Jamestown alert., 1881-12-02
The court house question is settled.

Will Elmer has his store full Of new
goods.
Tony is setting up the scenery for The
stage in the hall.
Doolittle has just received another LOT
| of those boss overcoats.
The sidewalk on Fifth avenue, north
side, has been completed.
Mr.. Pratt has his store front in and is
nearly ready to move in.
Attorney Watson shines as one Of the
| leading lights Of the jamestown Literary
| society.
The mean temperature for the last year
at FIT. Benton was one degree below the
freezing point.
The Knights Of the Red Cross arc 10
give grand ball at Klaus Hall, Thurs
day evening, Dec. sth.
| The light haired Englshman, who by
the way isan industrious youth, is furnish
ing inspiration for Ben's cook store.
The jamestown Building and Loan AS
sociation is one of the most promising cor
porations in this village.
| Gov. Ordway estimates that Dakota has
yielded larger return on capital invested
within its borders than any other state or
territory.
The Grand Pacific hotel at Moorhcad is
now open and in the full tide of successful
experiment. The building and outfit cost
!, the neat little sum of 100000.
Dell Rapids Exponent: The jamestown
| Alert seems well pleased with its new
| Taylor hand power press, and well it may
be for it is a clean looking sheet now
The Texas newspapers deny the report
that public sentiment there favors di-
vision of the state and the creation of
three additional states out of her terri
| tory.
| Our night operator has returned from
Crystal Springs, where he las been for a
few days filing tile place Of the operator
at that place who was bounced for drunk
cnnesS
| The Cemetery ASSOCIATION were to have
held a meeting Monday but the subject
seems to be too grave to make hcadway,
at least there were not enough present to
do any business.
The spot upon Which it is proposed to
build the new court house is only nine
blocks from the Dakota House. Toaman
who is not at all prejudiccd it would seem
like Il very long distance from the village
A country paper in Illinois says, among
its local items 3" No word has vet been
heard from Abraham Lever, who went OIL
two weeks ago with his wifc's rcd headed
hired girl. Until his return his Sabbatl
school class will be in charge of the Rev
Mr.. Perkins
! a couple of cars OF The west boun(
freight train of the n =. H. II. wcr.
ditchcd early Monday mornings few mile!
east of Troy Farm. No one was hurt an(
the damages were only light. The tracl
was cleared in Il short time, and trains art
running regularly.
1t was midnight and after. The young
man, unlike his patron st. Peter had no
the keys, but by numerous and sundr,
thumps and repeated prayers succeed il
rou.ing the drowsy clerk, whom he dis
appeared within the door and had no
again been seen up to hour Of noon.
The weather for the past three days la!
been all that could be desired and NOR,
like the latter part Of April than the lat
ter part of November The Indians sa,
we arc to llayc three weeks of this; wealth
er, while Ncllner says it is to be colo ant
windy, but we shall see what we shal
see
lIillsEoro Banner: Morton county
through the Mandan Pioneer, clamors fo
term of court, and intimatcs that judy,
Hudson is derclict in duty for not lloldin:
court there. Perhaps Judge Hudson is o
the opinion that holding court in tn,
backwoods is like devils shcaring Of tn,
hog-productivc Of vastly more noise thar
; wood. ... ...
Jamestown talent will supply the music
for the Knights OF the Red Cross ball. W,
should have good string band here tina
could supply music for dances, etc. l,
chance will be given them to sec wha
they can produce. Should they prove sat
isfactory they will have abundant oppor
tunity during the winter tr appear before
the public.
John Nichols, who has just returned
from the Mouse River country says tha
there is coal in that region in unexausta
bic quantities. 1t is safe to predict tha
before another year rolls round the citizens
Of Jamestown and surrounding countr,
will be using native fuel. 1t is though
than it can be laid down here for abou
$3.50 per ton. u..
The latest thing in the way Of churcl
sociable is as follows: The name ant
weight Of each lady present is written OF
a card The cards are mixed in hat ant
drawn by the gentlemen, who escort tt
supper the lady whose card they draw
paying for their supper according to tllc;l
weight, the charge being one-half cen
per pound. OF course this creates de.
mand on the part Of the managers for fa
ladies.
a duel was lately fought in Texas he.
tween Alexander Shott and John Mott
1t was rumored that Mott was shot and
Shott was not Nf it was better to bt
Shott than Nctt.) But 1t was afterward
proved that the shot Shot shot at Mott
shot Shott by accident, and the shot Mott
slot at Shott shot past, and 10 shot hin
not. Thus the affair resolved itself into
its original elements, and Shot was shot
a I'd Mott was not.
The rumor published by the Fargo
Argus that the Tribune intends to abandon
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