The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-09

President Arthur $ address at Yorktown
was greeted with cheers. The President i
enough Of d politician to make his speecl
short.
The civilized world appears shocked al
the discovery that the Inhabitants Of one OF
the South Sea Islands have been capturing
white men and holding them as slaves.
Grant has at last succeeded, through the
friendship of Arthur, in working in his per-
sonal friend, Colonel Webster, TO the lucra-
tive Office of Register OF Wills, from which
he was removed BY General Garfield on the
very morning the fatal shot was fired BY
Guiteau. gM~m
Commissioner Of Pensions Dudley says
that the next fiscal year the pension pay
ments are likely to reach $40, 600, 900, and the
deficiency this year will be $40, 0U0, 900, and
everybody is astounded at the growth Of the
claims.
A. recent visitor to Longfellow says that
the poet is not so white from age as his por-
traits represent him. His hair and beard
have dark lines, and his mustache has taWny
amber shade Of the vanished chestnut of
youth. His blue eyes are bright and his
cheeks roddy.
With the Garfield Administrator John A.
Kasson was the first choice for the Speaker
ship Of the House. The work Of Guiteau
has brought Frank Hiscock nearer TO the
front. George NJ. Robson is making an &C
tive canvass, and will st least become the
leader Of the Republican side.
It is understood that Senator Miller has
prepared a bill providing for a simple form
Of government for Alaska, which meets the
appreciation Of all the prominent men inter
ested in the Territory. It simply provides
tor d Court having general jurisdiction, for
an executive officer, and for a delegate in
Congress.
The Irj5uao Washington special says,
The friends of General Grant say that third
termism, as far as the General is concerned,
will not again form an issue il American
politics. The General has repeatedly said
10 his friends since he has been here that he
will never again be a candidate for the Presi-
dency.
Thu reductions Of the service on the star
and steamboat routes have nearly reached
their limit, and il is thought st the. Postofice
Department further material reduction will
result ia harm to the necessary service. Til
reductions already made have resulted IN q.
saving Of 1926, 900 per quarter for the Gov
eminent.
On some Of the Southern railroads negroes
are still excluded from parlor cars. A fash
ion ably dressed mulatto ona and her Child
insisted on occupying seats for which she
had bought tickets at Nashville, upon which
the Superintendent hitched on an extra car
and transferred to it those passengers who
disliked to ride ia the other.
Secretary Kirkwood has given a decision
upon the entry Of coal lands near railroads
and proper prices The..secretary says that the
price Of the land depends wholly upon the
distance from q completed railroad at the
date of entry, irrespective of the preferred
right Of entry, and If at the date Of the proof
and payment which constitute entry the lands
are more than fifteen miles from such road
the price should be less than $40 per acre,
and if within fifteen miles the price should
not be less than $40 per acre. The decision
is intended to meet cases which may arise
where the original location Of the claim for
such land was made before the construction
of q railroad within fifteen miles, but where
the entry and payment were not made until
after the completion of the road.
Ladies' must have pets Of some kind, and
their fancies for them are various. It is diff
fcult to imagine how some women come to
like their human pets Of the masculine gen
der, but they do value very queer specimens
and there's no looking up the philosophy of
it. Mere matters Of taste, perhaps, and it.
would not do for all tastes to run alike to-
wards the same objects. That would make
more domestic trouble than there is, and
plenty as it is. a. New York dealer
in pets divulges the business facts that many
ladies have lately taken . great fancy to ALI
gators. They think the ugly reptiles s'per-
fectly lovely and particularly enjoy seeing
them catch flies. The size Of alligator most
in demand for the aquarium is anywhere
from six inches to q foot, and the reptiles
grow very slowly in fresh water. White
rats are also popular pets with the ladies of
New York. Mice and spiders scare them in
IA nrnftv screaming fits but rats are their.