Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-08-31

Fruits at Churchill's.
Threshing is the order Of the day.
Billy Goodrich commenced threshing
last Monday.
. Mr.. Fields left for Fargo yesterday,
Good bye, William.
Major Lyon wants to engage neat girl
to do house work. f.T
Farmer Carney expects to have about
ten thousand bushels Of wheat.
The present damp weather is not just
the thing for the ambitious thresher.
MI. Klaus commenced threshing last
Saturday. His wheat is turning out big.
John Dole is out again. John has been
quite sickee and we are glad to see he
wellee. u. s4S.
Cutting and stacking wheat seems to
bs the principal amusement A. Spiritwood
ct present. .'s.'..% ,@t'
The new elevator will be completed by
the 1st Of September. It will hold forty
thousand bushels Of grain. ,.
Fargo has just recovered from q disas.
trous cyclone and now comes shower
of lizards. What next, Bro. HALL,
Atty Allen has changed his base. He
can now be found quartered in the snug
little Office just this side of the bank.
Prayer meeting next Wednesday even
ing at the school house. 1t will be led by
Bro. Bennett. sa
Rev. John Irwin will preach At the
school house next Sunday at 10 o'clock
a. NJ, and in the evening at Z o'clock.
Henry Vessey's successor is fixing up
things in style. We hope he will find
Jamestown profitable business location.
Judge Bennett is building an elegant
residence in Washington, Iowa. The
Judge expects to go othither after election,
The editor of the Land Journal eats
nine ears Of green corn at one meal, and
then wondere why he is so easily ear
itated. #
Mr.. Churchill has a small, but very
select, circulating library. He will lease
books to responsible parties at very
reasonable figure.
One more successful harvest is nearly
ended. and the husbandman is soon Ia
commence dancing after the inspiring
racket of the threshing machine.
Plettenberg & Klosterman are doing
some very fine work in the way of plaster
ing. These men are reliable and appea,
to attend closely to their business.
Nelson Powell came home from Spirit
wood last week somewhat bruised up. A
self binder ran over him, that's all
Major Lyons new residence is abou,
| completed. 1t is the most commanding
residence the town affords, and reflects
much credit on Mr.. McGee, who built it
DR.. Satterthwait has commenced work
! on his buildings. He is erecting a house
on the townsite Of Grand Rapids. Mr.
H. L. Hall has commenced work on {
store IN the same place.
The Alert nominates D. NJ. Kellehel
for president of our village park associa
tion. Mr.. Kelleher was one of the first t
penetrate the wilds of Stutsman county
and it would only be dong justice to hin
to tender him the presidency. Besides
] he would take an interest IN II and max,
it q success.
/ Henry Griffin and Johnny Bell hav'
just purchased new threading machine
Of Elder 1nman. The boys are energetic
workers. and will no doubt make th,
threshing business success. They hav.
about three hundred acres of their owr
grain to thresh, which will keep them
busy for . while at least.
Will our farmers please bring u . 70
port Of their crops for publication! Each
| mans name will be given in full, under
bic report. We deslrs to give every
farmer in the county an opportunit! 4
tsll their friends out side, and the world
just what they ere doing.
I It 10 rumored that E. P. Wells. Of thi,
place, is one Of the directors Of tbs new
! north and south road. We expect to hea,
! next that hs has gobbled up the whole
road, engines, round houses, and Oh, and
I moved them TO Grand Rapids
Our enterprisiag townsman and merehant
s. F. Lambert, informs u that he will .,
| once put ten teams on the grade Of the
Mitchell snd Jamestown rsilroad, which
is pointing toward this place from ths
south. He says that the grade stakes art
now ret to within about twenty miles ol
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