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

Kat Moran is about to prove up on his
homestead.
Thresling on the Lloyd farms com.
menced last week.
Sheriff McKechnie will build the new
bridge acroes the raging James.
It is said that John Bell will come up
for the Office of county commissioner.
The aspirants tor the soon to be vacant
Offices in Stutsman county are many.
Jehn Vennun. has moved into his res
idence just west of The Alert Office. =.
Farmer Sidmore is threshing hls grain.
It will take him about ton days to finish.
The nomination of Pettigrcw is sur
prise to the Republicans Of Northern Da.
kota.
Elder 1nman has put . partition IN bis
Office and is having it lathed and plaster.
cd. ..
Mr.. and Mrs. MCGEE, who have been
quite i'll Of late, have regained their
health. '' '5a' l.'.' '..'.t
Bush 4 Corwin shipped the first car
load Of wheat of the season last Tbursday
afternoon. "'Ifs&-f g.
Our young friend MI. Wade had bis
leftarm badly fractured one day last week
by pair Of runaway mules. 55
Dole h Tlmer's billiard hall 10 getting
very popular among tho high.muck a.
mucks of the town.
Capt. H. T. Elliott is making arrange
ments to prove up on bis homestead in
Lamore county. /.
An ecclesiastical shin.dig and indoor
picnic took place at the holy habitation
Saint Taber last evening.
D. N. Kelleher was Of the opinion that
Pettigrew would get the nomination, and
as luck wsuld have It, he did.
B. s. Russell, of fSpiritwood has sever.
al sections of choice tarmi g lands tor sale
which lie advertises in The Alert.
Carpenter Jordan has moved his lately
arrived family over Major Lyons store
where they will remain for the present.
A. A. Allen, who has for the past few
days been in Fargo attending the teachers
Institute, returned last Thursday evening
to bless US with bis presence.
Mr.. Henceal is installed is chief clerk
at Nickeus' store, where he will be de.
lighted to meet his friends IN business
way. q. ia
Keep out of debt and you will be hap
py. One pound of debt will breed ten
pounds of anxiety and poverty.
IS. Russell has an advertisement in
this issue which Is worth reading. 1t can
be found by turning to the second page.
Mrs Jordan, wife Of our we'll known
carpenter, R. C.eJordan, lately arrived in
the city. We understand that Mrs. J. will
make jamestown her home in the future.
We have received some verses from an
unknown pcet,. beginning, 'How can I
ease my throbing brews" Did you ever
try wet rag around your head' .'.''
We notice that some Of our citizens
and farmers have already commenced to
take an interest in. securing articles to
placee upon exhibition at the Minneapolis
fair. @s .2'' ~. &5
TIE Bank of Jamestown is the finest
furnished institution of the kind on the
N. P. west Of Minneapolis and is doing q
business that city Of ten thousand would
be proud Of. .2.,
Tue weather during the greater part of
the past week has been very favorable to
our farmers, who haye not finished stack.
ing. Stacking is going on without in.
tcrruption, and every one appears 70 be
happy: IL
A. A. Allen, who has teen in attend
ancc at the Teachers institute in Fargo
during the past week, returned last Thurs'
day a.ternoon.
jamestown, not unlike other places Of
its size and importance, had rather wait
until after it las enjoyed good blaze be.
fore it takes any steps toward selfpro-
lection.
Plow around your houses, your grain
stacks, and everything burnable that you
DO not care to loose. Remember that the
tune for prairie fires is approaching. and
unless YOU protect yourselves you are in
great danger Of being burned out
Mr.. z. s. Martin has returned from his
old home in Minnesota. where he mas
been for several weeks on business. BE
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