Jamestown alert., 1878-12-05
LOCAL RIP-RAPs.

Sec cnange OF time on inc ~. L. Ii.
r., in another column.
MIR. Anton Klaus took trip to Bis
'ma,ck on Monday, returning Wednesday
noon.
MIR. George Goodhue left last Sunday
for the Block Hills with three teams, aud
will return in the snring.
Mr. A. Scidmorc is increasing his herd
of stock, having purchased more last
Monday He says he will not stop short
OF herd Of 100.
-Chas. Hamilton is sinking, on a sub.
contract from p Moran, a well for Cuyler
Adams & Co., south of Stl Siding and II
miles cast of here.
Gen. Miles, of the 2nd U. S. Cavalry,
accompanied by yellowstone Kelley,
the noted scout passed east on Monday
Rumor says that Kelley is on his way to
he married,
p. Moran is building an ice.house
20 feet by 20 in the rear Of his house.
We will have to have colder weather than
we have had so far this winter, to make
very good ice, whercwith to fill it.
&C. W. Hendricks is awaiting at
Green Bay, the winding up of his property
there, and may start for his homestead,
just south Of here, any time, bringing
with him family, bag and baggage.
We are having most beautiful weather
which has nearly taken away the snow
that fell a couple Of weeks ago. The
cattle feed upon the cured grass on the
prairie, and prefer 1t to good hay, so that
when driven up at night they consume
but little CT the latter.
The passenger trains now pass James,
town in daylight, taking dinner at the
Klaus House, with Mr.. D. NJ Kelleher.
This affords the Jamestowners an oppor-
tunity to see who of their friends pass by,
and also to see what notable persons travel
east or west on this road. The trains
now pass each other at this point.
w. W. Bill, now engaged as clerk for
N. B. Harwood & Co., in their store at
this place, has this week taken tree.
claim near the sth Siding. We judge
that he will remain here and go into
business at jamestown next year. He is
good fellow, great ladies' man, and
terrible practical joker. We owe him
one
Engine No. So got off herself and
ditched her tender on Saturday, by back.
ing off of the track on the jamestown
switch, where couple of rails had been
temporarily removed, but no notice given
the engineer or, as we understand, the
station agent, Mr. Harris The engine
and tender was gotten on that night by
he gravel train engine which came up to
her relief.
Geo. W Vcnnum, Register of Deeds
and County Clerk of our county, returned
on Sunday last from trip to Wisconsin.
Hc has been busily engaged since his
return, IN recording deeds from the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company to
different purchasers of their lands in this
county. We placed deed on record this
week for Hon. n. NJ Kelley, of Green
Bay, for four sections Of land lying 10
miles south of Jamestown.
Mr.. A. Mcdonald, one of the con-
tractors, for building the additions to the
Mission School Building on the Devils
Lake Indian Reservation, arrived here
yesterday. The school building is situat-
ed six miles from the Agency buildings
near Fort Totten; and is much enlarged
and made more comfortable by the two
wings that Mr. Mcdonald has Just con-
structcd, The Catholic Sisters, in charge
of the school, are meeting great success
in educating the Indian children, and have
many of their pupils WHO can read and
write English we'll The Sisters on last
Monday night, gave a handsome enter
tainlnent to Mcssrs Mcdonald & McCue,
the contractors, and the workmen engaged
on the erection Of the buildings, also to
the citizens employed at the Agency who
by direction of that most worthy and
excellent Indian Agent, Maj. James Nc
Laughin, have so faithfully forwarded the
enlargement of the school. The balance
Of the party who were engaged on the
school, having completed their work, will
arrive at Jamestown next week, on their
way below.