Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1888-01-12
PARAGRAPI1lc NEWS.

Four branch postoffices will be estah-
ished in Minneapolis Feb l.
A. Cottrell, wealthy farmer of Black
Hawk county, Iowa, has assigned. @ 4
sold Hutch's" son has been elected
president of the Chicago board OF trade.
The Wisconsin State Firemen's associ-
alton completed its organization at Mad
son. z
Helena, Mont, has voted $150,000 for
the purpose Of providing q system OF
sewers.
Gen. Washington E. Sewen died at
San Francisco Monday, of enlargement
of the liver.
Southern and Western lands are said to
be rapidly passing into the hands of for,
eign and Eastern money lenders.
Mrs. Annie Weber was found frozen to
death Monday morning sitting on q
stump in the National park at Louisville,
Ky.
The conference of fisheries negotiators
was resumed at the department OF state
Monday afternoon, with all the members
present.
The Federal club, of New York, last
night unanimously passed resolutions
protesting against the confirmation OF
Lamar.
Last Saturday night four men went
out in sailboat from Mobile, Ala The
boat capsized and three of them were
drowned.
A fire at Altoona City, Wis, Monday
night, destroyed skating rink and two
business buildings. loss, $4,000; partly
insured.
The Grand Army men employed in the
department of the interior Monday visited
Secretary Lamar and bade him an atfec-
tionate good bye.
Charles A. Barnes, editor OF the Wells
vile Reporter, and one Of the most
prominent Republican politicians IN
Eastern New York, died Monday.
George Hanson, a boy 1G years old,
committed suicide in Minneapolis by
hanging himself to q dOOr-knob with
hitchirg strap. No cause for the deed is
known.
4 motion was made in the United
States supreme court to dismiss the Max
well case from St. Louis, on the ground
Of want OF Jurisdiction. Decision was
withheld.
Hon. Knute Nelson has introduced q
bill to give arrearages OF pensions TO
those who filed applications before 1850,
but were unable to get through the pen
sion office.
Three hundred stonecutters at Buffalo
have struck because they were required
to work ten hours per day during the
winter months.
The weavers at the Wampanoag mills
who struck Friday have returned to
is vat M ciC
meeting Of manufacturers to consider the
wage question.
The village hail was burned at Rush
City Monday, the fire originating from a
defective fiue. The building was valued
at 5000, on which there was an insur-
ance OF s., 200. ....
Among the deficiency estimates sub
mitted in congress Monday, was one Of
$500 to enable the commissioner Of
labor to complete the statistics relating
to marriage and divorce.
Representative WOODBURY. Of Nevada,
has prepared bill making the minimum
of silver 81 900. 900 worth Of bullion per
month. This bill is regarded as the ad-
vance gun of the silver men.
Baltimore Methodist preachers form
ally protested against the action Of Presi.
dent Cleveland in sending a copy of the
constitution Of the United States to Pope
Leo on the occasion OF his jubilee.
Senator Sawyer is seeking informa-
ton of each Republican representative
from Wisconsin as to how many copies
of Shenran's tariff speech will be needed
in each district as campaign document.
"A leap year ball will be given by the
ladies of Crookston at Mckinnon hail on
the 18th. Fully 100 invitations have
been issued and it is expected it will be
one of the greatest successes of the sea-
son.
For the season of 1887 the total pro-
duction OF corn in the United States was
1,456, 600, 600 bushels, value S640, O00 600;
of wheat 456, ,O00. 900 bushels, value $780,
100000; of oats 659,000,0 bushels,
value Sso0,000,0O0.
The statement is made from Detroit
that Don NJ. Dickinson has called upon the
president requesting him to withdraw his
nomination as postmaster general, in
order to relieve the president from his
present embarrassment.
Charles Campbell, manager of the Du-
luth Natural Gas company, has absconded
with nearly $4,000 of the company's
money. He is thought to be in Chicago.
The affairs of the company are in bad
shape, owing to his rlismanagement.
Mr.. Payson, of the house committee on
public lands, expects the committee will
take up the odds and ends of the land
forfeiture bills and dispose of them this
session. They involve about Is, 100000
acres. He thinks the old Objectionable
land laws will be repealed.
Miss Hattie Garline, of Columbus,
Ohio was taken ill with diphtheria and
was Immediately deserted by her brother
and his wife and left to the care of a
stranger. When her mother arrived she
was shown the Grape on the door, and it
almost killed her.
Well informed persons consider that
although the political situation is de-
cidedly improved, the improvement is
only conditional, and that if the Euro
pean cabinets confine themselves to pla-
tonic statements and fail to take CORES
ponding action, the situation will shortly
become as critical as it was two weeks
ago.
1t is said that the big cattle ranches of
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