Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-25
THE NEWS ABROAD IN BRIEF.

LUNENBURG, Aug. A.--Garland, who
Killed Addison in duel, has been &C.
quilted, the jury returning verdict Of
not guilty.
CoHooEs, N. Y, Aug. 22.-A $3O, 600
fire in Moore's mills, this afternoon.
OF the 200 operatives, men, women and
children, all escaped.
LARAMIE Cry, Wy. T., August d.
At Rock Creek, a hunter, named GibboD,
killed young clerk in cold bl ood, and
was hung by mob.
WATERLOO, Ia, Aug. 4.-The demo-
Gratis of this district have nominated j. N.
Griffith, of Dubuque, for congress. The
nominee is in Europe.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. A.-The democrat
of the Fourth congressional district have
nominated DR.. A. A. Ames, mayor of
Minneapolis, for congress.
| YANKToN, Aug 23.-Yankton's second
artesian well has developed powerful
magnetic properties. A piece of steel
held in the water becomes speedily mag
netlsed.
Sr Louis, Aug. 24.-General Sherman
stated during his late visit that it is his
intention to leave the army before the
law retiring him goes into effect and that
he will return to St. Louis to 1--we.
| WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Reports have
been received at the treasury department
of irregularities in the accounts of James
Crawford, superintendent of the mint at
Carson City. An investlg alton has been
ordered
QUEBEC, Can, Aug. 22.-A French
priest, named Joseph Auriol, has been
convicted at Perplgnon of the murder of
two of his parishioners to procure funds
with which to elope with pretty school
| mistress.
PoRT WASHINGTON, Wis, Aug. pa
man known as "Nick,'' was arrested this
forenoon here, charged with an attempt
to outrage four year old daughter of
Louise Bohmer. There is considerable
| excitement
PROVIDENCE, Aug. A.-Henry ]. Hall,
paying teller of the Rhode Island Hospi-
| tai trust company, IS defaulter to the
amount of s2l 900. His stealing began
in 1875, and was carefully concealed in
his daily returns Of cash.
DUBUQUE, Ia, Aug. pa fire this
morning burned the buggy top manufac-
turing works of c. L. Pritchard & Co.
Loss on stock, $40, 900; insurance, sl5 900.
Loss on building owned by Coales &
Walters, s5 900; insurance 81, 800.
SONORA, Cal, Aug. 22.-Mrs. Ferdi-
nand Levy and Alfred Walgert, who elop-
ed from Germany with $4,000 some time
ago, belonging to Mr.. Levy, milliner of
Dresden and Berlin, have been arrested
here, and will be held until the injured
husband puts in an appearance.
PROVIDENCE, R. l., Aug. 2s.-Five
thousand members of the Trades Union
and labor organizations and their friends
spent the day at Rocky Point. The work.
ing men resolved that labor and its rights
commend themselves as the foundation Of
the national platform, and gave three
cheers for Arab Pasha.
ALBTRouERQuE, N. NJ, Aug. ga
special to the Journal from Globe. Arizo-
ma, saws that the stage from Florence was
robbed near that town yesterday after
| noon by four masked men. The express
messenger was killed and his safe robbed.
The passengers were also robbed. The
robbers made hall of nearly $1O, 600.
BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Aug. 24.-s,xt-y
five new cases of yellow fever to-day; two
deaths. Twenty-Five quarantine guards
were sworn in to-day at the custom
house, to aid in confning the yellow fe-
| yer to the present lines. Three cases
of fever were developed in Fort Brown.
The troops are scattering into camp near
by.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. CA gang of bur-
glars visited Plymouth, Wis, this morn
ing They entered the Office of VIM.
Schwartz and exploded the safe. Schwartz
was aroused by the noise, but retired after
the burglars threatened to kill hnn. The
robbers got away with small amount of
money. Great excitement prevailed in
| the village.
DENVER, Aug. A.-Ryner, who stabbed
to death McGarver, near Fort Lyon, last
Friday, was taken from the Jail at West
Las Ammas last night and hanged by .
mob of forty or fifty masked men, sup
posed to be soldiers from the fort. Major
Brayton, commander at the fort, is exer.
cislng all diligence in his power to find
out who led the mob.
GALVESTON, Tex, Aug. 22.-At Ath-
ems man named Lightfoot rented his
farm to a negro who made splendid
crop. He invited the negro to go fishing
with him. The negro's body was found
ia the river with head and hands cut OF
and three bullet holes in the head. 1t IL
supposed that Lightfoot killed him for
the crop, as he claimed bill Of sale.
DAYTON, o., Aug. 23.-A water spout
broke over this city this afternoon and
| rain fell for an hour in an immense vol
| ume, delueing the streets and cellars.
| Trains on most OF the railroads have been
delayed by washouts, but no serious acci-
dents are reported. 1t was one of the se.
| verest ram storms ever known In this Vi.
cinity
TUC2oN, Arizona, Aug. 23.-Dr. Hall.