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't- ', I ii ri 4 rr VOL 4. THE DAILY The Northern Pacific Accommodatsa Us with Extra Trains for the Benefit of OoerB and Comers. The Land Office at Favgo an Obstruction to the Onward March of Emigra tion Farther West. The Eft*.™*-?** Crank wlio Itei-iils Ixia Own Bila on the Credit of an Iniae inary Informant. A Fraud. Last week a they have seen Fargo and the Red lliver sea they have seen Dakota and they go back home and "give the territory away" by an unintentional false report. The land office at Fargo heads oil' thous ands of people who would otherwise come on out and see God's own country in the James lliver Valley in just that way. Going into Dakota through Fargo is like going into New York through liell-Gale, only ten-fold worse, and the better part of the territory has had about enough of it. The Alert sends up an earnest prayer that the N. P. will put on a night train to carry immigrants and prospectors tliftugh Fargo and the lied lliver Valley, with un bending instructions to tlie conductor to make the west shore before daylight un der a penalty of being cashiered a month's pay for every failure. Rairoad Time. Yesterday morning Mr. Daily brought in a change in the railroad programme at this place, one which was urged by the Alert some time ago, and one which will be gratifying to the people of this town and vicinity. The Northern Pacific has put on an accommodation train that will leave here at six o'clock in the morning and arrive at Fargo at 11:30 a. m. lie turning, it will leave Fargo at 4:30 in the afternoon and arrive here at 10:10 p. m. This will enable our people to go to Far go and return the same day, which will be a great convenience as long as the gov ernment denies us a land office here and we have to go to that place to do all kinds of business connected with the acquisi tion of public lands. There is also a change of time in the freight trains but the two passenger trains will run on the same time as heretofore. The following telegram has been re ceived later: Fargo, May, 14, 1882. Editor Alert: We start the Jamestown accommoda tion to-inorrow morning, leaving James at six a. m., and arriving at Fargo at 11:30 a. m.. Leaves Fargo at 4:30 p. in,, arriv ing in Jamestown at 10:10 m. Please —»i." (J, t. lloBAliT. notify the people. A Land Office. Jamestown is entitled to a government land office and we hope the people here will insist upon their rights in the matter. There are thousands of dollars spent in traveling to and from Fargo, a distance of 100 miles, to negotiate public laud trans actions, besides the unavoidable delay on account of the rush of business at that office, the greater part of which is out this way. There is a well-grounded suspicion here that interested parties, for seltisli and avaricious purposes, are'at the bottom of our difficulty in obtaining a land office here, and some of them will comc to grief sooner or later. Jamestown is willing to live and let live, but she will not silently see her rights withheld just to keep up another town. If Fargo needs help, no other town in the territory will bestow its charity with a more lavish hand, but hat we object to is having it filclicd from us through the land office. [Communicated.] A Vigorous Kick. Ed. Alert: The vexations and unnecessary expense to which many settlers arc subjected in Stutsman and adjoining counties are sim ply outrageous. Quite a number of settlers -.••Sr^-, a ^vl aw KC~: v. jfT -1-.- \A fy party of gentleman came out from the slates on return tickets, to and from Jamestown, but as tlie land office is located at Fargo, they stopped there, and the mud and ocean of water that met their gaze so disgusted Llicm that they would not come and fiiriher, and sent one their uumber on out to Jamestown to get their tickets stamped for return. Tlie one that came on out to Jamestown was so pleased with the James lliver Country and iiie town that, if he had not had the tickets of tlie others he would have telegraphed tlie oth ers to come on out. This same thing has been going on for along time and peo ple are deluded into tlie belief that when have filed through at torn era and immediately put up shanties on their claims, and just about the time they get their shanties finished they get retunn from Fargo, saying that their claims had lieen filed on by somebody else just a day or two ahead of them. The Fargo office is so crowded with applications that it takes two or three weeks to get returns here. The latest report from Washington on the bill was as follows: Senator McDill's report on Senator ilc McMillan's report to create an additional land district in Dakota, recommends the passage of the bill and presents the fol lowing statement: The proposed dis trict includes the counties of LaMoure, Diclscy, Logan, Kidder, Stutsman, Fos ter, Gingras, Sheridan, McHenry, and lc 8met, about 100.000 square miles, and 10, 000,000 acres of public lands. It includes jtome of the most valuable agricultural lands in Northern Dakota, and is nowre ceivin"1 a very large immigration, and it will probably receive 16,000 to If,000im migrants in the present ear.- Jamestown is distant 100 miles from the nearest,land office in Dakota and proper ly located in the proposed district for ac cess by railroad. Aftotbw dispatch a day or two late said that the land commissioner was op posed to the bill and was trying to defeat it. Can it be possible that the people of len counties are to be hoodwinked and bamboozled out of their rights tliusly? It seems too absurd to think that the members of congress would allow us to be so unjustly treated. It would be an interesting matter to know where Mr. Pettigrew stands on this bill. Mr. Pet tigrew is a candidate for re-election to congress, and the people of Stutsman county would like to hear from him at an early date on this bill. He worked hard to get the land offices at Aberdeen and Mitchell, but he has not opened his mouth on the Jamestown bill. He is as dumb as a gravestone in our case. Why is this Won't some member of the Hoard of Trade who has this matter at heart, get up a set of ringing resolutions for the Uoard of Trade, setting forth our griev ances and have them sent to the proper committee in each house of congress, also to Senator McMillan and to Mr. Pet tigrew? Very Iruly, TIIK GEO. C. D. Milldam Washout. Yesterday morning the south side of the mill dam gave away, and was carried out clear and clean by the current, even the large rocks were carried down the stream" a considerable distance. The cause seems to have been the cutting out of the bank, which, though protected as was thought sufliciently, gradually gave away. It will incur considerable expense to repair the damage, but, as the mill is provided with steam power, this misfor tune will not affect the running of the mill. Mr. Klans will go to work at once to repair the damage to the dam, and will rebuild it in a permanent and substantial manner. The flouring mill is one of our most valuable enterprises, and its propri etor one of our most enterprising citizens and his misforune, though he is abund antly able to stand it, is regretted by all. Jim-Ham's Gone. Sheriff McKechnie:s flock of sheep under the leadership of Jim-ram have wandered oif. A member of the dramatic club upon learning of it gave vent in the following verses, to be sung to the tune of "Ninety and Nine:" Thero were sixty and nine that safely strayed, From out of McICechnio's fold Th«y wandered over the bluffs away Toward Spiritwood, Sam was told. CHORUS— Then off on his pony, he galloped away, To And tho lost elicep, he hunted all day He returned, but found them not. We think old Ram Jim is to blame for it all But Sam c»nnot blame him for going away Yet we hope ho'll get time to return before fall, And join us again in our opening play. Cnoiius— A Solid Showing'. The financial statement of the First Na tional Bank which appeared in the Alert yesterday morning shows the institution to be iu a sound and healthy condition and is a flattering exhibit. The officials of the institution are to be congratulated as well as the lucky persons who own its stock. A Complaint. To VILLAGE BOAISD—Until James town commenced putting on airs and in dulged in the luxury of a village board, street commissioner, etc., Fifth avenue was the smoothest, dryest and most beau tiful thoroughfare in Dakota. To-day any man who has a cellar to excavate or a back yard to clean out is permitted to dump the refuse into Fifth avenue, which presents a disgusting surface of hills and valleys, mounds and ravines, stones and obstructions. This, too, is the most im portant and most traveled portion of our city, being between the depot aud Second street on the south side. Who is respon sible If the board, permit them to re sign and fill tlieir places. If the street commissioner ask his resignation and give us a man who will complete the job the same year it is commenced. SUFFEREIt. Proceedings of Board of County Commis sioners, In session at 10 o'clock a. m., on the 10th day of Mny, A. D. 1882. Board met pursuaut to call. Full board present. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved. On motion Commissioner Moran ap pointed a committee of one to act with the clerk in preparing plans and specifica tions for the rebuilding and repairing of bridges. Said plans to be submitted to the board for approval. The following resolution was offered: llesolved, That the board offei at pub lic sale at 10 o'clock a. m. on the 10th day of June, 1882, at the front door of the court house, to the highest bidder, the following described property, to-wit: Stutsman county court house toeether with lots 4, 5 and 6 in block 10 in the village of Jamestown, D. T. The board reserving tlie right to reject any or all bids also to withdraw the notice previous to the day of sale and further, that if the boaid of court house construction do not commence labor on tlie new court house on the day named in the act ap proved March 5, 1881, the sale shall not take place. Adopted. Bill of .(no. S. Watson called up and on motion allowed—$3. r.u.is A I,LOWED. C. Ilagn- r, care of pauper 822 00 Thos. S. Collins, writing paper 8 25 E. 11. Foster, surveying with road viewers 10 00 Koad orders No. 133, District No. 2, for $1,125, and No. 4, District No. 1, for $6.00, cancelled'and county order issued. Fellows & Hart allowed county order for rebate on 1SS1 tax erroneously assessed. Petition of Apolonio Klaus called up and after reading laid over until next meeting. Petition of II. L. Inman and others called up and referred back to petitioners. Bond of Arthur W. Porter as county assessor presented, and was on motion approved. Application made, and bonds presented, by M. E. Foley for a license to retail malt and spirituous liquors in Jamestown, from April 1st, 1882, to January 1st, 1883. On motion-bonds approved and license granted. On motion the board adjourned until 10 o'clock a. m., on the 17th day of May A. D., 1882. GEO. W. VEKKUM, County Clerk. {pn^ ohr li 1 a I JAMESTOWN WEEKLY DEATHS DOINGS. Sad Disaster, Following Faster and Still Faster, Spreading: Sorrows and Woes Wherever it Goes. The Festive Town Cow Makes a Grand Bow in the Sward Grass and the New SOWA Garden Sass. The Ubiquitous Tone of the Talking Tele phone would Slake a Loud Sound for the Capital Town. Another Accident. A little after eleven o'clock yesterday morning, as the work train was return ing from Sanborn, and was about three miles cast of Spiritwood, it left the track, and in doing so was precipitated down a fifteen-feet embankment, killing three men and wounding several others more or. less severely. The train had been east, picking up old iron, and consisted of the engine, which was backing up, and a ca boose, which it was drawing, and had on board twenty-seven workmen, who were nearly all bruised, more or less, in the catastrophe. The evidence showed the accident to have been caused by the beam of the brake on the tender coming down, throwing the tender from the track, which, in turn drew the engine olE and the caboose Followed. Two of the men killed were brought to Jamestown, and the third was still under the wreck at last accounts, with a large force at work trying to recover the body. Judge Stein bach was notified of the affair and at once proceeded to hold THE IXQUEST in the baggage room of the depot, where the two bodies were laid. Messrs. E. Elmer, M. N. Sanborn and E. F. Horn being selected as the jury and Mr. Juukins as clerk the inquest began. The jury, Jerry Behan conductor, Wallace McLean fireman, aud CJhiei lioad-master A. E. Taylor were sworn in and Behan stated the facts as given above and identified the bodies as W. L. Turner aud Morris lia cine, the former a brakeinau and the lat ter a workman on his traiu. lie said Tur ner was sitting on the trout steps of the caboose and itacine was insiue the ca boose when the accident occuied. Behan was also inside the caboose at the time of the accident. Walter McLean testified that the man who was under the engine at last accounts was sitting on his seat in tlie cab at the time when the train went oil. McLean was thrown into the water which was beside the track, and when he got out he at once assisted to get his brother, who was tlie engineer, out, and also to assist the oiliers. Tlie engineer was badly cut auout the head and is now at the Dakota House. McLean escaped unhurt save some slight bruises. Mr. Taylor testified that he was in Val ley City ai the time of the accident, and at once went to the scene of the disaster. He identified Turner and stated that this morning he was to have been given charge of a work train at Wheatland. Dr. Baldwin was sworn and made an examination of tlie bodies, and decided that Turner came to his death from in ternal injuries, and that Itacine liad re ceived sufficient bruises on the head and face to have caused death. The inquest was th«n adjourned until this morning at i) o'clock when it is ex pected the body of the third man will have been recovered. The bodies were searched and some money and papers were found. Turner belongs in otevens Point, Wis. The bodies were turned over to the railroad company, who Lwill pay all expenses and bury the bodies. The track in the vicinity of Spiritwood seems to have had more than its share ol accident", no less thau three having oc cured there this spring, in two of which deaths have been recorded. The Cow Complaint Again. Still the complaints come in about the cows running at large in the town and destroying the gardens. There are no fences in town and the gardens are unprotected against the ravages of these bovine destroyers, 'i here is an evident slackness in enforcing the ordinance, which is stringent enough to effect the protection desired but the question is how or by whom are the ordinances to be enforced. The wr.ter has had some experience as a city oiiiccr, and he does not agree with those who think they themselves have nothing to do in the matter, but the town officers have it ail. It is impossible for an oilicer to see and know of his own knowledge of all the violations of the various ordinances, and without this he is as powerless as any other citizen to do anything, unless a warrant is put into lus hands to exe cute. The liberties of the people are not at the whim of au oilicer auy more than at that of any one else, nr can he exercise authority upon ihe say-so or whims of others. If you know of a vio lation of the law or ordinance, whether you are injured by it or not, it is your privilege aud, in many eases, your duty to go before Uie magistrate aud make an affidavit of the fact, and then you will see the law enforced, but you need not expect to see the law enforced if you call the officer to one side, and tell him such and such an one is violating an ordinance, and at the same time ret use to go before the magistrate and make affidavit to it. He has no power to act upon vour sug gesting or prompting it. "i lie only diiier ence is that a citizen is in duly bound, as a good citizen, to make complaint before a magistrate of an offense committed within his own knowledge or sight, and an ofiiccr is in addition bound by his offi cial oath to uo so. if any of "our town officers fail to do this tlsvy deserve censure, but if the citizens fail to do their dutv in the premises by refusing to make proper complaint they are not in a position to complain of tlie officers with very uood grace. If all would do their full duty the stock ordinance would soon begin to tell in its effects. Woodland Park. The Alert scribe took a ride with Mr. A. A. Allen out over the new addition of Allen & Dougc yesterday morning and was much pleased with the location and "Jay of the land." The Park adjoining on the west in the bend of the river is on dry ground and beautifully shaded Willi forest trees of natural growth, which will soon be trimmed up in good and S JAMESTOWN, STUTSMAN COUNTY, D. T., FRIDAY, MAY 19,1882 made one of tlie most pleasant retreats for pleasure strolls and out-door public occasions in the country, surrounded as it is on three sides by the majestic lit) le! James River. A Fourth of July celebra tion was held there last year ana a boomer will be held this, with spread-eagle speeches and such amusing diversions as the independent American citizens of Da kota choose to indulge. Although we re cognize our allegiance to the government of the United States we are not a slate and can afford to feel more independent than any other people in the world. Telephone Connection. Why not secure a telephone connection between the various business houses in Jamestown." It would save a great deal of prccious time to be able to communi cate with auy business house and with the Depot without leaving your business to go and do so in person. Our business men have all they can do to attend to tlieir business without having to go out from place to place to attend to it, and if theyr had telephone connection with those places they would save the time and trouble of going out to attend to it. With a system and connection of thirty or forty stations the expense to each would be but a small matter, and after a trial the peo ple would not do without it for twice the cost. The Alert presents this subject to the consideration of the enterprising peo ple of Jamestown. Grand Rapids Notes. The hardware store on Broadway is nearly completed and is an ornament to the town. Mr. Ingersoll has the Bank building fairly under way he expects to he in it in the course of a couple of weeks. Two blacksmith shops are going up and in fact the building boom has struck this town in earnest. I. C. Hall & Co., are adding a cook room to the Revere House and will soon build a fine cottage i:i town. Tlie senior partner of tiiis firm is running a branch house at Ellendale the terminus of the II. & D. branch of the C. M. & St. P. 11. It. A prairie fire destroyed the residence of the Bowen Bros, six miles out of town. Deisem & Franks have a large stock of goods this spring and seem to be doing a good business. John Young is building quite a nice house on the bluffs west of town. It is rumored here that wealthy parties are contemplating building a road to be known as the Devil's Lake, Sanborn & Grand llapids Line this to be the southern branch of the line. If this should pan out to be true, Grand Rapids will be in a lew years the railroad center of the southern part of Northern Dakota. Davis & Whitenian report a live busi ness. The mattar of Sidewalks. As the city authorities have decided fo build quite an extensive lot of sidewalk the Aleit wishes to express again its sen timents upon the subject aud the influ ence tuey have upon the strangers who visit our town. As was said in these col umns a few days ago the sidewalks will give out an almost irresistible impression to the stranger of the calibre of the peo ple both socially and in public spirit so much as the sidewalks, and we wish to urge it upon the city authorities to not. "give the town away" by any narrow contracted walks on the business streets and main thoroughfares of the town. The walks that have been made so far are a credit to the town and a commendation of the people, and this article is alone for the purpose of encouraging a continuance of tlie policy. The walk from Fifth ave nue to the .fames river will be the main promenade, as it will go out to the river, the very place persons will want to go, and about far enough for pleasant recrea tion, and for that reason the walk should be commodious and substantial as well as neat. All the walks that are built should be in accord with the needs of the locality in which they may be made. Anything that is worth*doing at all is worth well doing, and tlrs does not apply more strongly in any case than in the matter of sidewaiks. Fargo Republican: A Washington special to the Pioneer Press, says that 'Delegate Pettigrew has renewed his efforts to se cure tlie opening by order of the secretary of the interior, of the territory occupied by the Turtle Mountain band of Indians. He has filed a written statement setting forth the history of the case, and asking that the Indians, 250 in number^ shall be movecf to the White Earth reservation in Minnesota, and tue entire country now occupied by them thrown open to settle ment. A year ago he filed a similar peti tion, takin'g the ground that the claim of the Indians to the territory was not found ed ,ipen any valid right to the country. In that letter he stated that a few of the half-breeds had made the claim for the purpose of securing a large sum of money from the government. He was informed by the commissioner of Indian affairs at that time that the department had recog nized their claim to the country as valid, and that the only way this country could be opened up to* settlement was by con gressional action. Thereupon Mr. Petti grew introduced a bill at tlie beginning of congress providing for the opening up of the country to settlement. There is no present prospect that this bill will become a law this session of congress. Mr. Pet tigrew has become convinced, after a fur ther investigation of the subject, ihat the title of tlie Indians to this country is not valid, aud he renews his application to tho department for an order to open it up as above stated. The territory embraces 9,000,000 acres. We notice from the St. Louis Globc Dcmocrat that Col. Donan, managing ed itor of the Fargo Argus, is down in that city working up excursions for Dakota and Minnesota with good success. He is working iq the behalf of the L\, B. Q. 15. It., and its connecting lines, and his first troph.'isan excursion of young la dies of the Russian Broom Brigade. They will visit, several points of romantic inter est making Lake Mmnetonka, on the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railroad, the terminus of tlieir northwestern mean derings. The Col. is a host when he starts out on an enterprise. The Daily Plaindeaier at Grand Forks, made its debut Moaday evening of this week. It is a neat seven column folio and is in keeping with the town in which it came to life. The Alert hopes it will "boopv" like a grt&n bay tree. .' •-'•A-' a*! m. LAND OFFICE CHANCES. The 'Final Glean and Closing: Scene of ti Railroad Cave that Sent Three Men to the Grave. House River Half-breeds threaten violent Seeds, and Xelleher turns Back to his old beaten Track. Those with spleen Affected, have their er rors Corrected by a few pen Strides upon their thick Hides. The Land Office Jumble makes a hopeful Rumble, and comes up Anew by the aid of Mr. Pettigrew. The Land Office, There is, to say the least, some hope of securing a land office at Jamestown, and we ought to let the dispensers of such things at Washington know that we want one here, and that we need one, and that we have a right to one, by every means in our power. The following letter, which has been handed us, con tains some encouragement: House of Representatives, Washington, iMay Uth 1882. A. W. KKLLEY, Jamestown, 1). T. Dear Sir—We have secured a favorable report on the land office bill from the Sen ate committee but do not know whether the bill will pass or not. The Minnesota senators and members here are opposed to it, and they have secured the opposi tion of the commissioner of the land office and it makes it very hard work. Still I shall do every thing I can, and hope, of course, to pass tlie bill. Young Hewitt has been here for some time, working earnestly to secure the passage of the bill, ana he feels confident of success. Yours truly, 11. L. PETTICHEW. The Mouse River Country. EDITOR ALERT.—I started on Monday for Bismarck on my way to the Mouse River Country, but on arriving at Bis marck 1 learned from a reliable source that the lialf-brced Indians of the Turtle Mountain country were open rebellion against the whites in that part of Dakota. Therefore I have given UD the idea of going to that great agricultural district at present. I). M. KKI.LKJIE!'. In addition to the above we learn from Mr Kt lleher that the hostility of the dians is suspccted of being incited some parties for a seliish purpose. Indians hare been reinforced from Turtle Mountain region and now are to number about In iy The the said is there will be some blood-letting done up there. This is probably a scheme of the Indians to get a bonanza out of the ernment for their assumed claim, and there is no telling how far they will push it. The condition of affairs is not invit ing to immigration to the Mouse River country just at present, to say the least. Finale of the Inquest. The inquest over the dead resulting from tlie railroad accident at Spiritwood Tuesday was concluded yesterday morn ing, when the body of the unfortunate who could not be extricated from the wreck in time to be brought in with the the two the day before, arrived. The name of this man was Peter Lawronsen. The verdict of the coroner's jury was in accordance with the facts published in the Alert of yesterday morning, from which it appears that the accident was one that human foresight could not an ticipate nor avoid, and no blame for neg ligence attaches to any one. Tie rail road company provided neat and suita ble coffins and dressed the bodies in good and suitable burial clothes. The body ol Lawronsen was sent to Fargo and was bul led by the company. Turner's was sent to relatives at Steven's Point, and that of ,s the newspaper as the best and most clfee- tive mcaus of wreaking vengeance upon an adversary and who think it is perfect.- lj- legitimate that they be allowed,or rath er that they be not denied the right to flay an adversary through its columns and then themselves dodge behind the publish er into the obscurity of a nom dc plume, in which the writer cannot be recognised, There are often good and sufficient rea- [Official.] Froscsdingsof Village Board of Trustees. Jamestown, D. T., May 15,1882. The Board of Trustees met at 8:30 p. m, J. T. Bush in the chair. Present—J. T. Bush, Lewis Lyon, J. J. Flint and J. J. Roper. Minutes of last meeting read and ap proved A petition was presented asking for a sidewalk on Front street from Fifth ave nue to the east side of Pittsburg street. The motion of J. J. Flint seconded oy J. J. ltoper that the petition be received and walk ordered built within thirty days was rescinded. Moved by L. Lyon that a sidewalk be ordered built on Front street from Fifth avenue to the east side of Por ter & Roper's office. Seconded by J. J. Flint and carried. Racine is still h?re awaiting tele graphic communication with relatives as f°r '•be accommodation of his stock while to where they wish it to be sent. The two brejkiug two and a half sections of laud, wounded men are getting along reason-1 31 rs. Allen has discovered no traces as ably well. yet of her missing husband, who abscond _d from here a short lime ago. A petition was presented asking that a sidewalk be built on Fifth avenue from the north side of Second street to the south side of .Jefferson street. The petition was received and walk ordered built within thirty days on motion of J. J. Flint sec onded by L. Lyon. A petition wa.- also presented asking that a sidewalk be built on 31am street from Fifth avenue to the James river. On motion of L. Lyon seconded by J. J. Flint the petition was received and walk ordered budt within thirty days Ordinance No. 18, referring to railroad trains blocking the reets and the speed with which trains shall be run through the village, received its first and second readings. Ordinance No. l(i was amended bv the addition of the following to Sec. Ill, a:id received its first and second readings: sons of modesty or other causes for a per- ground is in excellent shape. Our bin s. son to write for the papers over an unret smsr position bv means of muenuo is as, cowardly as it is mean, and thc Alert manufacture of all kmds of soda and miu docs not propose to lend its aid to anv I era! w&teis. such reprehensible purpose*, and if any j,r correspondent abuses the privilege I this way wc will expose lr!m :tr.d ©ollsse Capers. And provided farther that wli"n any person, per.-oiis, tioni)o or cmi^uny slia!) exhibit nr conduct any mscii tinutriVai. npi-rutic nr musical porrormaiiCi- a* if u.euiiniivd in St-c. 1 of this ordi nanci'. or any ie fo/mnTH'o cf a himilar nature not in violation of any law or'ordinance of tlie territory, or municipality, or shall operate any halt or place tliernl'or for a longer time tl.an one month: sii'.li person, person, troupe or company ,hali take out a six months licens-.- therefor in the sum oi $50 pay able in adv nee: sucli license to be received in ad vance nt the end of snch time upon the continuance thereof aud no other license shaii be exacted from such person, rsous, troupe or company playing or exhibiting in suet hall or place. Ordinance No. 17 ending with tlie 3d section received its third reading and pass ed on motion of L. L}-on seconded by J. J. Roper. The following accounts were presented 51. Murphy, building sidewalks.. .$3% 92 J. B. Uomnette, repairing plank on Fifth avenue 5 50 F. M. Brown, chairs and tables... The account of Grmini, Giescler & Muel ler was allowed on motion of L. Lyon sec onded by J. J. Flint. Moved by L. Lyon that the account of Geo. 11. Purchase be referred to the street commissioner. Seconded by J. J. Flint ana carried. Adjourned to meet Monday, June 5, at 8 o'clock p. m. DEWITT C. FLINT, 5W aud the probability depot and Yessey's store. gov Horace Ashley is having 150 acres of land broken ou his quarter, and is going extensively into potatoes aud onions. He has given up his intention of investing in the Yellowstone valley, thinking and feel ing that there is more* money to be made here. ^Minneapolis, May 16.—A nnmbef of, students of the state university were out °r at Sanoorn, and one of the lead on a spree fast night and being followed ing business men of that town, was in the by some of the faculty who propossd to city last night. capture and discipliae them, and started to run tliem down. Asa Paine, who fired a shot hich took effect in Paine's thigh. The wound is not serious, but there is good deal of excitement, had feeTTmr has oxistid between the fa^nUv and student of long standing, the latter having been very aggressive. I have beea made. S. L. Glaspell, accompanied by his be ter half, drove up from Jamestown yes fcrday aud contracted with Henry Yessey for 5,000 feet of lumber with which he proposes having built a large barn ana feed house tliree miles north of here Errors Corrected. Jerry Collins aud some of liis Michigan There "s liardlv a place in the work! enl where we do not find tuosc no think be- jeturned with 400 pounus ot pickerel mid cause they subscribe for or patronize a white lisb. The smallest one weighed paper that they have a right to dictate its seven pounds and thrco ouncos. course. This is an error, for such is not Darrah returned from Bismarck tho rase Another is that tlicv look imon veslerday, where he l.ad bee!: purchasing uu, cast. ^noinu inat uic^ look upon -0 i^FBfcafc1 '-tw, jQ]4 to the James river one day ,, I last week ou an angling expedition, and 00u coUo nwood trees. rouati trip in 26 hours. Thc grcat inilux and The breaking season has set in and lie smith is kept busy day aud night. ognizable signature, on subjects of put lie aud general interest, and this may he Faraly Personal. right and proper enough, but to abuse thc privilege by taking advantage of thc oh- Attorney Beaton of largo, is in the scuritv of thc attacking partv to civc a citv. person a rap and place him in an cmbarrns- wl" give his name to the party injured on ap-1 Ginnis new block. plication. The Alert is a newspaper and will publish the news though the heavens fall, but it does not champion the personal cause or grievance or spite of any one. Gco 1Jr Ulne comillcncc(1 lic Du of ti Empirc Storc occupy one of I he new stores iu Mc- Sheriff Melvethuie has recovered Jim Ram anil all but ten of his lost sheep which are supposed to have been slain by vicious dogs. Jlr. A. B. Zingg, thc proprietor of the co'' was pursued by the professors, and find- yesterday where he has. looking after ing that lie was likely to be caught he his real estate. He savs thc land office turnedland displayed a revolver, ^here-there be opened about the first of upon Professor Pike drew a P'.stol and. •-,nlt" returned fron\ A*erdeen Mr. Klaus has leased the two new store umJcr his Hall to rtie8 whf) vv vK'v"i'-* f4 No arrests store and thc other as I establishment. fef, jMig v* *5 Village Clerk. Eldridse Squibs Au underground telephonic communi cation has been established between the One of our enterprising farmers who hails from Ohio states that upwards of 15,000 acres ot grain have been sown with in six miles of this town during the past four weeks. This is an increase of 5,000 over last year. While in Jamestown Monday afternoon last Rev. "Win. Huelster purchased from John Moore a spanking little Indian pony •which he tied to tlie hind end of his ve hicle and led home. Ou arriving at his domicile he fastened the animal securely at the end of the hay slack and left him, as he supposed, comfortable for the night. Along about 4 o'clock in the morning, when the boys were doing the chores,they discovered tliat the pony had slipped his halter and skipped. Edward liuelster immediately mounted a horse and started in pursuit, but up nil the present lime has failed to overtake him. «ic-iy. Otrc as a gtv 'mm a wholesale .4-^. s.: NO. 43 SHORT SUPPLIES Of Neva Gathered, Between the Tbander Shocks, from the Unwilling Wire, Which Refti—d to do Ontr e^AteoMt of the Heavy Storm., *3* 4t» Capital MotM. By Western A««ociated Pica*. Telcgiams from Portland, Oregon, re. ports serious fight at Harrisburg, Alaska among the white women were killed. A number Representative Taylor, of Ohio, from the house judiciary, has submitted a re port to the house concerning the Onto nagon & Brule lliver railroad grant in Michigan. The question involves an in crease as presented to the committee, wlicthei after the expiration of the time fixed by the act granting ten railroad companies the right to construct roads and obtain a clear title to lands which the act originally covcrcd, the jndiciaty committee reports present and hold that thc government has aright to declare un earned lands forfeited. Milwaukee Kites. Milwaukee, May 18—This afternoon the lormal transfer ol the stock of the Mil waukee Sentinel was trade to the gentle men who are interested in the Daily Re publican, and the announcement is made that the two papers arc to be united, which will thereby give to Eastern Wis consin one of the'best edited daily news papers in the country. Wm. Ellis was instantly killed on the C. & if. W. railroad while coupling cars. Killed on The Way Home. Chicago, May 18.—Levi Preston, a farmer living eight miles below Memphis, was shot and killed last night by an un known party. Suspicion points to a m»n named Clark as the assassin. Clark and Preston had a fight in a grocery store near the scene early in the evening. Clark left for home at 0 o'clock, but Preston re mained until 9, and was shot while riding along the road toward his home. Soinar Them Honor. Liverpool, JVIay 18—'lne mayor cor dially welcomed the Jenneatte survivors and expressed his admiration of their gal lant enterprise. Consul Packard proposed the health of Danenliauser and Newcomb. The toast of "Lost Comrades" was drank in silence. Consuls Packard and Shaw escorted the party on board the steamer. Cruel Treatment. Cairo, May 18.—One person tried in connection with the conspiracy against Aradi, he was never allowed to sleep, tied down and was heavily ironed, tie was repeatedly beaten and forced to sign the criminating document. dot On to Them. Berlin, Germany, May 17.—The polict have seized 500 copies of the socialistic publications. ..'-1 Fallinff-Baclnv-Balliii*. Fargo, May 17.—Thc board of education this evening ordered all work on the new school house stopped on account of defec tive foundation. The architect who was employed to supervise the work of con struction is not here and an investigation is to be had. Tlie trotting association at a meeting to-night made arrangements for ti June races. The Norwegians arc having a fine ball to-night after their celebration to-day with much pomp. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Xfcrket. New York, May 18.—Money is quoted at 2@3}.j per cent. Prime mercantile paper is held at 4Q5 per cent. Sterling Exchange—Bankers' bills are quoted steady at $4.86^ do ex. demand, $4.89^4. Stocks—The following are the latest quotations: Northern Pacific 40J£ Do preferred 78% Milwaukee Grain Market. Milwaukee, May 18.—Wheat closed [notations, which were at the following qu( unsettled but steady. No. 2 hard... No. 2 fresh... No. 3 No. 4 Rejected 11c made thc ,, Seli crs continues, Yessey & Scripture arc kept busy IO- cating them. Two gentlemen from Omaha were here on Monday with the view of choosing a suitable lo'eation for the creetion of a grist rail!, and if a satisfactory sde can be pro cured they will wiiluu six weeks com mence to build. Chicago Grain Market. Chicago, May 18.—'The grain market closed at the following quotations, which were unsettled and generally lower: No. 2 Chicago spring.... 1 23),gl 24 No. 3 ao 1 10 @1 IS Rejected 85 8 88 Pork dull and drooping. Quoted at $19.10@19.15. Live Stock Market. Chicago, May 18.—Ilogs—Receipts, 23, 000 shipments, 9,000. Market generally steadv and unchanged common to good mixeS, $7.00@7.70 heavy packing shipping, $7.75(38.25. A pleasant social party of about fifteea couplcs met at tlie Commercial Hotel last evening to "trip tlie light fantastic." Major Bhain, the nimable landlord, did his utmost to render the occasion highly enjoyable, whose hospitality was appreci ated by all. The genial clerk "Brick was also a notable participant. Klrirrd or From thc farm of Wm. Huel^ter, near Eldridge, a small Indian pony, dark sor rel, shabby looking, hair panlv off, w—g tail, small white spot in face. The finder will pe rewarded oy deliverng to owner, giving information or leaving at Jgha Moore's lively stable in Jamestown. 43-" W*. Htrounut. atatlee *f «r Triif fimmtf CMRT MMMT. NoAio* is hereby gtrea that the Baaril of County ComsusaioBers of IStatma county. Dakota, will offer at public «ale, to the highest bidder, at the front dooreff the (Jmm House, at 10 o'clock a. m., the l#th day of June A. IV, 1882, Iht lot* towing described property,, to-wt: Stutsman County l\nwl Hnw tMnftr with Lots 4, 5 and I la Modi 10, «maa| town ai 6k». W. V« if J* "h3 1 4 r'A .414*# 1 30 1 13 1 03 87