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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27
THOMPSON, the Kentucky congressman,

THOMPSON, the Kentucky congressman
whe had propensity to commit homl-
eide on imaginary provocation, imagines
himself insulted by president Arthur and
may, When soulc cowardly opportunity
offers shoot him in seif-defsnse, as they
call it down in that state. The otner
day he called pom the president with an
inveterate office-seeker OF the BOURBON
state. named McGee, and upon introduc-
ing him the president explained that
he already knew HIM, in the following
words: .It, Is no use to introduce Mr NJ
McGec Iknow him. HIS race Nas =
| m,liar as the front of the capitol ~
has been introduced to me about s'As!
times. He has been presented 70 me y:
every kentpckian who is OF has Pee!
here since the matter was broacneo
There is no use IN talking any more sooa
. matter that is seitled," The Hon.
Phil. Thompson whose chief notoriety
: in shooting his feliowmen, considers nun
self ,nsulted by the above rcmarks' W
lMcGee has not expressed himself on u
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

The Henry Eagle, todiagton County
saws; A heavy rain storm visited this
section Wednesday afternoon. Quite a
considerable hail accompanied the rain,
being the first hail ever known to fai' N
thi. immediate yacinity al th's season OF
the year. No damage is reported.
Fargo Republican: The North pac'hc
has addressed circular to 81. connect
ing liuss, directing them to prepare ano
place on sale, In anticipation OF the open
ing of the road Sept. !, coupon tickets
reading from st. Paul, M'nnsapo''s anu
Duluth to all points on the. orthern ia
cihc, Oregon Railway 4 Navigation com
Epsny's lines, Oregon 4 California and
| the Olympia & Chehali Valley raii
reads.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

we did before we noticed the universal
use OF the expression on such occasions,
and the undertaking rule of making the
sacrifice. This personal sacrifice COM
menced with Washington and has con-
tinucd down to the present time. There
is striking sameness abort this thing,
and we have come to the conclusion that
they all lie like ward politicians when
they say it. II we ever vote Tor presi-
dent again and there IS q candidate in the
field who does not accept the nomina-
tion at sacrifice Of his personal feelings
he will get our vste. We are not dis
posed to demand such sacrifice on the
part Of any man.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

AFTER extinguishing hundred thous-
and dollar fire at Miles City, Montana,
the other day, the crowd went to the jail,
took on q desperate who had threat=
ened to commit an outrage upon two
respectable young ladies in that vicinity
and hung him, after which they cut the
body down and threw it into the r've'
from which it was afterwards fished ou'
nv the sheriff. They also served public
notice on other desperadoes that unless
they made themselves conspicuously 40
sent prevention of like kind would o'
administered.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

IT looks now as if the telegraphers
would "carry the war into Afrlca," call
,ne of their men In the employ OF the
railroad companies, and in the dispatch
from Chicago the railroad companies that
are to receive immedlate attention are
named. If they do this the running OF
trains will be seriously interfered With II
not stopped entirely. The condition IS
certainly a very unpleasant one and may
lead to other strikes that will make TIT
situation very grave indeed. 1t is TO o'
hoped, hewever that that the worst ma!
be averted by settlement of the DIM
cnlty
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

GEN. E, o. G. Ord died at IN n"Van.' a."
Cuba. of yellow fever on the s..' -.a wsra ,nss,
Hs vas taken III en- route fro" 'e'" .
~, ~ MEXICO. to New York and was
,.nds,, A. Havana where he died. ven.
Ord Ord was IS years Of age aud was on y, 'ne
~.,;,.d l,st Of the army as Major ueh'
n. carved in the Mexican war wiz
..,l.u,ry and made most brilliant a., a.
-, honorable record in the late cav
@ @ Ne xas wan of brains, a soia'e
of reuown, apd geauem1saana man e' A's" A01
or and GENIAL character
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

Grand Forks News In Dakota pion-
eering there are some queer experiences
of people from nearly all cllmes and of
diverse avocations in their first essays IN
agriculture. A London cockney, trying
to drive an OK team from the of side,
despairlnSly calculated, ITO ell with the
bloody hoxenr' An old sault, plowing
his notstoes with male, gives the order
..Starboard yer hellum, ye morphoditt
iackass, or yen run afeul o the cab
bagcs.,' And a Vassar graduate, on he
first visit to farm house, wonders at th'
scarcity of milk when she sees SC man,
"cowsn hitched to the Plow,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

subject. It is probable, however, that q
man who has gall enough 10 allow him
self to be introduced until; It called forth
such an expression of feeling will not con-
slder himself insulted nptil the president
orders his porter to kick him out doors.
It does not appear Whist sotfice McGse
wanted.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

CINCINNATI has ss,6oo,O 900 of banking
capital while St. Paul alone has $5,0O0,.
600 and Minneapolis perhaps as much
more. Another indication that the great
Northwest is coming to the front in this
nation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

rur courts have compelled Mr.. Oxen
,... of New YORK. to pay Mr.. Banks
s,ro aa,o for 24o drops Of blood trans-
fused from Banks to okenoers " sa.
~. Nh ,,,ter,s life. Now will Mr.. oxen
W. w.. ~ hs socially ostrocised for having
o.'s ..e,ro blood in his veius!" If so he has
neg ,.n,s of action against Banks for
.-.., That may be nice qusstion
sor ,Se Dsr TO split hairs about
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

The preservation Of the section corners
established by the government surveyors
is matter that should be attended to In
every county in the territory. 1t is .
matter of apparently small moment now
while these corners are plainly marked
and land is cheap but the time will come
when land will be 50 valuable that the
boundary lines will be contested to the
exactness of foot, and unless the corners
are preserved there will in the next gen
Grafton be many and bitter contests in
law over boundary lines. The state of
illinois is good ILLUSTRATORS, especially
in the central and northerniparts which
are prairie country and Ahch was sur.
marked by mounds IN which were set
posts very much as they are marked here
now. These land marks were plain tor
twenty. I'VE years OF mere on the prair'es
where they were undlsturbed, but IN
breaking the sod the mounds were plow-
ed down, the stakes having already
rettcd off, aad thus the old land marks
were gradually and thoughtlessly e1aced.
The land being cheap the owners did mol
consider it worth while to contend oye'
few feet or even rods. But these lands
have fallen into the hands of another
generation now. Lands that thirty ant
forty years ago were bought At @l.25 PEI
acre are now worth from $50 to sloo pc
acre. and the question of boundary lire
hs. become an important one. We ven
ture there has been more money expend
ed in re. surveys and law suits over ooun
darv lines in that state. within the las
ten years than the original snrve:
cost. and still the question Is undecided
The original corners being forever los
the boundary lines of the farms will fol
ever remain in dispute and subject I
change, This might nearly all hav
| been avoided by preserving the origins
p corners. This will be the case in Dako'
. forty or fifty years hence unless mea'
, are adopted to preserve the original Ian
4 marks. This can be done BY the count
boards taking the proper steps now vi,
. very little expense, comparatively speal
a ing. and it would be the most prof1tao
. exnend,ture of the county funds tn
4 vii, ever make. They will in this vi
provide against the interminable and e
;. nensiye law suits that are inevitable
~ The future over boundary lines it I
II original land marks are allowed TO
If down
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

The public is becoming rest've under
the exasperating inconvenience OF the
the strike. Both sides are playing blum.
Public sentiment is with the operators
who were forced by the grasping greed OF
.yay Gonld's gigantic monopoly to strike
or starv0.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

The prohibition question is raising hob
with Iowa politics, and strange results
are not impossible. If the Ohio defeat
last fall failed to knock any sense into
the craniums Of the rep0bl blicana. mariana
EYhHf nrrp6So.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

The property Of st. Paul increased
over $3, $4,000, this year, jumping up
from SIC. 900 to e13, 900. This is
one of the effects of this great golden
Northwest
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

NEARLY twice as many silver dollars
were issued from the mint last week as in
the corresponding week Of last year. Why
wont Uncle Sam issue q sack of them to
needy editors?
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

ST PAUL has increased her banking
capital 81 2,40o, 900, in a year and now has
over 100000 of it. Nothing small
about St. Paul but her death rate.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

AFF1DAvrrs sent by telegraph are being
admitted as evidence IN court. There is
. heap of swearing at the telegraph but Is
yet only little swearing by it.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27


not sufficient to guard the RESIDENCES 0f
the inhabitants and to keep the city clear
of these bad men, the force should be en-
lareed at once. 1t is better to save the
property even at the expense OF the life Ok
few thieves. Let the mayor hire some
body that will shoot straight.
Valley City Times: A new switch
board and other material for the Valley
City Telephone exchange has arrived,
and the improvements IN the system
promised by Mr.. Conehay will be COM
menced as soon as the material for tho
construction Of connecting lines is al re-
ceived. Some Of this material has al
ready been received at jamestown, and
some will bs shipped to Valley City and
intermediate points. An Office for the
transaction Of commercial business Will
be fitted up in this city.
Fargo Argus: Postmaster Col Tyner,
who has just returned from trip through
Richland county, says the crops in that
section are looking finely, especially
early sown grain, which stands high with
heavy stalk. The late rams, he says, have
helped the crop wonderfully, aud the
farmers generally feel confident that they
: will reap good harvest. He seems to
think that there is no doubt Of there be-
:. ing an average crop if nothing interferss
, with it hereafter.
;, The great Methodist camp meeting OF
z the Northwest, under the supervision OF
t supt. Whitfield and Elder Hartsough II
|. announced to be held ON the west shore
. of Big Stone lake, two miles from Big
a Stone City, OAK, July "A to 20, 1853.
5 Prominent speakers from Dakota, Min
q nsseta, Iowa and the east will be In at
y tendance. Persons attending the camp
le meeting from abroad will be returned ia
IS anv point in Minnesota or Dakota On the
t. Chicago. Milwaukee & Paul railroad fol
" one-fifth fare.
y Sioux Falls Press: G. X. Howard
" brought in some sample wheat iron
IN Plainview farm that according to com
" petent Judges, was ahead of anything
ne ever seen IN this region. The heads
On which by the way, we're not selected fror
O. different parts of the field, but gathere
IN in bunch At one grab, averaged nv
ne inches In length and were proportienate
sn ly plump. With few more days OF di
d. vine favor this section will come to th
no front "a the banner crop region fo
w. 1883.
Valley City Times: The greatest les
IN in the way of long distance cemmunlc'
ces t,en ever known, was accomplished ov'
of the Western Union Telegraph compar
in line few days since, when President v
ing b. Strong Of the Atchison, Topeka ~
de. Sante Fs Railway talked by Telegram
the nom Boston with G. G. Wheeler, gener
ing manager Of the company at Guaymas
Ter. the Gulf Of California, distance OF IS
dlte miles. The time lest in Transmission "
ab- FIVE seconds. Such an occurrence seei
her marvellous, hut really no more - tn
the that we are able to uss the subtle force
any nature called electricity for commune
ton over the ahostsst distances.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27
NO. T.. !.
GENERAL NEWS.

Fifty miles more of the Northern Pa
cifc railroad, in Montana, has just been
accepted BY the government The COM
pleted section is that extending west 4
ward from the 625th to 675th mile post.
Three million acres Of land now held
BY the indians west Of Chamberlain and
Pierre on the west bank Of the Missouri
river Dakota, are to be surveyed and
thrown open to settlement.
The Sunday Argus ssys that the real
estate transfers in Cass county for the
past week were three times Is large q
those recorded IN the corresponding week
last year. This IL An item whereby
hangs tale, for the edificstion Of croak-
ers, If any Of this genus homo exist in
Fargo.
Fargo Republican: Work upon the
Northern Pacific is rapidly progressing.
1t il expected that the track layers will
cross the Big Blackfsot sometime this
week. Beyond that, track will be laid It
the rate of too and one half miles day.
The junction will be made between Sept,
and 3 at the mouth Of the Little Black
foot river, where the Utah Northern inter-
sects the Northern Pacific.
The Billings, Montana, Herald SAYS
that In the Little Blsekfoot tunnel the
earth has had : way of falling, and at
one time it was thought necessary to
blow the whole top OF and make big
cut Of it, but after making an inspection.
Engineer Chesbrough thought it best to
timber the tunnel thus making good
job, which also acts a. snow shed.
Fargo Argus: Manager Inman reports
that the commercial telegraph Office ID
doing about the regular business: com.
mercial messages are coming in 1t the
rate Of sevsnty-hve per csnt Of the reg
ular rate, and sent OF promptly. The
Western Union has Issued circular NO.
tifying al operators that those whs are
at work on July 80 will receive pay from
July 16 land get extra pay from that time,
besides, at the rate Of se,en hours per
day.
The Mandan Pioneer says there is Z
growing demand for more houses in Man
dan. Two ladies were IN town yester-
day looking for house. They had
brought their furniture and were unable
to find house or rooms. The Boston
syndicate's houses are no sooner COM
pleted than they are rented. 1t would
be fine thing for Mandan if somebody
would put up at once twent Y-tive houses.
They would all be taken before they
were finished.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

BETWEEN excessive rains, excessive
drought, and excessive cyclones, the
crops of the country are having trying
time
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

TIE government now proposes to sue
the star route contractors to recover back
slo, 1000, 900 of their stealings. If the SUIT
prevails Dorsey will howl.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

JUDGE EDMUNDs, the great Vermont
senator passed few days ago from the
Pacific coast whittier he went in April.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

The lottery men will sue the post
master general for damages for excluding
their letters from the mails.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27
THE trade dollar must 90.
NEW HAMPSHIRE republicans say
Chandler must go.

The strikers are still hammering away.
1t is question of resistance.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27
The Minnesota editors have been en-.
Joying an excursion TO Devtl's Lake.

RAIN storms, tornadoes, and cyclones
seems to vic with the strikers in bringing
confusion upon the land.
The Greenville times., 1883-03-03
The Tandem Propeller.

Mr.. John Gartner, of Dallas,
Texas, has received letters patent
from the United States and from
Great Britain upon an invention
of his own, which he claims will
revolutionize the present mode Of
propelling steamships, and in.
crease their speed from one-third
to one-half of their present run.
ming time. The invention consists
of the attachment of a second or
third wheel, or propeller" to q
vessel, so that it will have three
instead of tho single one now in
use upon all steamships which run
across the oceans of the world.
The object obtained by the tan
dem screw propeller is, that 1t will
utilize any amount of steam power
desired, and double the quantity
that can now be used by the stern
propeller; that they steady the
ship, are always submerged, and
make clean run without forming
an eddy, which the stern propeller
necessarily does. Besides the
great increase in speed, the advan-
tages of these side propellers are
obvious. In the first place, by
going ahead on one and backing
on the other ship can leave port
without calling to her assistance a
steam tug, and by thus being en-.
abled to almost pivot in position,
can with more safety navigate the
more dangerous coasts. 1t is OBJ
vious, too, that when collision
with another vessel, with an ice
berg, breakers, or any other dam
ger, her course can be instantly
changed by stopping the stern and
one propeller and going ahead ON
the remaining one. The invention
of Mr.. Gartner places a ship un.
der as complete control of the pi-
lot and engineer as is a boat ON
the Mississippi.
The Greenville times., 1883-03-03

Maple Island gorge, below Alton,
which started yesterday but was
lodged again in the afternoon, was
loosened, and again started on its
course down the river. The gor-
ges were expected to reach St.
Louis about ) o'clock, and boat
men prepared to meet the issue.
lteame about the hour expected,
and to their great delight there
was a brisk wind from the west,
which blew most of the ice to the
opposite side of the river, and it
passed on down without doing
any damage worthy of note. There
is considerable ice still running,
but it is well broken, and the cri-
sis may be said to be past, and
navigation fully and safely open.
The Greenville times., 1883-03-03
Total in Indiana,

Total in Indiana, $4,S4S,OO0
This does not include the losses
from suspension of business and
trade, as the manufacturers loca-
ted along the river bank cannot
get to work for a month after the
water subsidies. Over 5000 resi-
dences were either swept away OF
are desolate.
Louisville estimates her losses
at $1,000,0O0; Cincinnati and her
suburbs lose $2,2JO,OOO, and other
towns along the Ohio 81, ,25O, 900;
making the total damage by the
floods in that river and its tribu.
taries nearly s1O,OO0,OOO. The
damage at Toledo, Cleveland, and
other towns along the lakes has
not yet been calculated, but it will
help to swell the grand total to an
immense figure, seldom equaled in
American floods and frcshets, ex-
cept by the disastrous overhows
of the Lower Mississippi valley.
The Greenville times., 1883-03-03
avs. 4TH DISTRICT.
cuIT COURT.

ounty-Begins on the lst
arch and October. and may
dieial days
bounty Begins on the 2nd
Earch and October, and may
zndicial days.
Sunty-Begins on the 18th
5larch and October, and may
j judicial days.
bounty Begins on the md
the 4th Monday Of March
and may continue 6 ju-
Eounty-Begins on the srd
1 the lth Monday Of March
. and may continue 6 judicial
/ |county-Begins on the 4th
n the 4th Monday Of March
!, and may.continue6 6 judicial
"a
|on eounty-Begins on the
after the 4th Monday of
october, and may continue 30
The Greenville times., 1883-03-03
Mistake Corrected.
Brandon Republican,

Brandon Republican.
A Northern gentleman asks the
editor of the Aberdeen Examiner
numerous questions about lands,
timber, water power, building
stone, ETC., in Monroe county, and
the editor makes q mistake in his
replies, which We wish to correct.
Here is the question and reply we
refer to, in reference to building
stone:
Question:" Have you building
stone; and what character and
how nearin
Reply" No building stone can
be obtained in Mississippi, of any
character. The nearest is in the
State of Tennessee"
The editor is mistaken. We have
as fine building stone in Rankin
county as can be found in Tennes.
see or Missouri. Within five miles
of the V. & NJ. Railroad, and seven
miles from Brandon, is a mountain
of sand rock in layers OF from five
to fifteen inches thick, that has
been tested, and pronounced SUI
perior to the Missouri building
stone. 1t is in great abundance.
The Greenville times., 1883-03-03
The Election Of Judges.


4AnAtoh
To Mississippi belongs the hon
or Of inaugurating the elective ju-
dietary system. It was ingrafted
upon her Constitution by the Con-
vention of 1882. 1t worked well,
and she adhered to it until the
State government fell into the
hands of the political adventures
in 1869, who sought to make il a
close corporation for the perpetu-
alton of their own rule. Nearly
every other State in the Union
followed the example set by Mis-.
sissippi in 1882. The experiment
proved a complete success. No
State ever had an abler Judiciary
than Mississippi during her palmy
days, when her judges were elect
ed by the people. The system
was abolished and the appointing
power was vested in the Exeeu.
tive, when the sceptrc was taken
from their hands with the bayonet.
One of the chief objections to
the appointive system is, that 1t
lodges vast power in the hands of
one person and subordinates one
important branch of the State 60
vernment to another department.
For this reason it has been pr0po-
posed to return to the elective
system. But the proposition is
met by the objection that a new
and incapable element has been
invested with the privilege of suf.
frage, and the system would be
dangerous to public liberty under
existing surroundings. The same
argument would lead to the total
subversion of popular government
and the establishment of the des-
potism of a priviged order. We
notice that the Greenville Times
has proposed q compromise be.
tween the two extremes of Execu.
tive appointment and popular cleo.
ton. 1t proposes to devolve the
choice upon the Legislature. We
readily affirm that such a plan
would be free from some of the
serious objections which are urged
against tho appointive system do
vised by the carpet baggers in
framing the present Constitution,
The Greenville times., 1883-03-03
A Remedy for Blind Staggers.
TYazoo Herald.l

Mr.. Peter James, a planter of
excellent judgment, living on Tchu.
la Lake, cured one of his mules, as
he states in q letter to us, that
was suffering intensely with a case
of blind staggers recently, by rub.
bing him well in front of the brain
with croton oil, which soon re.
moved the hair. He next split a
small place in its forehead and
filled it with common salt, and the
effect of this treatment was seen
twenty hours afterwards in the
restoration of the mule. His fore.
head is very sore from the effects
of the croton oil, but he is as good
as new now.