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Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24
Threshing.

Threshers in this vicinity have rugged
up their boarding outfits, secured their
crews and are in readiness to begin work.
They believe that the threshing season
will be more profitable this year than
last, as there will be more wheat and less
straw to run through. The price for
threshing is not certainly estab-
lished, but is likely to be little less
than last year. There are several ont.
fits that are reported to have agreed upon
10 cents bushel for wheat, including
feed for teams while at work. There Is
no trouble to get men to work this year,
either IN harvest or in threshing. The
prospect 10 that there will be some COM
petition for work among threshers. The
price 10 high enough considering the
price Of wheat.
Osmer Burleson and brother will start
their threshing outfit in short time.
They will thresh first on the Newbold
place, near Jim lake.
Messrs. Scott and Mullen Of Ellsndsle,
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24
A Farmers Opinion.

To the Alert:-The following is my
opinion Of the silver issue, the question
Of the day: That the government say
to the silver miners, we will take all Of
your silver and coin it in sl.OO, $3.50 and
sO.25 pieces and not charge any more
than the cost Of minting; will take
41211s grains Of silver, 900 fine, and make
it legal tender for all debts, dues and
demands, and the silver miners take
their money and do with it az they
please.
Now in regard to Europe: II the
United States can not maintain our
money standard without going over to
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24

carelessness with pipes, cigars or
matches. A prairie fire now is dan
gerous thing. Hunters ought to protect
the farmers by extra care in this respect.
Billy Malone: The train last night
was crowded with hunters out of st
Paul going to North Dakota. Most of
them stopped off at Fargo and Grand
Forks. The baggage car had number
Of good dogs on board. The North Da.
kota season gives the Minnesota sports
an advantage and they are not slow to
use it.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24
Chickens Ready to Pluck.
From Saturdays Daily

rIOul OdlulustS Ddlls.
NJ. Hughitt, Jr., of the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad, and a party of
railroad officials and friends arrived this
morning from the east on a special car.
They are here to begin the chicken
shooting season, and expect to remain
several days. The car will be at Eldridge
today, and after spending some time
there the hunters may try points along
the jamestown & Northern. 1t Is under
stood that number OF the dogs now
beng trained near Eldridge by Mr..
Frank Richards belong to these gentle
men. In addition there were several
dogs in the car and other necessary
equipments.
There are dozen parties made up
ready to begin business tomorrow-or
the next day. All the week the boys
have been making preparations to get
out early Saturday night for the next
day-if possible-if not Monday. The
birds are in different stages OF growth,
many covies being yet only half grown,
but the majority of them are about right
for the table. The wheat will be har
vested early and much of the work will
be- in and near stubble fields. The
weather has been dry 80 long that dogs
find it very hard to get scents, and the
big results that might be looked for in
wet weather are not expected.
William Gross gun emporium is a
busy place just now. The proprietor
says that Just now it seems as it every
one who had gun to repair brought
it in this week and OF course wanted
their chicken shooters at once.
Chicken hunters should by all means
be careful not to set prairie fires by
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24
Threshlng Topics.
From Wednesdays Daily.

Threshing in the vicinity Of Montpelier
will commence the latter part Of this
week or the first OF next. The prices at
which the work will start in are cents
for oats and 7 cents for wheat in the
stack and cents for oats and 10 cents
for wheat in the shock. The threshers
say that they cannot thresh for the
farmers without good security or prompt
payment. The difficulty IN getting money
for wheat is gong to be felt by the
threshers right now more than by the
farmers.
Threshing begins at Steele next week
IN good earnest. Some barley has been
threshed so far, and turned out fairly
we'll. Considerable uncertainty exists as
to the course the elevators will pursue in
the matter of buying wheat. There are
two elevators at Steele, only one of which
is open. 1t is thought that it will buy
wheat as usual, though not as much as
heretofore. The agent for the other has
received no instructions as yet and does
not know whether it will be used to store
grain in or be open to buy as usual.
W. r. Hawthorne arrived yesterday
from Duluth with full crew of men
and two cars of horses to again resume
the business of threshing as he has done
for SIX or seven years pas5
Osmer Burleson: Threshers are hire
ing all the men they want for $3.50 per
day. Man came in from Fargo today
and he said that at Casselton they we're
paying from 81 to Sl.25 and S1.OO at
Valley City. If it don't rain will start
out tomorrow with my outfit.
Geo. Tucker, of Courtenay, was IN the
metropolis today getting ready to start
the thresher next week. He says the
farmers do not know how they are going
to get money for wheat. Threshers
must be paid some way and the 30 day
credit plan will not get supplies or pay
off men. The elevators OF the 500 are
not able to pay cash, but it is said that
Minneapolis merchants will accept their
checks for goods. This of course drives
trade away from the country merchant.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24
Opening Of the Shooting Sea-
son Finds Many to CeIe-
brate 1t.
Gov. Shortridge and Friends
Out in the Fields Today
Shooting.
Not Open to Handle
the Crain--Money Lack
ing.
From Mondays Daily,

The chicken shooting season opened
up yesterday in good shape, and a goodly
number OF birds we're bagged before
darkness put an end to the sport. The
number Of hunters out yesterday was
large, though many devotees of the sport
postponed their visit to the fields until
today. Quite number of gentlemen
arrived on the morning train to take a
hand In the general slaughter. An ad-
ditional number Of local sportsmen
started out today, we'll equipped with
dogs and guns and necessary supplies
for protracted prairie chicken expedi-
tion. Several Of the parties comprised
half dozen people, with everything in
shape for royal time. The prairie
chickens are numerous this season, and
II the influx OF hunters from abroad is
not too great several weeks OF irst-class
shooting IN this vicinity will result
DR.. Archibald numbers the following
gentlemen among his guests, all bent on
chicken shooting today: Gov. Short
ridge, who arrived yesterday; DR.. Court
ney, chief surgeon Of the Northern Pa
cific, Brainerd; DR.. Mussetter, St. Paul;
Drs. Dunsmore and Dunn of Minneapo-
Lis, and Mr.. Makey of Chicago. Excur-
SONS will be made over the prairie from
the asylum and big bags are expected.
Supt. Wilson went to Sanborn today
for chicken shoot.
John Bensch is early in the field with
a chicken story to the effect that one
man was out yesterday with bull dog
and club, and bagged 36 birds. If this
mode of hunting becomes popular, deal
ers IN guns and ammunition are likely
to retire from trade and start in the more
profitable business of propagating bull
dogs.
Prairie chicken is now regular feat-
ure of the bill of fare at hotels.
The various parties killed from 20 to
1OO birds each-according to reports.
The grass Is very dry and dogs have
hard work to locate game during the
middle Of the day particularly.
E. D. Shockey: Billy Hughes and I
went out yesterday and secured AZ
chickens, six ducks and two plovers.
Went north of the city about 20 miles.
Some OF their St. Paul friends left
Strong & Chase 25 young birds yesterday.
Attorney Jno. Bullet of the Northern
Pacific, Mr.. Merriam, son Of the gov
ernor, Mr.. Warner, and G. A. Schurmie1
of st. Paul, put IN the day soath OF the
city yesterday and got l04 birds. The
gentlemen had four or five excellent
dogs. Today the car left for Sykeston
in which vicinity the party will remain
several days.
One Of the chicken sports had nice
bag of birds lost or stolen out OF the
buggy after reaching home last night.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24
Doubts Entertained.

The insurance on the life of the late
NJ. Ports was $1,000 in all, as stated by
Mrs. Portz. There were $4,000 in the
A. o. U. W., and $1,000 in the North
western Mutual. There are six children,
Of fwhom Edward is the oldest, aged II,
the youngest being five months old. Mr..
Portz was but sc years old himself and
not 45 as stated.
Notwithstanding there is no proof Of
the same, it is the opinion of the family
Of the deceased that he met his death
by other means than suffocation by gas.
Mrs. Portz believes that her husband
had some money on his person when he
left for his work IN the morning, as it was
the intention to buy the children some
clothing in the evening.
John Silevski, living south of the Fifth
street bridge, west 0: the river, was help
ing Portz on the day Of his death. He
states that the gas made him eick, and
about noon he quit and went home. He
did not come up town until evening soon
after the discovery was made of the
death of Portz.
The man who was working with the
deceased at the time, or about the time,
Of his death, is supposed to be tramp,
who was hired by Portz to help him dur
ing the sfterpoon. His name or where
he came from are not known to the fam.
lily, neither ls the present whereabouts
Of the man known. 1t is supposed he
has left the city.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24

this morning, looking for work for their
threshing outfit. Crops are poor in their
vicinity, and they are forced to look else.
where for grain to thresh, they say.
Thresh,ng will be underway as soon as
the grain drys sufficiently to begin opera.
tions. The prices at which work will
begin are $3.50 for men and teams and
81 for men alone. In the northern part
Of the county threshers with complete
outfits are reported as going TO charge IL
cents per bushel for tkreshing. The
farmer is to no expense except to haul
the grain from the machine. This price
he farmers consider excessive consider
ing the low price of wheat. They think
that it should be about 9 cents ana not
more than 10 cents at the highest.
B. F. Bigelow returned from q busi-
ness trip to Edmunds last night and re-
ports wheat in that vicinity as about all
cut. Many have made good progress
into their oats. Gram is very uneven,
he said. Some fields which he saw would
probably yield twenty bushels, while
others might not go five. or six. The
newest land yields the best and the old.
est the least
E. P. Page, four miles east of Leeds,
says where he summer fallowed he would
have twenty bushels to the acre and
where be plowed in the fall not near 90
good. The gophers have eaten the barley
and wheat very badly, IN some places
about destroyed the whole crop.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24

A large new 2,65O pound burglar proof
safe was on Monday placed in ths North
ern Pacific freight Office at Mandan to re-
place the one burglarized some time ago.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24
As to Portz Death.

Last Thursday all that was mortal Of
Michael Portz was laid to rest in Calvary
cemetery. The remains were followed
to the grave by large number of
friends.
There appears to be a belief, entertain
ed by some that Mr.. Portz did not
come to bis death by accidental means,
and that there is some one, unknown,
who might throw light on the subject.
1t is claimed that the fact of his working
alone-the man who had been working
with him not being present at the time
OF death, as far as known-is suspicious
circumstance; also the cut on the back
of the head is hard to account for. 1t is
also reported that the man who was
working with him that day has not been
seen since, and again it is claimed that
no one was seen helping Portz at any
time that afternoon. 1t Is stated at the
Gladstone that the deceased was seen
alive, or believed to have been alive, as
late as o'clock IN the afternoon. His
body was found sbout 2 o'clock.
1t is reliably stated that Portz was
subject to fainting spells. though he may
not have had one for year or more past.
He is known to have been suddenly
taken with one of those spells while in
places Of business IN the city but not re-
Gently. It is hard to conceive how any
one could have an object in doing him
an injury as he carried no money on his
person and lived an honest square life.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1893-08-24

The Fargo Argus has decided to re-
duce Its size. Hereafter the Monday
morning Argus will be issued in four
page form; all other days of the week it
will be the usual size, eight pages. The
Associated Press and other news service
is light on Sunday and as there is no par
ticular necessity for full sized sheet on
Monday, they make the reduction.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01
fla I r
Two Tables-Foreign and Hawaiian; Grab
Boxes; Rattle; Leis and Flower Ia
bles: Ice Cream and Candy
Tables; Scales; Etc.
NO ADMISSION FEE WILL Be CHARGED,
LU a u
Two Blue Flag Tables-Tickets % Cents.
One Pink Flag Table-Tickets 80 Cents.

The Band of st. Louis College will play
during the whole day several of their beau
tiful pieces to make of the occasion not
only Il lucrative day, but also very enjoy
able one for everyone
ER- Trains will run at Excursion Rates
from Honolulu and Moanalua to the Fair
Grounds every half hour from A. NJ. to l
p Nj; every hour from to +. Nj; every
half hour again from to I p. NJ.
E8- Tickets for the I.uau may be had
any time after Tuesday, March llth.
90 Tickets for Trains Ground trip,
only % cents, will be delivered at the Depot
on the two preceding days, April 18th and
18th.
n. i. The 25c. Ticket gives right either
to the 25c Luau Table, or to the Lunch
Table, or to the Ice Cream Table.
HAWAIIAN TABLE:-Mrs. w. l.. Will
cox and Assistants.
FANCY TABLE:-Mrs. T. A. Lloyd,
Mrs. Cooper, Mrs. J. f. Morgan and Mrs.
j. Lucas.
LUAU Mrs. Meek, Miss Wright and
Assistants.
ICE CREAM and COFFEE:--Mrs. j.
| W. Mcdonald, Mrs. Arthur Mcdowell and
the Misses McLain.
CANDY and LEMONADE TABLE,
Miss NJ. Tuck and the Misses Perry.
GRAB BOXES:-Miss May Lloyd.
LEIS TABLE:-Mrs. J. Ailau and As,
! siStantS.
SCALES Miss Edna Lloyd.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01
UNLUCKY THIRTEEN.
It Wasn't the Toughness of the Beef,
but Its Association.

He walked into the restaurant
with yearning, alf-famished look
in his eyes.
1t was not the finest restaurant in
the city but he seemed oblivious Of
the fact as he eagerly scanned the
bill of fare.
Bring me some mutton chops"
he said to the obsequious waiter.
81 can't jes' recommend the chops,
sah," replied the waiter.
"Why not?"
Cause dey's all gone any more"
Then get me beefsteak, and be
quick about it!''
The beefsteak was a demoralized-
looking specimen and of adaman-
tine consistency. The waiter watch
ed him gleefully as he hacked off a
corner and conveyed it to his mouth.
There was a suppressed groan.
Our hero had broken a tooth in an
ill-advised attempt at mastication.
rs you superstitious, sah?" nquir-
ed the waiter.
"No, Why do you ask?"
"'Cause you is de thirteenth pus-
son wot tried to eat dat erdentical
piece of beefsteak, and none of 'em
couldn't do nothin' wild it. | know
ed sumfin' was agwine to happen,
shuahH'-DetrOH Free Press.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01
The Shirt Makers Revenge.

Hold your orders for Johnson is coming
The shirt maker is on the way
Look out for his whiskers for they are leak
ing
Till you hear what he has to say.
Respect to johnson the buffer Justly paid
And noble shirt maker honored his joblots
shade
But whence this being? that name so
mean
Should join with Johnson the shirt man,
on Il tomb be seen.
This Johnson would better far proclaim,
To future ages humble his job lots name,
Johnson and shirt maker had been well
paird
The city collector and the city bard.
Now import all your so called shirt makers
70 take my honest living away if you can
came to these Islands 10 work like a man
Here will stay in spite of your teeth
For all kinds of shirt will / make to look
neat
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01

My wife was confined to her bed
for over two months with very Sc
we're attack of rheumatism. We
could get nothing that would afford
her any relief, and as "a last resort
gave Chamberlain's Pain Balm Il
trial. To our great surprise she be-
gan to improve after the first appli-
cation, and by using il regularly she
was soon able to got up and attend
to house work. Il, II. Johnson, of
Z. j. Knutson ~ CO., Kensington,
Mimi, 80 cent bottles for sale by
all dealers. Benson, Smith ~ Co.,
agents for tho Hawaiian Islands
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01
PLEASURES OF SHOPPING.
The Bargain Hunting Craze Leads
to Buying Useless Things.

Good afternoon, Lulu" said
Eloise, approaching her friend.
"How sweet you look in blue! |
know | am perfect fright, but I
don't care at all. The only feeling
| have left is hunger. | am simply
starving"
"Sit down here, DEAR" said Lulu,
taking off Eloise's hat and tanning
her with it. "You look so warm and
tired and famished, too. Why, you
are positively lean. What have you
been doing, Eloise2"
Shopping with Carrie Dryden.
It's after and l haven't eaten
thing but three California grapes
morning."
"Why not2"
"Well, Carrie didn't offer to treat
me to lunch, so, of course, l wouldn't
treat her. The grapes l just hap
pened to eat before we started out
and the peppermint drop was in my
coat-pocket or else really think I'd
be dead now.
Don't say dead, dear. Starved
would be bad enough"
81 bought the loveliest wedding
present for Miss Briggs-a Venetian
glass caraffe. Bargain sale-only
S2.64-and | have a box upstairs
that it will just fit in, so she'll never
know it didn't cost ton times as
much"
Glow very fortunaten'
81 sent all the things | bought out
here on the first express, so they
must be put up in my room now.
I'll tell you what they are"
eyes, do. One doesn't get into
town to shop very often from this
out Of the way spot"
"Well, in the first place there was
the dearest little stove"
"Stove?"
eyes; a secondhand one for only
ST."
''But what can you do with it,"
81 want to practice cooking on it.
| might get married some day and
then it would be very useful"
"You could practice on your
mothers range when you're at home,
couldn't you7"
"But this is such a convenient
stove, Louisa. | couldn't resist the
temptation when the man showed it
to me. 1t has an oven to bake little
cakes in and covers that lift off and
draughts to open and make the fire
come up. Oh, it's completed"
''What else did you get2"
''Some awfully cheap hinges-as-
sorted sizes for only so cents; just
think-in the same hardware de-
partment."
"You never use hinges, do you,
Eloise?"
81 never have. But | might; we
never can tell what we might do"
''Then what?"
"a book in red cloth and gilt
edges for ~ cents. | expected to
give it to Estelle johnson for a
birthday present, but when | came
to look it over found it was bound
wrong and all the part that explains
the mystery was left out. So i shall
just keep it for mammals Christmas
she won't mind"
"And then?"
"Gloves. Six pairs of the very
best kid for 90 cents each There
were only odd sizes, SO nad TO get
81. My number is 6, but l thought
| could squeeze into them" After
pause: "They might burst out,
though. [ didn't think of that"
"I'll tell you what to do. Leave
off sweets. Then you'll grow thin
enough to wear them"
"Thank, you, dear. You are so
economical and helpful"
"After the gloves?"
Gland me my hat quickly, DEAR"
after jumping up. 81 had forgotten
every bit about the bananasw Hur-
ries on, calling back: "The cheapest
things you ever saw, but decaying
rapidly. | must just rush or they'll
be spoiled before l get to my room
-IJ'averly Magasine.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01
ADVERTISING NOTES.

Rooms to let with board at llani-
wal, Waikiki.
Root Beer on draught at Benson,
Smith a. Co.'s.
After shaving use Cucumber Skin
Tonic. Benson, Smith u Co., Agents.
Sunburn relieved at once by Gu
cumber Tonic, Benson, Smith Il Co,
Agents,
Mechanics Home, 80 and 81 Hotel
street. Lodging by day, week or
month Doe, and soc, night; 81
and Sl,25 a week.
Prof, #, Lombard, A. b., will CON
tinue giving instruction in private
and in classesi French, Spanish,
and Latin. Residence, Alakea street,
near Y, M, G. A,
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01
LAST BUT NOT LEAST"

! do all the shirt cutting that is
done at my place of business and in
case the shirts don't give entire salts
faction | will alter them, make new
shirts or refund the money. All
shirts that | make will be kept in
repair for years free of charge,
A. l.. JOHNSON,
The American Shirt Maker.
The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1893-04-01

The following choice bit OF word painting
occurs in Hawthorne's Marble Faun:
Women be they of what earthly rank
they may, however gifted with intellect or
genius, or endowed with awful beauty, have
always some little handiwork ready to fill
the tiny gap of every vacant moment. \
needle is familiar to the fingers of them all.
a queen, no doubt, plies it on occasion the
woman poet can use it as adroitly as her
pen; the woman's eye, that has discovered
Il new star, turns from its glory to send the
polished little instrument cleaning along
the hem OF her kerchief, or to darn casual
fray in her dress. And they have greatly
the advantage of us in this respect. The
slender thread of silk or cotton keeps them
united with the small, familiar, gentle in
terests OF life, the continually operating in
iluences OF which do so much for the health
OF the character, and carry Off what would
otherwise be Il dangerous accumulation of
morbid sensibility. A vast deal of human
sympathy runs along this electric line,
stretching from the throne to the wicker
chair OF the humblest seamstress, and
keeping high and low in species of COM
muniOn with their kindred beings"
Housewives, while you ply the needle,
have you ever reflected on the viCisstudes
of life? See to it that your husbands pro-
vide for the future welfare OF their families
by at once applying for Policy in the
EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE So
CIETY of the United States. No more
suitable gift could be offered to you.
BRUCE & A. j. CARTWRIGHT,
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DIR. McLennan, l3l Fort street,
above Hotel, Chronic and Surgical
cases. Mutual Telephone 6s2.
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Subscribe for the Daily Bulletin, 90
cents per month.
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Job Printing neatly and promptly
executed at The Bulletin Office
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Prices as Usual 6OC., 75C. & $500.

We Box Plan open at Levey's where
Tickets can be had for all parts OF the
house. G79-3w
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SUNDAY SERVICES.
ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.

The services of the cathedral con-
gregation Of st. Andrews Cathedral
for tomorrow, Easter Day, will be
as follows: 6:30 a. M, Holy Commu-
Mon; IL am, full Choral Mathis
and Sermon: