Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-11-11
Territorial Talk. !.

crowded.
"Shall we incorporate ?" is qucs-
tion with Gary.
They have had smell Of snow At
Chamberlain.
The Odd Fellows Of Canton have
decided to build = hall.
The Moody county papers are full
Of county seat fghta.
Plenty of old corn in Clay county,
says the Republican.
Volsa decided to incorporate by .
vote Of 50 to nothing.
A Presbyterian church will be
dedicated At Flandrxu next Sunday.
Gary feels the need Of 4 church,
and thinks there il : prospect Of 4
Presbyterian .hsase in the spsing.
Commodore Conlson in now intro
'duced around as tile president of the
Yankton aad LeMars railroad.
The Canton Advocate thinks the
potato famine = hnmbug. Il asys
the fruit 10 sold ut 5O'cents bushei
At Eden.
A colony Of enterprising and we'll
to.do Enylisbmen have locn,ed in
the southwestern part Of Dawson
county.
Chamberlain claims . population
Of 500 by actual count. And it isn't
three months since the railroad
reached Chamberlain.
Tho News says that the Episcopal
church, nearing completion 1t Can.
ton, will be the handsomest church
in the Sioux valley.
The Scotland Citizen has discover.
ed man who 10 20 stingy that he
keeps one eye shut for fear Of using
too much eye'sight.
peadwoo1 numbers. four sx.men.
bers Of Congress amsng its' citizens,
and usdsE tho circumstances, IL re.
markably well. behaved town.
The Ysakton Press says that IN
immediate spell Of cold weather 10
predicted BY the river nen, to he
followed by two or three weeks of
the warm and sunshining variety.
Work on the Jim valley extension
between Yankton aud Mitchell IL
being rushed right along. The 20
miles between Ynnkton and Scotland,
will, with fair weather, be completed
by the first Of December.
Postmaster Howard Of Yankton;
who hss been exploring the Jim riv.
er valley, says stock raising, in that
valley has doubled in magnitude this
season and the prospect is that the
next viii double it again.
g. w. Mathews, late Of tho
Eden Sun, has issued the first mum.
bcr Of his Hutchinson County News.
1t is located at Memo. The news
absorbs the Chronicle, lately pub.
lishsd by Geo. w. Williams.
The Yankton Press calls, for .
Peek-paeking house in Yankton,
and supports the c.A By ss1ing that
10000 hogs have been purchased
this fall in Cedar and adjacent ooun.
ties in Nebraska aud taken to Ponca
for Shipment east.
The Yankton Press says that the
assessed valuation ofDakots, accord.
ing to the returns received by Au.
ditor Purdy, 10 ever $sl, 600, 600
with five counties yet IN hear from
to.wis, Clark, Deuel., Douglas, La
Moure and Kiddsr.
Scotland Citizen, q: "There is
not = town on the line Of the Mil.
waukee road, save perhaps Mitchell,
that has greater number Of new
bniIdings in course of construction
At the present time than Scotland.
1t is:enjoying . genuine building
BOOM"
Turner, Moody and Grant coun.
ties are sgitating the rsmsval Of their
county seats. Turner from Swan
Lake TO Parker; Moody from Elan.
drau to Egan, and Grant from Big
Stone City to Miflbank. The vote
next Tuesday will decide the mo.
mentous question for these towne.
Dakota Citizen: A wise man
once took occasion to instruct his
four year old son at dinner in the
presence of. several female friends.
''My son." he.said, holding up an
egg, 'do you know that chickens
come. out Of eggs !" ''Do they pa! l
thought that eggs CAME out ofchic.
ems" Old gent had urgent bust.
ness down town.
Portlandvills Record: Surveyors
on the Northwestern railroad havs
crossed the Si8nx At CAllioPs, and are
taking . due western conrse: Viii
the little ping Of North westsrn put
veto on further developments and
operations OF the ''bloomihg rose
Of . Yaaktoa and LsMars road ?
We shall So Whist we shall see.
Dakota Clifton: Scene first, act
second; location, palace car just
leaving Chicago. Gent enthusias
tic over the temperance cause has
shoes tied with blue ribbon. First
boot black to number two: "See
Bill, here's . fellow took first pre-.
mium at the exhibition for sinking
feet" Scene second; a collapse.
Alsxapdria Herald: J, G. Lamm,
Of Decorah, is having twenty acres
planted on his own and daughters
tree claim, in forest trees. He
brought out several barrels of black
wslnuts and butternuts, several bush.
els of acorne, hickory nuts snd a
quantity Of other seeds. such a. ma.
pie, box alder, asb, cottonwood, elm
and ironwood. He has had his
ground prepared with great care,
and expects to have . fiourishing for.
e.t in ! little while,
Sioux Falls Paragraph: Last
Wednesday Charity Thompson died
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