Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-05-07

A sad accident occurred early Sunday
morning on the Northern Pacific railroad
two miles west of Medina. A young
man named Z. II. Brown while trying to
jump on u moving freight train fell across
the rails and several cars passed over the
lower part of his body completely sever
ing the lower limbs. He was alive when
picked up, and was placed in caboose
but died shortly afterward. The body
was brought TO tbs city and placed in tn 4
baggage room. In the absence OF coro.
ner Eager, Justice Hayward summoned
o jury and held an inquest on the re-.
mains IN the forenoon Sunday. The
verCict as to the cause of death was in
accordance with a telegram received from
ToE.auc.or blat. Walsh who was in charge
of the train when the accident occurred.
The telegram merely stated that the de.
ceased had been run over By part of his
(Walsh's) train while trying 10 jump on
one of the cars and that he had died ON
his way down to this city. The deceased
was printer by trade and was member
of the Union. lie worked in the "Aler"
Office two nights last week and was
recognized by some of the Alert employees.
Justice Hayward communicated the sad
news to his parents who live at Rockford,
ILL.,, and at the same time asked what dis.
position should be made of the body. The
reply came yesterday to send the body
home for burial.
The ceremonies and services by Rt.
Rev. Bishop W. d. Walker opening
Grace Episcopal church last Sunday were
largely attended by the T,eople Of this
city. The shop IS an able and enter.
tanning speaker and one of the most
genial and companlonable OF mn whose
few visits to this city have drawn to him
q large circle of warm friends outside OF
the told of his church organization. The
members of this parish are TO be. con-
graduated upon the completion Ct their
beautiful house Of worship which wi
furnish them q comfortable place OF meet
ing and common religious home. There
Is still some Indebtedness We believe upl
on the building which We hope the peo-
pie of the city and surrounding country
will aid with their customary liberality
in liQuidat,ng. jamestown now contains
six handsome and commodious church
ed,fices four OF which have been built
WITHIN the lsst three years. two of them
last year
Deputy county treasurer Mansfield re
joices over the possession of new gun
which he terms Spencer repeating
shotgun. According to his version this
gun is capable OF shooting SIX times III
quick succ esslon without the trouble OF
rc-loading. We also purchased new
shotgun last year which was at that time
represented to be the very latest p!tteln.
We were alss guaranteed that no later
pattern would be introduc ed for the next
three years, anti upon this assurance
alone We were invelglcd into blowing
ourself IN for e75. Now we object TO
this man Mansfield infringing upon our
right to the latest pattern by claiming a
later and better pattern. But We have
looked up the shotgun record and find
that MansfleId's pattern OF gun was first
introduced among the sporting fraternity
by Nmrod, the grandson of Ham, whom
the bible represents as "a mighty hunter
before the Lord" which lie used IN kill
ing snakes and gophcrs along the Nile.
W. did not want to expose Mansfeld's
false pretenses on the gun question. but
our own protection demands it. 1t Is
only as relic of antiquity that Mans
fields gun has any value.
The Darlington News advises the peo-
pie OF Foster county to vote down the
proposition to bond the county as pro.
vided by act of the legislature to the
| amount of GA, 600 for building court
house and jail, a2,5oo for paying out
standing warrants, and $1,000 for i'm.
| provine roads and building and repairing
bridges. The election will be held the
! llsh OF tbs month.
Tie Catholic society contemplate secur
ing grounds for cemetery nearer the
| city than the one they use about four
miles west. 1t is 10 be hoped they viii
succeed in obtaining suitable grounds fol
this purpose as they always keep thef
cemeteries in neat and tidy condition.