VOL. VI-NO. 27.
WrEEver
1
D. MeH.
LLOYU.<p></p>LLOYDS.
Telephone Connection.
Men's
CHAb. E. DICKINSON & CO.
WILL SELL
During the Coming Week the Following
Goods
LadiesiGentsU nderwear
LADIES CLOAKS
HAVE ONE OF THE FINEST LINE3 OF LADIES CLOAKS EYEK
AT COVT. Don't fail to call unit ice for yourselves.
JAMESTOWN, December 13, 1884.
O, 11. 1 oPMFF Presidtul.
brought lo this county which we propose to sell during Ibe coming week
JAKES RIVER NATIONAL BANK,
JAMESTOWN, DAKOTA.
tyscilO'iL AND COUNTY ORHEUS Purchased *t HIGHEST MAHKKT
Pi.lv ES.
E. J. hLOSs-OM, Cuslner.
Diliki T'J'8—E P. Wil's Alfred Ditkty, Anton Klaus, iJ. Mulbtiger, Mm. C.
WiiH'. li. 'I IT, E I. Blossom.
UIEPUUNK CONNECTION
I* ALL PRINCIPAL Cmrt IF UMTEO STATSS AND ECROPK.
Highest Prices Paid for County and School Orders.
Money for Settlers to Prove up and on Deeded Lands
at Low est Rates and on Longest Time.
tsr
Spic.rt! attention paid to the preparation of papers wi connection with Una'
I'li'.f. '1 elephoni Connection.
•W. E. 3DOZDO-E,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
ATTORNEY for the city of JAMESTOWN,
TTIAL OF CAUSF.S A SPECIALTY Practices in all the Territorial anil 8-
Court*. 8 Lmd Office and Interior Department. Office in Curtin it Green'* block
TELEPHONE CONNECTION. JAMESTOWN, D. T.
-TT
W. GOODRICH.
DEALIR IK ALL KlRfc*
at Special Prices
ALKki I 'M KkT, ice l'r»««
"U-p Capital $75,000
.A. GENERAL
BANKING AND EXCHANGE BUSINESS DONE.
Collections Made. Taxes Paid Money Loaned
OT
T-JE A,. O
ZEUJSTIKIIEf 3T
Purl*** contTnp'MIng cmlre to .TarrrMnun in ih* *pr!i«? arr rrqnciMrd t"» wrlto m# for r*ic*s
and cnctiittn- umci ui.y kii.il Mnch.mry tU*ir«d or t^r utiy oilm uf rtimitnn jvrtHdig
farttnt Add
IFIJFTlEa: ^"V^EISTTTEI
Livery and Feed Stable
By
i.
A. MOORE.
First-class Rigs always on hand
WHICH CAN BE HAD AT REA^ONAB.K MATES.
Teams and Guides Furnished Land Hunters.
SARLES DT7RST1XTE,
WHOLESALE AND UtTAIL DEAI.EK8 IN
Lath. Shingles, Sash, Doors, Mouldings and Building Paper.
CALL ON LB A I 0«JU 01
FILE, 1 WO BLOCKS EST OR' OUAND CENTRAL
CAS LOAD LOTS A SPECIALIY.
GREAT WES1ERN CLOTHiNC HOUSE
Was naver butt prepared to me«t the want* of tha peo le than to dny.
OVERCOAT DEPARTMENT
Largest la tb.a West.
Hen's OVERCOATS, Youth's OVERCOATS, Boys' OVERCOATS
CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS,
ird m"nnf«!n h'gh. Warm ntln-r ha. corned u». LOW Pi JCES must brinj» us nnt. OCR LOSS.
Ti'UK OAIS. «K lll'HB IO IMY: II a%y *»rin cnl ruble v-rcoani fur men at $5.00.
Si ml I off SO and 6 Uv- remits lilac betirr I -da for in»p ction at flO and
9 8
and »XU On rn ats .1 Mliln.iit d'uli tliid i«-iid mi in.n i-» ai-iti pilos *rr lunch b- low bur
*n m- Qi-i il mei ln ar*-m the halm oi pa'n ninii tlii' riiMniu tailor#. we call y- ur special atten
tl«n to our Sift giM, $.5 «nd ?8 Ov. rr at*. W K"ftr»ntt'e ylve yna good an Ovi
rerpict a- 'h Hin pi cii/-n 'tiiinr at »nvh a nf ironi 8k loSO per cent. If
uii.our SLIT b£fAKTiiE.\T will till the bi I.
All-Wool
A
JAME^TO -^Nt DAKOTA,
SIEUAI.TY
Hi mi mil we v'Vr away a chance in nhi u«ld lluntM'it i'u«- gin WaTrh or a fnil Chamber
Set oi live pi' Flthh Willi full nuil or nw.coat «-1IIS»t meitV Nr BNJ.« ending 910 a'd iipwaid.
Great Western Clothing House,
ID-ATVIID GOODMAN", Prop.
JbJT
D. C. BUCK'S
WHOLESALE and BRAIL!
Where can be found the largest and best se
iectsd stocks of General Merchandise between
Fnrgo and Bismarck.
Dry Goods, Fancy Goods,
Furnishing Goods, Clothing,
Hats & Caps, Boot? & Shoes,
Crockery and Glassware, Etc., Etc
Groceries and Provisions by the Car Load, and
at close prices.
tSt.
MAR.-IIALL .VCCLUKE
J. WARNOCK
N. LLOYD
BANKERS,
Do a General Banking Business.
EXCHANGE 150UGIIT
AKD
SOLD
Our 10
I»I
III vt t'
so
ar« lo ki for ptrfrc-
Suits, $10 and $12.50
Si-veral ln-» of »uit» at 910 mncli nnrier prlre. Our 18 940 fi'. ISO and 25 Suit* will meat the
wann-of the nrnm ta tidmuf. FI J.L 1K8 frl'ITh
Titoi'it.
EDITOR.
KA1LR0AD Lt(«IS).AIION.
The nil tiilierti of lie next coming leiri*
I(lloc 'vill lie placid between the tipper
and nether milNtonea of public op nion
on iheMibj' CT of ruilro'iil l-jii-Ktion in
abort, they '-will ho damned if they ilo
•rii lie damnC'i if t' ey don't." If they
tiave any cvimmiiililli in lie *m ol rep.
ulnt ions which I bey desire to hand (l"Wii
to their chi'dren as tieir- looinc the Ah rt
woiilit ndvi«e them to hi-rmetricnlly a«-al
tlinn up hcio ethe fffHHion he^'tiis an these
evnneaci-nt a»set§ iu«y bo i.illli ull to Hod
Hflerwardi*.
The low price of wheat tin- past year
hxa bri'ii^ln alioiil tlieilnmnr for gisln
live eiilorcrmi-n' of the reilueiion ol
Ireiphta thnt other Wile would not lottre
Imd an existence and iliitiieinand Mill te
*lrfniioiisly m^ed opon the h'^isbilore
Tlo-re i» danger tlmt tins /.mi m»y ao
xct'AMVe HA l' ovrr reai.li I In- hnuml.t ol
J'KI^I nunt nr..I IIKIIIIICK b-jfisbitloo an I AI:•
icaltl'Htit will net lie susiHlned liylhe
coin id l.gisUli'i) thai will involve the
jeopie in cxpenaive litikHtioii w.tli tin
riiilronl niiiiipmiics only to lose in th"
iinl, and iIf' Isolators will ihcii IN
cur-eil lor making Ittwa thxt woiil.i not
ataiid ji.d:cial lest. Any Ir^U ation tlim
d'restrict or sturb ihe Imaineas sys
tem ltd pied and in ue liy I ho radrool
comoHiiit-a will iieeontiS 'd liy ihi-iu to
the coin I last app'nl. RHIIUHII com
litnieaiiru notorious for nsceil.tioing in
thai way the validity of Uws »ITinu
tliem. Ileneu every lull pr poeil on the
gilt jcct ahmiid receive die inoat ttiorougli
and exhaustive examination, for ln*s
that wiM nnts'aiid the teat ol the coiiria
Hie injurious 'o holh purl us, the people
auil Hit milioada 'I he people lime rights
which tlie ru'lro da can he made lo re
sped and ti-e railroHila likewise have
rights which the people are h':und to re
apect. The oiQli:uliy, a the Alert h*s
(•efore said on Una MI jc', is io luni
wheie li.tileiuU nnd wrmn oegins on
either !iand. li is one of those qiKM ions
for which the paradox of Schm ler df-ix
wi regard to the reconiruction ol tlm
oouthrrii atatea nfter ihe rebel I lu) applies
witli peculiar lorce, thai is, "make haate
alowly."
T11E BIS.UAICCK TRIHi Ni RElTDI
A t.VlHAl KtMONMRANi E.
In the ."unday Moinieg A ert we direct
ed ntti ution to tlie t-peciftl dispatch io tne
I'ionecr Pre.8 slating thnt, duriiifr i-i.i
harnncile Oil Dakota allairs, semitcr Ve-t
sent up lo the clerk's de?k and had reail
"a long remonslrain from RisniHrck,"
ihe impress! HI conveyed l»y the dispatch
being thai Uismaiek had sent in a lemons
trance against division Tlie Bisiuiirck
Triliune of Bourdav' morning, whicli we
had not then Seen, editor.ally contained
Ihe lull- wing ou Ihe suma flit cl:
The Tiiliiine liaa tuken lle louli)eto
inquire into Ihe ma ler and hnda ili ii no
audi reiiioiisiimce hi-* been aenl from
liiS'. arek,
HIKI
tin oiie in tliis eiiy himivn
an}'1 liing nboiit It. A H-nion.-lran« lilav
have I een piesenteil, I ui il is im jus
liie lo liirmmck to say ilial it ui'giiiuii-i!
in UOH ei y. Il proliaMe lliat tlie o
iieel Crest, is in error in tIns iimller. In
Mt»y «Viti', I In* Kin l. mem is iil.Rolulily
(lalHe, Hint I lie Oir|ixl Il niny lie cini*
atnieil ii mean iliai II inmri iopposing
ilivisinn, and ilier.'lore place thiscomnni.
ni in a lalsv liirbt before Ihe people oi
tne territory, this em(ihalir detnai of Ihe
liirhphiee of ilna "remonsiranee" sliool
lie given Hie "videsnrea circulation 111 tl
the false stalemenl has had.
The Alert is glad see ilil» prompt and
ein^hmic denul »»y lli« rei»reentaiive
aper of smmck, fo* unexpl dneil and
iiniepud'aied Ihe fac» of such a paper 1»
ntr in the hands of a Miler opponent of
division, as senator Vest ia weil known
lo be, would jiist I rinjr down nport ihe
ci|.itnl city the indignation of all other
poitions of tho territory. G"v I'.eiee, in
Ins report to
:heln'erir
Depaitment,
eorrew lv, as *.»e believe, siys "the semi
ment in f»vor of division is practically
nntnimoiif," audit would be |-rai Ileal
snic'ule for bismaick, with all ebe hiS at
stake in tinlding the cipital, t» defy and
antagonize that ser.liment. Whi ea gen
eial denial is not sufficient lo inval.dttte
the document, which of itself is prima
acie evidence of its character, Ihe denial
should su-p'-nd ihe judgment of the peo
pie a reasonable length of lime or Ills
marck to produce evidence thai the paper
is a forgety and a fraud.
THE ADMISSION OF lEKItlTHRIZS
INTO THE UM0?l AS SI ATE'.
While I power of congress io hold
toe territorl a of ihe Uniteu States unner
feleial or provincia* goveri.inen' until it
•u i« ihe pleasure of thai body to adnut
ihein into the union as stnius ia well re
cognized and gent fully coi.o did, the
moral right to do so may well I qtns
lioned (ml the mora! r'ght a territory
to admitted as as ate is like a reai
many other moral righis, there are no In
tra1 means by wnicli it cin 'e enforcid
There are some indtspens tble reiju si'e-i
11 statehood,such assnltl -ient populati- n,
a cou-^iiniiion not in intl ct with the d
al constilulion and ptoyiding a reptiii
licun foiin of goyernuw nl for ihe people
of the proposed slate and acceptable lo
Ihe crizt-ns thereof These are in no case
to lie dis egarded. The number and cliui
a« ler of ilie population are in ilu- discre
lion of«egress as are also a great many
Other incidental questions.
It wouh' tie a violation of his oath of
office 1 support the constitution of the
United Siates loramem' er to vole
the admission ol a lerrilory into the union
as a state with an iinrepublic in cons itu
lion or Willi a consntuil conflicting
with the lederal constilut-on, hut il is no
violet ion of hi- oath of ollice to vote
aga'nsl admission for any discretionary
reason he m»y Irive and there is no pow
er in the government lo compel him to
Waive that discretion no mailer how friv.
olous and unwarranted il may seem to
others.
The niwnher of Inhabitants required is
indefinite, liiil jug*ice to the other sutes
anil Ihe princii le of qual representation
in t'e people's branch of the national
legislature wmid require that it be equal
lo Ihe number fixed its the ratio of rep
resentatlon in that bodv, though this Iihn
Dot always been required, five slates hav
uig been aclatitu-u Iuto ilia uuioa and
ilureliy eulllled lo representative in
congress w:th lets population than thai
upon which the ratio of representation in
oilier stales was based
Illinois wa9 adm lted in 1818 when llie
ratio of r-presenlati -n by th- apportion
ment ol 1810 was one representative in
congress for every 35,000inhabitants,and
vet her population in lb20 was only 34,
(KM. Florida was admilied in 1845 wiih
a ipulation of 51,177 w'len the raliool
representation W'is 7O.6S0 Oregon
admitted in lS59wheti the ratio of rep.
senlation is C3 4*23, yet she only had
a populni ion
of
The nli ve sl.ows
thai
IIHeeled
The report says i.e ".
va la'de fleet" con*
si^ts ol one tlrsi rate cruis r, eleven sec
ond rates and nineteen third rate, tbiriy
one in all, hut only three of th- in iron
hulls, all llie rest being wood Three ot
the vessels will tie condemned as beyond
repair at the tlrsi survey and six tin
remainder will pass out of service within
six years, says secretary Chandler. Tlie
report shows tli.il the expense of keeping
the thirty one war vessels ah-ve water
together wiiii a lew other vessels no'
worth mentioning and inci-'emal expen
ses the past year has only been {17,2
»2,
601.44, and estun tes the expenses lor the
current fiscal year al $17,660,654 62. lie
reccmnends an increase of the
JAMESTOWN WEEKIY ALERT.
in I860 Nevada
*a« idmitied in 1864 With a popolaM n,
1860,
of
40,0(10 when ihe talio of lep-
resentation was 127,381 and under Ihe
same r-tiont represenlaiion NehrasKa
wis adiniMe I in 1&U7 while lierp pulatioii
llirte \enrs later was but ti0,000.
ihn numbcrol
p'tpiilalion need not nece sarily be equal
lo I
he rat Io of reprusi
Illation
at the lime
of edinission, or was not held lo be nece*.
«arv by the several congresses by wh eh
these states Were admitted. The nunibe*
of population Is merely a Oiscreilonar»
question. The lull' in ilie senate by *eii«
iit-r Vest that Dakota has not
popjUtmn
enough lo entitle her to admission is lliete
fore a pretext, and suhu rlu^e. The ap
portionment or ratio of representation
based i-pon ihe la^t census is one member
of congress Very 154,325 inhabitants
in a siate. \Vbtb tlie census of lS^OshoW
a population In Dikoiaof only 13-^,177.
Ihe vole at llie late election, at the lei
sonai.le estimate of f.nir inh itiitants for
ev ry vote, 35ii,0o0. Sutii Dikoia alone
has over 2oo,i0, and North I akota a
greaier proportion of the umber fixed as
tin: ratio of representation than either
Florida, Oregon, Nevada or Nebruska
haI at the tiin of iheir adoiis.ioL.
ADMISSION AS A NAlUNAL JES
I ION.
If the nation il democratic party cm flnnd It. to
di-ny Dakota ju-tice. nvs! Crrlain Dakota r.
stand it to be duiii for i-l ce will C'linu to Da
kotn, sure and certnin, if ihe national demorr.lic
par h-ts be overthrown to audi re It. If sera*
tor Vi st c-'iTi-clly oinliiu-p the policy of h1* pariy,
a r. pnl.lican linus of le^n si-ntailves may be look
ed fur in iB-6. Dakota is tno bU, and there are
too mai people tier t" make such guilty trifling
anyihinjf but duiig- rmi» to ihe party lhat engage?
in it. The urefent ire--of ibedemocr tic party
will simply .ke a national isntie of a gnat qn
tion, in which j-i-nce. honor and common dec. ncy
will be iiivinribly arrayed agtiuetd:mocracy.—
Sioux Falls Leader.
Ihe Aleri would admonish the ader
that il is ovi-resiunalng Ihe importanc.-.
of Dakota. As a fact in eith party of
natioiii] politics it is reprerented by a tiu
urc.9 with ihe tail cut IT, and it ver
will be anything more than this in na
tional poliiic^until it is admitted into the
union Mill ons of people will Vole for
•ngreH'iiiien 1RS6 who will not give
tne eight of an atom to the Dakota
question, and thousands will vole at lhat
election who will not know whether Dt
kola is in Ameri(M or Europe. To u« the
Im].nice of ihe Uniied Stales lJV svry
small compared vuh Dakota, btft t!ie op
tical delusion come' from the stHndpoint
at which the view is taken If Dakota
couht liatrc the i-leclion of Ihe next con
tress in In own hands it would go hard
Willi I lie democrat? if tliey kept us out of
tin-union until 1866, but foriunatcly for
Ibein Hint will not be our political pre
logative and unfortunately fai us they
are well aware of it. Dakota is in a poor
position lo overthrow the nat-onal demo
emtio party or any otln party long as
she has not a ningle vote in the election
national officers, not even in the elec
tion of her own above the tao of inein
hers of the legislature, and congress ran
review »nd invalidate Iheir wmk if *o
dispoed. The admissi a lirri ory
had n- ver been a national issue since
slavery wetit out of politic4 by th: eiiiMti
cipation proclnmation The mere sense
ot ju-tice in such cases does not extend
lar ticyond the hnunilurits of the hca itv
dtrectiv
Il .s piovni II) tie nil inlallible one,
loldugup our navy Before lit ejts ol
foreign nations
England maintains her navy of 238 ves
sels at an annual cost of |51,6t7,175. nnd
if only the ro9t of our navy for tin
last year had tiein reported Johnny Bui
would na urally have concluded lhat a
otir navy cost one third as much as hi
we must have ie third ns much of na
vy, or about f0vi a»els instead of one fbsl
rate cruiser and thirty others awaiting
he visit of the conileninlng i.lllctr.
In closing his report S ciel-iry Cliand
'ergrasps Ihe possible e.ontinijeiicy of wir
and asks this pertinent questii.«i '*Cii
i: be supposed that, in the eveni of war,
tlfiy vessels of all sizes and 8,000 met
will tight our naval tintile9, traris|M*rt oui
troops, maiiitain our blockades, and cut
II our enemy's commerce Yel almost
within slid narrow limit nre we confined
tiy the deplorable condition of our com
uiercial niarme
TI1E DA aOI'
A* IHVlMON IM LI.
Tlie bill for the divisiou of Dakota is
ili-j senate Tties
CUiZ
In poliMC* the abstract
principle jf justice is a nice thing t« con.
template anil .unralite upon tint its intlu
ern upon tl oallol is a re matter of
faith with those who arj directly affecltd
ty it.
THE UNilED STATES JiAVI.
Tlie impression thai the Unite I States
navy was desiioyed a few nrintbs ago by
a fishing smack running into an sinking
a navy ve-Sel is a slight mistake—ver»
slight, however. The Alert has received
a pamphlet which, on close inspec ion.
we Ind he a report of that supposed to
lie extinct dcparlmeni offensiv« and de
feiisiv of our goveriimen Il is rot,
however, offeiisivt enough t* render tin
foieign powers uneasv for iheir safety,
nor is it defensive enough to iutimidaie
ihem from any attack tiny may at any
l.me feel dis .osed to iiiNke.
navy,
'.he
eoimated cost of which will he $15,n7l,
572.62, making a total or $32,932,227 24.
li seems the Alert lhat it would lie
good policy to require toe secretary of Ihe
nayy only lo report ixpense* and esti
mates. They are large enough lo make a
deep impression upou tor ign nations of
the formidable character of our navy, tiut
io embrace in the report what it is tlial
constitutes our navy is to give the whole
thing away. The rebels held important
positions on several occasions with balle
re* of wooden guns mule with cro-s cut
saws and paini. Ala distance ihey look
as formidable as genuine guns and tne
effect of the impression was tlie same
There is no dtifereu in the effect ol
real and imaginary danger. A man wil
hold up Ins hands at the muz/.le of an
empty gun j-ist, as readily as if it WHS
loaded, if he -e-in'l know that it is eino
iy, then why not apply this theory, which
Jay by a Voieol 34 foi
to 28 agMiust, llie oilier uieiuheis bein^
paired, i'lie lull now gois lo the bous
wlareii will probably be (bfeaud. li
provides lor division ou ll e46ih parallel,
ilial the poriitoi north of that line tdiall
remain a territory in -llie name o. Lin
eoln, and stoilli of the line Ihe people lo
hold a convention ami adopt a coiisiitu
iion ool pugnaiil to ihe constitutiou ol
lie UmteJ Siae* wlucli sb ill be submit
ed to ih presioent of the Uniied States
"y llie governor ol the termor* whereii|'.
on ibe president bhall by procl iinalion
leclaru tlu new state admilied into Ike
union. The sun ot $2 ),00t is appropria
ted to defray the expenses of ihe consli
ui lonal con vein io i. T«e details are all
provided for and to all intents and pur
si the bill is an enablint- act for south
iKoia to reach statehood, provided the
hill successfully runs the gauntlet of the
liouse.
The questnn is by this bill presented to
the people of North Dikota wt.ether she
prefers /tsion at the sacrifice of hei
name or the retention of her name al lie
sacrifice of division. It is title tlie peo
pie have no means of enforcing their sen.
timcnts on llie question other thar. in tie
moral intiueticcs their wishes may ex-rl
upon members of congress, many
whom Would no doubt be glad of the o.
jection it N irtli Dikot as an excuse for
voitng against ibe bill, but she can h
her Siy on the subject all the same. The
d'-iermination of congress to givu
JAMF.STO W N.D. T. THURSDAY, DEC. 18, 1884. §2.00 PER YEAR
nursec
tion of the territory a name with di
vision is becoming more apparent and
marked every session and Ihe qtiiftton
witli our people is whether we want di
vision al lhat rice or not
A SUBLIME SEN iTORlAL ASS.
In his speech on ll Dakota admission
qui slion a few days ago Senator Vest, of
ssuiiri, put li niseif on record as a con
iiiunate ass by declaring lhat Dakota
had not population enough to int lie Iter
to a representative in congress. The last
apportionment of representation in Con
gress, de up the census of 18S0 is
one representative for everv 1.'4,000 in
habitants. a nU-d States senator,
«-ven from Mi.-soor!, to asBerl In ffet:' as
plainly as if express in words that Di
koia has not 154,000 inhahiltnts shows
either colos-tal ignorance or a mtsrepre
sen tat ion of facts that wool I make Eli
Peikins shudder :or the truth's sake.
Senator Ve&t is the man who. a few years
atto, sided in tli Senator Ilale in giving
Dakota a black eye on ai-count of the
Ya'ik'on county tailroad bond repudia
t'Oti. He Feetns to have a vindictive
spite against the new noithwest. Wheth
er it is on account of Minnesota restrain
tg the liberty of the Vounuer brothers,
'tis of his state, by ihe walis of her
penitentiary or some other prejudice of
piqued pri is not known, but il is evi.
dent li»t fie IS prujudiced.
lie say.-: there is no need todiy for
lie admission o. new states in order to
strengilien the union, ami there is n»
need lo rush this territory into the condi
tion of a state. The population is not
enough to ent i'e it tj a representative
in congress and it would be to a certain
eMeiit a disfranchisement of the stales
Iready l.i the union to g:ve the present
population o*'. Dakota two representa
lives in tlie U'lited S ales senate «8 well
as a repr- seiiiative in congress. The de
mtnds »aid to l.ave heca made since 1870
r-r admission of Ihe territory li».v« lictn
the demands ol ambitious politicians
Men who were ready li cute cli other's
throats politically and phviically have
been urging these demands. Oen. Grant
ii ciedtied with Ihe siaument, while
president, that Dikota gavo htm more
trouble than ail the other territories put
•ogeiiu r."
Such a speech as that iy represent
Missouri, and the Jesse Jarnts mourners
and admirers may shudder some over
tha1 sentence alluding to the cutilnoats
of this teirit'ry, -«nt for such misrepn
senlatio'i and balderdash to be uttered it
the senate of lie United States is a our
lesque upon tlii dignity and intelligence
of that august body Hut would be atxo
lately incredible if it had purported lo
come from any other source in O d's uni
verse than a representative of the stale
of Missouri. To call him an ass is to de
ec ate the market value of every mule in
the country, but there ares une consider
nitons that cannot be sacrificed even to
Save the reputation of the mule.
IN his harangue to the senate last week
ou Dakota all iirs, a special to the Pio
neer Press sivs, Sen itor Vest sent, up lo
tie elerk's desk ami had rea -«a long re
mnsiranee fro IJisanrck" wliicii "*'ns
addressed to llie question us to how Dt
kola's debt of $tlH),0ii) »s to ba divided
and how her pu die buildings, territorial
lands, etc., shouM 'w parted between th-t
two proposed states.". Asl he loyally of
the people of Bismarck io the cams of
division has been frequently questioned
and as often protested and r« -affirmed by
the paperso that city, this "long remon
strance fiom stnarck" which comes to
'ght tnroii^li tins uncotnpr imising oppo
nent of division and aim ssion needs ex
fJanation to avoid misapprehension if
they have been earnest and hottest in
tlieir uvowoU support of division. The
cuarai:ter of th« document is stated lo be
a "remon«tr*nc and the subject being
que»iions which could arise only in the
event of a division of the territory it is
not an unfair inference t.# assinie Ilial it
"as a remO'istrance aijiinst division.
However, we are not disposed to condemn
liisinarck on circumstantial evidence,
strong as it seems be, without an op
portntMly for *-xpianation but w» desire
io impress upon
her
INDIANA'S
The lat. si on lie 8ti"j -cl of a successor
lo Gov. Pierc« as governor of this terri
tory is the menti to of the name of Miss
Cynlha Eloise Cleveland for ihe uo-i'iou
Miss Cleveland is known all over the ler
ritory a« president of the women's chris
tian icmperance union anil Dikoia's laly
lawyer. In the former position she is an
ea'nest anil ell ctive wotker and in the
latter profession she is a bright and shin
tng light. She has always been a repu'i
lican but in the recent ca npatgn she was
an independent ami did some campaign
work in the eastern stales for Cleveland
who is a distant relative of hers.
Shall we Have Custom Hill 1
The farmers are agitating the subject
of a elisio mill in this city where ihey
can thke their wheat *n any quantity they
choose, tiave it ground tor loll or ex
change for flour and dispose ot the flour,
"ho ts and bran as most profitable to
ihem. The roller mills in this city Im- a
capncily larger than the deinan I of the
farmers in this community would hereto
fore supply and to have depended up
that source of supply alone would have
tieen to lei the mill stand idle part of the
ime at a serious loss to its owners Toe
supply from this source iexl year may,
and in course of a few years certainly
wi!1, be sufficient to keep a mill of that
opacity going on full time.
Mr. Klaut has given the plan of custom
work or exchange and merchant milling
a fair test the past fall and finds it not on
lv unprofitable but a 1 tsing business. For
No. 1 hard wheat lie gave the farmer in
xchange 16 pounds of first grade flour,
16 of second grade, 5 of shorts and 10 of
lira ", or 34 pounds of second grad flour
with the same amount of shorts and bran,
lis he did at an actual loss for the ac
com modal ion of llie farmers, and when
he ound some of them were taking ad
vantage of it by going into the market
and underselling linn in the merchant
flour business thereby cutting off his
profits :n lhat direction his only course
for &elf protection was to stop the ex
change or custom business. He probably
Would have continued to exchange wiili
the farmers lo the ex'ent of their own
family demands hut as he had no means
of asci rtaining the extent of each family
demand l.i order to protect his own mer
chant trade he had no alternative lut to
top giving Hie accommodation which
they anuaed to his damage in anoihet di
rection.
The Valley City mills which liava been
srong an attraction lhat some farmers
Have hauled their wheat from this vlctni
iy to that place Kir exchange ol floui, in
a letter to Mi Klaus, the proprietors s»y
tin give in exciiange for No 1 hard
wh«at 24 pounds of first grade fi»ur, 8
of shorts and 12 of bran, or 27 pounds of
second grade lbmr an.i s-ime of slicrts and
bran. The Valley City mills are tun
by water power the entire year rouud
which saves a large amount iu Ihe way of
fuel. Al smarck where this same com
piny is operating a mill they say the do
not give so much as at tllev City in ex
change because litey have the additional
expense of steam power.
Mr Klaus offers to sell his mill to the
farmers in away that is fair and on terms
as 11hen! as could be r« asonahiy askeil
Tnat is, he proposes to let a millwright
place a valuation on tl.e mill and al that
price he will sell it to any number of far
•tiers on five years' lime at a fair in erest
secured by mortgage on farm lands. This
proposition is as fair as anyone could
reasoaahly a an I puts tl into the pow
ol the formers to have an xcellent inib
in good running order in their own hands
aud under tlieir own control at once.
Anotn Fire and Another Evidence of
Ute Want «f Fire Protect inn*
At half past out o'clock Friday morn
ing tlie fire alarm triangle rang out with
its subdued tniHic on the cal.n night,
which like the music of the spheres
would have lulled llie sleepers into deep
er sleep but for the uneariliy screechu
and tool ng of the railroad locsmo ives
which roused the people to a sense ol
danger, who, clod in such mot ey rar
ment as fiisi come within reach, rushed
forh into the treet to see "what inighi
llie matter be," and to find that tire had
hr ken out in Neutzel & Son's butcher
shop oil Filth avenue south
The fire company were soon on the
ground and opened their sizzling battery
of sulphuric acid anu sod* upon the fire
from the chemical engine but tho flames
only seemed to lau^h such efforts to
scorn. The people, wuh an appreciation
of the ability of the fire engine rn of
pisl observation an I experience, proceed
ed at once to remove all the goods from
the buildings within probable reach of
the dunes and then could do but little
ore than watch ihe buildings burn down
which they did in very deliberate succes
sion.
The building next Joining on th« north,
owned, and
people and papers
the necessity of an eXfil uu'ion.
great oemoirai deadweight,
lion. W ui* 11 Enulish, n.oie familiarly
Known .a *'0111 hille. glieii," who heat
Oen. Hancock for the presidency in 1880
by being on the ticket for vice oreaident,
•s buying up the floating stock of the In
liariMpolis Tiriien with ihe nupposed in
tention of converting llie paper into a
ib rnocra ic oigan aa soon as lie obtain* a
•u rity of the aim-k. lint this he is not
likely lo be ah|« to Jo as a majority tlie
si«ck is owned oi d. Holloway, the
foiintler and editor of the paner, wlm
anuws the importance of retaining it and
thereby being matter of the situation
Weihinlt^ lnwi ver, the motives of Mr.
Knglioh are misconstrued. He is grow
mg old and is more likely to tie looking
ahead to the time wnen he will want a
favoiahlc obituary notice, a postmortem
compliment which he cannot hope for
unless he owns a controlling interest in
some newspaper.
:n
which a millinery ad
general mercbanJise store was kept, by
Mrs. Worm, but from whic'i the goods
lis been removed into the street, next
burned. W. II Clarke's vacant hard
ware store next adjoining this on llie
north followed a victim to ihe insatiable
fire flea !.
Between this hnn the next building io
the north wus a space of about twenty
feet ant' tiy covering the roof nnd sides
next the fire with carpet saturated with
Water and mldiilonel applications of
water from luckets and spray from the
fire engine the hi tiding was saved and
the progress of the flames that direo
tion slopped.
On the south of the veneered building
occupied as a butcher shop, where the
fire flist originated, wiiji st ace of about
twenty feel between is the lilile wooden
building occupied as a millinery store by
the Clark sisters. The wall of the burn
ing building on that side tell outward
bringing down a large amount, of bl tztng
debris by the side of this little nuild
tlie siding of which is immediately en
Veloped in *. blaze reaching high above
the roof, but by a busk application of
water llie flames were extinguished and
the building saved. Mr. De Will's budd
ing ami dressmaking shop back of tbe
milliuery store wa3 savct by ihe uic
means.
Tlie insurance was as follows: A. S.
Uirues, building occupitd ty Ncufzel &
Son, in A. A Do lit'le's agency, $75u,
budding worth about $2,0i0. Theeiock
ami fixtures of Neu'Zel «& S insured ti
It. S lleeves' agency ijl,50u. Neithei
building or slock in Mrs Worth's build
ing XI adjoining was insured. Build
ing worm nbout $2 500. The W. K.
Clarke building insured in llayward's
gency, if 1,000. Building worth about
$2,5 0 It is said the fact of this boil .ing
having been vacated renders void llie in
surance. Mr Keeve.« had $l,5oO insur
ancc on the building and stock but can
celled both sometime ago. The to al loss
cn buildings is about $7,000, damage to
stock not yet ascerlaiueo.
The Water Works Question.
Geo. W. Vennuni, a ri emher of the
company to whom 1 lie city council grant
ed a,charter for constiuction of water
works in it-is cily, denies lhat they ever
ask $15,000 for their iranclitse hut sats
they offered it to the Phelps company and
tli? latter declined to takeoff their hands.
I'lie question no* becomes one of veraci
ty between Mr. Phelps ard Mr. Vennum.
Tl-e Alert has no further interest in the
matter t'aan as concerns public,
foe water works company tave a bond
in the penal sum of $20,000 to have the
works completed and operation on or
before the first of last November, which
tbey faihd to do, in coiiseqiier.ce of which
the puople are without the bargained for
water supply ai.d have to pay a much
liighei rale of insurance on their property
thau they would now be required to pay
had the water works been constructed.
It is no justification of llie failure of lh
company lo Hilflll tueir contract with the
City
that they did not ask $15,0(0 lot their
franchise, or that no other company
would take it off their hands, or lhat
timts turned out to be harder than ex
pected. Uustne.ss men are supposedly
lake lilt Sn tilings into consid»fMMwi|aMii
fore binding themselves with a lorfeiture
in a ".oulract with tch oilier or with Ihe
public. A Loud is biuding on both or all
parties to lo the contract of which it is a
part or it is not binding on either oi any
of them. A bond means what it says or
it meitis nothing at nil. A bond is a mai
ler of business among meu aud not of
child's play among children.
A TurlHl Surprise Parly.
Un the evening of Tuesday Dec. Blh*
the residence of Mr. J. MtClellan
and Mrs Fannie Giidiucr, til township
137, ratuc 62, about twenty miles south
of Jatnesiown, was tne sc« lie of a yen
pleasant snrp:ise party instituted by tlie
many luinh loving ladies at.d gentlemen
in the vicinity ol Tarbell. The occasion
was intended as a farewell party in honor
of Messrs. Whetshone an Geo. McC!el
I in, wno were about to depart for llie
east in a short time. The party consisted
of ov« fifty of the most prominent far
mers and iheir families oi thai district.
After the light fanlpstic had net in
dulged in fur three or four hour.-', in bar
mony with Ihe e'odious strains of the
Tarbell band, Mi. O P. lleath as instruc
tor, and Mrs McKay, organist, the nu
merous gin sts partook ot a splendid sup
per prepared ny the hostess, Mrs. Fannie
Gir iiner, in her usual nospiinhle ma -m
and elegant taste. The gay and delighted
p*rty ilisp rsed at dylighi m-xi morning
mire than satisfied witli the delighlful
time and gayelies of the evening's en er
laiumeut.
The Exempt inn Law.
Dakota's exemption law is generally
admitted to be a had law, more calculated
to encourage than to discourage dishon
esty, and it is presumed the legislature
will lake il up for tlie purpose of amend
i'ig il at the session this winter. Every
year or two some honest, well-meaning
member of the legislatire tackles the
bjeet of amendment of ibe exemption
law, but so far such honest, well meaning
members have been sat down upon with
considerable force and vehemence. Tin re
have always been en utifli mamie rs favor
ing the lav to eflectu-illy disc utrage a
Second attain it at amendment during any
one session S unelio v, there seems to be
a strong desire in certain quarters to keep
tlie exemptions in Dakota as large as poj.
sible. As tha law stinds at presen, a man
who has the full amount of property ex
empted is pretty well fixed.—Black Hills
Journal.
W. E. Mansfield having heard eo much
of the pleasure 0' roller skatii Ihe other
afternoon borrowed Ben. Hayes' rollers
and went alone up into the court room to
try it for himself. Ilo succeeded in try
ing for about an bou, anrl immediately
afterwards se it an order down to a furni
lure store for a soft cushioned chair re
ard
less of expense. Hedoes'nt consider
roller skatinu elevating.
The Itock Island announces its inten
tion to build a l^e to Bumarck during
the coining sea-.on.
1 be lecioiE giVc.i I.IM A UM .NV» in
the l!apt st chapel star .:o'irso se'iesby
Mr S. W. Stevens was not as largely at
tended »s ihe previous lectures iu the
cotirsc, pnrtinlly owing no doubt to its
being out of time the Tuesday evenirg
a week previous being Ibe time it was to
have been given, and partially lo Ihe cold
wind blowing that night. Mr. Sievms is
riot fluent talker yet not an unpleasant
one, though he states him-it-11 that be i*
but a ti vice on the lecture rostrum.
There is a gentiemanh bearin.-and pleat
ing candor ah-ut the mnnlhatgt once
enlists the sympathy and charity of hit
audience so Ibat they do not feel disposed
to ho'd hitn to the critical standard usu
ally required of public lecturers. Hit
description of the people of Btrmah,
which is his native country, his fatner
being a missionary stationed -there, are
not of ihe sup rficial and not unfri qnent
!y exaggerated character of those given
by foreign tourists, but are founded upon
personal ass cul'oti
HIKI
familiarity with
he people half a life tune. During
ihe umrsi i.t tlie lecture be exhibited
specimens of the idols worshipped tiy ihe
iieople of Bitmali as also -pcciinensof ar
I sue skill and handiwork useful and or
namental. For the purpose of pleasant
and profitable instruction the lecture ia
II worthy of the patronage of the gen
ral public.
The 11i2re1r.1iio.141 minister at Man
dan, U-v. Waite, has created Something
ot a sensation among the people of lhat
place by advancing what »me of them
mink unorthodox vews of the nature
and office of the Atonement. When taken
10 task about it lie wanled to know where
progress would cotne in if people pt
within the rut of ages. His seems to be
llie Arian view o' the subject in which
Christ is he] I to be merely an example
and not to have suffered vicariously for
mankind n9 Artntn anism teaches. In
closing his sermon last S intlay night, he
is reported by the Pioneer to have said
"He might have been the most popular
man of His day. But he believed that
the religion of his day was radically
wrong and lie liirew the whole weubt of
11 is mighty manhood against it. He was
llie arch lierulic of the age he antago
nized thi: priests, ilie Pnarisees, the Sad
usecs, the scribes and ev ry rel gious
'cacher that lived He offended them,
showed their reasoning and theology to
be absurd. His dealo was the natural
consequence in Ills lime, of thepur, un
compromising, fearless life which lie
lived. He revealed to simply the true
law and method of life. Jsus Christ
was not a *u stiiute Ho w^s a model.
He was not sent into tlie world to bring
God nearer us, but to bring us nearei to
God. His death did not increase God'a
love for us, tor tuat love was infinite, un
changeable. We are saved, no', because
Jesus brist was good enough to dispense
with the necessity ot our being good, but
becau-e lie was good enough to oecome
our in dui. He was a model, not a sub
stitute a guide, not a pack inn e. A« to
whether 1 have ruck a blow at riit,
I am will ng to leavt it wiili my audience.
Isaoiodxl a substitute tho more hon
orable ilnng?"
The subject of the pastor of the Pres
byter an church last Sund»y night was
Pleas.ires," those that should be in
liilgedlitiil those that shouid be avoided.
Pliys.cal pleasures, wl ich are the lowest
in the scale, heiuoughl were propel and
right so far as they tendtd to develop
the physical powers. Social pleasure',
the next higher, were founded lo the In
stinct for assoc.ation which runs through
alt anitnal life and wero not to he disre
garded in so far as and in whatever way
they addeI to ibe Substantial enjoyment
of the indvidua! or community regard
ing the rights ai happiness of all, they
slioul I be enc mraged. Intellectual
pleasures, still higher in the scale,should
bo cu'tivate 1 and care he taken lo direct
them in a proritable channi I, avoiding
all such discussion ami liura'ure as tend
11 debase the mind and acquire an .«b
nornial tnsie for the degrading literature
with hIi cli Ihe cuuntry is flooded in dime
novels.and Police Gizuttes to stlts.y and
cultivate a prurient taste He said he
would rather lose h's right arm than put
such publications mio the hinds of a
young man or \oitng worn in. Mjral and
so ritual p'easurcs, the highest in the
scale, were likewise tlie highest enjoy
meti*. They were the pleasures of com
munion with G-.d, the highest idtal and
real of perfection, an I hence transcend
ani above all otner pleasures withn the
ittainmmil of mankind. He did not pre*
:nd to give a list of pleasures in iractng
ihosewhici he would reconuueud and
ill 'Se which he would prohibit. Ilie
tu'e for deciding for or against a propot
pleasure was an appeal to console.ICJ and
hose who abide the decision of that mon
itor within will rarely if ever go astray in
|he search foi at I indulgence of pleas
ure. lie »c old ask his conscience
whether the proposed pleasure was right
whether it. would develop the phytical
powers, add to the weil being sad happi
ness of society, improve and cultivate the
mind, con tor in to the rcquir -menta of
christian life and characltif If th«
pleasure proposed was clearly anligoms*
i'c loan affirmative answer to any of
these questions be would reject it. If he
was in doubt ho woul I hesitate until the
doubt was removed, and he would rec
ouiuieud all to d- --o
Dakota i.p«iatinn.
Dakota has today more than half a mil.
1inofpeoph. Its population it double
that of Florida, nea-ly ten times thai of
Nevada, almost twice that of New Ilamp
shire, three limes that of Oregon, double
thai of U'lode island, nesrly Ie that
of Vermont, more ilian three litues lhat
of Delaware, about that of Nebraska,
and twice that of ihe "Cn itenniai" state
O Colorado. Wiiliin two years It wilt
have overtaken aud surpassed in popula
tion the stales of Connecticut, Maine and
West Virginia. Within five years will
have surpassed several more. Il it a
shoes ing ontrage to keep the lusty yuung
giant in a condition of "luteiajie" any
longer.—Minneapolis Tribune.
Wc cannot a moment think of the
admission of Dakota without diviron.
Let us have division auyhow.—Union
County Courier.