Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-06-01
The Cameron Pioneer will soon become
the Salem Echo.

Oar usual amount Of reading matter
has bcel crowded out this week to make
room for advei tisements.
G. s. Dcicm, of Grand Rapids, was IN
town Thursday and before leaving subscri.
bed for tho Alert.
They use oil stoves in Grand Rapids
owing to deplolable scarcity Of wood in
that newly discovered region.
A new Land Journal will appear in
few days. 1t will be mostly devoted to
down river country.
Those residing at Grand Rapids can
hayssthe Alert sent to them each week
by means Of special carrier, until their
postotfice is established.
The social hop given at Kinchey's new
| hall '&3t Friday evening was very plvas-
ant Affair.". 1t was attended by some Of
oar be citizens
e Haser & Co. have sold their goodwill
in the banking business to McGinnis,
Wallace, & Raymond, who will proceed
At once to occupy the field.
jamestown has done more solid bust
Dess during the past week then it has
during any one week since it had an ex-
istence.
Frank Allen is not only fiddler but a
! foT.vNe teller Of great renown. Go to him
dear g!rls, find ont whether you are going
to marry a man or donkey. Probably
he will fx it 50 you can have both
We a"e authorized to announce grand
ball Tomorrow night at KiAchcy's Hall.
The parry will be given rs benefit TO Joe
| Delgey, and we trust good showing will
be made. Tickets only fifty cents.
Eve body invited.
Christ Timm and the new banking firm
of Raymond, Maginn;s & Wallace appear
/ this week. We will give these advertisers
farther ventilation next week. Too much
crowded this time.
Our worthy knight of the peg box and
last has once more anchored himself with.
in the leather perfumed precincts Of his
den and commenced business. We are
glad to see him thus engaged and trust
that lie will make his awl success.
| The new town Of Burton in which
F. E. Jones, and Supt. Towne are
deeply interested, has begun to boom.
Mr.. Jones Is an earnest laborcr in an i'm.
| migrative sense, and is doug much to
promote its interets. The country about
this promising burg is first class and is
being gobblsd up like hot cakes.
Mr.. James Thompson of Davenport,
Iowa, has been looking around the country
during the past few days, with a view of
locating. Mr.. Thompson is president of
the First National bank at Davenport, and
owns thirty two thousand acres of Iowa
soil. 1.-The concludes to locate here, he
will break several sections this fall.
LATER: We understand that Mr.. T.
has in company with two or three other
gentleman have purchased several hundred
acres Of Supt. Town, near Burton and will
commence breaking at once. We will
speak further next week.
The Bismarck Sun is said to be about
to "croak" so to speak, and that its
founder, Jim Emmons, will return to bis
old profession-deck wallopiug on Mis-
souri, river steamer. He and his Office
gang are reported to be out Of boarding
house, and that they are now manipulate
Ling free lunch tables and gathering "snips'
from the Sea Shore" If we had not
lust been kicked ou: of three story
boarding house window, Jim, with dams
aging results, We would send you a
dollar.
A very redeeming quality of the editors
position, is that if he makes any mistakes
bv commission or omission in an issued pa
per. he can" hasten to correct" next week.
One which occurred in the Times report Of
officers at tho late editorial convention
was the omission of the name of J. Nc
Clure from the committee on resolutions.
The error occurred partly from the copy,
which we now hasten to credit, the Argus,
aud tho omission escaped notice from our
proof. Me- was the active member on
that committee aud was we'll in the field
throughout tho session IN. P. Times.
While We do not in the slightest degree
flattsr ourselves that we were of any great
crodit to the able committee on resolutions
we feel like thanking the doctor, who so
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