Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-03-11
Toe Mills is fghter-at least he says

uc Is.
H. T. Elliott has returned to Gran.
Rapids.
TIE various lumber yards of jamestown
begin to boom.
Prot Morris lectured to full hous
last evening.
There appears to be quite change in
the atmosphere
Ed Strong is busily engaged in beautl
flying D. Curtin's store.
Major Lyon will build an elaborat {
store at an early date.
F. H. Exted, of St. Paul, is booked al
the Dakota House.
The Great American Pie Eater is board.
ing at the Eagle Restaurant.
| We have enjoyed little genuine
March weather to-day.
Yankton has had no mails until yester
day since the j6th Of February
! Three engines escorted the passenger
train into town yesterday from the west.
| O. A. Boynton, one of our enterprise ng
farmers, arrived last evening from pro-
tracted visit with old friends III Wiscon.
sin.
Five dozen assorted picture frames at
Elmer's. The only picture frames in the
city.
We could tell very amusing story
about Ed Strong and his stray cat but, we
won't
John spiers, Esq, of Fort Totten, is in
the city, spending a few days in society
of old time friends.
There is not tenement in town, and
those not yet built are rented even before
they assume the shape Of house,
Our merchants are annoyed at the nom
arrival Of goods ordered sometime since.
The severe storms last week cause the de-
| lay.
Dodge and his pleasant friend, Johnny
Moore, departed for Fargo lasr evening, to
be absent several days on legal and other
| business.
| J. B. Matthews, formerly of Newport,
Iowa, is in the city with his family.
Mr.. NJ. comes to take charge of Mr..
Jones' farm at Eldrldge.
The storm of to-day has been effectual
in driving ,ur illustrlous gang of wood
butchers off the roof tops Of several in
completed buildings.
E. p Wells and wife are registered at
the Grand Pacific, in Chicago They will
fetch up in Jamestown about next Tues
day noon.
The school board seems to have taken
the right COURSE in calling meeting of
the citizens. The party with grievance
| will now have chance to rise and ex-
plain what it is.
Our much prosecuted school board have
called meeting to which all who are in
terested in the affairs Of said board are
invited to attend.
All owners of stock are beginning to
feed an extra allowance of oats, and to
make all the preparations for an early
spring and plenty of work.
There ere unmistakable signs that some
of our young men will have to invest in
some clothes ere long. Too much bottom
ing of chairs does not add to the lasting
qualities of pantaloons.
Farm machinery is beginning to arrive,
likewise lumber and such, and these will
soon be followed by the sturdy emlgrant,
anxious to get on his claim and begin
work.
MISS Barnes stood No. 1 a. the teach-
ers examination one year ago, and We can
see no good reason why our board should
not give her the position Of assistant
teacher.
We learn with regret that Mr.. Wolff
could not make any satisfactory arrange
nents with Mr.. Thompson regarding the
lease of his shop, but we will patiently
wait till he opens at the Dakota House.
Rev. E. T. Aloonis, of the Evangelical
Association, Moorhead, MIMI, will
preach in the jamestown school house, at
Ii past two o'clock, Sunday afternoon.
The German people of this place and vi
cinity are all invited.
Two more families arrived last evening
from Michigan, consisting of nlre per-
sons. Their names are II. Stared and
family, and Fl. johnson accompanied by
his wife and mother. The Alert extends
to our new citizens its heartiest cungrat-
ulations.
Major Mclaughlin, Indian agent sta
toned at Fort Tctteu, was in town on
Wednesday last. He left on Thursday to
attend a council of the Indians on the res
ervat,ou west of US on business relating to
the throwing open Of the reservation to
settlers. The results will be given in
next issue-Pembina Pioneer.
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Communicated.
Editor Daly Alert:
If the parents or guardians of those |
boys would do their duty,as parents and |
guardians, Jamestown would be blessed