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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-06-21
DITCHING, ENCHANTING. &C.

TIE uodersigued stiff offers his service, a. .
= competent workman in the above line -
Ditehing and Excavating OF all kipds-DiEFi1.
Clsterns, Ponds, Celiars. &o.-undertaken at mod
at residsnce, on West Congress ST., will receive
prompt attention. Blasting aIso done in a satis.
factory manner. and stlOweEt rates
March Q, 1850. WESLEY IowRv
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-06-21

p. HATCU.
Cen'l Freight and Pose. Aeest
JOSEPH r. SANDS, superintendent.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-06-21
May IS. %l5sl-ly.
NOTICE.

CUSTOMERS wanting Prescriptions, filed a.
NIght can md me atanJ hour after 10 o'cI,ck
~ ?aIling a my residence, on Main atTeet. on
porte me NE Parsonage. RespectfuIv'
June 10, lsSO. ROBT. B. MITCHELL.
&5T TO $40 per day at home. semDIe. worth
~ &c tree. AddreEs a.. HALLETT & Co. Port
- March 8, 1ss1-Iy.
Souee - only % cts. = pound. Cash.
"srcn - 1881. J. SHIRLEY SMITH.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-06-21

REGT business now before the public. YoB
ASDo Il can make money faster al work fo-
rs than at anything elso. Capital not required
W. viii start you; Sl2 a day and upwards made
at home by tho industrious. Men, women. bo1s
and girls wanted e~verywhere 10 work for ma. SoS
is tho time. You can devote your whole time TO
tho WORK or only your spare moments. No other
on,inese "lll pay You nearly "a well. No one
willing to work can fail to make enormous 0av
eJ engaging stonce. Costly Outfit and Term.
free: a great opportunity for making more1
easily and honoTably. Address TRrE 4 Co., n,
go.a. July l3, 1ssO-Iy.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-06-21

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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1881-06-21

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Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
THF EASTERN FAIRS.

ED. ALERT.-Please permit me to
say word in your live paper on the
subject Of the eastern fairs, which l
am lad to see is receiving the in
terested attention Of your enterpris
ing citizens. As an outsider, but as an
ardent friend and admirer of James
town and the J ames River Valley, l
conceive it to be exceedingly impor-
tant that the magnificent crops of the
valley should be properly brought
to the attention Of the thousands Of
people who will visit these fairs. 1t
is especially important that you be
represented inasmuch as Bismarck
and Fargo will OF course make ex-
hibits there. The inference that
might be drawn from their exhibit
ing if you did not, that they could
eclipse you in crops and intrinsic
value of land is exceedingly errone-
Gus. This is my third visit to Da.
kota. l have carefully examined the
country around Fargo and Bismarck,
as we'll as that of the James River
Valley, and I am compelled to say
that all the elements of excellence
considered, the James River Valley
is decidedly superior for residence
and for farming to either of these
other localities. And, will you per-
nit me to say that I am just tritie
inclined to think that you people Of
jamestown fail to fully realize the
magnificent future that certainly
awaits You, with your magnificent val
ley ofsplendid and unsurpassed lands,
with your beautiful and thriving
town, unequalled in point of beauty
of location, with the net work Of rail-
roads which are certain to centre
here, and with the future capital Of
the greatest grain growing state of
the Federal Union, your town of
Jamestown has most brilliant future.
But it is not safe to sit down and
trust wholly to luck for the prosper.
ity that 40 evidently awaits you.
Proper effort should be put forth.
Napoleon's saying that the battle
belongs to the heaviest battalions ap.
plies to the building Of cities. The
most energetic, liberal and enterpris-
ing citizens will live in the largest
and most f1ourishing towns and cities.
Let jamestown appreciate the situ-
alton, let her appreciate her own
splendid possible future, and then
let her go hopefully and manfully
toward and conquer her destiny.
OBSERVER.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26

If the business men and citizens
Of jamestown ffatter themselves that
they have nothing to do but stand
idly by and let the town boom itself,
they will just simply get left. TIE
simple fact that Jamestown is beau
tifully loo ated, that it nestles am: ng
magnificent range Of bewitching
bluffs, intersee.ed by two beautiful
rivers which are adorned with shady
groves, are MT sufficient with all their
attractions to settle up this magnif1-
cent valley. Without united ef.
fort on the part Of thos, who are now
here, lis not impossible for some
other place possessed Of fewer advan-
tages and far less attractions, to steal
away our biirthrght. Whenever
town or city begins to feel as ifit
would get them any way" and that
it is MI solid, is the very time when
it begins to lose it's prestige. 1t is
dangerous period, an | no place can
pass through such an ordeal with out
sustaining more or less injuries. The
much to be regretted course taken
by the people Of this county in ne.
gard to the Minneapolis fair does not
speak very well for Jamestown and
will not result in any good to the
general interests Of this county. At
the very time when eastern papers
arc flooded with reports to the ef-
feet that the whole country has been
devourcd by grasshoppers, Stutsmap
county, which has been blessed with
harvest unequalled for quality or
Weld in the whole northwest, refuses
to furnish single ounce Of substan-
tial evidence against these slanderous
reports. Barnes county will be at the
fair this fall in full dress and as re.
suit Barnes county will get many
might have. been Stutsman county
settlers next spring.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
A GOOD SCHEME.

Mr.. E. p. Wells would like pro-
posals from persons owning cultivated
land near tho railroad, and within a
few miles of Jamestown. IF tract
Of 100 acres or more can be secured
At low prices, the entire place viii be
Immediately planted with those trees
best suited to this climate, not for the
purpose of profit, but to encourage
tree culture on our psairies and along
our line of road, the whole being
done under the auspices and manage
ment Of the N. p. Il. r. company.
No other improvement would add 80
much to the value of all our lands
and at the same time enhance the
desirability and attractiveness of our
country - a place in which to live,
and the proposed scheme deserves
and should receive encouragement
from all our people, even, ifneccssa.
ry, to the extent Of buying and Civ
ing to the company the land for such
a purpose.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26

The anxiety so prominent in al
most every locality of Dakota for
Che safety Of the present crop has
given way to a sentiment which sig
nifies complete satisfaction. At no
time since Dakota has made preten.
tions toward agricultural pursuits
has her people felt half as happy as
they are feeling to-day. Blessed
with bountiful harvest they feel
as though the success of the coun-
try is assured beyond question.
The hundreds of thousands of acres
of No. l hard that have been 80
successfully harvested inspires ev-
cry inhabitant ofDakota with re.
newed zeal and as result another
year will work wonderful improve
ments in this country. Eastern
capitalists have not been sleeping,
but with covetous eyes closely
watched every move this country
has made during the past few
years, and as they see it steadily ad-
vancing their confidence in it be-
comes frmer. A country possessed
of the advantages of Dakota will
not long go hungry for inhabitants.
The Fargo Argus commenting
on the present crop says that ''ad.
vices from all counties of Northern
Dakota presents a tiattering picture
of the season 3 harvest everywhere.
The localities where the early wet
weather of the spring was believed
to have superinduced a shortage,
are found to be few, restricted
largely to a small number of low
spots along the river, and even in
those cases the loss is much less
than was anticipated. Taken as a
whole the crop may be estimated at
a larger average yield than that of
any previous year. In many dis
tricts the production is marvellous.
Daily returns from leading farms
show hundreds of acres in bodies
that have yielded from twenty sew
EN- to forty bushels to the acre.
Twenty bushels which was a good
average last, is hardly regarded as
anything this season. Nothing
could be more glorious for the fu-
ture of North Dakota, than the
gloi ousrharyest now in progress.
In both extent and quality the pro-
duct was never before equalled.'
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
Grand Rapids Notes.


Quite an excitement was created
here Monday night by the arrival
of the reporter of the Pioneer Press
with the books for La Moure coun.
ty, presented by Mr.. La Moure.
The reporter informed your cores.
pondent that Mr.. La Moure was
notified by Gov. Ordway that La
Moure county was organized and
the commissioners appointed, and
he was much surprised and indig-
nant to find no one to receive the
books, and no appointments. At
once the question arose, how is
this 1t soon became known that
the commissions for the commits
ers of La Moure county were locked
up in e. p. Wells safe. Now, will
Mr.. Wells please rise and explain
to the people his reasons for doing
this! Has he the power to control
this county! Can he say whether
the people Of this county shall have
an organizations Or, is he holding
these commissions until he can find
out whether the commissioners will
build bridges and county buildings
so fine that he, the Hon. +. P.
Wells, in his heart will feel wrong.
ed, because he will have to pay tax
es to support these institutions, and
for the education Of the children of
this county, which has been found
to be the greatest blessing of any
country in the known world!
We svmpathize with Mr.. La
Moure in his embarrassment and
disappointment, yet we fully appre-
ciate and thank him for his kind
ness. His memory will be carried
down for years into the bright fu.
ture of the county.
On the other hand, we feel in
dignant, and justly, that Mr.. Wells
should keep from the people their
just rights. They feel that he is
trying to trample upon their politi-
cal liberties, and with a strong
hand mould them to his infinite
will. They feel that he is doing
wrong to the county that hos ever
supported him in word and deed,
and in justice to himself and the
people, they ask him to explain his
reasons for this breach Gas it seems
to themD of the general rules of or.
der and right. Can he do this? We
are afraid he cannot. We feel that
Mr.. Wells is more interested in per-
sonal matters than in the county
who has been depending upon him,
and looking to him as a helper and
a friend. We feel that as county
we have a right to our public insti-
tutions and political rights, and
hence hope all may be explained in
due time to the entire satisfaction
of the general populace.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
THE TWO FAIRS.

The people are finally awake and
are enthusiastic over a representa-
tion of Jim River Valley products
at the Minneapolis and Fargo Ex.
position. Everything Indicates that
the Canvassing Committees will re-
port the entire sum raised that
is necessary to a fitting exhibit.
The Alert will begin to-day to pub.
lish the names of all subscribers to
the fund that proper credit may be
given where it is due. Two years
ago when a similar exhibit was
made, a few men contributed all
the money and did all the work,
but we have reason to believe this
unfair distribution of the burden
will not be allowed again, but that
every man will give as he may feel
able, much or little.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
Dakota Dashes.

UOV. OIOWiv VIII uSlIVci NA iIu-
dress at the Lennox fair.
Canton is to have public hall,
32 by so feet, IS feet high.
Early reports from the French
elections are unfavorable to Gam.
beta and the radicals.
John Thornton of Yankton will
build the government school house
at the Yankton agency.
The Baptist society at Sioux Falls
as had a ruction and the pastor,
ev. II. E. Norton. has resigned.
Sioux Falls has commenced the
! excavation for the erection of an en-
gine house which will cost about
| $1,000.
A lodge of Good Templars has
been organized at Vermillion by T.
G. Brown, deputy grand worthy
chief templar.
Mrs. Thomas Carroll, wife of 4
Deadwood expressmsn, was found
dead in her bed the other morning.
Heart disease.
Deadwood Times: The Deadwood
Carbonate Mining Go. has part of
its property, lots in the city, valued
! at 81, 200.
Miss Cleveland, the grea temper
| ancc lecturer has lately induced 455
old .sold buns" of the Black Hills to
sign the pledge.
The Huron Tribune thinks that
Huron expects 70 be the capital of
South Dakota when the territory is
slashed in twain
New discoveries are being made
in all directions around the carbon
ate camp in tho Hills, and the OK.
citement is unabated.
Mitchell Republican: A sport
from the famous poker town of Sioux
Falls dropped $210 with the boys
the other night He squealed and
the money was given back to him,
along with some wholesome advice
and be went home to his mother.
The petroleum product at the oil
spring near lenny's stockade in the
Black Hills is engrossing good
deal of attention at this particular
time. Machinery is now being
delivered on the ground of sufficient
capacity to 60 down 500 feet, and
as soon as it is placed in position
boring will commence.
Pierre Signal, s: ''The wind
storm on Thursday afternoon blew
George Ordway's building on Pierre
street, above Bloom clothing store,
all to pieces. There is hardly
enough of it left to make kindling
wood of. 1t was set up on high
blocks and the front was all open,
giving the wind a good hold"
Sturges, out in the Hills, had quite
racket the other night. While a
game Of monte was in progress some
desprate man steped up to the table
aud seized about $50 from one Of the
players and made good his escape
with the wealth. He had a pretty
narrow escape, however He was
shot at number of times and one
bullet passed through his hat.
The First National Bank, having
dsposited the requisite amount Of
bonds with the Treasurer at Washinge
ton, has now its Golfers full ofnation-
al currency in crisp new notes that
make the pockets water to look at.
The bank will henceforth be known
as the First National Bank, of Val
ley City. The officers are Messrs.
C. NcReeve, G. F. Kindred and Her.
bert Root, who are respectively pres
The solid basis on which the bank Is
reared, and the financial ability Of
its officers make it pillar Of strength
] to this part of Dakots,-Times.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26

The Northwestern Elevator Com
pany have moved their main office
from Glyndon to Fargo. They
claim that their business in Dakota
has increased to such an extent
that such an arrangement had be.
come an absolute necessity. 1t all
goes to show that Dakota is on the
boom,
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
ANOTHER BOOM FOR JAMESTOWN.
1t is q Settled Fact that Mr.. Klaus
Will Certainly Build
A Hail.

For more than year past the Alert has
kept up continual cry for some kind Of
a hall, from lack Of which jamestown
has been .nubbed by nearly every troupe
of Importance that has visited the North
ern Pacific country, and in consequence
our citizens have been cheated out of .
great deal of desirable amusement. Again,
it has been almost impossible for those
who enjoy dancing to secure = suitable
place, and many times it has been neces-
sary to resort to newly constructed stores
or barns in order to find space enough in
which to indulge in tbs pleasant pastims
of foot shaking. No later than yesterday
Prof. Cecil, the world renowned magi-
clan, was forced to turn away for want of
place to perform in. Thus were our
citizens cheated out of chance to hear
another first class entertainment. The
Alert is more than happy 10 be able to
state that through the enterprise Of our
esteemed citizen, Anton Klaus, .Janesto wn
is about to be relieved from such embar.
asssment.
The hall is treaty commenced and is
located on Fifth avenue, south OF Waller
T. Carr's stable The main building will
bs 40x60 feet in size. The FIRST floor will
be used as q four, feed and grain ware
house for the present, but will eventually
be finished off into stores. The upper
floor will be used for hall, the stage of
which will be 2Ox2O feet in size, fitted up
in first class style and adorned with Gle
giant scenery and two sets of drop curtains.
There will be two dressing rooms, one on
each side of the stage, and they will be
furnished with all modern improvements
and made as convenient IS possible.
Mr.. Klaus has done much for James.
town, but has never made an improvement,
unless it be the construction of our excel
kent mill, that has been hailed with as
much delighta As the building of this hall.
1t is something that is absolutely needed
and will give tene TO the whole town.
Like oil public improvements it will ex-
ert an influence abroad that will be of
great service to our Booming little city.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
SERIOUS.

New York, Aug. 90 Private de-.
patches from the White House ~
that appearances At the Presid dentsg
chamber indicate serious turn. M
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26

II is rumored that Mr.. Hyatt will start
another saloon.
Nessrs. Walters and Alden's now house
has been painted.
A boarding house is sbout to be opened
in Jas. Lees house.
Material for the new bridge a. Bismarck
is going through lively
Mr.. VanDusen, of the Troy Farm, spsn
last night in town.
Landlord Flint took his handmsidens
out for ride last evening.
Mr.. Bush informs the Alert that he is
shipping wheat at the rate of Eve car leads
per day.
The Gray brothers are putting in the
foundation for . barn 5Ox1OO feet IN size
at their stock farm.
Pat Moran is grading up in the rear and
building sidewalk in frost of his build
ings on Front street.
Charley Avis is in town again. He
has been dswh the jim seeing to putting
NO hay at the stage ranches.
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
Fer aaie,

Twill sell my mules, ETC., and take part
pay in w,rk. Also, \ few pure blood d
Chins pigs. I. C. wAp1. 1t
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
A Good Suggestion.

A writer says where " travelling
threshers are used, it is good
plan to run them empty from five to
ten minutes at a high rate of speed
in order to throw out any seeds Of
cheat, cookie, etc., and to discharge
any particles of smut that may have
adhered to the machine. If this
is not done before a machine be-
gins work on a new job it should
be done then.
This is a good suggestion, but
the work should be done before the
machine is. moved from where it
was last employed. Then the foul
seed, if any, will be left on the
ground where it was raised. Should
there be foul seed in the machine
when moved to thresh out the
grain of another farmer, of course
it will be- introduced to the farm by
the machine. Better to rid the
machine of the foul seed before it
9 moved,
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26

Egan Express: s'The village
council, last Saturday evening,
passed a resolution making it obi
xatory on the marshal to enforce
all ordinances now or hereafter in
existence. 1t is now among the
duties of the marshal to make COM
plant before the justice of the peace
against anyone violating any of the
provisions of any ordinance, and
should the marshal fail to do this
duty in any instance, through neg
ligence or vilfully, he subjects
himself to a fine Of from IS to $25.'
Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-08-26
If the government of Dakota said:

If the government of Dakota said:
"We will give to every man who
comes to this territory $1,000 in
gold" who of our eastern friends
would hesitate to take this opportu.
nifty of money getting? Dakota does
not do this, but does better. She
says: II will give to every man or
single lady who comes to this terri.
tory, 32O acres of the finest land for
farming and stock raising purposes
that the world affords" And yet
our friends in the east hesitate to
take up with this offer. Every farm
in Dakota is a gold naine.-Plank-
ington Star.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
Senator Vest Cri,icises Grant.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. ia letter has been
received from Senator Vest, to be read at
the reunion of -Confederates which is
to be held at Moberly the 2Sth inst SEN
ator Vests letter is dated from Green
Briars, Va. The senator writes that
Mrs. Vests health will prevent his at
tendance at the reunion. He congratu-
lates the Missouri Confederates for the
patriotism they have exhibited in war
and in peace. This devotion to duty he
hopes to see continued. He says he
thought the tears and sorrows
at the South at the shooting of Garfield
would remove the malice and Suspicion
entertained by the North, and is disap-
pointed that such has not been the case
To illustrate, he quotes from Grants re-
cent utterances, that pensions must be
paid to none but Union soldiers, and asks
what drug can have so changed this
speaker since his words at Cincinnati and
Bloomington, where he paid tribute to
the patriotism and devotion to the coun-
try of those who wore the gray? The
language of Grant is an insinuation of
the basest sort, for the ex-confederates
have neither asked nor thought of pen
sions The senator's letter is not long,
but in his best vein.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-09-18
Not a Model Of Department.
philadelphia Times.]


But why this stir on the hotel veranda,
as stoutish, heavy-faced, grim individ-
ual, In suit of sombre black, appears!
The whisper goes around: "There's
Grant" He gives Mr.. Jones of the hotel
his card to have it sent across to the cot
tage, and, superior to all conventional
ties, sits down in group of ladies, who
greet him. without taking his hat from
his head or his cigar from his lips.
"What is that over there"' he says,
pointing across the lawn. cit wasn't
there when went away"
"That," says one of the ladies, 'sWhy
that is the track they laid to bring Mr..
Garfield to his cottage. Did you not
hear about it?'
"No. 1 didn't hear a thing of it.
Brought him that way from Elberon sta
ton, did they?'
The boy came up and says: "Mrs.
Garfield says you are very kind, and
hopes you will excuse her. The presi-
dent is not very well to-day"
"Well," says Grant, getting up with
out taking any adieu and addressing
nobody in particular, whenever Mrs.
Garfield or Mr.. Garfield wants to see me
I will be very glad to call on them.'