Jamestown alert., 1881-12-02
Joe Mason has put up street lamp i

l.. r. WELLS.
once with james River National Bank
Joe Mason has put up street lamp in
front OF his saloon.
Mr.. Kinney and sisters, of Spirltwood,
are at the Dakota House.
Judge Of probate Davis came up from
La Moure county "Wednesday.
Another new house is being built on The
south side, near Mr. Hicks house.
Phillip plcttcnburg has returned from
Mandan and will winter in Jamestown
Grand Rapids now has a real lawyer
who has hung ont his single and come
TO stay.
Fosters CALLERS is doing qii;es business
and wo understand the work is very sat
isfaetory
I.ua, from Michigan, now has al assist
antto aid iii mixing up lis wonderful
compounds
George 3Terrifield came up on the stage
Saturday to have his teeth mcnded ana
went back this morning
Mrs. Van Cleyc and children lavc gone
eaststo spend the winter. hlr. NanClcve
went as far as Fargo with them.
The DAILY Alert Is growing stronger da!
BY day We judge from the increase OF
names upon our subscription book
Mr.. and Mrs. 3. s. Russell left for ST.
Louis Friday, where they will spend the
winter. Ben goes in g couple weeks.
Mr.. Ward Bill and wife accompanied
bv Attorney Dodge and Miss Florence
Barnes, went 10 Spiritwocd Saturday on
pleasure trip.
Harry Cornwall came down from FL
bridge Saturday afternoon and mauc lllln-
self famous bv acting a. arctionecr at the
sale Of the oxen.
The social season is just setting i'll and
present indications are suggestive OF a very
lively one The literary society and
dramatic club will undoubtedly cuta very
conspicuous figure.
Mr.. Collins, enc OF ihe propuetors OF
the celebrated Saratoga Springs town
site tells the Alert that all the lots now
plated, have been sold. a result OF ju-
dicious advertising.
Now that John Nichols has returned
the village trustees may he able to do
something with their assessment and tax
list, which up TO the present time had
.,,,,,laI 11,o;,. Inst o,,Jaoyor-
Mr.. Brundage sold his oxen at auction
Saturday afternoon. There were elven
yoke and they brought on an average $50
per yoke They will be kept over and
and used for work next spring.
yrs. J. b. Matthews who will sccem-
pany her husband and assist in the man
a9ement of the Dakota House, will be Il
valuable addition to jamestown society.
and is lady whom all will be pleased to
welcome.
Angus Hon. Anton klaus, of james
town, accompanied by Mrs. Klaus, his
daughter, Mrs. IL. G. OFT, and two chill
dren. passed through the city yesterday
evening on their way to Milwaukee,
where they will remain until after the
HOLIDAYS They will then proceed to
Washington and visit friends there until
about March /, when the party VIII re-
turn to jamestown. Mr.. Klaus is one of
the foremost boomers of Northern Da-
kota, and could be lily spared.
Many in town win remember dutch
m IN who did some horseback riding here
on large bay horse d,uia1g the summer
He took up a claim at Grand Raplds, pur-
ciased teams, and late in the season went
TO breaking. He did not succeed in this
and after changing around several times
went to frcighting between here and Fort
Totten. He made one trip there and
tried for two days TO get back here but
each time returned to the Fort. This
seemed toaiiseonrag him and he sold out
his outfit and went out by the way OF
Grand Forks The moral of this tale is
that the horses, ilaisncsscs, wagon, etc
were mortgagcd 20 jamestown parties,
and he also owed borrowed money.
Grand Forks pIaindcaler: Ii is said
that the projectors OF the Valley City and
Turtle Moun;ait railroad of Northern Da-
kota are sengicaYeriBg 10 interest capital
lists IN their intetpfisc, ~ representing
that The ce:sI found in the Turtle Mountain
couatrs is q hard eeai equal TO the coal Of
Pennsy ivania. Aside from the common
knowledge that this would be an extra
ordinary exception 10 geological facts, il
NAV be stated t,,at the Turtle Mountain
coal beds have been explored and tie coal
tested b, experts and scientists, who
found tito he ia ali respects tie same
quality Of coal aignite) which is found
N the Little Missouri This coal may ge
,rOve TO be valuable fuel, sufficient for the
sess1s OF the great prairie region in which
4 = Abuniantly found but as yet nobody
knows how to burn it so that il can be
adapted 10 All II o. even he ss!iiess
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