Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-09-07

IuIUuSu OdLuCSUO"A ldSt AuuISCdy Will
four prisoners, en- route for Ft. Smelling,
where they will receive their sentence.
Two of them for desertion aud two for
theft. &@
I. w. Barnum will exhibit his immortal
pulvcrizipg harrow on Thursday. the 9th,
1t will pay our farmers. as many as can,
to be present. Mr.. b. is practical man,
and we have every reason to believe that
the instrument is valuable to the farmer.
See his advertisement on our editorial
pseh
,18fr. johnson g. Nickeus, late Of Wash.
ington, d, c., has arrived in Jamestown,
and taken possession of Vessey's old
stand. which he has fitted up in the most
attractive style and rs.stocked with fresh
and tempting articles Of ever description
in the line Of groceries and general mer.
chandise. You will find him an accom-.
modating and obliging gentleman. d.
Az the world grows older man becomes
smaller in stature, and stronger in intel.
lect. Major Lyon. who has just received
direct from Chicago one thousand dollars
worth Of gents furnishing goods and
ready-made clothing, made this astonish.
Ing discovery while endeavoring to select
. stack Of goods that would ct and ssit
AI> .>,>.n~A . .
Mr.. Witt, tho popular manager Of the
Continental Hotel, in Fargo, was in town
last Thutsday. Mr. W. took short ride
in to the country and gazed upon some
Of our bonanza wheat fields. He says,
''there Is no use talking, the Red river val
ley cannet show any such wheat fields
as you have here. Your wheat will 90
more bushels to the acre, and there is no
use of denying it," This statement cor.
oberates the assertion made by the Fargo
Times not long since, that the James river
valley was far superior to that of the Red
river valley for wheat raising
Seventy five teams and wagons arrived
here Yesterday from Bismarck and the ex-
tension and left to day for the lower
James river valley where they will at once
commence work on the grade Of the
Mitchell & jamestown railway. The
out fit belongs to contractors, Larson &
Newport, and will commence operations
about fifteen miles south of Grand Rapids
and run fifteen miles further south to the
point where the old grade terminates.
Mr.. Larson thinks the road will be grad.
ed to Grand Rapids this fall, but has no
authority further than suppositien upon
which to base his opinion. a,-,
A typographical error in Edward W.
Decker's advertisement, made it read crook.
ed, last week. Those who were panied
or in any way disconnected inconsequence
of the use of the initial letter III instead
the proper letter w, in his name, or any
one who might have spent an hour OF two
looking for that gentleman place of bust.
ness opposite the post office, where there IS
no building and never was, are requested
to call at this Office and get treated to
dozen empty beer bottles, each, for their
trouble. .s,a q: d. a1 --.s .
A startling disaster occurred on Lake
Huron last Thursday, which the latest re-.
ports, however, indicate to have been with.
out loss of life. The steamer Marine City
took fire near Alpena and burned to the
waters edge. The first dispatch said
some lives were known to be lost; but
the latest from the scene Of. the disaster,
says all escaped. There appears to have
been great energy, coolness and heroism in
saving the lives Of the passengers.-P.
Press.
Five ,e.r, ago this sun + ye editor
occupied the enviable pssiS'on of table
waiter on the unfortunate craft mentioned
iu the above. She had the reputation Of
ef being the fastest passenger boat on the
lakes. @ -,
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He is tender.foot from Michigan and
his wife has gone back the states to get
. drink Of pure water. He loves the dear
ladies' Oh! 80 much, and takes advantage
of every opportunity to strike the happy
medium their society affords him. So deep
and profound was this Michigander's de.
votion to the opposite sex that some Of
heartless young men sought one evening
last week to cool his srdor by placing
in his bed . large rag girl.baby, upon
whose head was plssed . lady's bonnet,
and then secreted Themselves in an ad.
joining room to wstch the result Of their
heartless scheme. The result came, but
rhs Alerl he,nO strictly moral journal