Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-17
LATEST CITY ITEMS

i An outfit of nine teams passed The
Alert sfice yesterday evening going west
Merchant Hartman announces that lie
will put in heavy stock Of goods in hi,
line this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. Il. Long gave plsas-
ant social party to q number Of thal
friends last night.
A new and substantial crossing ID beins
put down from the Dakota house corner
across fifth avenue.
MIR. G. A. Campbell informs tho Alert
that his family will soen be in jamestown
and it will be their future home.
J. A. Moore and Dennis Murphy, both
very handsome dudes, enjoyed ride to
the Beidleman farm last evening.
The plate glass for the front Of Mr..
kelley's new brick will cost nearly ol5O
each and will make splendid front.
Mayor Flint and b. w. Fuller visited
the southern portion of the county yss-
terday, ostensibly to look at the crops.
Il is generally thought that hay will
bring good price next spring, notwith-
standing that large crop has been re-
allied
Harvesting wheat will begin in certain
portions of the county to-day, but gsner-
al harvesting will not set in before the
first part of next week
J: j. Fry, who was called to Crawlords-
vile last week, to see his little girl re
turned to jamestown last evening. He
reports his child much improved.
The insane case against old Mr.. Brew.
lit was concludedl yesterday 80 far as
the taking of evidence is concerned, but
Judge OFT has not gwen his decision
yet.
Every one speaks encouragingly Of the
future Of jamestown. With COED crops Of
all kinds and general activity IN busi-
ness circles jamestown has much to be
thankful for
The weather yesterday was warm
enough to revive demand for ice cream
and soda water. 1t made our fat men
wish they were lean and our lean men
wish they were leaner.
Mike Stephan and E. S. Miller have
the contract for the brick work
and plastsrlng of the new Curtin block
adjoining the James River National
bank. Bricklaying will be commenced
perhaps Tomorrow and will be pushed
forward rapidly.
1t would be good plan for the people
to clip out and preserve the park contract
published in the Alert this morning. and
ey referring to that they can always a.
sertain just what the condstlons are
without troubling the city clerk or other
officers.
Geo. Vennum and Mckay went out
cunning for chickens early yesterday
morning and brought home eleven. Geo.
swears that he did not buy even l. This
was the first chicken hunt of the sea-
son.
The Northern Pacific has informed the
lumber yards, coal yards, ETC., that they
must get their plunder of the right Of
way. The idea is, We understand, that
the company propose to occupy tho
ground themselves with bridge supplies
sufficient to build and furnish i've hun
dred miles of road.
County treasurer Mansfield and chief
Of police Schmitz contemplate getting up
gopher killing contest by each choss-
ing crowd and going out for 4 days
hunt of these animals the party bringlsg
the least number of gopher tails 70 pay .
forfeit of champagne supper for beth
sides.
One Of our citizens with team came
near beng mashed up by an engine at
the Fifth avenue railroad crossing night
before last, and unless the city council
takes steps to compel the railroad con-
pany to put a flagman there We are lia-
bic at any time to be called upon IA
chronicle the crushing of sombody at that
place.
for himself and at the same time dene
more than any one man toward building
up sanborn:. by publishing the excellent
Sanborn Enterprise, spent last evening in
the gem city. He leaves this morning
for his own stamping ground with his
pulse sixty degrees in the shade and his
stomach somewhat unsettled, rapidly in
clinlng toward Its. .normal conditlen. Come
up again William,
Oyer hear Glyndon the other merning
little waif about week old was found
well wrapped up in basket and placed
IN threshlng machine. Up to that time
it had been well cared TOR and . good
supply of clothing was put into the bas-
ket with it. Whether or not it was put
there as an advertising boom for the Red
river country to make the outside world
believe it was produced with the crop u
wheat that was being threshed, the CO.
terprising parties who put it there left -
note to explain.
Bonanza farmer Atkinson was in town
| yesterday trying 70 show b,istcrs ON ths
ends ef his fingers from handling sheaves
in shocking wheat. He went int q
thousand acre patch Of wheat 1ay le1suD
yesterday with i've harvsstcn aaa ysulE.
day sfternooa had svefe . hsndrsa os1D
in shock. Mr.. Atkissoa ssys - nsvsr