Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1894-10-04
STATE TIPS,

Rose Bros. of Lisbon lost $50 tons of
hay by prairie fire.
Three inches of snow is reported to
have fallen at Rolls.
The Portland Press has suspended
publication indefinitely.
q. E. Allln Of Page has the contract to
construct $4,000 school house at En-
derlln.
DR.. Harcourt of Bismarck has recently
added two deer to his collection of pet
animals.
William Jones of Lincoln township,
Steele county, had 800 bushel OF wheat
stolen recently.
North Dakota potatoes are advertised
IN Minneapolis as ''the finest in the
world" The price asked there is 65
cents per busheI.
A grand wolf hunt is being arranged
in Kldder county. These marauders are
raising havoc with stock, NJ. Kunkel los
ing recently 20 sheep and valuable dog.
r. R. Pope, former resident OF Devils
Lake, an insurance agent, gambled with
the company's funds while at Deadwood,
S. D.. lost heavily, and committed sui
eide.
q. ". Buttz of Buttzville announces
himself candidate for the state legis-
lature on platform the main plank of
| which will be death to the cactus by
legislation.
The Enderiin Journal says: The late
Rev. Bell of the Methodist church has
skipped out under rather cloudy circum-
stances, SO rumor has it.. EnderIin is
now listed 10 the church scandal column.
J. R. Mclean OF Drayton was crushed
down into load of wheat and his spinal
column broken while attempting to haul
| a load OF wheat into granary. The top
OF the doorway struck him on the back
of the neck.
The Merchants National bank of
Devils Lake came very near closing its
| doors last week. Some one lost the com
| bination to the vaults and the funds of
| the institution for an entire week were
securely ''tled up until an expert re-
l1eved the financial strlugency.
J, J. Doyle, one OF Pat kelly's grading
crew st Mandan, took tumble from the
suspension bridge over the Missouri,
between that clty and Bismarck. He fell
50 feet and broke several ribs and re-
celved a number of severe bruises, but
came out OF the accident with his bottle
Of whisky uniniured.
The large barn belonging to Hammer
l. Condy, on their farm, seven miles north
of Cooperstown, burned to the ground
Monday night together with about 70
tons of hay, eight head of horses, two
thoroughbred bulls, ten set of harness
and other things. The fire was caused
by lantern exploding. Insurance,
$1,000 on horses, $50 on cattle, S400 on
barn.
There is an air OF mystery about tie
disposition of Lon Gould's remains at
Lucca, says the Buffalo Express. His
mother and sister were found at Min
neapolis and Immediately came up 10 re-
move the body. 1t had been turned over
to r. P. Jennings for interment, but on
investigation was found to have been
used for dlssecting purposes by certain
Ransom county physicians. Some people
charge that Mr.. Jennings sold the body,
while others claim it was stolen after
burial.
Colonel Tuller, IN the Fargo Forum,
says in regard to the statement that the
governor has appointed L. A. Boyden
chief of supply North Dakota National
Guard in his stead: II am without any
official notice OF any such appointment
The state courts have decided that the
governor has not the power to remove
me or any other military officer except
by court martial. II Mr.. Boyden at
tempts to assume the duties Of my Office
shall have him enjoined AT once. | an
the only legal chief of supply and don I
propose to allow an Illegal appointment
to interfere with my duties or assume
control Of my Office"