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

The anxious public are resppectfully -
Hcited to gaze upon the new and tasty
advertisement Of the Great Western
Clothing House which appears in this L.
sue for the first time. Mr.. Goodman /,
one Of the lsrges; advertisers in the james
River Valley and propably carries Tie
largest stock Of ready made clothlns il
the territory.
Farmer Burke, who had the mislortuna
to have his team drowned one day last
spring, was in the city yesterday giving
out the welcome impression that he ID
going to reform and in future will not
recognize "booze" as daily beverage.
The Alert feels to rejoice with MI. Burke
and hopes that the various saloons OF our
city will assist him In keeping h,s resoln.
tions.
Judge Francis Is reported - expressng
himself as being well pleased with the
appearance and equipments of the James.
town bar. The Alert recognizes in this
decision large amount OF justice.
jamestown seldom boasts, but in her be-
half the Alert feels justified IN saying
that jamestown has larger number Of
legal gentlemen standing near the head
OF the profession than any other city or
her dimensions IN the territory.
There is very large colony Of Russian
Mennonltes 10 Bon Homme and other
counties in that section, and they retain
mest of their old country practices. One
OF these is their weekly fair. Every
Thursday Thousand or more of them
gather at Scotland, bringing whatever
they may wish to sell or tradc--horses
cattle, hogs, sheep, corn, dairy products,
and everything in fact. 1t seems 10 be
useful and popular arrangement.
Geo. W. Stone, leading officer of tho
G. A. r. of Michigan, has reached Nc
lntosh, one of the newest counties in the
Bismarck region, with twenty families,
the advance of the large colony from
Michigan
Al the ci'y election in Fargo l402 votes
were cast-l3S less than year ago.. The
falling of was due solely to lack of In.
terest as there was none OF the red heat
OF year ago. The city no doubt can
poll 1000 votes With little strain.
The zeal of the Chamberlain Democrat
is believed to carry it at least five hund-
red years too far In this Every voter IN
the territory see to 1t that the men and
the party who controlled the last legisla
ture are consigned to such an oblivion
that tbs louuest notes of Gabrlel's trum
pet woul not resurrect their schem:ng
souls IN ten thausand years.
The Sioux Falls Leader thinks that a
man who has little money had much
better buy improved land than to enter
1t, and among the advantages of that
section suggests The settler who now
seeks home in southeastern Dakota has
many advantages which the eallier ones
did not have. He has railroads, good
markets, schools, churches and, better
than all else and more valuable, too, is
the experience OF tho first comers. He
need spend neither time Or money in ex-
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but at the first start can commence the
kinds that the experience OF others has
proved success.
The member OF the legislature from
U nion county visited Fort Abe Lincoln,
five miles from Bismarck, and gives this
illustration of the effect of what the mem,
bers used for whiskey all winter: The
garrison consists of four companies Of in.
fantry, two Of the Eleventh and two OF
the Seventeenth, OF forty-five men each
When we were there twenty-five men, or
about one eighth OF the command, were
in the guard house, and all but one for
drunkenness. Bismarck whiskey beats
them.
One Of the most successful reYivalist
In Dakota Is lady, Mrs. Hartsough.
She recently held two weeks meeting
in Centervllle, Turner county, and had
forty converts. That IS SAID TO be better
than Row. Williams, the evangelist sent
out from Minneapolis, has averaged. He
is now working at Bismarck, where tho
Lots are few. He did not dare to tackle
the place while the legislature was there
1t is missionary field, and If he can
gather in goodly number he can well
afford to retire from the Dakota field and
claim the belt in religious way.
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Killed.
Last Wednesdav night a sad accident