Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-07-27

The ladies of the NJ. E. church ar,
maturing plans for a novel sociable and
festival, that Of carpet rag ball festival
each ball to contain in tho center piece
OF the dress to be worn by the maker
The carpet rag balls are to be sold and
the buyer IL to catch on to the lady wht
wears dress like the piece contained
within the ball and oxpend his cash ir
entertaining her with ice cream and sucl
other Injuries of the occasion as may o,
on the bill of fare. The buyer IS re-
quired to Immediately, unwind it. 1t viii
no doubt furnish great deal Of amuse
ment.
A case reported in the Farg" Repubii
can may serve as warning to the young
men of jamestown who steal around til,
doors and windows of our hotels t. buzz
the pretty waiter girls. This case was
one where young fellow was slyly prom
snad,ng to and fro past a back window
waiting for his divinity to appear when .
policeman mistook him for y burglar anC
gathered him IN and locked him up ir
the bastile over night The next morning
when the good justice who knows how i,
is himself was convinced that his error
was of the heart and not of the head lie
promptly dismissed the prisoner. who
. hastened to his ownest one to tell hel
all about it.
A young man staying about the shoot
ing gallery was yesterday arrested as the
party who burglariously broke into the
boarding house down on south Fifth aY-
enue few nights ago. He gave the
name of j. A. Shields and had an examl-
nation before Justice Hamilton yesterday
afternoon where he was identified by three
persons who saw him in the house at
that time He was held to bail in the
sum Of $500 and committed to the county
Jail. The crime charged is very grave
enc under the territorial code aud if con-
victed IN the district court he will prob
ably get long term in the penitentlary
We hope no effort will be spared by either
our officers or citizens to bring such char
acters to justice, and we think there is q
disposition on the part of both to clean
them out effectually.
SUCH anniversary as the one which is
to be held the 10th Of August at SPRING
field, Mo-, in commemorative of the bat
tie of Wilson's Greek, August 10th 1861,
will certainly do no harm but will he a
source of much interest to all who re-
member the event, and especially those
who took part in that desperate and
bloody strife. The blue and the gray are
alike to take part in celebrating the
twenty second anniversary Of the first
battle of any consequence in the west,
and the t.rs. battle Of the war in which
4 struggle in which the soldiers OF either
aide met foemen worthy of their steel,
and for the number engaged was one OF
the f,ercest and most deadly battles OF the
var Of the rebellion. 1t will be grand
and ;mnress,ye scene to witness the con-
tending soldiers of that event twenty
two years later joining side by side ana
hand in hand IN the bonds OF peace ana
.ood will to commemorate the event and
consccrstc tie very ground that drank up
IN. life blood Of so many of their cem'
rades upon that day of dreadful carnage
grand and pre-. eminent among whom was
the chivalrous and heroic Gen. Lyon "he
foil while leading as well as commandlng
| tho nnieu forces. Gen. Lyon was a sol
der of the heroic kind, and the courag'
h;s own daun,less bravery inspired in tn
,aaa made of every one of them hero
Hia counasd to the soldiers was no
"Go,n but "Come:" and wherever ID
th;ckest of the fight and the most DANCE
Gen. LYON was there, His soldiers swea
nv the name of Gen. Lyon to this day an
hi, adyersaries in that struggle honor an
revere him as a soldier to be dreaded
var and esteemed in peace. Althoug
Gen. Lyon fell on the battle nela WIN
IN two months after the struggle con
menced IN deadly earnest. and before
r had reached as high rank as he wou
d Il he had lived, there is not name
e the records Of the war that Is dcservin
II Of a higher place in, the galaxy OF
? daring and heroic leaders than that
'e Gen. Lyon, the hero of Wilson Creek.
This was the first battle OF any cons
= ouence in the west and the fret qt y
l. r.r will, the exception of the disastro
" h.,,,e Of Bull Run the 2lst Of the p'
IN ced,nr menth, and those who are s
of enough to remember the event Will nev
;h FORGET the thrill Of excitement that +
II like wild fire all over the country wn
the telegraph flashed the news OF II 10
O. pespls, The union forces were Co
n manded by Gen. Avep and those o'
Il. confederates by Gems. Price and MY
We loch OF the the union forces 2se
on e]udiue Gen. Lyon. were killed ana
,as sounded, the rebels losing AL killed
ald 1917 wounded.
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THE courts have compelled MI oA
md ,.-. of New York. to pay Mr., Ban
.o.o for 24O drops OF blood ira