Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-04-13
adjoining his present building on Fifth
avenue north

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yesterday with Car load Of goods. H
will settle on land ten miles north q
Spirtwood station.
Il. w. Clark, capaltist OF Toledo, O.
is hauling the lumber for large store
room to be built opposite the Wells build
ing on Fifth avenue aouth
A cattle man from Glen5lve, Montana
who came in ON train yesterday, dresses
throughout in buckskln, created his shar
in the attention while on the street.
Sixty head OF horses and mules wer
unloaded here yesterday bound for Car
rington. There were SIX cars and twent,
people from johnson county, Iowa.
X. r. Wise, who is building three
houses on some lots purchased In the Me.
Ginnis addition has had four application,
already for the one partially constructed
Alden & Waters have got down to bust.
ness at their Office up stairs over the old
James River bank, and are regarded Al
among the most energetic real estate meu
In town.
The water in the James river has not
reached any alarming height as yet The
ice Is breaking loose from the banks IN
large pieces but it is moving down the
tream.
-Four cars of construction material in
Guiding wagons, scrapers, plows, tents,
ana cooking outfit were unloaded in the
west yard yesterday bound for work on
the jamestown s. Northern.
People were turned away from our
hotels who were seeking lodging last
night, and as early as yesterday noon.
This is sad commentary on the mad
aquacy Of our hostillties to meet the pres
ent demand.
The question now agitating the minds
of the legal fraternity is whether or not
inducing hen to lay by putting porce-
iain eggs in last years nest GENES un-
der the statutes of obtaining goods under
false pretenses.
II. 8. Reeves has been reading Greeley q
"What know about farming = and, fol.
lowing the system Of the philosopher Of
Chapaqua, has prepared hot bed in
which to plant his dried apples as soon as
the moon comes right.
Awagon loaded with heavy lumber
broke down on Fifth avenue yesterday
near the depot. The frightened horses
seemed desirous of wrcckins things gen.
orally but they were paciacd by the time
" assistance of two men.
The lumber piles OF Sarles e. Durstine
near the depot were utilized greater
part of the day yesterday by crowd of
foreign citizens who discussed the situa-
tion in their native tongue and sought
comfort in the genial rays Of the sun.
Still they come on every train. Fifty
two aliIhted from the passenger train
from the east Yesterday. They come and
soon disappear upon the fertile lands to
work out their glorious destiny. The
more the merrler, We have ample room
for all.
The west yard Of the Northern Pacific
presented busy scene yesterday. The
tracks were filled with cars and on both
sides were rather busy unloading their
effects and preparing to take up their
abode In the country They brought
everything with them from pigs to canary
birds. -
Efforts are being made VIC understand
to organize hook and ladder company
The matter is in charge Of several prom
inent young business men Of the city and
will be brought before the council soon
THIS will be great addition to our fire
department and greatly increase their
efficiency.
clerks and expert statesmen, ~ now estab-
lished in business at 5the new store of
Mcclure & Hartman where he will be
pleased to wait upon his old friends. MIR.
Lciber has peculiar faculty of attracting
friends and is host IN showing and dis
pensing goods,
Dr.J. W Jackson, chaplain At Fort Abra-
ham Lincoln, will give litery entertain
ment at Klaus hall Thursday evening
April 10th, entitled can Evering with
Dickens" which will consist OF reading
selections from Dickens interspersed
with songs by the Jamestown male
quartstte. Proceeds to 60 towards pay
ing the debt on the NJ. E. Parsonage.
G. w. Prichard, of Elizabeth, N. j.,
brother Of A. W. Prichard, manager of
the Western Union Telegraph and Ben
jamin Urner of the same place arrived
in town yesterday and are stopping at
the residence Of MIR. Prichard. They are
on their way to Montana. Oregon and
Washington Territory where they Will
pass the summer.
A train from the west yesterday morn
ing brought in car of immigrant move
ables from Glendive, Mcntaua. 1t con-
tanned the effects of . family that had
last year gone into the Y Yellowstone Val.
ley and endeavored to obtain livelihood
farming. In conversation With the head
of the family the reporter was told that
his experience IN farming IN that country
had been sad one. Ills crop was fail
ure owing to the extreme drouth and he
had come to jamestown where he knew
paying crops could be raised
There are two stations in the territory
by the name Of Clark, one on the North
ern Pacific and the other nv, fhA fh;c. -