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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

WE regret to see a man Of Gx-delcgate
Pe,tigrew's prominence IN Dakota his
tory and politics making himself so ndi-
culous before the public as he is doing in
his sentiments upon the south Dakota
statehood question. However anxious
he may be to accomplish that end neither
he nor any of his coadjutors who value
their standing before the public as worth
anything can afford to advocate rcvolu-
tionary scheme which the moral and pa
triotic sense of the nation will at once
emphatcalIy condemn. Their referring
to tho organization of Michigan and a
half dozen other states as prccedcnts is
but the vcrlest sophistry, and has little
more relevancy to their proposed plan Of
statehood than the Dred Scott decision.
In a recent interview with a Chicago
Inter Ocean reporter, Mr.. Pettigrew is
reported as saying that after they have
adopted their state constitution and or
ganized their state government, "the
United States marshals would be put IN
Jail If they came here to resist the law
fully constituted powers of the people of
this state as expressed through the ballot
box'' The leaders Of the rebellion never
gave expression to more revolutionary
sentiment than the above.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
scolding the Strikers.

NEW YORK, Aug. 6.-Thc Times says
1t will weaken the brotherhood to call
out the railroad operators. To call them
out out now would saver of compulslon
and that 1t is clear that they are not in
clined of their own notion TO leave their
instruments. The Sun says the brother
hoods action in calling out the railway
operators is wrong and unjusti1able, and
says the fact that they have ordered them
out amounts to declaration that the
telegraph strike has failed.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

Bismarck Tribune: Prior to leaving
tor jamestown last evening Sheriff Nc
Kcnzlc caused the keys of the jail to be
turned over to MIR. Neal, chairman Of the
board of county commissioners, who will
act as deputy sheriff temporarily. Both
Mr.. Waldron aud Tom Woods have re-
tired from active life. 1t is said that Mr..
Woods and his brother got into fracas
yesterday afternoon and considerable had
blood was spilled on both sides. Tom
was quite seriously cut up and at last ac-
counts was under the Doctors care at the
jail. Mr.. waldron resigned the position
Of deputy sheriff Yesterday and the ap-
pointmeat Of Mr.. Neal is probably the
best that could be made. There will 5e
nothing crooked about the Jail - long q
- has control.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
James River Valley Railroad Meeting

A meeting of the directors of the
James River Valley railroad company
was held yesterday at which the following
officers were elected: E. F. Wells, presl-
dent Of the James River National bank,
president; ID. Nick. Lloyd, of Pittsburg,
Pa, and member Of the firm of Lloyds
bankers, vice president: Il. E. Wall4ce,
president of the First National bank sec.
retary and treasurer; Hon. Rodcrick
Rose, attorney; w. q. Jones, chief en-.
gineer. The above gentlemen are all
well known in this city and North Dako-
ia except Mr.. Jones who is q railroad
civil engineer of lifelong experience, who
learned the profession from hls father be-
fore him. He was late chief engineer of
of the Ohio Central railroad and IS one of
of ,hr best practical railroad men in the
country. The chief engineer was In
structcd to run line at once from James
town to Glendale and will begin work
Tomorrow morning. There is every
prospect Of this road being put through
at once.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

FORD, who killed Jesse James, the pat
ron saint Of Missouri desperadoes, is hav
ing some trouble now in answering incourt
for the part he himself took III train
robbery with the James gang some years
ago. The unfortunate thing about his
killing Jesse james was he did not give
Jesse half chance so that they might
both have shot at the same time and both
been killed. People could then have de-
cided at their leisure which of the two
was the greater bencfactor of his race for
the killing of an outlaw. But if Ford
should now be hanged it would make it
all right, and add new force to the old
Roman proverb that "time makes all
things even."
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

In case just decided by the supreme
court in Minnesota against the Manitoba
road for horses killed in shipment, the
railroad set up in defence written con-
tract with the shipper that in case of the
stock being killed other than by neg
ligence on the part of the employees Of the
company the road should not be II Id
liable, and IN no case not to exceed sloo
per head. The cSurt held that the rule
of law that common carrier cannot by
contract relieve himself from liability for
his own negligence, and that this rule
applies to live stock as well as Inanlmate
property. Neither could the carrier by
contract limit the measure of damages 1t
was therefore held by the court this con-
tract was not valid as cxempt,ng In
whole or in part from liability for It's own
negligence to the extent Of the value Of
the DrODerty,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
DAKOTA NEWS.

1t is said that H. E. Sargent, ex-man-
ager the Northern Pacific road, is at
the head of an enterprise to build road
from Sioux City to the Turtle mountains,
crossing the Northern Pacific at Tower
City. If built . branch will run to
Grand Forks.
The golden spike Of the sanborn and
Coeperstswn railroad will be driven upon
completion of the road to the latter place
Mis-. Julia Cooper will pound the pre-
c,ous spike int its wooden bed.
Lincoln township, Sphinx county. which
comprises ia square miles, will hold an
election August IL. to vote e6,ooo bonds
with which to build ten new scheol
houses.
Messrs. Thorn ana Yorke will erect .
malt house in Fargo with LOG, 600 bushels
capacity, and brewing and ale manu-
factory N cennectioa. TIE lavsse0sas
Of lie gsatlenea Will anoant TO sbost
slcc.cce.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

AT the state election in Kentucky last
Monday she home state of the thug, con-
gresham Thompson. came to the front
with the usual number of !''justitiable
homicides,' but as none of the corpscs
were found 10 have been shot IN the back
Thompson IS not implicated by the ver-
diets of the coroners' juries. To say that
the state went democratic would be about
as supcrtluous as to publish the fact that
the Ohio river still continues to empty
into the Mississippi. Proctor Knott who
stole Pat Domains 'Zenith city of the un-
salted seas" speech was elected governor
by little less than half million ma
iorltY.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
North Dakota Towns.
BY THOMAS SWAIN, D. d.

BY THOMAS SWAIN, D. u.
In westward travel, it Is not often that
one finds such towns as Greely, Colorado
and jamestown, Dakota-having advan-
tages not only such as are common to
many places, but some that are special.
And while so many young people are
proposing to "go west" it Is important
that they, aud heir friends consider the
main points, moral, intelligence and
health, as well as enterprise and thrift.
Many towns along the North Pacific rail-
road have more or less of these points,
but jamestown seems to be the most de-
sirahle. Its situation strikes the traveller
as unique and beautiful. not like other
places which merely spread out on the
prairie, but here the James River Valley
expands over about one thousand acres,
all around which bluffs seem to rise.
This inclesure of the bluffs is all plated
off, and is now being built as the centre.
Out on the bluffs the plating is being ex-
tended, and In the future fine residences
will crown the crest, while the valley
part will be mainly occupied with busi-
ness. The boom in real estate appears to
have passed and prices are settling down
to solid figures.
The land on allsdes for many miles
out on the prairRis generally tst-class
for agricultural purposes, and already i.
producing excellent crops, and Is largely
TAXI n up by enterprising farmers. Thus
the town will bcco,iA the centre Of ,
most important agricultural district
through which vag0ds new lines ef rail
roads are now projected. On The bla1
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
The Last Golyatha.

A special telegram from Reddeld to the
Chicago Tribune gives an account of the
discovery Of an old fort which totally
eclipses Mandan's skull discovery. The
dispatch says that several parties at work
on farm four and half miles south of
Reddeld have discovered an old fort,
which occupied nearly two acres, and
from which nearly 200 human skulls have
been exhumed. On an elevation Of ground
nearly $50 feet higher than the surround
ing country, and at distance Of ones
half mile west of the Chicago & North
western railroad, is fort nearly round,
aud no doubt years and years age it was
the means Of defense for some tribe
which was eventually oYerpowed and
massacred. This carthwork was thrown
up with = ditch on either side, and at
one time three feet wide and Of the
same depth. There are three theories ad-
vanced First, 1t is stated that party of
nearly 700 people started from Southern
Wisconsin, and before they reached the
Missouri, river were met by the savsges
and many we're massacred and the sur'i-
vcrs turned back into Minnesota; second,
from the sculls enc would Judge that the
people were taken prisoners and slaugh-
tered. The reason for this conjecture is
that on nearly al the same side Of the
head is smashed in. Third, the trench
where they were found is only 10 feet
long and 3 feet wide, and it is not known
how many have been exhumed, some say
ing that over $50 have been taken out,
and almost all of them have double teeth
all around on the lower jaw, and as
neither Indians nor Europeans as . rule
have teeth Of that description, they pro-
badly date back to the mound builders.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
The Falls Of the Missouri.

A Minneapolis man who has just re-
turned from Fort Benton says to the Plo-
neer Press that he improved an opportu-
nifty presented during his absence for
visiting what are known as the great
falls of the Missouri, located about forty
miles above Fort Benton. Mr.. Lawrence
says the magnitude and grandeur Of these
falls cannot be described and the grand
descents of the Missouri mako the fails
of st. Anthony seem comparatively in
significant, but the latent powers Of the
former cannot be utilized like those of
the latter, owing to the precipitous banks
through which the Missouri plunges
downward to reach civilization. MIR.
Lawrence found not single drop in the
current of the great river but a succession
of falls which he mentions as follows !:
The first, or lower fall, is ninety three
feet IN height; the next is Crooked fall,
three miles above, with an abrupt de.
scent of nineteen feet; about sixty reds
above is Rainbow, with fall of forty
seven feet; still above the latter is Little
fall with drop eftwelve feet; and the
connected series ends two and half
miles above, with Black Eagle falls, ,twen-
ty-six and half feet, the Missouri making
q downward plunge of 1919 feet within
4 distance Of a few miles. In the dis
tance of twelve miles from the foot OF the
lower fall there IS a total descent Of
about 400 feet in the Missouri and the
volume of water Is equal to that of the
Mississippi at Minneapolis. Explorers
have frequently visited these falls with
view to selecting mill sites, but the on
rushing currents are of such tremcnd-
Gus force and volume, and tear their way
through such high and massive embank.
ments that all efforts to harness or
utilize them have proved utterly futile
thus far. According to Mr.. Lawrence,
however, Minnesota enterprise has found
its way to point near the lower falls,
where Paris Gibson of Minneapolis and
James J. Hill of st. Paul have established
or are making preparations to establish
m extensive stock ranch, with an eye,
possibly, to the still unused water power
above them. At present the Yellowstone
park is the Mecca OF adventurous tourists
but the day IS notfar distant when thous-
ands of people will annually visit one Of
the wonders Of the world-the great falls
of the Missouri.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
Reward for Wire Cutters.

New YoHK, Aug. The following
was issued to-day from the executive
offices of the Western Union Telegraph
company.
NEW YORK, Aug. 7-Notice--It has
come to cur knowledge that in cennec-
ton with the strike of operators and lne-
men an organized plan of cutting the
wires and crossing the wires Of the
Western Union and other companies in
New York city and vicinity has been
agreed upon, and is now being carried
cut. In pursuance to such plan, large
number Of wires have been cut during
the past week, and fifty-nine were cut
last night IN New York and vicinity, the
work showing all the marks Of having
been done by skilled hands, and 81 900
reward will therefore be paid by this COM
pany for the arrest and conviction of
each every person wilfully displacing, IN
juring or destroying any part Of this csm-
pany's telegraph lines or appurtenances.
tSigned.)
THE WESTERN UNION TEL. Co.
THOMAS T. EcKERT, Acting President
In relation to this matter the officials
of the company say the cable box at
Coscob was destroyed last night and the
cables cut, that twenty-six out OF twenty
nine Mutual Union wires were rendered
useless at Scassdale, and The American
Union and Atlantic & Pacific routes to
Boston interrupted with the evident in
tentien of preventing the Boston papers
from getting full reports of the slugging
affair at Madison Square garden.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

THE campaign IN Ohio IS warming up
and Judge Foraker and Judge Hoadly,
respectively republican and democratic
candidates for governor, are charging
each other with being unscrupulous liars
The charge would not amount to much
one way or tho other but they are each
proving it with cutting closeness. 1t is
not a very difficult task, it seems, to
prove an Ohio politician a liar. They
are all judges over there. AS soon as a
man is elected school director he is duS-
bed Judge and holds H. title for life.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
The Esterly Binder.

The best proofs Of the merits Of the
Esterly Binder IS in the demand for it.
1t has como TO be known as the 'boss'
IN the harvest field all ever the country.
Thousands of testimonials to its superior
ity have been received by the manufac-
turers embracing every agricultural por-
ton of the continent.
Carpenter & Smith, agents at Athens,
Mich, say they sold twelve Of the Esterly
Binders this year and had not single
call for help in operating them.
Wallace s. Heck, Carthage, Me-, sold
four this year. No trouble in operating
them was heard and no expert required.
Brewer & Burton, Sullivan, Ind, sold
eight this year and worked through mud
and heavy wheat with entire satisfaction.
W. D. swartzel, Lewisburg, Ohio, says:
"We went into field Of the heaviest
barley ever saw. just as thick ss the
stalks could stand, green, down and
badly tangled. The ground was soft
after heavy rains but the Estsrly waded
right through, taking up every stalk and
never missing a bundle"
Potter & Johnston, Stil}man Valley,
ILL.,, say the Esterly harvester and binder
has given the best Of satisfaction. We
have started five this season and have
never been called upon 70 make o
change or give minutes attention after
they left our hands.
II. Poehler s. Co., Henderson, MIMI,
say: We have sold eighteen of your
Binders and have no trouble with them
10 speak of. All we had to do with the
eighteen machines after they were set up
properly was to hitch on the horses, let
them 60 and look out that they did not
run away, which case happened with Mr..
r. Touneholm, who had little break
age, which, however, was soon repaired.
J. T. Eager on north Fifth avenue is
agent for the Esterly Binder in James
town.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
All and Comfort.

PHILADELPHIA, Ang. 6.--Thc national
convention of iron and steel workers to-
day passed the following resolution:
Be it resolved by the national league Of
the Amalgamated Association of iron and
steel workers, IN convention assembl ed,
that we do hereby extend to our striking
present struggle against monopoly, and
we do hope that ere many days a victory
for the telegraph operators will be an
nounced all over the union.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

Eighteen young ladies of Grand Forks
are to play game of base bail for sweet
charity's sake.
Sam. II. Berg, merchant at Ottawa,
Oak, loved Sophia Gunderson unwlsely
and paid $500 rather than stand SUIT for
seduction.
The new NJ. E. Church of Mitchell,
OAK, was dedicated by Chaplain McCabe.
A debt of $4,000 was raised. The build
ing cost ed,oo0.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10

A little way up the aisle sits queer
looking bundle. An immense CLOAK, =
hat, peering somewhere out Of the mid
die thin, pale, sad little face. This.
brain and eyes enrolled in countless
Nlicknesses of flannel and broadcloth
wrappings belong to the Hon. Alexander
a. Stephens, Of Georgia. How any
thing SO small and sick and sorrowful
could get here all the way from Geor-
gia. is wonder. If he were to draw
his last breath any instant you would
not be surprised. II he were laid ont
in his coffin he wouldn't look any diff.
ferent, only then the fires would have
gone out in those burning eyes. ST
- they are, in the wax-white face. t1ey
seem to burn and blaze. Still, on tho
ccuntenance is stamped that palSos q
,long-continued suffering which goes -
to the heart. He took tho nsb1iaen
oath in his chair, and, when h -
takea = - finls picked NJ -
and csEfitea - q = 4 u wouo y
feather. lfayy Cemssee.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
The Steele Herald explains that it mis-

The Steele Herald explains that it mis-
quoted Burns purposely so that its read
ers might lie able to comprehend what the
lines meant. We cannot speak for the
people of Kidder county from personal
knowledge and will have to accept the
Herald's statement, uut ever here in
Stutsman county the people can under
stand Burns, or any other author for that
matter, fully as well as the average coun-
try editor; in fact, an edlter in this coun-
try can learn something in literature,
science or almost anything else any day
by associating and mingling with the peo-
pie, and the Alert would advise the editor
of the Herald to try it with his people.
We will guarantee that in very short
time lie will have a higher estimate of
the intelligence of the common people
and know more himself.
The Herald also expresses the opinion
that il Conkllng had stopped off at
jamestown the alert could not have Sc
cured half dozen followers in giving
MIN 4 reception. lnc AleTC is HoI lIt CHe
reception business for any one, but We
venture to say that no man that has ever
passed over the Northern Pacific railroad
would receive more honor from the peo-
pie of Jamestown, if the opportunity were
offered, than they would gHe the great
lawyer and brilliant statesman of New
York, and it would be spontaneous af-
fair of the whole people without regard
to political party or half breed or stalwari
factions. Such a narrow -mindedness and
petty prejudice as that which seems to
control the Herald has no place among
the intelligent and liberal people Of
jamestown. We honor man for his
ability aud brain and not for the railroad
stocks and town lots he owns. We dc
not believe the Herald represents the peo.
pie Of Steele or of Kidder county in it,
prejudice against MIR. Conkliug, and II
jamestown should give that distinguished
gentleman a reception We would reasona.
bly, expect large delegation from ths
county to come over and jein in the oc'
caeiou.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
scorched Tranps.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Aug. Fire last
night destroyed large stone building
which was formerly used as -four mill,
but lately for the storage of baled hay, Of
which large amount was stored at the
time of the fire. Beng located near the
railroad, the building was used great
deal by tramps as lodging places. The
fire drove number of them out last
night who report three missing. One
body has been recovered. Tho names of
the missing are unknown.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
The Baltimore 4 Ohio.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.-Oiticials of the
main office Of the Baltimore & Ohio
Telegraph company make the following
stat ement: All tho operators at Camden
station quit work to-day. Not one re-
NAMED. They have heard from nearly
every station along the lines of the read
and the number striking and leaving
their posts Goes not exceed half dozen,
and their places have been supplied
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
Pennsylvania Apportionment.

HARRISBURG, Aug. THE house to-
day adopted resolution, authorizing the
appointment of conference committee
of five from each house, to consider the
subject of congressional and legislative
apportlonment. The Lowry COMPRESSION
al apportionment bill, giving the republl-
cans seventeen and the democrats eleven
districts, passed finally. Jam1son's leg
islative apportisnment bill passed its Sec
ond reading. 1t gives the republicans
thirty and the democrats twenty senators,
and the republicans l44 and democrats
80 members of the house.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-08-10
A DcSDerAdO.

A peg legged desperate who came into
town few days ago from nobody knows
where, and who laid cut on the street
night before last, went into Pat Moran's
saloon about noon yesterday and demand.
ed of an old man sitting in char that he
give him money to buy drink. This
the old s.an declined to do whereupon
the Desperate drew razor and threat
ened TO cut his throat. The bartender
then ipterfered and when they two got
down on the floor he made threats and
motion to cut his throat and might have
succeeded in the threat but for a Swede
who was present and set his foot on the
arm of the vicious desperado above the
elbow as it lay on the floor preparatory
to the fatal stroke at the bartender's
throat. Thus intercepted he gashed the
wcdc in the leg from the hip down about
an inch in depth and q foot In length.
The wound was stitched by DR.. DePuy,
and though painful will not likely be
fatal, though great deal of blood was
lost. When Sheriff McKechnie went to
arrest the vicious scoundrel he showed .
disposition to run the town in his own
way when Mack gave HIM an earthquake
on the side of his head with his fist and
changed his mind. He now occupies
cell in the jail and will have a hearing
Tomorrow. Such characters as he should
be placed where razors and other wea-
pons are kept out of reach, and all good
citizens should aid IN prosecuting them
to the full extent of the law.