Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1895-12-26

JAMEST'
and attention wss directed to obligs-
tions given by residents Of Jsmestown
and Stntsmsn county. OF this class Of
assets there we're Sl31, ,725 worth. Much
Of it 10 worthless while portion is good
and will be paid in full. or nearly 90.
This latter class, in many instances, was
bid 10 by friends for the makers. This
amount. however, was email and most
Of the paper brought less than one per
cent OF the face value. But $1,334 was
realized from all this class of assets.
The drst paper offered was note for
$3.50, given by Mrs. A. P. Hslstsad and
one given by Louis Klein for $40 .88.
The latter was bookkeeper employed
by different firms in the city few years
ago and gave the note in payment for .
quarter section of land near Ypsilsnti.
The land reverted to the bank-and was
sold by Receiver johnson recently---the
note was never destroyed and valuelese,
appeared in the assets. BY somewhat
similar banking operations the note Of
Mrs. Halstead appeared IN the list OF
assets. Neither should have been held
az mercantile paper. The notes were
knocked down to Fredsus Baldwin for
$3.50, but the money refunded later.
e. E. Cuddeback, a butcher in the em-
ploy of Lloyds bank at the time Of the
failure, left three notes. One Of S767.46
was sold to F. A. Lenz for SO, one of
$1,000 to o. q. Chrlstopherson for $40
and one OF $3.50 to 8. X. MoGlnnis for
81. Mr.. McGlnnis also bought judg.
nent against Wm. NJ. Lloyd, Jr., OF
$9,281. 50 for S1O2.
Andrew Blewett bid in note given by
Geo. F. Armstrong for $40 for $1.25.
A note given by VIM. Choisser Of Mon
tana for s550-endorsed by the North
western Live Stock Co.-and note of
$4.53 given by G.. A. Harvey, were
bought by s. K. McGinnis for 81.
Five. notes given by o. H. Holt, of
gold brick fame. aggregating $9,609.29
we're knocked down to Fredrus Baldwin
for SIS. With one OF the notes was
deed to four lots in Bismarck
loaded with back taxes, it is said-and an
insurance policy for $1,000. Three notes
given by Wm. P. Shepherd 4 Son,
amounting to $577.58 and one by 81. F.
Chadduck for $32.4O were also Knocked
down to him for V; d. L. Wilbur's
note of $5334.36 for $40; $500 note given
by A. w. Porter, for $3.50; two notes of
$1,000 each gwen by Otto Gasal, for
SL55; and A. J. Harris $2S1.90 for $3.50.
Mr.. Baldwin also got judgment
against J. L. Price, who left the city last
summer, of SllS.15 Cor 81 and an sS40
judgment against A. W. Kelley & Son
for S..
A $50 note given by Frank Spinarski
went to Frank Delaire for 81;
another one Of S164.S9 and a
joint note by John and Frank Spinars-
XII of 1897. SO for sl2; and two notes of J.
Trenary amounting to $2Ol.35 for silver
dollar.
Jacob Siebert and Frank Splnarki's
Joint promise of $3.50 and Martin Fa!k
and Frank Spinarskl ditto OF s2489S
went to August Kuhn for $3.50 and $29
respectively Other Spinarski notes
amounting 10 S158.14 went to Peter
Fried for 81; Mr.. Fried also got small
note of o. F. Berquist of Sl248 for ST.;
and notes of Henry fairfield ageregat-
ing s4,412. 81 for s25.
r. Seeley took batch of notes con-
sisting Of w. &. Russell's $3.50, W., A.
Rich's s2O.4O, Chas. Hallfax's sil2, II.
A. Blood's 1908 and r. w. Halls $685.
for one dollar. H. Tufford's promise to
pay s4S4.97 went to w. B. S. Trimble for
So so and three notes against the James
town Electric Light Co., amounting to
$40, $50. 81 for SIS.
Captain Haight was a heavy buyer
and picked up considerable paper secur-
ing the following notes: Mary G. Chad
ducks 1926 and A. w. Ind Fl. W. Kelley
S175 for 50; A. w. Kelley Sl06.S0 for 81;
Joseph Blonea s24o66 for SIS; Anton
Werschy (2) s349.53 for 81; four OF NJ. 3.
Coburn aggreeating S2,6l3.l0 for S48;
John Ahrens S42.lO for 81; @. McHarg
S55 for $3.50; w. s. Brett $24.34 for
another dollar; E. s. Miller's $254.52 for
Sl0.50; G. B. Ohrner, two amounting to
$llO.7O and one of n. L. Lewis of $214.-
% for SIS; J. B. Mathews Sl56 for 81; A.
j. Schwellen bach, $69.O4 for $40; Wm.
M. and Jas. NJ. Lloyd S2,92l,0l for $5s;
three OF Adam Walters aggregating
$s9S27 and joint notes OF G. e. and A.
Walters amounting to $6,95O.36 for S27;
Henry G. Thormhn $l3543 for IS. %; E.
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