Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-01-13
JAMESTOWN.
A Retrospective Glance ut its Early
History, toGetheF With q Brief
sketch Of its Present and future
prospects,.
CONTINUED from last week.

uSeuS0O w WAC SOSHOaO OSAuk0 0EJOSS Cue
James river. and on the 22nd John Mason
who now lives in Moorhead. arrived, and
was the first to open Z saloon and sell
liquor at this point. Az an example of
the amonnt Of bueiness done at that time,
Mr.. Mason retailed eighteen hundred dol
lars worth of spirits the fint week of hls
stay and still mour,ed for more.
The drst permanent connection that
Jamestown ever hsd with the outside
world was on OK about the 23d of the same
month. It was then that tho Northwest
srn telegraph company run its lines into
the Office of J. D. Skinner, Esq, who was
resident engineer for the Northern
Pacific.
The little village being in great need
of some one of Vulcans followers, H. F.
Elliott hastened to its relief, with his out.
1T and opened blacksmith shop on the
26th. On the 29th, D. NJ. Kelleher, the
present chairman of our board of county
commissioners, made his bow to the good
people Of Jim river crossing" and took
his place as foreman of . gang of laborers
working for the construction company.
The following day the Moran brothers
shouted, clear the way" dashed into
town with their outfit, and almost i'm
mediately opened q placed wherein the
boys could drink, smile and be gay. Pat,
one Of the brothers, and member of the
present board of commissioners, has re-.
mainea ever since to help build up the
place and surrounding cSu ntry.
Tho Grof cf Yn1 vvoc oon>v m ov,, k~1 H.
the debut of the notorious Jack O'Niel,
known far and wide as the terror of the
N. p, IN company with his protcge Sally
MCGUIRE They commenced business by
starting bagnio and gambling den, which
in itself did not prove to be the most per.
manent of enterprises: Jack was pretty
tough customer and had many q narrow
escape He WAS shot at three times during
his stay here. One ball going
through bis paper collar and another cut
ting his scalp. He eventually died at Bis.
marck with his "boots on or, as it is
more generally expressed by the town
met with violent death.
On or about the 10th, Jimmy Reade
came. He also started a saloon, and
quickly made big reputation as fight
ing and gambling character. Two days
later, another gambling and bngnio den
sprung into existence, in accordance with
the general run of wild speculation, with
Jack White, Dave Mullen and Jack Gale
as proprietors.
This kind of business, as we have now
seen, kept growing little by little, until
; 1T no ott rit 'rit "a
States authorities.
Accordingly, Z. S. Marsllall Hawley was
sent to raid and tap the fodnts Of pleasure
that sometimes incbriated, but oftener
intoxicated. So one bright morning, he
left the gates of Fort Seward in company
with small bo,iy of soldiers, swoopel
down upon the liquor dealers and spilled
all the high wines he could find.
This little act not only caused q reduc
tion of the amount of spirits on hand, but
also created feelings Of disgust in the
breasts of the dealers, so that many left
for greener fields and pastures new. Jack
White and Gale joining the throng. Jack
O'Niel, Dave Mullen and James Reade
being caught in the act of violating the
law were sent to Jail in Noorhead, but
were never afterwards tempted by the
beauties of this valley to embark again
upon the tempest tost sea of business here.
On the 2Sth of this month, July, Hub.
bard, Raymond s. Allen stepped in .tc
raise and better the morals OF the town,
by starting general merchandise business
which was afterwards bought out by
Mr.. Clarke and Ward Bill, 80 we'll and
favorable known among US, and was con-
tinued under the firm name of Clark s
Bill. Mr. Hubbard is now connected with
the Headquarters Hotel in Fargo, and Mr.;
RAYMOND is one of the largest merchants
in Bismarck. ......
In the fore part ofAugust. L. S. Mar
shall Hawlcy again visited town, evincing
a very deep interest for the welfare of
spirits and their hasty departure from
30 fair Eden as this. r,
On this occasion only small amount
IF liquor was found, and three prisoners
aiken, who were sent to the guard house
It Fort Seward. &
On the 9th Hawley made third raid
IN the whiskcy element, DESTROYING abou.
wo hundred gallons Of beverage and this
ime took six men to the Moorhead Jail.
These were the times that tried mems |
ovls, and created certain feelings Of
livine respect for the United States in the
learts Of the western pioneer that was
lard to understand. @
Il was about the middle Of this same |
aonth that a lsboring man by the name |
s. Ian E,;clnor Was sent ont to look after
attle that had strayed away and to bring |
hem back. Being unacqualnted with the |
rairie he soon commenced to wander and |
as lost. lie was gone so long that the |
eople all supposed him to lie dead. when
lddenly one fine afternoon he surprised