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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-02
Tine jan sola-Es,e Court House Not.


Mr. T. A. Cummings now has a little bas-
tile OF bis. own, having purchased at public
auction, yesterday, the old log jail and the
lot on which it stands for the sum Of $S1,S25.
The court house was offered for sale at the
same time. but court houses were not in de-
mand, and consequently it was not sold. The
auctioneer, George Houk, was authorized TO
start it at SO, 900, but no one would raise that
sum. We understand that the Commission
ers would not let the property go at less than
81, 900, which is really less than the building
alone cost. The jail lot brought a good
price. as it has a frontage Of only III feet.
1t is a pity a purchaser for The court house
was not found at the same time, as within a
year or two the building will be inadequate
for he purposes designed. After the next
election there will be three additional county
| officers, and where they will find office room
| will bs q puzzler for the Commissioners i
this building could be sold 80 advantage 9
q new court house could be erected on court
house square-the proper place Tor ltTsAfsa
very little cost to the people OF the county
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along the road and was afterwards picked up
by the driver. One of the robbers was about
to sgo through Keeney when the other
said, 20, don't mind him ; he has nothing
Keeney offered them thirty dollars which he
had in his pocket, but they generously told
him to keep that to pay expenses. 1t is sta
ted as q matter of fact that he had
$3, 900 and some valuable jeWelry on his
person. IF this is true his escape was GER
tainly . most lucky one. The amount OF
money secured by the robbers is not known.
As soon as infor nation reached Bozemans
officers started to the scene Of the robbery
with the view Of attempting the capture OF
the %rascals, and it is to be hoped they will
succeed. The driver thinks they were mex
perienced in the business as the job was done.
in a bungling manner.
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Tne FueasQnestaon.

There is q far greater sapply OF fuel -
Benton than there was this time last year.
Even now there is more 1han thrice as much
coal in town as was delivered altogether
last season, and. much more will yet be
brought in by Mr.. Cashier. Of wood the
supply is up toEtne average, and the danger
of 3 tuel famine is not SO great as some
people would make it out. It is certainly
not so great as 10 warrant dealers in asking
enormous prices for wood and coal at this
early stage Of the proceedings. We are not
certain but some parties who have fuel for
sale are trying to make matters appear worse
than they really aresin order to bull the
fuel market. This is not right. The deal
ers ought to give the people a fair show. We
|: concede that they are entitled to q fair profit
on their products, and in justice nothing
more. But prices will naturally continue to
advance as whites approaches and the diff
Guilty of transportation bee }mes greater, and
those who are YET Without q supply OF fuel
for the long winter should ge! it at once. Ii
you neglect this warning it will be but q few
months before you have cause to regret it.
To the poorer classes this applies with es.
| pecial force. From this time forth they
should redouble their efforts to acco mplist
the desired end.
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gsenaGrn Screen aded.

On last Sunday after noon The band took
possession Of the ferry-boat Of Messrs.
Lynch & Flint, and while Capt. Lynch pi-
loted tie. craft across the stream and back
they played 4 numb er Of their best pieces.
A large and appreciatiye audience collected
on the Benton shore, and remained en-
franc ed listeners, or words to that Effect,
during the performance. 1t was intended
% a ssrenade 10. tie town in general, and
everybody will please consider themselves
serenadtd. But the music was good and no
mistake. The t,ys are making wonderful
progress under the leadership OF Professor
Harry. Walker.
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RuOseveEs.s Addition.

Capt. John W. Dewey is now engaged in
surveying and plating . new addition TO the
town of Benton, 70 meet the requirements
81 the recent boom IN lots. Mr. :. @;
Roosevelt is the proprietor Of the addition,
the same being forty acres eff Of his ranch
in the bottoms adjoining the, city. l. will be
divided into lots Of thiTtY-fse feet front,
which will be put On the market at once.
The location is a good one and, Doubtless,
it will not be many years until Roosevelt
addition WILDE dotted all over win pleasant
homes. Nr. E has already disposed Of sey.
.eral lots 70 Helena parties.
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IN TOWN AND OUT.

IN TOWN AND OUT.
The festival and dance tonight.
Charley Rowe advegtises horses tor sale.
potato,s sell at u cent and q half q pound.
The melancholy days" of November are
upon us.
Dave Browns teams nave gone 10 Cast
ners for coal.
Regular services will be held at the Epis-
cnDal church mex: Sunday.
Kcuuedy's Hall will be dedicated to-
night.
The steamer G. K. Pcck.will be taken %
she St. Louis dock for repairs.
C. Power q Bro new brick store room
is rapidly approaching completion.
Col. Cend ennin and Jim McDevitt are tx
yected in from the mines tomorrow.
A. c. Grewe will sell his household goods
and cff1cts. at public auction next Saturday.
The RIVER Press is cow a year old and
quite g. respectable ne wspaper -Netos NorM-
Vest.
jim Gillette, of HighWoud, was in the
city the pas, week buying supplies for the
winter.
Potatoes have not been 3 drug on the
market the past week. The demand has
been lively.
The Benton Hotel Company want teams
10 haul brick. They are ofefing " % 2
thousand for the work.
Dave Akera, the we'll known trader at
Whoop Up, il ia the city buying his STOCK
Of goods for the winter.
This is Indian summer-one day at least.
But what kind Of weather the morrow VIII
bring forth no man can tell.
Contracts for 1, 900, 900 ties for the Yellow
stone division OF the Northern Pacific rail-
ROAD have recently been let.
In time of peace prepare for war IS the old
maxim. During these nice days prepare tor
winter is advice more to the point.
Mr.. w. w. Austin is on hand with his
boat lead Of vegetables and j. now engaged
in delivering the same to his customers.
Tie uipdows and door frames Of the new
hotel arrived yesterday and WORK on the
structure will now proceed at a more rapid.
Iute.
J.. p. McCabe will open 9 saloon IN the
corner building now occupied IS . market
by j. j. Kennedy as soon las the latter moves
into his new quarters.
LS,., ,o,,pt LEO rG uov haI 81 6PflnntHnL
tax list. Every dollar Of taxes due has been
paid within the specified time. This Is q re-
cord that is hard 70 beat.
There are a few boats still operating above
Bismarck. The boats Of The Coulson Line
have finished their work for the year and are
now bound for winter quarters.
s. The Wright s. e wards mining company
is getting our u very high grade OF ore now
and the mine IuoAs better than II ever olo,
Next week they viii begin delivering ore ~
the sme,ter.
Major Edwards who is just 10 from Bal
ker informs us that they have had q severe
snow storm in the mountains the past lew
days. There is probably six inches Of snow
in the gulch now
ID. Kennedy sold w. S. Stockings ten
acres I'll ground Lear Tie town boundary
last week. ANY kind Of property that II SIT
uateu within twu III three miles OF Bentonls
becoming valuable.
The zeal estate boom has not aoated 70 Inc
leasi extent. This il evidenced by.tle num-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-02
CATHOLIC.

catholic Church &c vices will be held at tho several
churches az followa: Fort Benton-First and last
s,,ndave of each month. Sun ~Kiver-Second Sunda
If each month. Fort Assinaboin and Fort Shaw (al-
~tprnatclY-Thnrd Sunday Of each month. First Mass
"a NJ: High Mass and Sermon. 10 80 a. m; Sunday
School. $3.50 p. N. Evening Service and Lecture, 1880
So, m. Rev, H.. J. Camp. Sd
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-02
AEE&aaE WNERS SzEAz
FOR SALE.

Chas. Rowe offers for sale, at his ranch,
twelve head Of mares and colts. The colts.
are from one to four years oil and all are
good stock.
For further particulars enquire Of Chas.
Rowe at Overland Hotel. 2 1t
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-02
CONGREGATIONAL

Rev. w. A. james, und~r the auspices OF the Amefl-
cau Home Missionary Society. is holding services at
~ Cont House twice each Sabbath, at II q. m. and Z
pm sabbath School at Il N. The puollc generally
..ru invited 10 attend.
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fresh Oysters.

j. J. Kennedy, of the Main Street Meat
Market, has always on hand 9 full supply Of
Fresh Oysters, for sale by the single can or.
in larger quantities. TT. P9=
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-02
THE CHURCHES.
EPISCOPAL

Episcopal Church services are held every Sunday at
m. and 7 .. n. Sunday School at 2:3O p. H.
y,av. s. C.. Blackistol, Pastor.
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'I,aae mn eEAG Roll.

The following is an abstract Of assessment
of Chotsau County, Montana Territory, for
the year 1881
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-02

mas neen appolnUed nscelyrr Iii ,a15 ras. =
w. Nee Bros. D.. N. RASIN.
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Thomas North then resumed the witness certainly not been reorganized in vain.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-03
Heating Buildings.

Experiments in heating buildings
with furnaces have shown q difference
between the temperature OF room at
the floor and at the height Of ones head,
or, say six feet from the floor. that Is
quite surprising to any one who has not
made the subject study. For instance,
a room in which the thermometer marks
co degrees at six feet from the floor will
have temperature about 10 degrees less
at the floor, and as the heat is increased
the difference between the two positions
gradually increases, till, ut 20 and 75
degrees the variation will run from IA
TO 1S degrees. II, however, the heat is
steadily kept at a given point for several
hours, the variation will be reduced 20
or 10 degrees, which is about as low
as it is possible to get in the warmest
and best constructed houses. But If the
basement is cold, or Is somewhat open,
the variation will not generally be less
than l6 to 1s degrees. If the room Is
warmed by stove that gives a strong
heat at the base, or, better still. BY
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-03
Death of Hiram Smith.

Hiram Smith, brother of ii. s.
Smith of this place. and of Levi and j.
c. Smith of Penfield, died Wednesday
Jan. 26th, at his home in Flint, Mich.
He was nearly 81 years of age, and had
been a prominent and successful busi-
ness man of Flint for fourteen years.
His disease was chronic dyspep-
sa, terminating singularly, as he was
taken suddenly delirious, while sit
ting in his chair week or more before
his death, and never returned to con.
sciousness, nor did he speak again after
the first incoherent words that at
tracted attention to the fatal change in
his symptoms. His wife was Maria,
second daughter of Truman Pentield,
deceased, and sister of w. w. Penfield.
He left besides seven children, the
Oldest son, married last year, lives near
his IA hers in Flint.
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huntington.

Mrs. Laura Perkins was, born Oct.
10, 17s6, in Russell, Hampden Co.,
Mass; converted in her 18th year,
uniting with the Baptist Church OF that
place. Was married i'm her Goth year to
Grove Winchell, who died in 1913. Thus
bereft Of kind husband, with nine
fatherless children, she was left to bat
tie with the conflicts OF lite alone. In
1872 she married Col. Darius Perkins,
who preceded her to the spirit land
some years since. She was a devot I'd
Christian, aud when able to attend the
house Of God her place was seldom va
cant. She reared her children In the
ways of the Lord. In her declining
years they faithfully ministered unto
her, and will long bless her memory.
Mrs. Curtis, an affectionate daughter,
left her home in Connecticut at great
sacrifice, and for nearly 4 years devoted
her life to the care Of her mother, ad-
ministeriug to her wants till the angel
came to her relief. 5.
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PittSheld.

On Tuesday last, 25th inst, Matt Sim
mons, while at work in Davies &
Rogers feed mill. got some part of his
clothing caught between the rope and
windlass, Of the haaling up apparatus,
and was twirltd round few times,
but, fortunately, escaped with some
bruising and fractured collar bone.
At last accounts he was doing well.
Meetings have been held in the NJ. E.
Church for several evenings past. Con-
siderable interest has been manifested.
and some encouraging results have fo!-
lowed. Mr.. Dawson, the minister, is
very much in earnest, and very hope
full. do sincerely hope he may not be
disappointed.
Mr.. Gardner's writing school has
closed, and Mr.. Kline has commenced
another in the upper room of the Town
Hall. NJ.
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Worth Remembering.

Now that good times are again upon
us, before indulging in extravagant
show, 1t j. worth me,nbering that no
one can enjoy the plen>an surround
in;s ii in b Il health. There are hundreds
nf miserable people going about to. day
with disordetd stomach, liver or kidneys
or dry, hacking cough, and one foot
in the grave, when 81 cent bottle of
Parkcr's Ginger Tonic would do them
more ool than all the expensive doc
otors anI quack medicines they have
ever tIied. 1t always make the blood
pure and rich. and will build YOU up
and give YOU gopb health ut little cost.
Real of it in another column. l9-4
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Nefghb0,7mg .NezpS.
ClackSdeld.

We are in the midst of the finest
sleighing that it has ever been our luck
to have in this county. There are many
sick in this vicinity. a. p. Curry, an
old patron of the ENTkRPRIsE, has passed
away within a short time. He was a
man of moral standing, and a good man
in every respect. 1t falls very hard on
the family, as both his father and
mother are very old and were depend
ent on him for their comfort and sup
port. Another old citizen has died
since the above-Hiram Harris. He
was one Of the early settlers in this part
of the country, and 1 have heard him
relate many an incident of early times
that was novel and interesting. Though
apparently we'll week before he died,
he was heard to say that he should not
live long, and seemed to be impressed
with the idea that he was not long for
this world. VIM. A. Adams has been
very sick, but am Informed that he is
improving. Loren Spurrier is very
sick with consumption.
Our Literary Society is in full blast
but IL is too thin to mention.
Our railroad (your railro d also) came
to a stand-still not long since, but they
are now making arrangements to go
ahead with the grading. Dump carts
are being fitted up here preparatory to
dumping dirt in earnest. The contrac-
tor, Mr.. Heating, claims that the cars
will have to run over the line between
Lodi and Norwalk before June. II so,
there has got to be good deal of labor
done here. Samuel DeWolf, who would
not let the contractor on lis land tC
work until they paid him for the right
of way, has received pay for the same
and work has been commenced on hi:
land. Our quarry men are driven get
ting out stone. The amount wanted or
the line between here and Wellington
will be all they can handle for soms
time to come. Il. +. &.
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At the Castle of Simonetta. about
twenty m ile- from Milan, a surprising
echo is produced between the two
wings OF the building. The report
of li,iol is repeated by the echo sixty
times; aud Addition, who Visited the
place on Il somewhat fogsy dly, when
the air was unfavorable to the expert
IN mt, counted iifiy-siX repetitions. 1t
is Stated that the sound of one musical
instrument III this place resembles a
great many playing in concert.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-03

ONE man has gone back on his native
State-crept out from under the shadow
of her laurels-and contents himself
with what glory he can get from calling
himself citizen of Illinois. Gen. Grant,
in resent speech, spoke of himself as
belonging to that comparatively obscure
piece of western territory, which will
now stand a chance to grow up with its
distinguished citizen.
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To the Editor Of the ENTERPRISE.

To the Editor Of the ENTERPRISE.
Here is a railroad incident that you
are welcome to if you find it worthy
place. It happened only day before
yesterday, and an eye witness relates
the following. On theWabish railroad
an old gentleman who was quite deaf
entered one of the passenger coaches
AMI after riding few miles, inquired of
the conductor, Shouting from the op-
poste end of the carr what do you say
sir is tn, name of this place? The
yentIemauly official retraced his steps
ard gave the desired Information. This
program was repeated until the usual
fund of forbearance on the pirt of the
Conductor was exhausted. II Using his
voice SO that not only our deaf friend
could hear, but every other passenger
! in the co ich as we'll, he put quietus
Oh the troublesome traveller by saying.
.'see here old man, you just sit down
and keep still and when We get TO D.
| I'll let you know" The old man took
/ the hint, settled himself in his seat, re-
adjusted his glasses on his nose and was
soon buried in his newspaper. In the
| course of an hour (the Conc uctor hav-
| Ing entirely forgotten his promise) look
C.! in, and 1indiLg his old friend con-
| iidiugly awaiting his orders, found he
hal betrayed his trust and taken his
passenger on six miles further. He
hurried olt and ordered his train to
back down To D.. When they came
| again in sight of the inquired-for haven
| he Informed the old mau that she want
cd him to hurry up as the tr lin had no
lime to watt 80, are we here" said
, oar deaf friend, at The same time taking
ont small box of pills from his vest
pocket. "All right, you may drive on,
my wife said that when | got there l
must take two pills" Thas conductor
went out like shot, ana such shout
as went up from that car one seldom
hears. Wnen our informant left the
train the man was still riding. V.
[Our Devil says he read the above in,
ciGcnt, or something very like it, when
he vas little imp with tender
Lonf.-ED.
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$40, 900 inches. YES" says pendulum,
"but wan. to know the feet and miles,
so away go into the vast fields OF figures
and finally chalk down the sum OF ISS,-
195. 600 feet, "now the miles. and
hurry I'D" said little impatience
again. Then behold me again buried head
and ears in figures, after which effort l
produce the prodisious number OF 1885,
9Go miles. Upon my announcing this
fact, this very active member threw up
his hat with shout, and declared ne
was "the boss" traveller, concludin g by
saving that Weston was small potatoes
as compared with himself. A gentle re-
proof was given to young pendulum on
the subject of using slang words, who
gave an excuse that he picked it up some-
where in his travels, but at the same
time admitted its impropriety.
In summing up the results OF my
labor l do not CLAIM TO have exceeded
many of my friends, for there arc many
who have lived longer and accomplished
more, in the same way, but want to
show what can be done by taking one al
time, and making a business, OF 1t; now
by constant effort, we may accumul ate
little by little q store OF knowledge as
we'll as deposit in bank, to be drawn
upon as needed through life, Again, many
things appear to be like mountains to
little people and large ones as well, but
perseverance, coupled with good in
tentions will accomplish great ends. Il
is the sum OF little things that go TO make
up Il lie of pleasure and profit. Let
each little boy and girl who reads this
story determine never again to say ~
can't"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-03

Attn os pherie pressure has a very de-
cidei influence upon the melting point
of VARIOUS substances. Under ordinary
cream. stances ice melts at thir;y-twO
degrees FIhranheit, but in some recent
experiments, DR.. Carneily is said to
have heated it in 4 vacuum to $50 de-
grees before it became iiquitisd. At a
mach lower temperature the Ice rapidly
disappeared, however, passing directly
from a solid state 10 that of vapor.
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Chicago Ahead

All the world now look up to Chicago
as the great western metropolis of
America, being far ahead of all COM
petins cities; but one the less SO, In
this line, is Elsctrip Bitters. From
their real intrinsic value they haye ad-
vsnce'l 10 the font, and are now far
ahead of all o,her remedies, positively
curing where everything else fails. To
try them is to be convinced. For sale
Nv all druggists, at fifty cents per
bottle. S-6m(c)
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Brighton.

The old landmarks are gone, and the
only mark left is marble slab or monu-
ment. A visit to the cemetery will re-
mind one that old Mr.. Hammond, the
old man that used to mend and make our
shoes has passed away, also Isaac Iver-
son. Justice Battle, Lorin Loveland,
Daniel Clark. P. L. Goss, Frederick
Strong, John Mills, John Bell, SelIen
Hall, William Hall and old Mr.. Mosier.
Simeon Dunbar and wife sre the only
that were there 48 years ago. Lucas.
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agrate, SO that the heat is impaired by
radiation the variation will be much
less. The best, most economical, COM
Portable and cheerful method of heating
Is by a combination of the furnace and
CRATE, which secures good ventilation
and healthy temperature in the lower
portion of the room.
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A matchmaker at Copenhagen. Is I

A matchmaker at Copenhagen, Is re-
ported to have made watch which re-
performs that work itself y means of
an electric current. An elcctro-mag-
net fixed inside the watch Keeps the
spring perpetually in state of tension.
To keep the watch in running order all
that is necessary is to preserve the bat
terry in proper working condition, for
which purpo one or two inspections
q year are said to suffice.
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The Authors Carnival. given by the
talented men and women of Cleveland
for the benefit Of charity, is the event of
the week in that city.

The manufacturers Of hoop iron in
Youngstown and other places in this
country are very indignant that nothing
was done by Sherman to relieve them of
English competition by the change in
the rulings Of The tariff law, which sher-
man delares himself unable to interfere
with.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-03

\ hungarian chemist has lately
shoSn some surprising experiments in
Paris with new iight-giving substance
which burns with SO little heat that its
flame Will not set fire TO handker-
chief, carpet or other fabric with which
it may come in contact. A person may
hold the burning liquid in his hand
without injury. This new iiiumina-
ting iluid is prepared from petroleum.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-02-03

The force exerted by the discharge of
heavy guns is something tremendous.
In recent experiments at WOolwich it
was estimated that the pressure upon
the base of the gun at the moment Of
the explosion was more than sixty tons
per square inch.