Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1880-05-25
"Harrah for Chambers"

Curtin & Winslow have new addition
to their ware house.
. George Vennum has started brick
yard, east of the village.
Can anybody give information where
Pete has not been. Answer through the
the ALERT.
We are ready to receive tho seeding and
breaking reports from our farmers; send
them along, please.
The whole editorial gang put up at the
Headquarters hotel in Fargo in spite of
damaging influence (:) OF the Argus.
DR.. Hall, Of the Republican, is one of
the best parliamentarians in the Territory.
He is cool headed and possesses remark.
able memory.
The subscriptions to the project for
testing for coal have not all been paid in,
and as consequence the men have rot
received the wages due them.
James Lees has just received Dutch
organ for his saloon. Its harmonious
strains make the average bystander feel
IS though he had struck the happy me-
dium.
pThs men who left here few days ago
with two RATS of lumber, arrived in
Columbia, 200 miles down, after struggle
Of twelve days. Who says rafting on the
James is not a grand success?
{ Mr.. Danner, a prominent citizen Of jeff
erson, Wis. has just arrived and pur-
chased twelve village lots from Mr.. Klaus.
He will proceed at once to erect brewery
thereon and commence boiling hops.
We understand that Mr.. Parkhurst will
not put in an appearance this season, on
account of having lately engaged in tho
manufacture of paper in Wis. This un.
expected turn effects the financial inter-
ests of his managers here, very materially.
t Another brick yard is about to spring
up in our midst. A gentleman from jeff
erson Wis.,, will open an extensive yard
in few days. He has tried some of our
soil and pronounces it to be of first
class quality.
The Chicago & North. Western Railway
will sell round trip tickets at excursion
rates from all of its; stations to Chicago
apd return, for the National Republican
Convention, to be held in Chicago June 2.
Tickets will be sold May 80 to June /,
inclusive; good to return until June fifth.
The special attention of the public is
directed to the new advertisement of Vessy
& Smith on second page. These gentle
men have just put iu new and complete
stock of staple groceries and will be do
lighted to administer to the wants of their
friends.
Our Sabbath school is now in q very
fair working order and We notice with q
degree Of satisfaction that its numbers are
rapidly increasing. The singing, last
Sabbath was admirably rendered and add.
ed much inspiration to the pleasant occa
sion. There is one important feature
lacking;s i that is an organ, and We think
it would be good scheme to get one.
Henry Dorm has just purchased of
Curtin & Winslow, their right. title and
interest in the farm machinery business
and commences this week to play it alone.
Mr.. Dorm has some of the best farming
plunder in the market and is young man
of pluck and ability whom We take pleas
ure in heartily commencing to the public.
His new advertisement can be seen on first
page. ....... ....'
Last Sunday morning the wind blew in
a calanity-stricken old codger with a
God-forsaken looking outfit loaded with
potatoes, which he endeavored to dispose
of to our good people in spite of the fact
that Jamestown has just organized church
society and Sunday school with such men
as Flint, Allen, ETC., as main pillars. It's
too awfully wicked for anything! Poor,
deludcd man, he doesn't take the ALERT,
but is guided by last years medical al
msnac, and how was he to know it was
Sunday! ......,r
While Mr.. Fry was loading lumber
at Curtin s. Winslow's yard, one day last
week, his horses took fright. In endeav,
orlng to stop the runaways Mr.. F. was
qaite severely handled. by being dragged
aconsiderable distance. The wagon struck
the track and was overturned with the
driver under, still holding on to the lines.
By his pluck he succeeded in checking
what would otherwise have been very
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