellehar
appointed Jas. Taylor, Jr., of the Yankton
Herald, as his proxy. We will give their
apportionment of delegates from the
various counties next week.
Jamestown alert., 1878-07-25
Adjourned Meeting.
JAMESTOWN, Thursday, }
July 25th, 1878. :

Present: Commissioners Kelleher, Mo-
ran and Moore.
Kelleher IN the chair.
On motion Mr.. James McKenzies resig.
nation as Justice of the Peace for Stuts.
man county was accepted.
On motion the Clerk was instructed to
give notice that bids would be received
until Monday, the Goth day Of July, 1878,
for renting county building from August
1st, 1873, till January 1st, 1879, accord
ing to specifications in County Clerk s
Office.
Motion carried to adjourn till Friday,
July 26th, 1878, at Q o'clock A. N.
G. w. VENNUM, Clerk
Jamestown alert., 1878-07-25
Edward H. Foster, Editor.
Prehistoric Men.


aperson can see cottihg the bluffs on
both sides of the river, a number of
mounds from six to twenty feet high :;
but should his attention not be especially
directed to them by some one knowing
their contents, he would give them but
passing thought. What are they? Ask
the Archaeological, who could find in this
section of our country field for months
of scientific research, and he will answer:
"The graves of the chiettalns of the Stone
age, of people of whom history does not
unfold an account, of the mound builders {;
people who have centuries ago spread
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the
Gulf of Mexico far toward the frozen
Arctic sea; people of which the present
race of Indians have naught but tradition,
but hold with superstitious respect their
work as wonderful and mysterious.
Within radius Of ten miles of this place
hundred of these mounds can be counted.
The question arises, Why do you then
positively assert that these mounds are
the work Of that mighty people, whose
patient work with nothing but the bone
OF some animal for spade, and baskets
in which to carry the earth, erected such
mounds? We answer that within a mil e
of this place one OF these mounds have
been opened by Gen. H. B. Thomas, then
in command of Fort Seward, and who
took from it the skeleton of two persons.
and gave the results of his examination in
an essay which was published in the
Smithsonian Report for 1874. The land
examiners ofthe Northern Pacific railroad,
not long since, opened another, in which
they found portions of skeleton: and
excavations have been made by others
with the same results. Near by the
mound opened by Gen. Thomas, arc
several Others, and from them there is
we'll marked raise of ground running
south to deep ravine, looking like
nicely rounded up avenue, but evidently
was at one time rampant or wall of a
tort; another rampant starting at the
same mound and running southeast to the
same ravine, with the other enclose V
shaped piece of ground we'll adapted for
defense, amounting to couple of acres.
Another evidence of their belonging to
the Stone age, exists in the number of
stone hammers or maces, to be found
uron the prairie, and in circles which are
about 1S feet in diameter, made of loun d
stone, now sunk level with the earth.
TO the westward, crowning the divid.
ing hills or Cotaus between the James
and Missouri rivers, are q number of stone
pyramids, composed of round boulders,
and standing from four to six feet high
present another subject for speculation
and research.
Why would it not pay some scientist to
spend month or so during our magnifi-
cent autumn, in unrave.ing this question {,
For besides the knowledge that might
be gained, the rugged health, the sport
that could be obtained with the rifle and
shot gun, would we'll repay the trip and
enable them to pursue ther studies or
business the coming winter with greater
zest and energy.
We have been promised information AZ
to the Indian traditions and speculations
on th's subject, by one who is in posi-.
tlon to obtain their views, and which we
Jamestown alert., 1878-07-25

be taken in the renting of county build.
ing, all the board be present; and that
the Sheriff notify Mr.. Moore that his
presence will be necessary at their next
meeting.
On motion adjourned until Thursday,
July 25th, at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
G. w. VENNUM, Clerk.
Jamestown alert., 1878-07-25
(OFFICIAL.)

Tr0cee9lnfs of the Beard of Cep,tv
Conmlssioners 0f 9tutsman CSS1fV'..
Jamestown alert., 1878-07-25
JAMESTOWN, "wednesday,
July ~, 1879. (
): Commissioners Kelleher and

D. NJ. Kelleher in the chair.
Upon the absence of MI: Moore, Moran
made the motion that before anv Action
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
Ancient Hydraulics.

Father Secchi has written letter to
the French Academy of Sciences on the
hydraulics of the ancients, The monu-
ments he mentions have been mostly
discovered by him in the enyirons of
Rome. The first mentioned by him is
an aqueduct built at Alatri, two hund-
red years before the Christian era. 1t
is an inverted syphon, its lowest point
being one hundred and one metres be-
low the orifice from which the water
flowed into the town; so that it sustains
at its bottom weight of at least eleven
atmospheres. The pipes of this aque-
duct are of earthenware, buried in a
thick bed of concrete. They were very
firmly joined together along a length
of seyen-and-a-half miles. This work
seems to have been the model on which
Vitruvius founded his description of sy-
phon aqueducts. The second remarka-
BILE relic of antiquity, found at the same
place, is a complete system of drainage,
composed of enormous porous stone
ware pipes metre in length, fourteen
centimetres in diameter, and only two
in thickness. This was done to dry up
a plain intended for military man@u-
yres. Next come incline planes ex-
pressly laid down on substantial foun-
dations, and near the top ofa mountain,
in order to collect rain-water on large
surface, with basin to purify it, and
cisterns to preserve it. This was done
to provide the town of Segni with drink
ing-wat6r. Then follow contrivances
of the ancients for fllteIing the water
by running it through porous ground
into the aqueducts. They used also to
rid water of It's carbonate of lime by
boiling, then cooling 1t again by apply
Ing snow to the outside.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
Life Illustrated.

1t was in a Summit street dry goods
store, only yesterday, that three women
with eyes glistening, as they survived
the piles of dress fabrics lying all
around and about them, were holding a
sort of consultation over dress pat
tern which had struck the fancy of one
of them.
Chow do you think twill make up?"
"What are you going to trim itwith ?"
care you going to have a polonaise ?"
81 don't know; would yOu?"
"Well, if / was getting as good a
dress as that I'd want it made right. |"
"Who are you going to get to fit it
for your"
''Oh, hardly know; who do you
think is the best 2"
Don't get Mrs., She spoiled
that black alpaca of mine so that it was
hardly fit to be SEEM"
eyes; and see how Mrs.---spoiled
my silk. could just sit down and cry
every time look at it,
"Ofcour don't know whether it's
true or not, but I've heard say that she
never uses half the trimmings you give
her"
"Well, there's no telling. She dresses
mighty well for person that amt no
better off than she is"
"Scems to me if hadn't any MORN
she has | wouldn't be quite so stuck-up
and independent"
"Did you see that new dress Of Mrs.
?n
Eyes, and it is not fit for anything.
The waist is cut too long, and it puck
ers across the back, and it's high in the
neck, and don't know what ALL"
"Who made itY"
"Guess she made it herself. She's
too stingy to pay for getting anything
decent"
"Good for the old tbing.'
"I'm glad her dress is spoiled"
GLOW many yards do you think I'd
better get?
81 had twelve in that black alpaca,
but 1t was wide stuff"
81 hate to have adress sklmpcd, don't
you?"
"They never look fit to be seem"
"Oh, have you seen Mrs.----new
stock of hatsP''
"No, has she got 'em inP"
eyes, and there's some Of 'em just
too lovely"
"Let's 20 and see 'em."
"I'm waiting for her to get some
thing later"
And going on In this strain they
started for the door, and when the poor
bored-to-death clerk who had been
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
The Mystery of the Ruby.

1t is not litrs, remarkable, and we
might philosophize for some time about
it, that while the diamond is made up
of pure carbon, or simply blank and
Opaque charcoal, the ruby, the next in
value and beauty, is nearly made up of
pure alumina or common clay-9S 3 per
cent.--the coloring matter iron, making
up the rest of it; the mere trace of lime
found in it being unappreciable. No
thing, we may venture to say, in ma
tures chemistry is more wonderful
than this fact of the dull, colorless, and
lifeless clay becoming metamorphosed
by some hidden and almost miraculous
way into the transparently clear, red
colored, and almost living gem. Inn
agitation itself fails to find u theory to
account for all this, and no progress in
chemistry can invent theory to fit it.
II is a somewhat curious coincidence
that the ruby, as well as the diamond
and other precious stones, is so often
found associated with gold; where they
are, there is gold almost sure to bepres-
ent. Nature produces these, her rich
es, together; and 1t afterward Is the
province of art to keep them together
and to exhibit them as one object.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10

finally she blurted out her reply as
follows:
"Yes, did, since you must know.
She was not at home-sO, at least the
footman said, but If didn't see her at
the drawing-rOOm window" and here
she burst into tears of modification and
rage, "may never eat another mouth
full"
saw that it would not do to con-
tinue the conversation so quietly ate
my dinner, kissed the children, and
went my way.
OF course the intimacy of my wife
with Mrs. Mowbray ceased from that
fatal party; and am sorry to say that
the Misses Howell have, as the phrase
goes, "cut our acquaintance"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
The Girafre.-How the Animal is Hunted

Girafies, ifnot hard pressed, do not e
at any very great pace, so that before
long we were within 100 yards of them
Even in the ardOr of the chase, ii struck
me as a glorious sight to see these huge
beasts dashing along in front, clatter-
ing over the stones or bursting a pas.
sage through opposing bushes, theiI
long graceful necks stretched forward
sometimes bent almost to the ground tC
avoid horizontal branches, and theiI
bushy black tails twisted up. And how
easily and with how little exertion they
seemed to get over the ground with that
long sweeping stride of theirs! Yet
they were going at great rate, for
felt that my old nag was doing his best,
and could not now lessen the distance
between us by an inch, Inow saw that
d. was about 10 make push, and, as
the horse he was riding was pretty fast,
/ knew that he would press them into a
much faster pace and leave me behind
altogether; so, refining in at once, ]
jumped of, and, takingas steadyan aim
as my arm, tired with logging, would
allow, fired at large dark-colored COW
that looked, to me, in good condition.
The bullet clapped loudly, and | saw
her stagger, but, recovering Immediate
ly, she went on, though slightly in the
rear of the troop. At this moment my
friend jumped off close behind them,
and gave another COW a shot. / was
now long way behind, but my horse,
though slow, possessed good staying
powers; so that by dint of keeping on
a hard gallop and cutting angles when
l could, again crept up and gave my
COW another shot, quickly followed by
a third, which brought her to the ground
with a crash. She was not dead, how
ever, for as | approached, she raised her
lofty head once more, and gazed re-
proachfully at me with her large, dark,
soft eyes. A pang of remorse went
through me, and for an instant | wish
ed the shots unfired that had laid low
this beautiful and inoffensive creature.
But now the cries of my Kafrs and Ma
saras, following like famished wolves
on the blood spOor, broke upon my ear;
so, sitting the still small voice, | again
raised my rifle and put an end to the
miseries of my victim, whose head,
pierced with twO-Ounce ball, fell with
a thud upon the ground, never to be
raised again. Leaving some Oft the boys
to cut up the meat, rode on with the
rest to look for my friend, whom |
found beside another PROSTATE giraffe
which he had killed little further on.
As the one had shot was the fatter of
the two, we left the Kafirs here and
went back to mine. Itwas now late;
so, hastily dividing the boys into two
parties, and bidding them sleep by the
two giraffes respectively, and cut them
up and bring in the meat on the follow
ing day, we started for the wagons with
our gun carriers, who also carried few
of the fattest bits of meat. may here
remark that it is difficult to imagine
more tasty and succulent than
a steak off young giraffe COW, when in
good condition, though it may be that
hunger, the sauce with which | have
always eaten it, has something to do
with this opinion. london Field.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10

Every burden of sorrow seems like a
stone hung around our y ,ck, yet they
are often like the stones used by the
pearl divers, which enable them to
reach the prize and to rise enriched.-
Anon,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10

School savings banks, first intro
duced by Prof. Laurent in 1866, have
proved very successful in France. AT
Bordeaux, In year and a half, the
savings of 4 ,52l children reached $4,000
francs,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates Of advertising. ti per square
hrst Insertion, and 30 cents each subsequent
Insertion
Special contracts will be made for al Adyer-
tisements for -four insertions or over.
Transient advertisements always payable
quarterly in advance
Marriages and obituary notices, oyar one
square charged for at half regular rates.
All local notices 10 Oents line for each in
sertion.
No notices inserted for less than fifty
oentA
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
ENCHANTMENT.

l.
The sails we see on the ocean
Are as white rs white can be,
But never one In the harbor
As white ~ the sails at sea.
And the clouds that crowned the mountain
With purple and gold delight,
Turn to cold gray mist and vapor
Ere ever we relshs the height
Ill
Stately and fair is the vessel
That comes not near our beach
Stately and grand the mountain
Whose height we never may reach.
Nv.
Oh, distance thou dear enchanter
Still hold in thy magic veil
The glory Of far-on mountains,
The CLEAN Of the far-off sail
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-01-10
EXECUTIVE MANSION, !
WASIJINGTON AuOuSt % 1854 {

WASHINGTON, August %, lSG4.i
This morning, as for some days past,
it seems exceedingly probable that this
Administration will not be reelected.
Then it will be my duty to cooperate
with the President elect so as to save
the Union between the election and the
inauguration as he will have secured his
election on such grounds that he cannot
possibly save it afterward.
The New York herald., 1878-11-29
FOX HUNTING.

The Montcair Equestrian Club, of Montclair, N.
j.. had their meet" yesterday at the resi-
dcnce of Mr. Sadler, just outside the town
There was quite gallant array Of oques
trinns-twentyive gentlemen and fye ladies-al
uniformed and equipped with the gear of the chase
The clubs full pack of hounds wore on hand. and
there were in addition to them reinforcement from
the Kennels of the Queens County Club. number
of "beagles' which Mr.. Sadlcr brought from Europe
last spring also swccd the canine troop which
conveyed to the meet by huntsman Harry Howard,
of Long Island.
In addition to horsemen and horsewomen there
in vehicles prepared to follow the hunt best they
could along the country roads. These displayed
not whit less enthusiasm than their friends
in the saddle, and all eagerly awaited the
start At eleven O'clock Mr.. Harry Howard started
the fox Then after Reynard had about thirty
minutes start. which thought sufficient for him
to get well under cover Mr. Sadler sounded the horn
and off started the riders in fine style and ut pace
that made the ground spin beneath them. Tho
course taken in southery direction.
Soon they upon the scent, and then
with the hounds braying and the riders shouting
there was quite enlivcnng scene. On sped the
hounds and every felt hopeful of speedy termi-
ran toward dense forest, where the hounds seemed
to loose the scent entirely. They had now covered
nearly twenty miles of ground and certainly had
very fine run from beginning to end, and, although
not successful all seemed thoroughly satisfied with
the days sport Considerable praise due the
ladies' who rode beautifully and seemed perfectly ut
home in the saddle. jumping the fences and bitches
without fnching, and eager to lead in the chase.
The club will have another meet Christmas
The New York herald., 1878-11-29
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THE MANLY ART.

BILLY rIEr.i's BENEFIT -srJEIrED BOXING AND
WRESTLING CONTESTS AT HAIRY HILI's
large cros assembled ia the afternoon at Harry
Iils Theatre in Houston street. the occas ION being
talient tondrred 10 Billy Fields. Who is known IT, the
sporting irat rnits Harry fIi "Stcei Man The
entertainment consisted OF singing. dancing. club
swinging. wrestling aud spsrriDg. The variety per-
formance Was the first on the programme and
taken part In by numerous volunteers from other the
aires The singing aaa dancing very crtitabl, 10
the various performers, also the club swinging
by Gns Iiili. An interesting feature OF this part
Neuie Burt and Carrie Wells two female
boxers. For three rounds they showed considerable
science. and although the caret not drawn stili
they managed to dsarranee one anothsr's headgcar
and to deliver telling blows each Others
irontispecc. Netic Burt. Who il the toar and also
longer in tho reach. seemed 70 have slightly tho best
OF II in the wind up, hut he majority ii the audience
wclls.
cL,ssrc wrIsrrtSo.
The Jackson brothers made a g0oi d.spay Of
Grceo- Roman wrestling and showed great proficiency
III THIS branch ~ tnc business. Thcy twisted and
contored themselves into all sorts o shapes for fully
twenty minutes before square fall was obtained
Then came the sparring exhibition, with Harry Hill
as master ~ ceremonies, assisted by old Uncle Bill
Tuyce Who looked We'll as lie did twenty years ago
The hrst set.to was between two noyiccs. DORM
and Morgan, who pnminciled each other without re-
gard 10 consequences. They were followed by Dutch
sam and CASTLE and Jack Best and English, also
n0yces, who knocked one another around tc stage IN
lively style. The next bout. bctwren Jimmy Kelly
and Jimmy Mct'rath, proved 10 be- very interesting
Both these parties have considerable science, aud
from the hrst round g. the last they showed by their
work that they meant business. hitting each other
hard every time they had chance. In the wind up
Kelly had the best OF IL.
Mike Coburn and Professor Wood then put on the
gloves and the audience treated to three rounds
of grand display in scientific spsrring Joe Ryan
and Cramer and Johnny Saunders AMI johnny Reilly
followed the setto between the last mentioned being
very good
III, grand winl MP was between fHy Fields. Of Sew
ami fNs falf
are ell ycfstd In the pugilistir art lii the nrst
round liCds forced tho hghtiIg, ami, slthOugh show.
ing himself 10 BE- game one, met AZ every point
by the california bDSer, who, after the third round
had considerably the best Of the encounter.
The New York herald., 1878-11-29
YACOB'S LOSING DEAL.

''Yaw vohl! Yaw vohi! Dad man lie svindle me,
Shudgc! S'hclp me, Moses! He svindle mel" said
the excited descendant of Isaac to Judge Morgan,
yesterday morning.
How did he do that, Mr. wolfnski - aeked the
Court
Il will toll all aboud de pizness, Shudge. You see
dot feler Mansnann Of Tenth avenue. de
audra day to msin shtore. in Chatham street. und he
say to me, 'Yacob, fix dot suit Of coes for ocht
senc tollare und. sacht Ich 'Mansmann dot is yerth
ochtsene tollare. but du bcst mein frecund,
take it along NIT you. Veil. shudge dot feler he
try dem cloes und dey cetler too loose in de
pants back und goat sleeves; So, sacht Ich, Mans
mann, fix dom for you und I bring dem bel your
house on Tenth avenue Veil, do dis und 90 rel
Mansnanns scin house gestcrn abond mid dossuit
Of clocs, und he try dem on una dey fit shast
you. IND sacht er bel mir, Yacob, You're pully
poy, bet you! Take elm glass bier 2 Den / say,
'Pizness first und bier after. Den he pay for dot
suit o. cloes. Den trink drec. four coople glass
o bier. yaw! Und Mansmann sacht, You got blenty
dime. Yacob Lot us blay pinagle Veil, ye do dis
DE limit vas Elm tollare game. can b!ay pnagle
pooty veil, bet youl Never have of nein lire
emmy man he beat me square game. so / vas not
frad for Mansmann. But, Shudgc. he don't blay a
square camel bet ten tollare he don't blay square.
He beat more as ochrsene dimes, und vim back
all dot money vat he gif me for dot suit of cloes.
Vat shall do now lie got dot suit Of cloes und he
got dot money for it too Och! Der syindlerl'
missed the traits Hebrew to the innocent looking
Mansmann, who stood At the bar in the guise of q
prisoner.
We'll aIr wolinsk didn't Mr. Mansmann pay
You SlS for the clothes before you began to plny?
said tho Judge.
''Iaw Dot st ware! Dot ist so! Bnt he vim it
all back und got noting: no cloes money!"
Didn't You play to keep what you won?' said the
Court.
Dots so. But don't win somedngs!"
That's IL. You lost. Now / think you had bet
ter 60 home youn lcse your Thanksgiving goose.
Next case
Yacob stood Ike one in . dream for u minute.
Eut when he realized that Mansnlann actually
leaving the jefferson Market Court free man pos
scssed of q suit of clothes which nad cost him
nothing he exclaimed bitterly we'll. shelp me
grrecious I don't can tink ! vas awake Him got
mein goods! Dots SO, IND him got mein guclt !.
Dots so! Yacob dots besser you goin' home und
ask your wife il you yasnt yackass NIT long esrs
The New York herald., 1878-11-29
T,rr AnaoNAUTA GAMES.

.hout five hundred people, comprising tne eii'o "
rercen point. Bayonne and Staten Island, attcnoeu
t,e inaugural games of tho Argonauta Rowing Assoo
alton on their now grounds, at Bergen Point =. -
Tho Games were well contested. and excited consaer
able interest
In the hundred yards run the nrst hea. WIS w1n h
~ n Nettaln time II a seconds; .he ssconu noa a.
nv NJ Nooyer time II "a scconds; tn" t,i,Iu nu', n
n Wi,liarnson time IL seconds; the nnai heae, os -
woovcr time ii seconds, with T. H. Met.ah scconu.
Thc one mile run was won by ). II. Duane TINS
5m iSs.s., II. Ford second. ,, ,air srst
In the one mile walk H. " H. schuyler caIic "a isS
t;,n. am AIS n williamson second. time sih oos
Thc nuar,er mile run won by O. a. Davis, uno
I'M A. r. b. Mettsn dropped out at 2so yarus.
In ~, 100 ward hurdle tho FIRST heat was won
bv A Duane and proved to be n walk over. Inc sse
ond hcat was won by G. Il. Mackic. time lSa soconus
and thc Anal heat By the same gentleman unlc ~
seconds. - .,..-.s,,ng contest
Tho three mile walk proved an interesting cvn..s a.t
botuaeu u; r. Mellick and w. H. BAKER. ny ns,eI ~,
crosscJ c finish of the first mile IN loil. US, MI
iicL ,om oGs The second milo did not aitcr .ue
nositions The time of this mile was I'm
Wa,i;cL Iom .os Baker received two cautions
m as' ssnnd nile and was disqualified ON the thiro
M. wing Meilick who finished alone In nns
80, ,,alin, tile entire distance i'll Sim. 46s
Thrnwinu the baseball was the next sport III
oisr n, y. r. schuyler proving the victor throwing
,ha hsI oo5 H. in; w. Smith came second wi.n go
IT. in.: II. Mooyer third, Win -o' iec'' @ ~
fourth. with 2s2 feet. ,-,,., j., "
Throwing the hammer was then inuussup ~ =, p u
striushanl making record OF u IT, III. anu " Y. -
4 faaf