Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-06-15
The Perham News has suspended.


Lyons.
The Argus has been enlarged and i'm
proved.
Mr.. Bush thinks he has heard from his
Crops look we'll along the entire line of
the railroad.
A large amount Of new job type will be
here next week.
Mr.. Lambert Smith, Jr., still has room
for a few more boarders.
We enjoyed another gentle shower, last
Tuseday evening.
Don't fail to get your teeth repaired
while DR.. Goodrich is in town.
l Let everybody prepare to celebrate the
4th of July in true patriotic style.
The Jamestown postoftice will be a mon
ey order Office after July first. =
Ninety-two miles Of the extension of
the N. P. r. R. have been completed.
Breaking is now going on in four Sec
tions eighteen miles north Of town.
Have we botanist in jamestown who
has ever analysed the fora of this valley?
The elegant business block of Mr.. A.
Klaus is being rapidly pushed forward.
Mr.. Frederick Billing. President of the
N. P r. r., passed over the road last
week.
One of Dave Curtin's front windows
was broken Sunday afternoon by dog
fight. %
Everybody reports the wheat as look
ing we'll, Notwithstanding the abundant
rainfall of the past four weeks.
Owing to two wash-outs in the railroad
near Brainerd last Saturday mail train did
not arrive here until $50 p. M. Sunday.
Mr.. Jacob Smith has bought the claim
Of Mr.. Goodhue and will proceed az once
to make valuable Improvements theron.
There is no doubt but that the eide,
would have won the race had his feet not
drawn so much air. .-. .......-. .a ..-..-
Onr crack farm machinery agent, J. c
Weir, and his confidential friend and spir
itual adviser, Eder 1nman, visited Jh'
.Larabee nejghbolhood last Thursday
The Bank Of jamestown is getting all i
can do. The implicit confidence our peo
pie have in its projectors and managers il
q very commendable feature.
The Northern Pacific Times is now al
printed at home. We commend you
neighbor, In following our illustrious ex
ample.
Mr. J. w. Goodrich has just handed u.
a sample Of wheat eighteen inches long
he has over eight hundred acres just lik'
it.
The lightning rod man and the lift
insurance man have invaded Stutsmar
county. Load up the roaring bull dog
We are neither Puritan nor the son o
a Puritan, but We do think it is in very
bad taste for young men to select the
most public place In town on Sunday af'
ternoon to play base ball.
Mr.. r. H. Winsow has brought US
sample Of oats, over two feet long and OF
very beautiful color. 1t was from {
field belonging to Mr.. A. w. Kelly.
Q The railroad company is putting in
derrick at the east end of the coal shed
for which the coal shovelers rejoice a
Fit will do their work.
Look cut for lightning-rod schemer:
Experience teaches that slightning rods
are dangerous to buildings. Hence a
curse and useless improvement.
A little steam or electricity applied to
the distribution clerk about the time tn
eastern mail comes in, would do good
Don't stop to read all the postal cards
young mani
The Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Pau
engineers are making preliminary sur
vey up the valley of the James. At th'
atime of going to press they were hourl,
expected in Jamestown, they having
reached Major Wheelocks last Saturday
evening. Next week we will be able tc
report particulars
The crew OF the Mary Strong rein
forced by the Hager Brothers, went fish
ing to Spiritwood Lake last Saturday af
ternoon and returned Sunday afternoon
in triumph, with over five Hundred
mounds Of tine pickerel and pike. The