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TJBE E JAMESTOWN ALERT. DAILY AND WEEKLY. 88UED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING. BY MARSHALL MCCLURE. Te mi' -Payable In A4vance: EEKLY EDITION. ONK COPY, one year, ONK COPY, six months. $•2 00 SI 00 Notice to Subscribers. Order for the Alert unaccompnnicd by the cash are not recognized. Papers will not be sent longer ban paid for. An on the margin of your pa per denotes that yon have just one week to in Which to renew before being stricken from the list. THE PUBLISHER. T71IR8T PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, James J3 town, D. T.,R«v. N. D.FANNING, Pastor. Services in the new church, at 10:30 a. ru. and 7:30 m., every Sabbath. Prayer meeting Wedness ay evening at 7:30. ME.tor.Coiner CHURCH.—Rev. W. L. Dcmorest,pas 5th ave. and 2nd st. Services on livery Sabbath, at 10.30o'clock a. m. and7:30 p.m. JAMBSTOWtf (jODUK A ?•&A.M. A IReffular communication first and third Wedensday aventng* of each month. All Masons in good •tandiag are cordially invited to attend. By order of the W. M. A. A.ALLEN, Secretory. ST. VITUS ENCAMPMENT, Ancient Order Knights of the Red Cross, meets in Masonic Temple. Sir Knights from other Encampments Sordially invited to visit ns. O. O. F. Jamestown Lodge, No. 31. Meets every Thursday evening, at 7.30o'clock. •n in good standing cordially invited to All brethern visit us H. GRIFFIN, N. G. L. B.MINER,R.S. COUNTY OFFICERS •»cNTT COMMISSIONERS —J. C. Nickeus, P. Mo ran, C. W. Hendricks. Junes o* PROBATE.—H.J.Ott. CLXRK OF DISTRICT COBUT—J. C. Nickeus. SHCRIFF.—Archibald McKechnie REGISTER OF DEEDS.—George W Vennum. TAEASDREB.—'Thomas S. Collins. AISESBOR.—John J. Nichols. SURVEYOR.—T. S. Wadsworth. CORONER,—Will Elmer. SUPKRIHTENDENT OF PDBLIO SCHOOLS.—J. J. Nierling. USTICES OF THE PEACE.—A. A. Allen, F. E. Jones, Anton Steinbach, J. S. Watson. CONSTABLES.—John Vennum. George W. Kurtz. Two Thousand Dollnr* to liOan. a term of years, on Real Estate Security No red tape. No waiting to submit the application to eastern parties but loan can be claaed and money paid same day appli cation is made. E. P. WEIXS, Office with James River National Bank. from the Daily, Saturday. Four white men and two Indians entertained at the county jail. are Quite a number of Jamestown ladies are "camping out" at Spiritwood lake. The elevator at Spiritwood is about completed it costs $7,000 and has capacity for 35,000 bushels of grain. There are twenty-three cases on the docket for the September term of court four of them are criminal eases. Quite a number of farmers are cutting their abundant wheat and oat crops by moonlight. They use double teams. Freight business at Jamestown has of late increased so rapidly that a night force has been put at work in the yards. The lumber merchants of Jamestown report a steadily increasing demand for lumber, with prospects for a heavy fall trade. "Mr. Delano, an engineer in the employ of the Northern Pacific road, has gone up the Mouse River Branch road to locate town-sites. The notaries and court officials report that real estate transfers are very lively— about 500 per cent livelier than at this sea eon last year. There are three divorce cases on the court docket. In each case the wife is the plaintiff and the cause assigned is a bandonment. Hon. E. P. Wells returned last evening from Grand Rapids. He has several mag nificent wheat fields along the road be tween Jamestown and Grand Rapids, and he reports the yield very large. Mr. Bolger of Canada is in the city, with a party of Canadians who intend to locate in North Dakota. Last year Mr. Bolger loeated a Canadian colony in LaMoure county. This year he intends to plant his friends in Stutsman county. Van Deusen, the efficient manager of the Troy 'Farm, informs the Alert that he has sixty-men now at work in the harvest field. He pays them $2 per day, with board and lodging thrown in. He ex pects to commence threshing wheat on Monday next. Dan Long, the real estate man, has made avow not to go into the water for six years to come. Last evening he went bathing in the Pipestem, with a party of friends, when a lot of blood-suckers fast ened onto his shapely shanks and scared |iim out of ten year's growth. Mr. Humphrey, of Davenport, Iowa, returned from Bismarck yesterday. He reports that the crops about Jamestown are the best in North Dakota, and he has been a critical observer. Mr. Humphrey is partial to Jamestown last year he put f500 in town lots, and recently he sold them for $2,COO. A. F. Richardson, of the Davenport, Iowa, Democrat, was in town last night. He thinks the half has never been told of this counrty and not the half of what lias been told is believed by the people down in the states. His observation leads him to remark that Jamestown will be the fu ture metropolis of North Dakota. J. G. Mann of Vermont, and E. Rich mond of Alton, 111., have returned from a trip to Foster county. They consider Stutsman county lands the best, and have purchased, from the railroad, several see ls. -tions each, besides taking up government Mr. Richmond is a practical farmer and intends to remove his family to Jamestown this fall. At the Lloyd farms a large force of har fb Testers are at work. In all, the Lloyd's "fe&'have 2,800 acres in grain, mainly in wheat. The wheat harvest will be fin ished Uns week, and the yield will be about twenty-five bushels to the acre. They will commence threshing on Mon day next. Win. M. Lloyd, Jr., states that they will store all this year's crop aad wait for a higher market. Prof. Clemmer, who is busily engaged QOdaetiiig crop estimates for publication la his "Land Journal," has received the following letter concerning the yield of Wheat, barley and oats on the Davenport lyjjoining Ehlridge: Wheat, 800 at 80 bushels per acre, bartey, 24,000 260 acres, 38 bushels per acre, 9,500 bushels oats, 135 acres, 90 bushels per acre, 13,150 bushels. The barley has been cut and threshed. The wheat and oats will fully justify the above estimate. "Irish Mike" and his son, who have been in the Jamestown jail for the past month, will be taken to Fort Totten to day. For wandering from the reserva tion without permission they have been severely punished. "Irish Mike," who is the product of a Frenchman and a Sioux squaw, is very partial to Jamestown, but it is safe to predict that, with the past month's bitter experience, lie will not soon again visit the James Iviver Valley. He is a sly old coon, and according to re ports was a prominent actor the terri ble Minnesota massacres. Valley City is incorporating a telephone exchange. The incorporation of a tele phone exchange is a grand institution in Dakota. We've tried it in Jamestown and know whereof we speak. It sounds tony, as the echo comes back from the distant states, and a:ives our town a met ropolitan air. It gives -Jamestown several thousand more inhabitants and increases the yield of No. 1 hard at least ten bush els to the acre—in the miuds of the peo ple, who never enjoyed the advantages of a telephone exchange incorporation. Having derived such munificent benefits from the mere incorporation of a tele phone exchange, we are anxious to try the elfect of the telephone itself, but like the west Main street bridge and the new city park, Minnesota lias failed to re spond to the 'ML IT for poles. From tlic Daily of Sunday. A gentleman from Fort 4veogli, Mon tana, was in the city yesterday, anxious to purchase l:f00 tons of baled hay. The rates he offered were not sullicient to in terest our local hay makers. E. A. Bromley, of tlic Billings Herald, called on the Alert yesterday on his way to St. Paul. Mr. Bromley is jubilant over the future of that prospective Montana metropolis and gives an encouraging re port of its progress. "Indian Mike" and his son were re leased from jaii yesterday and started on a bee line for the Sioux reservation at Fort Totten. Mike says that he will never again come to Jamestown without a permit from the agent. Paddy Ryan, the heavy weight of Mon tana, was released from jail last evening, after serving a fifteen days' sentence for drunkenness. Paddy took the pledge for ninety days and deposited it with Sheriff McKeclinie for safe keeping. Hon. Jud. LaMoure of Pembina be lieves that the next delegate to congress will be a North Dakota man. He con siders Wells of Jamestown, Nelson of Pembina, and llaymoiul of Fargo, the most prominent men in the race. Mr. Mumford, who lives about thirteen miles up the aines river, has been sick about a month, and for the past ten days has been unable to take any food. Drs. Drake & Baldwin, his attending physi cians, still have hopes of his recovery,but he is having a close call. A. Klaus made a visit yesterday to his farm up the James river, about eight miles from town. 11c reports harvesting favorably progressing, lie has 200 acres in wheat and 100 in oats. The yield will be thirty bushels ot wheat to the acre and over seventy bushels of oats. The Northern Pacific road has notified the large wheat growers that it cannot carry all of their grain at present, on ac count of a scarcity of cars. As a result Mr. Dalrymple has commenced the erec tion of numerous granaries and will store his wheat. Other large growers will prob able do likewise. A. E. Taylor, the general road master of the Northern Pacific, is in the city. He says that the engine house at this city will be increased in the spring so as to ac commodate forty-four locomotives. In his opinion this means large machine shops at Jamestown and the headquarters for the road between Brainard and Bis marck. A. (J. Palmer, the bonanza hay maker, was in Jamestown last night, having come into town from his haying ranch to imbue himself with the high moral Sun day influences of Jamestown. lie lias now about four hundred tons of hay in stack and is still cutting. He will com mence baling as soon as his press comes on from Minneapolis. It is a noticeable fact that a large ma jority of the births this year in the Northwest have been girls. These girls are of a superior qualit\-, and are in demand. The Northwest believes in reg ulating the supply by the demand. We can raise a good crop of anything, but there is nothing the Northwest takes more pride in tban itscropof blooming, health ful, sensible, active girls. An eastern railroad man predicts that in a'few years ever}' locomotive will be required to carry a pilot, or lookout man, whose duty it will be to ride in a small compartment in front of the engine, to look ahead, and communicate any signs of danger to the engineer in the cab. it is claimed that the duties of engineer and firemen are to laborious too permit them to keeD a constant look out on the track. The school board of Jamestown reporj the following as the full corps of teachers appointed for the next term of school: Prof. C. H. Clemmer, principal Miss S. R. Davidson, primary department Miss Clara E. Busline!! and Miss Mattie E. Buchanan, intermediate department. Miss Davidson has taught in the school before, and her re-employment av.d the high commcdation of the board of directors are compliments to her efficiency. Miss Bushneil is from Michigan and Miss Buchanan from Wisconsin, both of whom come highly recommended. There were some twenty-five applicants for the two latter positions. The board have fixed upon the ISth day of September as the time for the commencement of the school term. Robert Gray, one of the Gray brothers who own a tract of 8,000 acres near Spir wood lake, is visiting Jamestown friends. The Gray brothers have 350 acres in wheat and 150 acres iiAats their harvest is about completed, the wheat will go thirty bushels to the acre and the oats fully seventy-five bushels. Over 500 acres have been broken this year. The Gray brothers have the finest stock farms in Stutsman county and make a specialty of raising fine mules. Mr. Gray reports that at the Cooper farm, about eighteen miles nonheast of Spiritwood lake and com prising 55,000 acres, harvesting is prog ressing favorably a 7,000 acre wheat field. Also, that a party of Maine men lias just purchased ten sections of land near Spiritwood lake. From the Daily, Tuesday. Tiios. Eager, fatlierjof our townsman, J. T. Eager, is in town, on a tour of the great wheat country. E. F. Horn, wife aud family, from Washington, Pa., are in Jamestown. .They intend to locate in this town. The engine room of the new Jamestown elevator will be completed this week. It will be a fine and substantial brick edi fice. The Jamestown building association held a meeting last night and discussed the propriety of issuing a new series of stock. The hotel talk now is that a big hotel will be erected on the vacant lots facing on Main sireet between the First National bank building and the theater. Visitors from Bismarck report that fierce prairie fires are raging in the vicinity of the Clarke farm and that quite a number of farmers are at work fighting the flames Col. Norton, a prominent West Vir ginian, is at the Dakota house. He con siders this section the garden spot of the world aud so expresses himself on each and every occasion. The suspected members of the James gang of bandits, saul to be prowling in this neighborhood in quest of prey, turn out to be a couple of honest land seekers from the dominion. Work on the two bank buildings is pro gressing rapidly. Also on the new court house, the new school houses and the many business blocks and private resi dences course of construction this fall. The lieavily-ladcned clouds somewhat alarmed the farmers yesterday. The rain interfered in a slight degree with work in the harvest fields, and the bright skies and promising moon at night were gladly hailed. Passengers on yesterday's cast bound train report extremely hot weather in the Yellowstone valley. The porter on the sleeper stated that the thermometer marked 12-i degrees in the shade at noon on Sunday last. Geo. Davidson has bad luck in his ship ments of horses to Jamestown the other week a car load of his horses, enroutc from Mahomet, 111., was wrecked, and yesterday he was notified that a fine horse had died on the way from Illinois. II. C. llotchkiss, builder of the James River National Bank building, has deci ded to erect and operate a first-class plan ing mill in Jamestown. The Alert un derstands that the machinery has all been ordered and that the planing mill will be in active operation by the 1st of Octo ber. Mr. Muse of Winona, 3Iinu., will ar rive in Jamestown some time this week He is now at Tower City, looking after his real estate interests in that section Mr. Muse is one of the heaviest owners of real estate in Stutsman county and has implicit faith in Jamestown and the sur rounding country. The ladies of the Presbyterian church were in consultation last evening, arrang ing for the entertainment soon to be given by them for the purpose of clearing the remaining indebtedness on the handsome parsonage just erected by the congrega tion. The entertainment is certain to be a remunerative one. ]{. A. Bill, esq., returned last evening from a visit to his farm, thirteen miles south of Jamestown. He has 135 acres in wheat, that will yield from 25 to 30 bushels to the acre harvesting will be finished this week. Mr. Bill says that a large amount of ground is being broken this year by new settlers. Alex Allin, the young Scandinavian chatged by the proprietor of Elmer's theater with committing a public dis turbance by prying into the secrets of the ladies' dressing room, is under $100 bond for his appparance for trial at the September term of the district court. His bondsmen are A. Alexander and Robert Crowley. The committee of the Board of Trade, having charge of the Minneapolis fair exhibit, report fine specimens of grains, grasses and vegetables coming in from all sections of Stutsman county. If the farmers continue on in this good work for the next three days, this county will have such a faithful representation of its magnificent products that the silk flag will be awarded to us by a unanimous vote. A big deed for Stutsman county prop erty was filed for record yesterday, the consideration being $10,737.50. Waldo Dennis made the deed in favor of Capt. D. D. Wheeler, of the United States army, and Daniel B. VermiJye, a prominent real estate man of St. Paul, Minn. The deed covered 214:f.i acres in section 27, township 140, range (U. The tract lies across the James lliver, about one mile from Jamestown. A movement is on foot to establish a Good Templars' lodge in Jamestown. Mr. Davis, the builder, D. H. Brydges, a mill wright, and Harry May, a farmer, are among the prime movers. The purpose is to keep the young people away from the drinking saloons by attractive social entertainments in the lodge rooms and at I he residences of members of the lodge. Mr. Brydges ife satisfied that the lodge will start in w^th a large number of faith ful and earned members. Two old men, stopping at the Dakota house, are loud in their praise of James town as a health restoring location. "I had the best rest last night," re marked one of the old gentlemen, "that I have enjoyed for years I have been troub led with asthma for years, and I am satis fied that this climate will cure me. My friend there (pointing to the other okl man, hailing from one of the middle, states) has had acutc rheumatism for years and he rejoices with me—for the climatc is also curing his rheumatism." Mr. Reynolds, a very pleasant and com panionable old gentleman from Jackson ville, 111., who has been here for a couple of weeks looking over the Held for invest ment, with a view of buying a flourishing townsite, and nearly all the land adjoin ing it, as he is abundantly able to do, de livered a very pleasant and entertaining temperance lecture at the M. E. Church on Sunday night. While he is a thor oughbred prohibitionist, he is not of the arbitrary, bitter kind against those who do not see and believe as he does. With hair and beard as white as the blizzard snow, not so much from old age as from early piety, he received the good atten tion and good will of those who differed with him in opinion. Of course he bought some lots in the metropolis, and contem plates buying several sections of James River Valley lands. From tlve Daily, Wednesday. J. W. Davidson, manager of the new elevator, left for Duluth ar St. Paul yes terday, to be absent about ten days. Sir. Peabody has presented the Alert with a magnificent head of cabbage, weighing twenty-five pounds. It was raised in his garden in Jamestown. Gen. Phil. Sheridan and John McCul lougli, the eminent tragedian, will be in Jamestown the latter part of next week, on their way home from the Ycllowstone Park. The members of the M. E. church of Jamestown have decided to ouild a hand some parsonage, adjoining the church ed ifice. Work will be commenced within a few days. The earnings of the Northern Pacific last month show an increase of $496,627. This is a remarkable ratio of increase and indicates the immense possibilities of the Northern Pacific road. James Gavigan, a Fargo plumber, has been awarded the contract for putting in steam pipes in the new First National bank block also, for the same work in several private residences. Gen. Harney, on the retired list of the regular army, was in Jamestown yester day, on his way home to St. Louis from Montana. He is one of the grandest old soldiers in the country's history. Frank Conehay, the day operator at the telegraph office in this place, who came out from abed of sickness last week, was obliged to take to his bed again yesterday by, it is feared, a relapse of his former ailment. A. M. Tread well, esq., has decided to erect in Jamestown a handsome private residence. In his old home, Toledo, O., he attained an enviable reputation as a lawyer, and he will quickly take a front place at the Jamestown bar. li. Ross, a stonemason, who worked on the foundation of the James River bank, started for Miles City four weeks ago Since then nothing has been heard of his whereabouts. His wife resides in James* town and is greatly alarmed, as she fears foul play. Mr. McGinnis and Mr. Branch, of Jamestown, Mr. Keepers, of Newport, and Col. Norton, of Wheeling, W. Va., with their wives, went up to Spiritwood Lake yesterday morning, to camp out for two days and try their luck at fishing and hunting. E. F. Mues, a wealthy resident of Wi nona, Minn., is at the Dakota House with his daughter. He was warmly welcomed to Jamestown. Mr. Mues has made heavy investments in Jamestown property and Stutsman county farming lands, and he intends to largely increase his invest ments. New wheat has sold at Duluth at |1.08: in Fargo the market will open, dealers ex pect, at eighty-five cents. One of the leading dealers in Jamestown is of the opinion that the wheat market will open here at eighty cents, but the farmers maintain that the opening should be at a higher rate. Devote to-day to the good of James town and Stutsman county. The fair ex hibit will be shipped to Minneapolis to morrow, and the committee of arrange ments report that much is yet wanting to make the exhibit a fair representation of this fertile valley's glorious grains, grasses and vegetables. Ward Bill, the granger, was in town yesterday with some magnificent speci mens from his farm near Spiritwood. He has 300 acres in grain, mostly wheat, and will finish cutting to-morrow evening the wheat yield will average over 25 bush els to the acre. Over 200 acres have been broken this season. Miss Belle Foster, the vivacious twelve year-old daughter of Lud. Foster, one of Jamestown's most popular residents, cel ebrated her birthday in the happiest man ner. She handsomely entertained a large number of her friends, old and young, at the River park. The young lady received many elegant testimonials of friendship. Mr. Conehay, the gentlemanly and pop ular ticket agent at Jamestown, has been instructed by Mr. Green, superintendent of telegraph, Northern Pacific road, to look up a good location for a telegraph office for the transaction of commercial business. He has selected a large and convenient room in the McGinnis block, second story, and is satisfied that his se lection will be approved. Miss Annie Madden, one of the hand somest girls in Jamestown, was the sur prised recipient of a handsome and sub stantial present from the "regulars" who take their meals at the table over whicli she presides at the Dakota House, the other evening. The amiable and unself ish manner in which she attends to her duties and to the wants of her family of bachelors entitles her to the high esteem in which she is held by them, and the bachelors aforesaid did the generous thing in the substantial token of appreciation they gave her. Many of the commercial travelers whose field of labor extends along the line of the Northern Pacific road, have very sen sibly taken up homesteads the vicinity of Jamestown. One of the fortonate ones is James Feely, representing the house of Powers, Durkee & Co., of St. Paul. He has fastened on to a home stead aud a tree claim about sixteen miles south of Jamestown Col. Ed Strong, of the house of Curtin, guiding him to a choice location. r. A batch of big transfers of property were filed for record in Jamestown yester day. The grantor is Richard Sykcs, of the county of Chester, England, the owner of a vast tract of land in Wells county, northwest of town. The gran tecs were as follows, all of them subjects of Queen Victoria: Walter Fletcher, 640 acres, for #2,200 Wm. B. Brockleliurst, 1,920 acres, for $9,6DO Thomas Read Wi1 kinson, 640 acres, for #2,400 Thos. L. Rushton, 2,240 acres, for #11,200 Henry Sykes, 2,200 acres, for $16,000. All these lands are in township 146, range 68. Vennor makes the following predic tions for September: The month enters on Fridav, an unlucky day of the weck so the story goes. During the first week foggy weather will be experienced with probable sultriness and thunder storms. Frost will probably be had. The second week will open with cooler nights, and warm to sultry days. It will become cold in mountainous regions. The third wetk will be rainy and unsettled. Northern parts will be wet and experience cold, stoimy weather. Tlifc temperature will be fall-like during the fourth week, with cold and frosty nights in northern and northwestern sections. Much rain will be had in the northwest and western states. The close will be wet and stormy. Justice Watson has rendered a decision in the case of Fannie Cameron vs. John Buchanan, allowing the plaintiff $50 for labor and services. The justice held that an agent of the defendant, Mr. Kearney, had induced the girl to leave her home in Wisconsin, and come out to Dakota to work for the defendant that the plaintiff testified on a promise that she would re ceive fair remuneration for her services, while the agent testified that he only promised the girl to give her a present. The justice held that while it was not shown that any present was given, present or no present, the girl was enti tled to wages, commensurate with the services rendered. The defense gave no tice of appeal. The silk banner offered by the managers of the Minneapolis fair as a premium for the best display to be made by the towns of the northwest is thus described by the Pioneer Press: "This banner is in size 42x60, of the finest silk, with silk lambre quin, elegantly trimmed with gold lace, fringe cord and tassels. The design is a female figure of agriculture, holding in one hand a sheaf and a sickle, and the other resting on a plow. In tlic fore ground arc implements of agriculture and fruit. On the background a wheat field and elevator. On the reverse side a me dallion, with the Inscription: 'Awarded to for the finest display of agri cultural products at the Great Northwest ern Exposition, Minneapolis, September, 1882.' From the Daily Thursday. Fine cabbages, very large, retail in the Jamestown market at ten cents per head. Quite a number of car loads of wood and coal were received at this station yes terday. Geo. W. Vennum will return from Wis consin to-day or to-morrow with 1,600 head of sheep. Society people predict a lively fall in the way of social entertainments, both public and private. 8. J. J. Brown and his two Canadian friends bagged a fine lot of young prairie chickens yesterday, a few miles from town. Wm. Maze, telegraphic editor of the Bismarck Tribune, is in town and will remain several days in the metropolis for recreation. Jamestown will be well represented at Minneapolis fair. Quite a number of leading residents are preparing for a trip oast on Monday next. New potatoes are coming into the market in large supply, and in conse quence the retail price per bushel has de clined from 75 to 60 cents. The freight traffic on the railroad through Jamestown has steadily increased Heavily loaded trains are passing to and fro at all hours of the day. Mr. Dudley, cashier of the James River bank, is expecting a visit from his brother, W. I. Dudley, a wealthy fanner residing near La Crosse, Wisconsin. Waller & Carr yesterday sold to Proct or, the butcher, fifty head of cattle, just received from Iowa, at #5 per hundred. The average weight was 900 pounds. The Rev. Dr. Tuttle, of Indianapolis, a late visitor to Jamestown, married two of the prominent men of this town: Mr. Wells, the banker, and Mr. Hathorn, the merchant. Mr. Atschul, the merchant, is building a two-story brick business house on Front street adjoining the Grand Central hotel. He intends in the spring to build a fine block on Fifth avenue, north of the hote\ Gallant Phil Sheridan, the lieutennnt general of the army, will receive an ova tion during his brief stay in Jamestown, on his way home from the National Park. He will be hereon Tuesday or Wednesday next. The gentlemen intending to organize a Good Templars' lodge in Jamestown in form the Alert that the proposition is taking like wild-fire with the young men of the town. They expect to organize the lodge inside of the next thirty days. An expert after a careful examination of the grain fields of Stutsman county, predicts that the yield in this section will average to the acre as follows: Wheat' over 25 bushels and probably 30 bushels. Oata, 65 to 70 bushels. Barley, 35 to 40 bushels. Flax, 15 to 18 bushels. On Saturday last £. Shoemaker, a farm ef ffom Sycunore, Ohio, in Jamestown after investments in land, lost l}is pocket book containing #130 and certificates of deposit to the amount of #500. Yester day the pocket book with contents intact was returned by T. J. Jones, the agricul tural Implement man, who refused to re* ceive any reward whatever for his con duct. Mr. Shoemaker desires to return his thanks to Mr. Jones through the medium of the Alert. S. R. Harnisli, who has been in James town for the past three months, left yes terday lor his home in Huntingdon county Pa. Ho will return in the spring to es tablish a sheep ranch on a section of land purchased by him west of town. He is satisfied that he will bring a party of young men back with him. The benefits which are to come from the timber culture act. cannot be overesti mated. The timber culture act of the United States government is being taken advantage of by settlers throughout the entire west, and the consequence is that there arc now hundreds of thousands of acres of growing trees upon the prairies, which wil! supply fuel for future genera tions and shelter against storms. Deputy Sheriff Mike Smith left for Fort Totten yesterday on the trail of a gang of suspected thieves. The warrant for their arrest was issued by Justice Watson on complaint of Clias. E. McElroy, a farmer residing about three miles southeast of Jamestown. McElroy made affidavit that on Sunday night last unknown parties entered his stable and stole a wagon, a double set of harness and about 600 pounds of horse feed, in all of the value of $150. He informed the authorities that several suspicious characters, from Fort Totten had been loitering in his neigh borhood for some days prior to the rob bery. Frank Thomson, the general manager of the Pennsylvania railway, and two friends passed through Jamestown yester day, on their way to the Yellowstone Park, where they intend to pass a month in hunting and sight-seeing. They travel in fine style, having with them the man ager's car, a sleeper and a baggage car— certainly sufficient accommodations for a party of three. Mr. Thomson, who is only forty years old, manages the largest combination of railways in the world. At the depot the party made particular in quiries as to the productiveness and value of land in Jamestown and vicinity. Mr. Thomson anxiously inquired as to the supply of game birds in this sectiou and intimated that his party would stop over for a few days on the return trip, to enjoy a good hunt. From Tuesday's Daily. li. E. Wallace, the banker, returned from St. Paul yesterday. He reports that town enjoying a business boom. The lawyers are anticipating a rich har vest in due course of time by reason of the loose manner in which many convey ances are drafted now-a-days. Col. Dan Porter, of Indiana, Pa., a prominent lawyer and a wealth}' capital ist, is in the city, visiting his old fricud, Maj. Thomas B. Lloyd, the popular capi talist. Mr. Klaus has completed the driving of the piles for his new null-dam. It will require about a month yet Jas. II. Watson, of Crawfordsville, Indiana, and Wm. R. Insley, of this city, bagged 35 fine teal ducks, blue and green winged, yesterday. They did their hunt lng in the sloughs about Alsop, twenty miles up the road, and report ducks veiy plenty thereabouts. Col. Norton, the prominent West Vir ginian who has been visiting in and about Jamestown for the past few weeks, left for his mountain home yesterday. He considers the James River Valley the fail est section of the continent and will so report to his friends at home. The lumber arrived yesterday for the extension to the Jamestown elevator, now approaching completion. This extension, to be erected at once,is on the cast end of the elevator it will be thirty feet high and of the full width of the elevator. It is intended, mainly, for barley and oats. Messrs. Hunt and Harris, two recent accessions to the legal fraternity of James town, have leased from Wm. 31. Lloyd, jr., for five years, the lot on Fifth avenue south of the postofflce block. They will at once erect thereon a two-story building and at its completion swing their "shin gle" to the breeze. J. A. Atkinson, one of the leading farmers of Stut6inan county, furnishes the Alert with the following estimate of his crops this season: Wheat, 750 acres, 25 bushels per acre, 18,750 bushels. Oats 200 acres, 70 bushels per acre, 14,000 bushels. Barley, 45 acres, 30 bushels per acre, 1,350 bushels. Flax, 8 acres, 15 bushels per acre, 120 bushels. Potatoes, 13 acres, 175 bushels per acre, 2,275 bush els. R. S. Reeves is said to have the right start for the most handsomely ornamented home in the territory, and one of these days an Alert scribe is going out to his place to see how much "taffy" he has been giving the public, or, rather, bis neighbors for him. Reeves is an old newspaper man and has not overcome the modesty lie acquired while in that busi ness enough at least, to boast of his own possessions. Two commercial travelers, one from Chicago and the other from St. Paul tried to run a house of unquestionably bad character, the other night. The landlady drew a 'bull dog" on them and drove them out of her den. Afterwards the marshal ran across them and ordered the whisky ladened "drummers" to go to their hotel or else pass the remainder of the night in the dungeon. They showed a marked preference for the hotel. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Atkinson added another to the population of Dakota yes terday morning in the person of a son who, their many friends hope will be among the future boomers and bonanza wheat raisers of North Dakota. James River Valley can produce anything from buffalo grass to a fine bov, and the Alert suggest! that J. R. V. would not be bad for the initials of this crowing production of the valley. "John W. German, wife and child, and Chas. H. H. German, Harrisburg, Pa. now Jamestown, Dakota," was the entry at the Dakota hotel yesterday. Last spring Mr. German, who is a lawyer of reputation and wealth, made a Hying visit to Jamestown now he returns to make his home in this favored town. Mr. Nickeus, clerk of the district court, has received au official notification of the adjournment of the coming term of the district court from the 5th of September to the 12tli of September. He has also been instructed by flic judge to draw the grand and petit jurors for the term. To morrow morning the clerk and tie sheriff will draw the names from the jury box, 16 grand jurors and 30 petit jurors. The county school superintendent re-. ports that a flourishing public school was opened at Eldridge on Monday last, with D. C. Lehman as teacher. Ten public schools, outside of Jamestown, are now in operation and several more will soon start in for the fall and winter season. The public schools of Jamestown will open on the 18th inst., by wlrch time the extensive addition to the school building will be completed. Machine Oils. Lard Oil, Engine Oil, Golden Oil, Zero Oil, Sperm Oil, Castor Oil. All the very best at low prices. 5-4t CHURCHILL & WEBSTER. For Bale. Three good yoke of work oxen for sale. Inquire of Lee Verdigan, at Pipestone bridge, one mile west of town. 3-tf C79 a week. $12 a day at borne easily made Costly outfit free. Address Trae .( Co.jAa gusta, Maine ITjlflB BIRTH. On Saturday, the 26th inst., in Jamc'town, D.T to Mr. und Mrs. Lystcr II ay ward, a so i. NOTICE vto the dam, and when completed nothing short of a deluge v. ill take it out again. Several professional hunters were in town last evening with any quantity of ducks and prairie chickens. They asked fifty cents a pair for the chickens andf 2.25 a dozen for the ducks and they had no trouble to dispose of their supplies. is hereby given tlint sidewalk taic» arc due from the persons named in the following list, in the stun* set opposite their names, respect ively. 1 will receive ayment of same during or dinaiy business hours,of any day except Snnday, for thirty days from this date, at the omcu of Da vid Cnrtin aud 1 hereby authorize G. N. Culver to receive moneys and receipt for the same in my name in payment of said taxes, viz. F't.in ISL'K 39 Lot. width. 25 22» 471 5u 25 25 50 50 I. C. Wade 7 E.Cliurch... 7 M. K. Church.. 8 Bullivant 0 E. Barrett... 4 M. E. Barrett... 3 Eugenia White 6 Jas. U. C. Lee.. 4 Prudence A. & Bettie Clark.. 5 Barnard F. Ex stein 6 Wm. Klein 12 151am M.Sanford 8 ElamMSaniord 9 J. J. Humphrey 10 Mina C. Mues.. 7 MinaC. Miles... 8 David Curtin... 1 David Curtin... S IS. S. Lavvcnce. 3 E. S. Lawrence, 4 lit. liev Bi*h.p Martin Marty 7 lit. llev. Bislicp Miir'in Marty 8 Rt. lti-v. Bi-hop Price. 3 73 73 1 08 1 t« 1 08 1 08 Am't. $18 SO 16 18 31 68 18 25 27 00 27 00 54 00 54 00 39 89 39 31 31 30 29 29 50 1 08 54 80 29 38 47 47 47 CI 61 35 35 35 35 50 25 50 50 50 50 5J 25 25 25 25 1 08 73 73 78 73 73 73 1 08 1 08 1 08 1 08 66 00 18 35 36 GO 36 50 36-50 36 50 86 50 27 00 27 .0 27 00 27 00 50 Martin Marty.ll Ri- Rev. Bisiiop Martin Marty. 12 Thos Lloyd.. 7 Thos. Lloyd.. 8 Thos. Lloyd.. 9 Thos. Lloyd. .10 complete S. llotchkiss.ll Edward F. Muesl3 Wm.M.Lloyd,jr O David Curtin... 1 B. W. Fuller... 2 Ella M. Kager.. 3 Thos. B. Lloyd. 1 Thos. B. Lloyd. 8 Tlias. B. Lloyd. S Thos. B. Lloyd. 4 Thos. B. Llotd. ." Wm.M.Lloyd, jr 6 Win.M.Lloyd, jr 1 Wm.M.Lloyd, jr 2 Fletcher Turner S Wm.M.Lloyd, jr 4 Wm.M.Lloyd, jr 8 Wm.M.Lloyd, jr 6 J. J. Nierling.. 4 Lewis Lvon.... 5 URN Kichard san 6 A N Richard son 7 Win W Lloyd,jr 7 W» Lloyd, jr 8 Wm Lloyd jr 9 Jas E Hubert.. .10 Jas E Hubert.. .11 Jas 1C Hubert... 12 Wm Lloyd, jr 7 Win Lloyd, jr 8 86 50 66 50 Martin Marty 9 Rt. Kev. Bii-hop Martin Marty.10 Kt. Rev. Bishop 73 SO E0 06 00 66 50 73 36 50 50 73 16 53 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 66's 84,'i •3 50 36 50 86 50 30 50 86 50 86 50 36 50 30 50 48 55 61 88 73 00 73 00 86 50 86 50 80 50 86 50 86 50 36 50 36 50 86 50 80 50 36 50 86 50 86 50 73 00 78 00 66 52 52 52 52 52 52 4 4 4 4 11 11 11 11 11 12 18 18 18 18 18 18 73 73 79 78 73 73 73 78 78 78 73 73 78 73 73 78 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 73 78 100 100 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 100 100 £6 02 78 64 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 B0 50 50 50 50 47 OB 86 50 86 50 36 50 86 50 86 50 36 50 36 50 86 50 36 50 86 50 86 50 36 50 219 00 210 00 73 73 78 73 73 73 73 78 7.1 78 78 T8 73 10 10 10 10 10 10 19 19 19 19 19 19 Jr 9 Win Lloyd.. Wm Lloyd,j'rlO Wm Lloya, jrll Wm Lloyd, jrl2 John Black 6 lots 80 A. Klaus 61ot«89 N 1* It 240 feet crossing Fourth avenue jjo 00 N It 840 feet crossing Fifth avenue 120 00 8(J0 300 JOHN K. VENNUM, Street Commissioner. Jamestown,_D. T., Sept. 1, 1882. NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF- Land Office at Fargo, D. T., Aug. 30, 1882. Notice is hereby given that the following (tamed settler has filed notice of hisintenUon to make final proof in support of his claim and secure final en try thereof on the 6th day of October, 1882, vis: Michael Murphy, SNo 9871. for the ne or sec. 34,tp 143 n. 65 w, and names thl following as his witnesses, viz: J- Flint, Charles R. Dempsey, Daniel It. Lon| ana Gordon Laux, all of Stutsman county, BT. •Ihe testimony to be taken before Hon. II, J. Ott, judge probate court, and A. A. Allen, notary public, at Jamestown, D. T., on the 3d day of Oca tober, A. I). IKS, at their offices. .,i HORACE AUSTIN, Register. Allen A Dodge, Aft y. gjjt NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF- vr .. Office at Fargo, 1). T., Aug. 30.1882. givon tbat to* following named settler has filed notice of her intenUon to make final proof in support of her claim and secure 1883 v*z- 00 the 4,h via? October, No »he ne of W' and names the c- fifTh^}°st"?ony, fol:oW,n8 5haver, DeForest C. Buck. Ilenry C. anintyf T? Ku,,k:i1 Ue«lhi of Stutsman to takcn before Hon. H.J. tirv 'S"' Pjobate ccurt, and A. A. Allen, BO- a£ Jonestown, D. T., on the 80th day of September, 1882. at their offices, an., t. HORACE AUSTIN, Register. Alkn & Dodge, Attorney*. n.at NOTICE OF FINAL PROOF- Land Office at Fargo, 1. T., Ang. 30, 1882. Aotice is hereby given that the following named notlcc of his intention to make fupp°rt of wyin his claim and secuir final lhc l*y se^a tTi?c„ h£ witnPJ«.?Vl^ of October, 1882, via: D" 8-,No-8I90' ,ot the nw k°t W'',,d Mmee ntPu.)ie*ti?iony f0,,w,"« Ilenry c. llotchkiss. DeForest C. Buck, Nathan count** D. T? Rowt" He»,b' 411 °r Stutsman 1,0 before Hon. H. J. .fEff ProTb#te «""'t, and A. A Allen JIO wrj public, at Jamestown, T. on the 3uth dar of September, A, D. 1882, at their offices. A,I„„ HORACE AUSTIN, Register. Allen A Dodge, Attorneys. 5^ flOTlCEOF FINAL PROOF- .• k?11? °®*at Fargo, T, Aug. 94,188i. Notlcc is hereby given that the following named ?n.l 1 notlco ."I hls ra£lPth?,L^ "PR?""'h'» 1 0 •r .1 'ntcntion to make c1*""«nd Secure final ratry thereof on the 80th day of September, 19W, f" OlfPe'l." E No. 9635, for the ne wtt^Vzf5 W the fo)lowin* W a fPp ampoell, all of Stutsman county, J?' °7 ?, l«ken before Johnson Nick- dlMTirtcoort,at Jamestown, D. i^on the STth day of September, A. D. 1SSS, at hts JIonACE AUSTIN,Beglstef. /COTTONWOOD AND BOJ-pLDERTHEE# .3ny quantity desired. Write for prices B. *. FULLER, "SSSSTi, 1,