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The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
THA liver AND HARBGR BILL,


Oar dispatches announce that the RiVt.
AMI Hzrber Bs}l vas vetoed by the Pre,l
dent, aaa promptly passed by Gongres
over tbs veto. This is re1narIxble, Tie
bill contained SHINE obnoxious features
aud vas passed hy The close vote of Ill IL
81, but Il was throughout Il Republican
measure. AMI denounced by the eastern
press as a Rfput'1 can steal fathered BY the
Grant wing OF tie Republican party. 1t
is well understood That the President is not
wanting IN tue necessary lnofai courage t"
practically protest against any bill possess
ing elen1etls Of fraud, but in the presenI
instance he might have quieted his scru-
pies by tic knowledge that the appropria-
ton was necessary to complete improve
meuts already begun, and tilat the failure
to appropriate money for rivers and Ilal%
bors that tile btsI interests Of the country
demanded Shoui;i have been improved
years age, would have caused universal
Indignation. Il the bill was the offspring
vi his own party, and Justified by tue
neee .aigies Of some Of the most pop
tllous sections Of the Union, it Is
singular that he should see tit to protest
against r, anu his reasons Tor 80 doing
must have been weak enough when two
thirds vote was readily obtained TO pass
the bill over his veto.
1t is fortunate tor this section Lhat the
bill has been passed. The improvements
already completed OIL The Missouri river
have accomplished Wofld OF good. l}oaIs
cau nosy come tie Coal Banks as long as
they can come 10 Benton, aud with the
improvement Of the Shonkjn bar, which,
we are assured will be cone next season.
and the waik on Kipp's Rapids the upper
Missouri Will be in better condition fof
navigation than amy portion OF the
river BET tween Cow Island and Bismarck
We have heard some doubts expressed
about this, becau2e every year since the
work of improvement began steHmboa:
companies have refused - ooa:GacE for Eate
freight to a higher pojnt s1ata cosv Island
But the 9rt4tl, IS ilaL although yaatsy OF ttAe
improvements aaade have requlfeSs -51ae rs
become effective the boats s2i2tl5 have
reached higher points than Cow Island il
the Owners ha5i found it prot5abIe1o make
the effort 10 come further up liz: river:
Next year they will probably contrae5 Il
Benton until the close OF the season, for VIZ
have 1t from good authority that ali tt'
improvements will be completed by mex
season. We are therefore justified in be
lieving that whether or not the River ant
Harbor bill contains FRAUDULENT features III
passage is q blessing to this isolated re
gion, the presidents opinion TO tile contrs1
! Notwithstanding
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
LOCAL SELF-GOTERNIENT.

John Randolph, Henry Ward Beecher,
or some other Sitgaeious statesman, tot
gel just now who it was, has said that 1t i
not Within the scope of human folethoHgiI|
5r Judgment to frame Il law for q free peo-
pie that Will stand the test oi twenty years
without revision. Al first thought The
ruth Of this statement Stems to BE- Hi att-
mission OF al illcapacily Of the people toi
>el-goverument. But eApe,ltnte i1;'e
zullg sIuce demonstrated that within th,.
power 70 create exists HE capacity t.
mend, revise and ADAPT the fundaIltiti.
iaw 10 The changing conditions OF the
people.
Since The organization OF Montana as
Territory its people have not been badly
governed, but ii uoes not follow from this,
ii,at if the present residents Were per1ltteu
To govern themselves they would iIoS lllatl-
age their affairs iii II way more
conducive to the general Meltare.
The present executive Of the Territory,
and indeed nearly Ill The officers appointed
by the national attninstratlcny have lived
long enough among us TO understand the
Interests Ut the Territory, and W believe
Ill are actuateti by a desire to advance
those interests 10 the best of their respec-
tive abilities. But the law which empoN-
cred the national government 10 appoint
officers over lis instead Of allowing a ST.
lection from our own population Is no
longer just Or necessary. Its Injurious
effects have not been seriously felt as yet
ecutive officers have become Identified
with the best interests Of the Territory,
and are probably rs competent and other-
wise worthy Of their positions as any thaJ
could have been selected By q public vote.
But The new governor and his assistants
may not prove so acceptable, and be can
not at least have the confidence Of the peo~
ple Until i,is WortIlines3 and efficiency haVsa
been proved. This subject has been SO
thoroughly vell5iiated By the Territorial
s2.ess tiaag It mag seeGn almost unnecessary
10 refer 60 it saeEe7 but the general zeetin$s5
throughout the Territory is In favor ot
local self government, and one Of The
planks in The platform Of each poIitiea!
party at the coming nomination for Dele
gate should be firmly and decidedly
against this unjust if not obsolete system
OF carpet bag government. Ihe Local
Press has been loud in it's denunciation oil
it. but aside from this no decided steps
have been taken to oppose it, and i is quite
time that the people made serious move
against it.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

TIE bulk Of river business FOR this year
ID done. The stage OF water this year has
been advantageous to the boats, and there
fore the freight has been moved faster This
year than during any previous year in tue
existence of steamboating on the upper
Missouri. An old tar, whose work for the
season is finished, was heard to remark
Yesterday that he believed steamboat
men would soon be obliged TO take
homesteads and 60 to. farming. One
was rash enough TO remark that ne
would like TO see the river TILED UP en-
tirely. and it some one would pay him fol-
it he would do his part with wheelbar-
row--anything SO long as he could getin
The balance Of his life ON the Old muddy.
.sWhy,' said he, they are putting bridges
across the river every few miles, and
steamboats, are going TO wreck every day
somewhere. Not as il used to be. The
time was when steamboat, after leaving
ST. Louis, was mistress OF the whole river.
There was nothing to change her course
III over 2. 600 miles. Now she has 70 dodge
about to keep away from piers, dlIkes, etc.,
and she has no independence v llateyer
Civilization Niil be the ruin of steamboats,
vet, anu I'm going to jump the business 8
This said, the whole party Of synpatliaz-
ing officers were invited TO the bar 10
drink 10 the good old times, when pilots
got S500a month 70 turn the wheel and
captains were paid in proportion for dodg-
Ing the bullets Of hostile Indians az his
craft plvwed the waters Of the Missouri to
the head of navigation Bismarck Tribune.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
TIE BEN TON BOON.

Last highs is slid 10 have witnessed the
most exciting scene that has ever o.cilrred
tn Benton. No doubt appeared so to tEaH
..tlitor Of the Press, and other pilgrims, but
it was a milta at1slr compared with other
scenes that occurred before tie Press war
born. Nevertheless All aHair OF such char
tcrer could hardly have occurred III any
other period ia the history OF Benton
!, hen tie town~it OF Fort Benton was
first surveyed the same lots Tor Hllich men
we're willing to risk heir lives, or st jeisst
i black eye III bloody nose, could not hayf
1een given away. Mal'y lots then held III
he business portion oi Benton were not
worth tie recording fees except 10 tbost
who hatt faith enough i'll the future Of BeH-
ton 10 invest for speculation. There iss
building site in Benton valued to-day al
five Thousand dollars, and probably cout.t
not be bought for that money, which was
offered as free g fa to the editor OF this
paper III 1878.
such is the growth Of Benton within tie
pa t seven years. In 1879 the town was
commercially dead. Tie fur trade was
rapidly declining, there were no outside
settlements tributary 10 The town, and the
| steamboat trade hatl been virtually ab11-
doned III favor of LIe Union Pacitft rail-
road. LII that year, however, Mrs 4. =.
Power built tiIe steamer Benton, ANA es-
tabIished the RECORD at Benton, and 1roiii
that time on the town has ptospereu be
| yond the most sanguine expectations ot us
| best friends and most Jealous advocates.
But it was not until the Northern Pacific
railroad began to reach ont from Bismarck
that the real future OF Benton begun 20
be understood. No one realized that Ben
ton being the head Of navigation OH the
! Missouri river iE could not fail, sooner oL
later. TO become the railroad centre OF the
Territory-tE1e ST. Paul OF Montana. We
want no better evidence, however, tnas
this fact is LOW fully understood, than
| that which was afforded by The Struggle
| last night 10 obtain possession OF the lets
comprising the present military Tese1Vss-
sion. 1t had been thought thai the oppQ-
site end OF the town WAS the most dSsira-
bIe and valuable property Of the toWnalte,
but it IL now pretty evident that the
vigorous efforts hitherto made 10 draw
commerce and capital in that direction
were the result Of sagacious foresight &s &c
the future Of Tie town. Benton will now
grow down instead Of up the river, aud BY
The time the Northern Pacific reaches Ii
the bluff at the end Of the late reservation
will be Ieyeled and the adjoining bottom
added to the Lownsite.
Ihus are we slowly butsurely approacLl'
ing the goal tilat was predicted by NE. i
c. Power many years ago, and wIicL III
has doubtless never LOST sight Of in ill5 II
vebtnents III real estate ANA conmereia
transactions with d view 10 increasing AM
permanently establishing the river com
Inerce of tiIis town. O,ners might haFe
Il, gomptlsisd the same result al :" late
date. Dt,g none tures.tw the future OF un
TOWN SO >DnGt.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
II VOICE Id VS..

There are certain uncertainties q tha law
ana occasional decisions Of tbs higher
courts that sometimes seriously affect the
social relations OF indiyiduals IS well as
their financial affairs. The marked value
of ii II 81 oarl divorce iiaa lleyer been ques-
tjoutd until recently. The nia1' 81 woman
who had procured a ''Aiil,' iielJ himself or
herself at perfeeE liberty to forage at once
in new malritHotliAl pastures without ;tDy
apprehension u colli,!lng with any statute
a2aiIGzt bigatny. But the Court OF Appeals
Of that State has just decided that divorce
case cannot be referred toa referee, and az
large proportion Of such eases has been
So referred, and the divorce granted on the
report OF said officer, there is vast ele-
n1ent Of uneasiness amongst the many
hundreds Of divorced couples in that State
Just at the present time, A great majority
have married again, and now find them
selves, in this language Of the law, living
in two states at once-tE2e state OF nlatrl-
mony and the state Of bigamy.
The divorce laws OF the different States
are SO diverse that divorced couple traV-
cling in the United States would in some
States find themselves still man aud wife,
while in the next they might be at liberty
to marry again. 1t is an embarrassing
state OF things, and the divorce law OF Mon
tana has long been not only disgrace to
the statute books Of the Territory, but a
aubject for rIdicule in every eourtin which
a case has been brought. Why don't Con-
gress, under It's constitutional power to
regulate commerce among the several
States, pass a general divorce law and set
tie the matter satisfactorily hroughontfhe
Union? Perhaps the exceptionally loose
laws Of Indiana, Missouri and a few other
States have been beneficial il a few in-
stances, but IL is a fact generally admitted
that the moral welfare OF q community is
not particularly enhanced by weak laws
affecting marriage, and they have given
rise to more petrifogging, false swearing
and general rast.ality tIan any other laws
on the statute hooks. The subject was at
one time uude,. religious control. and we
think tie Ga6lzoiis.s IN refusing 70 recog-
n;ze Il1e law Of divorce were much wiser
than our civil law makers. But however
thar may he. it. occurs TO lis that the world
Is not generally happier for the fact that
in some States any couple without i}ttsl
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The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
mortar

THE conviction of Miles Jones At Salt
Lake for polyganly was a sad transaction.
Not particularly because it compels Mile
70 sit III striped sackcloth and scratch il
pcnitentjary ashes for five years, for he Is
man and can stand it; but there are
,ther hearts that will ache, and those art
he three hearts Of the three Utah tnaitiens
Tor whom he had ix.u lie day TO enlist
hem i'll his conjugal band. Long will
they sit disconsolate upon the shores oi
5at Lake aud mingle with their already
salty waters their much saltier tears.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

AMONG the nlany propositions Tor Ing
future protection o1 New Orlealis against
the ravages Of yellow fever is one which,
although next TO impracticAble Is certainly
original and poetical. The plan suggested
is to take away the dykes and permit the
waters of the Mississippi, in lis passage TO
the sea, 70 doH through the streets OF the
city, thus converting New Orleans into the
Venice of America. This would OF course
necessitate the elevation of ali buildings in
the crescent city, and it is hardly possible
that it will ever be accomplished. still, the
idea is tinged with such romance that it
will set the good citizens to rejecting upon
what a grand thing it would be. Setting
aside the advantages Of having the thor
oughfares constantly purified by the action
Of fresh water, every street would be. con-
verted into a canal, uncouth drays woull
give place to picturesque gondoias, and
delighted pickaninnies could disport in the
ever present waters.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

THe Press tries 10 read the Helena lnde-
oeedent . lesson about the coat of handling
freight, and as usual assumes the roIe OF a
gchoolboy leeturing iais teacher. Col.
voolfolk, of the Independent, is one OF the
originators of the upper river navigation
scheu,e. and ia probably the best authority
III Montana on the subject of freighting
arnnnd the Falls.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
$500 Re w ard.

VIII be paid for the apprehension Of any
person or persons VINO may maliciousIy or
carelessly set out prairie fires upon the
ranges of the members Of this Associa-
5ion.
BY order Of Executive Committee .Cho-
teau and Neagher Counties Stock ASCOT
ation.
NJ. E. MMNER,
Secretary
Augl2Wtt'.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
E'Ese Boston Girls Admire Both New
y0rRers and EseszoaaaMs

Every Western girl Ut heart secrefely
sdnires. and looks up to the New Yorkers
for their style and 70 the Rostonian for
their culture: but. she does not want to be
reminded Of It by tiase Same people. A
very superior New York lady, who has
lived I'll faer life=on Manhattan lelaaf. va
iietl oally bF the routine sc Il dozen Rn,q-
2laafs It Narrazggansstt Pier. nonlnlaeently
said 70 one Of yn1ll beauties: 81 slsppose
You Western girls think great deal II the
shopping IN NaW York y The bold all-
.sWer was, Oh. nos We always prefer %
shop in Paris. =
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

MONTANA is among the localities that are
enjoying all exceptional prosperity at this
tiuee In Helena there is q genuine boom
in real estate speculation. Land that could
have been bought in that vicinity te"
weeks ago Tor ten dollars al acre cannot
be obtained now for q hundred. Three
new banks have been started III the town
within period OF four months. One cause
of sll this excitement is-ttte rapid progress
in The construction OF the Northern Ia
eide Railroad ,and che conviction that Aeie-
ma ia so fayorably situated that it must
reap the benefit Of much OF the traffic anu
commercial development thaC are expect
ed TO follow. The toND will be nearly
midway between several important trade
centers. 1t il distant from Chicago ,56o
miles; from San Francisco 300; and from
Portland, 800,
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

OLIVER WEkDELL HOLMES says: livery
pereou's feelings have g front door and a
side by which they may be entered" He
DOES not take into consideration the back
door, through which alone some men, 2
Taalinqe can be reached with the aid OF q
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

through all the intermediate grades Of ed
ucation and become self-made pig de-
serves Il better fate than to die ignomini-
onsiy i'll burning side show and have hi
ashes commingle with crunlbled brick and
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

DURING recent severe wind storm az
Fort Smelling, Dakota? an officer OF the
uest was thrown to the ground anu Obliged
10 cling to the grass roots to save himself
from beipa thrown into the river.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

$500 RE " ARD.

will be paid by the Choteau and Mea~
cher Counties Stock Protective Association
for the apprehension and conviction of any
person Or persons who shaIl barter or give
any intoxicating liquor to Indiana on the
ranges Of the sGockanen who sre members
Of she Association,
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

A NICHOLAS county Ky man comm1tEz, i,
"a .r;c;ae heca,,se i mule had kicked him
on the head. A kick is an insult, q RICK
on tho head is an aggravated insult, but a
kick on the head by mule Is an aiasoit
that no man can stand np under.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

AN Illinois man has discovered plan
for making lumber from straw. He stole
the idea from army mules, who reverse the
precess by substituting lumber for straw
! hungry army mule has been known to
subsist for months on wagon bed and q
Sa,z, fence rails.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

: TERRIFIC explosion OF dynamite N a
etene quarry took place in Chicago on the
S7en ultimo. The shock was feit throo2h-
oat the city, several persons were severely
injured. but no deaths are reported
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

TRAVELLING over the Mountaine IN COL
ogsdo.hag not yet lost all its spice and ex"
element. Recently stage coach con-
saining nine passengers tumbled down IN
20 the canyon near Canyon City and rolled
sIxty feet TO the bottom. The passengers
escaped and only one Of the four horses
Eaa seYerely injured.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

PROFESSOR SWIFT, OF Rochester. discov-
cred comet over year and half ago.
The Austrian Imperial Academy OF Sci
ence, having duly pulled the comets tall
and satisfied themselves that il is. real
live comet, have just awarded the professor
q co16 yncT3aI
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

TIE man who steals q red hot stove hESs"
0vas ONLY in action, but the thief who car
yios off steam engines and coneeals them
under hay stacks exists in the fes'l and
Blood. Kokomo. Indiana, claims him.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

TIE New York Herald reports that a
condemned robber IL Sicily, who yainly
appealed to the Judge for mercy. took of
ais shoe and doubled up that dignitary by
ainglng It against his stomach. This
would shars been . funny incident in New
york. but We do not know whether 81
eilian's stomach l. as tender as that Of IA
New York juRtice Or not.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

TIE rooster is rapidly resuming has tor
mer prominence ia sporting circles re
whets his spurs, flaps his wings Ia Dolo
defiance and sails In to win, or get ingior'-
Ogely whipped.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

As TIE expenses or the Fo'eFtln1eli1o W
India are about $40, 900, 600 more than 'he
Sncome, annually, 1t looks as IL I1'o'a
u!ght yet be stranded on "1l1a1$.s ~ofaA
Cx~an3 ~
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

WILsoa, the irst man who has been able
since Ryan fell, to stand before Sullivan
more than three rounds, Is graphically
t1escribed as man with knncklea like
door-knobs, pair o. long arms, short legs,
no necE 20 speak 81, and . head like half
hushel measure. He was imported for the
express purpose OF whipping Sullivan, and
he may &c IL yet.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

4 woman named Ellen Mead waa last
week sentenced in New York to FIVE years
ID the penitentiary for dashing bowl OF,
y;tyiol in mans face. The testimony
proved the woman to have left the man
writhing In agony after she had dashed i
In bis face and gone OF to dance at pic
nlc. The Judge gave the full extent OF the
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

.Is ;ustire dead?'' asks the Baltimore
yevs. Worse than dead. According to
the New York papers a Justice Of that city
gets dead drunk,
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
800 Rev ard.

Will be paid for the arrest and convic-
ton Of the FIRST person or persons detected
selling, bartering or giving whisky or other
Intoxicating drinks TO half-breeds On the
ranges Of the above Association.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

Iri anticipated that petroleum will
rapidly take the place Of coal in running
the iron works Of Pennsylvania and other
etates convenient to the oil regions.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
very great,

ENGLAND justlties The bolnbardment OF
Alexandria OF the plea that the lawful
government OF Egypt having been over
turned and there being IN fact no govern
nent, those who have pecunia1y intert sts
III lhc country are at liberty 10 take What
ever steps they may choose to protect
those interests. 1t is claimed by LORD
Granville that the hoI1bardlnent does not
constitute Ii declaration OF war against AL
allied power. Whether Russia, for exanl~
Ole will take that view Of the case remains
70 be seen. Size has important interests
in the Eas. which are placed at the mercy
of England if occupation by that power is
permitted. It Is probable that q. demand
will be made BY other nations for PARTIES
pating III the occupation and for a share in
the division OF the spoils, il any.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

PAwrUcKET had the first cotton factory
In the United States. L was . quest1on
vxho ahonld take il and Pawtucket.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

NEBRAsKA, North Carolina, Texas aud
kentucky vie with each other in the cr't1-
inal records they present.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

TEE trouble III Ely pt is costing the En-
gish owners ot securities dearly. On
Sept. /, 1881, at the quotations then iul-
ing, the aggregate market value OF Egyp-
lian bonds held by British subjects was
E95, 1884, 900; on June %, 1882, the value
had fallen 10 E72,7l8, ,oOO--a decline OF
s23 ,04l 900, or about SIG, 900. Nor
does this depreciation BY any means cover
lhe whole loss. A wide range Of stocks
~ympathizing with the panicky tendency
suffered depreciation. OF course with the
opening Of actual hostilties there has been
:; further heavy decline, especially III
Egyptian securities, SO that the loss TO
British capitalists must of necessity be
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
JOB PRINTING.

We have every facility fec executing the nnese @
classes OF Book and JOB printing and our pIIiicb6s
Tasnt ia Montana. All Book or Job work must be
paid fer on delivery.
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10

Robert West Nothing Is easier than.
fanlt-anaing. No talent, no self-deilial,
no brains, no character, are required 70.
set up II the grnnblfng business. but.
those who are good have little time for
murmug or onplaiuts
The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-10
SUBSCRIPTION s5.ee PER ANNUM.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Professional cards occupying the space OF s s1A
nes hs type) under, sixteen dolarS per or
annum. Eatray, Co-partnership, Golec1ion s ros o.
~ SonparieI, i've dollars for four Insertions Tran
an sdyertsing must be paid in and adyanSS nrsfer
~ deal With advertising agents Agenta' or
ders for advertising, unless accompanied py the
cash. will receive no attention.