Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-04-15

Nearly $4,000 emigrannts will
arrive in this country during the
month of April.
Blaine still persists in urging upon
the president the Importance OF his
calling an extra session.
The man who made the bombs
ti,t the Emperor Of Russia was
killed with has bccu arrested and
will be tried.
Every thing seems to be working
favorable to the appointment OF $.
2. Rounds, of Chicago to the posi-
ton of Public printer.
Just what effect the late Missouri
river deluge will have on Mandan is
not altogether clear, but it is proba-
Bile that it will prove more or less
damaging to its future.
Prominent Minnesota farmers
seem to regard late springs in any
other than an unfavorablc light. They
are Of the opinion that spring wheat
is more frequently sown to early
than to late.
One Lambert claims to have let.
ter from Malone, in which that hon.
orsblo blk is charged with having
advised the use Of tissue ballots if
necessary. care we," exclaims the
Pioneer Press, Ito be bored with an
other forgery letter ase."?
The electric light system is be-
coming very popular in most of our
leading cities. Buffalo has just or.
ganized company ofthirteen capt..
alists for that purpose and the streets
of that live town will be As bright at
they are At noon.
There is a great and important
work before our village council in
the way Of preparing some means
against destruction by fire. The
Alert has repeatedly warned our
citizens against slackness in this mat
ter, but has thus far been quite un-
successful in effecting the result de-
sired. Now that we have council,
whose duty it is to see that such
measures are carried out, we hope
for successful consummation of the
matter.
The Supreme Court has decided
that the laws for the suppressing of
polygamy are inadequate, and that
punishment under them is not attain.
able. The secrecy IN maintained among
the Mormons is Of such character
that it is impossible to procure
any testimony that is Admirable.
The wives of q Mormon are not legal
witnesses, and until laws are provid-
cd that will admit their testiomy,
there is no apparent means to con-
v;ct. The time seems to have come
when the free soil that is prott cted
by the flag that guarantees free
and pure government, should mt be
infected by this loathsome blot. Nor
monism must be rooted out.
The Valley City Times states that
a bill passed the Legislature at their
last session, requiring the payment of
all taxes on real estate before deeds
can be recorded. Mr.. Wells intro
duced such bill and it passed the
house and was supposed by its author
to have passed the conncil, but it tram
spired too late to resurrect the bill,
that it had been pocketed by the
Yankton chairman of the judiciary
committee for the reason that Yank-
ton county has an old bonded indebt-
cdHess, the tax for which their peo.
pie refuse to pay. The bill would
have largely increased our revenues
and deserved to pass, but did not.
A special dispatch from Washing
ton states that the president has de-
cided to appoint Gen Fessenden, of
Michigan, as surveyor general of Da-
kota. This is done at the instance
of Secretary Kirkwood. Mr. Fessen-
den was recommended by Senator
Conger. R. H. Letcher, of the Ohio
le gislature, is to be register of the
land office at Mitchell. The presi-
dent is reported to be disgusted with
the outcry against the appointment OF
non.residents to Dakota offices, and
it is said that he and Secretary Kirk.
wood propose to run the territory for
q while yet. That is all right, just a 8
it should be, but we hope that the y
will send men who will understand
that citizens of the territory have
some rights which they are bound to
respect, and not slander them in east
ern newspspers.-Fargo Republican.
Is it not about time some action
was taken by the people and press
west of Fargo with view to inves'
tigating the cause of and seeking
. remedy for the annoyance and loss
caused by the interruption to mails
on this road? A day without any
eastern mail is becoming an altogeth'
er too common occurrence. The east.
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