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The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-06

The ECLECTIC RECEPTION
press very unanimously pronounced
the Reception of the Eclectic Club
at Taylor Opera House Assembly
Rooms Friday evening of last week,
one of the very highest class enter
tainments ever given in this city.
The True american pronounced it
a very pleasant affair.
The State Gazette said that like all
of the clubs entertainments the Re-
ception was a highly successful and
creditable affair.
The Emporium spoke eulogistically
of the decorations and the resembi-
age and mentioned the names of
Miss Marie Fisher, Nine. Montgom-
cry and few of the more distin-
guished guests, to illustrate the high
character and wide reputation of
many of the participants
The Trenton Herald spoke as fol-
lows: The sixth annual reception of
the Eclectic Club took place at
Taylor Hall Assembly Rooms, last
evening, and was like all it's prede-
cessors, most enjoyable affair.
This Club is entirely composed of
the leading colored men of this city,
and has for its object, social enjoy
ment and mutual mental improve
ment. The regular meetings of the
Club are held at it's room, No. 4 N.
Greene street, and are occupied with
debates and literary labor of different
kinds. Mr.. r. Henri Herbert, the
editor and proprietor of The SENTINEL,
is president of the organization, and
Genl q. S. Grant, Sec'y of State F.
T. Frelinghuysen and Gov. VIM. A.
Newell, have been elected to-, and
have accepted honorary membership
in the club. We heartily wish the
Fclectic's success"
The editor of the New York
Progressive american acknowledged
the receipt of an invitation in the
following complimentary terms:
We have received an invitation to the
annual reception of the Eclectic Club of
Trenton, N. j., ON the 28th inst. This
Club, whose President is Mr.. R. Henri
Herbert, editor of the SENTINEL, is one of
the finest social clubs in the country, and
its receptions rank among the very best.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-06

The best American gold and silver watch
es, Elgin and Waltham movements.
The best foreign gold and silver watches,
both in Gents and Ladies' sizes
Complete atockof fine jewelry, clocks and
silverware.
IA and IS carat solid gold Seal, Fancy
and Wedding rings. The latest designs in
Gents and Ladies' Watch Chains, Neck
Chains, Bracelets, Pendants and Lockets
both in solid gold, and the best of rolled
plate
Opera Glasses, Spectacles, and Eye
Glasses in gold steel, rubber and celluloid
frames, at prices far lower than ever before
offered in this city.
Please remember that my stock is all new
and we'll selected.
Bg~ SPECIAL NOTICE. employ
the most skillful workmen and the most
improved machinery in making all kinds of
repairs to watches, clocks or jewelry. All
work done promptly and satisfaction guaran-
teed.
An inspection of my stock is earnestly
requested before purchasing elsewhere.
MORRIS MAY,
% SOUTH GREENE ST.
Nearly opposite Taylor Opera House.
The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1882-05-06

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Cuts and extra display. Is per cent advance.
Special notices. Immediately following reading
matter, 20 per cent advance.
Business notices, loaded, on local page, 10 cents
per line for the first insertion and cents per line
for each subsequent insertion.
Reading matter notices, between local items twenty
cents per line each insertion.
Business cards, not exceeding six lines, 8. 90
year.
Half yearly and yearly advertisers have the
privilege of renewing their advertisements quar-
t.rly without extra charge.
Transient advertisements payable IN advance.
Yearly advertisements payable quarterly. All
others due at any time after first insertion
All advertisements should reach this Office be-
fore P. NJ, on Friday.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
Tho Blessings Flow.

Early yesterday morning this valley
was visited by fine shower of rain and
vegetation of all kinds is booming.
Wheat is growing at the rate of an inch
per day and everything else in like pro.
portion. While many of the states are
suffering damage to their crops and prop
erty from excess Of rain and high water
Dakota is having one good rain per week
enough, but not too much. The wealth
er could not be more satisfactory to the
people if it was regulated for their espe-
cial benefit by the board of trade. The
Dakota man has no complaints to make
of the weather, condition of the crops.
business, public health or anything. The
benign smile of supreme satisfaction and
content may be seen on the face of every
one. Nobody sick, nobody discouraged,
nobody idle, nobody losing money,
but everything combined to make one
feel that Dakota is the garden spot Of
America and of the world. The air is
refreshing and as pure as ever emanated
from the source Of purity. The sun
sheds its halo of undimmed glory over ma
ture's broad expanse of undisturbed do
main; the beautiful elevations and undu-
lations stretch out in panoramic grand
eur before the enchanted vision, and,
standing in the midst of all these, the
stranger is soon lost in reverie of Won
dering admiration as he contemplates
the scene. Those who live and die with
out seeing Dakota have but a vague idea
of earthly existence.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
Our Great Country.

jamestown and the James River Valley
are now known from the rivers to the ends
Of the earth, for copies of the Alert have
been sent out in all directions and to near
ly all places, and people who once see
Jamestown are unanimously 50 fascinated
with its appearance that they speak of it,
and in that way advertise it, even if they
do not stop here. jamestown is now as
we'll known as either Fargo or Bismarck,
and surpasses either of these hourishing
towns in popular favor. Fargo, James
town and Bismarck are the trinity through
and by which Northern Dakota is known
If the wheat crop holds out to the harvest
as the prospect now is, and there is no
apprehension that 1t will not, the immense
territory will hardly hold the immigration
to this country next year. The people Of
the States are just getting their eyes open
to the magnificent country here IN the
Northwest, which, until recently, has re-
mained comparatively unknown. In few
years land that can now be had for i'm
proving it or bought for from three to
seven dollars an acre will bring from
thirty to fifty dollars an acre. Those who
come first and secure their homes will
reap the bonanza harvest of the rise in
price.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
Lady Boomers.

The following from the Grand Forks
Herald shows that jamestown is not tho
only place in the territory where ladies
engage in the booming business. They
arc proving themselves as shrcwd and en-
terprlsng III these schemes as the stcrncl
SEX arc:
1T IS cheering to note the arrival Of Ell
tcrprising lady newcomers. Not only is
the Red river Valley Il good place for
men, but for women also. And it is fact
perhaps not generally known, that some
of the most refined and cultivated ladies
from the States are interested in Dakota
farms. Such pluck and grit should be
highly commended. The valley needs
just such material. Tho presence of such
'boomcrs'' creates an atmosphere that is
beneficial to society, and will have Il ten
dency to rapidly drive away all eastern
fears of this being an uncivilized Terri
tory. This week Mrs. l.. Marshall, of
Dcs Moines, Iowa, accompanied by Mr.. S.
Bosworth, friend from Ohio, have been
in the city making inquiries regarding
land in this locality. The ladies are max
ing their headquarters at Mrs. Buel's, on
Third street, and both alludc to their eX-
pericncc so far in the valley in the most
flattering and complimentary terms. Mrs.
Marshal particularly IS elatcd over the
prospect, and, with her companion, will
prospect III the various fields on the mar
kct until they strike what they want.
They are ladies W ho display considerable
of that quality called "grlt''-of arelined
nature, however-and will quite likely
become front rank 'boomers -
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
The Day We Celebrate,

The Alert office yesterday printed lot
of large posters for the coming Fourth of
July celebration al Sauborn, which indi-
Gates that the wide awake citizens of that
place intend having booming time that
day, as they no doubt will This reminds
us that the people of jamestown ought to
bestir themselves in inauguating the pre-
liminaries for our celebration. James
town can outstrip all other towns in Da-
kota in Fourth of July celebration if
she will, and everybody says she will. But
it Is necessary to make preparation, and
the sooner they are commenced the less
hurry and rush there will be about it, and
the the less liable to leave undone thln Us
that must needs be done to insure its COM
plete success In every particular. We
have the most beautiful grounds and the
finest shade in the northwest for such 81,
occasion, and Jamestown cannot do less
than outstrip all other towns in the terri.
tow IN the size Of heS Fourth Of July cele
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
Provoking Errors.

Owing to those unavoidable clrcum-
stances that occasionally disturb the equll-
ibrium of the best regulated printing
offices, a number of grievous errors ap-
nearcd in the Alert yesterday morning,
and especially in the report OF the board
of trade meeting. IT anything else than
profanity will express newspaper edi-
tors bottom feelings and emphasis upon
reading the paper after the edition is all
printed off as he comes upon these rldlcu-
Ions blunders we have been unable after
an arduous study and search OF twelve
wears to find it, To see what he thought
IA brilliant expression of sublime sentl-
ment incontinently fiattened out by ty-
biographical error changing it from the
sublime to the ridiculous tears up the very
foundation of the editors religious inspl-
ration and makes hIm forget his early
/ Sunday School training. The principal
restraint upon his profanity on such oe-
casions is the limit of language, and IN
order to be prepared for just such an
emergency editors learn 70 swear N sYeEy
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
A New Euterpriso.

MIR. Fred Woodward, from the State of
Vermont, who arrived in town day or
two ago, has decided to locate here and
engage in an enterprise that will be hailed
with much pleasure by our citizens, that
Of steam planning mill and turning and
such other work as is connected with that
line of business. He has already decided
upon the location and will at once COM
mence building, and himself return east
to buy and bring his machinery Mr.. B.
W. Fuller, an old friend and acquaint-
ance of MIR. W., furnishes the ground for
the manufactory. Mr.. Woodward is a
man of enterprise and capital and has had
experience in the business. The opera
tiou of this enterprise in our town will no
doubt be profitable to the owner, and will
be highly advantageous to the building
interests of our town, for there is a great
deal of manual labor now expended on
work that will be done by machinery such
as Mr.. Woodward intends to put in his
mill. 1t is an encouraging slgn of the
times aud an auspiclous omen for James
town that these enterprises are being
attracted here.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
The Amount of Travel.

To give the readers of the Alert IN dis
tant places an idea Of the magnitude OF
travel out in this country we will state
that yesterday the Dakata House received
notice by telegraph from Valley City to
provide dinner for one hundred passengers
on the arrival of the train at jamestown.
The writer was surprised himself when he
incidentally heard it remarked, and upon
inquiry found that this was not an un-
usual occurrence but rathera general one ;
aud when we take into consideration the
fact that the other hotels feed a large
number of travellers every day also, the
magnitude OF the exploring and sight
seeing movement becomes both marvellous
and gratifying. 1t evidences the fame
that Dakota has acquired throughout the
length and breadth Of the continent, ex-
tending to the distant lands far beyond
the seas. In America the star OF empire
is now known as Dakota Territory, and in
foreign countries us Dakota in America.
The geography of this vast domain of
territory has never been given in such a
way as to set forth its merits Ill their true
light 1t is true the country is flooded
with maps aud descriptions, but they arc
all incorrect and deficient in many re-
spccts, though in a general view correct
1t is impossible that it can be otherwise,
for new settlements are being made, new
towns are being plated and suddenly
springing from an untroddcn wild into
existence and prominence all over the
territory, SO that it is absolutely impos-
slh]c for The map publishers to keep pace
with the advancement and progress of the
territory. And now that the DEVILS
Lake. Mouse River, and Turtle Mountain
country, embracing an area of $1,000
square miles, is open to settlement, and
contains some Of the best country in the
world, the impossibllity Of keeping the
maps up with the times becomes still
more apparent. About the only way to
keep abreast of the exchanging, ever
advancing progress of the country is to be
here in person. You would be surprised,
after the lapse Of Il month, on going over
the same ground to see the changes that
have been made. On some spots where, a
month before, you would look about on
all sides and see nothing but q boundless
eXpanse of umbroken prairie, now you Will
see lively little villages with business
houses in operation, and nearly always
the inevitable newspaper. Many news
papers commence their publication in
tent. We relteratc that to be appreciated
in all its grandeur and immensely Dakota
must be seen. Language can but family
describe it.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
School House Contract Let.

The bids for building the new school
house were canvassed yesterday aud were
as follows: Peter Auberton, $9,O0O K.
T. Jordan, $500; Martin g. Merwln,
$4,000. Mr.. Jordan's bid being the low
est, the contract was awarded to him, the
work TO be completed by the lst of Sep
tem5er. 1t is to be frame building, a
description cf which was given IN the
Alert some weeks ago, and will be hand
some structure, one of which our Town
may well feel proud. 1t will provide
rooms for Systematically graded school,
which will afford our citizens ample pro-
vision for educating their children sutfi
cieutiy to conduct any of the ordinary
avocatfons of life. 1t is certainly COM
mendable and gratifying characteristic of
our citizens to provide aboundantly for
the education of the young, and is one
that will tell with good effect upon fami-
lies seeking homes in the west.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16

language and dialect in existence. This
article is for the benefit of those who
know nothing about the printing busi-
ness. and look upon an error as altogether
the fault of the writer. There are many
mitigating circumstances for the printer,
too, for while you, reader, are sound
asleep, or ought to be, and dreaming Of
pleasures the printer knows not of only
by printing report of them for others,
the compositor is bending over his case by
light of midnight oil and still on till three
O'Clock in the morning night after night.
He knows nothing of the morning songs
of the birds or the beautiful sunrise for he
never sees or hears either. Then when
you notice blunders such as are unhvold-
able IN the rush and hurry of daily pa
per do not judge either the writer or the
printer harshly. We will do the best we
can to have you good paper to enjoy
with your breakfast while we are reposing
in the arms of Morpheus oblivious to
either your fault-finding or your compll-
ments.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
Reai Estate Transfers

r E Wallace to Chas Hutchinson, lots
10, II, II, Is, IS and 19, b 1, and lot s, 8,
y, IL, II, Is, l6, II, %, %, a, %, b 2,
Pannell y rs ad, S4,50O.
David Curtin to }. II Winslow, lots 7, s,
8, b q, 81 400
W NJ Floyd, Jr., to Thos Wilson, lots
II, II, b %, 5000
Jones & Vennum to John Blondin, lot
26, Jones & VS. ad, $50.
S + Lambert to Mary Lead, lot and
W I it lot !, b %, 1000.
Allen, Dodge e. Fuller to T S White.
lots 9, II, b 7,Riverside ad, $500.
J j Flint to o A Hart, W . lot 4, b Sc,
S275.
w J Henry to Charles A Dempsey and
Michael Murphy, lots 1926, 326, Jones s.
VS. ad, $500.
David Curtin to John Bellwin, W 4 lot
l, b 36, s4OO.
J A Osterman to Niemeyer, W IS
it of lots 4, S, &, b 81, Klaus adj, s275.
H. e, Newport to J Flint, lot 4, b
SO, $500.
NPRRto toEP Wells, NV u Sc Il sec
8, tp 142, IS, $16O.
N 2 r lVto L 2 Wells, y Sc ID sec 80,
tp 142. 63, 1920.
Mp R r to Ell Wells, sec 81, tp l43
"a, S2,56O,
N ? Il r to r r King, lot 4, So, $50.
A L & . Wentworth to Lydia A..
Wentworth, sec SO, tp l43, G5' S. 200.
E Moorhed to Louisa A. Prltchard, ne
a sec 6, tip l40, T G3, $500
Russell 4 Vennum to l s. C r Redick,
e = ne d and e % sw d sec 13, tp l4o, +
o. DM Kelley to ep sal Sanford HSsss sss Il, tp
l3s, + GO, $3.50
Henry Z Gischke to VIM NJ Lloyd, Jr. =,
ne d sec 2S, tip Ill, I Ga, $4,000
Albert kokott to f B Fancher, Sc "a NV
a sec 81, tp l4l, r 65, $500.
F o French and wife to CO Francis,
sec 5, tp al, 63, and sec 5, and Sc "a, "a
and sw a, and ne a sw a sec IL, tp
l4O, 62, in all 1851 acres, s6,9S103.
l. . French aud wife to e o Francis, G
= sec 7, and W !. ne "A, and W p Sc d
sec 9, and !. sw a sec II tp l4l,r IS, in
all $50 acres, 81, $40.
Ramsay Crooks to J Nichols, ne "a
sec %, tp 40, "a, $4,000.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
Our Streets and Town.

A very important consideration III any
town or city is that of the quality and
condition of the public streets. Good
streets are as essential to the character
and reputation of city as arc good
buildings and sidewalks. There are
many towns in the territory, especially
over in the Red River Valley, where the
bottomless mud IN the spring season is
n pre.t detriment to business and mill
tates against those places very materially
with prospectors who come out to look
at that country in the spring James,
town is especially favored in this respect,
for the town site is at no time SO muddy
AS to interfere with business. The mud
ia never so bad in town but team OF two
horses can draw load of ton weight
anywhere in town. Besides the natural
soiidity OF the soil in town, the board OF
trustees are covering the principal
streets with a composition Of clay, slate
and stone, which, when pulverized and
packed down by travel IS superior to the
macalemized roads of the eastern towns
and country. Our streets are so even III
natural grade that a person can see 1rom
one end to the other i'll any direction,
aud yet they have declination enough to
carry off the surplus rainfall quickly, SO
that the streets are comparatively dry
as soon as the rain ceases to fail. Inc
different streets afford a beautiful drive
Of over twenty miles, which is an at
traction not to be overlooked, and luXu-
ry highly prlzed and enjoyed by our citl-
zens. No new town III America has
ind
Tho wav of all convcnlences and attrac-
tions than Jamestown, and in the future
when this shall be the capital of north,
ern Dokota, as it surely will be, and
shall have expanded into great city
the work aud care of attending to these
matters now will sbe advantageous IN
many wavs, and it will be a monumental
honor to have your name recorded among
the pioneers and builders Of the town.
As Minneapolis is the marvel Of Minneso-
ia, so jamestown will be OF Dakota.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
DOINGS OF A DAY.
The School House Contract-The Refresh.
ing Rains Descend and
General Line Of Bless
ings Flow.
The Benefits that Might be Derived from
an Excursion of Country
Editors over the N. P.
Railroad.
The Panoramic Compilation Of Events
Far and Near and Pre-
sented to the Alert
Reviewers.
From the Daily, Thursday.
Let's Have an Excursion.

From the Daily, Thursday.
Lots Have an Excursion.
The North Pacific gives the fact to The
public that since tie assembling of the
medical convention at ST. Paul ,physciap'
and their families to the extent Of ovel
twelve hundred have passed over the road
Of this number perhaps nearly one thou
| sand saw Jamestown in one way and an.
other. 1t seems to the Alert that 1t woult
| be Il splendid scheme for the North Pa.
citic and it's connecting lines to give au
editorial excursion from some accessible
point, say Chicago, to The cud of the track
in Montana about harvest time. This
would give them run of about a thou
sand miles from st. Paul and an opportu-
nifty to see the famous and world rcnown-
ed wheat fields Of Northern Dakota, and
inspire in them editorial cntllu-
siasm enough to run them the balance of
their lives, and be a subject "worthy of
their stecr'(pens). jamestown will show
them the prcttiest town on the continent,
and together with the bonanza farmers OF
the James River Valley, will offer them
in advance the hospitalities of several
thousand square miles as promenade
ground. No better and more profitable
advertisement could be obtained for the
country than such scheme as this. We
have no desire nor intention to try to
bribe the country press for undue praise
of our country by favors Of this kind, for
our county, valley and town needs 10
such inducements. All we need is to put
within the convenience and means of The
country editors the opportunity of seeing
the country for themselves. No class of
men in the world 10 more laborious work
for the public, without compensation,
than newspaper men, and the man who
thinks they can be bribed into publishing
praise against their feelings for the in
significant favors which they receive,
would himself sell out very cheap. We
want the editorial fraternity to come and
see US and then say what they feel is just
ly our due, uninhuenced by any favors be-
slowed upon them. Like other mortals
they are not Indifferent to kindness shown
them, and always show their appreciation
towards those who thus favor them, but
when it comes down to business and infor-
nation to their readers they are as hone st
and reliable as the best Of any class Of
men.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
A Big Dirt Deal.

a heavy land transfer is occupying the
attention of the Register of Deeds office
The purchasers are Messrs. Adams and
Francis, who are well known to us III
connection with the Spiritwood Farms
They have recently purchased thirty
thousand acres, the major portion OF
which lies in this county and the balance
in Trail and other counties near bv
Judging by the way these gentlemen and
other capitalists are buying lands neal
here we should think that the boom will
not only continue but will increase ma
terially IN the near future Mr. Adams
experience in handling North Dakota
lands has been very satisfactory and II
is not surprising to see him operating
in Dakota dirt on large scale.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-06-16
Board of Education, ,

Board of school directors of School
District No. l met pursuant to adjourn
ment June 14th, 1852.
Members all present.
The purpose of the meeting was to ex-
anime bids for the building of the new
schoolhouse.
The following bids were received up to
the hour of meeting:
Martin & AIerwin $4,000 in district or
ders.
r. T. Jordan, 500.
Peter Auberton, $4,000
Mr.. Jordan being the lowest bidder.
the contract was awarded to him upon
his furnishing necessary bond.
Bill of I. NJ. Grow of $500 wa S allowed
and an order drawn for the specified
amount.
Board adjourned until O'Clock, Iune
Is, when another meeting will be held
to approve Of the bond and sign the
contract. A. MCKECHNIE.
Clerk.