Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-13
LATEST CITY ITEMS

". a. bOynt0n mas I0st pair VI Snules
which strayed away.
Attorney Nickeus returned from his
home in Carrlngton last evening.
w. E. dodge. Esq, will start on
visit of few weeks at Mackinaw, Michi-
gan, to-day.
Rev. g. II. Hair, presiding elder Of the
Red River district, preached At the N.
E. church last night.
David Curtin is improving the grounds
about his elegant mans ion in his addition
In the southeast of town.
The frame of the division superinteud-
ent's Office was raised yesterday and pre-
sents quite building like appearance
already.
Street Commissioner Reddeld Is now
engaged repairing the street crossings,
many of which are broken and in bad
condition.
G. G.. Cochran made the alert Office .
visit last light and laid In a supply of
blanks from the stock kept on hand at
the Alert Office.
w. q. Sivyer, of Charlottesville, lndi-
ana, who arrlyed IN jamestown few
days since. has accepted situation with
Attorney Watson.
Several new residences have been COM
menced in the city this week, and the
building boom for the balance Of the sea
son is prospectively lively.
q. J. Meloy, the Northern Pacific sta
ton agent at this place, is away on q
leave of absence for two or three weeks
starting east yesterday.
The board of health made tour Of the
city the other day aud found it IN . very
cleanly condition with . few exceptions
which will be renovated shortly.
The excellent crops that will be har-
vested in North Dakota this season will
haye tendency to strengthen the faith
of eastern capitalists in the solldity Of
Dakota.
With all the extenslv facilities for
making brick Mr.. Klaus cannot supply
the demand. About five car loads are
taken out every day. The railroad shops
on tho ether side of the river will require
10000.
The Alert took ride out to the Daven-
port farms yesterday In company with
Manager Glaspell. Tho most Of the
grain, and especially the wheat, is look
ing very we'll indeed, all Of which goes to
prove the advantage Of good farming.
q Sheriff McKechnle informs the Alert
!, that he has just succeeded IN catching
the men and stolen horses he has been
after for some time. They were
captured in Valley City and will proba-
bly, arrive here to-day in charge Of the
sheriff.
Tho Alert is lnformed by Mr.. Wells
that general ticket Barnes has reduced
the rate on sleeping Car berths between
Jamestown and Fargo and between Bis.
marck and jamestown to tl.50. This
will meet with general approval and stop
wonderful amount of kicking.
The vivid Lightning and rolling thun.
der last night was gratifying sight and
sound to the people OF this section who
have been swcltering In almost tropical
heat for several days. The rain which 1t
presaged was also much desired luxury.
The barometer yesterday indicated "much
rain.' There were several boxes Of cigars
stsked on rain last night
Mr.. D. curtin broke ground yesterday
for the construction of his elegant stone
front business house on the south side Of
the James River National bank. II will
extend around the south side and west
end Of the bank building, giving 'front.'
age ON both Fifth avenue and Main
street, of the same height Of the bank
building, three stories, and will be the
largest business house IN town. The es-
estimate cost of the building complete -
90, 600 ana may reach over that amount.
The enterprise of Mr.. Curtin in putting
20 much capital In business house 10
encouraging Of the future Of the city not
only for its own value but for others OF
like nature it will encourage. The fu-
ture of Jamestown, though already as
suled, Is reassured BY these substantial
evidences Of well grounded faith on the
part of Its citizens, and from this and
that Of Mr.. Kelley on the same street on
the north side it seems new impetus 10
TO bs gwen to the building entsrpri scs Of
the city, and We may reasonably expect
that still others will take up some line Of
progress before the summer Is over and
add to the already flattcring lust Of sub
stautial business houses of the city.
The Grand Rapids Journal has the fol.
lowing 70 say OF the trick by which L.
Moure captured their Fourth OF July
orator: "The citizens of Grand Rapids
can appreciate joke, and enjoy one too.
II only the people Of Grand Rapids were
the sufferers by the intended joke, re-
Gently perpetrated by certain parties in
LaMoure, We could treat the matter ~
very funny. But 1t has another SIDE to
II. The real victim and sufferer Is the
greatly respected Dr. Robertson whose
age, position and character should have
commanded the respect Of even the
4racslcss scamps who have placed him
In such IN unenviable position. When
iokers joke they should select their kind
and weigh well the consequences. lnno-