The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-03
MONTANA MATTERS,

DR.. Thomas Reece, well known Helena
physician died of consumption last week.
Helena had small pox scare last week
Luckily it turned out d scare and nothing
more.
Vice President Oakes and party, of the
Northern Pacific r. r., are in the Territory
looking up the interest of the company.
They have taken in Helena and Butte.
John A. Jessrang, prisoner sent to the
penitentary from Lewis and Clark county,
escaped on the evening of the 29th. Two
hundred dollars reward is offered for his ap-
prehension.
Bernhardt Schettsel, an employe at the Sal
yador mine, near Butte, fell down shaft a
hundred feet deep one night last week and
was almost instantly killed. He was work
ing at the windlass and fell asleep at his post.
In view of the fact that freight on goods
from California laid down at Melrose, the
terminus of the q. & N, railroad, amount to
nearly five dollars on the hundred pounds it
will be seen that our slow going river trans
partation is not very bad arrangement after
ALL
The people of Montana have furnished
such an immense amount of business to the
Utah s. Northern railroad that the profits
have been almost sufficient to pay the entire
expenses of its construction. The company
now shows its gratitude by doubling up on
the freight rates.-Iuter-M Mountain.
Senator Sherman, Senator Harrison, Con-
gressman Townsend, Justice Strong, Hon.
E. Hoyt, Of Cleveland, Ohio, Albert Bier
stadt, the artist, Governor Potts, Assayer
Harrison and Thomas and Edward Sharpe,
of Indianapolis, Ind, who are guests of our
Mr. Harrison, make up party of excursion
lists into the National Park for visit of from
Is to 90 days s.-Indepepdent.
AS an instance of the grasping avarice of
the Union Pacific monopoly, we cite the fact
that one of our merchants received this week
about two tons Of rice, upon which the
freight from San Francisco to Ogden, 882
miles, was twenty six dollars, and the charg-
es from Ogden to Dillon, about $50 miles,
amounted to one hundred and ninety-two dol
lars! Whoop up that Northern Pacific =
Mad5s0n5Gn.
The Neso North West is stalWart organ
and one that fights with Conkling, whom it
styles tie C9ur de Lion Of the Republican
party. Mr.. Mills denounces with a great
deal Of virtuous indignation the Republican
papers that have s'slandered and hounded"
this modern Black Prince .swith vehemence
and vindictiveness that is Infamous" Mr..
Mills is not troubled with an ambition to edit
postofice as well as the Neao North West
else he would not talk in this style.
The Butte Weekly Inter- Moat7ataia is new
and welcome visitor to our sanctum. 1t is
six column quarto with handsome head de-
signed especially for that paper. No. | is
certainly replete with choice reading matter
and if the z7ater-Mou,ataj11 folks ''keep up
their lick" they can lay claim to one of the
best weeklies in the West. We would sug-
gest to the snake up, however, that he has
things slightly mixed, i. e. the editorial on
the local pages and vice versa. The change
does not strike us favorably.
Wonders will never cease. The latest
ssmirabile dictu' comes from Bozeman
where the cash drawer Of an editor was rob-
bed. Some miscreant sought out the AoG7at
Courier, entered the counting room of that es-
tablishment and getting his digits into the
strong box made way with 500 in silver and
several papers of value. It is natural to ex-
pect banks and stores and like institutions to
be relieved Of their cash occasionally, but
when man mean enough to purloin the hard
earnings of an editor is found it is time to
accept the theory that the world is gradually
advancing to a stage of greater Wickedness.
II that fellow is still hanging up at Boze-
man we shall soon expect to hear Of the
church contribution boxes being robbed and
the grave yard pillaged. Nothing would be
too despicable for him to undertake.
The Helena and Butte papers are just now
engaged in showing up the wonderful re-
sources Of their respective districts with the
view Of impressing upon Vice President
Cakes of the N. z. R. r. the superior advan-
tages the railroad would enjoy by striking
their respective towns. The Butte papers
started off with thYee-column broad slider
showing up their mineral resources, and Hell
ena saw their three and went one better
Butte came in on the second heat with
batch Of statistics that would stagger light
ming calculator and Helena piled up exports,