Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-09-02
Dan Long is the pct at Purity Hail.

Tie Alert wants that statement, Mr..
County Clerk.
Mr.. Vallecn has just received new lot
OF boots and shoes.
Henry Griffin settled his labor suit be
fore it came to trial.
Mr.. Boise and son, Of Grand Rapids
nre on their way cast.
Mr.. Doolittlc. Of the B. O. P. G. H..
is enjoying the pleasure of visit from
his sister.
Mr.. Wilson, for some time past in tn.
employ of Geo. Vcnnum, has gone cast to
Minneapolis.
Tho circus is to be in Fargo Sept. Sth,
but whether it Is coming any further west
or not is not known.
Over indulgence by thrifty housewives
in tho putting up" Of wild plums has
caused sugar famine.
Attorney Dodge is struggling with
several important land cases before his
highness, the register, at Fargo.
That eminent Sioux scholar, Tom Bow
ditch, is at present engaged in assisting
Major Lyon to his stock of goods.
The stack of wheat burned On Sunday
morning belonging to Martin Joos it il
estimated contained 1870 bushels.
Grand Rapids sent up eolid de!cga-
ton iMonday consistingEof Mcssrs. Al.
len, Smith, Boise, Crum and others.
Mr.. Quivy, of Gland Rapids, is rush.
ing his house along and is trying to eclipse
all the Others in La Moure county.
The Alert is indebted to Mr.. VIM. II
Dunno. the obIiging bookkcepcr: at the
Spiritwood Farms, for valuable favors cx-
tended.
There is rumor afoat to the effect that
Messrs. Bush & Corwin have, or are about
to dispose OF their elevator to McGill &
Co., St. Paul.
Mr.. Ashley advertised his oxen for sale
in tue Daily Alert, and in consequence
sold them. The same fa.c bcfcl Mr..
Wadc's pigs
Mr.. Schomburg, who everybody said
had gone to the father land, showed up
in town Tuesday. Ho has been in Man.
dan at work.
Mr.. H. F. Hagerty has just arrived in
the metropolis and quietly informs the
citizens that he proposes starting Coal
and wood yard at once.
Fargo Argus: The building association
made two loans Saturday night. One to
a. Byers, at 5l12 per cent, the other to
Professor Linsdu,, at 40 par cent bouns
Turner & Townsend will open out in
the store occupied by E. w. Decker a
fine line of cloths, suitings and overc oat-
lngs. Also, full line of gents furnish
ings.
One Of Martin Joos' wheat stack 8
was struck by lightning Sunday morning
and set on fire and burned. There were
four stacks together but the wind saved
the other three.
The Fargo fair is to be held Sept. 13,
IA, Is and l6, and all are invited to par
tjclpate both as exhibitors and spectators.
Liberal premiums are offered aud the at
fractions will be numerous.
Mr.. Hewitt will remove from his prss-
ent quarters to the Lloyd building; Mr..
Decker will move into the room vacated
by Mr.. Hewitt; Turner s. Townsend will
move into Mr.. Decker's store.
The Alert hopes and expects to begin
to publish the Duluth wheat market aaily
at once. 1t has made the arrangements
at Duluth aud only waits the pleasure of
the telegraph company in sending it.
SEAnother building started Wednesday
in the shape of billiard room
which will be attached to the rear of Pat
Moran's saloon OIL Front street. The
building will be 25x3O feet in size.
7 The jamestown building association
met at the school'house Monday eve for
the purpose Of making its first loan. An
opportunity was given to all desiring to
subscribe for stock, after which the pres
ident askc ford bidders for FIVE hundred
dollars. The loan was knocked off to
Ernest Schwellcnbach Jr. for 25 per cent
bonus.
We arc in receipt of the catalogue an d
tickets to the Black Hills
annual fair, which is to be held at Dead
wood, Sept. 18th to nth, inclusive. Judg-
ing from the catalogue it is to be an i'm
mense affair and we hate to put a dampcr
on it by saying that we cannot be present,
for we hardly think it will be possile for
us to be there. The fair will be held all
;he same.
Mr.. W. B. Martin, formcly Of Mich
gan, has just commenced the erection OF
. store building between the Empire
store and Masonic Hail. The building is
o be 40A60 feet in size and completed at
,nce. The A Alcrt was elso informed by
Messrs. Martin & Huff that their feed and
'ale stable which they are about to erect
would be 40x90 in Size. These new
will not cost less than 81 1000,
md. will all gc towards booming Fourth
venue. which is rapidly coming to the
'ront.
Casselton Reporter: It Is frequently
sked by strangers visiting our thriving
own, why our people neglect setting
'ut shade trees, when by little trouble
IN the part of each property holder the
genera! aprcara' ce Of the town would be
greatly beautified and improved? The
act is, this is matter that has been too
much neglected by our citizens, not be-
,ause Of the expense, which is trivial, but
merely from oversight or inattention.