Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-06-03
Jimmy, the Campbellite, is in town

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again.
Eldr.dge now boasts Of blacksmith
shop.
Mike Murphy is building new sid,
walks.
Saratoga Springs is soon to have stost
and hotel.
| White & Nickcus have Just received |
new safe.
Manager Collins sold 16 lots yesterday
It Saratoga Springs.
The new clothing store has received it,
goods and they are being opened out.
Two beautiful organs now adorn Do.
campbel)'s tasty jewelry .tore.
Born.-'ro Mr.. and Mrs r. L. Shoe
maker, Sunday, May 2o.h, a daughter.
Surveyor Wsdsworth is locating gradci
for sidewalks ON the south side.
Waller s. Carr have their stable full o.
horses and their yard full ofcattle and
cows.
The Fargo Hail Insurance Co., guaran.
tees an average yield OF 1S bushels to tht
acre.
Any one la wing good pony for salt
will probably find = purchaser by 'cAline
at the Alert Office.
News comes up from the south that the
Northw estern road is slowly grading it,
up river branch.
Cuy.er Adams, at the Spiritwood farms
offers inducements to parties wanting
breaking teams.
Several ratts of humber left for Grand
Rapids last evening for the use Of settlers
iu La Moure county.
The most of the Indians have returned
to Fort Totten with government freight,
though few still remain.
The Eagle Restaurant is dong an OK
tensive business and the need Of more
room 10 Strikingly apparent.
Sheriff McKechnle, who has been suf.
fering OF late in consequence of . badly
cut band is able to be around again.
From the style in which station Agent
Harker wrcstles with the Sioux language
he must be = cEief Of high standing.
From actual experience we find that it
takes about a week for story concerning
u person to go the length OF the gossiping
society.
Mr.. Dood, who lately came to James
town and purchased Rube Winslow's
claim, has commenced building tine res.
idence thereon.
TIE heavy rain of yesterday afternoon
was accompanied by hail though We did
not get as much here Is the country each
side of us did.
If not too late, we would remark that
Sunday was quite lively in some respects
During the afternoon horse race and
base ball match were going on.
The chances arc that there is going to
be scarcity of help during the coming
harvest. Those who have small fields to
cut will be the oues to get left, if any.
The boys OF town are getting up game
Of foot ball to be played in front of
Churchill & Wcbstcr's, some time next
week. The losers are to pay for the ball.
Many OF our farmers have gone quite
extensively into the produce business.
They will certainly find it much to their
advantage pecuniarily to thus engage.
John Nichols commenced his duties as
assessor yesterday, and will now proceed
to diligently inquire into the value ot ev.
cry ones property, both real and personal.
Beardsley's surveying outfit is about to
oosa@cnce operations ON the unsurveyed
land between here and Devils Lake. The
party will consist Of ten persons, and ex-
poets to get ever considerable space this
season.
Attorney Dodge has been mentioned
by many as being Ill person to lot 60
the eagle bird on tue glorious Fourth OF
July. Mr.. Dodge shines as an orator and
wsuld doubtless fill the position to the
satisfaction Of all.
We were going to tell good story on
fellow in town who intends taking his
girl out to Spiritwood lake, on Sunday
but forbore when he ssid that if We did
she would not 60 with him.
The gentleman who is putting up the
new house near the court house, wishes it
stated that his name is Vreeland, and not
Ireland. He Is blacksmith by trade
and in the course of time intends to put
up shop and carry on that bu incss
It is getting to be next to an impossi-
bllity to get piece Of government land
within dozen miles of JaMestowa- The
time is near at hand when the land di-
rectly tributary to jamestown will bring
from twenty to twenty-five dollars per
acre.
Among the various prosperous institu-
tlOnS OF jamestown none are DOING more
satisfactory business than oar harness
shop, which is being ably conducted by
Messrs. Spangeuberg and Shippy. The
boys have worked hard and therefore de-
serve success.
The large amount of building being
done in the county at present Is suggest
i've of rapid settlement. In a few months
there will not be . single t60 scres of
surveyed government land in Stutsman
county that will aot possess more or less
Improvements.
o. A. Boynton, the immortal o. A., re-
turned from Winona, MINI, ON Sunday
last, where he had been to secure some val