The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-27
PERSONAL AND IMPERsONAL.

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California reports favorable prospects fol
an average yield Of wheat.
The Car is said to be disposed to spare
the lives of some Of the Nihillsts if they vii
formally ask q pardon.
a novel plan for disinfecting sewers BY
the use of electricity is under consideration
by the New York Board of Health.
Mr.. Cornelius Vanderbilt's Resignation
from the Western Union directory is the
latest incident in the telegraph consolidation.
It is reported that Bruce, Of Mississippi,
will succeed First Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral Tyner, and the latter will probably 60
abroad.
Secretary Window is sanguine of refund
ING the whole Of the maturing debt into 8 IL
per cents, without the passage Of a refund
ing bill.
A barge system between New Orleans and
Vicksburg for trans ortation OF cotton and
other products of the lower Mississippi is be-
Il agitated.
A French company intends to reopen some
of the old gold, silver and tin mines Of Bo-
hernia, which had been abandoned on &C
count of the insufficient yield.
a Swiss Journal ~justifes the sending Of an
desirable characters to this country on the
ground that America is Europe's reformato-
~. For GOODNESS this beats anything on
record.
When a Philadelphia man couldn't get
$12, 900 for a city lot he had a street opened
through it and was awarded $4,000 DANA
ges. Nothing like knowing how to pull
the ropes.
The torrents pouring out Of the Missouri
river is a cause for alarm to the sugar plan
ter Of the Lower Mississippi. An inundation
so late in the season would be a disaster of
great magnitude.
In response to an appeal from the Greek
Consul General Mr. Thurlow Weed suggest
ed has been begun in New York for the Scio
sufferers. Several thousand dollars have al
ready been obtained, and the subscriptions
come in rapidly.
A writer in London Truth says that the
Fifteen puzzle" was worked out in Hutton's
E'Recreations in Mathematical science more
than fifty years ago. The Hindoos, Chinese
and Egyptians were familiar with the puzzle
the square Of sixteen being consecrated to
Jupiter.
The sun is greatly agitated, and is sending
tongues Of flames, and q Providence Jour-
naEs able astronomer continues to connect
the disturbances with disastrous meteorologi-
cal phenomena on the earth. Jupiter is re-
garded as one of the disturbing influences on
the SUM-.
Senator Hill, Of Colorado, is handsome.
His new residence-that which has belonged
to ex-Secretary Evarts-Will contain sugges-
Of his Western home-bear skins, fur
rugs, horn chairs, blanket hangings. The
Senator has such good taste that society ex-
poets to see something both unique and at
%tractive.
A monstrosity in the shape of a double
lamb was found on the farm Of Fl. Lightner,
township, in the adjoining county of
Green, this State, yesterday. The animal has
two perfect heads, eight legs and two tails,
and is joined together from the neck to the
tail. The heads are almost between the front
legs. The mother also dropped a perfect
lamb.
The temperance advocates have occupied a
good share of the attention Of the Legisla-
lures this year. Nearly every Legislature in
session has discussed the subject in some of
its branches, and many Of them have passed
laws either prohibiting or restricting the liq-
uor traffic. We are glad to see the subject
agitated. I~ntemperance is the giant evil of
the world.
The assassins on trial at st. Petersburg
were all alfred in black. A gendarme with
drawn sword watched some boxes Of dyna-
mite and papers Of chemicals lying on the
table. Russakof said he entered into the
late conspiracy because he saw no other way
to effect a social revolution. One of the
prisoners admitted having prepared five
bombs, Sophie Pieoffsky ayowed her par
ticipation in arranging the mine at Moscow
and in slaughtering the Gar at the capital.
Jelioboff calmly related the history Of the
Alexandrofaky mines.
Rev. G. w. Kenning, of the Kansas State
Board having in charge the care Of the freed
men coming from the Southern States to
Kansas, says that the Board has received,
cared for and distributed ever 100, 600 of