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Boaling on One Feather.

MARysyIILE February 2Sth N d Rideout
has bought the Marysville steamboat line con-
sisting of two steamers, barges and other equip
Inents. The service win be continued on
Feather and sacramento rivers as heretofore,
ana during the coming summer the steamers
viii connect at Nelson point on Feather river
with the extension OF the Northern California
railroad from this city 10 caTry freight
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Walking Match Reoainfs

SAN FRANCISCO, February 18th The total re-
Ha.ts share is SS.T70, aud Moo-e's share s, ,4so.
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obtaining money under false pretenses has been
filed here against Ed. Fleming who claims to
be the owner of patent for cactus hedges He
had check csshed here which was drawn in
his own name on San francisco bank, in
which, it has been ascertained, he is not known
kilograms have been sent out to different
places calling for his arrest
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-03-01

which S. B. 46, TO provide for the payment by
municipalities of claims arising out of the i'm
provement of streets, sidewalks and sewers
l 1uas retrrsad rasSacro
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SACRAMENTO, February 2S, 1855
The Senate met at 10 A. NJ, President pro te
). NJ. White in the chair
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
FIRE At MONTPELIER.
Two General Stores With Their
Contents Totally Des-
troyed.
Experiments with Frosted Wheat
Will it Grow Good
Gram?
The Soldiers Home and Congress
sional Cemetery-General
Logan's Resting Place.

Montpelier Suffers Loss by Fire.
The little town of Montpelier on the
Valley road, was visited with fire Mon
day night, the most destructive in it's his
tory. The general stores of Jacob Smith
and 7. D. Germain were burned, togeth-
or with their contents. The fire origina-
ted in the store of Mr.. Smith, and the
buildings only being short distance
apart, the flames soon communicated
themselves to Mr.. Germans building.
The particulars of the fire could not be
learned, but it is understood that the
buildings and stocks were a total loss.
Mr.. Germain carried stock worth in
the neighborhood Of $4,000, and that of
Mr.. Smith was valued at perhaps half
that amount.
The insurance was placed in this city
as follows: Mr.. German carried with
A. A. Aliens agency, $500 IN the Com
merclal Union on furniture and fixtures
and s625 on merchandise; $500 on build
ing and $500 on merchandise in the
American Fire Insurance Co.; $3.50 on
merchandise in the Minnesota Mutual,
and 1925 with Alfred Steele in the Trad
ers.
MIR. Smiths merchandise was covered
with 5000 policy in the American Fire,
and the building with $3.50 in the Com
mercial Union.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
Farmers County Alliance.

Pursuant to a call issued by A B. Ash
ley, secretary of the jamestown alliance,
delegates from the several local alliances
OF Stutsman county, met on Wednesday.
March 13, at the Office of the register of
deeds ct the court house, in Jamestown.
G. G. Thomas of jamestown alliance,
was elected temporary president. and
Stanley Mcpherson of Montpelier alli-
ance, temporary secretary.
On motion the secretary was instruct
ed to take the names of the delegates
present.
Edmunds +. S. Dodge.
Montpelier-F. \. Carley. J. T.Nowlin,
Stanley Mcpherson.
Ipsilanti W. II. Colby. NJ. u. VIII
liams.
Jamestown-C. Wade. A. b. Ashley.
J. ". Goodrich, Bert Masten. G. F.
Fletcher. c. c. Thomas, r. G. Cott. I. c.
Wade, A. w. Cunningham, NJ. Wander
hover, J. r. Purchase. J. H. Sears. Thos.
BollinSer. S. W. Smith. Henry Sieight.
F. B. Fancher.
On motion the meeting at once proceed
ed to the election Of officers as follows:
President M. d. Williams of Ypsilanti.
Vice Presidents c. c. Thomas. J. W.
Goodrich. Jamestown.
Secretary A. B. Ashley.
Treasurer Wade.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
The New Asylum Board.

In naming the trustees of the James
town asylum Gov. Church went the legis-
lature one better than their recommend
alton, in the bill for the appointment of
officers of public institutions and only
appointed one resident from the county
in which the institution is located. Th e
bill in question limits the number to two.
The members of the old board had been
in continuous service for a long term OF
years and the executive let them all out
with the exception of Mr.. Fridley, the
latest appointee, whose commission is re-
newed. From the personnel of the board
it is safe to predict a careful and conser-
vatiue business management of the instl.
tuition. Steele gets two members, W. A.
Fr1dley, county treasurer ofikidder coun-
ty and Editor Corwin, the popular and
energetic editor of that live weekly. the
Steele Ozone. the resident member, c.
E. Blackwell. is too well known in his
personal and business relations as one OF
the most popular OF gentlemen and the
efficient manager of the Gull River Lum-
Der company, to need special mention.
Judge McHugh of Darlington, the ora
torical whirlwind of democracy, and n.
X. Hubbard Of Fargo, one of the most
careful and successful business men OF
North Dakota are the two remaining
members of the board.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14

many seeds which have but weak vi
tallty will frequently germinate in the
greeehouse, while in the open ground
they will not start if the soil or season is
very unfavorable. Some of our most re-
liable seedsmen have found that a simple
termination of seeds in moist cir, or on
cloth paper, is not sufficient, but that the
plants sholhu grow for some time in
ordar to test their real strength, and that
they should be grown by the side of
seeds known to be of good quality, SO
that the test of vitality may be of a rela-
tive one.
Although as high as so per cent, of
someof the wheat which was toft as we'll
as shrunken has germinated. yet its ap-
parent vitality is not so great as that of
wheat which is shrunken but hard. In
every test made with wheat that was
hard. although it might be shrunken,
by rnst or other causes, and be graded
only as chicken feed, there was a good
per cent, Of: termination and strong
growth. Wheat which does not weigh
overAO pounds to the bhshel, uniformly
gave 9 low per cent, of germination, and
a Little inferior growth, as compared
with other of greater weight per bushel.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
THE SAMOAN SQUABBLE.
The Story That the N1psic had Been
Blown up by the Germans, Regard
ed as Incorrect.

The Story That the Nlpsic had Been
Blown up by the Germans, Regard
ed as Incorrect.
The state department at Washington
considers that there is no foundation for
the sensational rumor, published a few
days ago, that the United States war
steamer Nipsic had been destroyed by
the German vessel Olga with torpedo,
for having fred on the German ships
to prevent them shell1ng the camp of
Mataafa. The news was stated to have
been received in private dispatch ad
dressed to citizen of Breslau, an inland
town in Silisia in the north Of Germany.
The nearest port to the Samoan is
lands which has telegraphic communica-
tion with Europe is Auckland, New Zeal
and, and the state department. regards it
as impossible that the American consul
at that place should not have informed
them if such an event had taken place.
They have not even thought it worth
while telegraphing the consul for de-
nial uf the report, as the steamer of the
Oceanic line, which was mentioned as
having been slezed by the Germans at
the same time, has since arrived at Auck-
land all right. They regard the report
as having been sent out for stockjobbing
purposes.
A good 0eal of discussion is going on
all over the country, as to the measures
that could be taken to secure redress IN
case the report had proved to be true,
and the general though hnmiliating
conclusion appears to be, that in the
present state of our navy we could do
little more than demand an apology, un-
less we could enlist France or some other
European power on our side, to help us
until our new ships were ready for use.
With Mr.. Blaine at the head of the state
department the country has every conf
dence that everything possible would be
done to uphold the honor Of the nation,
but the question remains. what could be
done?
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
4 Political "Reminiscences.

Gov. Mellette is personally known to
great many Jamestown people He
has been prominent IN Dakota politics
for six years or more and has during that
tine met tn" politicians Ct the, north
frequently. He was delegate from
Coddington county to the delegate con-
vention which met in this city last May
and while here made speech in behalf
of Hon. johnson Nickeus, a personal
friend, who, by the way, is better pleased
with the appointment than he would
have been with any other selection that
could have been made outside of a
jamestown man. It will be remembered
that Mr.. Nickeus' name was then be-
fore that convention as a candidate for
delegate to the Chicago convention and
the fight of the day occurred on a mo-
tion to substitute Mr.. Nickeus' name fer
that of l.. 3. Richardson of Grand Forks,
whom the president yesterday appoint
ed secretary of the territory, and whose
name was at that time reported as one of
the delegates by the committee chosen
by the combine controlling the conven-
ton. Mr.. Mellette warmly advocated
the substitution and it was in replying
to speeches by Me]lette and Fancher
that Gen. Ward" the Grand Forks
swlndler, forger, bigamtis etc. ETC..
made the brilliant oratorica effort
which won him much praise and brought
him Suddenly into prominence
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
THE HALF-BREED RISING
Sheriff Flynn, Of Rolette County, tell.
How he was Held up by the Breeds

Sheriff Flynn, Of ROlette County, tells
How he was Held up by the Breeds.
Sheriff Flynn of st. Johns, came in
from the north yesterday afternoon with
an insane patient for the asylum. He
was seen this morning as he was taking
the northern train for his homeland gave
the following account of the state of mat
ers in his county:
The trouble with the hafbreeds who
refuse to pay taxes, has now been gong
on for some years. They claim nearly
the whole of the north of the county as a
reservation and are holding down land
in severalty on which they have never
filed and have no title except squatters S
right. If man wants to file on piece
government land in that county he must
be willing to fight for its possession. AS
they will drive him off if they can. They
are generally afraid to attack a white
mans shanty in open day, as they know
what they may expect. but If man
leaves his farm for a night he IS likely to
find his shanty tipped over and bis barn
pulled down when he returns. st John
stands just on the edge OF the actual In
Qlal RESERVATION. Oul lie Dfettt- Cldiill
that the whole country around belongs
to them.
There is now about $1,000 taxes for
1886 still due, and this was what | was
ordered to collect. There is as much more
due for last year. The breeds are not
taxed on their lands, as they have no
title, but on their horses and other stock.
The man whose horses I siezed, owed
about $50 and has band Of about sew
enty horses. Within two hours after I
had made the seizure there was band
of over three hundred we'll armed breeds
ready to fight. and | had to release the
stock until l could get a stronger force.
I called upon the commander of the mil
itia and he ordered ont his company, but
Governor Church telegraphed me to
leave the matter to the United States
troops. We could probably have arrest
ed the ring leaders, but We had no place
TO put them. as our Jail could not
be depended upon for an hour against a
mob.
At present the matter remains just as
ii was though it is to be hoped that a
settlement may soon be arrived at. as it
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
Public Examiner Wallace.

The selection of r. e. Wallace for
public examiner of North Dakota is ex-
tremely gratifying to the friends OF that
gentleman and there is host of them
all over the territory. He is amply quail
fed for the position, his activity and ex-
perience being largely in his favor. AS
republican, Mr.. Wallace makes
thoroughly representative selection. The
interest taken by men of all classes and
politics in his confirmation showed how
the governor had struck popular chord
in this nomination. If it had been with
in the range of human possibility to have
accomplished his confirmation it would
have been done, but the senate OF Dakota,
unlike the United State senate did not
see it's way clear to confirmation, the ex-
ample Of it's august precedent to the con-
trary. Mr.. Wallace is the public examin-
er however and all his acquaintances re-
ioice at his handsome recognition In this
important and lucrative appointment.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
bank stock; No. 10S, changing name of
a church; No. l78, relating to sham and
irrelevant defenses.

Irrelevant defenses.
In the house the bills vetoed were Nos.
4, 6, 80, 36, 80, SO, 70, SO, 142, 176, 1856, 234,
$50, 252, and 259. Those sustained we're
242, defining the class of newspapers in
which legal notices shall be published,
and 250, reappropriating certain balances,
Grand Forks university.
Among the important bills which were
lost in the shuttle was Hughes election
bill which passed both houses the last
week, but through the negligence of the
council engrossing and enrolling commit
tee was not transmitted to the governor
for his signature. Among the bills which
the governor failed to sign and killed
with the pocket veto were: Council bill
POS Dollard's school law; council bill 1856,
regulating druggists sale Of Intoxicating
liquor; house bill 1892 declaring trusts
and combinations unlawful: No. 308, pro-
h1biting the sale of unsound and un-
wholesome food, etc; No. 25G. providing
payment for Postmaster Ward for horse
and buggy hire in transporting the mail
to and from the capitol; No. 357 amend
ing an act approved March 2 1889 author
izing counties to refund bonds; No. 179
authorizing counties to purchase artesian
we'll outfits; No. 223 requiring railroads
to furnish better facilities for loading
and unloading cars and No. 274, Fletch-
er's supplement to the local option law.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
Frosted Wheat.

AS seed time approaches, the seed
grain question assumes greater interest.
The question of whether frosted wheat
will germinate and produce a crop, is re-
ceiving a great deal of attention in those
sections where the frost Of last August
i; most s;Gsafs: fsne luoornead News
says Mr.. Frank x. Remely has expert
mented with frozen wheat as to its abili
ty to germinate. He took a small guam
tity of very poor stuff, mere screenings
or chicken feed, soaked it two days, then
put it in cigar box and kept it damp
for five days. It is rather remarkable to
see that a very large per cent of the
grains have put forth apparently vigo-
rous and healthy roots and blades. All
Of the grains, except few which were
frost bitten when green, terminated. 10
all appearance this poor wheat thus
treated by Remely would grow and pro-
duce crop. But of course it is only one
stage of the test. The prime question is
whether if such grain is sown in the field
it would have sufficient strength and vi
tality to sustain the plant in unfavorable
weather, when extremely dry or wet or
cold and windy, which it would be liable
to, until it became fairly rooted. Mr.
Remely says that Dennis NORM informed
him (R) that he (M) has in former years
years sown frosted grain and it produced
a good crop, and he could not see any
difference between it and first class seed.
In this connection it may not come
amiss to refer to the report recently issu-
ed from the agricultural experiment
station of the University of Minnesota.
This report gives systematic and ac-
count of tue experiments and comprises
three tables of results. The first table in
cludes the result Of four samples of wheat
sent to the station by farmers of north
ern Minnesota. The samples were FROST
ed wheat, no grade. Each sample was
divided into three grades by Mr.. Greene,
the conductor of the experiments and
carefully sown on December %. 1t came
up on January 2, or 4th, and was II to
II inches high on January Oath. The
total per cent Of growing seed in each lot
varied from 50 to s., and the plants were
healthy and vigorous. A sample of No. l
hard of the crop of 1887, which was grown
by D. L. Wellman of Frazee City and
took the prize at the state fair in 1887,
was sown at the same time to serve as a
basis OF comparison. 1t came up on
January 4th and only 81 per cent of the
whole sample grew.
The second table shows results of
thirty three samples Of clean or sunk
seed, some graded by inspectors as No. l
hard Nos. 1,2 and 3 northern, rejected;
no grade, chicken feed, etc. These we're
sown January 5th, came up January Sth,
and while the best sample showed 80 per
cent forming healthy plants, the chicken
feed showed from ~ to 60 per cent of
healthy plants.
The third table shows the per cent of
growth in the seeds, which were so light
/ that they hoated on the surface of water.
The total per cent of good plants from
whole sample of light wheat varied from
II to SO. ....
The conductor of experiments says:
1t has been found in practice, that
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14

Mellette is prominent lawyer of
Watertown and was elected governor of
South Dakota under the Sioux Falls con-
stitution. Richardson is Grand Forks
citizen about whom not much was known
until the delegate convention held in
this city last May, in which he was chos-
en- as one of the delegates to represent
Dakota at the Chicago convention.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
"G0VERNOR" MELLEHTE.
Harrison Ends the Dakota Strife by
Appointing the WatertoWn
Man.
Of Grand Forks Named
to Succeed Secretary Nc
Cormack.
The Samoan Difficulty Reviewed
A Young Peoples Gather
ing Last Night.

WAsH1NGroN-March 12-[Special T.
President Harrison today appointed A.
c. Mellette of Watertown governor of
Dakota and L. B. Richardson of Grand
Forks secretary of the territory.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
THE NATIONS WARDS.

The Magnificent Institutions at
Washington for the Benefit of the
Soldiers.
The Rev. N. D. Tanning opened his
fourth lecture on the public buildings of
the capital by pointing out that war was
only to be justified where it was under
taken in defence of some great prlnci-
pie. There might, however, be some
cases in which war was justified by the
good results which followed it, as in the
case Of our own struggle to put down the
gigantic rebellion of the southern states.
ThatEwar had proved to the nations of
the world that our government was not
the weak thing they had supposed, which
was only fit FOR fair weather; we had gone
through one of the most gigantic convul-
sions the world had ever seen, and this
repuhlic had emerged from the fiery
trial, Stronger and more united than be-
fore.
While he intended more particularly
to describe the national soldiers home
and the insane asylum. it must not be
supposed that they were the only chari
table institutions in Washington. There
were three hospitals and four orphan
hos,es. The soldiers home was not for
voh., GERS. but for the regular army
onfy At had been founded by General
Scott with the sum which he levied as
an assessment upon the City OF Mexico,
with which two hundred acres of land
were purchased and the necessary build
ings erected. Since then the necessary
expenses had been met by an assessment
of 1215 cents per day levied upon the pay
of each private soldier in the regular
army. The grounds now inclose over
five hundred acres and form the city
park of Washington. They are beauti-
fully kept, there being over seven miles
of paths laid out, but the park was left
as far as possible, in state of nature.
Washington was justly famous for its
cemeteries; of which there were several
The congressional cemetery contained
over two hundred cenotaphs, square
blocks of stone, recording the fact that
that number of congressman had died at
Washington, while in the discharge Of
their duties. Their remains were not
buried here; they we're widely scattered
all over the land, but those cenotaphs
we're set up as memorial. The mem
orial chapel in the National Cemetery
was not quite finished when he was there;
but during the last two weeks the last
touch of the sculptor's chisel had been
given to the graceful structure, and the
body Of Genl John A. Logan now rested
there.
The Insane Asylum for soldiers of the
regular army was huge establishment,
with thirty six wards and over 1900 in
mates. The rooms were kept beautifully
clean and neat, but had not nearly so
home]lke an appearance as those in our
own Asylum The windows were secur-
ed with heavy bars and high brick wall
enclosing the grounds, with large gates
where every visitor was closely examined
as to his name and business.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14

After rain follows sunshine. Stop that
cough and cure consumption by using
Warmers Log Cabin COUCH AND
CONSUMPTION REMEDY
and you will find the sunshine of health
soon following. Two sizes $1.o0 and 90
cents.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14
MELLETTE AND RICHARDSON.
Short biographies OF Dakota's New
Governor and Secretary.

Gov. A. G. Mellette, although he does
not owe his gubernatorial honors to the
fact, was born in Indiana on June %,
1912. In early life farmers boy. he
was not without educational advantages.
He graduated from the University of
Indiana in 1864. After two years more
in the law department. of the university
he put out his ''shingle" at Muncie, Ind,
dabbling as lawyers will in politics. In
1872 he found himself member of the
state legislature, where he acquitted
himself with credit. Some eight or nine
years ago that mysterious epidemic
known as the western fever affected him
to such an extent that he followed the
setting sun until he struck Watertown,
Oak, and there he staid. Gov. Mellette
has always taken a lively interest in the
affairs Of his adopted state. He was
member of the first constitutional con-
vention at Sioux Falls; was nominated
for governor of South Dakota at Huron,
and was elected by a unanimous party
vote He was strongly in favor of a di-
vision OF the territory before admission.
and was one OF the leaders in that move
n,ent. He is a man of pleasant and dig
niied presence, and quite popular among
his friends
Luther B. Richardson, appoint
ed secretary of Dakota, is one of Grand
Forks prosperous and influential far
mers. He has lived in that vicinity for
five years Or longer, and is very popular
with all parties. He is neighbor and
an old friend of the present secretary.
Mr.. Mccormack, and would doubtless be
Mr.. McCormack's ideal choice of a sue
cessor if he had to name republican.
Mr.: Richardson is graduate of Cornell
university and scientific farmer. He
has never held office before, and for that
reason is not SO we'll known to the poll
ticians and the public as he Will be later.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-03-14

is keeping the country unsettled, and the
county needs the money. The United
States should make the Indians under
stand that if they want to hold their land
they must file on 1t and prove up the
same as other people.