Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
TELEGRAPHIC DISP lTCHES,

TGLGGRAPHlc DISP ATCHI
SERIOUS. EsssIss
New York, Aug. 26 Private do,
patches from the White House ~
that appearances, At the Presidents1|
chamber indicate . serious turn.
SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS.
Washington, Aug. 26, 9 p. =:
Secretary Blaine has just sent the
following: "The president lost one
pound of flesh this afternoon and
some of his symptoms are 0f the
gravest character The condition
Of the swollen gland and his puiss
and temperature suggest serious
and alarming complications. His
mind at intervals has been some
what clouded and wandering His
strength is failing, but still he swal-8
lows liquid food Of nourishlng char
acter and apparently digests it, and
on this strength alone rests, and
slight hope is left that there will BE-
a reaction.
AN AFTERNOON REPORT.
Washington, Aug. 26, Gao >. -.
There has been bnt. little change
in the Presidents condition since
noon. His pulse is same as then;
his temperature, has risen some
what, but is not IS high as last teYen-
ing. There has been slight dis
charge of pus during the day from
the incision. No unfavorable
change has been observed in the
condition Of the wound. He has
taken considerable liquid food by
Pulse now, 112; tempera-
ture 99.s; respiration 19.
SAD NEWS.
Washington, Aug. 26, 10 p. M
no information has yet
been obtained from the attending
it is understood that the
presidents case has taken an unfa-
turn this evening, and that
the swollen gland in which pus is
now collecting in small cells or pock
cts threatens immediate dangerous
Unless favorable
change occurs within twenty four
hours the worst is apprehended.
Rad FOR WHEAT.
New York, Aug. 26-A London
,pecial says that immense damage
has been done to the harvest all over
the kingdom, and will prove almost
Another few days Of wet
weather will render the harvest pros
poets desperate.
BANK EoBBERs.
Grand Forks, Aug. pa promi-
nent business m IN has received pri-
vate information that gang Of bank
robbers has oganized to commit dep
relations here and at other points in
the valley. It is said that one Of the
James boys is the leader and de-
scribes him as well made man over
SIX feet high, weighing some le0
pounds, black whisksrs, black eyes,
and built 70 work He has on blue
shirt and black pants lns finger
Of his left hand is missing, supposed
to have been shot off in the Missouri
raid sitter him by one Of Pinkcrton's
men. The supposition il that this il
Jesse James and that he has several
followers and they are lodged in and
about the city. Now that so nuch
money il pouring in to the valley for
wheat. it hehooyes the banks to be
doubiy careful. These men are sald
to belong to the original Missouri
band, and having it made hot for
them in Iowa, where price 10 set
upon their head, have come to new
fields.
Special Telegram to The Daily Alert.
THE BLOODY SIOUX, ON THE ROAD.
Bismarck, Aug. a5, 1881.
A mail carrier gust in from Fort
Yates and Fort Lincoln says that
one hundred and fifty young bucks
IF the hostiles left Fort Yates early
this lnoraing. Some are supposed
to have gone on buffalo hunt, hut
the greater part are reported to have
crossed the Missouri and are on their
way east to visit, as it was after
wards learned, the Sisseton and Wah-
peton agency. Those who went west
are probably after bn' > ], but those
who went east probab = mean mis-
chief.
RRBUcRD RECORD.
Hartford, Aug. 25-Little Brown
Jug paced the fastest three heats
ever known yesterday, lowering the
pacing record of Sleepy Tom half
second. Time, 3:124.
A worm is destroying the foliage
If the trees in tho vicinity Of Sioux
g ais.
The Breckenridge branch Of the
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba
road will cross the Northern Pacific
about four miles west of Casselton.
It is rumored that new town will
spring up at the junction, which
will in all probability prove disas-
trous to the fair prospects of Gas.
,elton.
1t is reported on good authority
that the decrease in the wllcat crop
in Ohio will be 25 per cent, Illinois
50, Indiana 35, Kentucky 25, Tennes-
see 80, Michigan, so, Missouri 40,
%, Iowa as, Minnesota
Is. The increase in Kansas viii be
20 per cent. The decrease in these
states is estimated at los, ,973, TO
bushels. Nebraska and Dakota
show the same yield as last year.
Work,nen engaged in unlo.ding