Jamestown alert., 1882-01-06
Barber Poole has helper in his shop.

Barber Poole has helper in his shop.
DAVID Staufrer clerks at the jamestown
Hotel no more.
Jim Winslow has moved his warehouse
nearer his Office
Capt. Elliott and AL Franks came up
from Grand Rapids yesterday.
"Absinthe" claims tnc fancy cue at FL
mer's on run of forty nine.
Mr.. Buck expects his family to arrive
next week. lie will go to housekeeping
in Mr.. Hotchkiss' cottage, on the north
side.
Braincrd has new daily paper called
the Daily Times; the first number presents
avery crcditable appearance.
The Bismarck people are paying con
siderable attention to the Mouse rive'
country aSo seem to consider il az tribu-
tary to that point.
Hugh Kennedy has gone to Perham'
Mimi. to spend few weeks. IIe wants
to keep posted on Jamestown and 80 or.
dercd the Daily Alert sent hlm.
The county commissioners of La Moure
county met the first of this week and au-
dited some bills and recindcd their action
relative to building certain bridges.
Fargo, noted for It's unbounded gcncr-
osity, Clipped in and paid the hotel cx.
pcnscs of the whole delegation, whicl
amounted to $4,000. Where is there
another city of its size that would do a.
much.
The Jamestown delegation consisting OF
Z. p. Wells, r. +. Wallace and j. G.
Nickeus returned from their visit to Fargo
! where they succeeded in Distinguishing
themselves us leading cltizens of James
town.
grand walking match is to come of
next month at Klaus Hail for purse o.
500, between 4. W. Fields and Il. II
Bowditch. One hundred miles is the dis
tancc to be travelled, and the contestants
will go into training at once.
Mr.. McKcchnic has just received an cIl
weighing over 400 lbs, which is on cxhib
ton at his market, and which will be GU
up for customers Of hIs market. II came
from out beyond Glcndivc, and when aliv,
must have been noble looking beast Ill
has white fish, lake trout, and pickcrel OF
hand. ...-
Capt. II. 7. Elliott and Mrs. Nellie J
Allen, both Of Grand Rapids, are to b.
married at the residence of the latter mex
Wednesday. Mr.. A. +. Franks and Mis-
Amy Towl will stand up with them. Thu
will be. tho first marriage ever celebrate,
in La Mourc county.
A sub committee of the pucblic land
committee of the senate, consisting y
Senators Ill., Blair and Morgan. has be
gun an investigation into the necus Of tn
general land office, and whether an
change in the existing methon of conduct
ing the business, so as to better facilitat
tho work and simplify the system can b
devised
Eoarders at The Dakota House who slcc
over the front door, threaten to shoot I'll
two young men who go to see two youn
ladies on the south sl1c Gnot more than
mile from the school house, and stay s
! late that they are locked out of their ow
houses and have to conc to the Dakot
House and wake up everyone in the llous
trying to get in.
1t is stated that New York banke
writes that there have been issued ali
sold some 100000 worth. of Douglaa
county bonds-school and county. Their
are sworn statements on file to the effec
.. that there is not over SIS 900 worth Of tax
, able property in the county. Governo
Ouway organized this county last wints
and he says he now has reason to believ
that one OF the commissioners aDpointc,
by him was mythical character. Alto
gcther there seems to be 4 kind Of mi
: up in Douglass county matters.