Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-06-15
LATEST CITY ITEMS

2 The time for receiving bids for the
Gray school house has been extended to
the Goth inst.
The Grand Central is now having quite
rush of patrons, the tables being full at
every meal.
The freight depot is to be extended east
to the west side of Fifth avenue which
will make its entire length about $50 feet.
Charley Wales, clerk of the Sanborn
house at Sanborn, was among the visitors
to the gem city of the James yesterday
afternoon.
Yesterday was the warmest of the sea-
son. It was hot, 8S IN the shade The
wheat and all kinds of vegetation is
booming.
A capacious awning now shades and
adorns the front of G. E. Dickinson s.
Co.'s store in the First National bank
building.
W. E. Dodge is now attending the
term of the district court IN. session at
Fargo in which he has large number of
important cases.
The business af the North Dakota
bank has already become extensive and is
increasing every day. l. is a good and
strong financial institution.
The Sioux Valley Baptist ASSOCIATION Is
holding its annual session of three days
at Huron. Reports show the churches
quite flourishlng and increasing.
Quite good deal of real estate is
changing hands now in this vicinity, and
the smile of the real estate agent IS
chlldlike and bland, especially bland.
The commercial telegraph business
operator Pritchard informs the Alert, is
increasing rapidly, which indicates a
healthy condition of the business of the
city. ..M
The front of the Nor til Dakota bank is
being painted in an artistic manner and
is a becoming ornament to sdch a promi-
nent corner as that Of Main street ana
Fourth avenue.
DIR. j. b. Rawson, of Minneapolis, for
merly of jamestown, N. Y, and an old
friend of operator Pritchard, was in the
city yesterday evening, taking a view of
the namesake of his youthful days.
Yesterday afternoon some strong gusts
of wind from tho south carried the dust
over to the north side in lively manner
but finally wound up with a pleasant and
refreshing shower of rain
The occupants of the upper rooms of
the Dakota House are kicking because
the storm windows are not taken out.
Ninety degrees in the shade and no cut
side ventilation IS not considered very
bracing.
Frank I. Blodgett, who some weeks
ago ''did the city" as city editor of the
Alert. was in town last night. He IS
now improving his claim about eight
miles west of Sanborn and progressing
wellwith the enterprise.
Of the 375 persons asked for items yes
terday 374 informed us that it was the
warmest day of the season. The other
one was deaf and dumb and made no re-
ply but took out his handkerchief and
wiped of the perspiratlon suggestively.
A party consisting of the families Of
Mai. Lyon and Mayor Flint will start to
DEVILS Lake o-day with a camping out
fit where they will remain several days
hunting and fishing and of course will
have apleasant and enjoyable time.
The Episcopal strawberry and ice
cream festival IN the dining room of the
Dakota house to morrow night promises
to be very pleasant and enjoyable oc-
casion. There will he plenty of the lus-
cious and refreshing for all who will
attend.
The Alert Is informed that arrange
ments are being made to have the accom-
mediation train on the jamestown s.
Northern stop over Of nights at Caring
ton. This arrangement will probably
please Darlington but there will be some
vigorous kicking in jamestown, as it will
require part of two days and night to
make a trip to and return from that place
from jamestown.
The cavalcadc that paraded the streets
last evening attracted considerable at
tention from the people on the streets,
and from the Alert with a view to- writ
ing an obituary on short notice. We did
not wish any of them to fall off and
break their necks but in case any such
misfortune should happen We were pre-.
pared to take advantage of 1t in the way
of writing the accident up in good
shape.
Yesterday afternoon man did some
furious bareback riding down street on
account of his black steed becoming un-
manageable at the Dakota house corner.
He went down the street east nearly to
the foot of the hill and then back and f.
nally hauled up on the sidewalk at the
door of the Northwestern house creating
"a stampede among the guests who were
sitting out on the walk in front of the
hotel Nobody hurt.
There are quite number of eastern
c,.pitalists in the city who are here with a
new "a making Investments. Some of
them have been TO Bismarck but
see no show for profitable investment
there on account Of the high pitch of
prices. jamestown is likely to reap
good harvest of sales from those who
come back from Bismarck without invest
ing In the city Of New York prices asked
far property in that capital town. The