Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-09-21

A new town, and Dawson is its name.
, Mr.. Flehr's boot and shoe factory is
going up.
Ed. Lathrop is doing nice job on the
Dakota House.
Mrs. Mcclure is much better this morn
ng.
If nothing occurs to prevent it, the
Alert will appear in the form Of seven
column folio next week.
Serious sickness in the Alert family has
unavoidable rendered our paper, this
week, q secondary matter.
The Ladies' Society will give peach
festival this (Tuesday) evening in the
bank building. All are invited.
The new passenger depot will be COM
menced this week. It will be on the
North Side, opposite the Dakota House.
Mr.. J. ]. Lesch, one Of our prominent
farmers, called on US last Friday and paid
two dollars into the treasury Of the Alert
A cyclone burst over the town of Egan.
Moody county, D. T.. last week.. upset
ting three boarding cars. and severely in
jury men who were in them.
Messrs. Boynton & Martin are doing
first.class thrashing on the Williamson
Farm. They turn out $50 to 800 bushels
of wheat per day and have steam thrash
er to do it with that works like charm
The first term of District Court will
be held in jamestown the, 10Th day of
October. 1880. Judge Barnes will pre-
side, and we understand that there are
some ter or twelve cases that will come
before him as starter. a e+
Uncle Brand wants to sue the Alert for
libel. Bless your heart, Uncle, don't you
know you are libel to put your foot in
it. Calm your much agitated soul and
try to keep an orderly house and the
Alert will do YOU no injury.
The L. A. us will meet in Esq. Aliens
Office next Wednesday evening for the
purpose Of reorganizing their club. All
members are invited to attend and bring
their friends with them. By order Of
SNoRE, P-es't..
Mr.. P. Lane. of Portland, Maine, step-
ped into the Alert office yesterday, with a
pleasant smile on his countenance and a
dollar in his fist to pay for the paper six
months. MI. L. owns section at Burton
and town lots in jamestown and like all
level-headed men, wants to keep posted.
As soon as the new Alert Office is com.
pleted, we propose to fit up as elegant
suit of editorial rooms as there is west of
St. Paul, and kick our present desk and
chair-a dry goods box and keg-into
the street-no, by thunder, we'll turn
them over to the editor of the Land Jour.
nal for inspiration euccuragers.
An old typo stepped into our compcs-
ing room the other day and wanted a job.
He waltzed up to the case and after strug.
Cling half an hour produced the follow.
ing:
Frank Allen lie is tile worst man in
this town ecept Mcclure .
We neglected to mept ton last week that
Mr.. s. K. McGjnnis, of the Bank of
jamestown, had returned from his old
home in New Castle, Pa, accompanied
by Mrs. McGinnis and family, and that
in the future jamestown will be the home.
The Alert takes pleasure in extending to
Mr.. NJ. and family cordial welcome, and
trust that they will find jamestown to be
an agreeable abiding place.
The following romantic billet dorx, ad-
dressed to one Of our gallant young O.
'mashers" in the general merchandise line,
was "6shcd" from the sidewalks OF one of
our streets.
DEAREST -: a&
Please to send us
some HERR1N & EeGs for our SUPPER
The wind is blowing so hard that it will
prevent me coming over to-day and am
so SORRY. Your Darling Pet.
ENNA.
Please carve the herring, dear!
We are credibly informed that the new
round-house, of which there has been 90
much said, will not be erected until
next spring, on acconn: of the failure on
the part Of Moorhead and Fargo parties to
furnish the brick. The company have
the stone for the foundation and the lunl.
Der for tile wood work on the ground, and
the disappointment IL as great to the COM