Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-06-29
Carpenters are very by busy.

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Webb. an inexperienced representative
OF the Argus subscription list is in th e
village soliciting job work. Good scheme
Flint & Dole are doing an immense
business. Verify, the Dakota House
boometh. ..... ~.
Burton and sanbsrn are bound to be
smart and enterpris,ng villages. Z.
jamestown has four doctors, all retired,
however, and can live upon future pros
poets.
Don't fail to call at Tinm's ice cream
foundry Saturday evenings and spend q
quarter. ".M @..3 .
Mr.. Churchill will commence selling
chemical "dope" in Klaus' new block
next week.
Major Lyons new residence, when fully
completed, will be one Of the finest and
most elaborate residences the village af.
fords.
Will Elmer and Mr., Timm have gen.
orally improved the appearance of their
business Notifications by the construction
of new sidewalk.
Housekeepers are rejoicing in the fact
that they can now lie supplied with
the choicest beef, lamb and veal at Malt.
by's market.
The bridge over the river north of to wn
is still unrepaired. This matter should
attended to, gentlemen, Of the board, and
we trust that it vii! be.
The newly laid sidewalk, together
with the new canvass awning in front Of
Henry Vessey's feed and grocery store
adds many commendable attractions to
the premises round about.
Joseph Freeman left at this Office a
sample OF wheat over three feet in length
which is heading out nicely. His field is
on Prospect Hill, ~ east of Jamestown,
and was sown without backsetting.
We have, after much quarreling and
figuring, come to the conclusion that Maj.
Lyons carpenter shop is situated just
three quarters Of an inch over on our lot,
and it must be moved at once. We can't
have it.
We have received. seEeral complaints
during the past week from citizens living
in the vicinity of the jamestown Hotel
to the effect that portion Of the slop and
rubbish from that hotel is deposited in
the street, thus creating stencil not alto
gether conducive to health. Will our
Street Commissioner look into this mat.
ter, and oblige the public?
Learned Bros. have just received fine
stock of coal and wood stoves and tinware,
white lead, raw and boiled oils, turpen.
tine and Japan, mixed paints of all colors
paint and white wash brushes, headquar
ters for wire cloth and serene door find.
ings. Call and examine oul goods be.
fore you buy. We will not be under sold
for cash. g.....
The Bismarck correspondent to the
Fargo Daily Argus, is trying to be SEN
sational. In his special dispatches of
June 25th he willfully misleads the pub.
lie by stating that the settlers a. far east
as the James river are preparing to leave
the country on account Of the alleged
evacuation of Fort Yates. This is false
No such movement is on foot. The spec
ial is only one of JEWELS sensational Of.
forts and in reality amounts to nothing.
Jamestown will at an esrly day have .
competing road. Whether said road will
be for our good or not we will not Try to
discuss, but the writer has from a source
which he thinks reliable, the following
information: The road will not stop here,
but be pushed to the Manitoba line as
quickly as money and labor can take it.
the point is to get through line from the
east into Manitoba, the to connect with
the Southwestern road to Winnepeg. This
road will also open up the best part Of
Northern Dakota, good water and
coal.
A destructive hail and wind storm
swept over large portion of the Red
River valley last Tuesday afternoon, de-
strsying nearly every garden and greatly
damaging the crops. Hail stones as large
as hens eggs ca,oe thick aud fast. Cas-
selton, Moorhead and Fargo was
more or less damaged BY way
Of smashing out windows, etc. It is
thought that the crops nre not very Tar
advanced, they will not sustain any great