The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1880-12-01
PERSONAL AND IMPERsONAL.
Fold away the Chinese letter,
Let the little forger loose,
The elections taught him better,
He has cooked our golden goose.

He has cooked our golden goose.
Gen. Grant has been elected an honorary
member Of the Middlesex Club.
The activity of Mount Vesuvius increases.
Lava flows abundantly on the side towards
Naples.
The steamer Mildred, Captain Long, from
New York, September 80, for Marseilles, is
given up as lost.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, Lord Chief JUS
tice of the Queens Bench, died suddenly in
London last week.
For the first time in more than twenty
years we have a President, an ex-President
and a President elect, all living.
Gov. James D. Williams, of Indiana, died
on the Goth. Ills malady, of fifteen years
standing, was Inflammation of the bladder.
The waste basket in an editors office is
nearly as important as his paper. What pro-
perly belongs in one should not go into the
other.
Sir Alexander T.. Gait is hard at work as
sisting emigration from Ireland to Canada.
A syndicate has been formed to carry out
this plan.
Anna Dickenson's favorite exercise is
roller-skating, and dramatic critics who have
seen her say that it has given her develop
ment equalto RowelIs.
Field Marshall Gen. Sir Charles Yorke,
Constable of the Tower, died in London the
other day, aged 80 years. He served with
distinction in the Peninsula war and at Wat
erloo.
The cold weather has closed the Erie and
Oswego canals in central New York. There
are 700 boats between Rochester and Utica.
An attempt will be made to get the boats
through.
Teresa Tua, Of Turin, a young girl Of Is,
bore off the first prize as a ~violinist at the
Paris Conservatory last year. She has been
offered $40, 600 for a five years tour through
the United States.
The Empress Elizabeth, Of Austria, whom
q Paris gossiper styles 'the first Amazon of
the world" is about to receive, it is said, the
title Of honorary Colonel of a regiment of
Russian Uhlans.
Old Betz, a Sioux sQuaw, who died recent
~ at the reputed age of more than 100 years,
had been successfully. it is said, the wife of
all army officer, Of an Indian chief, of a Dor
der highwayman, and of q Methodist mis-
sionary.
Mr.. IL. L. Fry, Of Cincinnati, has, with
the help Of his son and daughter, carved the
stately mahogany sideboard which is about
to be placed in the White House. It is des-
cribed as a remarkably beautiful piece Of
work, graceful in proportion, and covered
with rich carving Of leaf and flower. Mr.. Fry
is said to have carved 8 portion of Queen
Victoria's throne.
Burchard, Director Of the Mint, says that
the statement purporting to give his opinion
that the coinage of standard silver dollars
can be continued for fifteen years without
disturbing the actual circulation Of gold, is
unauthorized. On the contrary, he believes
that the provision for issuing silver certid-
Gates which invite the circulation of standard
silver dollars, and the opposition Of bankers
and business men which drives silver dollars
into the Treasury, does and will prevent their
circulation in this country to the extent that
franc pieces circulate ii France.
An Englishman travelling in the East, not
being quite satisfied with the appearance Of
the mare he rode, asked his Arab servant if
he was sure she got her allowance. "Oh.
yes" be replied, my countrymen often steal
from one another, and rob their friends |
horses; but can always find out if your mare
has been cheated. I put seven or eight peb-
bles in with the barley, counting the number
exactly. The mare never eats the pebbles,
and if any one steals from the barley, he is
sure to take two or three pebbles with it. If
I find the pebbles short in the morning, I
have hard words, and they cannot tell how /
know, and SO they give up cheating her"
There arrived in New York, il the steam
ship City of Brussels, last week, Esoofallay
Hiptala, q Bombay merchant prince, who
brings with him his four native wives. These
were il charge Of another woman and .
eunuch. In addition there were servants OF
the male sex, varying in size, height and age.
The prince says Each servant has certain