Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-05-18

Muller s. Co., are having Z good trade.
Fifth Ave, southwark as far ~ Curtin
& Winslov's store, has just been graded.
s. F. Lambert il At the end Of the exten.
ton, looking after his frsighsiag interests.
There has been more rain in Dakota
this season than there has ever been before
for ten years.
D. M. Kelleher and other citizsns on
Front street have set good example by
clearing the loose rubbish thersfrom.
Mrs. Davis has removed 70 Knapp's new
building, and will now grace Fifth Ave-.
with her smiling figure. ~
The average weekly sale Of the ALERT
at our news depot and hotels during the
past month. at i've cents each, was 48 per
week. .u5
Three of the Dakota House dining room
girls will leave sometime this month for
Green Bay, Wis, their old home.
Mr.. J. J. Eddy's residence in the coun.
try narrowly escaped being burned last
Wednesday. s.~
Fields new jewslry show case lends =
bewitching air to the pest Office. It's =
daisy.
Mr.. L. Barbour has commenced to agi-
tate the nail question sgain. Barbour is
plucky and understands his business.
Judge Harris says that his wood is dis
appearing very mystsriously. Now any
man who will steal from so kind and lib.
eral man % Judgs Harris ought to be
crematsd alive.
Horatio Kelly seems to be doing pros.
porous business, and we are glad to see It.
The young man is certainly deserving Of
success.
James Lees has 10 bushels Of the best
Scotch fife seed wheat ever seen. He
will sell it cheap in order to get it out of
the way.
We notice that quadrupsds such as pigs.
horses, cows, oxen, etc.. are permitted to
run at large. Now this is not right, and
1t takes pretty shrewsd people ia ses
the need of fire company bsfore a FIRE,
but after one any fool can discover worlds
Of policy in such scheme.
Jamestown has more pretty women and
and girls within its bluff bound borders,
than any other place Of it's size on the n.
P. road.
Hager e. Co. now have their village
property on record and can furnish pur-
chase,s with substantial titles tllerto, di-
rect from the railroad company or from
them. ... .-...
We want to see Mr.. Morris strike coal,
because we do not like to steal it, or freeze
to-dsat1 if We do not, and we think
there are great many others Of the same
opinion. ~"
We understand that large colony from
Grass Lake, Michigan. will arrive here in
. few days. The colony is made up of
enterprising Michigandss, who came
west TO grow up withthe country
Captain Morris does not propose to let
the coal scheme die out. We admire his
pluck, which, being founded on a scleh.
ti6c knowledge of what there is below
the earth, will probably be literally re-
warded.
The Northern Pacific railroad company
will commence the construction of q new
brick round house at this place sometime
next mouth. It will be large enough to
accommodate eight engines.
Soft coal delivered here, costs about
six dollars ton Each family will use
about eighty dollars worth annually.
Now if we are successful in finding coal
in this vicinity, it will cost only about
half that amount.
Mr.Klaus complains that some Of the coun.
ty officials hogs and cattle are giving him .
great deal Of trouble now days. Some.
thing should be done for the hogs aud
cattle.
Our enterprising harness makers, Ship>
py 3 Co., are doing . lively business in
their line. These gentlemen are hard
workers and are very deserving Of the
liberal Eatrongs they are receiving.
Clarence Foster and his family have
gone to Duluth. Clarence could not make
. living here, not because there was Moth