Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-06-24
Wheat has commenced to head in some

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visit from his two sisters.
]. r. Waller and wife arrived fro,
Marble Rock, Iowa last. evening.
| Miss Clara Lytte, of Fargo, is visitiu
her brother, James "a. Lyttle, of th
city.
Major Lyon has letter puzzle that
. novelty. He .ffcrs prize to the part
| who gucsses it.
The band caps have arrived. Likewis
the Turner'S stlag and the bells fo
our band boys.
A. G. Parkhurst has returned to Jane.
town, and will, we are Informed RENAL
for some time.
Several parties are anxious to get larg
lots Of breaking done even at this late da
in the season.
The full sheet Fourth Of July poster
adorE the windows Of our several mercan
tile establishments.
With wages for section hands on th
railroad 4: Sl.60 per day the men get i.
pretty good months wages.
Hon. D. NJ. Kelleher, Marshal of til,
parade Oh the Fourth, has appointed T.
5. Wadsworth his 6rst lieutenant.
The N. P. officials are making Agent
Harkers' life burden to him in their de.
mand for statistics, crop reports, etc.
Plattcnbcrg & Louerman have gone "a
Mandan to do the stone work on q new
building that F. D. Hsgcr.ia putting up.
The various merchants have promised
to appear in the procession on the Fourth
and will form Nil interesting part Of the
parade on that day.
M. Dinner, Of Dayton, Ohio, leading
busiuass man of that city, and the pos
SCISSOR of several sections nf Stutsnau
county soil, is in town.
Five millwrights are at work ON the
Jamestown tlourin. mill un,cr the charge
Of Mr.. Fox, and are preparing to receive
those Hungarian rollers.
Miss Lido Muniss, a sister Of Mrs.
McKean and Mrs. Hotchkiss, arrived in
jamestown yesterday from Mcadville,
Penn, and will make = vislt.
The base ball game on the Fourth will
be an interesting feature Of the day. 1t
is expected that the Spiritwood nine will
compete with our nine for the prize.
Johnston sold two Mccormick harvest
era Oh Thursday, and during this week
has also sold two Case threshiug ma
chimes. PaL Noran purchased one of the
latter.
There is deplorabls scarcity Of weod
in this place at the present time, and the
people at large would like to know when
the railroad company propose to get =
supply.
D. NJ. to the front again. New pota
toes were on the table ter dinner to-day
at the jamestown Hotel. First of the
season and grown by Mr.. Moore, two
miles up the river.
A car load of brick have recently been
unloadcd here. This will probably no:
occur again as Hooper & Verdcgam nd
vertise that they will have brick for sale
on and after next Tuesday.
The road bed has been graded and the
ties laid for side track 400 feet long ON
the west side Of the river This ls the
beginning Of the removal of the N. P.'s
shops to that side Of the river.
An outfit consisting of two teams, some
stock, healthy family and the whole out
1T looking as though it might have come
from Missouri, have been in town a couple
days and will locate in this vicinity.
Although no special mention has been
made of the fact, it is understood that q
cordial invitation is extended to the
world at large, aud the smaller towns
around US in particular, to CONS and cele-
brate with us Oh the Fourth.
J. H. Merrifeli, Of Willlamsvllle, Vt.,
who owns u section OF valuable farming
land near jamestown, arrived here yester-
day. He thinks jamestown the prettiest
little city he has seen on his.stravels. The
Alert cannot telp admiring his judgment.
School examination occurs next week
Friday, and preparations are being made
to make 1t an interesting event. The
scholars are now struggling with selec-
tiOns from famous authors with which
they propose to fstonish their parents and
others on that occasion.
The PRESBYTERIAN folks arc rustlinp to
raise $1,000 more which with the amount
to be received frem the Chu1ch Extension
Society, will enable them to dedicate the
church free from debt. The plan to Sc
cure the money i. to have one hundred
men agree 20 give SO each.
We were yesterday handed sample OF
! new peas picked on Il. 4. Grifin's place,
June 22. They we've we'll filled out aud
large enough to cat. New potatoes and
peas at this time Of the season isn't SO
| slow We may not be able to get
our seed iu the ground as early Is some
folks | ut when it once ge.s started it
beats the world.
Yesterday noon Sheriff McKechnie
gathered in supposed criminal from of
the West bound train. He did so in ans
wer to telegram from Chicago describ-
ing the personal appearance Of the bird
they wished to catch Nc. says he knows
nothing of the nature Of the crime charged
against his prisoner and does not know
whether he has the right party or not.
Would it not be good plan for our
Village Council to meet some time between
this and the Fourth and pass an ordinance
making it unlawful for any one to shoot
! off fire cracker within the village limits.
Such law would doubtless deprive til,
younger element of the village, of some
| amusement, but it might save our beaGtl.
full village from disastrous conflaa ration.
A circular hes been issued by General
Passenger snd Ticket Agent G. K Barnes
of the Northern Pacific railway, to ali
agents, lnstructing them to sell Fourth .
July excursion tickets to and from all sta
tions on the line at 60 per cent. Of tn,
double first class rates. Sale of thee,
tickets commences on July 9 and close
July 4th, but return coupons are goot
till July 5.
Brick For Sale.
We take occ .sion to inform the publ
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