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Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-07-03
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
TERRITORIL OFFICERS.

Delegate to Congress, Granville G. Bennett,
Yanktou, Yankton County.
Governor, William A. Howard, Yankton,
fankton Courty.
Secretary, Ii. G. Hand, Yankton, Yankton
County. %# ~
Auditor, f. A. Sherman, Sioux Falls,
Minnehaha County. ~:
Treasurer, -. McVay, Yankton, Yankton
County.
Superintendent Of public InStruc,i"u,W II.
H. Beadlc, Yank,on, u ankt"n County.
Surveyor General, Henry E>person, Yank-
ton, Yanktrn County. g..
Collector of U. s. Internal Revcnnr,J J l..
Pennington, Yankton, va kt"n County.
Judge Of the District Count, 3rd District
A. H. Barnes, Fargo, CasS County.
District Attorney, 3rd District, J. \. Sto-
yell, Bismarck, Burieigh County.
Land Office, Fargo District: Horace Austin
Register; Ti,os. NJ. Paea, Receiver.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1879-07-03

Land Office, Fargo District Horace Austin
Register; T;,os. NJ. Paea, Receiver.
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wh eat IN the North west.

ST. PAUL, June 4-Dispatches re-
ceived from points along the line q
three principal railroads in this Safe,
the Northern Pacific, st Paul aid
Pacific, and st. Paul and Sioux Cily,
give almost uniformly favorable re-
ports of the condition Of the wheat
crop Only one dispatch mentions
need OF rain, the remainder reporting
the weather as cool, moist, cloudy,
and favorable. North Pacific points
report q large increase Of acreage,
especially in Dakota, and a large
amount OF new land breaking is 10
operation for seeding to wheat next
year. Grain is from s 10 IL inches
high, of good color, aud vigOrOus
Reports from the great Dalrympie
farms in Cass county, Dakota. say
that wheat could not bok better
Herman, on the st. Paul and Pacific,
reports The acreage doubled. Osher
points ssy the weather is favorable
and whta making the best progress
possible, zcept Edna, which needs
rain. On the st. Paul aud Sioux
City there have b1el abundant rains.
and the weather is now clear aud
warm, with the crop making rapid
progress. 10 some places wheat IS
thin on the ground, but this il cor
Fecting itself az the growth advances
The Territory Ct this road IS South
western Minnesota, Northwestern
Iowa, and : mth-easte So DAkOts, gu
of which promises n generous yieFd
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A dispatch ff.aB Atchi-oa ks1s {.
says ihss the c,mmiaee Of rHrgee :
and citizens sent 10 Irving rep rstgat
the dead are all buried aud lbe
wounded tenderly cared for. Relief
committees have been organized ~
Irving sod Frankfort and sre d5fsg
everything 10 sheir power t. provide
for The u~eceSssTiss If Sufferers
Complete Lets 81 kiilrd and ~sG0dsd
OF Irving anl Frankfurt comprise
twenty killed and fargy-sigbtsevsrely
wounded a. or near The I've places.
Fifteen are reported Killed aud meoy
wounded in The viciaity Of DeIph9s,
Ottawa county. aGd several casualties
are reported 10 other parts of the
county, trsyersed by The storm. II
is therefore certain thas not less than
forty persons have been killed aud
seventy to eighty wounded. oil OF the
latter very severely TIE Obstruction
OF property viii foot up very heavily.
but 10 Trustworthy estimates can yet
DE formed of the smonnts. Hundreds
of houses have been DESTROYED and
the crops 10 the path of the cyclone
utterly destroyed. The track Of the
eycloLe varies from three-fonrtbs Of a
mile to one mile In width. 1t occs-
sionally lefs the ground for g short
distance and again descended.
Whenever it touched the ground II
swept everything clean of houses.
trees and crops. Where it crossed
the Blue river it lifted every drop of
water in its course, aud passing over
n well in Irving IL scooped it dry
The committee from this city and
ST. Joseph have issued an appeal for
aid. Contributions may be sent TO
J. s. Walker, treasurer Of the Irving
(kansas) Relief Committee. All the
wounded are severely injured, scarce
" one escaping with less than
broken limbs and quite a number
IRE dangerously and some mortally
hurt
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A Murdcrer's Dying story.

ATLANTA, Ga June 3.-The PEG
pie Of GAINESVILLE, Ga, are excited by
the discovery of a murder which was
committed two years ago, but has
has just come to light. Two years
ago a revenue officer named Cotton
disappeared mysteriously. He had
just caused the arrest of a man nam.
ed Dunegsn for illicit dislilling.
James Bryant. q brother in law of
Dunegan, openly threatened that he
would kill Cotton. Little was thought
of his threat. One day Bryant,
while drunk, told q man that be had
killed Cotton and hidden his body.
As Bryant was a great braggart, his
story was not believed The disap.
pearsnce of Cotton had almost been
forgotten, When, Gay before yes
terasy, Bryant. on his death bed,
confessed the deed fully aud prayed
for forgiveness, He said he tried 10
poison Cotton and failed. Exasper-
ated at this. be found him in the
woods o day and struck him a
blow on the head with a stick, break
ing the skull. He buried Cotton's
body near his distilIery. Yesterday
persons searched the place Bryant
had indicated and found human re-
mains. with a skull terribly crushed.
Near by was found q bottle of poison
aud q pistol. A Coroner's inquest
was held. but failed to implicate any
one but Bryant. Cotton was ID Of
the most efficient men 10 the revenue
service.
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Two Children saved.

Reference has heretofore been
made to the disappearance % two lit
tie girls, Mary Schi1 and Lizzie Refs
beck, from their homes 10 the thirty
fourth ward. Toe children, 4 and 6
years of age, disappeared on Wedues.
day and, though every effort was
made 10 Gnd them, nothing could be
learned hat day. Ga Thursday even.
ing a lady applied TO Mr.. l.. ID. Buck-
ley tor permission 10 inspecta vacant
house OF the river bank, which be
offered for rent Permission being
granted she took u tour through the
house and casually opeded a clothes
press. when 10 her intense surprise the
little girls staggered out almost dead
IRON exhaustion and fright. The
children had gone into the house and
tboughllessly shut themselves up in
the press. The house being some
what isolated and their voic. 3 smoth-
cred, they had shrieked themselves
hoarse without being able to attract
attention. while a spring latch con-
fined them in their living tomb.
Persons Inclined to q b~eliefin spec.
ial prosidences will fad in this incl
dent much to confirm their faith, as il
would not have been considered
strange had no one crossed the por-
tails of the house for q month. There
was great ~ in two households, aud
the little ones learned a les,oa that
they will remember with a shudder
during the remainder Of their journey
through this vale of theirs -PHsburg
Dispatch
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Crushed TO Death.

CINCINNATI, Juue j-Woskmso
were placed on tie ruins Of Post &
Cos. burned buildings this afternoon
to clear away the rubbish. At $3.50
O'Clock one OF the interior walls fell.
carrying with it portions of the sec.
ond, third, fourth and fifth focrs and
II or u men. A fire alarm brought
q number OF engines and police 10 the
ruins, who, with a party Of volun-
teers, commenced the work Of reseu.
ing the dead and wounded Within
half an hour one dead and two woun-
ded men had been removed, but wors
was interrupted by further fall Of the
ruins, burrying those carried down
by the first crash still deeper 10 the
debris. Work was shortly resumed,
and the following named dead and
wounded persons were removed from
the ruins
Dead-Samuel Cronin, Charles
Lsngreth, married, Of CovIngton
George Burns, unmarried, OF this
city VIM. Shercb, unmarried
Wouuded-William Hammer, Sc
verely S Hayes, severely E Han
Deger, severely l. Simonson, slight
ly Sigismund Beylard, slightly,
Previous to the accident Post Il
Co, estimated their loss at from
$4,000 to S45, 900, bat now tbey
state il will reach Sl2O 900.
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Terrible Tragedy at Lehauoa.

LEBANON, Pa, June About two
O'Clock this afternoon Peter uouer,
Tax Collector, and Constable Lei
ninger went to the residence Of VIM.
I hrich for the purpose of selling GER
tain goods which they bad seized for
taxes. Upon entering the premises
Uhrich appeared and, with aa oath,
declared ne would shoot the first man
who attempted to remove any article
belonging TO him. Lsininger went
toward Uhrich, when the latter fired,
the shot taking eIec; in L~eiainger's
abdomen. Uhrich Instantly turned
and fred at Homer, the bullet grazing
his shoulder aud tearing his coe. aud
the powder burning ais face. Uhrich
then placed the pistol to bis own
head and discharged il, the ball pass
ing through his head, killing him ia
stantly. Lsininger is ia "a very cfili-
cal condition. Uhrich served in the
Twelfth PENNSYLVANIA cavalry during
the late war.
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Details of the New Plan for Cfrcum
venting h President.

WASHINGTON, June 3.-Tha Dem
ocratic members of the House aud
Senate held a joint caucus this after
noon in the hall Of the House of Rep
r~esentatiFes, to receive the report of
the joint advisory committee in re-
gard to the appropriation bills. After
several hour- had been devoted to ito
considerable it was adopted with
substantial y ianimity. The follow
ing is the programme agreed upon
The House Committee on Appro-
prialioDs will forthwith prepare for
introduction three bills, as follows
First. The ARMY Appropriation
bill, which wac vetoed oy the Presi-
dent, with the following new section
to take the place of the section upon
which the President based his veto :
Section 6 That no money appro-
priated by this act ia appropriated or
shall be paid for the subsistence,
equipment, transportation or compen.
sation of any part of the army of the
United States, to be used as g police
force to keep the peace at the polls at
any election held within any State"
Second. A bill extending the Leg
islatiye, Executive and Judicial Ap-
preparation Act Of June 10, 1878, for
one year from the 30;b inst for the
some sums aud purposes therein
specified, except in regard to the ap-
portionment OF clerical force 10 some
Of he executive departments, which
is lett 10 the discretion of the Com
mi;iee gu Appropriations. Provision
will also be made in this bill tor the
salaries OF certain Offices Great, d since
the passage of The act, which is TO be
extended Tue bill will contain no
general legislation, except that por-
ton II The recently vetoed bill, known
as the "McMahon amendment"
which provides for the repeal Of Ger
tain laws regulating the payment OF
pensions, and directs the Secretary
Of the Treasury to pay out for arrear-
ages Of pensions the remainder of the
ten millions of dollars hitherto held
as d special fund for the redemption
of fractional currency.
Third. A bill making %appropria-
lions for the expenses of the Courts
Of the United States for the iscal
year ending June 80, 1880, and for
other purposes.
TIE second section Of the bill viii
provide that no portion Of the money
appropriated shall be used as fees,
salaries, compensations or expenses
of any persons appointed under and
by virtue of The Federal election laws,
which authorize the appointment of
supervisors and deputy m~arshals of
election, aud provide for their COM
pensalion.
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I'sras~ saau s,e.sra,ca.


EAsroN. Peap., June 4-i's.dss
itali. 'tuv - tie L4tss.tt= q sIie1t
buildings, was d'scoyered, az & O'Clock
this evening. 10 he on FIRE. Owing
to the scarcity Of water, the effort;
81 The citizens aud fremen were IN
availiug, and az miin;ghs The build.
ing was completeiy | .-d out. The
Building VA, erected fes years az
at q coss Of 1925, 900, given by A
Pard,c. and the fixtures cost $751; 900
more, The loss is almost total. The
iire Is Supposed to have originated 10
the laboratory Of the chemical de-
partment from spontaneous comhus-
ton During the progress Of the FIRE
q man tell from the third story and
was fatally injured. The insurance
on the building amounts TO $l20, 600,
divided between the following com
panies.
Ktna, of Hartford Lancashire,
Royal, North American, Franklin,
Queen and Continental, $40, 900 each;
North British, Nisgara, London. Liv-
erpool and London and Globe, Home,
Phoenix, Pennsylvania, America, and
Hanover, s 5000.
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Victims OF :he Cyclone.

ST.. LorGs, June "A ST Joseph,
Mo, dispatch says:
"a dispatch from Irving, Kqnsas,
dated June /, $40 p. NJ. reports
thirty deaths certain and fifty three
persons badly injured in the recent
cyclone. TIE people want monsy 70
get the neeessaries of life, which are
at hand. Ten persons were buried
to day. From fifty to sixty families
ct Frankfort, Kansas, are rendered
houseiess and destitute Of ~c,Dthiog.
provisions and farming Implements.
The citizens of that place have d.
mated 800 M5re aid is badly
needed
A dispatch from Sabetha. Kansas,
dated Juue ,. 1870 A. NJ says:
"Seventy-fve to 100 persons are
destitute of everything Ia the VI
cinity OF Beatsie, bedding and cloth
ing are badly wanted"
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The " p Post.

RICHMOND. Va, June 6-Tbe
Portsmouth (Vs.) Enterprise Of yea
terday publishes the following:
"For a long time the residences on
the west end of Fsyette street have
been Inconvenience by a crew of idle
and dissolute negro men and women.
who have congregated in THAI neigh
borhood and made the nights bideous
with their noise and obscene Ian
guage. Complaint was made TO the
Mayor, aud on Monday, afte- mid.
night, the police made a descent upon
them, aud arrested niue men aad wo
men The charge Of stealing was
also preferred against them. AID the
Mayor ordered The whole party TO
receive lhirty-nine las5es each at the
whipping post The sentence was
carried into effect"
There seems TO be a general opin-
ion that the Mayor had no authority
to order this whipping, and there is
considerable talk about it.
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TER
Hanging In Missouri.

ST. CHARLES. June John Bian
was hanged here this morning for the
murder of Elijah Warren. After the
black cap had been adjusted Blsn
told the Sheriff he wished TO say
something. 1t was removed and Blan
made d brief speech to the crowd
present, which numbered several
thousand, iu which lie acknowledged
having committed the murder. He
said whisky and bad company was
the caase, and warned all to shun
both. The a was then readjosted,
the drop sprung, and 10 a few min
utes Blan was dead. When Sheriff
Revenzi notified Blsn to prepare to
leave his cell, he suddenly threw his
spiritual adviser, who was standing
by his side, into a corner of the cell,
sp.ang through the door Of the cell
into the ante o of the Jail, and
was just rushing into the Jail yard
when be was caught, and alter q des-
pera.e struggle was oyerpowered and
returned to Ibe cell.
ST.. Louis, No June Ga spec.
ial from Hillsboro, Mo, says:
Monroe Guy, colored, was hanged
here this afternoon for killing Aaron
McPele. near Desots, last Christmas
night He was taken from the Jail
about half-past one, driven 10 "A seat.
fold erected about half a mile away,
guarded by fifty armed men. He
made d brief speech. stating he for
gave everybody, hoped everybody
would forgive MIN, that he trusted
Jesus and was prepared to die.
The moose was then adjusted, the
rope cut, and in ten minutes Guy was
pronounced dead.
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SPEAKING Of the Democratic ir-
reconcilables in Congress, the Wash
ington correspondent Of the New
York Tribune says: "It has leak
ed out that the programme decided
on in the joint caucus received the
approval of only two or three more
than half of the members of the
House present! = > = Speak
er Randall is understood to have
supported the Blackburn programme
in the caucus. > s
Two other Pennsylvania Represen-
tatives besides Speaker Randall are
said TO have supported the r%evolu-
tionary programme in the caucus.
These are Messrs. Clymer and Cof-
froth. The latter gentleman is par
ticularly outspoken 10 bis denuncia-
ton of the surrender policy adopted,
and OF what be calls the cowardice
and ineficiency of the Democratic
leaders. Whether the cooler heads
OF the Democratic party in the House
will be able TO hold the irreconcila-
bles in check and keep them quiet
until the hour Of adjournment arrives,
has become IN interesting problem
So. so! then that story of "our
Aleck" having pistol pockets put in
the rear of his unmentionabies 20 en-
able him 70 train with the Brigsdiers,
must have been true. There is no
''cowsrdly backdown" 10 him. He
viii smile and smile, and set bis
teeth and take another butt at the
wall, see If be don't, For down.
right. stolid mulishness be can't be
beat.
And then after awhile he'll come
home. Just &c smiling and airy and
genial, as If bis head wasn't sore,
and he'll tell the boys how the party
would have pat "old Hayes" in q
hole il the eowardly whelps had
stood up to the work like be did, snd
he'll grow indignant when with biz
Republican friends, and say be was
misrepresen,ed, and, in short, be wit
as usual, he just as mild a hammered
man as ever cot q throat, and-and-
well he'll just want &c go back again
because-he is q clever fellow, yor
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Tint Legislature Finally Adiourns.

HARRISBURG. June G-The Legis-
lature adjourned sine die at no2a TO.
day The general revenue bill was
recalled for correction in some minor
particulars. and was returned IL and
approved by the Governor. Hon.
John Lamon, of Philadelphia. was
elected President pro tenn e the Sen
ate, and the oath Of Office admiai en-
ed by Chief Justice Sharswoud. Of
the Supreme Court The session 10
each branch was mainly occupied 10
making presents TO officers and man,
bers- Speaker Long, Of tas House,
was presented with al ivory gavel.
diamond pin. and other tokens. by
members and officers. and resolutions
complimenting him up his curse
in the discharge of his dl.ies were
unanimously adopted
The Treasurer is paying members by
warrants. which are discounted by the
banks. Members say County Treas.
urers will pay the full amounl-
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IL its State Convention on Wedne5-
day last, the Ohio Democracy most
thoroughly gave itself away, 10 NOM
mating General TON Ewing" for
Governor. Ewing has been the most
blatant of Greenbackers, and by his
nomination the Democrats thought
to catch The vote Of that party, but
they, being assembled in Convention
at the same place, (Columbus), re-
fused to swallow the bait, and placed
in nomination a candidate Of their
own. TIE net result Of the two con-
ventions is this: The Democrats
threw overheard their present Gov
erDor-Bishop who was evidently
the strongest candidate before the
convention. He and bis friends, in
turn, helped to beat Rice, who was
the candidate of the Thurman wing
of the party, and the result was the
nomination of Ewing, not as a COM
promise candidate, but as an acci-
dent, the man on whom the vengeful
partisans Of the other two candidates
threw of, inten. primarily on beating
each other, but each faction hopeful
of catching the greenback vote, for
this the most pronounced greenbacker
among the Democratic candidates.
In this they were doomed to be dis
appointed however, as the Green
back Convention, Notwithstanding
the eager manipulation Of its Demo-
cratic element, insisted upon putting
its own candidate 10 the field, where
upon the Ewing element bolted and
at once called another convention.
The summary Of the event-as
sporting men SAYS as follows
Thurman, who based his hopes of the
Presidency on maintaining bic mar
Rice and carrying the State is fiat
tened out. Bishop. the present G v
ernor, who hoped to be nominated
and carry the Stste in the interests of
Tilden, is badly whipped, and con-
se~quently Sammy" viii not open a
new barrel to carry for him a doubt
fol State. Ewing who also has Presi-
Dental aspirations, based on being
elected Governor, has Thurman in
bis wool, Bishop peggiug him in the
midrif, Tilden scouting his soft money
vagaries, aud vieiously kicking bis
shins as in his road, and the Green.
hackers swearing they will not be
used as q tail to the Democratic kite
for any man PROCESSING their creed, but
steadily training with another organi.
cation. And in this shape the ''hap.
py family" enter q campaign against
Charley Foster" the Republican
nominee, one of the sblest and best
organizers in the State. a man oil
conceded ability, and Of large and
growing personal popularity.
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The Pniladelpbis Record, 90 as
sistant Democratic journal, thGs
speaks Of the result OF the Democratic
Convention 10 Ohio
The nomination of Ewing as The
democratic candidate for Governor
of Ohio makes the financial question
the issue of the campaign, ana puts
the Democratic party distinctly on
the wrong side of it. The resoiu-
tions are nothing; the candidate is
the platform. Every conservative
nan in the country will regard the
election of Foster, the Republican
nominee, as every way desirable.
Republicans will have reason to re-
joice 10 the success of their candidate,
and level-beaded Democrats will see
10 such a result a failure which has
less peril in il than success.
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could n.t h, broug. snols. bar VII.
nov, seeing tt~si q re. = oaies.
nnd der plis d; q ect .nt its h-ueh-
ciaI eAs1 Or. The sabia lii.ib nlrss
still endesvor 70 substitute adepreci.
ated dollar for u good one. have for
saken their faith and will nov vote
to maintain the currency on q cola
basis. These are valuable recruits
to the bard money ranks, and the
more desperate and absurd the Green
hackers become the more of them we
shall have doing service on this side
of the line. = baltimore American.
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Killed by Indians.

GALVESTON. TEXAS. June "a
Ne'cs special from Bracktt,ville says:
"As Mrs Colson, with her two chill
dren, was returning home from the
spring at Colson's ranche, % miles
from here, on the lst inst. she was
met by q party Of Indians. who killed
one of the little girls with arrows,
beat the others brains on, with a
club, and after outragiog Mrs ColsoD,
killed her. Colson aud his sons re-
turning, found the bodies, aud imme-
diately went in pursuit Of the saw
ages. Colson had been married bat
two weeks His former wife was
killed by Indians a year and a half
ago.
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Psnnsyivssia Capita,

HARRISBURG jane IA resola.
ton fer the expulsion Of Geo :
Smitb, q member # the House #
Representatives from P~niladelpbia
vas offered in r.e House this rngra.
ing, the cnaIge being corrupt prae.
tices N Connection win The Pitts.
burg Riot Damage bill The resolu.
tiOn pas amended 50 as 70 allow the
accused - be be..rd personally or By
counsel, and was finally defeated. the
vote standing yeas 80. nays 7g-pot
the necessary iwu-tbirds lmmedi.
ateiy after he All ,u5nmeat of the
morning session considerable excite.
ment was caused By q personal en-
cOuaier in the House between Repra-
senta.ives Sherwood and B-wmap.
both OF York county. Sherwood biz
Bowman a heavy blow on the head
with a cane, but Bowman made no
resistance.
The House ibis afternoon eonsid.
cred a resolution TO expel W. +.
Rumberger, a member from Arm.
strong county, for corrupt solicitation
of members. The resolution was de.
feated-yess l04. nays 60.