Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-09-08
TIE fINs iILOAD IN IRIEF.

CHICAGO, Sept. flames Welch, aged
IA, died at the county hospital Of hydro.
phobia, to-day.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, Sept. g.
Reports from $50 towns give Barlow
1913 majority, with 66 towns to hear
from.
BosToN, Sept. 6.-The Ocean sHouse al
Swampscott was destroyed by fire to
night. Loss 100000. The guests escaped
with Their baggage.
NEwpoRT, r, L., Sept. 5.-President
Arthur went ashore tonight and was en-
tertained at the West Island Fishing
club. Several personal friends were
present.
EssMARcK, Sept. G.-Gco. NJ. Smith
formerly Of Chicago, working on the rail
road bridge over the Missouri river, fell
to-day distance Of one hundred feet and
was drowned.
DuEuqcE, Ia: Sept. G.--On Tuesday
the house OF George Dunbar, of this coun-
ty, was entered by burglars and $500
stolen. lie offers reward of $1,000 fol
the arrest of the burglars.
NEW IOi!K, Sept. J.-i'rof. Gnmley and
l. {. Reedman OF the Herald, made an
ascension in the balloon Columbus, al tic
polo grounds to-day at G:l5, the balloon
making towards Sandy Hook.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept. Con Monday u
negro raped Il Miss CASTELAR,, living six
miles from Columbia, S. G. The negro is
reported to he in Columbia tonight and a
crowd is looking for him. If found he
will be lynched
HARTFORD. Conn. Sept. lin a col
lission to night On the New Y ork & New
England railroad, between peach and
freight tram, Walter f. Bean, the engi-
neer was sceiously injured. Seveaal cars
were wrecked.
WHEELING, w. Va, Sept 5.-Herman
Delbrage; aged l9, and Joseph Duff, aged
%, While crossing the river in a skiff this
afternoon with eight others, got in the
waves Of steamer, which sank the over
loaded boat. The two named were
drowned.
GALVESTON, Texas, Sept 5.-The News
Dallas special says: Sam River, in dis
pdte with his brother about the division
Of land, killed him with shot gun.
They were sons Of the late General River,
and both had families SAM surrendered
himself to the authorities.
WHEELING, W. Va, Sept. 6.-An en-
gine on the B. & 0. r. r., struck a
spring wagon one mile from Barnesvilie,
Ohio, to-day and fatally injured Mrs.
Kennard; Miss Steere, Chas. Steere and
Samuel Jest were thrown over the pilot
and carried to town on the engine scarce
ly scratched
CHICAGO, Sept G.-The Marquis of
Lornc and party during the forenoon was
informally received by members of the
st. George and st. Andrews societies,
and were given exhibitions of running
and throwing streams by fire engines of
the fire department and inspected the fire
insurance patrol,
CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-The Inter- Oceans
Frankfort, Mich, special states: Yester-
day and to-day the wreck from the un-
known steamer came ashore, consisting Of
part of the upper cabin, painted white,
three state rooms; windows
with pink blinds and miscellaneous pieces
of upper works.
ST. PAUL, Sept. 5.-The State Farmers
Board of Trade, in session ct the capital
to-day, formed by the election of Lyman
Larring president and Geo. Giles secre-
tary. They recommended the apoint-
ment OF state Inspector of grain aud
certain changes in the law relative to the
grading of wheat.
BROWNSVILLE: Tex, Sept. 5.-At 10
Q clock this a. III. scventy-seven new cases
and four deaths We're reported. Relief
was furnished to 344-patients in hospital
eight males and two females. The fever
is on the decrease in Matamoras. Four
deaths are reported there in the last
twenty-four hours.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-General Sher-
man has asked that Gen. John NJ. Scot
field be ordered to San Francisco to relieve
Mai. Gen. IRWIN Mcdowell of the COM
mand of the military division of the Pa
cifc and that Gen. Mcdowell be ordered
to his home in New York preparatory TO
his retirement from active service. The
matter will not be acted upon till the re-
turn OF Secretary Lincoln.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. GA Bakers
field dispatch says two car loads of sick
Cinnamon arrived to-day, several of them
in dying condition and one dead. They
were from the Southern Pacific in Texas.
1t was runored that the disease was Vel
low fever which caused so much excite
ment that the coroners jury could not be
to set On the dead. 1t is not
known what tic disease is but the report
of yellow fever is not authenticated.
Sr- PAUL, Sept 6,-The committee on
banner display in referring to the matter,
report as follows: Your committee
would award TO the collection of produce
from BurleIgh county, Dakota, the spec
ial prlze of the silk banner for the largest
and best display of grains and vegetables
The committee desire to commend the
excellence of ali the articles In the col
lection, embracing everything that can