Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1882-12-08
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

W. IL. Gilliat, of Moorhead, the
Gwynne City boomer, is in town to make
arrangements for putting up some new
buildings in that town.
MIR Mcclure, proprietor of the Alert,
started on the helated eastern bound
train on business trip to st. Paul and
Chicago yesterday evening.
W. E. Dodge was so much indisposed
yesterday that he did not come to the
office, hut he will probably be out again
to day and at his post for business.
The tram from the west was three, and
from the east seven hours late yesterday
The unusual smashup in the weather
seems to have Knocked them out of time
The Alert is informed that it is the
wish of the people OF the township in
which Tarbell is located to have the
town changed to Tarbellton, IN honor of
the first settler in the township.
1t will be seen by the telegraphic dis
patches that it has recently been quite
frosty al! over the country. Upon COM
pairing these reports it will be found that
the weather clerk is no respector of per-
sons.
The wind ceased yesterday morning
early and at daylight the thermometer
registered 80 degrees below zero, but it
was calm and clear and when the sun
came ui' was comparatively a pleasant
winter day, the mercury at noon only be-
ing below.
Our police courts are distressingly quiet
for the news gatherer now. The scala
wags have nearly II pulled cut for eli
mate where sleeping on the sidewalks is
more congcnial with comfort, and when
they are gone Of course peace and quiet
prevails. Those who do devilment do
not belong here, at least Jane stown
does not claim them.
There will probably be meeting Of the
underwriters in town this morning to
confer upon the subject of requiring as
Su'cd 10 pravlGc ladders and other means
OF getting about their buildings in case
of a fire. 1t would he good plan for the
want of these has given many fire that
con,d have lecn Controlled IN It's insip-
icncy free rein 10 extend into general
conilagrati"n. A fire scarcely breaks out
in place where 1t IS convenient to ex-
tingu:sh 1t.
There is Il somewhat sensational story
in town to The effect that Mr.. Welch, a
tailor who has been working for Turner
& Townsend sometime, was lost on the
prairie some days ago and has not been
seen since. He had been out to his clam
north of Cleveland and was on his way
returning when last seen several days
ago. SO the story goes. He will probably
turn up all right one of these days, and
yet Its possible that he may have per-
lshed. Search is being made for him.
The Alert is requested to notify the
people that next Monday a passenger
train will leave jamestown at 7 in the
morning arriving at Fargo at IL o'clock.
Returning will leave Fargo at s O'Clock
in the evening and arrive at jamestown
at $50. &. X. Barnes, general passen-
ger agent, gives notice that this train
will be exclusively for passenger traffic,
and it will certainly be of great benefit
and convenience to our people. Tne
accommodation that has been run here
totore will be withdraw.
Our streets yesterday presented quite Z
metropolitan appearance, especially on
Fifth avenue, where one had to look on
all sides at the same time to avoid being
run over by the teams. Those who think
people out in this country go into their
holes when winter comes on and stay
there till spring, would be surprised to
ind that they do not clay off, as much
time here as they do down in some of the
states. Everything is life and vim here
and there are no cold dismal rains for
people to sit in the house and growl
about. Dakota winters are fine with a
few exceptional days when the snow falls
from the ground up into your face, and
those few days you ought TO stay in the
house for you need rest occasionally.
rhos. s. Collins has not yet returned
from st Louis whittier he went q couple
of weeks ago, but he is expected home at
almost any moment. Private advices to
the Alert state that he got ready yester.
day evening to come home and was IN too
hlg hurry to wait for train 50 he put on
a pair double header skates and sailed up
the river on the The. At Kansas City he
was making two miles minute and tear.
ing down railroad bridges as If they were
made of straw. He will probably turn up
the James river at Yankton and 1t is
hoped he will put on the brakes in time
10 save Klaus new mill dam.
The Alert has an inkling Of big hotel
enterprise on the south side in the vicini-
y OF The court house which is liable ia
break loose like an avalanche upon the
peoplse one of these days. We arc not al
liberty to give names At present, but the
enterprise seems to have grown OUT of the
failure, or prospective failure of the en-.
,erprie proposed by MIR. klaus on the
north side. There is no doubt that sucf
an a'ivanage wou!d draw largely thu
business OF the town IN that direction, q
the structure is designed to metropolitan
IN both magniticence and extent. Th'
property owners in that direction will o
course catch the idea and materially nj,