The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-01
PERSONAL AND IMPERsONAL,

other conference will hardly stop its use.
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4 PERSONAL AND IMPERsONAL.
! The total customs revenues for May is $14,-
100000, internal revenue $12, 800, 900. The
reduction ofthe debt will be over S11, 900, OOO
In Dakota the grass and vegetation is fur
ther advanced there than in the region about
Chicago. For one hundred miles at q stretch
along the line Of travel the high prairies were
Oh fire, while all the low bottoms were under
water.
The first batch of the exiles to Siberia will
number $4,000 men, women and children,
varying between the ages of sixty and thir-
| teen and fourteen sent to Siberia for life be-
cause they have cOnspired against the peace
| of the Car.
John B. Douglas, who murdered Alice
carp, near Sterling this spring, was hanged
| in Virginia City at 10 3. IL. on the 9th inst.
| lie was firm and composed, and manifested
no emotion. Death ensued in four minutes
and half. Justice III his case was swift and
| sure
The preliminary Inquiry into the death Of
the late Sultan Abdul Aziz, has been conclud-
| ed, and twenty persons stand committed for
| trial for completely IN the murder. It is said
that Mahmoud Pasha aud Noury Pasha con-
| fess their guilt, and justify their crime On
| the ground of necessities Of state.
In August the people Of North Carolina
will vote on a prohibition amendment to their
State constitution. The prohbitionists are
already in the field and doing active work.
When the question came before the Legisla-
ture it was backed by a petition signed By
276,000 persons and many Of the leading
men of the State.
The riots il which the Israelites have been
attacked in Germany and Russia, tend TO
prove not that civilization is absent, but that
the direst suffering exists, which express
themselves in these acts Of desperation. The
lsraeite is turned upon by the crowd, be
cause being the money changer, he is reason
ably associated with their financial troubles
Earl Granville has communicated to Min
lister Lowell the desire Of England for an In
ternational copyright treaty with the United
States. The treaty which Earl Granville
fayors is such one as exists between Eng
land and European countries, and would per-
llit English authors to copyright their books
in America and American authors to copy
right their works in England. Mr.. Lowell
seems to favor the proposition for treaty,
4 Central American Indian has an article
in the EJ Poruenar Of Guatemala supporting
the theory Of Humboldt that the vanquished
red men and their Spanish conquerors were
primevally of the same race. The Indians
be thinks, wandered from the common faith
erland, on the plains of Tartary, to the west
ern continent by way of Behring Strait. He
adduces many facts to prove the high scien-
tifc attainments of the early American ma
tons, and incidentally notes that the Aztec
calendar was more perfect than the Roman
John G. Thompson, Sergeant-at-Arm Of
the House Of Representatives since 1874, is
behind in his money accounts with the Con-
He has been in the habit OF draw
their pay for Congressman and holding it
subject to their order or check He went
beyond his means and now is unable to meet
the checks. He has a bond, but the case is
such that the bondsmen cannot be held. It
IS claimed that some congressman have been
U6yUll WHAT was que IuaU,
and that he will secure every dollar.
A Bodie dispatch says: Some irrespons-
Die parties demanded the discharge Of the
Chinese employed on the railroad approach
ng town. On refusal, about 20 armed men
vent to the Chinese camp, about thirty miles
distant. The railroad officials sent courier
% the camp and had the whole outfit, with
heir supplies transferred to an island in the
center of Mono Lake. The rioters not being
prepared for long campaign returned to
aise funds to provide provisions, but with
light success. The movement has not the
Of the people or OF the Miners
Union, who disaVoW any connection with it.
The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia, who,
$ the telegraph recently informed Us, has
,een imprisoned for life on account Of his
with the Nihilists, is not the
rother Of the late Gar, but his nephew, be-
ng a son Of the Grand Duke Constantine,
rother Of Alexander II. He is therefore
ousin of the present Gar This young
nan achieved an unenViable notoriety some
ew years ago by stealing his mothers dia-
nonds and bestoWing them upon his mistress,
be notorious Fanny Lear. The reason Of
is life sentence is said to be that he has been
iscovered plotting with the Nihilists to turn
yer the Russian throne to his father. He is
hirty wears Of age. His sister is the
queen of Greece.
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