Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-04-16

! The most portant work of the sum-
mer. however, will be the construction If
the new ward which will eqnal In size the
present one. II IS intended to make the
grounds ornamental as we'll as produce
tive, and In time they will serve as heau-
tiful terminus to the picturesque drive
along the banks Of the jim
Grand Forks Is making strenuous ef-
fort, and not without some show of sue.
cess, to get direct railroad connections
with Duluth. In this Duluth as we'll az
Grand Forks would be greatly benefit
ted. jamestown ought to wakcn up .
little on the subjects of railroads.
Uncle John Van nDuzen, of Tsppan, was
In the city last evening looking happy
over the prospects of soon having coun-
ty all to himself. If any one is to have
range 60, We would rather see uncle John
have it than any other man in Dakota.
Mr.. Wilbur thinks thlt Stutsman coun-
ty is greatly injured by having large
quantity of its best lands covered with
filings that do not represent bona fide
settlers.
An institution which promises to be an
important feature In the future of James
town, and which as an example OF what
can be accomplished by men alive to the
responsibilities OF a public trust, its cit.
'zens now point to with pride, Is the
North Dakota asylum for the insane. Tha
trustees certainly deserve unlimited
praise for what they have already &C.
compllshed, and the contemplated i'm
provements to be made this summer show
that they do not mean TO stop in their
work. Sunday morning carload of fine
stock for the experimental farm was un
loaded. Repairs on the house intended
for Mr.. Defiance, the farmer, are already
under way, and ground for the house of
DR.. Archibald, the superinten dent, will
shortly be broken.
j, G. Warnock reached home on Tues
day night, to spend few weeks with his
family. Mr. Warnock will undoubtedly en-.
joy the mildness of the hyperborcan and
glacial regions of North ,rn Dakota. As
Arctic climate seems however to he per-
fectly congenlal TO him, for he looks we'll
and hearty. lie will be warmly welcomed
by his many friends here who a'c glad to
shake hands with him again. Mason
City, Journal, III.
The Argus boys, probably without any
desire to destroy the moral or financial
standing of the Alert give out the impress
sion that it is desirous that they should
''skip the tral-la.la loo" The inference
gricves us much and it Will be many
moons before we can again take them in
to close and holy communion. We don't
mind the sentlmens expressed by them
halt so much as the unbecoming language
employed. We always like to be referred
to as the ''immoral bbckmaillng, sheet"
or something of that sort. These
fanciful illusions and parabolical infer
ences cast reflection upon us, stout
enough to yank the Alert from the so.
clal atmosphere which is so literally
shared by our angelic competitor over the
way.
A few evenings ago while prowling
around after news an Alert reporter
discovered Baily Fuller, the Green noun
tain boy, buying peanuts and candy in
Tom Foley's Spanish inn. As perfum-
cry bottle was sticking Its beribboned
head out of Bailey's coat tail pocket the
reporter became suspicious and conclu-
ded to follow the scent. Shortly after
Bailey descended from his paiatlal apart
ments IN the Kelley block with silken
shiny hat perched jauntily over his left
ear, his boots polished like mirrors, and
a sawed off collar keeping his chin
at the proper dude elevation. Now,
quoth the reporter, there IS music in the
air, but it wasn't music, it was only the
swlsk of the bob tail mares apology for
a fly switch as Bailey leaped lightly into
his dog-cart and shook the re,ns gently
over her back. For o moment the report.
er stood para;yzed at the appsrition and
when finally he pulled himself together
the shades of twilight were settling down
and nothing was visible but dark cloud
10 the southern horizon.
Mr.. Frank Daul, of Milwaukee, pur-
chased of Mr.. Mckay Of the FIFTH avenue
hotel, yesterday, the little black and tan
dog that has excited so much admiration
of late. We understand that good price
was paid for the "purp' and that Mr..
Mckay expressed it 10 Milwaukee last
night.
A large audience gathered at the Opera
rink on Sunday evening to listen to the
Rev. j. II. Hartman's eloquent discourse
on temperance. If ever an orator sue.
ceeded in conveying to the minds of his
hearers, impressions so vivid and striking
that their effect could but be lasting, the
Rev. MIR. Hartman certainly accomplished
that result Sunday evening. We we're
pleased to notice among the audience
large numbers Of our young men whose
thoughtful faces paid tribute to the forci-
ole appeals of the speaker, graced as they
we're by illustrations 80 delicate and yet
clearly cut that they brought home to
every one realizing sense OF the terrible
curse that intemperance lays upon many
of the brightest youug minds of our day.
i The lecture was siugularly noticeable
for its entire freedom from anything 50.
voring of fanaticism, so common to most
speakers on this subject. No attempt
was made to force upon the audience con-
victiOns of our ancestors as to the right
or wrong of drinking. chiefly and only
valuable for their antiquity, but by clear
logical argument and plain statement OF
the physiological effects of alcohol, the
sneaker sought to convince his hearera