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Colonel Frederick L. Goodrich admir-
able life of Grover Cleveland is now
ready it is handsomely bound and print
ed, and contains upwards Of 50O pages
it is illustrated by frst-class artists; it is
from the press Of Messrs. II. IIallett &
Co., Portland, Me. As n rapid biog-
rlph,r, Colonel Goodrich doubtless stands
without a rival in America, and the vol
ume has the impress Of the broalest in
formation and most careful attention on
every page. This is tho biography that
received the incstimable benefit Of the act
i've cooperation anil assistance Of Mr..
Cleveland, his relatives and friends this
is the volume that is recommended by the
friends ard private Secretary Of the dis
tinguishel Candidate it Is Il true picture.
drawn by a master hand, of the life Of the
Statesman from the humble era lie to the
present day, and presents a striking con
trast to the score of so-eallcd Lives"
which are. to a large extent filed with ir-
r~evalent matter made up from the news
papers Of the day those who are wise will
subscribe only for the authentic Portland
edition-the Target, cheapest, handsomest
and best. The steel plate portraits Of
Cleveland and Hendricks were engraved
for the volume and are a standing rebuke
to the %caricatures which appear in the
II I aNs
, 1884-08-29

The ladies approve Of your smoking
Little Joker
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The Sultan's Children OF the Desert.
Orton's Anglo American 4 Shows-A
Horse-Raeing Hippodrome-Circus in
3 Rings-Vast Menagerie-A Gala Day
Grand and Gorgeous Parade-Ho !
for Orton's Great Showl
We clip from a neighboring paper the
following unqualified endorsement of Or
ton and his Great Show: ''Mr, Orion is
entitled to the credit due a man carrying
forward a scheme which. besides affording
rational enjoyment to the public, really
supplies a need. There are thousands,
hundreds of thousands of people who
never see anything in the shape Of amuse-
ment, in the form Of a spectacle, until the
circus comes around on its annual tour
1t is an event in their lives. To provide
these people with innocent enjoyment and
a brilliant spectacle; to attract them by
devices depicting historical scenes or char
acters; to show them what may be accom-
plished by the horse with careful and skill
full training; to collect, from all quarters
of the globe, animals the mere sight OF
which is more impressive and interesting
than any work on natural history that is
to be found in any library; to lay both sea
and land under tribute in the aim to make
this feature an attraction in itself, requires
a Judgment. an outlay and a degree Of
energy that entities its possessor to our
respect. In this way, Mr.. Orion is con-
tributing his full share to the enjoyment
and instruction Of his fellows. His street
parade is a glimpse Of paradise to many
who are unable to penetrate the mysteries
of his great tent, andthe marvels disclosed
under his canvas excites the wonder of
millions Of children. 1t is no easy matter
to satisfy the cravings Of adults to whom
the clowns, the elei hunt and monkeys are
an old story, by producing novelties and
yet retain these perpetual fountains OF joy
the clown, the ring master. the monkey,
the bears, elephant, the jests and pranks
that surprise chillren and their elders into
laughter.
Viii positively exhibit at Cheyenne,
Saturday August 30.
, 1884-08-29
CLOTHING, BOOTS SHOES, UNDER
WEAR HATS AND CAPS
and all kinds Of Mems Furnishing Goods
for Ranch or City use, they will
.Nof be osndone
By any mercantiIe house in this city.

by any mercantile house in this city.
They have a selected stock especially
adapted for Ranch use Of Blankets and
Tarpaulins-Full line and new goods
Full line Of the celebrated California
Buck Gloves, Heavy Wool and Cashmere
Bicycle Shirts. Underwear. well made
and of strong material. Special makes of
Roots and Shoes for
RGnchnien and F,-etghterS.
We carry large stocks of all lines OF
Wearing Apparel for Ranch use, and
have facilities for furnishing goods in
large quantities, and, consequently, at
reasonable prices,
, 1884-08-29

Ellis keeps the boss soda water.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

THERE is more method than sincerity
in the fulsome notices OF Blaine's boom
which appear from day to day IN the dem
ocrattc press of the country. They man
ifest 90 much interest in the nomination
of the man of Maine that his selection as q
candidate by the republican party should
be well considered before being decided
upon if mis- boom should ever reach such
magnitude as to make such result OF
the Chicago convention possible. Every
one Of these democratic organs has tom.
ahawk and scalping knife secreted in
convenient reach ''lsying'' for his scalp.
II he should be nominated, upon the an
nouncement OF the ballot these political
lshlnaelites will pounce upon him like .
tribe of Sioux warriors. The bombs of
campaign thunder which they load
ed for him four years ago have never
been fired of yet and they have kept the
powder dry in anticipation Of the coming
campaign, and in the meantime have
added largely to their stores OF aTmnni-
i,on. Blaine is = shining mark and every
democratic gun is loaded for him, and
these fattering notices are but decoys to
bring HIM into range. His pubic record
il voluminouss and il he has made no
fatal mistakes he Is an exception in the
way Of human perfection such - the
American nation has never yet produced.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

Now comes the report that some wan
dering Arabs have found musty scrolls of
parchment containing the original manu-
script Of the Mosaic books of the old tes-
lament, found on the supposed route
pursued by the lsraelites IN their journey
from Egypt to Palestine. They have been
submitted TO the eminent DR.. Hsrkovy,
ofst. Petersburg, the celebrated Hebraist,
who Is giving critical examination. The
probability is that these nomadic Be-
douins have heard of Barnum's "only
greatest show on EARTH and naturally
caught on to the idea that he would pay
. round price for Its history as written by
Noses himself. The great Snowman will
make financial calculation upon the
amount he could reap from those who
now are debarred by conscientious scru-
pies from patronizing his show by adding
the only original pentateuch to hls hip.
podrome, for the sacredness Of the relic
would more than counterbalance the
levity of his clowns in their more anti
quated jokes.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

THE Bismarck Tribune Of yesterday
gives United States Attorney Hugh j.
Campbell, of Yankton, combing down
for his oficiousness in annoying the peo-
pie by dragging them by the score before
the grand jury at Yankton to obtain
some tangible hold upon the capital COM
mission. 1t does seem even to disinter-
ested spectators that this drsgnet pro-
cedure IS being carried to excess. The
grand jury which was in session for
months during the winter At Fargo Ger
tainly afforded all reasonable facilities
for sitting that matter near the homes Of
the Witnesses who may be supposed to
know something about it, and that was
time in the year when and place where
they couldihave attended without serious
inconvenience. Now they are required
to travel nesrly thousand miles and be
away from their homes at . time of yesr
when their work most demands their
presence, Mr.. Campbell's motives may
be good and he may hsye only the ends of
justice in view, but he has certainly
chosen an inconven,ent place and unfor-
tunate time Of the year to make the in
vestigation. The end does not always
justify the means employed in attain
inr II
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

The New York Sun says that if Tilden
desires the nomination of the national
democratic convention all that is neces-
sary for him to do is to let the fact be
known. The Sun thinks the nomination
of Tilden would silence the senseless
wrangle of the democrats over the tariff
question and lead the party on an aggres-
slve line of reform instead of allowing it
to drift along to be knocked out of time
in the last round as it was under the lead
of Gen. Hancock four years ago by sud-
denly springing the tariff issue upon him.
There is no Disgusting the fact that old
Sam. Tilden is the best political organizer
and campaign leader in the United States
to-day, and when 1t becomes certain that
he vail be nominated the rep ublican party
might as we'll commence throwing up
breastworks for the old man will move
heaven and earth to compass victory.
The silly attempt to rldicule Tilden out
OF the race on account of his age and ply
sical lndrmities Is a burlesque on intelll-
gent journalism. II requires brain and
courage to lead presidential campaign
and those who believe that Tilden ls de-
ficient in either of these have forgotten
the campaign Of 1876.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

THIS, Easter Sunday, will be celebrated
throu ughout the christian world in CON-
memoration of the resurrection of the Sa-
vior from the dead and will very natural.
ly concentrate the thoughts of the people
upon that subject as no other occasion
would All agree that Jesus Christ was
the most practical teacher, exemplary
character and sublime model that the
world has ever known whether they adj
init His divinity or not. He was devotee
of the principles he taught. so entirely
unselfish that no personal insult or assault
stung Him TO resentment nor did any def
erence shown Him inspire personal am
bition. lie was living, perfect and I'M
wavering example of the precepts he
taught when reviled by His adversaries
He revlled not, and when His followers
exalted Him He humbled himself He
performed miracles only when they could
be tnyned to the exaltatlen Of His Father
sad never for His own personal elevation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

TRE Bismarck Tribune very properly
takes the Minneapolis board Of trade 10
task for incontinently tabli"g aud smoth-
ering proposition to endorse the Strait
bill for reducing the prlce Of public lands
within the railroad land grant limits to
Sl.25 per acre. Ii nothing had been said
about it IN that body there would have
been no occasion for criticism, but this
sct,on carries with it the moral effect of
opposition to the measure though not
technically opposed to it. 1t is one Of
these negative positions which means
what It does not say. Minneapolis may
consider herself bigger than the land
grant district of the Northwest but she
will "grow smaller by degrees and beau-
tiiully less" in the comparison as time
and the development of this part of the
country 60 on. II is true We ship most
Of our wheat to Duluth instead of to the
great city of mills, not that We have any
partiaiity in favor of the one or against
the other, but because We can realize
more for our wheat at the zenith city.
The Minneapolis board of trade should
remember that the merchants in the land
grant country can buy their goods just as
cheap of the wholesale dealers in ST. Paul
as from those OF Minneapolis and not
have to pay = cent more for freight.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

The dispatches from St. Paul show o
gratifying tide of emigration into North
Dakota, and this season promises to sur
pass all previous booms In the way of
settlers. No country or territory on the
continent has settled so rapidly as Dakota
since the opening and development of the
northern portion was commenced only
q few years ago. The southern part has
been settled for twenty years but the name
and geographical location of the territory
was comparatively unknown among the
masses of the people until the last few
years when the northern part was opened
to commerce and profitable development
by the Northern Pacific railroad. Now
the people In all stations and pursuits of
life, IN all parts of the United States from
Maine to California, from the cham of
lakes on the north to the Gulf Of McKee,
on the south, know the map Of Dakota
by heart. 1t will only be few more
years till the farms will join each other
like network all over the territory and
farm houses and barns may be counted by
the hundred from an elevation anywhere.
Then people will wonder why they let
the golden opportunity pass unimproved
to secure home and farm for the mere
trouble of settling upon and bringing it
under cultivation.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

The reports from st. Paul in the dis
patches nearly every night now give 4
correct idea of the immense tide OF emf
grafton TO the Northwest, for that city
is made the gateway through which
nearly all the tide passes. 1t is true that
the number includes those bound for
Manitoba and the country beyond the
Rocky mountains, but a large proportion
Of them will settle somewhere in Dakota.
Farming is no longer doubtful expert.
ment in this country but has been demon
strated a profitable industry more sure of
abundant reward than IN many of the
famous gram producing states. Nearly
every neighborhood in the states now has
reliable representatives in Dakota, and
this Is strong attraction to others to
follow. and 50 ON ever increasing the
moving inspiration TO emigrate to the
northwest. As every year the people
become better acquainted with the agrl-
cultural resources of the soil, the more
profitable its cultivation. Those who
come now can learn from information
what the older settlers hsye had to learn
from experiment, and while the older
settlers have had choice OF location the
new ones will have the advantage Of their
experience.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

IT must make president Arthur pray to
be delivered from his friends to see his
Chicago supporters coming up from the
south where not a single republican pres.
idential elector will be elected and see
his own home state parcelling out its del
egaies for nearly every other candidate
but him. He will soon be convinced that
"a prophet is not without honor save in
his own country" Such support, stand
ing almost alone, is worse than to
be ignored entirely. 1t is like cipher,
good to fill in with at the convention but
will count naught at the election. Those
states which have to furnish the votes to
elect the president will not concede away
the right to select the candidate.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

NEVER until the millennium shall be
fully come in and the hon and the lamb
snail lie down together is It to be expec-
ted that any convention of Chicago peo-
pie Of any political party can meet with
out a row. The convention last Satur-
day to appoint delegates to the national
convention was the Kilkenny cat fight
and resulted in doubleheaded delegations
to the national convention. Fortunately
for that body it will be strong enough to
snuff out these disturbcrs of the political
peace, but unfortunately the fire eaters
of that city are strong enough in number
to turn the electoral vote of the state over
to the democrats, If they should be able
to hang together until the November cleo
ton, and for this reason policy would
suggest interest enough in their quarrels
to give them patient hearing rather
than kicking the whole OF them out as
natural inclination would dictate. 1t IL
not probable that either of the factions is
right. The question is which is the more
wrong. 1t is a Logan and anti-Logan
fight which other candidates will regret
with great deal of satisfaction and have
no disposition to interfere with, for while
thev are eating each other up they arc
not dangerous to outside parties.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

SOME days ago the Fargo Argus pub
lished that ''lt is stated'' that the dele
gate to the national republican conven-
ton from North Dakota has already been
"fxed'' by Delegate Raymond and others
near the throne of the fixing power, and
the Grand, Forks Plaindealer asserts that
Geo. Il. Winship, editor Of the Herald Of
that place is the favored unknown and
that none others need apply. All this
time Delegate Raymond has been giving
strict attention to his duties in congress
as the representative of the territory, Ia
BORING with the committee TO obtain ia
vorable action upon the various bills in
the interest Of the whole of Dakota and
who perhaps is as UNCONSCIOUS of these po-
litical maneuvers with which he is &C
credited as if no convention had been
called If any man has been setting up the
pins for such result 1t is somebody who
has less TO do than Delegate Raymond.
There ls nothing in it worth striving for
at best, and we apprehend the people, or
the representatives Of the people, who
will meet at Huron the 23d inst. will not
consider it their mission to go all the way
to Huron 10 assent TO selection of dele.
gate from either section already made.
If that is the kind of territorial conven-
ton We are to have the delegates might
as well, on the score of utility and much
better on thatIof economy, meet by pos
tai card or send their photographs. 1t is
certainly an uncomplimeStarys statement
to say that the 229 delegates who are
called to meet at Huron next week will
have practically no voice in the appoint
ment Of the delegates to the Chicago con-
vention, and we do not believe any such
scheme has been attempted by Mr.. Ray
mond or any one else. The delegates to
the territorial convention have not been
appointed yet and the only way such 3
result could he now pre-arranged would
be BY obtaining the assent of the masses
of the people identified with the republic
can party which We think 1t safe to say
has not been done by any person or fac
tion Such scheme as setting up the
pins for any person as delegate is an i'm
possibility until the delegates to the ter
rltorial convention are appointed, and no
doubt nearly every county delegation will
have home man in its eye as the proper
person to send to the national convention
at Chicago.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18
The HACK Hu,e 1oaa.

ST. PAUL, April l6-The rumor that
it is the intention of the Northern Pacific
to build road from Nedora to Black
Hills they deny having any such idea
1t has been under consideration for some
time but the aspect Of the country Is
prohibiting and the plan 10 given up.
Another course has been talked on favor
ably which is from Nandan and Fl.
Yates and then in = straight Southwestern
ly direction. The latter way i lenger
but the road would run through . com
paratlvely level country. Should the
road oe built from Medora to Black Hills,
it will be built by some private parties or
company and not by the Northern Pacific.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

The score on presidential candidates
50 far as the delegates TO the national
convention have been chosen stands
about as follows: A bout txo hundred
have been appointed of whom twelve are
instructed for Arthur, twenty-eight fol
Blame and eighteen for Logan. The bal
ance are uninstructcd, and the friends
Of each asplrant claim large proportion
of them. So far US Instructions have
been given and preferences expressed
Arthur seems to have about twice as
many as Blaine and Blame twice as
many as Logan. About onc-fourth OF
the whole number of delegates haye
been chosen and great many states will
be broken in appointing the other three.
fourths. 1t is thought by some who have
been trying to unravel the political puzzle
that Blaine and Sherman will pool. but
as the Ohio statesman does not seem to
have any delegates TO put into the ar
rangemens it is not likely the man OF
Maine will go into partnership with q
competitor who Is bankrupt in voting
assets available in the convention. Sher-
man could well afford it as he would
have everything to gain and nothing to
lose, but Blame would not be likely to
accept the reverse conditions. Arthur
will come into the convention with a
strong support from the south, but the
moral influence of that support will be
against him rather than in his favor
because for every two votes these states
may give him in the convention they
would give one electoral vote against him
in the election.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

The question is being raised in several
places in this territory affect ing rights OF
action on the pert of partnership firms
under section 1442 of the code which
provides that every such firm show the
name and place of residence of each
member by certificate filed with the clerk
of the district court OF the county or
subdivision in which It's principal bust
ness is transacted and by publication OF
the same once week for tour consecu-
tive weeks in a newspaper published in
the county, or If no newspaper IS pub
lished in the county, in one published IN
an adjoining county. Section l445 pro-
vides that no firm doing business con-
trary to these provisions shall MAINTAIN
any action upon or on account of any
contracts made or transactions had in
their partnership name in any court in
this territory until they have first filed
their certificate and made publication as
required. Other sections make provision
for new certificates and new publications
for changes in firm.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

NEARLY all the prominent democratic
politicians who have been interviewed on
the subject are opposed to making the
tariff an issue OF the campaign. $. j..
Tilden, who is yet master in the art OF
political shrewdness, Is emphatlcally op-
posed to it. Gov. Hoadley, of OHIO. who
has had some indistinct visions of presl-
Dental honers, sets his foot down on the
tariff issue, and the tariff plank of the
democratic platform in Pennsylvania,
which is supposed to reflect the ideas of
Sam. Randall, lodges every issue that
could be raised on that question. Henri
Watterson, of the Louisville Courier
journal, who is a superlative crank on
the question, and his political man-ser-
want, Speaker Carlisle, are the only dem
ocrats OF any note who are blind enough
to sec victory on free trade platform.
In most respects it Is good doctrine for
the west, and the democratic and repab-
lican parties are as much united upon it
as either party alone Is, but no man OF
any party name can be elected president
of the United States upon free trade
platform now. The only way in which
the free trade states can accomplish any
thing for tue idea IS in the election of
congressman who have ability above that
of the school district statesman and viii
lage politician to agitate and advocate it.
The protectionists of Pennsylvania have
kept Sam. Randall and "plg iron" Kelley
in congress continuously for twenty years
while the free traders in the west have
been changing every term and sending
new members to be mown down in their
verdancy by these giants of experience in
political tactics.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18

The bill which has passed the house
requiring the gubernatorial appointee for
executive Of q territory to be q resident of
such territory for two years before ap-
pointment is favorable indication fer
Col. Lounsbery, who, besides, has the en-
dorsemens of some solid congressional
delegations and other high individual
official support. There can hardly lie .
question but th.t Col. Leunsberry is the
choice of this territory far beyond all
other competitors for the position of gov
ernor.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-04-18
THE WEEKLY ALERT.
j.. e. WARNOCK, EDITOR.

NEVER until Mrs. Hayes husband was
president has there been an admlnistra-
tion Of which there was 80 little said
eather for or against as that of president
Arthur. Like his predecessor he has been
neither cold nor hot, aggressive nor slack
aud consequently has neither inspired en-
thuslastic commentator nor provoked
severe criticism.