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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
Forcing Business.

Didn't you sell any pesnuts?' in
quired the experienced train boy OF the
new recruit.
No" was the reply.
''Go through the car an give each
passenger a peanut.
The new recruit did so.
Now try 'em agin, said the train
boy of experience.
Presently the new recruit came after
more peanuts.
You want to keep your eyes open in
this business. young feller, admonished
the expert, refilling the basket. ANY
bodv'll eat a peanut what don cost him
nothin', an when he once gifts the flavor
he's gone. You've got to study human
nature. IN. y. San.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

ALL the lovers of Irelands liberty and
home rule were jubilant today over the
announcement of Gladstone's Irish policy
in parliament yesterday. The scenes in
London we've SAID to bave been of the
most enthusiastic nature, and the Parncl
people Wild with delight. The long
night of Irelant's misrnle seems breaking
and it the English government follows the
line of its leader, the year 1886 will make
Ireland comparatively free. All Amerl-
can people shake the Irish hand today.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

TERRITORIAL Auditor Caldwell has Is
sued from his office a most valuable
pamphlet containing digest of the as
sessment laws with instructions and com
ments upon them. The object of the
auditor in issuing this work, is tol estab-
lish throughout the Territory uniform
method OF taxation and to clear away
many popular fallac,es which exist on
the subject. His interpretations OF the
daubtful passages of the code, together
with the clear and concise Instructions
laid down, leave nothing to the magma
ton of the assessor. 1t has been - very
prevalent idea that if county turned in
a low assessment it would be relieved
from heavy Territorial tax. Concern
Ing this the auditor says:
"There Is only so much money to be
raised each year, any way, whether the
assessment be full or partial, and a low
valuation simply increases the rate which
1t is necessary to levy. Where any prop
erty is omitted from the list, that which
is assessnd is compelled to bear heavier
tax than it ought to. 1t is therefore, for
these reasons assigned, incumbent upon
every citizen. for his own interest, to see
10 it that property is listed at its full va
lue: and that none escapes taxation"
Many ludicrous discrepancies are shown
between the returns furnished by the as
SCISSORS and the returns given by the CEN
sus reports.
The attention Of the county officials
and the public In general is called to this
work which is mine of information
about the territory, as we'll as an able IN
terpl citation of the law
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

A little tilt about woman suffrage,
started in the senate By the discussion Of
the admission of Washington territory,
brought out the views of several senators
on the subject. Senator Eustls moved an
amendment which would confinc the
right of suffrage to qualified male cleo
tors only. AS usual, in the discussion Of
this question, the dignifed senators threw
jokes in the debate, about the problem Of
secret sessions icing instantly solved,
qualifications respecting age and other
hilarious but destructive arguments. Be-
fore the woman suffragists Of the country
can make any great progress in their
cause, they must eradicate the irrepressl-
Bile germs Of jocularity and ridlcule which
seem to appear at all times with the SUBJ
ject matter. That many grave and weigh
ty reasons exist To- shew the justice of
women being permitted TO vote, no one
attempts to deny, bu: the statesman and
his little joke, the peh and nursery favor
ite of his career, are Away on hand TO be
sprung upon the ladies cause, TO the great
peril of its dignifed consideration. Sen
ator Eustis can characterize woman suf-
frage as demoralized proposition, often
slve and destructive to the institution OF
the family all he likes, but nothing will
dlssipate the wise and chivalrons scntl-
ments issued for the sex, so soon and so
completely, as the darts of ridicule shot
at it by such man as Sunset Cox, when he
is on hand, or even by those would be
wits who wear the motley but lnditfer-
emily,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
Just BILLINGS STYLE.

Billings Gazette: Considerable excite
ment was created among the passengers
on the Atlantic express at Big Timber
yesterday. A fearless rider on buckskin
broncho was seen dashlng towards the
train at a breakneck speed. A Tapping
road-brlmmed hat of the cow-puncher
style adorned of the horseDsn, and his
flannel shirt was uncovered by either coat
or vest. His neither garments were kept
in place by cartridge belt; in his hand
passengers looked like rifle. Wildly
shouting and waving his sombrero as he
tore along, he was indeed figure TO
strike terror to the inmost soul of the ten
derfGot.
slt is COW boy,'' was whispered by
pale lips. Mothers claspcd their children
to their bosoms and strong men put their
money in their boots and felt their hearts
throb with wild fear as the Terror of
the Mountains neared the doomed train.
In the distance two more desperadoes,
whom fear multiplied into twenty, mount
ed on mules, could be seen urging witt:
heel and quirt their noble steeds.
A feeling of intense relief and great
calm came over the passengers as Parmly
Billings, the foremost rider, dsshing up
and dlsmounting, tied his broncho to a
telegraph pole and said to the engineer
"Hold her half a minute, Frank Tomp-
kins is coming on broken-winded mule
and we must get to Billings tonight" 1t
was fishing party returning from Tom
Eent's
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

diamond wcarer for the! Sheridan house
was ut is saldD elected alderman In Mr..
Griftins ward when he was candidate
himself. Now the seatsis contested and
Gritf claims that large number of buns
and tramps have been receiving hand
outs from the Sheridan house kitchen all
spring for the price of ayote or so apiece.
like that of jamestown and Fargo, is not
always happy one.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
The Grand Opening.

In spite of the inclcment weather yes
terday, Shoenbcrg's mammoth double
store was crowded all day with = throrg
of delighted ladies and children, admiring
and purchasing the rare stock of millinery
and dry goods. The store was beautifully
decorated, and the credit for this must
egiven to Miss Briggs and Mr.. Eldridge.
Today the throng Was even greater than
yesterday, and cashier Braham reports
the sales IS something unequallsd in the
history of the firm.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
ALDERMAN Griffin is he who is known

ALDERMAN Griffin is he who is known
as "Grlff'' st Bismarck. Grlffs ls the
most elegant sample parlor il the city
and the resort of most of the noted
politicians and literary fellers in town.
He is . connoisseur of Greek statuary and
CONS of all realms, and has besides q
high art collection OF photographs that
includes every premiere danseuse in the
profession. Joe Bushby the principal
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

TIE guards at East Louis seem 10 have
made a rash mistake in firing INTO the
strikers, who from all accounts were do
ing no damage, nor attempting any. -Four
or five persons were killed as tho result.
The governor Of illinois has concentrat-
ed the state militia at East St. LOUIS and
1t is thought their appearance will restore
order and quit the strikers without any
more unnecessary loss of life.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
Manning Must Migrate.

New YORK, April l4-A Washington
special to The Post says the nearest
friends of Secretary Manning say it is
settled that he will not attempt to resume
his duties at the treasury department. II,
as now seems probable, he shall partly
recover hls health, one OF his near
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
Masill Refused q Pardon

BISMARCK, April l5.-Governor Pierce
today refused the petition for the pardon
of Thomas Masill, who shot Bcssy, the
blacksmith. The Governor gave as his
reasons that from the nature of the evi-
dence, he did not think Magill was ius;i-
fed in shooting him, although the case
was an aggravated one.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

IT is rumored that the sale of the Cap
ital has been completed. The purchasers
are said to be J. w. Goodrich and F. NJ.
Conchay. j. G. Warnock VIII be editor
and it will be run as a Democratic paper,
as there is said to be an evident Gisposi-
tion on the part of some politicians to
draW party lines.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

RICHARD JONES, of Rochester, Min
nesota, who it was thought would succeed
Judge Francis as judge of this Sixth judi
cial district, is in Portland, Oregon; and
it is announced that he IS awaiting fed
e,al appointment which will keep him
there.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

TIE Portland Inter Ocean, usually a
very sensible paper, IN its last weeks issue
perpctrates the gold s'or" silver chestnut,
claiming that one OF these precious metals
has been discovered one hundred feet be-
meath the surface where that town stands,
which OF course amounts to nothing like
the other rich finds which have been re.
nOrta6
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

AUDITOR Ca!Gwell's pamphlet on the
assessment laws, to which the Alert
called attention the other day, is recciv-
the press of the territory. 1t IS a good
work and the soorer its teachings are
promulgated among county officials, the
better showing will the territory make IN
its resources. ..
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15

PAT KELLY is reported to have cast
a25, 900 worth of bread upon the waters
of the Minneapolis democratic fund,
with the expectation that it would return
after many days in the shape Of con-
gressional nomination
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
A Pointer for Dakota Democrats.

ST. PAUL, April l4.-The Dispatch yes.
terday evening contains lengthy article
from which the following extract is taken:
1t is said by certain democratic leaders
that bargain has been made between
some silk stocking republicans and the
unterrified, by which the city election
this spring will be allowed to so by de-
fault to the democrats, and in the fall the
democrats will he allowed to carry all but
two county officers, while in return for
these "small favors," the democrats are
to turn in and help elect a straight silk
stocking delegation to the legislature
from Ramsey county. There is good
ground to believe that this bargain has
been agreed upon.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
THE Pioneer Press of the twelfth says

THE Pioneer Press Of the twelfth says
editorially:
1t is not easy to obtain definite lnfor-
nation from the northwestern wheat
fields. Such as comes from trustworthy
sources indicates that the benefit of an
early spring is lost to the farmers by the
dry weather which delays seeding and
will retard termination. Nevertheless
the grain Is going into the ground rapidly
in most parts OF the state. a considera-
BILE increase Of acreage is reported in the
northern counties and in Dakota.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
friends thinks, when his physicians will
permit him to travel, be will take sea
voyage, and that he will then be appoint

MINISTER TO AUSTRIA.
The climate of Austria is healthy one,
and Vienna IS near to the healing springs
of Europe. ''Mr. hanning's appoint
mennt," said this gentleman, "would be
very pleasantly received by Austria, and
would help to remove the slight differ
ences that have existed since the Kelley
incident"
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1886-04-15
Aldermanic Surprise Party.

4CH AOAh, ApIu 4t.-lUOIUSS NlS0Iy,
Michael Duffy, Louis Wendell, Rudolph
Follgroff, Arthur j. McQuade, Thomas
Shields, Patrick Farley, John O'Nell and
Henry Bayley, members of the board of
aldermen of 1884, were all arrested yes
terday. Later IN the day ex-Aldermen
McCabe and O'Reilly were arrested. The
first one who passed through what is now
known as the aldermanic gate, was
Michael Duffy. He was
INDIGNANT AT HIS ARREST.
His wrath changed to amazement, how
ever, when one after another of his ex-
colleagues were led IN before HIM. 1t
looked as though the board Of 1884 had
come to life again and was about TO hold
another early morning "snap session.
The grand jury this afternoon returned
indictments against the whole lot and
fixed the bail at 900 in each case.
Not Alarmed About His v,ctuals aud
Clothes.
New YORK, April 14.-Regarding the
threatened boycott of Jay Gould by the
Central Labor Union, Robert Bilssert the
labor agitator said yesterday: s.Just as
John Browns death was the first death
IN the rebellion, so the deaths of these in
nocent people in East St. Louis are the
first in
THE NEW REBELLION
that is sure to come. Negro slavery had
to 60 after John Brown died. White
slavery has to go, and go it will. We
won't burn down Could house, for labor
built it. We must build rather than des-
troy. But boycott is weapon more silent
and effective than fire, and we shall see
if Gould can withstand it. The strikers
are gong to be well supported by u.s."
Jay Gould was asked if he had discovered
in what way the members of the Central
Labor Union
PROPOSED TO BOYCOTT HIM.
lie replied that he had not, and confessed
that he was curious to know. Looking
down at his clothes, he remarked: 81
have worn this suit two winters, and l
guess ! can get along with 1t awhile
longer if tailors boycott me. Then you
know raise almost all ! eat on my place
at lrEington, so | need not. be alarmed
about getting food"
The Washington critic., 1886-05-26
GENERAL BLACKS PENSION.

1t was always understood and ac-
knowledged, we believe, by Rcpubl.
cans and Democrats alike, up to the
time that General John c. Black be.
came Commissioner of Pensions, that
he was brave soldier in the war and a
typically good citizen at home. lie
came ont of the late family disturbance
much worse Oft than when be went in,
crippled with wounds aud broken In
health So distinguished were his
services and so severe his disabilities
that Congress voted him a handsome
pension, at time when there was
much less rocklessuess of legislation In
this regard than there is now, and
when cases were considered squarely
on their merits We are not aware that
anybody ever raised complaint about
his drawing a hundred dollars q month
from the treasury until he was ap.
pointed to the Office he now holds, and
in all probability had he not under
taken to prosecute certain reforms in
the Pension Bureau 1t would never
have been discovered that, instead of
being an honest man and a true
patriot, he was nothing but an impos.
tor, with whom Judge Davis, Mr..
Voorhees, and number of other Sem
ators had entered into q conspiracy to
defraud the Government out of $1,000
year.
This startling discovery appears to
have been made by Senator Ingalls, of
Kansas, the same eminent statesman
who last winter penetrated the mystery
Of the Mugwumpian formation and as
tonished the scientific world with his
treatise on pterodactyls.
We are regretfully forced to think,
however, that in this instance the Sen
ntor's exploit falls short of his usually
high emprise. 1t seems to lack in the
elements of cleverness and chivalry,
and THE CRITIC is just little afraid
that Mr.. ingalls, is allowing his par
tisanship to get away with his pru-
dence. If General Black is really in
the enjoyment Of pension which he
does not deserve and obtained it under
false allegations, it should of course
be disallowed at once. More than
this, he should be dismissed from the
high and responsible Office he holds.
Still more, all who aided and abetted
in this great fraud upon the Govern.
ment should be held up to public
reprobation.
AS Mr.. Cockrell said in the Senate
yesterday very concisely and very
much to the point, when the Senator
from Kansas remarked that the law
under which General Blacks pension
was granted should be repealed,
"Then the Senator should have the
manliness to introduce a bill for
the repeal of that law. He should do
so in discharge of an obvious duty he
owes the country"
The Washington critic., 1886-05-26
NOTES AND GOSSIP,


MINISTER MCLANE sailed from Havre last
Saturday and is due in New York about
Sunday next.
WIN. WINTER has book in preparation
and about ready to print, on the "Stage
Life of Mary Anderson"
JOHN JARRETT and Henry George will
talk on the labor question at the Church
Congress to be held in Cleveland this week.
TIE crew of the United States steamer
Kearsarge, now at Alexandria, Egypt, have
sent draft for S25 TO the Hancock Memo
rial fund.
The Marine avenue cottage at Newport
of Mr.. William Astor Of New York has
been rented for the season by Mr.. Gordon
Mckay of Boston.
The fund for the erection in Fairmount
Park Of memorial to the late Hon. John
Welsh Of Philadelphia, though pushed very
quietly, already exceeds S25 900.
The wife OF Senator Stanford of Cali
forna gave the kndergartens of San Fran.
cisco 5000 on her recent birthday, her
second gift Of the same amount.
GENERAL CHARLES DEvENs and Senator
Hoar will make addresses at the reunion of
the Fifteenth Massachusetts Reglmental
Association at Gettysburg in June.
JUDGE DAVIS OF Illinois is gradually
getting the better of his carbuncle, but will
probably not be out for month yet. It
is thought he is on the way to permanent
recovery.
GEORGE W. BrDDLE of Philadelphia, who
has been appointed one of the Governments
counsel in the Fisheries matter, will visit
Washington in few days for consultation
with the State Department
GENERAL FRED, n. OGDEN, who died In
New Orleans last evening, was prominent
Democratic leader during the reconstruc-
tion period in Louisiana and the head and
front of the White League movement
In 1874.
ANOTHER weather prophet has arisen-E
r. Hammond of Corvallis, Oregon. And
this is the burden Of his message: "Iook
out for heavy storms, cyclones, etc, May
2s, 81, June 1913, 8, 50, 10, 27 and 49,"
This is triae vague as TO locality, but then
too much should not be expected from o
beginner,-LN. Y. Tribune.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-26
"sTRATEGY, MY BoY ="

Senator Frye has gone to Maine to
do little fishing on his own hook. He
loves the gentle sport that Izaak Walton
made poetic, and he takes no stock in
this international variety which scoops
up millions at scoop and has a
tendency TO plunge nations into war.
The able Senator cares for no other
manifest on his fishing trips than the
plain and simple one of the fathers,
which can be opened at any time with
a corkscrew and which reads in the
same mellifluous language of fluent
sweetness and easy intelligibility to
Yankee or Canuck, statesman or fisher
man. Nor does the Senator disturb
the comfy of nations by unreasonable
demands for bait. A modest, retiring.
untangled fishing worm in the first
blush of It's springtime freshness and
buoyancy is more to him than whole
The Washington critic., 1886-05-26
~ LOVE YOU"
She climbed upon my willing knee,
And softly whispered unto me,
81 love you,n

She climbed upon my willing knee,
And softly whispered unto me,
II love you.h
Her dainty arms were round my neck,
Her sunny curls were In my face;
And in her tender eyes | saw
The soul OF innocence and grace.
And like sunbeam glinting through
The clouds that hide the skies of blue,
Her smile found access TO my heart,
And bade the shadows all depart.
A moment Of apocalypse,
In which saw the stately ships
That erstwhile sailed away from me
Come riding back across the sea;
would you might return and stay
Within my lonely heart alway
God bless the darling little child,
Who looked up In my face and smiled;
And wrought upon my heart spell
More sweet than songs of Israel,
o angels, listen while pray
That you will make her life az sweet
AS that brief moment was to me.
Whene'er heard her lips repeat,
II love you."
-lJames Chester Rockwell In the Current
The Washington critic., 1886-05-26

Once upon time Mr.. and Mrs. Cow
went out for little promenade, as was
their custom in pleasant weather. They
took with them their favorite child, Butter,
a bright, yellow haired cherub, greatly ad-
mired by the friends of Mrs. Cow. As they
strolled along, the cherub wandered into
grocery store near by aud presently came
running out, accompanied by another
cherub, who was its very Twin. Mr.. Cow
looked inquiringly at Mrs. Cow.
"Oh, mamma " +" cried dear little Butter,
"see! Seel have found my Twin'
"Quite true, my child" responded Mrs.
Cow; and, turning to the Twin, she asked,
"What is your name, my dcarS"
"oleo Margarine" lisped the Twin.
"What pretty name," said Mrs. Cow !;
Sand who is your mamma and papa?'
81 do not know" said the Twin. 81
guess must be poor little Orphan"
$50 you are; so you are," said the kind
Mrs. Cow; and after some consultation with
her husband and continued appeals from
her own cherub, she asked the Twin to
come home with her and be play mate for
Butter.
This the Twin readily agreed to do, and
that night Oily and Butty slept together in
the sweetest harmonies Of childhood. In
the morning Mrs. Cow went in to call the
little ones, and they both sat up in their
trundle bed.
"Which is Butty and which is Oily 9'
laughed Mrs. Cow in playful mood.
81 am Butty," lisped Oily, sweetly.
"No, / am," screamed Butter, pulling
out several handfuls of her golden hair.
mo, am" persisted oily; and then Mrs
Cow, looking first at one and then at the
other, burst into tears.
"How is thisY' inquired Mr. Cow, coming
into the nursery,
"Oh! oh! ! do not know which is Butter
and which is Oleo Margarine" cried Mrs.
Cow, pointing at the two little similarities
"Eh ?" gasped Mr.. Cow, turning to the
bed.
"See !" exclaimed Mrs. Cow, "there isn't
any difference; which is which p"
"Both Of them" growled Mr.. Cow
"But, wife, II there isn't any difference
what Is the diferenceS" And he went back
to his morning newspaper, leaving Mrs
Cow still in tears.
Moral: II there is any moral to this Fable
you are welcome to ii.
The Washington critic., 1886-05-26
WASHINGTON, MAY 90, 1886.

The Washington Critic has received In
the past several weeks and is now
daily receiving more than treble the
number of new bona fide subscribers
of fany other daily paper published I'm
Washington, and in excess OF all the
other daily papers here added to-
gether. Our subscription books are
open to the inspection of nll persons
Interested.