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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20
Substantial Investments.

John l.. bravo. of Plttsburg, Pa, ar
rived in the metropolis yesterday Oh
prospecting tour, having had his atten-
ton directed to tuis part of the country
by Mr.. McCreery and party who were
here in July and made purchase of sew
eral sections of lanu up northwest OF
jamestown, Mr.. bravo remarked to an
Alert reporter yesterday that until he
reached The James River Valley he had
not seen any land tina, he thought would
excel his place in Pennsylvania, but when
he struck this valley he gave it up. MIR.
bravo is man Of probity and many years
business experience, and his opinion
worth considerable even as to the probable
future aud possibilities Of Dakota. Mr..
bravo has made up his mind to invest IL
some lands and send his son here to cui-
tivate and improve them. MIR. AlcCreery
and his party vino made theirinvestmcnts
in the summer could even now realize q
large profit, Dut as they made their in
ves:men,s with view to making model
Dakota farms out Of then and realizing
from the productions, and not Tor the pur-
pose OF holding them in u wild state until
the improvements Of surrounding settlers
Increased their value, and then selling
theur ut an advanced price. They are the
kind of men who do their share IN devt i.
oping the country by cultivation and I'M
provement, are the very kind OF land pur'
chasers Dakota needs, and the Alert well
comes them aud all OF such kind they can
bring with them. The future of this
country is beyond all reasonable doubl;
its future is only question of the mag
nitude of its resources of its wealth. Mil
lions of families can here find free homes,
and it will become land of land owners,
the motto of the government being Glands
FIR the laudless aud homes for the home
less." There are many Inconvenience
and privations, incident to all new coun-
tries that confront the immigrant and
even turn lack the weak kneed and chick
en- hearted, but the luxurles of other and
older countries will be added as settlement
advances and the productive resources OF
the country arc developed. There is in
the economy of nature a law Of compen-
sation that runs through all the universe,
and for every disadvantage will be found
an advantage to compensate for 1t; ana
this universal and immutable law applies
to Dakota as we'll as other localities.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20

Messrs. McCrcery aud bravo returned
yesterday from visit up to the formers
purchase near Newport last summer.
Mr. Dsavo is more than enthusiastic with
delight over the beauty of the country,
and says he has more ambilion TO be To-
Gated on a section of land and fix ii up to
his notion and cultivate ii in his own
way, than to be president of the United
States He is going to locate his son
there at any rate. Mr. Mc' teerY Is Of
fered SIS 900 more for his purchase than
he paid for 1t three months age, though
he has not made any improvements, but
lie thinks 1t is worth as much TO htm as
any one else, aud declined to take the net
profit Of ss.aeo,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20
Rioters Respited.

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. 19.-Goycrnor Col
guilt rcspited Ike Shipman, one Of the six
rioters sentenced TO be hanged to-morrow.
To-day the sheriff and posse came to
Macon, from Eastman, to take the prison
ers to Eastman, and the governor tele-
graphed to Macon telling the jailor to
hold the prisoners until he beard further
from him. as their cases were being IN
vestigated with view if there wero
grounds for granting respite to enable
them to take their cases to the
supreme court. Late to-day Mayor Cor
put telegraphed the governor that he was
apprehenslvc of an effort to lynch the
prisoners tonight. The governor telc-
graphed back to use all means to sup.
press any interference with the law. He
also telegraphed to Mayor Wiley to
order out his battalion and send forty
men, or If necessary larger escort, with
the sheriff of Dodge county to Eastman.
The prisoners have been IN the Macon
Jail for safe keeping.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20
Mail obstructiou.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. ia novel
feature has appeared in the Higginsv1lle
postmaster case and was argued in the
United States court to-day. The grand
jury yesterday returned indictment against
Edward Claypool for obstruction Of the
mails. Facts as heretofore published are
that az Higginsvllle, Mo-, last August in
quarrel between Claypool and John
Wende'y, the postmaster there, Claypool,
it is charged, on the 2sth OF August, zen.
tered the post Office just as the pouch Of
mail was received and assaulted the post
master, and during the melee which lasted
some time, the mail could not be distrib-
uted Immediately. The defense filed de-
murrer maintaining that the mail cannot
be obstructed except when in motion on
r. r. train, wagon or stage, Prosecution
argued that mails are ID transit until de-
livered to the person addressed, and that
the case in point comes within the mean
ing Of the statutes. The ruling Of the
court is awaited with interest as the point
has never yet been passed npon,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20
Liquor Dealers Organising.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 29.-The executive
committee of the National Liquor Dealers
aud Brewers association is now to be
known as the Personal Liberty League OF
America, elected the following officers
for the league this morning: President,
Emil Gehandein, of AIllwaukee; vice
president, Guieder Hansen, of Mllwau-
kee; treasurer, Leopold Ballenberg, of
Peoria; secretary, Paul Schuster, of Chi
cago; attorney. Harry Rubons, of Chi.
cago. The plan of organization of the
league viii be as follows: An agitator
VIII be sent to each state to organize To-
cal and district leagues, which are to be
governed by a central state organization,
the latter to appoint delegates. which
will compose the national association and
this body is to be executive.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20
Terrible Gas Explosions.


PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10 "A panic oc-
CURED to-day on Twentieth street, which
was caused by series Of explosions OF gas
in defective main which blew out the
iron grating over the sewer at the cor
ner Of Ogden and Twentieth streets, and
threw it 100 feet into the air also tearing
out the earth and stones A minute after
another explosion followed, one square
away, at Twentieth and Poplar streets.
A third explosion followed at Twentieth
and Parish streets, Fifth aud Fourth,
Twentieth aud Crown streets. Flames
then burst from the sewer throwing Z
volume of fire into the street. Houses
were shaken within radius of several
squares. There was tremendous excite
ment but strange to say no one was hurt.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20
. CITIZEN.

Capital: We are not prepared to pass
any structures upon the conduct OF MIR.
Allen in refusing to act as prosecuting at
torney. He certainly has the sanction Of
the statute. But we want 10 know here
and now whether or no we are to be left
without any Official to lake cosnlzance of
crime?
1t would certainly appear so, holy
brother, unless the board Of trus ees If
the village Of Jamesto own can be made to
realize that they have an attorney in the
person of Mr.. Hewitt who does not know
enough about law to ena ole him to attend
to the legal business OF the village in an
intelligent manner Mr. Hewitt is un-
questionably gentleman, but he is not a
LAWYER. If he were he would have had
better sense than TO have 10 ask deputy
district attorney to prosecute case
brought OF by the village board under
the circumstances the one under discus
sion was brought The Alert really hopes
that Mr.. II. will have the good sense to
resign and by so doing make room for
some man who will take tlle matter in
hand and prosecute it according to law
and common sense.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20

The communication published in yes
tcrdas mornings sAlert referring to the
reading room scheme; is receiving con
siderable encouragement among all classes
aud we presume that il such course
should be adopted, it would receive the
hearty support and endorsement of the
general public.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20
Three Live Widders

MATANoRA, H., Oct. IA bill for mar
titiou was filed to-day In the circuit court
ny The wives OF lsaac Dixon, an Old and
wealthy citizen lately deceased. Wife
No. l lived with him fifts years BY agree
ment and without a ceremony When
she was in the east events made it ncces :
sary to marry No. >, who files i,iil, but
was deserted when The firsl returned. No.
3 docs not claim marriage hut ask. that
the estate provide for her Two children Of
Mllcii Dixon is the IaIl,fr
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-10-20

WASHINGTON. tie, "a eoranitree
has been appointed 10 audit tho CLAIMS
arising out of the illness and tssth a.
President Garfield.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-01-19
The Chicago Primer

Here we have q Horse Race in
England. See the horses run. What
little specx is that on the horizon
towards which they are running2
Tt is an American Horse.
Mary is fixing UP her Bang. Pret-
tv soon her Beau will come and it
will be rumpled. Does her Father
know this? No, or he would be wear
ing his box-toed Boot.
Why does Lucy cry? tits because
her cruel father will not buy her a
SeaIskin Sacque Pretty soon her
Mother will come home, and she
will get her ear Shifted, and then
Lucy will cry on the square.
See the Man. He is holding on
to the Lamp Post. How the wind
whistles and blows 1t is very cold
! The Man is as fullas a boiled owl. Il
he goes home will his Wife greet
him with a Kiss? No, but she viii
search bis clothes for his loose
change and appear at the Matinee
next Saturday The man knows thu
and does not go home, He prefers
the society Of the lamp Post to thaf
Of his Wife. This man has a Grea
Head
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-01-19

used gravsya d on the military
reservation. The last person that
died had to be taken seven or eight
miles down the valley to country
graveyard But the city council
are negotiating with Mr.. w II.
Ri enbaugh for q plat of ground
about one mile from the bridge on
the south side Of the river, contain
ng eighty acres.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-01-19
Growing Old.

WHAT can be sadder than to feel
the chill autumn Of life coming on
when the shady side of the valley
has been reached, and the eye is
turned backward toward the green
and sunlit fields which exist in
memory alone. How sadly settles
down upon the human heart the
sorrowful truth that the brightest
and best Of existence has fled. The
tear will unbidden start as we think
Of those years replete with gladness
now gone forever-those clear de
lightful years before we trod the
rough and rugged road OF expert
ence. and bit off more than we could
masticate. We call to mind how
the cold cIammy truth was revealed
to us at one time, that in gathering
the fullblown roses of life, too oft
we gathered also the feverish and
irritable bumble-bee nesting in its
petals. How freshly now comes
back to us the memory OF that
/ bright autulnnaf tlay~wfre1r the sky
was one vast sea Of golden pillows
that day when we made some scien-
titic experiments with three-eard
monte, and went home without our
overcoat. We were making an es-
innate last evening of the value OF
few items Of experience we now
have on hand and among the
more valuable ones we will name
the following: Cost of experience
with mixed d rinks, $4,000. Expense
of calling large, healthy man liar
$50. Experience with ostensibly
disabled hornets, 1915. Cost o
winning the love and confidence Q
an orphan, $500 Little lessons
in Investigating different games 0
n chance, with a view OF making
}, them business, $4,000 Expert
2 ments with watermellons, guarde'
by irritable bulldogs, S525. Cos
II of unavailing efforts to proven
d badness, s783.20. Expense Of pei
d sonaI investigation Of lotteries
! 1899 26. Actual cost of obtainin!
thirty dollars worth of fame, whicI
is now for sale at the above price
e and still in good working ordel
n though slightly tarnished, sl7,38'
d -Nve's Boomerang.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-01-19

A young nobleman in a frightful
railroad accident missed his valet.
One of the guards came up TO him
and said. M NJ Lord, we have
found your servant, but he is cut in
two" aAw, is he?" said the young
man with Dundreary drawl, but
with a trace of anxiety depicted on
his countenance. "Will you be
gwood enough to sec in which half
he has got the key Of my carpet
bag?7
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-01-19
A POEM FOR THE TIMES.
T AFTER THE TIME -HoNoRED EALLAD ol
SAM HILL.

FTER THE TIME-HONoRED EALLAD Oh
SAM HILL
NY name it is Guiteau;
/ shot the President-so
But the Lord, He dealt the blow
Blast my eyes!
For / was Stalwart true, 81
And the Lord He was one, too
Heightened like me and you.
Blast my eyesl
/ am not like Sam Hail.
Who robbed great and small; I
For | never paid at all.
Blast my eyes
Do you s'pose now I'll pule2
Do you take me for fool,
Now to brake my general ruie2
Blast your eyes!
Do you think I'll ask your help?
There's Scoville-let him yelp
Like some internal whelp.
Blast his eyes!
But for me-I am Guiteau,
And It's | that tells we so,
And you'd better all 60 slow.
Blast your eyesl
I'm religious, and no crank,
And the Lord | often thank
That | never smoked or drank
Blast your eyesl
Do you think that I'm afraid
To say never paid,
BY landladies dismayed2
Blast my eyesl
I'm crazy or I'm not,
Just as pleases me. 70 pot
With CorkhilPs drival and rot
Blast his eyesl
Don't / know If I'm all sound
If I'm sane now, III be bound
My sense wasn't by him founC
Blast his eyes!
Here the court room is suppos
10 be so convulsed with laughte
that an immediate adjournment ha
to be ordered Exchange.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-01-19
IDAHO EXCHANGE ITEMS.

d. B. Kimmel, whospent the sum
mer in HALEY, has gone into tie
jewelry business at Boise.
Joe Robbins sent Us down three
or four specimens from the recent
strike in the Banner mine. The
pieces are the richest we have seen
from Banner district, They are
Literally filed with ruby silver, and
two or three Of the specimens are
i covered with wire silver
/ The tunnel tnat is being run to
/. tap the Sub Rosa at the depth Of
1 between three and four hundred
feet, is now in 460 feet. They have
soft digging, compared with what
4 they have gone through most of the
i distance, and are now driving ahead
at the rate Of two and three feet a
4 day. The tunnel now requires tim
bering. Jess Bradford and Jim
II McGee are running under contract.
They expect to tap the ledge by
f running 20 or 80 feet further.
From the Blackfoot Register.
Fred S. Stevens came up from
American Falls on Tuesday morn
ing He says track laying has com
menced at Pocotello and will be laid
to the Falls as soon as possible.
We are informed that Samue
Holt has purchased the forwarding
business Of Sebree, Ferris 4 Whit
at this place ana will conduct tn
business personally next season
The iron bridge is nearly com
pleted again. Mr.. Dunning ha
) been doing an excellent job. Tn
piers are now all resting on soli'
rock foundations. One span ha
been completed and the other is a
ready raised; another week wi
! !. nearly finish both and there will b
{ no danger Of their being washe
away again.
From the Boise Democrat.
Two inches of snow fell at tn
n place yesterday,
At Protracted meeting in progre'
N at the Methodist Church.
= Mr.. S. J. Henderson, brought
some silver ore that assayed sic
+ which he obtained from a lcds
it within sight of Boise city.
ef Mitchell, at Mitchell's Flat, {
y the Payette, intends to build al
run a ferry at that place. 1t wou
sc prove a great convenience to Il
a Squaw-
ef Messrs. Frank Ward and Da'
NC Williams, are in from Big Bottom I
eh Snake river, report no snow the
and cattle all fat and fine.
on X. p. Plowman, who is runnil
no tunnel in the Paymaster mir
IL. Shaw's mountain, sent word to
Il IL. Thurman last week that tn,
'et had struck vein Of ore, not b
III bat rich Good Another instan
'ae of pluck and industry rewarded
nls Boise City is now without a pa
~ - lie burying ground, the commar
,af ant at the barracks having forb
L. l,,.,,n ,r4c Ia The Inr
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1882-01-19

Here the court room is suppose
to be so convulsed with laughter
that an immediate adjournment has
to be ordered. - Exchange.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-04-12
An Eloquent Passage.

1t cannot be that earth is mans
only abiding place. 1t cannot be
that our life is a bubble cast up by
the ocean of Eternity to float mo-
ment upon its waves, and sink into
nothingness. Else, why these hi b
and glorious aspirations which leap
like angels from the temple of our
hearts, forever wandering unsatisfied?
Why is it that the rainbow and
clouds came over US with a beauty
that is not of earth, and then pass
of TO leave US to muse on their love
illness? Why is it that the stars
which hold their festival around
the midnight throne, are set above
the grasp of our limited facul-
ties, forever mocking us. with their
'uDapproachable glory? And final
ly, why isit that the bright forms
of human beauty are presented to
our view and taken from US, leaving
the thousand streams ofour affections
to flow back in Alpine torrents upon
our hearts ? We were born for a
higher destiny than earth. There
is a realm where the rainbow never
fades, where the stars will be spread
out before US like islands that slum-
Der on the ocean, and where they
pass before us like shadows, will stay
forever in ourpresence.-G. d. Prem
tice. ~ -7s-.. -.-, q, ..
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-04-12

What strange thought All the
world is seeking rest. Those who
drag their weary bodies home night
after night, and fall down on their
restless beds worried with the ankle
ties and cares of business, and yet
seeking rest. 1t is found in power
ty /; perhaps it turks under the rich
man, all the while that he lies groan-
ing upon his couch or stands with
wrinkled brow perplexed with care
Where is rest ? What is rest? 1t
is the divine principle of peace that
comes from God. AS well seek
roses on the pallid cheek of death
as rest out of God. The needle
rests not till it turns to the pole.
If a little child is frightened at play,
he comes running into the house af-
ter his mother. She takes him into
her bosom, presses kisses upon his
brow, and while she sings some lul-
ably of love, all fear fades from his
face and he sleeps in peace. God
wants to ELL mc.her's place to all
the world. Ifit ne misfortune or
poverty, or gloomy foreboding that
makes one unhappy, God can give
him rest and breathe q lullaby of
love about his tempest tossed soul
will still its ringing. Rest, peace, is
a principle that lies within US, not
without. Some not possessing it,
have a crowned head uneasy. o,
that every anxious, longing heart
would look to him who walketh
among the golden lamps of heaven.
Take my yoke upon you. and ye
shall find rest unto your souls"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-04-12


Have the courage to face the diff
Guilty, lest it kick you harder than
you bargained for. Difficulties, like
thieves, often disappear at a glance.
Have the courage to leave q conviv-
fial party at the proper hour for do
ing SO, however great the sacrifice;
and to stay away from one upon the
slightest grounds for objection, how
ever great the temptation to go.
Have the courage to do without
that which youdo not need, howev-
er much you admire it. Have the
courage to speak your mind when
it is necessary that you should doso,
and hold your tongue when it is bet
ter that you should be silent. Have
the courage to speak to a poor friend
in a seedy coat, even in the street,
and when a rich one is nigh. The
effort is less than many people
think it to be, and the act is worthy
ofa king. Have the courage to ad-
NIT you have been in the wrong,
and you will remove the fact in the
mind of others, putting q desirable
impression in place ofan unfavorable
one. Have the courage to adhere to
the first resolution when you can
not change it for better, and III !.
abandon it even at the elc--- Reg
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-04-12
wolves in !. Church.

While the inhabitants of the Span
ish village Unarre were attending
the celebration of the midnight mass
in their parish church on Christmas
eve last, q terrible surprise was await
ing them outside the sacred edifice.
During the service a pack of hungry
wolves had gathered around the
church doors, and when these were
thrown open to let the congregation
out the ferocious brutes, stimulated
by famine to an unusual display of
audacity, made a desperate on
slaught upon the crowd. According
to an eye witness an indescribable
panic ensued. Men and women
alike, screaming for aid, strove to
escape from their savage assailants;
several, while struggling frantically
to reach the doorway, fell down and
found themselves at the mercy of
the famished wolves. The only man
who displayed any presence of mind
was the sacristan, who contriyed to
Chamber into the pulpit, and thence
initiated the bark of a dog so effect
lively that the invaders took fright
and fled, but not before they had
killed three oftheir victims and man.
gled five others so horribly that
they were not expected to recover
at the time when this tragical affair
was published in the Spanish papers.
Measures have been taken-some-
what late in the day, us is generally
the case in the peninsula-by the 10
cal authorities for the extirpation
throughout the district at present in
tested by those cunning and san
guine carnivora.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1882-04-12

The other day curious old Nom-
an, having . abundle in her hand snd
walking with . painful effort, sat
down on . step to rest She was Gu
rious because her garments were
neat and olean, though thread dbare,
and curious because . smile crossed
her wriukled face as children passed
her. II might have been this smile
that attracted group of three little
ones, the oldest about nine. They
all stood in . row in front Of the old
woman, saying never q word, but
Watching her facs. The smile brigt-
ened, fingered, and then faded a
way, and q corner of the old calico
apron went up TO wipe away tear.
Then the eldest child stepped for
ward and asked:
"Are you sorry because you
haven't got any children?"
aEI had children once, but
they are all dead r. whisper
ed the woman, sob in her throat.
I'm awfally sorry" said the little
girl, as her own chin quivered. I'D
give you one of my little brothers
here, but you see I haven't got but
two, and / don't believe I'd like to
spare one
"God bless you, child-bless you
forever!" sobbed the old woman, and
for full minute her face was buried
in her apron.
sBut III tell you what I'll do"
seriously continued the child.
aYou may kiss us all once, and if
little Ben isn't afraid you may him
four times, for he's just as sweet as
candy.
Pedestrians who saw the three
well dressed children put their arms
around that old woman's neck and
kiss her weregreatly puzzled. They
didn't hear the woman's words as
she rose to 60.
"O!children, I'm only poor old
woman, believing I'd nothing to
live for, but you've give me light
er heart than I've had for ten years."