Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-01-15
JAMESTOWN OAK. THU RSDAY. JANUARY Is; 1885.

Farg before he starts O., q trip the com
ing week to New Orleans and the ,nau
gura:,on At w Washington. lie has mad
many friends in the north, and it Is be
lieved the appointment Of governor viii
he rendered him, although lie is not al
applicant.
The Fargo Republican wants the cit.
charter amended 80 the mayor will holt
two years instead of one. 1t says Farg
has too much politics.
A bill has been introduced IN the Min
nesota legislature to regulate freight AM
passenger rates and prevent cxtortion b.
railroads.
A special to the Argus says at the far
mers meeting at Valley City, Thursday
strong speeches were made IN. favor 0
boycotting the elevator and railroad cor
l.oratlons.
Arch widow at Pittsfeld, Mass. Il
going to hnild a five million dollar resi-
dence. It, ls estimated that 1t will requlr
the labor of a thousand men for thre
years.
The body Of suicide at Kansas Cit
has been recognizef as that of Prank G
Ma, ton, postoffice clerk who absconde
from Pierre, Dakota, with 81, 300 about
year ago.
The Milwaukee g. St. Paul road is sal
to have secured the right of way througl
the Sisseton reservation preparatory t
extending the Mllbank branch to Bis
marck.
The Ellendalc CONNER clal kicks agains
division on a straight line with the 46tl
parallel as it would cut counties, town
ships and farms in two. 1t is in favor o
Hgzag line.
The Fargo & Southern has experienced
serious trouble from the snow blockade.
The commissioners Of Otter Ia coun
ty, Mimi, have vsted to bond the count!
for $40, 900 to build new jail.
The Scott lumber company's planning
mill at Merrill, WIS, destroyed by fire
Loss 100000 ~ ,,.
1t is said that every acre cultivated il
tobacco in North Cal olina nets the owne
from $500 to 5000.
Eighty miles of the Canadian Pacific
railroad were constructed last season ant
the road is expected to be entirely com
pletcd by next August.
A colony of five families are comig ou
from near Chicago to the vicinity of Val
ley City in the spring and will break s0'
acres of land next season.
The commissioners of Merton count,
have fixed the salary of the county attor
ney at 5000 a year and that Of the super
intendent of schools at $3.50.
A Pierre dispatch notes increased sc
tivity in that section in anticipation of
proclamation by the president openln!
the Winnebago reservation to settlement
Liquor License has been fixed in La
Moure county at $500.
Cen Grant has quit smoking on recon-
mendatlon Of his physicians.
Barnes county requires It's treasurer t
give bond Of S1O5 900.
F, A fire at Yonkers, N y, Sunda
morning destroyed property worth $50,
900.
A fatal disease with symptoms of pink
eye has broken out among the hors es il
Ontario.
lion. II. 5. Oliver, member Of the hous
from Ransom county, returns all ra.lroa'
passes sent him,
Sioux Falls shows up with $5oo,oo
worth of new buildings and improve
men,s the last year.
The bank statements IN New York las
week showed a holding of SAT 7,G44, 900 il
excess of legal requirements.
The CarrIngton News says there is lot
much public debt TO the acre on Grigg
county to make Foster covet it's anncXa
ton.
Fifty eight bills making APPROPRIATION
f,r public buildings, aggrega,ng .he sun
of Sc 232 ,2oO, have been reported to til
house this session.
The socialists of Chicago held ano,he
meeting Sunday afternoon when speeche
were made urging the use of force to brin
the desired end.
An attempt was again made last weel
by incendiaries to fire Huron while
strong wind was blowing. A rope factor
is needed IN that suffering town.
Bratistreets' estimates that the busl
ness failures of the year just cose'
amounted to 500, an unprecedente
total for any single years record,
w. II. Vanderbilt bought III the pror
erty of Gen. Grant ana Immediately af
forwards presented the whole Of it t
Mrs. Grant as her own and separate es
tate.
The grain elevator containing 1900
bushels of wheat and the Manitoba rail
road depot at Walcott, Dakota, burne
Friday night. A workman was aurne
10 deathin the elev atOr.
The agents of the BIackfect and Pie
gans IN Montana have been authorize
to expend at once sl2, 500 for purchase c
food for the starving Indians IN thei
charge.
The amount of gold com in the Unite
States the first Of January was $563, ,0O0
600, ard of silver s2G4, ,ooo, 900, total 1921
OOO The net gain of gold coin last yea
was $ll ,2l3,573. and of silver com s22,
1O6, ,697.
The NeiIIsville, Wis.,, Republican an
Press says it will take wood on subscrir
tion and if the delinquent can't produc