Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-07-08
Dakota Daslfes.
WIN. easy, Of Hanson county,
claims to have the best five acres Of
corn in the territory.

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Parker has doubled her assessment
during the past year. She leaves
every other town in southern Dakota
way back under the bush.
The question Of private subserip-
ton 10 secure the location Of a four
ing mill at Parker, is agitating the
people OF that beautiful village.
1t is reported that Miss Cora Ben
nessn, lady lawyer graduate Of Gum
cy, H., wsi] soon locate at Mitchell
for the practice of the profession.
A large force Of stone masons are
now at work on the foundation Of
the new insane asylum. From ten
to fifteen teams are engaged in haul
ing rock.
i Dr.. PBurdict, for many years ed
tor of the Dakota Republican, has
purchased the Vermillion Standard.
Judson Graves, the former owner,
will seek new location.
The Northwestern freight wagons
will clear out their warehouse tor the
Hills this week, taking out about
1000, ,ooc pounds ofgoods, not includ-
ing heavy machinery.
A camp convention of the Baptist
church of Dakota will be held at Lake
Madison on the lst, I'd, Sd and 4th Of
July. A number ofdistinguished di.
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Who would not live at Alexandria,
where according to the Herald, every
breeze is tieigh:ed with the sweet
fragrance that is constantly escaping
from the full blown roses that adorn
the prairies.
Huron Times-Affection seems TO
grow here us fast as products of the
soil, for the lady and gentleman
who were married in Huron last Mon
day had only been three days in the
Territory, at the time of the ceremo-
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Two companies of the Seventh Ca
valry and one company OF infantry
have left Fort Meade for The Little
Missouri, where they will relieve
troops now in the field in the pro,rc-
ton Of choppers for the North Pacific
company.
Sioux Falls Paragraph: II. F.
Pe;tigrew and associates are making
arrangements for the Improvement
of the water power ono mile and u
half west of town. 1t the matter of
tlowage can be settled a dam will be
put in shortly, and an eight foot head
thus secured.
The directors Of the Cross mining
company have el, ,cled the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, r. f. Pettigrew; vice presi-
dent, J. L. Phillips; treasurer, II. L.
Hollister; secretary, E. W. Couehran;
supe' inteudent, N. E. Phillips; altor-
ney, Z, B. McMartin.
A week ago Sunday the Sioux
Falls region was visited by a thunder
storm, which i'll the amount of rain
fall lays over any previous perfor-
nance in that direction. The amount
OF rainfall is varlously stated at from
At to Il and IA inches. Considerable
damage was done at Sioux Falls.
The North Pacific has just contrac-
ted with the Gilbert Car company of
Buffalo, N. Y, for 200 box cars f.r
August delivery. They are thirty
three feet long, and are adapted 10
lumber hauling. This will make g.
100 cars contracted for by the com
pany for this years delivery.
What does Claude Perkins, of the
Sioux City Journal, mean by going
to Canton, gathering up girls and
taking them to his Iowa town? Come,
now, we'll not stand that racket.
Can't allow anyone to decoy girls out
of our Territory! They are to scarce.
You can bring them in but can't take
them out till we are surplused.
Vermillion Standards: The Yer
million river has at last been put to
a good use. Mr.. Ege, Of Centerville,
bought a lot of goods and lumber,
transported them to the river near
Lennox, built raft of lumber, put
the goods on it, and RATED thcm to
Centerville. To Mr.. Eye belongs
the credit of having put the Vermll-
lion river to its first good use.
Alexandria Herald, 23d: Judge J.
+. Norton, "f Salem, was baptized
without ceremony last week. In at.
tempting to cross Skunk creek,
which was greatly swollen from re.
cent rains, he drowned pair of po.
nies, and lost his buffalo robes, but
saved his carriage and himself. 1t
was the team purchased of Colborne,
last spring. Loss, about 5000.
Miss Minnie Atchison, of Lisbon, is
girl to be proud of. Miss Minnie
came to Lisbon last spring with Mr..
LaCells' family, fr' m Friendship, n.
Y. She at once selected splendid
100 acres of Land and filed upon it.
She has had about twenty-five acres
pIuwed, which she will crop mkt
year. She has comfortable claim
sianty erected, and has actually i'm
proved her property more than half
The men who have homesteads in the
county. In two years her property
will be worth several thousand dol
lars, aside from the profits derived
from the sale of the FIVE acres of corn
she has growing this year, and her
wheat harvests hereafter
Bob Toombs, of Georgia, says an
old friend of his declined to aid in a
subscription to purchase new edi-
ton of the Testament for his minister.
sThey have killed the devil, and
knocked the bottom out Of hell,'' said
the old man, "and I don't feel much
more interest in it.
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