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Ypf VOL, XII THE CITY SALONS MEET. An Unusual Amount of Business Transacted at Last Wight's Council Meeting. The City Liquor License Reduced Prom $800 to $500—Other Ordinances. Reading Room Appropriation Mat ter Comes up and is Ex haustively Discussed City Council. Regular monthly meeting of the city council Monday, Mayor Fuller presid ing. All the aldermen present. The minutes of the last regular and adjourned meetings were read and ap proved. Petition was received from the retail liquor dealers of the city asking for a reduction in the liquor license. Petition was ordered placed on file. Petition was read from B. S. Russell asking the council to instruct the city treasurer to settle delinquent taxes on certain property in Russell's addition on same basis as laid down in resolution passed by county commissioners. Peti tion was referred to the city attorney. Invitation to city to send delegates to Waterway convention at West Superior Wis., was read and on motion of Alder man Hewit the communication was re ceived, placed on file and held for future consideration. Communication was received from Secretary Bauer of the tire department stating that at a meeting of the depart ment C. R. Weber was elected chief and J, p. Yennum assistant chief. On motion action of the department was confirmed.* A communication was also received from the X. P. Hose company announ cing the result of its election of officers which the council approved. Communication was received from the electric light committee asking for more time on petition for arc light at intersec tion of Fifth avfenue and Second street. They also reported on petition "for ttiree arcllghts-trom lm3go ou-Main '•^street west as far as railroad crossing, recommending that that prayer of the petitioners be not allowed. Report was adopted. The electric light committee submitted the following report: We, the electric light committee, to whom was referred the petition of the Jamestown Electric Light company, ask ing that the price of arc lights to the city of Jamestown be established at $150 each, per year, instead of 895 as at pres ent, hereby recommend that the same be granted for one year only, from July 1st, 1889 to July 1st, 1890. J. T. Eagek. Alfred Steel. Thos. Dbiscoll. Alderman Schwellenbach moved that the report be accepted and placed on file.* Carried. Ayes—Alley, Driscoll, Eager, Garrigan, Hewil, Schwellenbach and Steele. Nay—Clark. The judiciary committee reported that they found the report of Chief of Police Ford correct. On motion report was adopted. The county commissioners referred back the bill of Mrs. Dr. Wink without recommendation. On motion of Alder man Alley, the bill was ordered back to the county commissioners. The street and bridge committee re ported the bill of Frank Andre for S2.00 correct. On motion of Alderman Hewit the bill was laid on the table. The finance committee to which the reports of the city clerk and city treasur er were referred at the last meeting, re ported that they found the same correct, but reported them back with recommen dation. On motion of Alderman Alley, the report was received and placed on file. The committee on assessment and tax ation reported, recommending that the tax levy for this year, be made as fol lows: General fund, three mills road and bridge fund, two mills interest fund, one-half mill sinking fund, one-half mill. Alderman Clark moved to adopt the report. Carried. Alderman Eager introduced an amend ment to Ordinance No. 89. amending section 3 of Ordinance No.72 to make it conform with the report of the electric light company printed above. Alderman Alley moved that the ordi nance be given its second reading by title only, which motion prevailed, and the ordinance was read the second time. Alderman Alley moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance be given its third reading and placed on its final passage. Carried. Ayes—Alley, Dnscoll, Eagar, Garrigaa, Schwellenbach and Steel. Nnvs Clark and Hewit. The ordinance was read the third time, and being placed on its final passage, was carried by the following vete. Ayes— Alley, Driscoll, Eager, Garrigan, Schwel lenbach and Steel. Nays—Clark and Hewit. Alderman Alley introduced Ordi nance No. 88, an amendment to Ordinance No. 83, relating to the sale of intoxicating liquors. The amendment reduces the liquor license from §800 to S500. Alderman Schwellenbach moved to give the ordinance its second reading by title only, which motion prevailed ana the ordinance was read the secon«l time by title. Alderman Hewit moved that the ordi nance be amended by striking out the words and figures &500 wherever they occur therein, and substituting in lieu thereof, the words and figures £600. Motion lost. Ayes—Eager, Hewit and Steel. Nays Alley, Clark, Dnscoll, Garrigan, Schwellenbach. Alderman Clark moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance be given its third reading and placed on its final passage. Carried—Five ayes, three nays. Alderman Clark moved thai) the ordi nance do pass. Carried. Ayes—Clark, Alley, Driscoll, Garrigan and Schwellen bach. Nays—Eager, Hewit and Steel. Alderman Alley introduced Ordinance No. 90, an ordinance in reference to peddlers' license, and fixing Bame. Alderman Clark moved that the ordi nance be read the second time by title only. Carried. Alderman Clark moved that the rules be suspended and the ordinance be read the third time and placed on it final passage. Carried. The ordinance being read the third time, was placed on its final passage and carried by the following vote: Ayes Alley, Clark, Driscoll, Garrigan, Hewit, Schwellenbach and Steel. Nays—Eager. Report of Water Commissioner Ven nuni was read. It showed S47.87 re ceived from water rentals. Report was referred to water works committee. A delegation of ladies was present in the interests of the reading rooms, and Mrs. F. E. Jones read a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the room, showing that the expenditures have been 830.05 in excess of the appropriation of the citv council. The opinion of the city attorney as to the legality of the appropriation being called for, Mr. Baldwin stated that lie could not pass upon the question until put in possession of all the facts in re lation thereto. Oh motion of Alderman Hewit, the resolution was laid over, pending opinion of city attorney. BILLS ALLOWED. S Altschul, salt The Alert, printing John Kelley, labor 3 3 70 27 95 0 75 3 90 6 00 40 00 1 50 7.00 4 95 E Ward,-meals to prisoners... EH Fell, special police Porter, flowers in park O St. Chenery Alex Esler, 1*. or Richard Giese, labor. Jamestown Electric Light Co., light W Sheridan, coal Wonnenberg & Avis, stationery.. A Clough Debate 83 66 Board of Health 10 00 Gieseler, Blowett & Co., tndse.... Gieseler, Blewett «fc Co, mdse.... Gus Clements, labor Josiah Pierson, burying horses.. Gull River Lumber Co 4 70 3 85 7 00 1 90 23 02 2 97 75 34 45 8 40 8 00 Eager, repairing water leaks Albert Bergman, labor i... The bill of Geo. Lutz of $50.10 for lumber was referred to the street aud bridge committee. Applications and bonds for liquor licenses were received from the following saloon keepers: W. P. Buckley, principal Geo. L. Webster and Anton Klaus as sureties. Thos. Driscoll, principal J. W. Sheri dan and H. Gieseler as sureties. L. Blum, principal S. S. Altschul and Otto Bauer as sureties. J. H. Foedyke, principal Phillip Bauer and Johnson Nickeus as sureties. Wm. Cowan, principal L. Blum and Peter Haas as sureties. John Stariha, principal Otto Bauer and Henry Spangenberg as sureties. Peter Haas, principal Gaudenz Gasal and G. A. Lieber as sureties. P. Moran, principal Dan Ringer and A. J. Smith as sureties. Driscoll & Barrett, principals b. S. Altschul and A. Engelke as sureties. Spangler & Haas, principals C. K. Brand and W. P. Buckley as sureties. Petition was received requesting the removal of houses of ill fame from the central part of the city. Alderman Hewit moved that the city authorities be authorized to at once take the neces sary steps to rid th© neighborhood of the nuisance complained of. This motion was carried aftei an exceedingly edifying discussion. oh the Library. That was an interesting discussion in the council meeting Monday night, on the resolution rescinding the reading room appropriation. Some months ago the council, recognizing the importance and desirability of such an institution, adopt ed a resolution appropriating $25 per month towards its support. A month ago a resolution rescinding this appro priation, was introduced and action de ferred until last night to give the man agement of the room an opportunity to present a statement of receipts and expen ditures and show how it is being patron ized. The statement was read last night, and the question again arising for dis cussion, Aldermen Alley and Hewit en gaged in the most interesting passage at arms of the year. The position of each was a "corker" to the other, and for a few minutes the room echoed and re-echoed with the indignant elo quence of the two earnest aldermen. Mr. Alley said that an inves tigation of the contents of the public library disclosed the fact that the insti tution was conducted on a sectarian JAMESTOWNI DAKOTA plan, something, which, its expenses be ing paid by all classes of people, was unfair. He said that there was to be found no copy of Voltaire's or Thomas Paine's works in the library, and that prohibition literature was to be had in abundance, to the exclusion of the anti prohibition. He made a neat quotation from Paine's famous sentiment, "To do good is my religion,etc.," and closed his speech with some well rounded senten ces and original sentiments. Alderman Hewit averred that Alley desired to place the Police Gazette, the infidel and the licentious side,before the readers at the public library, and pointed his remarks with the statement that liberal Mr. Alley was never known to refuse a silver dollar because the words •'la-God We Trust" were upon it. The tilt was greatly onjoyed by the aldermen and spectators. SlYir/nOAD PROJECTS. Reported Survey Being Made to Leeds—A new Tack of the North ern Paclffc. General Superintendent Ainslie of the Northern Pacific, accompanied by Mr. Morgan, an expert in the appraisment of values of railway property, and Superin tendent McCabe made a trip over the Cooperstown branch yesterday. They returned to Jamestown last night and left this morning for points along the J. & N. branch. The party travel in a spec ial hotel car, and are making a very care ful examination into the condition of the road-bed, buildings and other property of the Northern Pacific. Their visit to Minnewaukan is not, it is said, in any special way connected with the extension proposed to ba built from that point north. Word was given out that Chnrchs lorry was to be the end of the extension, and depot grouud« and right o2 way have bsan offered by that town, whilB Chief Engineer Tilden has been in that, vicinity keeping the people guessing with his usual cleverness Us to wherejthe road will go. It is said that a new survey is now being made northwest to Leed3, a point on the Manitoba main line in Benson county. This will be some six miles longer than the extension jinto Churches Ferry and tako the road in an entirely different direction—straight toward the Turtlo mountains. The coun try along the now survey now reported as being made is said to be well settled as far north as the international bounda ry. The crop prospect of the entire country is also unusually fine this sea son. The new route however is said to be more hilly than the old Churchs Ferry survey which runs along an extremely level dry coulee, the drainage of the Turtle mountain region into Devils Lake. No grading outfits are yet on hand to beRin work. If the extension is made to Leeds there will be about twenty miles of road to build instead of fourteen to Churchs. It is reported tbat a parallel line to the Manitoba is to be built from the North ern Pacific's Winnipeg branch, starting from a point north of Grand Forks and running through Walsh, ltamsey, Tow ner and Rolette counties to the Turtle mountains. When or where this road is to be constructed is yet among the mys teries. but glance at the map will at once disclose its relative necessity to the success of the Northern Paoific system in the northern part of North Dakota. To be Re-Tried. The recent decisions of the Territorial Supreme Court at Yankton, had relation to several cases of interest to Stutsman county. They were the three cases in which the St. Paul Fire and Marine In surance Co. was the plaintiff. The judg ment of the lower court is reversed and a new trial is ordered. These actions were brought to collect installment notes given for the premiums on insurance policies. The policy stated that it was cancelled by the act of the policy holder if he neg lected to pay the notes as they became due. The trial judge instructed the jury that the company could collect only for the time up until the suit was commenc ed or the policy was cancelled. One policy was upon a man's homestead, and an additional defense was made that the policy was not good because his wife had an interest in the homestead, and the policv was entirely in the husband's favor the contract for the policy being illegal, the notes were without considera tion, and therefore not collectable. This case was reversed with the rest. They are test cases for a hundred or more suits, and were appealed from Stutsman county. It Will. Minot Journal: Will The Jamestown Alert please favor us with an exchange? We like the Alert and its absence both ers us. Welcome in his Old Age to Lorenzo Siebert. Lorenzo Siebert at 813 Summit st., is one of two persons who drew one-twenti eth of the ticket No. 10,420 in the March drawing of the Louisiana State Lottery. A reporter for the Blade called on him and asked him to tell about it. "We are all poor men, and I tell you there were three happy old men when we learned that we had §5,000 to divide up. We got the money in a few days through the express company, and I have put mine out at interest to have something in my old age." Mr. Siebert is about 60 years old, his partner, a middle-aged man. and Mr. Haas is 84.—Toledo (Ohio) Blade. April 9. (TUJ^ THURSDAY ALL OVER THE COUNTY. Correspondence Showing Whr,t the People of the Country Dis tricts are Doing. Budgets from Eldridge, Beaver, Montpelier, Coriune and 1 Buchanan. MONTPELIER MENTION. It is with a sad heart that we chronicle the death of another of our residents. Friday evening Mrs. Nathan C. Shaver, whose illness we have heretofore noted, passed away. Like Mrs. Tindall, Mr. Shaver, too, is loth to leave the remains of his beloved in our adopted soil, and started Monday evening, accompanied by their two childrien, for his former home, Belleville, N. Y., where they will be interred. Mr. and Mrs. Shaver were among our first settlers, and esteemed by the community, whose sympathies are now given to the bereaved husband and children. Mrs. John Nickerson is still quite poorly. Miss Crossett closed school Monday and Tuesday to tend to an attack of neuralgia. The school children gathered wild flowers to docorate the casket and school room for the funeral of Mrs. Shaver. Among the arrivals last week was a line baby at Mr. Joe Cumber's. Mother and chilfi doing well. Am6ng those who visited the metropo lis were Mr. Hugh I'. Kennedy, Mr. feam Dai ey, Mr. Robinson, Mr. Hiram Ship pey Mr, Theodore Naze, Mr. and Mrs. M.' M. Creps, Mr. J. Smith, Mrs. H. A. Shsver, Miss Mary Tarbeli, Mrs. F. A. Cai lev, Miss Emma Crossett. IN and Mrs. McConnell have moved frbi ntheir farm, east of here, to James to\i n, that they may be nearer medical attendance for their daughter, Miss Anka. 'T lie farmers about, seem much more h6oeful sinceythe recent rains. Grain, wit ii a few exceptions,-is looking finely. •['he report that Mr. Bronson is going to place settlers on his land in this town sliip' Is quite cheering. The gang of workmen who are gravel ing the railroad, stop with Mr. Naze and Mr. Dailey. and make the town seem quite lively. SPIRITWOOD. Dr. and Mrs. Thorold, of Jamestown, visited at E. J. Gleason's on .Thursday last. A. C. Treat is able to be around after an illness of a couple of weeks. Mr. Davis visited Mr. and Mrs. Deets last week. Miss Agnes Wilson is expected home soon. Roy Carlisle and Henry Southworth went out to the lake last week for a day's pleasure. The section men have fixed up around the depot so that it looks quite neat. Owing to some misunderstanding, the young people had two dances Thursday evening last. However, all report a pleasant time. Mrs. V. M.Lord left for West Concord, Minn., Wednesday on a visit. C. W.Marrow, night operator at Wind sor, was around shaking hands with friends Monday. BEAVER BITS. Mrs. Alexander and daughter were in to the metropolis Tuesday. George Severn, Ed. Pannell and also Thomas Pendray with his two sisters were visiting the Sabbath school Sunday last. Mr. David Thornton while helping to tear down Mr. Trimble cow barn was seriously injured by falling timbers. Mr. Alexander's teams are again en gaged in hauling wheat to market. He was one of the few who raised o. 1 hard last fall. The match game between the Beavers and the Eldndge nine last Saturday turned oufcin favor of the latter the varieties of small birds. country forthe simple reason that they imported three Jamestown dudes, two of which acted as umpires and sympathized most decid edly with them and the other .hey gave the important place of pitching. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of the Daven port farm were visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ellis last Sunday. Mr. Walter Ellis who has been resid ing in Minnesota for the last two years is now back again to his old home among us. _____ Corinne Cullings. Chicken are unusually thick this sum mer and there should be fine shooting in the fall. Ducks though are totally owin" probablv to the sloughs being all driwf out as is the case also Wlth lue lake, which bodes ill for the g*se hunt ers in the fall. A noticeable thing is the increase in There have they add not a little with their presence and song to the cheerfulness ortlio green swelling, rolling unbroken landscape. Some grain, both broadcasted and plowed under, has not sprouted for lack of sufficient moisture. Several lains around us have failed to come our way. Lee Kevv and wife went down to Jamestown to participate in the Decora tion day services. The rising generation in Corinne has taken a new departure that, if it spreads will create a revolution in school govern ment,and "hookey" will become a thing of the past. They said they had rather come to school Decoration day than talce a holiday. Dim recollections of a ruler and certain aches connected therewith make this seem incredible, but it is true. Charlie Wilbur is visiting his parents. The school house has anew blackboard and looks more "ship shape." The Rev. Mr. Morehouse preached yes terday to a crowded house. Mr. John Delany is visiting at Mr. Wright's. ELDRIDOE NOTES. The Beavers of Beaver creek and the Calithumpians of Eldridge, played a match game of baseball on the latters grounds last Saturday for a catchers mask. A large number of outside spec tators witnessed the sport. The score stood thirty-three to twenty-five in favor of the Thumpians. Messrs. Lyon and Dickey of Jamestown, umpired the game in a fair and impartial manner and were here at the instigation of the busi ness manager of the Beavers. Wm. Oallaglian came in on Sunday from Portage, Wis., and will spend a couple of weeks visiting his relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hayes, after which he will probably engage as a salesman in one of Jamestown's mercantile estab lish mants. buo vuiicuico VI I tions. music, both vocal and lnstrumen several appeared in the vj eat b, Will Vessev rise and explain who put up the job on the young Lothario from the Michigan settlement at the dance last Friday night? This traveling a vehicle with reversed wheels don't speak well for a prohibition town. Section foreman, John Brennon, and crew have changed their camping giounds and are now boarding at Mrs. D. E. Buzzell's. The Sunday school members selected Benjamin Hornby as their delegate to at tend the SuMay school convention which convened in Jamestown on Tues day evening June 4th. John Gray's famous black Percheron stallion, Castillion, was here on Saturday and attracted much attention from farmers and horse dealers. RIO. It has been currently reported in the village that the handseme superintend ent of this division has seriously con templated purchasing a large-sized dry goods box and placing it between the two tracks at this station, to be used as a platform for the accommodation of the ladies of this vicinity. He will have their eternal gratitude if this matter is attended to soon. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan spent Sunday at Pingr*e. Miss Lottie and Luella McHarg went to Jamestown last Friday to attend the graduating exercises. Wm. Bennett has decided not to join the order of Benedicts this year, as he thinks marriage a failure. Mrs. N. E. Farnsworth will represent our Sunday school at the convention this week. Mrs. A1 Conant. of Pingree, visited Mrs. T. J. .Tones last Friday. Wanted -By a clean young man re siding one mile north of Rio, a lady cor respondent object: a house-keeper. Wheat and oats are looking splendid. The farmers of this vicinitv have been sowing their millet for the past week. Frank Dowd went to Jamestown Wed nesday to see the boys. MOUNT PLEASANT NOTES. Judge Wells, of Jamestown, was a vis itor at Buffalo Point farm last Sunday. John Sinclair aud wife paid a visit Williamsport last week. Delbert Buzzell spent last Sunday in Eldridge. The young men of Mt. Pleasant have organized a ball club with Mack Sinclair Jr., as captain. Gasal .t Scherer have moved their milch cows to Cleveland, and will ship their milk to the Jamestown creamery The school clerk has his notices up announcing a school meeting for June 18th. It is to be hoped the citizens will all turn out. The citizens of Mount Pleasant have decided to have a grand Fourth of July celebration on Rosed ale farm, owned by Mack Sinclair, Jr.. to which all the sur rounding precincts will be cordially in vited.' The principal features of the day will be a basket dinner at 12 o'clock,after which the participants will be invited into the hall, which will be decorated for I the occasion,to listen to speeches, recita- for short since the country has been set i-nmnn nc vanmiR kmdR.Hiich as base ball. Stutsman county. The committees on invitation, program and decoration have all been appointed and are all hard at work. A splendid time "No Fever in Corinne." Mk. Editor:—In justice to the public, as well as to ourselves, I must ask you to correct the statement mwle last week by your Corinne correspondent "of a bad fever in Corinne." I am very happy to state that there is no person ill in Cor inne. only a young man, Mr. Boyd, who lives in the home of Mr. James Reid. He has had an attack of "inflammation" produced by cold and wetting. He is now around and almost able to go to work again. This is not the first time your Corinne correspondent has had to suffer correction because of his writing from his imagination. Now, if your Corinne correspondent has time to spare and wishes to write more fully and cor rectly on this matter, no doubt he can have for his guidance a certificate from Dr. Baldwin of Jamestown, the medical gentleman who was called upon to treat the patient. Yours, )f NO 43 time,followed by out-door acnes of various kinds,such as base ball, croquet, foot races, horse races, sack races, swinging. &c.. fec., followed by a grand ball in the evening which bids fair to surpass anything of the kind ever had is being eager ly anticipated by all. Come one and come all. and if you should forget the baby, don't forget the basket. The Rev. Mr. Furbey, representing the Presbyterian Sabbath school association was with us on Sunday. He selected his text from Luke 18,14. "Verily I say unto yo", Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall_ in no wise enter therein." We cannot give Mr. Furbey too much praise regarding his oratorical talent. It is very seldom we get a chance to listen to such elo quence and sound judgment as we did last Sabbath. John H. Reid. Horn, June 4th, 18S9. SPIRITWOOD LAKE. Clair Stetson spent a few days fishing with Charlie Ball this week. The literary at the Yalley school house is progressing finely. Lewis and Miss Alice Purchase, Mr. Reace and Miss Phillips were the guests of Charlie and Queen Gott last Sunday. A band of emigrants passed through last Monday. The lake is covered with boats this fine weather. The scarlet fever is reported in the neighborhood. The damp, cool weather of late has been just what we want for the grain. A. A. Allen has received from the de partment of agriculture at Washington a number of packages of 6ugar beet seed for distribution to parties who will plant and carefully observe the growth of the vegetable in"Dakota soil. The advanta ges of Dakota in raising this beet for the manufacture «f sugar are becoming known to eastern manufacturers and ex periments in quality and productiveness of the beet crop will be watched with interest this year. A large number of the members of Ft. Seward lodge A. O. U. W. with their families left early this morning for Spiritwood lake to spend the day picnicing. A number of the members of the band went along to pro vide music. Everybody carried a big lunch basket,fishing rod and tackle, and snake medicine no doubt was provided by the thoughtful. The bite of the Spiritwood lake sea serpent is said to be particularly dangerous at this season of the year. Rev. and Mrs. N. D. Fanning returned this afternoon from a trip to New Rock ford. card ol' Tua»ks. Mr. N. C. Shaver of Montpelier, desires to extend his thanks and express his gratitude for the assistance and sympa thy tendered by his neighbors during his wife's recent illness. Bonds Called For Payment. Notice is hereby given that all Stuts man county Court House and Jail bonds dated July 1st. 18S2. have this day been called for payment. Interest thereon stops with this date. Jamestown, D. T.. .Tune 1st, 18S9. S. K. MCGixms, Treasurer Stutsman Co.. D. T. Taken Vp. May 18th, on S. E.1.} sec. 32-139-62, a red bull calf, about two weeks old. H. E. Wixftei.D. The Albion W. C. T. U. will give a strawberry social at the Mutz school house, June 14th. There will bes inging and speaking. Admission 1~ cts. USE acoli Oi AIN AT Pr.roRisTS ani DKAUTRS TM CHARLES A. V06ELER CO.. •&