The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-04-06
PERSONAL AND IMPERs0NAL.

is dead.
It is expected that more Americans viii
60 to Europe this summer than eyer before.
DR.. McCabe, Archbishop Of Dublin, vii
shortly be made the Papal Legate in Ireland.
The Russian government is considering
the question of adopting the scrut5n de hstt
system of voting at elections for members OF
the Diet.
A lady obtained a private audience with
the Pope and warned him that the day and
hour were fixed for the murder Of himself and
Cardinal Peccia.
Aunt Betsy Givens, probably the Oldest wo-
man in Louisville, and certainly the first girl
child born in the city, died on the 28th ult.
She was born in 1778.
Rates have been reduced from Chicago to
New York on grain, provisions and live hogs
to IS cents. These rules will remain in force
during the summer months.
Admiral G. G.. Patey, who was entrusted
with the delicate transactions regarding the
Trent affair and detention of belligerent Con-
federate vessels at Southampton, is dead.
There are 964 noblemen now being educat-
ed at Elton College. The list includes an In
dian prince, a duke, tWenty-one lords, three
counts, five baronets and forty-tWo honora-
bles.
The house occupied by RoussakoHf' family
at Vintegri is guarded by the police to pre-
vent the populace from destroying it. Rous-
sakoff's father has several times attempted
suicide.
The Crown Princess Victoria has received
an anonymous letter declaring that Prince
Frederick William would be murdered during
the ceremonies at St. Petersburg. The letter
bears the Berlin postmark.
The Rev. lei. B. Cook became more popu-
lar in ten minutes, at Slatersville, N. Y, by
jumping into a swollen icy stream and rescu-
ing q drowning boy, than by his two years
of preaching in the town.
Six members of the United States Senators
are not natives of the United States. Farley
Of California, Fair Of Nevada, Jones Of Flor
ida, and Sewell Of New Jersey, were born
in Ireland; Jones, of Nevada, in England;
and Beck, of Kentucky, in Scotland.
It is a remarkable fact that despite the
specious advice of the Land League to tenant
farmers to retain their grip Of the land and
not to leave the country, the emigration re-
turns show that 95,857 persons emigrated
last year, an increase Of IS, 492 over the pre-
vious year.
The sealed Instructions Of the government
which are to guide the American Commits
sioners before the monetary conference, are
not to be opened until Paris is reached by the
commissioners. A telegram from the House
of Commons states that England will not
send q representative to the monetary confer
ence.
The Ute Commission has been in consul
tation for several days and has come to an
agreement as to a plan Of work. The mem
bers will leave FOR Colorado in q few days
under instructions from Secretary KirkWood
to the effect that, while the utmost liberality
will be used in the construction Of the law SO
as to provide the Indians with good agricul-
tural lands, the terms Of the treaty must be
carried out.
A law relating to libels has passed the Wis
consin Legislature without opposition, and is |
now pending in the Legislatures Of Illinois
and Missouri. sit provides that when a
newspaper shall, upon the information of the |
falsity Of al article appearing in its columns,
publish a correction or retraction in two sue
cessive numbers it shall not be liable in a
civil suit except for actual damages sustained
by the plaintiff"
Gov. Chamberlain in the Whitaker case
called Henry D. Hyde, q lawyer of Boston,
who testified that 1867 in the heavy whiskey
fraud case, the alleged writing expert, South
worth, had testified to the identity Of certain
writing, declaring he would hang the man on
the evidence, but subsequently admitted he
was wrong in every instance. Southworth
was in reality no expert.
The Lamterne publishes this morning a tel
.egram from st Petersburg station that q vio-
lent quarrel has broken oht in the Imperial
family, in consequence of which the Grand
Duke Constantine, who is strongly suspected
Of Nihilism, is about to resign as Grand Ad.
miral and Minister Of Marine. Immediately
after the departure of the foreign princes
from St. Petersburg, measures of extreme
severity are to be takeR against the Nihilis is.
Advices from Durango, n. M. state that
Jack Roberts, one of the noted band Of des-