The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-10-27

Salt Lake has become q great point for th
negotiation and selling Of Montana, ldah'
and Nevada Mines.
The black "tarpaulin" hat Of the British
navy has given way before the progressive
tendencies Of the age.
The sons of Gotham still retain their en-
thusiasm for that interesting relic of Tx
Son of the Sun-the obelisk.
The greenbackers say that congressio na
committees have a veto power greater thar
that of the President. And they know.
The government of this country is a cor
porate feudalism-G reen5ack Platform. This
is true enough, but the idea needs amplifca.
ton.
Lord Beaconsfeld is sounding the S'frst
notes Of alarm, " over the struggle between
the radicals and 'sdemagogues' and the
House Of Lords.
1t is not generally known that if q one
dollar greenback is neatly cut in two, each
of the parts is good for fifty cents at the
Federal Treasury.
The intrinsic value of the 5 cent nickel is
but a cent and three quarters. sCounterfeiters
are making genuine coins on the square
just for the profit.
ttDizzy,' never forgets anything, and the
discussion on the "Hares and Rabbits bill
has aroused all the aristocratic instincts of
the writer of Lothian, it being a discussion
adopted to his calibre.
Herr Krupp is said to have offered the
English government a complete cannon
foundry, in which he would invest a capital
of two millions sterling, provided they would
adopt his system, but refuses to sell guns as
samples to be copied.
Trades unions have taken root in Japan,
and recently employers were called upon to
raise the wages Of their employees. The
problem of civilizing the japanese is work
ing out its own solution, according to the
best received American precedents.
Gen. Mcclellan is growing old, and shows
it, and it is said that the hero Of Antietam is
not easily recognized by the boys whose
memory dates back to the quiet days of the
Potomac. He is now the president of an un-
derground railway. Such is fame.
In ONE parts Of the country Damocr ats
are trying to make believe that Gen. Han
cock, was the John Hancock, famed as a
signer OF the Declaration Of Independence,
and for his curious script. We have been
watching for some time to see the Gen.
Jackson story revamped.
Garfield was nominated because the South
seeded 30 years ago. Hancock was nomi-
mated because Tilden was cheated in 1876.
On these vital issues the country is turned
topsy-turvy, and the organ grinders, and
the grindstone turner's labor that the politi-
clan may live long in the land.
The courageous section" as the Irish
Home-Rule party are term-d by the London
Standard, are still applying the ''policy CT
exasperation," aud the Standard grows
wroth that things are so, and longs for the
good old days when 'smore substantial
threats" were applied TO drown the cries Of
suffering and petulant Irishmen.
CostiggiDi, an Italian artist, has painted q
sample head, which has been approved by
the solons of the National Congress. We
are not informed Of the nature Of this head,
but presume that it must have been that Of
the hero Of o Mid Summer Nights Dream,
from the expressions Of sympathy and fellow
feeling which such q head could not fail to
elicit from our representatives.
The Ao1nt- Courier has urearthed s cab
bage measuring fifteen feet three inches in
diameter. This is at once timely and appro-
pirate, just as our friend Matt is starting out
to lecture on phrenology. In combatiyeness
this head is abnormally large, but this facul-
ty is not supplemented with frmness. and
while it is az aggressive and energetic cab
bage it cannot BE- relied upon, and will most
likely vote for Maginnis in the coming cleo
ions. 1t is purely a reflective cabbage, and
Will prove an important addition to the sane
tum of the CouqSer.
& pleasant sensation is being circulatedr
ABOUT Sen. Ord, to the effect that he is j
party TO a conspiracy, with Gen. TreYino as CO.