The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-03-23
PERSONAL AND IMPERs0NAL.

in Washington to see his friend Carried IN
augurated.
Maine contributes the horrible story OF g
son. killing his mother and then attempting to
burn her mangled body.
The Gimco-Turkish squable has brought
good to somebody. Thirty million cartridges
have been ordered from the United States.
a correspondent wishes to know il the
poet Bryant was editor of the New Pork Post.
It is hard to speak i'll Of the dead, but be was.
A learned Chicago judge has decided that
a Chinaman is not q white person under the
United States statutes and therefore cannot
be naturalized.
The Catholic Bishop of Cork forcibly re-
minds his people that the Parnell-Rochefort
alliance is a step toward the infldelity and
dissoluteness of the first French revolution.
The Thiers monument in the cemetery of
Pere la Chaise, Paris, will not be completed
for two years. 1t will be erected on IA
square metres of land, which have been
| bought for 152, 900 francs.
ST. Patrick's day was generally observed
| throughout the States in a very peaceful
manner. Yellow and green ribbons only
seemed to indicate 81 Irish holiday. NO
parades were made, and general peace and
harmony prevailed everywhere.
Leo XIII. has sent the Sultan g splendid
mosaic table as a token Of good will on the
occasion Of the elevation Of Mgr. Hassoun to
the Sacred College, and the Sultan has re-
turned thanks for this ssprecious souvenir
which has been placed in his private cabinet.
Glory is a most uncertain possession nova
days: A Pennsylvania who has for some
time been an outlaw and the subject for some
terribly exciting stories, and who should have
left the world in grand style, has just been
dying of q blow received in an ordinary game
of ball.
General Sheldon, who has been q guest at
the White House since the Inauguration, and
who was spoken Of as the Presidents private
secretary, is to have the valuable place of
Governor Of New Mexico. Sheldon was an
anti-Sherman delegate from Ohio to the
Chicago Convention.
II is said that both Blaine and Conkling
are ,,sinp their influence to have an extra
session called. but that thus far the President
and Secretary Window have not favored the
action, but have rather opposed it, and that.
the whole subject will come before the Cabi-
net at an early day and be discussed.
r. nav aaaa The minaa Of some neonle.
while it will. doubtless, Increase the anxiety
! Of others. to know that Field Mashal Murat
Halatead. of Cincinnati, vouches for Presi-
dent Garfield as. 9 man who believes with the
greatest of poets that good wine is q good
thing when rightly used. CIaret punch is
said to be his favorite.
Ahonf the ena If last ,non.h the largest
oruc;h,a ateal casting hitherto made was eff.
fected in the works OF a nFm ID oneIleld,
England. 1t was 9 spur rlm' 20 feet 10 q
ameter, and cast Wnole. 10 cast 1t S5o poss,
each holding ~ pound OF molten STEEL "ele
used. steel Wheels are llkely 10 supefseue
the cast now lngehefal use III 1oe
Lancashire MUS.
Mr.. Jay Gould's special train, on which he
is now flying from point to point in the South
west, is described as being ''as magnificent
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