Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-09-16
Joe lis las gone east.
We are to have q photograph gallery
Between $50 and $50 was raised for Mr.,

fzroye.
B. w Fuller owns niue town lots in
A Abri deem.
Rudolph Pohl is carrying one Of his
lands III q sling. |
Messrs. White & Nickeus have moved
inLo LDeir new rooms.
Mr.. Farr, the butcher, is off duty while
h. raises y boil on his wrist
Horatio Kelley has his goods in and
will soon expose them for sale.
Mr.. Strout has opened his new store
and it is a neat and attractive place.
Mr.. Hotchkiss is building q neat cot.
tage on the north side uear the court
house.
A young man named Harrington, 10
the employ OF John Moore, is very sick
with bllliou. fever.
The wood recently received is rapidly
disappearing. Two teams are at work
delivering II aroun d town.
J. w. Thomas, of Philadelphia, and
an acquaintance Of L. s. Russell's arrived
on the eastern train yesterday.
Messrs. Young, Smith and Stanef, of
Lake City, Mnn., are prospecting tor a
good bargain in our wheat l.nds.
Station Ag ent Daley has just received u
train load OF wood. and for the sake Q t
fairness only sells one cord to each indiyid-
ual.
Gen. Beadle is still waiting. to hear
about his SURVEYS & contract. He is un-
der an expense of $50 dollars day and Is
anxious to get to work.
John Dole has had his window lights
put in, is having coal house built, has
put in a new stove and intends to try and
survive this coming winter.
Our present school building is not
two years old and cost over 100. 1t is
even at this early date proven to be tos
small to accommodate the district.
Sheriff Mckcchnie was Intending to
take NfoorlIvad ever the road to Detroit
yesterdoy, but the prisoner being sick the
trip is postponed until lie is better.
The Spiritwood town site has been de-
clared of. Tie tax caused by it's ere
ton proved too strong for its limited ipop-
ulation. 1t will, however rise again.
The Stauffrr brothers are in town. Hav-
ing finished their fall work they .y;il re-
main 10 aud explain the process of .arm
ing in the Northwest to the lenderloot.
Bowditch and Fields started for Fargo
Tuesd " to see the fair, but when they mr.
rived they forgot what they were down
there for and came b .ck without seeing IT.
The sidewalk on Fifth avenue. north
81 lie, is beng laid. The scaffo ding
around the Lloyd block has been takes
down and and sidewalk put down IN
front.
Eugene Schwellenbach, who secured the
FIRST loan from the Building Association,
will soon commence the erection of
house on Fourth avenue, opposite the
school house.
At the first meeting Of the voters of
district No. 8, Spiritwood, the following
officers were elected: Director, Chas Mor>
row; clerk, Geo. Hambly; treasurer,
Geo. Elliott.
Mr.. T. F. Branch and wife of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and old time friends of county
treasurer T. S. Collins, are stopping at the
Dakota House. They will look the coun.
try over with view of sta. ing with US.
Mr.. Wm M. Lloyd, ST., was agreeably
surprised yesterday by the arrival of his
younger brother, Mr. Thomas 3. Lloyd, of
Pittsburgh, Pa. The latter gentleman is |
delighted with the town aud its people.
Twenty car loads of Montana cattle |
went east Wednesday. The carrying of |
stock will ore daY prove big thing for |
the N. p. Yards are to be built at Man |
dan where the cattle can be unloaded |
and fed and watered.
The unsavory way in which the Herald |
hashes up his higl,ness the Rev. David |
Writ, is truly shameful. The Alert is
glad that it has never said anything de.
ropatOry to that gcntlcman's charcter and |
standing III this community.
The many friends of the Rev. Tanning
will be delighted to hear that his health |
has been greatly improved by his recent |
trip. The simple fact that he will at once
resume his pastoral labors will prove sut-
fcient cause for iull house next Saba h |
morning.
The last town to send out a newspaper |
is Groton, on the Jim, and some 15o |
miles below here, in Brown county Tile
new paper will tie Known as the Grot; Il |
News, and gives every promise of being Il
good thing for its town and a bonanza for
its proprietor.
1t is understood that Mr.. Geiseler de-
clines to accept the position Of chairman
of the Board of County Commissioners.
Verilv, that body has hard time in try
ing to secure partner. Those who are
capaH le of filing the position don't seem
to care tor it. 1t is to be regretted that
some one Of our business men will not ac-
cept the position.
The judges $, lectcd to appraise the diff
tcrent pieces of land hrough which the
Northwestern branch nf the Northern Pa |
cltic runs, have placed damages as follows;
A w Kelley, $3.50; Fellows & Hart, |
1926; Henry Griffin, $500. Anton Stein
bach. $3.50: John Bell, $500: Butler /
Powell 800. The above would seem to |
I'D fair apper!ionment aud the different |
property holders will feel satisfied.
Herald: It comes hard, but nolens wi
ems WE must acknowledge ourselves bcat>
en- by cnr contemporary, who has once
more enlarged during the past week.
The ezra came in the shape of pocket
edition and turned out princess. If con-
gratulations are still in order. the Herald
herewith presents its to MIR and Mrs. Nc
Clure in most aggravated form.
Many thanks, brother, many thanks.
It has been noticed If late that Nlckeus
& NILS store was crowded with Young
ladies in the evening. The wherrf fore of
this has not been understood until lately |
1t seems that as fast as one of the atore-
said young ladies finishes her shopping it
is Dan Longs duty TO see her home It is |
telling on Dan hut he hopes TO stand it !
now that cold weather has come on.
The Lloyd's arc Immediately to erect !,
two story huilding nearly Opposite the /
post office 50xe0 in size. aft riding two |
large store rooms below, with numerous |