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IT Is commonly believed in Washington
tint Mr.. Sherman was once canuidate for
tho Presidency, but discreet persons do not
twlt the Secretary on tho painful fnct. Moro
agreeable topics Tor conversation are usually
started in tho Treasury Building. When
Mr.. 1sau,n, therefore, III an ot!lcial paper,
took OCCASION to say tint his disagree-
memt with tic Secretary about tic
patronage OF tho office wns "ono
Of tho minor Quarrels which hus
resulted from Dir. Shern,nn's Presidential
calnpaEgn," tho wfseacres about Washington
looked for something to drop. But nothing
las dropped. sIr. naum Is still serene aud
Mr.. SAerman's composuro Is apparently ,.ll-
rufticd. Tho nudaolty OF Ilaum is much nu-
.nircd. lie reports officially to the Secretary,
yet he speaks of TINT fu1tctlonary In tho third
person, md einbalns bis own views of dis
puto with his superior officer In public
document lIo says that this Is 'onc of tho
minor quarrcls which, has resulted from Mr.
Sl,er,nan's Presidential cntnpaign," assuMn-
Ing that there are other and larger quarrels
somewhere In TIC background. Evidently
Afr. Kanm would not object to being nude
martyr Of. lie is at any ratio pretty contltlent
TINT his clatms to an Office would not 10 over
looked by the now Administration on account
Of any difficulty he might have with this one.
, 1880-12-10

ORIENTAL. LODGE, No. a. 4. +. l. M.-spociai
Communication Ft!Any evening, Doc H. for WDfk nnd
payment OF dues. WM. GARDNER, ". II.
ElIAItI.ES CAFLfN, Secretary
, 1880-12-10

McVlcker'a Theatre.
Madison strtet hetHeon stnto and Dearborn.
Engagement Of Joseph Jotorson. ."The lI!yats.'
, 1880-12-10

HOME l.On0E, NO. H8, r. / 4. M.ITho Annnhl
and lia wenty th,. Friday evening =: ~: n:
Ions: MomboTs are reaucstad q at.cnd: Yist!nx
b.shsen f9Fd!ny tFHiiV9s ~ soc.a, &! Il FOX !"
, 1880-12-10

Olympic Thentre.
Clark streat, belwenn Lake md lsndofpt. EngaG6'
mont Of lu!tck and Halsdell's Mtnstrnls.
, 1880-12-10

1fnverIy'A Thpnfre.
rehrhorn street, corner al MDnroD. EnRaFoment
Of .Btrnko.nh and 1loss' English Uporn Company.
"Metstofe1u+r
, 1880-12-10
SOCIETY MEETINGS.

WARRINGTON, CHAPTER. NO. a. II 4. NJ
arse!a Gonvoeatlon tais F5!ae1 exonnK It 3;;o I;n
Council nogrcoa Will ho contaireh SATURDAY ovonlnH
Visiting Companions cordially invited Hy ofsIGr Ut
the IL L. CHAS. u. WRIGHT, Secretary.
, 1880-12-10

GRIND Opefn.Igousc.
Clark strnoL opposIt now Cnurt-iIouso. EnRngt
mont Of Clinton Halls Hur1ooquo Company. "6tra
cQi&ta.r
, 1880-12-10

minlstcrs Is TINT they aro generally incapaboo q
gettsug outside OF purely professional 1seas.
ment Of. rolfglon. Tho lltcrAturo ui aofmuus a's
has mannorisln which Ut once Indicates "s
sonrco., You can tell tl,at you arc feaa'hs =
sarsuon aven It you tako It up III tue mloutp'
autl know not whelIeo It comes. There ls per-
f,tnntnrv nnd nrnfrss,hnol tuno atout It, und tho
1H.'thtaj ~ rc,t,nnmf in tIflO fsc,l]tgr 10 Tho
tf.",ir,,.tn,, II ,vns tnnio IN lin delivered With
tht, III ~ .o adran,jtt",,. "re,f,ustnrecs which
s,rrn'int tho MINI. .rh"t1e ti,itt ii why pco.
IL. sr t.s1tis MI ts.a ri iIstentntt III suri,ouss
~ IT, tIexs .avs thc ,nnrs, t,tSlllucut nulnng
tcm ~, l"stnv n main for tiIp!t Uttorle, Thu
.ns,rr. -" !. ,,nt su,t' % t.,tf, fnr tiio II ls
S"n, sn:,,,tn~rns t,f sntlucnts ana
nntminns. hmt tSinv .,uL MD drtvI after con:
Vrntjn,,sI iMttcrr' rhnrss In ulsu d very Hs.ierAl
fn,nrcssio, Ifnt lin mini nj f,reyunt Is not suo
L. ts os,nvlstians. o It toos s,ot jay What really
,saM t ~ stur,sx ~ .tin,,al fur If ecclesl.
m,..Ia ,irn ,n.n ~ f,rnarb to tot,, tloy ara
Ky ~, M!su T.. ' @ ~ ~ hnn,,nuH "a thbf nt-
ns 1is III ,,1.t ~ t 1,ronrh ~ ~ iii theIn; ad with
~ n,nw =, s.t II 6nnv ItossiIIe for him 10
FL ast1'';,1'ar rsny ~ frans M, ,ost That u whY
t1 aiosIt ~ rI1in nrt. such trim.
M1 lfov SsS - hnr,i "a eot up ser.
,,,c:'s ivy sot III ~ nrcoI,tfonally dlcue
inous.-in itso4l not & ~ t.SIH ~ n" ubrpaI 10
!tctary tAsk.-aha 70 uaSn ...l n cxnnsptel fapul.
!ecupnThto tno1s uIA1ape ~ nv n t.s".,,an tGeY %
tiebs IHoF atG wotn w WALL, l., wav
UNNATURAL worK III all u1''"'n'"' 49, ..
HnnthssH Washington fDct. . tl!SpatcA ~
c.,s;r.,..t 1,,t,,fxsn, wen,ntcr Alllsou qt Iowa.
s.,1's =" .' ..n.,t,. ~ tynstorn Interest Tor
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

We would call the attention Of Delegate
Maginnis to bring to the notice of the House
the necessity and advantage of larger
appropriations for the improvement Of the
Upper Missouri above Carroll, where the OBJ
structions are most numerous. While it is
true that the government is annually spend
ing q little in the way of improvement, and
the improvements have had a very favorable
result upon the navigation Of the stream, eff
fort in that direction is not capable Of being
economically applied, even if the element of
time, which q better organization would ex-
tend, were left out. The season between low
wafer and ice is SO limited that but little can
be accomplished with the limited means
which have been placed at the disposal OF
contractors, and the appropriation should be
SO enlarged as to admit OF winter labor,
which can be carried on in many ways, es-
peeially in preparatory work and in con-
structing wing dams on or across shallow
places IN the stream, The whole matter Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

The House Of Representatives on the 2lst
inst. was ne scene of the most disgraceful
episode in our parliamentary history, even ex-
ceeding in brutality any Of the old regime OF
ante bellum days. Weaver made q humor-
Gus speech in which he charged the Demo-
cratic party with inconsistency, and was an
swered by Bland, and a lively debate ensued
between the two, which was Interrupted by
Sparks, who became angry at one Of Weay-
er's pleasantrles and applied the term OF fal-
sitter and liar to Weaver, who for some time
answered pleasantly, but finally became en-
ragged, and publicly denounced Sparks as a
liar, which was responded to by Sparks with
the term liar and villain. Weaver, thereon,
amid q great uproar, left the place where he
was standing and advanced towards Sparks,
but both were Immediately surrounded by the
members, who prevented them from getting
into closer quarters and made them put on
their coats which each was in the act of TAX.
ing off as he advanced into the area. The
affair was finally settled by an apology from
Sparks and an explanation from Weaver.
We think that the men who so grossly mis-
represent the country to the world should
not be allowed to continue in a position for
which they are SO evidently untitled. Opin-
ion is almost universal that Sparks conduct
was the cause of the trouble, and that Weav-
er showed great patience before be finally
gave way; and it does not reflect well upon
the dignity of the House that it has not as o
body, severely condemned such actions even
to the point Of suspension of the guilty MEM
bers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29
WE notice among the railroad items of the

VIZ notice among the railroad items of the
Chicago Times one which connects Wander
bilt with a scheme to put a line Of steamers
on the Missouri River to forward the interests
of his railroad lines, which are menaced by
the activity Of the Gould interests. This has
more than one element Of probability, from
the fact that this rumor follows so closely
upon the announcement that several lines
may be pushed across the Territory. A
movement Of this sort would appear the
proper thing to DO by a railroad management
which had any intention of crossing Mon
tana, for they could not afford to allow
their great rival absolute control over 8
field which they would certainly regard as
their own, when the means are so easily at
hand to protect their interests in a steam-
boat line. 1t is probable, however, that Mon
lana business men would reap but little BEN
eft from such arrangement, if finally con-
cluded, for, after q struggle to crush out ex-
listing independent lines, they probably
would pool their interests and compel our
merchants TO pay the piper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

GENERAL SHERMAN's tendency to give
open expression to his feelings is again bring
ing him into trouble. He is evidently OPP
posed to Grants candidacy for the General
ship, and regards the retirement Of Ord and
Mcdowell as actuated from political spite.
There is enough on the surface Of things to
show that there exist good grounds for his
opinion, and while it may be regretted by the
many friends of the Hero of Atlanta and Sa-
wanna that he is not discreet, there is an opin-
ion that Grant has had as much recognition
from the Nation as he deserves, and the ad-
ministration which will discriminate in his
favor, and against officers equally as deserv-
ing and competent deserves to be known as
the tool of the clique which is the power be-
hind the throne in Republican politics.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

y A TERRITORIAL Board of Equalization is
required to equalize the assessment OF taxes
throughout the Territory. By the present
arrangement there is a most uneven distribu-
ton of taxes throughout the various counties
of the Territory, some being favored excep-
tionally to the disadvantage of others which
must make good the deficiency created. Cho-
teau county has more per capita than any
other county, and complaints thereon are
both numerous and we'll deserved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

after he had examined the teachers register
for t;,, current month aud received the teach
ers, monthly report make the district for
felt S1OOif the clerk neglects specif1e duties,
ia he recovered from the clerk on SUIT by the
district; give bond receive pay for services.
Define more clearly the uses to which the
county school fund may be applied.
Change date Of election to lasf Saturday IN
March. &
Define residence for pupils SO that two dis
tricts may not claim the same pupil; make
census age 5-21.
Not less than four mills nor more than SIX
mills tax; allow no apportionment il counties
that impose less than the minimum.
Make the minimum term five months an
nually.
REQUIRE, at least one institute annually, IN
each iududicial district, and one II eacn
county having 30 or more teachers employed
at the same time.
Teachers report monthly to district CLERK
and to inspector.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

BENTON, though young IN years, has all
the manner OF green old age. Not overbur-
dened with the added wealth of time, it con-
tains the essence Of its creation. Most of US Of
obscure origin, and here for the purpose Of
making q name, we find Fame's pedestal al
ready occupied by q COLOSSUS whose material
is not unlike its prototype of Rhodes. Flee
ing Westward, hoping to find US free from
the incubus Of aristocracy, we see that
~hunkeydom has here its standard bearer, and
snobbery its most shining monitor. ''Soci-
ETY." has here its center Of gravitation, and
the satellites revolVe around the central lumin-
ary, as dark shadows, solely that its superior
effulgence be made dazzling by the contrast.
1t is here, with all its glory-and may be
purchased with a small money equivalent
for there is not culture, nor refinement, nor
good taste, nor anything in it that gives one
person superiority over another. Only an
aping of fashions made famous in Partisan
saons, and rendered ridiculous through lack
Of appropriateness in the copying-only the
narroWness Of sentiment and deficiency of
true courtliness always displayed by pa1venm
only the culture impaired by perusal of
trashy and e~soulless society novels of
the Southworth stripe. Hail, 0 Benton aris-
tocracy! Ye who were left wrecks of an
anc5en regime, and perchance stranded on in
hospitable shores along with BARRIERS and soap
makers! Hail, O We veneered offsprings Of
fortune, who revel in cloth of gold and gilt
gingerbread, and have waxed fat on the
crumbs fallen from the tables Of the great!
Hail, We who from the dust have risen to
dizzy heights where only we can gather
round in sublime and profound obeisance.
But let US execrate a spirit which can sever
every fraternal tie, which can bury every
atom of common sensibility, which can find
only in its cloth of gold and its gilt ginger
bread, and its uncultured %selfshnese, a plane
whereon is a fellow feeling, and where it
can ignore the SETTLING, filthy masses, upon
whom it depends for support and existence.
No61esse obAge.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

HE manifestation of petty spite on the part of the
RSuer Press in its last issue toward the firm OF I. G.
Baker q Co, must strike any faIr-minded man as con-
~tenlptlble In the extreme. The editor of the RiUer
Press Is sadly mistaken if he thinks Benton a com.
munity IN which newspaper bulldozing will meet with
a moments liberation. His statements, maliciously
contfived to injure the Baker line of steamers, Is libel
Gus, ana Ii another column he betrays the puerile mo-
tive which prompted him to make them.-Record.
The above misrepresentation of fact and
execrable grammar is what we should ex-
pect from the callow youth who is the osten-
sibLe author Of the paragraph. We have
bulldozed nobody, and will continue to
exhibit the same impartiality for ali that we
have heretofore, the firm of I. G. Baker 8
Co. included. We are aware that our com
ing here has interfered with the calculations
Of some people, and we look upon their bust
ness hostility towards us as natural and
while their hostility rests upon a purely bust
ness proposition we have no word of fault to
find. But when they may choose to go be-
You'd it, and to business injury add personal
insult, we will resent it, even if the source
were much higher and greater than the above
named firm. When people talk about bull
doing they must not forget they are treading
in their W footsteps, and we will endeavor
to show that there are others who have rights
which they mast respect, or be made to re-
spect. We are willing to leave with the pub
lie as to whom belongs the epithet of icon
temptible."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

The offices Of Sheriff and Assessor and of
Probate Judge and County Clerk should be
separated. The duties D. those positions are
becoming onerous, and their requirements so
varied that it is unfair to place so much labor
and responsibility upon q single individual.
Those offices were combined before the pres
ent pressure Of business placed so much upon
the holders Of The offices named. The county
has outgroWn the crude machinery prepared
for its earlier days, when the only question
Of government was the cheapest and simplest
that could be devised. And without finding
fault with the present which has been and is
efficient and as perfect as its limited means
will permit, we believe the time has come for
q change.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

all that 1t was their province TO do. but at the
best they cannot but overlook some urgent
measures which must be q part Of the future
Of this Power should be Vestea IN a
board of trustees, who should have power 70
assess valuations, and impose such regula-
lions for our sanitary, fiscal and social ad-
yancement and comfort IS they might deem
sufficient. Their power should be equal to
that At present held by the County Commits
within the town limits to strictly county
business.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

THE printing law, as it at present stands,
is one Of the most disgraceful and excessive
%monopolies known in the records of the
Territory, and should be repealed, and re-
placed with another which shall serve the
interests Of the public by placing the printing
bills at the disposal Of the lowest bidder, and
not in the hands OF. an irresponsible board,
who can neither understand the necessities Of
the case, nor be altogether free from in
huences which may be distorted into personal
and partizan.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

The Territorial tax should be reduced.
The growth Of our commercial and sgricul-
tural interests demands it.. And the expenses
Of the Territory will not justify q further
continuance in q policy which will lead to
needless sacrifice On the part of tax payers
and extravaganza in the disposition Of the
Territorial funds. The receipts from licenses
will now almost carry the expenses, and with
8 slight reduction on this source Of income,
and a general reduction on more necessary
industries to one mill, our people will be re
lieved of one very serious source Of vexation,
and the Territory will not be the loser.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

a ENERAL act is required to incorporate
towns and cities in Montana, so that they will
be removed from the supervision Of county
boards, which from the nature of their duties
and the often divided nature OF their con-
stituency, are generally unable to work with
effect They come into contact with varied and
almost universal jealousies among rival towns
and they must either neglect the real interests
Of all, or receive the animus OF showing
faYoritism. Our own county officials have
done all that could be expected Of them, and
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

THERE appeared in last weeks Short Horn
q very contemplate little article stating that
the County Commissioners had been crimi-
nally negligent in not providing wood for the
jail, and that the fence had been burned, and
that great suffering had been entailed on the
inmates. In the first place the county COM
missioners have authorized the Sheriff to pro-
vide wood and other matters required in the
jail; in the next place the fence has not been
burned, but used in the construction of q box
for the night Waterman. Third, there has
been no suffering in the Jail. Hence if there
is any criminal negligence the responsibility
should be placed where it belongs-with the
Sheriff.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

GEN. GEANr's success as an after dinner
speaker leads the PuU Mall Gazette to say:
The circumstances in which he thus showed
forth as a speaker, might well induce him to
say his say. The Republic has not been un-
grateful to the man who, whatever his short
comings as a strategist, never despaired Of
success in the time OF. trial; and to do Cen
Grant justice, he threw personal pique aside,
and worked for his party during the late
election with a loyalty that shamed some OF
his own supporters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

The people of the United States are agreed
that %po]ygamy is a crime, and they unite in a
demand for its suppression. Il ia in the pow
ev Of Congress to suppress it, and the people
expect their representatives to do it. The
time has passed for half way measures. ttThe
longer action is delayed the more difficult it
will be to accomplish what is desired" Let
Congress act ct once on the recommendations
Of the President, and by the Inauguration Of
a bold and vigorous policy remove the Nor
mon question from American politics.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29

In their statement of the %freightlng business
transacted by the Benton "P," Coulson and
Baker steamboat lines, given in the Record of
the 18th inst, and again on the 31st, the edi-
tors either set out purposely to mislead the
public relative to business transacted by the
various lines, or else they are mentally inca
pable Of stating 9 plain proposition without
getting it SO fearfu lly mixed that it is useless
to all who might be expected to have an inter-
est in them. We have been at great pains to
get at the truth in this matter, and we present
on the 9th page Of this paper a true and i'm
partial statement of the business transacted,
and the lines which did the carrying, divest-
ed Of their misleading features, such as our
contemporary has used, Ia the way Of doubl-
ing and repeating the same figures, and Civ
ing to the Baker line credit Of doing all the
business which the firm Of I. G. Baker & Co.,
transacted through the Benton "P'' and
Coulson lines in their capacity as jobbers.
1t will be seen by reference TO the table above
mentioned, that from all sources %, O29, 61O
pounds of freight were brought into the Ter
ritory, by way Of the Missouri and Yellow
stone rivers, Of which 17,161,G14 pounds
were brought by the Benton "P," 5,679, 365
by the Coulson, 1880, 100 by the Baker and
3,158,5 25 by the Yellowstone line. The
Record, in both the issues referred to, gave
the Benton s'P" line "a, 525, 1876, to the Baker
line 7,19O,38O and to the Coulson 1,649, 713
pounds. What its object WAS in thus distorting
a plain matter Of fact we can only guess, but
il is q forcible illustration of its perfect unre-
liability, and its statement in its issue of the
oath that the table would be reinserted for the
purpose Of correcting its previous statement,
was a mere ruse to blind the public and to fill
the yawning chasm in its advertising columns,
for, with the exception Of the table Of de-
partures in the Baker line, which were rep
resented to be 33,449,828 pounds, but should
have been 349,828 pounds. not a figure was
changed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-29
us own supporters,

The Russian Government IS reported to
contemplate a large reduction in its army. It
may be as well to wait for some actual con
f1rmation Of the report, particularly in view
OF the present strain at Constantinople and
Athens. The Gar seems resolved to stick
to his post after all, D%olgorouki or no Dol
gorouki, Nihilist or 40 Nihilist. The recent
ebullitions of the Nihilists have died out in
nothing, like the last splutter of a candle.