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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-17
sHe 'E'uEBaDseI.

AS twilight began the other evening q Wo-
man hailed i boy on Lafayette street and
asked him if be had seen the police arrest 8
drunken man in that neighoorhood within d
hour or two
Don t think | have" he replied, as he
scratched bis head and made effort to remem-
Der. WAS he pretty drunk :"
Il guess liz was, she answered as she
turned away her head.
Had a plug hat on the back OF his head
and wore sandy Whiskers, eh ?" e.
'Yes, that's the nan"
Had i black coat and linen pants"
eyes, he's the. one"
lis he any reiasnun O ~yours-uncle, nus
band, brother or so on /?
II should like to find him." was the eva
sive reply.
"Wrll, that's easy enough; but you can't
get him home.
Il don want to-
can I'm | tumble !" chuckled the boy,
as be shifted three toy pistols from one peck
ct to the other. .Cume along and / will
show you where he Tell down in 8 vacant
yard and went to sleep. You can 60 through
him for his wealth, give him q rap on the
nose for his mother, and he'll come home
thinking he has been robbed by some pur-
fese. lie | had u husband who Wouli 20 n
d blizz.gd and try to step over fences Id 60
through him even TO q three-cent piece with
a hole in It."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-17
--~aEaEss asassa--
No MaEaa Land.

It is not generally known that there is q
strip Of territory in the Northwest that does
not belong to anybody Or anything. In The
organization Of Wyoming Territory, the
greater portion of which then belonged to
Dakota, q queer error was made in defining
the western boundary. This was marked by
a certain meridian line, instead Of conform
ing to the eastern boundary Of the adjoining
Territory Ct Idaho. The result was that q
portion Of Dakota was left west Of the line.
Map-makers, by inadvertance. have made it
q portion of Oneida county, Idaho. but it is
not legally such, nor can the laws of Idaho
20 enforced therein. 1t still remains within
the Jurisdiction Of Dakota, though separated
by the long distance of an intervening terri
Tory. a crime committed therein can only
oe tried By the Dakota. courts. az also al.
clvll suits growing out Of local litigation.
This will some day, unless rectiied, pro-
duce considerable trouble, as 1t makes It yir-
tually 9 refuge for outlaws.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-17
--@z@Ss 4GsS% +G#aD~----
A locomotives Race with % Reptile
rMechanicstown (Md) Clarion'.

AS the Shenandoah Valley fast express en-
tered the mile cut Immediately north Of town
on Tuesday last the engineer was horror
stricken to see what be supposed to be the
end of the rail just ahead Of bis rushing 10
c omotive sliding rapidly away from him,
His first thought was a broken rail caught by
the pilot and expected an instantaneous
shock. Wonderment usurped the place Of
fear when q second glance revealed q five
foot black snake of the species known as
erunner" gliding rapidly away from him on
top of the rail. In the excitement Of the mo-
ment his land sought the throttle, he threw
it wide open and the train bounded forward
under the impulse, but the snake maintained
its lead, although the train was running at
fully fifty miles per hour, and when the end
Of the cut was reached and an opportunity
was afforded to escape, it left the rail, ran
out into an open space, coiled itself up,
threw its head into an attitude Of defiance
and died right there. An examination proved
that the intense heat of the rail had burned it
To death.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-17
FLOATING FANOlEs.

MI world il apt to coo in your ear Ike a
I,hon Won are rich, but it you happen
~ hn moor it kicks like q mule.
..Eat onions, SIS is the Boston Ftsts az
aa maiden who wants to know how to
arnid having a mustache on her upper Up.
Candid He-"Why should fear to sip
tho sweets from each red lip? she-"N o
necessity for alarm at all. use q Vegelaole
color, which is not poisonous.
fones saws that the clouds Of his early
childhood we're no bigger than 9 Wol1an :
hand. but a squall always followed lheln'
One way to make money is to take q hal1-
no,1nd trout. fill it up with shot, and tnen 60
md het It weighs q pound and a half.
gentleman down East, seeing his pretty
anid with his wite's bonnet on, kissed her,
n arl her to be the real owner. lie soon
a;sprnvered bis error through,the assistance OF
his wife.
A fashion paper tells us that silk hosiery is
aa- oil The rage in Paris, with insertions
nf nortrajts and medallions Of point lace"
Fancv glancing at your lad~y-love's stockings
and finding there the portrait OF some other
fellow.
A clerrvman was once forced to say to a
congreration that persisted in depositing but
TONS in the contribution box: "Bre'bren
who wish to contribute buttons will please
moi hammer down The eyes, for while that
nrocess does not increase their value SIS coin,
# does impair their usefulness as buttons.
-s .s -. 4asses- ;, 4nmA~---
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-17
She Waszh7G ssa Angel.

"Mrs. Topnoody," sadly remarked Mr.. T.,
after an agitated scene, "yOu are not what L
thought you were in the happy days Of
youth"
"Oh, amt, ain'tI?"
mo, you are not. thought you were ~
angel, and now-and now
"And Dow," broke in Mrs. T., "and now
angels amt in the habit of slingin' pots and
dish rags around, and spanking babies, ana
sewing on buttons, and wrestling with kltch-
en- stoves, and making mustard plas'ers tor
husbands with the collie, and bossing hired
girls, and doing the cooking for q big fatni-
", besides going to church and being mar
ried to a Topnoody AL the time. No, Top.
moody, amt in the habit OF doing such
things, and it's q mighty good thing they
amt or the angel business wouldn't last until
the middle Of next week"
Topnoody did not pursue the conversation
further, bat put on his hat and went down
the street to wonder how many women were
angels
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

w. A. Hart was ON Monday elected chief
engineer of the fire department, by bis
majority.
The Alaska steamer California has had
her name changed to Eureka, by which she
will hereafter be known.
The Rev. j. A. Cruzan, presbyterian
minister. has gone to Honolulu, having &C.
cepted call in that city.
George Maxwell, End Asst. of the Port.
land Fire Department, died on Saturday
He received a tiremans burial, with hon.
ors.
VIM. Gray, boot and shoe dealer Of
Portland, who has been sick for some
months, on Sunday blew out his brains with
a shotgun.
Thursday night sailor tried to cut of a
woman's head with razor. He 10 in Jail,
and medical tailor sewed the woman
head on again with y stitches.
The tracks of Thos. B. Merry's versatile
pen are easily discernable in the columns oil
the Sunday Oregonidn. He should be q
permanent addition to Portland journalism.
The new government dredge is at last
completed, and is now at work on the st.
Helen's bar. 1t is . mistake that Portland
does not build and operate two such
dredges.
The board of Pilot Commissioners have
revoked the licenses Of pilots Moody and
Hewitt; the former for running vessel
aground while drunk, and the latter for ab.
sence without leave.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08
Military and Personal.

A furlough for one month has been granted
Com. Sergt. Burrows, Fort Boise.
The military reservation Of Boise Barracks
is now fenced in, and the town is without q
cemetery.
Major Ely Mcclellan, Surgeon, u S. A.,
has been assigned to duty at Fort McHenry,
Maryland
Winter has closed in upon the upper posts
in this department, and military affairs are
very quiet
It. Fred Schwatka, aide. de.camp, de-
started on Monday for Forts Candy and
Stevens, on public business.
Washington, to be examined for admission
to the signal service school.
Battery 1, LIST Artillery, has been sta
toned at Fort Stevens, and Capt. John q.
White is in command of the post.
The chief quartermaster, Gen. G. B.
Dandy, will on Monday sell IL horses and
mules, which have been declared unsuitable
to the service.
Capt. J. @. Adams, LIST Cavalry, chief
signal officer, and 1t. U. F. Long, aide-de-
camp, returned to headquarters on Tuesday
from tour of duty at Fort Townsend.
Rev. David Wills Chaplain u S. A., re-
ported at headquarters for day on his
return to the coast last week, and is now
back at his station in Fort Walla Walla.
On Monday 1t. G.. B. Backus, lst Cav
airy, accompanied by his wife, started for
his post at Fort Klamath. No one sDvies
them their winter trip over the mountains.
Private Eberle, LIST Cavalry. has been
| IN ot fho
ton of which time he will be dismissed from
the. service, for carelessly killing comrade
at target practice.
The new horse disease called "pink-eye"
has made its appearance in Walla Walla.
DR.. Corcoran, Vertinary Surgeon, LIST Cav
airy, was on Dec. 2nd, called to treat the
first case reported.
Col. H. w. James, formerly stationed at
this place, has been again declared danger
ously insane by an examining board, and is
in confinement a guardian also being ap.
pointed to supervise his affairs.
Orders have been issued requiring all
post schools in the department to forward
reports to headquarters every month, to be
finally forwarded to Chaplain Mullins, who
has charge OF army post schools.
| A party of IA enlisted men from Fort
C9ur d Alene went to dance Nov. oath,
and on their return the horses ran away,
wreckng the outfit, injuring all the mer
but two three of them seriously.
1t. W. c. Muhlenberg, End Infantry. 1t
E. G. Brooke, 2lst Inf, and 1t. w. c.
Brown. LIST Cavalry, sailed on Sunday
steamer for San Francisco. en- route to the
military school at Fort Leavenworth.
The u S. steamer Gen. Wright, with Col
Habersham on board tied up at the govern
ment dock on Tuesday. Col. Habersham il
sounding the river, and doing other worl
connected with the government surveys.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

NEARLY FRR.-LAte Tuesday evening
. window curtain in Mrs. Mary Turnbull's
residence took fire from light in some way.
II was discovered by the children, who
alarmed Capt. Troup. who with Frank Bryan
Gums y the rescue, and soon extinguished
~ flames. The curtains were all consumed,
tAs walls on Gre. and they had hard work
= kssp ~ nss iron going under ths roof.
4 ~ elose call.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

MAYOR THOMPSON. Supreme Court
of Oregon has decided in the contest case OF
Simons VS.. Thompson for the mayoralty Of
Portland, that as the charter of the city con.
tains clause which says the city council
shall be the sole judge of the qualifications
and election of the mayor aud its own men,
bers, the court cannot reopen the case;
therefore Thompson will be mayor. The
city charter of Vancouver contains the same
clause.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

NORTH FORK IrEMs.-Our school has COM
menced, with young man by the name Of
Mr.. Steers as teacher.
Mr.. C. c. Bozarth has arrived home with
his stock of goods from Portland and Van
couver. He has built new store building,
above high water mark, where nice village
can grow up in short time. 1t will be a
good place for blacksmith, shoemaker,
&C. In the summer season this is nice
place to hunt and fish. The name of the
new place is Forest City. At this time
there are many beef cattle, hogs and sheep
sold from this country, and more coming to
market.
On Thanksgiving day the ladies and gents
of the neighborhood gathered at Bozarth's
new store and had good time with the
lunch baskets, games and other amusements.
J. C. Bozarth has been down on the Cow.
ltz to visit his daughter. Mrs. Smith, who
il sick with consumption.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

We have been requested to. publish the
following card: p.
Guiteau, Scoville & Cox, Attorneys -at-law,
Washington, ID. c. Particular attention
paid to murder and insanity. Fun In court
specially.
We decline to publish said card as we
know nothing of the responsibility or re-
sponsibility of the parties, or of either Of
them.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

New DEPARTURE R. Cameron, who
three years ago had a small grocery in this
city. was closed out by his creditors at the
Cascades Locks two months ago. The fire
Of last week closed out his building Also
He has now gone to Spokane Falls to enter
into business again.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08
40. u. w ELECTION. -Harmonv Iodae

A. o. U. w. ELECTION. -Harmony Lodge
No. IL, Vancouver, on Tuesday evening
elected officers as follows for the ensuing
term: j. D. Geoehegan, M. w.; Robert Will.
liams G.. F.; ]. D. Manning, o.; J. G. Abb
ney, Recorder; J. G. Blake, Receiver; E.
Branden, F.; M. s. Phillips, G.. Joseph
Brant, I. w.; Hiram Cox, O. w.; John
Eddings, Trustee. This institution is in a
fourshing condition in Vancouver, and
slowly but steadily gaining very desirable
class of membership.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

DR.. P. Q. Healey has received several lots
Of goods, and is to get in several more lots
from the east. comprising articles suitable
for the holiday trade, in the way Of Christ
mas presents, &c. The stock Is large and
varied, and will repay examination. 3.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

J. P. Healey Of the Young America has
just received direct from the celebrated vine.
yard Of Charles Krug. st. Helena, CAL, sew.
eral casks of magnificent wines which he
has brought on with an eye to supplying
Christmas deficits in that line.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

FIRE MEErISG.-On Tuesday evening
there was full attendance at No. 3s house,
aud officers were nominated for the new
term. The meeting was lively, and enjoy.
able. The election will come off on next
Monday evening at o'clock.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

ELLSWORTH PosT G. A. R.-Comrades
are requested to be out in force at the next
regular meeting Friday eve Dec. 23d, 1881,
as it is the meeting at which all officers for
the year 1882 will be elected.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Billy Wilson claims that he is the boss
butcher Of sthe boss market, and cuts the
boss roasts from the latest and tenderest
'bossics" put up in this country.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Come before the rush and secure you
presents-at Gridley 4 Whitney's.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

BURGLARY. -Thos. w. Padden At the
Eureka Saloon had caller late Monday
night, who neglected to leave his card. but
he did not fail to get away with what loose
change there was in the till, some ten dol
ara. and few cigars, tho total loss not being
more than so. The midnight prowler ef-
fected an entrance through back yards and
. rear window in manner that showed he
was perfectly familiar with the surroundings
Of all the business places in that block.
Tom says il no will come around in the day
time, when he has leisure, he will play him
game Of ''seven-up" for the four ten cent
pieces which slipped through his fingers
into the bottom Of the till. 20 - to make .
cleanup Of the whole thing.
Be sure aud 90 TO G. w. Durgin's for Gro
csriss. dried and green fruits. He has The
best assortment in town.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

The finest roast Of venison We have eve
sampled in Warrington Territory was sen
10 the other day from Cox 4 Wethcrsd'
new market,
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Tcys! Toysi Toys for giris and boys
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

LAND FOR SALE-in 80 acre tracts, on req
on able terms. Apply to CHAs. Brown.
Vancouver, Oct. 25th 1881.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

MARRIED.

In Vancouver, Dec. 5th, at the Exchange
hotel, by s. d. MaxOn. j. p, o. A. Mendel and
Lottle Brown, both of WOODBURY., Ogn.
By the same, at the same place, Dec. 9th,
VIM. Stops and Emma Evans, both of Wa.
shougal, W. T.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

You can find anything you want for Christ
mas at Gridley & Whitneys.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

DIED FROM HoME.-The wife of Judge
VIM. Ginder went up to Baker City, Ogn.,
last spring, in the hope of obtaining relief
from the asthma. For a time she was bene-
fitted by the change of climate, and her rel
atives were in hope Of full or partial recov-
cry, but letter was received last week stat
ing that she had died on the oath Of Novem-
Der. from the effects Of q paralytic stroke. at
the residence Of her daughter. Mrs. Pres.
Durgan. Mrs. Ginder was quiet, unas-
Stunning and patient mother, true and no.
bic woman in every sense of the term. She
will be missed in the home circle to an ex-
tent that words can but family express.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Go and see the velocipede rider at Gridl
& Whitney's.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

TOBACCO GRowING.-A man recently came
to this city whose business has been tobacco
growing and manufacture. 1t is his desire
to engage in the same occupation in Clarke
county, if found practicable. He has re-
quested us to ask that farmers of Clarke
county who nave raised tobacco and have
any leaves on hand, will please bring few
leaves to this Office, where he can get them
and make test of their qualities There is
no question about the growth and maturity
of tobacco in this county, but the qualities
Of the plant are yet unknown.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Go to G.. w. Durgin's to buy your Croc
cry and Glassware. He sells at the vel
lowest rates.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

THE Californian for December is at hand,
and contains, as usual, many interesting ar.
ticles, poems, ETC., among which are the fol-
lowing: An American Painter-Gcorge In
ness, by Edgar Fawcett; A Matter-of Fact
Man, by Margaret Collier Graham; Captain
Joseph R. Walker, by James O'Meara; Don
Carlos, part 3, by Edward Kirkpatrick; An
Epistle to Bachelor About to Marry, by
John Vance Cheney; Dramatas Persona,
part 2, by Mabel S. Emery; A Botanical
Wedding Trip, by J. G. Lennon; also many
other interesting articles, editorial notes, &c.
Price 81 per annum. Address The Califor.
MIA Pub. Co., 4OS California St., San. Fran
cisco, CAL
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-08

Neatest, incest, nobbiest, cleancst, coolest
cosiest, best lit, highest ceiling, largest sky
light-in fact the Bon Ton place,
''THE IDENTICAL"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-07
The De Lesseps Canal.

Washington Correspondence N. Y. Tribune
GLOW is work on the De Lesseps canal
advancing ?" asked a Tribune cores
pondent today Of John n. Wilson,
United States Consul at Panama, who
has lately arrived in Washington
''It is making very little progress" was
the reply.
"How many men are employed, and
what are they doing ?
There are about forty Frenchmen
down there, about half of whom appear
to be running lines in various directions,
while the other half are commissaries,
and so on. There are besides about a
hundred Jamaica negroes engaged in
cutting brush. Wyse has returned to
France.
"Then nothing like serious work has
yet been attempted"
''None whatever. Six stations have
been established on the proposed line
across the isthmus; but no houses have
been built, and the men are living in
tents. The rainy season has begun, and
the men will soon be driven out of their
tents by the storms. The truth is, it
does not look to me as though
De Lesseps ever intends to dig a
canal there. He estimates that it will
cost 90,000,000, when everybody
else who knows anything about such
matters, says 1t will cost nearer ten times
that sum; that the canal will be finished
in ten years, and that in the meantime
people who buy stock shall receive per
cent interest upon its par value. Thus
interest alone will add from to 40 per
cent. to the cost of the canal. But /
don't believe any canal will be built
there. De Lesseps is a great diplomat,
but poor financier; and if he really in
tends in good faith to dig a canal, ]
think he will fail. :"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-07
Where Gold Dollars Go To.

Director of the Mint Burchard, who
has lately returned from an official visit
to New Orleans and st. Louis, reports
the mint in good shape at New Orleans,
and the coinage is at the rate of 900, 900
silver dollars per month. This is assign
ed as their share of the So, 900, 900. ac-
cording to their facilities The Phila-
delphia mint is exclusively at work on
gold at the 1ate of $5,000,000 a month.
There are some inquiries as to where this
money goes to. Every month now $5,-
OOO,0 of So and $40 gold pieces are
being coined. and there is more than
enough bullion on hand to keep
the mint going year as it has been kept
up for some ronlhs This coin is paid
out to bullion owners, who bring their
gold for coinage, and then disappears.
Very little finds its way to the banks and
the increase in Treasury stock is not
rapid. Mr.. Burchard is inclined to the
opinion that it is absorbed by the work
ing classes, who hoard small sums of
hard cash rather than place it in the saw
ings banks, as they would do were they
only able to secure possession of the
perishable paper. A So or $40 gold piece
put away once month by large pro-
portion of artisans and laborers would
readily account for its mysterious disap-
pearance, provided this is the true
theory.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-07
The week In mIncing Lane.

LONDON, May Sin the Mincing Lane
markets there have been few changes, and
the spring trade so far has been less salts
factory than was expected. Tea maintains
its improvement. Common to medium
Congor is now about a farthing to half
penny above the late lowest point Indian
has again advanced. Cargoes of Bur-
man rice are rather dearer. White
Bengal was firmer. There have been nu
meIOus arrivals of sugar. but the market
continues steady. Grocery kinds, including
new crop Porto Rico and crystallized West
India, were taken readily at extreme
rates. Low brown is unaltered, and the
transactions therein were moderate. Aus.
trian beet sugar is hardening because of
curtailment in delivery. French refined
was rather dearer Coffee was unsettled
and dropping except for refined, the supply
of which is comparatively small 90, 900
bags of Java will be offered at the Neither
land strand from companY's sales on the
I1th instant, which is 10000 bags less than
was offered at the same time last year. The
valuations of good ordinary are about l
per cent. below those of April, owing to the
very small quantity of Java afloat. The
company's visible supply at the end of April
was 128,00O bags below that of last season.