Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-04-27
NEWS ITEMS.

stock, and the military have been called
in. .-.u u."
The Vally City Times says ezekiel.
son townsite has been re. christened El
mira. Was this done to escape James
town newspaper abuse? If 50, it was a
cute trick" a..-
w A Miles City murderer tried to save the
county the cost Of an execution by suicide
between conviction and sentence, but a
reckless doctor, who probably isn't tax.
payer, pumped him out.
The danger of floods in the Red river
seems to be confined to the ncighborhood
of St. Vincent. The river IS nearly up
to high water mark and some houses at
Pemblna have been flooded.
The Fargo police made raid on the
unsavory rcputc the other night and
gathered in six "pimps" who were sew
orally fined and held IN the lookup as
collateral security for the amounts.
The new town of Oriska IN Barnes
coupty now has a newspaper which is
called the Oriska Benefit the first issue
of which is before us. 1t is weekly
and starts out with high hopes and in
good shape. 49,
Fargo Post: Inccndiary fires arc oc-
curing at Winnipeg nightly. 1t Is feared
that gang has been organized for the
purpose of plunder, as was the case a
year ago, when 100000 worth of prop
erty was burned. Police inquiry and
vigorous search arc going on.
Pioneer Press: Mr.. Allen, who brought
a steam pIow from England last year, ar
rived on Sunday with three additional
plows-two of which have been sold in
Manitoba and one in Dakota. With i'm
2rovemcnts perfected during the past win
ter, they arc now able to cut eight fur
rows at a time instead of slX.
Ex-senator Cragln, of New Hampshire,
Hon. Keyes, of New York, Col. Ordway,
of Washington, the three commissioners
appointed by President Arthur to inspect
the fifty miles of the Northern Pacific
railroad west of Livingston, Montana, are
now out there in tue discharge of that
duty. u
There IS now novel scene presented in
a Baltimore court. 1t IS that Of woman
dressed in deep mourning with all the
outward indications of grief for her late
husband, on trial for his murder by pol
son. If innocent, her position is one OF
the most intense mental suffering II
guilty it is one of the most brazen efiront-
,ery IN the history Of crime. ....
Valley City Times: While on duty
las, night, Ed. Williams, the Sanborn
telegraph operator, was badly injured by
q beer bottle, which was thrown through
the depot window by tramp, striking
Williams III the forehead. The flow OF
blood was not checked for nearly an hour.
His assailant was badly beaten by railroad
men who were in the depot at the time.
About two weeks ago Mr.. White, who
lived in Fargo, started to visit his claim
IN La Moure county and the suppositlon
IS that he was drowned in crossing Beaver
Creek. near Lisbon. His brother reports
that his wagon was found in the creek
and the team was taken up about thirty
miles distant from where he attempted to
cross. 1t Is hoped, however, that he may
yet be alive somewhere.
The Fargo Republican says that few
aavs ago couple of beasts IN the form of
men followed two ladies, mother and
da,rhtcr, through town indu)ging in OBJ
scene language in such tone and manner
As showed they meant it for them to hear
and persisted in following them until the
ladies reached their homes. Such con-
temptible brutes ought to be kicked
through every street IN the town
A LAD was recently expelled from the
public school at Mitchell for pcrsist.ng in
recltlns one of Bob lngersoli's phillip'cs
aca,nst the church, and on appeal to the
superintendent of public instruction VA
re-,nstated. If Bob knew Of that he
would come all the way out to Dakota to
give that school board blast from his IN.
exhaustible resource of phillipics, for If
ANYTHING raises the Ire Of the great icon
oclast of modern religious ceremonies it
is to have his choice theological ~ pro-
.ductions outiawed. Although lngersolrs
lectures are not regarded rs first class
family literature or good reading for the
Young, the board in the case in question
evidently exceeded their legat powers IN
exp,lling the pupil. There are otiser and
better ways of managing such cases with
less pubic commotion and more profit to
the recalcitrant pupil.
EVERY feeling of humanity instinct
lively recoils with a shudder in contem-
plating the whipping to death with raw
hide their little eight year old girl by its
unnatursl father and mother at Norfolk,
Va, a day or two ego. Imagination can
not conceive Of anything more cruel,
atroc,ous and ficndish. The dead body
* the child was found Oh the floor with
its hands clasped as In supp';cation for
nercx and its legs bent 50 rs best to shield
itself from the merciless blows 1t was
receiving from the remorseless demons
N om It called father and mother. The
~ an or woman who will infl,ct chastlsc'
ment apon child with any other feel.
,ng than that of sorrow fos the necessity
and alone for the good Of the child il
a brute and should be spurped with With
ering contempt by every heart that
human, and to carry it to the extent o
cruelty and death, as IN this case. the!
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