Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-03-02

.. r. Lambert arrived from bismarck
on board Of all Indian pony last Friday.
He was in harry and could not bother
with tho cars.
Ward Bill who is particular favorite
with the fair ssex, announces that he
coutemplates shaving off his mustache.
He says it gets in his ears o'nights.
The passenger train bound west, now
snow-bound at Eckelsor, 20 miles east of
this place is expected here to night,
(Monday.)
The Green Bay Advocate is one of the
best newspapers, for general news, We
have ever seen. We would feel lost
without it.
Capt. Garrety, accompanied by his
accomplished wife ard daughters, Misses
Cecilia and Katie, are expected to leave
the city tor St. Paul this morning.
Our board OF county commissioners met
last Wednesday but on account of impor.
tant irregularities in the official call they
were obliged to adjourn. What's the
matter with the board, anyway.
Supt. Towne, as well as road master
Tay lor and other officials are doing all
in their power to clear the road. Every
man that can posslbly be induced to work
has been hired.
Captain Garrety thinks Jamestowp is
very enterprising and attractive little
city and expresses desire to remain here
for several days. He will without doubt
have every wish in that respect gratifed
A. Klaus, proprietor aud lessor of the
Dakota House, informs u that he will
soon commence an addition AOx90, two
stories high. This will make the Dakota
house the largest and handsomest hotel
oa the line of the n, p.
An alarm Of fire was given on Front
street last Friday evening simply to get
the town out to see chimney burn.
Emmons of the Bismarck Sun was one of
the first on the spot and did gallant ser
vice by way Of helping the street urchins
yell.
Marshall Jewell, of the Bismarck Trib.
une, will write for the Bismarck Sun, on
the sly. He will wait until the boys have
all gone home, then he will creep, like =
disenheirted imp of darkness into the
Tribune editorial room and do his fendish
work.
Last Sabbath evening pleasant party
of gentlemen, among whom were Lieut..
A. Il. Wagner, Fort Lincoln; A. E Tay-
lor, N. P. Road Master; F. D. Hager;
Capt. H. T. Elliott; DR.. Werrlck, Fort
Smelling, and ye editor, we're highly enter
tanned at the residence of E. p. Wells.
On entering our sanctum the other day
we found the following special dispatch
to the jamestown ALERT:
He looked as wise as an owl he did,
His tricks were well adjusted,
He declined to advertise ..st0
And in year he busted.
The Green Bay Advocate says that Mr.
+. II. Winslow has rented his handsome
residence on Main ST., to Mr.. Mott and
will leave, with his family, in about three
weeks for Jamestown, D. T., where he
proposes to spend the summer, returning
with his family in the fall, when we shall
kill the fatted calf.
Lieut. Wagner Of TT. Lincoln acciden-
tally picked up soldier at this place last
Sabbath who had deserted from his regi.
ment sometime last summer. The truant
| warrior was handcuffed and placed under
guard. He will soon make trip to Fort
Leavensworth, Kansas, where he will
linger three or four years. This being a
second offense of the kind.
The Yellowstone river commenced
breaking up about one week ago and the
ice in the Missouri will soon go out.
Should the company fail to reach Bismarck
before that event takes place they will
be compelled to ferry their freight across
the river from Bismarck at an extra ex-
pense Of about thirty thousand dollars.
It is reasonable to suppose that they will
get through soon as possible.
Those in want of candies, nuts, apples,
books, weekly and monthly periodicals,
can be accommodated by calling on our
young merchant, Horatlo Kelly who has
recently opened very neat little news
depot in theipostofice building. Horatio il
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