Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-06-29
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LATEST CITY ITEMS
ID. G. Buck is up the branch drum
ming up the grocery trade.
Superintendent Graham's car went
through on train 4, yesterday.
M. E. Foley returned yesterday from a
brief trip up in the vicinity of Sykes
ton.
Everybody is prophesying rain between
nov and Saturday night. Let us live in
hopes.
w. c. White returned yesterday from
. business trip of several days in MIL
waukee.
The cigar factory of g. H. ManIey was
closed yesterday owing to the death Of
the father of Mr.. Manley in Minneapo.
lis.
A base ball club has at last been organ.
ized in jamestown and is eager for glory,
broken fingers, stubbcd toes and unjoint.
ed necks.
Two locomotives bucked together in
the west yard yesterday and one got her
nose badly bruised, SO badly IN fact that
it will require a new orc.
Thos. Lloyd who returned from Mil
waukee yesterday reports the most salts
factory assurances of the success Of the
enterprise which was his mission to that
place.
Clark s. Co., the hardware merchants,
have placed fifty foot sign upon the
apex of their Fifth avenue store which
shows off TO good advantage. The sign
cost sl35.
L. Il. Casey returned from Duluth on
the 'unsalted sea" yesterday, where lie
went few days ago to visit his son who
had the misfortune to break bis arm
short time ago.
1t wasn't warm enough for operator
Fisher yesterday. He had to so down in
the park and run foot races with the boys
but he knocked them Ill out. Challenge
Smith or Moorhead, Fisher.
The government thermometer at Bis
marck registered l07 in the shade yestcr-
day. This downs jamestown about five
degrees but we're perfectly satisfied that
Bismarck should take the lead in this
matter.
L. b. Miner advises the Alert that he
has received copies of the laws passed at
the last session ot the legislature and that
those who are entitled to copy can get
it by calling at his Office. No moro
grumbling because you do not know the
law.
Gen. Sherman and party will pass
through here tonight on train l bound
for the mountains. This is to be regret
ted, were he only to pass through here in
the day time we might have got our
Fourth of July grafton out Of him.
The final arrangements are now being
made for the Fourth of July celebration
at Darlington next Wednesday. The en-
terprislng people of that booming town
have made necessary preparations for the
accommodation of their visitors on that
occasion aud ali who attend will receive
hospltable treatment.
The town was papered yesterday for
coming of Callender's Original Georgia
Minstrels which are TO be at the opera
house on Monday evening next. If their
organization is complete they give one of
the best entertainments of the kind that
has ever been on the road. Billy Banks
will draw smiles from q mummy by his
funny acts.
Talk about mopping off your noble
brow, it was too busy work yesterday.
Oh, for blizzard, not great large one
but little one for cent. If 1t would
only light right down here in the sane
tum we'd he more than happy. It's sad
we all have to suffer SO much but We no
business to be so close living in proximity
to Devils Lake.
ia. Terry, a faithful cmploye Of the
"Alert" typographical force, was COM
pletely overcome yesterday by receiving
q dispatch from home announcing the
dangerous illness of his mother. Mr..
Terry took the afternoon train for home
in hopes of reaching home before his
mother breathed her last. Such . jour-
ney is more than sad and llls many friends
here feel for him in his hour of trouble.
''It does seem strange" said . citizen
to an Alert reporter yesterday afternoon
who was endeavoring to hold his melting
form together against the shady side of
building, ''that jamestown did not take
hold of Fourth Of July celebration and
held out some inducements for people to
come here instead Of having them taken
away from the city to enjoy the celebra-
ton of our glorious independence. For
nv part wouldn't have liked anything
better than to have taken hold of this
thing and brought 1t to focus. Caring
ton could have had her celebration just
tho same. am afraid that jamestown
is degenerating little in public spirit
and enterprise. 1t certainly ought not to
have let the glorious Fourth pass unnot-
iced.
An outrageous sell was perpetrated up
on one of sur real estate dealers by an
other of the same business the other day.
They arc all on friendly terms and visit
each other in their offices occasionally.
The time in question one Of our most en-