Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1891-01-22

advice the other night It was so
effective and to the point that the gen.
tleman left on the first train for Lari-
more and has not yet returned to tho
scene OF conflict.
Every train brings additions to the
sovere,gns, the third house and the lob
by. The hotels are crowded and sleep.
ing room is at premium. There are
more people here than at last years sen.
atorial circus. The lobbies in both houses
were full OF visitors today, many OF
them being ladies.
DR.. Triplett of Richland, is one of the
bright members on the democratic side
of the house. He is quite popular with
all, and will make valuable legislator.
He IS Virginian, and a practicing ply
sician ut Wahpeton with scores of friends
and fine business. Such are the kind
OF men to send to the Legislature.
It is said there is different feeling in
the committee in regard to the Wellman-
Patch contest case. The testimony has
all been taken and If the declarations
OF the committee and the members of
the combine 60 for anything, justice will
be done and Wellman seated. The re-
port will probably be made Wednesday.
Major Mclaughlin of Standing Rock,
is spending several days in the city. He
says all trouble With the Indians on his
reservation is now over. He and Rep.
resentative Frank Palmer OF Fort Totten
are old time friends aud pioneers and
have reviewed the incidents of early
days in the territory after manner
mutually satisfactory.
Attorney General Spencer rendered an
opinion that the legislature had no au.
taority to dispose of school lands for any
other than school purposes. The bills
passed therefore which donate certain
school sections to the agricultural col
lege, the academy of science at Wah-
peton and the soldiers home at Lisbon,
are in the officials opinion clearly un-
constitutional.
A Richland county gentleman said the
other day: There Is scarcely lawyer in
our county who is not in the employ OF
railroads or corporations. A poor man
who has his crops destroyed by fire from
railroad locomotive finds 1t hard work
to get lawyer to prosecute his case. It
ls getting to be serious matter in some
places know Of to get any kind of a case
10 court against railroad. It is cheaper
to hire all the attorneys OF q town than
to pay costs and damages.
When house bill 20, relating to the
practice of pharmacy, came up for pas
sage, having been reported favorably
from committee on public health, Mr..
kearney opposed the bill. It was a bill,
he said, in the interest Of the druggists
only. The law prevents anyone keeping
q drug store but pharmacist who car,
pass an examination, but such pharma-
cist mBy be absent for months and have
his store in the hands of clerks who have
not been examined. He had also known
good physicians who could not pass an
examination before the state board, The
bill passed-48 to9.
Ex-Attorney General Goodwin states
that some injustice has been done by
the press in criticisms on his action as an
official OF the state whose business it was
to prosecute attractions of the prohibi-
tion law. It will be remembered that
few days before the meeting Of the legis-
lature, dispatches were cent ont from
the capital stating that saloon men there
had been placed under arrest for selling
liquor illegally, but as is we'll known
nothing ever come of the matter Mr..
Goodwin says he began these proceed
ings the first Tuesday in October, but
from one cause or another the matter
was delayed in the court until shortly
before the legislature met Mr.. Goodwin
says he was absent from the state good
deal of the time and it was not his fault
that earlier action was not taken.
Father Perrault of Mandan, was graft
fed Sunday by the presence of several
state senators in his congregation. Among
them was the exemplary countenance of
Hon. Jud LaMoure. When the collec
tion had been counted it was found that
over $50 had been dropped into the box,
contributions being in five and ten dol
lar denominations. A number of mem.
bers who could not attend sent over va
rlous amounts to make glad the heart of
the pastor. Among the other church
matters that have claimed recent atten.
tion from ind, Is reminder that he owes
a cetain church fund in Pemblna county
s4G. The church people have notified
the gentleman that he promised to give
them a dollar a vote for every ballot he
got in that preciEct at the last election.
He received 46. Jud says he fails. to
recollect the promise, but if the preacher
says it was given that settles it, and the
will get the money.
Catarrh in COlOrajlO
used Ely's Cream Balm for dry ca
tarrh. It proved cure.-B. +. Nj,
Woaks Donvor