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The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
KENNEBEC COUNTY.

Wl0m were SICK al tu6 sdll0 tlIub.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
City Marshal White, Monday, arrested Eben
W. Blaisdell of Sidney, farmer by occupa-
tion, for defrauding the town treasurer out OF
$50. Blaisdell had received an order upon the
town treasurer for 1888, which sbefore present
ing he raised to $3.50. Hence the arrest
Edward G. White, confidence man with
MANY aliases, was arrested Monday, at Hook
sett, n. III. White had victimized number
of firms in Manchester, also people OF sur
rounding towns. When charged with the Of
fences he admitted them, but would give no
history of himself other than that he belonged
in Augusta, Me. He is about 2S years old, and
of good address.
The Bodwell Granite Company OF Hallowell
have nearly completed the Auburn soldiers
monument. The base has been shipped. 1t
weighs ten tons. The whole monument Will
weigh 100 tons. Major Hill, of Auburn, has
forwarded to Hallowell 119 proven names OF
dead soldiers, and the workmen are now chlsel-
ing them on the granite column. No reply has
been heard from Gen. o. o. Howard, who was
invited to deliver the memorial address on the
30th of May next.
The Boston Journal says the doubt of the
silver tankard purchased in Waterville, by s.
A. Russell, Of Augusta, having been the work
of Paul Revere, in consequence OF its being
traced back to Scotland, seems dispelled by the
fact that Mrs. w. III. Emery, of Newton, has
now in her possession a tankard similar to that
found in Maine, which was unquestiona6ly
made by Revere in 1747. Mrs. Emery is de-
scendant of Thomas and Rebecca Goodwill,
who presented the tankard to their grand
daughter, Lydia Holmes, who afterward mar
ried John Bishop, Of Medford, from whom It
descended to Mrs. Emery. The probability is
that the Maine tankard was carried out OF the
country by loyalists and subsequently brought
back to Maine.
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
CAPE ELIZABETH.
Annual Town Report

The Cape Elizabeth town report for 1881
has been received. The following statistics
may be of interest to our readers:
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

Messrs. B. e. Andrews, Florence Mccarthy
and John Gooding were appointed a committee
to inform Mr.. Deering of his nomination.
They returned with Mr.. Deering and that gen.
tleman was received with cheers. He thanked
them for the unexpected honor and accepted
the nomination on the broad platform ex-
pressed ir the citizens call, and would do all
in his power to make Portland a fourishing
commercial and manufacturing city.
DR.. William Rynne, Frederick Fox and DIR.
H P Merrill were nominated for school COM
mittea
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01

IN accordance with City Ordinance, shall pub
Il lish on the 18th day of March, list of all the
taxes assessed upon residents, amounting to twenty
dollars and upwards, then remaining unpaid in the
bills committed to me in 1881, together with the
names of the persons assessed therefor.
II. ". HERSEY, Treas and Coll.
Portland, Feb'y 25. 1882. feb27-dte
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
STATE OF MAINE.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
Augusta March /, 1882. I
YEyHE MERCANTILE BANK, Bangor, State
Bank having on the 9Th day Of March, 1876,
filed notice of the surrender of its charter, with
the Secretary of State, its liability to redeem its
and this is the publication required by section "a of
chapter AT of the Revised Statutes.
JOSEPH 0. SMITH, Secretary of State.
mari DIT
The Portland daily press., 1882-03-01
STATE NEWS.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

Within radius kof two miles from West
Harpswell postoffice there have beens fourteen
deaths in less than three months from pneu-
monia or lung fever, three; typhoid fever, two
consumption, five; paralysis, one, and old age,
three. Quite a number of other cases occurred,
which did not prove fatal. In one family there
were ten cases of typhoid fever, eleven OF
whom were sick at the same time.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
Killed His Children.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 26.--Merrlam
Montgomery, about twenty-cight years
old, shot his two little children at Pack
ardville, near Amherst, this afternoon
instantly killing George, six years old,
anG probably fatally woundIng Eva, four
years old. Montgomery had not lived
with his wife for eight months, leaving
her through jealousy, and She made her
home with her father. Horatio MAJ sl, u
farmer. Montgomery visited her family
Saturday and stayed TIL to-day. This
morning he asked his wife if she would
live with him and she refused. He i'm
medlately went out to where the children
were playing and shot them. He then
tried to shoot his Wife and he! father bat
was overpowered by the latter and kept
in the house till the sheriff came, He was
taken to Northampton, pleaded not guilty
and sent to Jail. He does not drink and
says he does not remember having COM
mitted the crime. The whole family came
from the West in the spring, Little
known of them.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
EuYing end Sailing Worau.

VICTORIA, B. c., Dec. 27-B: he steam
er Volmer there arrived at this port forty
Chinese women. Thirty-two of the num-
her were sold to Cinnamon who reside ia
the United States, and the remaining
eight were reserved for this place. Yes
terday two Cinnamon who worked to Sc
cure the women, brought them before the
chief of police on a writ of habeas corpus.
alleging they We're forcibly detained The
women, however, swore they We're free
agents and the cases were dismissed. In
the course of the Investigation it was
proved that the thirty two women who
went to the American side We're diSguis-
ed as Indian women, and it is feared the
traffic in human beings Will be carried on
at this point on large scale next year.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
From Thursdays DAILY.
TOwnsite Humbugs.

1t Is high time the press of Dakota com
bine in exposing the townsite swindles
that are coming TO the front with the
boom of Dakota, for they are a detriment
to all legitimate and honatide townsItes,
and damage to the territory, for when
stranger is taken III by one OF these
schemes he is ready to denounce the
whole territory as a cheat and fraud.
The country is but in the infancy of de-
velopement and there are many new
townsites that contain as yet nothing but
the stakes set by the surveyor that will
make good towns and IN which good and
profitable investments can be made, ana
others vet Will come into existence as the
progress or certainty OF railroad accom-
mediation pushes ahead. TuiS state OF
things is taken advantage OF by unscrup-
ulous and schemlng iventurSr> and they
proceed to lay out pla, and give iasc'n-
ating name To a towusite i'll some out OF
the way place and put the lois On the
market IN the cities back east, ana hy this
means swindle injudicious buyers No
responsible land agent in the vicinity ol
the proposed townsiic will sell such prop
rerly, but real estate agents III the east
ern markets know nothing about these
frauds more than what the owner repre-
scnis and the plais show. ihe Alert ieei'
called upon TO warn The people IN distant
states of thee swindies tor their own
Protection, for i.,e good name aud fame
of Dakets, for the good 81 eiir Legitimate
townsltes, and Tor ile protceilgG 9i gu
responsible real estate agents who pitei
anjustly share III the blame for the lpuiI
OF others. All new countries have 'h'
odiUW Of these itiucrant bilks, advcutur
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
Build Houses.

The immediate and pressing want of
jamestown is houses, dwellings in partic-
ular. None but those who are in the
real estate business can appreciate the de-
mand and want of houses. Every house
IN town is occupied and some of them by
two and three families. \ two story
house of ordinary size built for and suited
to one family we learned of yesterday, is
now occupied below y the owner and
the rooms above are rented at an aggrc
gate of s42 per month. The demand will
undoubtedly be still greater next year.
The secret of Fargo's remarkable boom
has been in providing dwelling houses
for people coming into the town. The
have made 1t a point never to allow a
family to settle at some other town for
the want of house in Fargo. The busi-
ness men. the men of means, would con-
fer together and agree with each other to
build houses, some one or two or five as
the circumstances would permit, and this
not of money they had nothing else to do
with, but as one of the essentials of their
business. Such an investment would al
ways pay good return on the outlay for
that purpose and, in addition, would in
crease the value of other business invest
ments. With all the building that has
been done here the past summer we arc
crowded still, and many were obliged to
seek homes at other places last fall on
this account. when, at the same time,
they preferred to remain here. These
were lost to this place, when they would
otherwise have added to the industry and
trade of the town. The Alert has called
attention to this subject before, and we
wish to impress the Importance Of it upon
the people again.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
The old Game.

New YORK, Dec 2s-Elijah II. Begley
and son, farmers living near Petlnville,
johnson county, Kentucky, were to-day
the victims of an old swindle hy Alex
Morse, a well-known confidence operator.
Sometime ago Begley received letter Of
fering $4,000 unlawful money for $500.
Considerable correspondence passed but
to-day Begley arrived with his son and
was taken to a third avenue saloon by a
confederate IN the swindle and shown ~,
wards Of S., 900 in crisp bank notes and
some gold Which he examined
with great satisfaction. Iatimation
was given Begley that the notes were
counterfeit but could easily be passed. He
paid $500 and $1,000 in supposed counter
felt counted out and put in black leath
bag. Swlndl ers advised him to leave the
city at once TO escape detection Morse
starting with him to the railroad depot.
On the way Police Inspector Murray met
them and knowing Morse suspected the
swindle ana stopped the party. The bag
so carefully carried by Begley was loaded
with stones and paper and three cent
bag of salt Morse was locked up and the
farmers start without money.
In court Begley acknowledged he paid
the money to another person than Morse.
Morse was discharged.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
ountCing the Cost.

Already some are raising objection to
the proposed change OF the form OF our
government from that of village to that
Of a city on account of the additional en-
pense it,ll incur. This objection isn't we'll
founded. for the cheapest government is
no, necessarily the best, while the best Is
the cheapest in the end Besides this.
village government expenses necessarily
increase with the expansion of theiyillage
governed.
The general incorporation act OF lill-
pois which was enacted Immediately
after the adoption of the constitution OF
1870 by which SPECIAL legislation was pro-
b,hited, aud hy which every city IN the
state that has organized since that time IS
governed as wei! as those That were IN
c,r,,r,te,l under special charters before
,b,, fine and have since re-orgar lied,
( is very generally recognized rs an excel-
lent oue, aud is adopted as n'd pei ey
v,ricus cities IN all parts of ,Ae anl lbp fol
their special charters where special lIlegis'
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
Fourteen Miles of New Buildings,

CHICAGO, Dec. 27.-The building in the
past year III the city was never exceeded.
except in 1872, the year succeeding the
great fire, and even then the amount of
rebuilding was only twice as great as the
past year, and the amount of ground
covered by structures was less than twice
as great. $3.50 building permits have
been issued, and the frontage of new
structures, lineal measure, is fourteen
miles. The total cost of the buildings
erected on permits was ST 100000, and
the total probably twenty millions. The
suburban towns show equal growth and
ediices is generally improved.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
What Cost Him a Dcket.

One of our young men WHO will soon
occupy a responsible official POSITION in the
county too k his glrl to the entertainment
at Klaus hall the other evening,
which was neither remark Dle
nor wrong. He gave her gen.
tecl and conslde-ate attention. which was
both commendable and proper, and but
for an unfortunate circumstance the mat
ter would have attracted no. special at
tcnt1on. About the time the entertain
ment closed racket was heard down on
the street and the young man aforesaid
excused himself for moment to 90 out
and see what was the cause Of the COM
motion. When he arrived at the scene
he found three or four dogs engaged in a
free for-all fight, and in his interest in the
result of the canine contest le forgot all
about his girl who was patiently waiting
for his return to escort her home, but as
he failed to show up she accepted the
escort of ga handsomer man, and when
he did return for that purpose he could
find nothing but her abs.nce. His trouble
then was to fix the matter up with the
girl 50 that the Alert would not hear OF
1t. and after slcepless night Of agony he
matured his plan. He would give the
girl nice locket If she would not
"soueal' on him and so proposed to her
the next morning, to which she agreed.
| The girl has kept the agreement religious
". but others who accidentally overheard
the contract were afraid they might IN
advcrtently speak of 1t sometime so they
have asked the Alert 10 help keep the
joke.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
The City Boundaries.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Quite number of our citizens conven.
cd at the village council room last ngi>
in pursuance of the request of Mr.. Culver
for conference with the citizens at tba,
time and place npon the subject Of The
boundaries of the proposed city and sucl
other matters as might be suggested
Hon. johnson Nickcus presided at tho
meeting and county surveyor Branch sub
mitted map Of the proposed territory
The following boundaries were unani-
mously agreed upon. Commencing at
the northwest corner of the northwest
quarter of section 10, township l40, range
63, running thence west two and half
miles to the north west cor. of the south
west quarter of section %, township 140,
range Ga; thence south three miles to the
southwest corner Of the northwest omar
ter of section 2, township l3o, range G4;
thence east two and Il half miles to the
southeast corner of the northwest quarter
of section 6, township 139, range G3;
thence north to the place of beginning
This will contain seven and Il half square
miles, or that MANY sections, or an Ag.
gregate of 4 500 acres. 1t w"S also unan-
imously agreed that 1t should he incor-
porated in the charter that he city c"un-
cll be granted power to exercise police
regulation and restrict nuiSanccs for a
distance of one and a half miles heyoul
the city limits which would make the
jurisdiction in this respect extend over
an area of 33 square miles. The meeting
was representative one, and while there
IS nothing official about it, it may, be ac-
cepted as an expression of the people
upon the subjects considered. 1t is nee
essary to define the boundaries with pre-
cislon in the chatter, for this provision is
always construed strictly by the courts,
while the general grant of powers in the
government of the city is construed more
literally. The extension of the police
authority and power to control or abate
nuisances for a mile and a half beyond
the city limits is a wise precautionary
measure, for nuisances Immediately ad-
joining the city limits might be as obnoN-
ious as if within the city; and without the
power to remove or abate them being con-
ferred by the charter the city authorities
would be powerless to interfere.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
The Financial Outlook.


The financial outlook in the east i.
rather gloomy, and may result in crash
but we do not apprehend any serious con
sequence to the business of this country
nor do we think it justities the apprehen.
SONS of some of our people. There will be
millions of money brought to this coun.
try by immigrants in the spring, most Of
which will be withdrawn from the coun.
try Immediately affected by the str,ngen.
cy produced by the maneuvering of the
money kings Of New York, and while
that will still make the stringency
| tighter there it will correspondingly re-
licvc il here. There is an immense amount
Of wheat unsold in this country which,
will be converted into money by that
time and we see no reason for apprehen-
sion Of any financial disaster IN this
country. Those who owe the merchants
bills shonld sell wheat enough to pay
them and this will relieve them and
enable them 10 pay their bills at the
Wholesale markets promptly, and We can
l't the money sqneezers OF the States
fight it out among themselves. If
everybody wonld cling to all the
money they can obtain and hoard
it up it would make stringency
anywhere. Eastern capitalists have our
mortgages on our property, and cannot
drain us of our money to pay interest on
such obligations. The plan of the money
sharks of The east is to get their money
out on interest on real estate mortgage of
the farms Of the western states and then
depreciate the value by locking up the
money in Wall street so that the victim
cannot pay these obligations when they
become due. The sharks then hid them
in at forced sale for the amount of the
obligation which they are careful to make
not more than half the value at the time.
When they have squeezed all they can
out of the people in this way they turn
the money loose and speculation again
becomes mania with the western farm.
er, he mortgages his farm for money to
work on, and IN a few yearsanother crash
comes and he is sold out, and so it goes
with periodical regularity. But this
is not the case in this country and cannot
be so long as our farmers keep out of the
clutches of the eastern nabQb. About all
tho damage we will sustAin from such
a crash IN the east is the depreciation of
our products, and with SUCH an abundant
crop we can stand that, a4d stand 1t as
long as they can. In cHnclusion the
Alert would say to| the peo-
pie to pay their bills prompt
ly. If necessary to sell Wheat for that
purpose sell 1t. You haYe no right to
hold your wheat for higher price and
make the man yon owe best the burden
of your delay. If you owd no one 1t is
no ones business how long fOu hold your
wheat for a higher price, btt it IS your
creditors business so far a you are In
debted to him.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29

lation is permitted. 1t is not only econ
onical but practically efficient in sub.
serving every public interest and at tho
same time protecting the people from ex
orbitant taxation, or incumbrance by
bonded Indebtedness beyond certain
percent of the assessed valuation. II
also prohibits the issuing of city orders
or warrants for money on the treasurer
without first making an appropriation TO,
their payment. As consequence the
bonds of such cities stand high in finan.
cial circles and their orders are ALWAYS
par.
AS we have before stated these are
points that should be well guarded, as
they will have material bearing upon
the prosperity OF the city. The shrewd
capitalist always makes inquiry as to the
taxation and financial condition of city
before making an investment or engaging
in business therein, and he will cautious
]y avoid those where Ithey are in bad
condition. jamestown IS in everylway in
good condition now and it's much easier
to keep 1t so than to recover from bad
stroke of policy. With city charter
carefully guarding these points but little
danger of financial detriment being
placed upon the city by even a protllgate
city council need be apprehended, for
while they would be involving the city
they would be at the same time be en-
tangling themselves IN the meshes of the
law that would land them in the peni-
Tertiary
Under the incorporation law to which
we have referred two aldermen are ap-
portioned to each ward whose term of Of
flee Is two years, the term of one expiring
each year, so that there can be no radical
and sudden change of policy, as one half
the council hold over each year. The
mayor clerk, treasurer and CITY attorney
are elected every two years, the remain
ing officers usually being appointed by
the mayor with the advice and consent of
the council, and all the officers both elect
i've and appointivc recelvej such salary as
the council may provide py ordinance
but which shall not be increased or di-
mlnishcd to affect an incumbent.
We neither know or assume to dictate
what the charter of jamestown will be in
these particulars, but these principles
run through nearly all charters Of recog-
niZed merit in all the states and we refer
to them in answer to the objections that
have been and may be raised against lie
incorporation of our town as city, and
to show that while city form of govern
ment is much more efficient and repre-
sentative in its characters it is not neces-
sarlly more expensive in Its operation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-29
Real Estate Transfer.

Following is list of the real estate
transfers for the week ending Thursday
evening, Dec. q.
Edward Hawes to Abertha X Lee, both
OF Grand Forks county, nwq sec l, tp 149,
81, 5000 acres, 1925.
Hunt, Harris & Lutkin, of jamestown,
to WS Whittlesey, of Eldridge, lot 3, blk
3, in Wadsworth's add, ss5.
Sara E Kindred to Chas F Kindred,
both of Crow Wing, Minnesota, neg of
the neg, and wifi of the neg, and
wifi seq of sec Is, tp l39, r 63, $50 acres,
81 and other valuable considerations.
Frank B Thompson to Chas F Kindred.
both of Brainerd, Mimi, sec 3 tp 13e, r
81, 59l acres, $4,000.
Us to Edward Hawes, nwq sec /, tp
l49. 62, l59. 90 acres, sl9s.SG
U to Geo Lee, seq sec l, tp l49, r 81,
l6O acres, 5000.
Us to Mlchel Helm. nwq sec 80, tp 139,
r 63, As acres, s373.7o.
EP Wells to j \ I atkinson, 10th of
jamestown, the undivided half interest in
sec Is, tp l4o, 64, $40 acres, 81.
VIM Myers, of Reading, Pa, to Chas
Bird, of St. Paul, Mimi, lots 1876, 137 and
13s, Jones s. Vennums add, 5000.
Geo Grimm, of Jefferson, Wis, to An
drew Blewett, Of jamestown, lot Is, blk
80, $500
&c Parker, of Fargo, to John Haussin-
ger, of Stutsman county, lot +, blk 81,
$3.50.
D Curtin to r NJ Winslow, lot 6, blk 3,
Curtln's second add, 1925.
TX McGinnis to James Hamilton, lot
II, blk s, McGinnis' add, s275.
is Watson to Clara E Fowler, both OF
Jamestown, lot Is and 10, blk 9, $3.50.
Geo Brenning, of Jefferson, Wis, to
Sylvanus Whitney, of Jamestown. lots Z,
and 8, blk so, Klaus add, $1,000.
Geo f Smith to Joseph Freeman, both
of Jamestown, lot go, Jones & Vennum S
add, $3.50.
Cuyler Adams, of Splritwood, to David
Hammel, OF New Baltimore, Mich, lot
I, blk l, and lot IS, blk 5, in Splritwood,
$50.
TF Branch to J II Smith, both of
Jamestown, lot II, blk 10, Lloyd's first
add, $3.50.
wv Tousley to Elviran n Conrad, lot
20, blk 20, New Minneapolis, s75.
NV 1ousley SO 5 II Wood, lots Is II
Is, IL, II, Is, 10, 20, 81, -, 23, "A, ok 6,
New Minneapolis, 500.
} w Tousley to Ida Burrlll, lot Is, blk
u, n NJ, sl12.5o.
Samantha E Tousley to Arthur b Rugg,
lot 81, blk 81, n NJ, sl12.5o.
Nv Tousley to Elvlran \ Conrad, lot
10, blk 20, N NJ, $50.
SH Wood to Rudolph b Field, lot Il
! blk q, n NJ, S75.
NPR II to E NJ Sanford, swq of swo
sec 9, tip l39, 65, 40 acres sl6o.