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THE CITY IN BRIEF

Tnursaay.

Pic.mi is recovering from i l l -Mrs. ness.

Miss Alice Vessey returned ii'om the east tins morning.

Judge Rose is improving steadily from illness.

Mrs. Nora Hayes returned last evening from a trip to the twin cities and other points.

Will Thornhill returned this morn­ing from Chicago where lie enjoyed a visit with relatives.

The pension board met yesterday and a number of ex-soldiers were present for examination.

Morris Beck returned this morning from a business trip to Chicago. Mil­waukee and New York.

Geo. N ichols of Fargo was enroute to Leeds today on grain business for the Van Dusen Harrington Co.

Attorney Mattson of New Rockford was in Jamestown on liis return to New Rockford from a trip east.

Willis Smith has rented the Presby­terian parsonage as a residence and expects to occupy the same soon.

Mrs. Marion Nashold who has been ill with diphtheria, has recovered sufficiently to be aoout the house.

Attorney Martin returned this morning from Nebraska, bringing with him a number of new settlers.

Mrs. Fred Conklin who has been spendin? a few weeks at Spiritwood lake, returned last evening to Bis­marck.

Harry Helm remained over from attending the Russell Miller meeting and took in a chicken shoot with^H. B.^ Wood. E.^J. White also went af­ter the feathered ;beauties with friends at Cooperstowii.

Sarah Dunstan^of this.city is visit­ing Mrs. Thomas Hall in Fargo. She is on her return from a visit .with' relatives in Duluth.

Jimmy* Drummond, who was'em ployed on the Alert a few years ago, is visiting friends in the city for a few days. He is on his return to Chicago from Oberon, where he has been visit­ing his parents. Z Joe Mutz gat his lingers caught in the gearing of a threshing engine yesterday and was obliged to have the first finger of his right hand amputated. The amputation was performed at the city hospita.l

Sheriff Beaverstad of Minnewaukan was in Jamestown this morning on his way to Bismarck with Jarr.es Mason, who pleaded guilty to bur­glary and was sentenced to serve two years in the state penitentiary. A store at Leeds was burglarized. Ma­son escaped from the county jail at Minnewaukan but was re-captured.

Engineer Jesse Cran has returned from a visit at Pipestone Springs, Helena and other points in*Montana. He had an enjoyable trip, it is need less to state. In Helena he visited Mr. and Mrs. George Houle, the lat­ter being formerly a resident of Jamestown and better known here as Miss Corinne Hartman. They have a copy home in Helena where Mr. Houle is employed on the Daily Record.

Fnaay There was a heavy frost last night.

It was general over the state.

Miss Mary Henning of Courtenay is a visitor in Jamestown today.

Miss Trauger of Columbus, Ohio, is visiting friends in the city for a few days.

-Mrs. Elmer Rives is taking treat­ment in St. Paul for pulmonary trouble.

Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Maurer have returned from a visit with their son at Binforri. EUZ ••

Sam Vandenberg, night clerk at the Capital hotel, is" taking in the Minnesota fair. Mr. J. W. Goodrich and daughter,

Miss Matie, left last evening for a visit in Minneapolis.

Miss Johnson, who is one of the new teachers in the high school, ar­rived from the east today.

J. E. Culver of the North Dakota Land and Investment Company, was down from Medina last evening.

Drugigst Kurtz of Omemee, former ly of Jamestown, secured the first druggists' permit in Bottineau Coun­ty-

Miss English arrived from the twin cities last, evening to accept a posi­tion as trimmer in Miss Nellie Nel­son's millinery store.

Mrs. C. J. Wilson accompanied her niece, Miss Josephine Smith, to Min­neapolis last evening and will visit there for several days.

Mrs Dalby and daughter arrived last evening from the east to join Mr. Dalby, who is a dispatcher in the headquarters building.

Miss Rose McGuire, an attendant at the state hospital returned last night from Minot, where she had been visiting for two weeks.

Sheriff Beaverstad and C. L. Rich­mond were in Jamestown today on their return to Minnewaukan fiom Bismarck where they took a prisoner.

The prairie chicken supper given last) ovening by the ladies of the Catholic church was liberally patio-nized. The supper was a very hno one.

Tne measuring social at the lesi-denec of Mrs. Lovell, given by the Epworth League, was largely at-ttended last evening and greatly enjoyed.

"Fighting Bob " was given at the opera house last evening by S. Miller Kent and company and seldom has there been a better pleased audience. It was the first show of the season

Mrs. J. C. Gage, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Russell and Mrs. Charles Gage for a few days on her return from a visit in Mon­tana, left last evening lor Minne­apolis.

Steve Johnson was brought to the state hospital from Ransom county today by Sheriff Cooper. Johnson was exhausted when they reached Jamestown and had to be taken to the hospital on a dray.

New cement walks are being put in on Fifth avenue south in front of Dr. Wink's office and John Hausinger's store. On Main street west a cement wafts being put in front of the lot west of Voght's tailoring establsh-ment.

Miss Chapman the new principal of the high school arrived today from Bethel, Maine. She is a graduate of Smith College has had eight years experience as high scnool principal and is well qualified for the position.

The city has put in a new watering trougn at tne artesian well back of the council rooms. It is convenient for farmers and others who may wish to water their stock and the water is excellent. The city has also pat in a sidewalk in front of the council rooms and in front of city lots on Fifth avenue north.

The funeral of Mrs. J. F. Crum was held this afternoon from the residence on Fifth avenue north. It was largely attended by friends of the departed. The services were conducted by Revs. Burleson and Phillips burial, occuredat Highland Home cemetary. ^

The contest case of Rev. Thomas Dyke vs. Harry Lyght was up before Oscar J. Seiler for hearing this morn­ing. Rev. Dyke came down from Melville last evening to attend the hearing. The claim is located near Edmunds. There was no appear­ance on the part of the defendant.

The meteorite found by Mrs. Wil­liam Long on the farm south of Jamestown ths been purchased by Senator Casey who will present it to Prof. Henry Ward, who has the great­est collection of meteorites, variety and quality considered, in the world. Some other collections are greater in mass, but otherwise inferior. Prof. Ward'sjcabinet is on exhibition at the American Museum of Natural His­tory in New York City The stone will be labeled with the finder's name, and also the ^circumstances connected with its discovery.

.Saturday.

Miss Lulu Warwick is down from Pingree.

Miss Maud Plowe left this morning for Pingree.

M. Simonibsch of Moorhead is a guest of the Gladstone.

A son was born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. George Thorp.

J. B. Morrow, wife and baby re­turned today to Floyd.

Mrs. Chas. Porter returned last evening from a trip east.

Alex Chisholm and family left to­day for the Pacific coast.

Mrs. Henry LaBrasche of Spirit-wood lake is a Jamestown visitor.

George Kurtz has returned^rom a business trip to the twin cities.

E. M. Hatch was in the city today on bis return to Oberon from a trip east.

Mrs. William Dollar and daughter, have returned from a visit in St. Paul.

A. C. Conant left this morning for Pingree to look after some business matters.

Mrs. M. P. Morris returned this morning from a visit at points in Wisconsin.

Miss Cobb, who taught school at Windsor last winter, has returned from Granite City, Minn.

Miss Grace Larkin arrived this morning from Mankatoand will Seacn in the city schools this year.

The Misses Marie and Nora Ques tad have returned to LaMoure after a visit of two weeks in Jamestown.

Karl Smith, who is ill with typhoid fever at the city hospital, shows no improvement. His temperture is still very high.

Alf. Ellsworth, of the Modern Wood­men of America, reports the organi­zation of a new camp at Gwinner, Sarger t county.

MiAS Tracy, who has been teaching at Windsor was in Jamestown last evening on her way to Casselton, where she will teach.

iss Winnifred Whitman is a visi­tor in the city today on her return to Valley City from a visit at La­Moure with friends.

Miss Sue Sprague arrived this morn­ing from Mapleton, Minn. She is to be one of the teachers in the city schools this year.

Ed. Freeman of Leeds spent a few days here this week. He was a resi­dent of Jamestown some years ago and is wellknown to the oldtimers.

Dennis Murphy, of the firm of Hart & Murphy, cigar manufacturers of St. Paul, arrived this morning for a visit with his brothers, M. and J. A. Murphy.

Mrs. John Durkee, who has been visiting relatives here, returned last evening to Fargo. She had been in Washington for a visit before coming here.

Miss Jennie Johnson has arrived from the east and will begin teach­ing Monday. Miss Elizabeth Wood also arrived from Mankato. Minn.

Mrs. E. W. Camp and daughter Dorothy, and Mrs. Judge Hamilton, of Fargo returned to that city today after a visit with Mrs. John Latta. Mrs Camp expects to return to her California home in a short time.

R. B, Moses has found hi* three head of cattle which escaped from the N. P. stock yards about two months since. The stock were found near the city, separated, but all rigth. An advertisement in the Alert found the stock for the owner.

Nels Nichols left last evening for Medora. He threshed his grain on the farm near this city and the wheat yields was 161-2 bushels per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Nichols and daughter will spend a couple of months in Califor­nia, returning about the first of the year.

Mr. and Mrs Schmidt gave a dinner party to five ministers and their families last night. There were about thirty guests in all. The oc­casion was one of great enjoyment for those present.

This afternoon there was quite a rush for hunting permits in the office of County Auditor Blewett. Last year there were 278 permits is­sued and this afternoon the records show that 302 permits had been issued. No foreign permits have been issued so far this season.

G. W. Orange and daughter, Nellie, have returned from a two month's visit in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsyl­vania. Miss Nellie is >isiting at Spiritwood for a few days. Mr. Orange says his trip convinced him that North Dakota is the best place to live, everything considered.

DRANK PERDNA. John Sullivan was up before Jus­

tice Pearson Monday a. m. charged with being drunk and disorderly. He stated that all he had been drinking was Peruna. Justice Pearson ad­vised him to drink something else and suspended sentence when Sulli­van promised to get out of the city inside of 15 minutes. The man left the city at once for a farm near Spiritwood where he is employed threshing.

FOUR CONVICTS SHOT.

Were Attempting to Escape From Ala­bama Prison.

Biraingham, Ala., Sept. 5.—Four convicts were shot at Pratt Mines prison in an attempt to escape. The wounded men are: Thomas Fay, shot In leg; John Brewer, wounded in back; Richard Kinneback, shot in ab­domen; Thomas Melzen, wounded in shoulder. Brewer and Kinneback will probably die.

All are white and were serving terms ranging from two to twenty years. They had secured a quantity of dynamite and blew an opening in one end of the prison. They ran through and hurled sticks of dynamite at the guards.

The latter opened fire with rifles and succeeded in preventing what might have been a general escape. J. H. Emery of Pake county, serving twenty years, was the only one to es­cape.

The crowd was led by Thomas Fay, who was the youngest member of the famous Miller-Duncan gang of safe-blowers.

LOST HIS POSITION IN STRIKE.

Chicago Chef, Insane From Worry, Commits Suicide.

Ohicago. Sept. 5.—Suffering from remorse for having gone on strike against the employer for whom he bad worked for twenty-five years Jacob B. Smith threw himself from the fourth story window of his home. He struck the sidewalk and was Instantly killed.

Smith, who was president of the Cooks' union, has been chef at a down­town restaurant for a quarter of a century. He went on strike when the hotel and restaurant employes were called out two months ago. taking the entire kitchen force, as well as the waiters, with him. The strike failed and Smith loft hla position. Then came the days of worry and flnaily re­morse.

Within the lut week Mr. Smith's friends had noticed symptoms of a failing mind and it is thought that hia suicide was the act of an insaa* man.

WOMU WEPT 01 STAND TESTIMONY IN HARD FOUGHT

CONTEST FOR LAND.

ONE WITNESS BROKE DOWN AND WEPT COPIOUS-

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Lena O. Grove of Windsor broke down and wept while testifying in the case of Chas. C. Carner vs. Simon E. Barsness in Commissioner J. A Murphy's office Thursday afternoon and it was some time before she could proceed with her testimony. The case involves a quarter section of land located south of Windsor filed on as a homestead by Barsness. The con­testant alleges that Barsness did not live on the land and testimony was given to show that Barsness drew pay for 12 months from an elevator company for acting as agent at Oberon. Barsness alleged that he had spent all the time possible on the claim. Miss Grove was the star witness for the contestee in the case and she was on the stand all day Thursday. She kept a record in a diary of the dates on which Barsness visited his claim. It was during her cross examination by the attor­ney for the plaintiff that she broke down and wept. She testified to having been in the claim shack of Barsness when he was there and was certain that he was on the claim on the dates she had named.

Herman Bowe and Ole Flatten of Windsor also testified in the case.

Attorney Fredrus Baldwin appear­ed for the contestant and Attorney Bnttz of Minnewaukan and Lvle for the contestee. The clashes between the attorneys were frequent and in­teresting but there were no casu­alties.

LYDIA H

TOUCHING SCENE. Dickinson Press: One of the most

touching scenes it has been the writer's experience to witness oc­curred at the funeral of the late Mrs. Deffebach last Wednesday. For three days messengers had been out seeking Ralph, son of the deceased.who was on a round-up with II. T. Ranch Co. but up to the time of the beginning of the funeral services no report had been received from the messengers. Just as the procession was leaving the church Ralph arrived tired and travel-stained having ridden 130 miles from 10o'clock tne night before —17 hours without any rest. When he arrived in the city he did not know his mother's funeral was in progress and to arrive at the church door un­der all these circumstances and meet there the body of his mother, and his father and sisters, was touching in the extreme and few were the dry eyes that witnessed the meeting be­tween sisters and brother at the coffin of the mother. The sad things of life are not all in the novels; more solemn things are taking place in this sad old matter-of-fact world of ouis than even poets have ever dreamed.

HAS A GRIEVANCE. Stewart Hedges who was released

from the county jail this morning af­ter serving sentence for peddling without a license has a'grievance. He claims that he needed medical at­tention while in jail and did not get as much as he should have had. He admitted that he had received some treatment but thought he should have received more. His story did not make much of an impression on those who heard it.

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Young girls at this period of life, or their mothers, are earnestly in­vited to write Mrs. Pfakham for advice; all such letters are strictly confidential; she has guided in a motherly way hundreds of young women; and her advice is freely and cheerfully given.

School days are danger days for American girls. Often physical collapse follows, and it takes years to noover the

lost vitality. Sometimes it is never recovered. Perhaps they are not over-careful about keeping their feet dry;

through carelessness in this respect the monthly sickness is usually tendered very severe.

Then begin ailments which should be removed at once, or they will Produce constant suffering. Headache, faintness, slight vertigo, pains in the back and loins, irregularity, loss of sleep and appetite, a tendency to avoid the society of others, are symptoms all indicating that womanv arch-enemy is at hand.

Ljdla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has helped many a young girl over this critical period. With it they have gone through their trials with courage and safety. With its proper use the young girl is safe from the peculiar dangers of school years and prepared for hearty womanhood.

A Young Chicago Qirl "Studied Too Hard." "D*AR MRS. PINKHAM :—I wish to thank you for the help and ben­

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and finding the symptoms described an­swered mine, I decided I would give Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound » trial. I did not say a word to the doctor; I bought it myself, and took it according to directions regularly for two months, and I found that I gradually improved, and that all pains left me, and I was my old sfelf once more.—TTT.T.™ & SINCLAIR, 17 £. 22d St., Chicago 111."

"Miss Pratt Unable to Attend School." mD*AR MRS. PWKHAM: — I feel it my duty to tell all young women

how much Lydia E. Pinkham's wonderful Vegetable Compound has done for me. I was completely run down, unable to attend school, and did not care for any kind of society, but now I feel like a new person, and have gained seven pounds of flesh in three months.

"I recommend it to all young women who suffer from female weak­ness." —MISS ALMA PRATT, Holly, Mich.

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I*dU K. PUkksa lUdtelM DM, Ljm, 1 $5000 RIVER STATIONS.

The United States Geological Sur­vey lias established seven new river stations and renewed four of the five old stations in North Dakota, so that eleven stations are now in operation irfthis state. The stations in the eastern part of the state have been established to determine the amount of water power available and fer other general purposes. In the west­ern part of the state, which is semi-arid, the stations have been estab­lished to determine the amount of water available for irrigation.

This region has no large rivers ex­cept the Missouri, which has only a small fall, not so great as most irri­gation canals, it is not probable therefore, that this stream can be used for irrigation purposes until a

' later time, when the land shall have ! become more valuuable. ! A thorough examination is being I made of all the streams and the lands ' in North Dakota west of the Missouri

River with a view to irrigation pro­jects. If any project appears to be fa-

' vorable. detailed surveys and esti-1 mates will be made, and if the pro­ject is then found feasible, it will be recommended for construction. An examination is also being made of the cheap and abundant, lignite re­sources of the state in the hope that lignite can be utilized for fuel in pumping water for irrigation in cer­tain localities, where long canals would be impracticable.

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