Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-05-20
Waller A Carr are fencing in yard for

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Totten looking brown as berry.
The real estate dealers report active de
demand for lands of oil kinds.
II. J. OFT is sowing ten acres Of tire
seeds on bis claim north oftown.
The Major has invested in . new sigr
which reads, Dry Goods and Groceries.
Tom Dowditch has just conc out in
new suit Of clothes. Mr.. Turner was th
artist.
A train of IS empty freight cars wen
east tins morning. followed by one nearl!
as long.
| McKccl,nic says the present fine wealth
er is caused by the resignation of the New
York senators.
The belfry of the Methodist churct
looks handsome. Knapp d Son improved
it wonderfully.
People in the country complain that
they are kept awake lights BY the noise
Of the growing wheat.
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Grand Rapids. They report wheat dye
inches high in that locality.
Mike Murphy has FINISHED the carper-
ter work ON the Dakota House and the
plsstercrs have begun their work.
Outside owners of land in this vicinity
have been making preparations to break
from 100 to 1000 acres on their tracts.
Mcssrs. Waters and Alden, two gentlc-
men from South Carolina, have located
hese. They propose buying some land in
this vicinity.
Some Of our leading real estate opera
tors have been engaged in making sales
Of several large tracts OF land within the
past few days.
McKechnic Is having the front of his
meat market ornamcnted with signs
through the artistic touch of our young
friend Wood.
This is beautiful summer weather,
crops never looked better and our far.
mels have every reason to hope for
bountiful harvest.
Que enterprising Individual who is 60.
ing into the breaking business has built
= house on wheels, which he proposes to
take along with him to 1.-Two in.
Pete AubertiD has the contract for
building the school house in district No.
S. He is also putting up several claim
shanties, besides his work in town.
Mayor Holcomb Of Grand Rapids, the
man who navi.ates the raging James on
lumber RATS, was in town last night, and
what is mere, he has had his hair cut.
The boys on the north side are working
up their muscle and limbering their joints
preparatory to issuing \ challenge to the
boys on the south side to play game of
base ball.
ID. NJ. Kelleher has had several chances
of late to sell his business lots on the cor
ner OF Frcnt street and Fifth avenue, but
will mot dispose of them as he intends
erecting store thereon.
Vennonters have liking for North
Dakota in general and jamestown in par
tlcuar. The last arrival from that state
is Giles Harrington, Of North Hero. who
is stopping at the Dakota House.
A new post Office Is t. be established
at the Troy Farm, 10 be known as Tap
pen. Kidder county is going to work to
secure a portion of the emigration
that is pouring into North Dakota.
A recent conner thought to inveigle
some one into game Of poker yesterday.
He found his man and the game proceed
ed until the recent conner had lost about
ore hundred dollars when he adjourned
the affair.
The Duluth Tribune now appears Is
daily, and it is q good one. There is 3
full telegraph report aud plenty of local
and editorial matter gotten up in that
style for which Mitchell has become just
ly famous.
Mr.. Bush bought 1000 bushels of
wheat at Eldridgc yesterday. He has
recently purchased other large lots OF
grain in the county, but it has not as yet
been delivered as the farmers are 80 busy
seeding and plowiug.
Mr.. David, of Grand Forks, becoming
tired of drinking slkali, has rented .
house of E P. Wells, taken land in tho
James River Valley. and cast his lot with
Us. lie says the pure water Of James.
town is what decided him to settle here
Mr.. Klaus has tasty new sign at the
Office of his lumber yard, which, by the
way, is quite an extensive affair, including
three separate buildings, one Of which is
filled with oats, feed and bran. and the
others with doors, sash, blinds aud mould
ings. Tony has charge.
Quite delegation are here from Mich
igau looking around for chance to pick
up some land. They are all we'll pleased
with our country and the prospect is good
for them to locate. 1t so, they will break
about 1000 acres and thus add to the
| boom which has struck Stutsman county.
While Daniel Cullen was unloading
railroad iron yesterday, the end of one Of
the rails flew up and struck HIM in the
knee, cutting cash about three inches
long and an inch deep. DR.. Baldwin was
at once called and dressed the wound. No
bones broken, though the cut is quite Sc
| we're.
An extra train consisting Of TIVE box,
two cattle, and two passenger cars. passed
through yesterday afternoon going west
with detachment of British mounted
police They stopped here long enough
to get some thing to eat and seemed to
be IN good spirits. They will 60 up the