Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-06-17
Dakota Dashes.

Dakota Dashes.
The Pierre Journal calls for hal
mony among its citizens.
Salem has raised fund to pa
for sinking town well.
A summer dancing club has beel
organized at Yankton.
Deadwood is preparing to cele
brate the ever glorious Fourth.
The jury in the Deadwood Chimes
opium den cases failed to agree.
Fargo parties are figuring for tn
construction of a new opera house.
New settlers have unloaded 1,5O(
head of cattle at Alexandria thi.
spring.
Miss Cora,A. Bennison of Illinoi.
is about to open law office i1
Mitchell
The DeadEood and Central City
hose teams will have a contest ..
speed on the 4th of July.
A young man named Frank Monte
lette was drowned at 4 ford in the
Vermillion river near Parker, on the
30th ult.
1t is estimated that not less than
10000 new settlers have located il
southern Dakota since the beginning
Of the year.
H. E. Dewey, register of deeds Of
Hughes county, has been removed
by the county commissioners.
Clark county has been organized
and county officials appointed by
the commissioners.
J. w. Shannon has entered into
partnership with G. w. Hopp and
a new paper, the Tribune, will soon
appear at Huron.
r. G. Magee of Gary tried to kill
himself the other day, buthe wasn't
artist enough to accomplish it. Do
mestic infelicity.
A young man at Pierre the other
day whipped his father and received
the congratulations of the citizens
for the act.
Material for new steam Touring
mill at Madison is arriving, and
work upon the structure will soon
be commenced.
The first supplies received At VOL
ga when the blockade was raised were
two barrels Of whisky, and the citizens
seemed perfectly satisfied.
The Washington Hills have been
sort Of horse thieves paradise. Re-
Gently an underground stable with
room for eighty horses was discover.
ed.
Mitchell has expended 100000 in
building improvements since the fall
Of 1879. At least 100 additional
will 20 up during the next
three months.
The first train after the blockade
reached Flandrau April 20, and with.
ia one month Of that date 22e trains
had registered there, an average Of
over eight day.
The University of Dakota is loca-
ted at Vermillion. Measures will be
taken at once to select the lands do
mated, and buildings erected to put
the university in operation.
The ladies Of Vermillion have cir.
culated petition asking that the
city authorities do not grant saloon
licences. 1t is reported that the
scheme is likely to be successful.
The shotgun brigade escorted
$l2O,0Oo worth of gold from the
mine TO Deadwood the
other day. 1t will require Gattling
gun support to get it out of town.
Clarence Tiffany of Brookings
county had his right hand and arm
crushed to pulp in the cylinder of a
machine few days since.
The arm had to be amputated above
the elbow.
A peoples meeting was called at
Yankton the other night to organ
ize a hook-and- ladder company, but
the only citizens who responded
were three men, two boys and a
dog. The company wasn't organ
lied.
Among recent important discover
les in the Black Hills is large body
Of asbestos, mineral that is unaf-
ected by fire, and one that is extern
sively used in the manufacture OF fire
brick, fre-proof paint, packing safes,
roofing, etc.
Bismarck Tribune: 1t is reported
that party Of New York capitalists
are seriously considering the ques-
ton Of building narrow guage road
from jamestown north to Winnipeg,
and running branches east and west
from a point on the Casselton branch
of the North Pacific.
Yankton Press: The bids for the
of the insane hospital
were opened yesterday, and to-day
the contract was awarded to Messrs.
Platt and Goodwin, of this city for
500, $50. There was only one other
of Messrs. Valentine and
Thornton of this city, which was in
the neighborhood Of $4,000.
It is stated that the legislative
excursion arranged last winter, will
come off about the last of July.
The intention is for the members of
the last legislature to take a trip
over all the railroad lines in Dako-
ia. E. P. Wells has charge of the
for the northern del.
egation, Porter Warner for the
Black Hills, and S. A. Boyles for
Dakota.
Capt Willard Of the Boone May
party, which spent the win