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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

N. Il. At the request of the ~grantors in the
aboye described deed in trust, the sale therein
adyerticed is POSTPONED until
Saturday, the 9Th day Of April, 1881,
at same place and hour named.
a3S Ell ADAMS, Trustee.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16
LAMM BACEr

That the Pad fails to cure. This great rem edy
will Positively and Permanently cure Lumba-
Dropsy, Bright's Disease of the Kidneys, In
confluence and Retention of the Urine, In
fammation of the Kidneys, Oatarrh of the
Bladder, High Colored Urine, Pain in the
Back. Side or Loins, Nervous Weakness, and
airy Organs whether contracted by private dis
eases OF otherwise.
LADIES, if you are suffering from Female
Weakness, LucOrrhmn, or any disease Of the
Kidneys, Bladder, OF Urinary Organs,
you CAN BE CUREpl
Without swallowing nauseous medicines, by
simply wearing.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-04-16

al same place and between Same hours named
BF ADAMS, Trustee,
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
SIGNS OF GOOD TIMES,

Throughout the entire eastern and
western states there seems to be IL
succession Of strikes going on
among mechanics and wor iulan Of
all kinds. This is not uncommon
in itself, but the ending of these
strikes has of late been different
from the usual way. They have
as a rule been successful in scout
ing part, ifnot all, of their demands
and have gone to work i'll their old
place again. Even the horse railroad
men, the hardest worked and poor
est paid class in the country, secur-
ed all increase in pay. From the
readiness with which the increase
is granted there must be some good
cause aside from the desire to keep
the old men, and this cause is the
general prosperity which all in the
states and also in the territories are
feeling. There is a demand for
goods and with this demand comes
demand for labor at fair prices.
We look upon this as good sign
for North Dakota. Our crops can
not fail of bringing good prices and
though we shall have no strikes
here we look up on them as signs
of general prosperity.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
GRAND RAPIDS TRADE.

The people of jamestown or the
Board of County Commissioners are
liable to wake up some morning and
find the entire southern trade which
is naturally tributary to this place
diverted in another direction. A
petition was presented some weeks
ago asking that bridge be built
over Beaver creek, for the accommo-
dation of the Grand Rapids peo-
pie desiring to do business at James
town and a promise is said to have
been received in answer, that the
bridge should be built at once.
Nothing has been done, however,
and now the roads from here to the
Rapids are almost impossible. APP
preciating the Importance Of that
down river trade, the people of Val
ley City and Sanborn are moving
earnestly to secure it. Already a
stage line has been established from
Valley City to Grand Rapids, and
now they are preparing to open up
roads both from Sanborn and Valley
City to the same place. As Sanborn
is twelve miles nearer Grand Rapids
than jamestown, while Valley City
is the same distance, both over
smooth prairie road, with no streams
to cross, our people can see that the
danger of losing that trade is immi-
,nent. By finding an inlet and out
let at Valley City the people Of down
river country can save forty miles
of railroading. The La Moure county
trade is already large and is rapidly
increasing, and if allowed to leave
jamestown, somebody will be held
responsible by our people.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
Washington Correspondence.
WASHINGTON. Nav

WAsHINGToN, May 3.
Attorney General McVeigh at the re-
quest Of Postmaster General James has
prepared an opinion upon tn" question of
the right Of the postmaster general to pro-
hibt the delivery of registered letters,
and the pa, ment of money orders adj
dressed to NJ. A. Dauphin, secretary Of
the louisiana Lottery Company.
The attorney general in his opinion re-
fers at the outset, to the louisiana
Lo terry Co, as an institution to which the
legislature Of louisiana has for very
large monied consideration, granted the
exclusive privilege of carrying on the lot
terry business in that state, and which he
says is the only lottery conducted under
the sanction Of law in the United States.
However, the attorney general concludes
that if the postmaster general finds upon
evidence satisfactory to him, whatever the,
probative f'rce to other minds, that
Mr.. Dauphin is engaged in conducting
fraudulent lottery, he may, and should
forbid the delivery of money orders to
him, and instruct postmasters to return to
the senders, all registered letters address
ed to Mr.. pauphin.
The caucus committee to report a plan
of action for the republican senators at
the executive session, was appoint ed as
follows: Dawes, (chairman,) Rollins,
Sewell, Cameron of Wis. Hill of Col,
Ingalls,, ana Jones Of Nevada Mr.. Dawes
has had a conference with the president
and the plan reported is to go into execu-
tive session at once on the Chinese treaty
1t will take few days to dispose of the
treaty, and meanwhile the committee
will recommend lot of nominations for
confirmation. The impression is that all
the pending nominations will he confirm
ed except those of Messrs. Robertson aud
Chandler, which in the interest of harmo-
ny will go over until winter.
The total number of nominations sent
to the senate by the president to date,
and are awaiting action in executive ses
sion, is 2lT. There are 95 postmasters;
IA army officers; 6 navy officers, IL col
lcctors o: Gust oms; surveyors of Gus
toms; II consuls; IA judicials; dlplo-
matists; collectors of internal revenue;
~. s. marshais; 9 U. s district attor-
neys; Is land Office receivers; Indian
agents; governor of territory; 2 associ-
ate justices of the supreme court OF terri>
tories; assistant appraisers; 1 assistant
treasurer of the U. S.; naval officer of
customs; 2 surveyors general; miscel-
laneous. 4.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06

Capt. II. T. Elliott, the live and
very successful land agent and post
master, Of Grand Rapids is in town
to-day. Mr.. Elliott informs tue Alert
that Grand Rapids, like jamestown
is more than booming and that five
hundred acres have been seeded in
LaMoure county this season. LaMoure
county, possessed as it is of the best
of soil and other agricultural advan-
tages, promises to become one of the
importanc counties of this great ter
ritory; and it is the opinion of our
leading citizens that jamestown and
Stutsman county cannot afford to
lose her patronage
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
THE OFFICIAL PA(UDPER OF THE
COUNTY.

SoONA 10
Since publishing the proceedings
of the last meeting of the Board OF
County Commissioners we have been
requested by many tax payers to
speak against part of the action
taken whereby the public money
seemed to be squandered in useless
manner, without regard to the public
good, or without reference to the
economy that should at all times char
acterize the expenditure of public
money. 1t is not a pleasant matter
to impugn any mans motives and it
is with reluctance that we do so in
this case; but a gross wrong has been
purpetrated upon the taxpayers of
Stutsman county and we as guard
'ans of the public good would be re-
miss in our duty if we allowed it t.
pass unnoticed. We refer especially
to the county officials being supplied
with copy Of a paper published in
this place at the expense Of the tax
pars. BY referring to the pro-
ceedings Of the Board of County
Commissioners it will be seen that
twenty copies have been ordered at
an expense of $44. Not content with
doing the legitimate work of the
county at high price (but to which
no one objected) and then adding ten
per cent. on account Of taking county
orders in pay,the Board, in con-
junction with the publisher Of this
sheet, have seen fit to ipAict this bill
upon the taxpayers. Previously
the county and the people have man
aged to exist with one copy Of the
Alert and why 20 copies Of another
paper are needed is more than we are
able to say, and we should be pleased
to have the question explained by the
parties receiving the papers or the
parties publishing it. Until some
satisfactory explanation is made we,
like many others, are forced to be-
licve it to be nothing more or less
than steal and in which all who took
part are alike guilty. This action is
unheard Of in any other county i'll
Dakota, and if it is to continue the
sooner people find out what they are
coming t. t4e better they will be off.
Other items there may be as out
rageous as rs this, but as they are not
item;zed we cannot 90 into them.
The Alert asks no 1iiuiaI aid lhAt is
not legitimate, and when it cannot
stand on its merits, and without en-
tering into any combination to swin-
die the people wants, bat chance to
die. We shall in the future Scrupu-
lousy examine iuto the appropria-
tions OF this county, and when in our
opinion the people are being put to
expense, we shall be bold
to speak in favor OF honesty.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06

The Mandan Criterion is advertis-
ed for sale. THERE'S money in the
concern if it is properly handled.
The county proceedings will be
found in to-day's issue. They are
very interesting, especially to the
tax payers Of this county.
If new settlers keep pouring in
at the rate they are now, by the first
of September Stutsman county and
the counties joining it will have more
than doubled in population.
The s'Star Route' contractors are
in a worse condition than they could
have feared. 1t is better to be a door
keeper in the Democratic house than
to be a star contractor under the Re-
publican administration.
The petition asking for bridge
over Beaver creek has disappeared
very mysteriously, and it is limited
that certain county officials know
what became of it. 1t is now highly
probable that an effort will be made
to get up another petition, locating
the. bridge in less desirable place
to the parties it is proposed to ben.
eft.
The campaign is just opening for
effective work on the Fargo South
western branch of the Northern Pa
ci6c. Constructing Engineer Dclano
is expected within day or two, and
will see that operations are pushed
right through. The line is located
permanently to the Sheycnne river,
and trains will be running to that
stream before long. So says all ex-
change.
Eight writers on the Chicago Times
are now using writing machines
which are said to excel in speed the
greatest rapidity the most expert
hand can acquire with pen or pencil;
the work being uniform and perfect
ly lcgible, thereby saving the tine
Of compositors and proof readers.
This is not new invention, though
the machines have not yet come into
general use among lawyers, preach
ers and others, whose hand writing
is, in some cases, as difficult to read
as are the Egyptian heiroglyphics.
The latest boom for President in
1854 is Robert Lincoln, son OF 'IIon-
est Abe" aud present Secretary of
War. His name is being brought
forward, too, by some Of the 'hcav-
lest men" III tile country. They say
the hard working, modest and hon
est son Of his father is bound to win
through no effort of his own, but
through the powerful will 'f the
people, that is sure to develop.--Du-
iuth Tribune.
If r, bcr,'s political destinics are
ever left to the will of the people, it
is safe to predict that he viii be lett
to dwell in the shades of obscurity.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
Proceedings LoarA OF County Commits.
s'rDnrS
JAN .isrov.j DAU.. Nav S. Il


s'uners.
JAN isr"w.' DAE., May 5, 1881.
Board met ut 7 o'clock, p. IN. AL
present. Kellehcr in the c,air.
Minutes Of last meeting T.. 4d and ap-
proved.
The petition tor building a b,idge
acro"s the James river at the supposed
foot of Fif.h avenue laid over, for Il c
rc,son that F tn avenue does not vet
lead to tie liver.
The following bill was presented by
Road Supesv sor McKcchnie, and allow "a
Bridges and culvers for Spjrltw ood
r":d, $46.9>; timber, plank, ETC., 81. .6;
labor, 1850; total, S 9f 19. "a
The viewers Of the load leai',g p: at
the Smith farm found it impract;c lble 10
lay out, and said viewers wee sust s'oed
in their report.
Remarks were made by Kellehec and
Attorney Dodge in regard to the Ford
case and the trial Of the same
Board ad ourned until next Saturdayaat
7p.m
G. W. Farnsworth, E. A. Young, St
Paul; c. 3 Kinney, Spiritwood; H. J..
Smith, ]. L. Wexford, Minneapolis; E. E.
Dickinson, Malone; w. S. Dickinson,
Bangor; John Mccarthy, Bangor: L. n.
Cary, City; Wm. Phillips and wife, Ms.
Cooper, Iowa; C. G. Holcomb, J. w. Car
penter, A. Carpenter H. Carpenter,
Grand Rapids.
j. f. Warner, Buffalo; J. Mo: ner, Fort
To,ten; G. W. Treat, Cleveland; Norman
McIIade, Cha>. Smith, Grand Rapids; F.
Elder EIdridgc; John Bent, Buffalo; w.
Grimm, G. Henderson, j. Porte, j. Sull>
van, Fargo; B. Coony, Chicago.
JAMESTOWN, May, 2, 1881.
Board met at 10 o'clock, a. m. All
present. Kcleher in the chair.
Petition Of McKechnie and Cornwall
for auctiorcers' license granted and the
same placed at $40.
Petition from the publisher jamestown
Herald presented, asking that the county
take copies Of said paper. Petition grant
cd, and 20 copies Of the Herald ordered
1T an expense of $44.
a petition to alp.te the taxes on the
Buchanan farm, amounting to 1915,
granted.
Report of J. J. Nierling o,a a road to
follow the river south and cast, not ac-
ccpted and committee consisting of
McKechnie, Nierllng and Dewey, ap-
pointed to review the road. The SINE
to meet next Saturday and to report at the
next meeting Of the Board.
A peti.,o presented signed ty several
citizens, asking that a bridge be
built across james river, near the north
end of Fifth avenue. Laid ever.
a petition for Highway leading north
and east from Sixth avenue, read and Or
dercd published.
Report from H. W. Dewey to divide
school district No. ], Of the village Of
Jamestown, to be called district No. 6,
and to compose township 139, ranges 63
and Ga, adopted.
Rep,rt. received from Mr.. Snuircs in
regard to grade on Splritwood road.
Grade ordered finished before any action
be taken.
The following bills were allowed:
Geo w. Vennum, for clock, $3.50; J.
J. Nlerling, work for Board, -; id.
Nierling, for services as County Superin
tendent Schools, maps, etc, 5000: Her.
aid, 90 copies paper, $44; Herald, print
ing, $14 S5; A. Mckechnie. for services
as Road Supervisor, $la2.6o, Same, for
ser. ices as Sheriff, $oG2.50.
Beard adjourned until Wednesday, at
7 p. u
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
Bad Law.

A contest can not stop man from
buying his homestead, under the act
Of Juue Is, 1880. The Commission
er's ruling was to the effect that a
contest once initiated shut out the
homestead party and barred him
from buying until the contest was
settled in his favor. Secretary Kirk
wood holds that the contestant can
not necessarily establish an advance
claim, and a simple contestant, pos
sesssing no other rights than those
bestowed upon him by the prior act
Of May IA, 1880, cannot prevent the
claimant from purchasing his
homestead. When the claimant is
served with notice of contest, he can
step up to the land office and pay
his money. The Secretary says: Il
am Of the opinion that an alleged
abandonment of homestead entry
may be cured by the party's purchase
Of the tract under the second section
Of June Is, 1880, at any time prior
to the cancellation Of his entry, and
the rights named in the second Sec
ton of the act of May 18th, must
yield thereto. Fargo Republican.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
TO RETAL1ATE.
Eldridge Notes.
From our snecia, corras,,onaen.

From our Special Correspondent.
Last Sunday morning at an early
hour, mammoth foreign car ar
rived here containing eleven fine
thoroughbred milch cows, sixteen
breaking plows, nine wagons with
patent brakes, and one hundred
and ten hens. All of which were
transported to the Davenport farm
and will under the careful superin-
tendence of S. L. Glaspell, be made
to do their duty during the coming
season.
Our live farmer, A. S. Weld, has
just returned from successful bus
mess trip to Bismarck, and says
that few more such deals will
keep the wolf from the door for
sometime.
Quite number of the James,
town boys passed through here on
Sunday, en- route for the Holmes
Bros. wheat farm.
Geo. w. Vennum dropped into
town the other day with land
locker in tow.
Jerry Collins has just completed
sowing fifty acres with Scotch fife
wheat, and says if he doesn t get =
big crop this year it won't be hiia
fault, as his laod was never in bet
ter shape.
F. E. Jones is rusticating at his
stock sanche, half mile south east
of town.
The wives of the Weston Bros.
arrived from the east on SATURDAY..
and are looking well after their
lengthy visit.
CORVALLIS dwelling house i In
course of erection, and when CON.
pleted viii be Immediately occupied
by newly married couple.
II. Fessey is building . wagon
and blacksmith shop combined.
Size eexsO.
Ward Phillips many ffiendu
entertained him with a Cove oys1er
supper on the eve Of his 11paffure
for his future home. -
urrnr
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
Wanted to See the Editor.

els the editor in?" croaked big
man who runs a big hotel on the
north side, as he stumbled into the
Alert office, yesterday morning. His
face was covered rage and he seemed
to be anxious to kill some one. The
foreman being a mild man and hav-
ing no muscle to rent, very wisely
answered, "no." "Anythirg I can
do for you?'' mused the clerk who
is pale sickly boy. "No, sir, there
is nothing you can do for me unless
it is to lift my much slandered name
from that insignificant mail list of
yours and never polute my house
with you lying sheet again.
1t is safe to say that the request
was granted and tie big man slid
out, promising as he did so, to give
the Alert m.sn sound threshing the
first time got his eye on him. The
Alert trembles and prays that he
may be spared.
The Davenport Democrat: Yesterday,
through Julius Scbutt's agency, Mr.. Chas
i. McEl'oy sold his tinc residence, No.
624 West Fifth street, to Mr.. H. F. Mil
Ter, for $a,25O cash. Mr.. McElroy has
been spending a couple weeks III the re-
gion of jamestown, Dakota, where so
many Davenporters have athe red, and
has concluded to remove thither. He is a
sterling business man and gentleman
May the best of fortune attend HIM.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06


Bismarck Tribune: North Dakota
in general (and Burlcigh county III
particularly is beginning to feel the
need of practical tasmers. There arc
too many engaged in agricultural
pursuits who know too little about
The first rudiments of farming. In
Bismarck to-day there are at least
100 men who are seeking work, but
would spurn an offer of $25 per
month and board on farm. They
come west with huge ideas. They
have heard of the bridge, the dyke,
the railroad extension and freighting,
and 50 per day is the least that will
tempt them What is needed in
North Dakota is an importation of
sturdy farmers sons, boys wh> have
been brought up on. the farm and
thoroughly understand every detail
If farm labor. A large farmer came
TO Bismarck this week to hire help.
lie looked about town but saw no
one that would accept steady sum-
mer's job at S25 per month. Some
farm hands come west, fall III with
the careless crowd of idlers who
LhrOnU the str is, and soon become
useless. In the East farm hands are
glad to get $40 to SIS per month.
In the Red River country but SIS
to $50 is paid, while in Barleigh
county $25 is offered and no one can
be employed. More practical far
mer's lads are sorely needed in the
West
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06

The various land offices of North
Dakota, both government and local,
are doing nearly double the business
this season they did last year. 1t all
goes to prove the wonderful produc-
tiveness of our soil and clearly dem
onstrates the healthfulness of our
climate.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
STUTSMAN COUNTY VS.. FORD.

The Ford case, which has beea
f'om t'ae to zine fiee'y djscr:' ed
in these columns, is sgain brought to
the front, At ,he last meeting Of The
county board petition to JuC ge
Ba"pes: asking him to grant Mr.. Fo:d
q speedy trtal, was p esentcd to the
members Of tbat BODY for their siy-
na.ares. and consideration. We up-
derstand The eve'y member of The
board, with the exception Of Mr..
Moran, signed this petition readily.
The readers of the Alert are
so well acquainted with the ci:cum-
stances connected with this affair
that it will not be necessary at the
present time to repeat them; but it
might. perhaps, be interesting to the
taxpayers Of The county to know that
Mr. Ford has already cost the county
'Over three bnnd"ed dollars, apd that
IT IS the purpose OF those who have
taken active steps toward bringing
him to trial at once, to relieve the
county of an unnecessary expense,
and at the same time bring the often
der to justice. 1t is highly probable
that there will be no court held in
this coun&y before next fall and in
view Of this fact it would seem that
any steps that might be taken which
would result in freeing the county
of the expense MI. Ford is creating,
would be .ustitiable, so long as they
do not contl'ct with The requirements
of the law.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06

The Bismarck Tribune has the
following: Mr.. Wells, the represent
ative from this district, should also
be excepted from the gang i'll the
legislature who sought to put every
vote on commercial basis. He re-
belled and for his fidelity to princi-
pie was and will be soundly abused
by the controlling spirits.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06
Sir Knights. Attention !,

Col. D. H. Wallace, Past Grand
II. P, of the Ancient Order
Knights of the Red Cross of Penn
sylvania, is expected in James
town next Saturday and will attend
the meeting of st. Vitus Encamp-
ment, Saturday evening. A full
attendance is requested.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-06

The N. Y. World, Gould proper
ty, has great deal to say about the
Northern Pacific and the present
complications among the giant stock
holders.