Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1884-03-21

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te-day.
Pat Monan will seed about five hun
dred acres this season.
Our coal dealers begin to mourn OIL ac-
count Of approaching spring.
Tarbell will be one of the prominent
burgs on the James River line.
The passenger train from the west was
twelve hours late yesterday tor some
cause beyond the Missouri.
The Alert IS in possession OF pleasant
news concerning the future of the James
River Valley but we can't "givejt away"
just now.
''Full many flower is born 10 blush unseen
Ana vast its fragrance on desert air.
Full many man hath drawn another queen
And pulled sweetened jackpot from kis liar.
Washington Hatchet.
Do not think that because man snaps
you u2 every time you speak to HIM, that
he has not an agreeable disposition. 1t
may be that he has bad stomach.
The Mandan Pioneer refers to one of
the citizens Of that town as "a good
church going man." We judge from that
that Frank Mead still lives there.
There was good attendance at the
Methodist church last night. There will
be meeting at that place this afternoon
and tonight to which all are cordially
invited
David Goodman, Jr. returned yesterday
from business visit of several weeks in
the eastern cities purchasing a spring
stock of goods for their clothing store in
this city and in Bismarck.
The miners at Couer d'Alene have
passed resolution that "Not Chinaman
shall ever enter the diggings unless he
climbs tree with one end Of lariat
over q llmb.'' This is movement look
ing toward the elevation Of the Chinese
race.
The large number Of transient in addi-
tion to the regular list of boarders makes
the Grand Central a lively place now.
The G. G. is a very popular place with
the travelling public as well as with our
home people.
Old Sitting Bull has been at the Mer-
chants hotel in ST. Paul for several days
and not one OF the papers in that city
has exhibited enterprise enough to inter
view him upon the presidential situation
or the tariff.
+ The kids have commenced the usual
out door spring amusements, the girls
with the skipping rope and the boys with
marbles, chalk ring for the latter of
which can be seen on the walk almost
anywhere.
In view Of the warm weather and rapid
disappearance Of the snow the farmers
are making preparations to commence
seeding. The prospect now is that seed
ing will commence a week or ten days
earlier than last year, and the conditions
for good crop were never better.
Miss Needhnm, teacher of the school
at Eldridge, ls in the city spending the
spring vacation with her friends. The
patrons of her school speak very highly
of her as teacher and as an cstlmable
lady socially.
The water works company is arrang
ing to commence the work of construc-
tion at the earliest possible day and will
push the work along as rapidly as cir
cumstances and facilities will permit.
All the labor that can be utilized TO ad-
vantage will be employed.
1t would improve the convenience and
pleasure of gong abou: the city if the Ice
and snow were removed from the walks
The chopping through some eff the ridges
across the streets would also take off the
surface water standing on the streets
which is neither ornamental or nseful.
Yesterday was the warmest Of the sea-
son and snow disappeared rapidly. Many
of the high points on the bluffs are already
visible and few more such warm days
will remove the snow entirely except in
the heavy drifts which are also decreasing
in Size
Mr.. Johnston, an efficient member of the
board OF education, has resigned In con-
sequence of his necessary absence from
the city by engaging in business in La
Mr.. Johnston is good school
man and on this account as we'll as many
others the Alert regrets his leaving
Mr. Johnston is good cit |
p,and an honorable business man and
a host of friends in this city wish him
success in his business enterprise in the
thriving new town of LaMoure.
Some unknown writer catches this |
glimpse of the migration that has Dako-
IA for its goal this season: 1t is coming
from the east and from the south, from
the sunny shores of Italy and from the
vine-clad slopas of France; from the
marts Of England and from the I
cursed confines Of the Emer-
Ald Isle; the sturdy German joins the roll
ing flood and the highlands and lowlands