Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-09-09
Dakota DaSlles.

O1nIOIl Is OuuulnS blueWiiks.
Lincoln county has no Jail and
Canton has no calaboose.
The Catholics at Sioux Falls have
located burying ground.
The new depot at Eagan will be
PA by 70 feet, two stories high.
Work on a Presbyterian church
at Volga has been commenced.
The three livery stables in Sioux
Falls have all the business they can
attend to.
Huron is put to its stumps to pro-
vide sufficient school-roOn tor increas-
ing children.
The Carton News thinks the Mil
waukee fast train, soon to be put on,
ought to be run via Canton.
A hotel is building at Fort Randall
for the accommodation of travellers
and persons visiting the post.
The Homestake railroad in the
Hills has about 900 yards of track
down, and more is going down slowly.
The last semi monthly cleanup of
the Gustin mill, III Blacktail, 3. IL,
amounted to something over $11, 900.
The Canton Advocate says Miss
Kate Upper has accepted a position
in the normal school at Whitewater,
Wisconsin,.
The Carbonate Reporter has ceased
to exist at West Virginia, and will
soon re-appear, under another name,
at Lead City.
The Congregational church at
Mitchell has about twenty-five mem.
bers. Money is being raised to
build church.
The patient who escaped from the
insane asylum at Yankton has not
been found, and the authorities are
Of the opinion that he has left the
territory.
Huron Times: A fellow who an.
nounced himself as a bull whacker
and a bad man generally from Pierre,
was pretty roughly handled by one
of the light weights of Huron last
night.
Press and Dakotaian: There is
much complaint about the odorous
condition Of the alleys-the smells
being of the sort which are not pleas
ant to inhale and not conducive to
good health. There is danger that
epidemic may result from such state
Of affairs.
Huron Times: Parties looking for
land are becoming more numerous
every day. As the matter looks
now the failure Of crops in the east
and the fine yield Of all kinds of
grain in Dakota are going to cause
even a greater rush of immigra-
ton than has been expected.
Press and Dakotaian: Among
the late public spirited efforts of the
solid men of Y Yankton are the follow
ing subscriptions for the good OF the
CITY: To the artesian we'll project,
$lo, 900; to the Congregational col
lege $4,000 to the ferry enterprise,
$4,000 to depot grounds, etc., for the
Milwaukee road, $4,000. Total,
$4,000.
Casselton Reporter. The cooler
was pretty well filed with drunks
and disorderlies last Saturday, the
most of whom paid their little fines
when they sobered up. and departed
for the country to inhale a fresher
atmosphere than is contained within
the precincts of the Jug.
Huron Tribune: Col. Brltton and
J. S. Draper, two prominent men Of
GAINESVILLE, Wis, were in town Fri
day night. They were exceedingly
pleased with Dakota. The colonel
reports that the wife of Hon. C. G.
Williams says that her husband is
crazy over Dakota, and that it is i'm.
possible to get word out of him on
any other subject since his trip out
here.
St. Vincent Herald: The project
Of literary society has been in the
minds of !. number Of young gentle
men for some time, and seems to meet
with :. general appreciation. There
is long winter approaching. In
appreciation of that fact, let us unite
in a literary society. 1t will be the
means of afording many a pleasant
evening; evenings that will be profit
able as well as enjoyable.