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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
Initiating q German Railroader.

Sunday night Mr.. Daily put German !,
recently arrived from Faderland, on the
night watch. He is between six and sew
en- feet tall, and proved to be a trusty
man for the place. He was stationed on
the track and directed to watch a certain
lamp and keep it burning. He stood
/, faithfully at his post until near midnight,
when Waller s. Carrs merino Billy goat,
with antlers like unto the beast that John
the Revelator saw. having ten horns,
came along. Ordinarily Billy is good
and peaceable citizen. He has acounten-
ance as devoid of devilment as a church
deacon, and his grey beard gives HIM as
venerable and inoffensive an appearance
rs that of superanuated minister OF the
gospel on half pay. But he has shown
that he is practical joker, and will play
it on the Lords Day just as we'll as any
ing at his post as aforesaid, taking his
first nights lesson In railroadlng, and
about ne-half asleep and the other half
noddlng, the goat came along to cross the
track some little distance behind. When
he turned his head and saw the tall Ger
nfan the devil entered his goatship as big
ss mule, and he bucked his neck and
made for him, striking HIM midships
with the force of six wheel engine run
ming at the rate of sixty miles an hour.
The German suddenly awakened as from
dream of an earthquake and with a
''hell socrlment" ejaculation gathered
himself up and began to investigate what
train it was that had come in. Seeing
none he concluded the boys had put up .
. Job on him, but they explained that he
was being initiated and that was the first
degree, which, of course, was satisfactory.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
Eldridge News.

y. S. Wittensey, formerly OF Bralnerd,
has succeeded A. w. Campbell as agent
and operator at the station.
Mrs Henry Weston, who has been very
ill for the past two months, is rapidly re-
gaming better health and her many
friends will be pleased to see her about
again.
The Davenport farm crew moved and
stacked up one hundred tons OF hay
last week, and on Monday morning walk
ed into four hundred acre field OF bar
lev with seven self f-binding harvesters
and found the grain so heavy that 1T was
absolutely necessary to change the horses
every four rounds.
Richard H. Johnson, ayoung and prom
1sing star of the legal fraternity OF Mime.
apolis, Mlnn, arrived here last week and
will assist f, n E!dridgc IN harvesting
two hundred and sixty-tive acres OF grain
which they have in on shares on Johnson's
farm.
Messrs. Dexter & Stapleton, bankers Of
Fox Lake, Wisconsin, are here locking
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
Disastrous Collision.

South Bend, Indiana. Aug 1.-Two
freight trains collided on the Lake Shore
railroad just west of this city this morn
ing. The cars to the number of sixty
were piled up on the engines and took
fire and burned. The engineers were
buried under the debris, Dut were rescued
before the flames reached them. There
were tramps on the train and four of them
insist that seven of their comrades per-
ished in the flames. Both trains were
heavy fos Ghas % Stanton a nuui and 1ruaf W% Hars
rington both have broken legs and inter-
nal injuries and the former had one arm
literally cooked by steam. The cries OF
the tramps in the burning mass were
agonlzlng but the bystanders could do
nothing and they perished IN the flames.
The loss is estimated at s150,O0O.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
TELEGRAPHJC TAPS.
1tsms Of Interest Gathered from Every.
where for the Benefit of
our Readers,
The Press Association.

A00 x108o ADoOC4ALlOu
Special Telegram to the Alert.
Fargo, Aug. 3.-The meeting here to-
day of the publishers of daily papers il
Minnesota, Dakota and Montana was {
grand success. Twenty-one publisher
were present, including all the dailies ex
cept the Grand Forks News.
The meeting organized oy choosing Col
Lounsberry chairman, and Geo. 3. Win.
ship, secretary.
Articles of incorporation were read anG
the following were adopted as the boar6
of directors: G. A. Lounsberry, j. b
Hall, A. w. Edwards, j. Davidson, Geo
b. Winship, J. A. Truesdell, w. J. Muir
ply, g. P. Manin, Marshall Met Clure, H.
P. Hall, J. G. Hall. The board then
elected the following officers: President,
&. A. Lounsberry; vice president, A. W.
Edwards; secretary, J. A. Truesdell; treas
urer, J. B. Hall. Executive committee,
G. A. Lounsberry, E. B. Taylor, Geo. B.
Winship.
The capital of the association is 800,
00O. The association was in session all
day and everything passed off pleasantly
and harmonlously.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
DOINGS OF A DAY.
for Live Items Of Gossip and
Good News.
From the Daily, Tuesday.
DR.. BaldWin's Furious Ride.

DR.. Baldwin had close call from q
runaway down Fourth avenue Sunday
evening, but fortunately escaped without
serious injury. lie had Just returned
from visit to young Smith, who shot
himself, and left the team standing in
front of the office, and started to take his
instruments in, when the team became
restless and started. The doctor made an
attempt to get hold of the lines and in
dong SO, partly regained his place IN the
buggy, but the seat turned back and left
him in very dubious situation on the
rear end of the buggy with the team 60
ing down the street as if they were on a
trial of speed at a cosmopolitan race.
When the doctor saw there was no hope
of regaining the lines ana stopping the
team, he began making some lightning
calculations as to how lie could safely
reach terra firma, not that he feared
death so much as he did not want to put
the county to the expense of coroner's
inquest When he got down in the north
part of town, and the houses were gong
past him at the rate of a mile a minute,
he came to the desperate conclusion that,
as Horace Greeley used to say "the way
to resume is to resume,'' and the way he
get out was to get out, and he did. In
order to put himself in gr9d shape as roll
ling stock, he doubled up like jack
knife, shut his eyes and made the break,
rolling and tumbling like foot bali.
People ran and gathered from all quar-
tiers to see the corpse, but when they got
there the doctor had unfolded himself
and was about the livest man IN the
crowd. Yesterday he was little sore
from the jar received, but otherwise was
oil right.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
Railroad Flashes.

The Northern Pacific surveying party
was to reach Fort Benton about the 1st of
August.
Bismarck people have already raised
$40, 600 for bonus for the Northern Pa
citic company to locate their shops there.
Judge Chandler, of the Chicago, Mil
waukee s. st. Paul, has gone to Chicago
to attend the regular meeting Of the
Northwestern Pool association.
General Manager Marvel, of the Mani
toba line, has ordered the removal of the
elevators IN Grand Forks across the track,
to give the road side-track loom.
The Grand Forks & Missouri Valley
railroad will be located at Orlska, across
the Northern Pacific, and the survey con-
tinued down the line to Ordway, D. T.
Oriska is six miles west of Tower City.
The Northern Pacific will soon be COM
pleted to Larimore. Contractor Hall has
already engaged men to work on the
grade, and within thirty days Larimore
will welcome the tracklayers of the North
ern Pacific,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
Another Accident.

Beloit, Kan, Aug, 5.-At six O'Clock
this morning the east bound passenger
train on the central branch of the Union
Pacific met with serious accident at
Granite Creek, sixteen miles west OF here.
The engine, mails and express cars went
through a burned bridge distance OF
over twenty feet. The engineer, Button
Croft, and fireman, G. McGee, were badly
burned and scalded by steam, and both
died before reaching this city: Maby, the
express messenger, and Wethers and
Chamberlain, mail agents, were injured
hit not dan gerously. The passenger
coaches remained on the track. A Aspecial
train took medical assistance from here
and the killed were taken to Atchison
where they resided.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
The Bond OUTRAGE.

Decatur, ILL.,, Special 2: A correspon-
dent Friday evening had talk with Alb
ner Bond, father of the girl who was out
ragged by three or more scoundrels near
Grove City few weeks ago. The glrl Is
nearly dead. At all events it will be i'm
possible for her to appear at the examln-
alton tomorrow. Her presence is not
necessary, as her deposition in full has
been obtained. Mr.. Bond states that he
now has positive evidence IN his posses
sion that Pettls, Clements, John and Will
liam Montgomery are the guilty parties,
and that he Will convict Dr. Vermillion
of completely in the affair. ALI the par
ties named are under arrest Judge
Thornton, of this city, will go to Taylor
vile tomorrow as one of the counsel fol-
the defense,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
The Grim Grip Of the Law.

The municipal court was booming with
business yesterday, and all the material
on hand was run through the law mill
which, usually like that of 'the gods
grinds slow but exceeding small" Those
who were too much under the influence
of the coup that cheers but inebriates'
the day before were yesterday morning
handed over to the tender mercies of JUS
tlce Hayward's court and disposed of as
follows:
The first arrival from the bastlle was
Charles Richardson, who was arraigned
under the statutes of the territory on a
charge of larceny, III which it was al
legged that he stole watch, chain and
pocket book from one John Scdy, but
the evidence being deemed insufficient to
warrant his commlttal to wait for the
grand jury to 'sset on him." the case was
dismissed. But calamities seldom come
singly, and his was no exception to the
rule. Scarcely had he time to draw a
sigh of relief on the acquisition of his
freedom when the grab hooks of the city
were fastened upon HIM and he was cal
led upon to answer to the charge o
drunk and disorderly. This was the straw
to break the camel's back and lhc stern
mandate of the law was written on the
docket against him to the tune of $6 and
costs. Being somewhat financially en-
barrassed he could not liquidate the de.
mand and was given five days for rehec-
ton IN the Hotel de Limbo.
Thomas Hall was next introduced to
the court and recommended as having
been found drunk and disorderly. His
case being one of mild nature the Judge
took as much compassion on him as the
law would permit aud let him off with 81
and complimentaries to the officers, but
Thomas was "dead broke" and he too
three days meditation.
VIM. Logan was next called to answer
to the general charge of drunk and disor-
derry. His was simply a case of too
much booze which overbalanced his early
Sunday school, training, and the account
was balanced by charge Of 81 and the
usual official dessert for the officers. Will
liam was short of ducats to the exact
amount of his fine and costs, and was
sent up for three days.
Another John, whose surname was
Wall (they were all Johns the day before)
was led like lamb to the slaughter, and
was presented to the court as man who,
besides being drunk and disord erly, was
''on the muscle' as we'll in resisting the
officer who arrested him. The judge
hardened his heart when this obstreperous
law breaker was placed on the block and
his deeds made known, and he registered
opposite his name on the black book, $40
and contingent expenses. He likewise
was unprepared for this unexpected de-
mand on his pocket-change and went
across the Hellcspont for seven days.
to tread the WINE press as u his former oe
panions had done, but his was an ordi-
nary case of too much Tamarack and the
Judge let HIM down with q and costs
which he liquidated with an order on the
pay car and went his way rejoicing.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
N. STUTSMAN COUNTY, D. T. FRIDAY, AUGUST T. 1882.

and e sec 9, u sec II, all of secs l3,
Is, II, l9, 81, %, Is, q, %, 81, 80, IS, tp
146, IS, and secs l, 3, 5, I, 9, II, l3, Is,
10, 20, 2l, %, 25, 27, %, 81, 33: IS, tp l45,
r IS, and secs l3, Is, II, 10, 81, %, Is, q.
%, 81, 80, IS, tp l46, r 66, and sec's i, 3,
S, 7, 8, II, 13, Is, II, l9, 81, %, 25, q, %.
81, 33, IS, tip 146, 81, s46,35O.
N P II ITO j w Pence, W 4 sec 25, tp
145, 6s, $500.
NPItR II to J w Pence, secs II, 10, 21,
q, %, IS, tp AS, 66, sll 200.
Mp r Il to Jane Preston, n 11nwL
and e Anw sec 10, tp l3s, 81, $3.50.
N p II Rto T b Casey, sec 9. e u sec S,
all of sec 81, tp IA, r 66, 6,400
N p RR to T b Casey sec %, tp 145, r
sc, 81, 1850.
NP II II to T b Casey 11Ssc 4 and
w1se4 sec 13, tp 139, r y, $3.50.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
The Legislative Committee.

As announced a few days ago, rcprcsen.
tatives of the several counties in this, the
14th legislative district met in convention
in this city yesterday for the purpose Of
arranging the prcliminaries preparatory
to an organization of the district for the
republican legislative convention. The
meeting was held at the Office of Il. A.
Bill, Esq, and was in every way harmo-
nious and pleasant, and bctokcns cam
paign of unity and strength. The follow
ing gentlemen were present as represen-
tatives of their respective counties:
Frank Mead, Morton County.
d. o. Preston, Burleigh
G. L. Baxter, Barnes
A. H. Moore, Ransom
wv Stoddard, LaNIoure &C
Il. A. Bill, Stutsman I"
Grlggs and Kidder counties were not
represented. The above named gentle
men were agreed upon as the central com
mittee until formal action can be had in
the matter, and Franklin Steele was ap-
pointed for Kiddcr county, and r. G.
Cooper for Griggs county.
The basis of representation at the con.
vention was agreed upon as follows:
Burleigh, 5, Stutsman, 7, Kiddcr 2,
Barnes, I, Marion, s., Ransom, 7, Griggs,
3, LaMoure, 4.
The convention will be called to meet
at Klaus Hall, in jamestown, September
Goth, to put IN nomination on the repub-
lican ticket one candidate for the
Council and two candidates for the AS
sembly, the number to which the district
is entitled in the territorial legltu re,
for which the official call will be issued
in due time.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
after their extensive wheat farm south OF

town.
J. j. Eddy, one of Jamestown's live
bonanza grangers, assisted by four of his
men, performed the following work four
miles west of here last week: Located
eight bona fide settlers, broke four acres
of ground and put up twenty-five tons OF
hay. This is what an eastern man would
term 'srushing business" but out here
ii is quite common occurrence.
The temple of knowledge in district No.
has been closed up and will remain so
for month in order to give the teacher
and scholars chance to rusticate.
F. E. Jones is about to build an extern
sive machinery hall at the west end of
his granary. A passer by would sup
pose that he needed q cellar three hum
dred feet square to hold all of the onions,
tomatoes, potatoes and other vegetables
that are growing in his gigantic garden.
The farmer no longer says: 81 am
going to have bountiful harvest if moth
ing happens" The grain is now SO far
advanced that the crop will prove sue
cess without the shadow of doubt.
RUPERT.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
lOficla.1
Proceedings Of Board Of County Commits
sioners,

lOficla.1
Proceedings Of Board Of County Commis.
sioners,
In session July Oath, 1882, at. 10 O'Clock
q. m.
Present-Hendricks, Moran and Nick
Gus.
Hendricks in the chair.
Minutes of last meeting read and ap-
proved.
The petition of Buchan, Gray and 9TH
ers for road from SplritwoM Lake was
received, and ordered published.
The petition of John McGinnls and
others for bridge on Fifth street, was laid
over until next meeting.
On motion Lloyds bankers were al.
lowed $729.5O in cancellation of road or
ders, list No. !, numbered 40, IL, AZ, 43,
II, 45. and road orders list No. 2. mum.
bered IA, 145, l46, l47, and l4S.
The following bills were allowed:
James Withnell, boarding pauper $1,000
H. B. Bush, boarding pauper.... 1874.
T. s. Collins, stamps and station
cry .... ................. ~. 40.
On motion, the bond of Charles War
ner for sale of liquor was approved and
license granted from July until January
1st, 1883.
On motion the bond of John T. Eyer as
coroner was presented and approved.
The bids for bridge at Ypsilanti being
opened read as follows:
Peter Auberton, for pile bridge,
cash: .............$2, 400.
Peter Aubertin, stone butmcnt,
cash. h..:...................... 1850.
A. McKechnie, for pile bridge,
county orders. ............. 1900.
A. McKetchnie, stone butment
in county orders, 5000.
Colby & Maxam. stone butment, in
county orders, s,............... 4,5oO.
On motion the plan of pile bridge was
adopted and the contract for building
same at Ypsilanti was awarded to Peter
Aubertin for the sum of g., GAG, payable in
county orders.
On motion, the read supervisors were
authorized to not issue road orders for a
greater amount to any one person than
the amount of that one persons road
tax.
On motion j. G. Nickeus was allowed
$27 for services as overseer of poor.
Board adjourned until Aug. sth, 1882,
at O'Clock p. m.
GEO. W. VENNUM,
County Clerk.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
From the Dsily, Wednesday.
Editorial Excursion coming.

Editorial Excursion coming.
Next Tuesday, the sth inst, an edi'
torial excursion from Wisconsin is to leave
that state for the great northwest, pass
ing over the Northern Pacific out to the
Yellowstone. Fargo has made arrange.
mcnts to have them stop in that city one
day, and has already had meeting and
appointed the committee of arrangements
for the occasion. They have made ar
rangements for carriages to drive them
about the city and everything will be
provided for their pleasure and comfort.
Now, the Alert has no envy of Fargo IN
their enterprise and wisdom in this, but
rather admiration and commendation,
and 1t commends their example to the
citizens of Jamestown. Those editors OF
the Badger state will reach millions of
people through their papers. They arc
the true representatives of the several
localities of their state, and nearly every
man, woman and child in that state, and
thousands outside, will read what these
editors have to say of our territory and
its different points of interest, and make
up their opinions of the country and the
people largely from this very source.
Hundreds who contemplate moving out
to the northwest will decide upon point
from the reading of their home paper.
This excursion is of more importance to
our country than would be visit by the
President of the United States and all his
cabinet. The press is the lever that
moves the world, and these are the men
who hold the lever. The Alert urges it
upon the Board Of Trade, the citizens of
jamestown to extend to these excursion
lists the hospitalities of our town and an
invitation to stop day with us. We can
give them a pleasant reception, show
them the beauties of our location and then
leave it to them to give their impressions
and opinions of our town, valley and peO-
rle to their readers when they return
home Our town and county can well
afford to stand the test of comparison
with any other locality IN the territory,
and will profit by 1t, and this Is an op-
portunity we cannot afford to let pass I'm
improved We have no disposition to
try to gain undeserved praise from news
paper men by any fawning or sycophan-
tic palaver, but it is no more than due to
them and their positions to afford them
every facility of seeing the advantages of
our town and valley without expense to
them for their labor and advertising of
the country would repay us more than a
hundred fold. Let us attend to this mat
ter in time and at once.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-08-04
Real Estate.

Following is list of real estate trans
fers recorded in the Office of the Register
of Deeds since last report:
U s to Daniel A Piercy W IA, sec 2,
tp 142, r IS, s4Ol.73 Presumption.
N P r r to Wells 4 Dudley "a and
eknw sec I, tp l43, IS, $3.50.
Emily Fitch, to Chas A Brown, W q
sec IL, and e y sec l, tp l42, r 65, $500.
U to Ida E Slack, sec IA, tp l3s, r So,
S4OO. Pre-empti)n.
Z S to Ether Birks, S q nw14 and y
n "a sec 6, tp l41, 63, s39l.Ss. Pre-
emption.
y s to Clarence F Atwill, n W d sec IL
tp 1877, Ga, s400.
Anton steinbach to VIM NJ Lloyd Jr,
part of = and part of n n VIZ
sec %, tp l40, + 64, 1900.
John NJ Dresser to Fletcher Easterbrok,
part of $ I, sec %, tp l40, r64, 2l311s
acres, $500.
Richard skyes to A NJ Brytz a sec 81;
tp 146, 6s, 81, 900.
John Engles to VIM NJ Lloyd Jr, NV or
sec 81 III 63, 81, ,45l.
E b Eddy to John Bigham, sec 81 14o
T GA $3.50.
VIC White to Geo H Eastman, lots SO
81 So Wadsworth's ad slOO
VIM NJ Lloyd to Isabella Bigger lot b
13, $3.50.
Thomas B Lloyd to johnson Nickeus,
lot 10 Is Klaus ad, $3.50.
David III Fowler to Rose & Wetmore,
lots JAS l59 Jones s. Vennum's ad, 1915.
VIM NJ Lloyd to Frank A Parker, lots
As 6 by Is $3.50.
G Nickeus to Latham A Wood lots, /
b IS, Klaus I'd ad $500.
Jones & Vennum to Michael Hanihan,
lots 5S and SO J & VS. ad 800.
V S Stone toJ B Mathews, lot s b 10,
s25.
w w Dudley to Hattie True, lots 3
b SO Klaus ad, $500.
G e Lee to } S Aron lot 5 b 90 $500.
Helen NJ Reed to Jerome J Flint lots Isl
15S Jones & VS. ad s275.
Mary E McAIahon to Jerome J Flint
| lots So and 81 Jones & VS. ad, $3.50.
Margaret f Randolph to J j Flint los
81 6s 50 20 Il IS rs Il IS 1856 Jones & W.
ad $1,000.
Atkinson & Pannell to Leonard A Rose
b Atkinson & P's ad 500.
Towne & Highee to NJ Brinkerhoff lot
b 20 and lot b q Eldridge, s1OO.
Marcus Marx to A Klaus Jr, lots 8 9 II
IL Il b "a $1,000.
Flint & Kendrlck to X G Mckay lot 5;
Jones & VS. ad $500.
| j N Learned to VIM Holland lots u 1:
IA Is b 25 $4,000.
| N p r II to w Pence sec Z, tn las. ,
| a, and secs 10, 81, tp las, 81. and sec.
ia,a, ), I, ., II, ls, Is, %, aS, tp las, s.