The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
NOTES OF NEWS.

IN Vl LG IL me- w %.
Over $4,000 cattle have been lost by floods
in the province Of Seville.
Conklng begins to eyince q disposition to
be friendly with the personal friends OF Gar
field.
The expenditures on the Brooklyn bridge
since it's commencement have been over $12,
100000.
Mr.. Loveland has been superseded as
President Of the Colorado Central by Sidney
Dillon.
Floods are reported in Southern Illinois.
Bridges have been destroyed and other dam
age done.
The stalwarts of late make no complaint
about Blaine's probable power in the new
Administration.
The distress is so great among the Ural
tribes that they are selling male children for
grain, and leaving girls to perish.
Mr.. Vennor denies that he ever said word
about eleven feet Of snow, and adds that
nobody but fool would predict the amount
of snow to fall On given date.
The North German Gazette makes yio~
lent attack on Gambetta, accusing him Of at
tempting to drag France into Warlike
policy.
A resolution has been passed declaring that
in view of the Importance Of securing the
sympathy OF the Americans and OF the Irish
in America, Parnell be requested to proceed
Immediately to America
A Sioux, who followed Sitting Bull across
the line says the latter is now safe at Woody
Mountain with 300 persons. That part Of
the country has no buffalo, and starvation
awaits the hostiles.
William f. Dalrymple, Of the famous grain
farm in Dakota, says that the clear profit Tor
1880 was over $3.50, 600. He raised more
than 100000 bushels of wheat on $4,000
acres, and sold It in Buffalo ct profit OF fif
ty cents per bushel.
Dispatches from Boise City, Idaho, say
that the rains this season have been frequent
and heavy in that country, but the weather
has now cleared up. The bridges on all the
stage roads have been washed away and
much damage has been done to the valley
lands.
Major Ilges sent companies A and G, 9Th
Infantry, over to the Yanktonnais' camp and
picked up 100 hostile Sioux, who were sub
sisting on agency rations, making total cap
ture or surrender of 900. Ilges expects to
reach Buford by Sunday evening.
COL Gair says that Of all the cities he has
ever visited, Carson is the only one that can
beat Constantinople for dogs. Dogs are SO
thick on Carson streets that they obstruct the
sidewalk, and at night one cannot turn 9 cor
ner on the back streets without being assailed
by the yelps Of a pack Of ours.
A democratic banquet commemorating the
proclamation Of the Republic in 1878 was
held at Madrid, February Il. No attempt
was made to interrupt the banquet until rev
olutionary toast was proposed, whereupon
Government commlssary requested the
guests to disperse. Two arrests were made.
Archibald q Schurneir's llnseed old works,
at st. Paul, February 10, were burned, the
loss amounting to $4,000. supt. John Muir
and laborer were killed by the terrific ex-
plosion caused by the fire. The loss on the
building, destroyed by this fire and explosion,
will amount to $4,000 and on the stock
nearly 100000. Insurance $4,000.
The New Orleans special says: The dam
age cansed by the storm of February 10th,
along the Mississippi Sound, from Pascagou-
la to St. Louis Bay, will amount to 100000.
The portions Of this city which are inundated
cover about FIVE square miles and contain
probably $4,000 inhabitants. In many places
the water is three or four feet deep, and in
low, one-story houses everything is washed
out. The water in the lake is lowering, and