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

From Wednesdays Daily
Court will open tins morning under .
full head of steam
Wheat sold al the elevators yesterday
at 6s cents, and SO at the mill.
Judge salliday one of Carringtons lead
Ing light was in the city yesterday.
Farmer Kearney sold 1000 bushels of
seed wheat yesterday at 80 cents per
bushcl.
Jamestown was lively yesterday on ac-
count OF the presence OF large number
Of talented attorneys IN The city.
q. D Smith the great e.pounder Of the
democratic faith at Darlington is in the
city sizing up the district court gang.
Harry Cornwall and Mr.. Zimmerman.
of Eldridge, were among the prominent
guests at the Grand Central yesterday.
Yesterday was one OF those meek, lamb.
like days which are so conducive to spring
fever and inspiring to the rolicking 60.
pher.
Chas. Gregory, one of the leading
lights of the legal profession OF CARING
ton Is in the city. Mr.. G. will struggle
with the district court and jury on sev-
eral important cases.
Mr.. Parker head clerk at the Great
Western Clothing Store is entitled to the
belt % window trimmer. His late
effort is attracting the attention as well
as the admiration of all who pass by that
popular house.
Prosecuting attorney, Sam Moor, of
LsMoure county, is attending the district
court in an Official capacity. Mr. Moor
it will be remembered did good work for
LaMcure county rs lobbyist at Bismarck
last winter.
Architect Bulge feels that 1t would To
unjust TO cause him to ''rlng up'' the
grand jury and learn why he did not
have right to sell "yawnings' In '.Yim.
town." Mr.. Bulge should call out the
militia to protect him in his pursuit of
honest toll.
The jamestown Light Guards received
fifty stand of arms last night from the
west and are now ready TO tackle any
thing of warlike character that may
come up. The boys are to be congratu.
lated.
John Donaldson, the pugllist, passed
westward yesterday. 1t is understood
that he is on his way to Montana, where
he has gone to arrange for the coming
hard glove contest between himself and
John l.. Sullivan.
John Ingalls, who made host OF friends
on the rolice force last year has accepted
q position at Jessie Eucke's place where
he will be pleaed to see his friends.
McDermott, the bald headed eagle Of
Foster county arrived on the evening
train to lend the light of his ruddy COM
plexion and the dignity of his gray hairs
to grace the proceedings Of the district
court.
There is to be contest of fancy trick
and graceful skating at the Opera rink
Friday eve for a beautiful gold medal
now on exhibition at the poslofllce store.
Messrs. Topliff, Flint, Drake and other
Of our fine skaters will doubtless make
an effort to win it.
The famous libel suit OF DR.. Lake
Eckelson Calvert, inventor Of the won.
derful subteranesn water way connecting
Lake Eekelson with Hudson's Bay,
against the Alert has gone the way of
most libel suits against newspapers yer.
dict for defendant with costs.
Judge Francis, appears to be very fair
with all attorneys having cases before
him and takes no small amount of pains
to acquaint him self of their every wish.
That is If they don't wish the earth. In
which case he meekly consents to take
their claims under advisements.
Judge Francis ruled yesterday that 1t
would be necessary for attorneys who de-
sired admlttance to the bar to furnish the
courts with certificates of character.
The Judge will no doubt be supported by
the public IN this new departure which
would indicate publication OF the ter
rltorlal bar.
Sir Parsons and his brother IN doubt,
Brutus, Cssslus Kearns, are now persist
emily endeavoring to satisfy the court by
means of communicating with tried
friends in the east that they are lit sub
jects for admission to the bar. In order
that strangers may not be wrongly i'm
pressed, the Alert desires to say that the
above Is meant as local joke.
Harry Moxon, the genial mixer of
drinks at the Metropolitan, will shortly
leave to spend the summer in Duluth.
Harry Is said to be the most thorough
theoretical poker player in the west. His
favorlte expression when he is caught on
the hip, is, "if had only bad q bigger
hand Id have made that other feller
sick.''
Our mutual friend Kellogg who IS one
of the Argns road agents was down to
serve on the Grand Jury but was system.
at,cally let out by the Judge on the basis
Of incompetency accompanied by these
suggestive words to the Sheriff: "Now
give us business man." II would appear
that the Judge had seen Bro Kellogg IN
B smarck.
Frank, Conehay was elected alderman
of the thlrd ward of jamestown, Dakota
at the city election of that town on Sat-
urday last. Frank received the largest
majority Of any alderman running in fact
nearly double that of another man. They
Dakota people evidently have good judi
cement, and emiSrants to that section
from Mason City arc appreciated as they
should be-Mason City Journal, H.
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