The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-03

gan lie as 8 spinner IN 3 small factory at
Natick, one of the villages which have
grown up around the Sprague mills. While
Littlefeld was toiling at the spindle William
sprague was Governor. By a turn of for
tunes wheel Sprague became a bankrupt and
Littlefeld a Governor.
DR.. Holmes lie growing younger with every
year. Shrewdness dwells in every wrinkle
Of his Yankee face, and merriment sparkles
in the clear and honest eye. He is. if posi-.
BILE wittier than ever, and is lavish in his
fun. His daily life if full of hard work
carefully performed, but he nevertheless
finds time for many dinner parties.
Bob Jackson was missed from Winnipeg
having last been seen going away from a
bar-rOom drunk. After a week he was found
dead, with his feet and ankles imbedded in
frozen earth and his body leaning against a
fence. He had stepped into deep mud, and,
too incapacitated by rum to extricate himself
had stood there until q cold snap had fast
ened him.
Mrs. Ida Greeley Smith, a charming and
accomplished woman, the eldest daughter of
the late Horace Greeley, died April the nth,
at Chappaqua, leaving an infant four weeks
old and two other children. On May, 1875,
she was married with the rites of the Cathp
lie church in New York City to Colonel
Nicholas Smith, Of S%helbyville, KY, who
survives her.
young woman of Idaho answered an ad-
vertisement Of a firm Of marriage brokers.
who soon afterwards sent her a bill for $27
for advertising, threateninr, if she did not
pay it, to publish the letter. She preferred
to pay the bill. Young women should never
deal with such agencies. They had much
better remain single until their love is de.
manded by the spontaneous outburst OF a
manly heart.
James BRAKEMAN came very suddenly to
the conclusion that he wanted wife. lie is
a Colorado mine owner, but he was staying at
the Planters Hotel. ST.. Louis, when he fell
in O this frame of mind. Starting out from
his room, the first woman he saw was a tidy
chambermaid. He popped the question to
her Instantly. She as b'untly declined but,
on learning that be was rich and in earnest,
changed her mind. They were married.
General Lew Wallace. the United States
Minister to Turkey, and Hon. Walter Phelps
United. States Minister to Austria, were
granted 4 rare privilege in Constantinople,
the other day-that Of inspecting .he lmper-
ial treasury. They were surprised at the
amount of treasure in the vaults, and the
great number of precious stones displayed.
Forty officials were in attendance, Who
opened the locks with many formalities.
Elk Gov. Burbank, of Dakota, now post
office inspector at Chicago, was one of g
dozen passengers in a stage which was
robbed by the James gang near Hot Springs,
Ark, eight years ago. He was robbed of q
, gold watch. and chain and a diamond PR
worth 5000. He has received Information
from Marshal Craig Of St. Joe, Mo-, that III
, property was found among the effects Of tht
late Jesse James, and it will be returned te
' him.
The new material known as leatherette il
beng brought into use in numerous mechan
ical and ornamental applications. 1t is 81
perfect an imitation Of. leather that peopl,
are utterly unaware that they are handling
something other than leather itself, and its
service able nature renders the detection still
more diff .ult. For all uses to which it ha'
/, been applied, the article is said to have
proved nearly, if not quite, equal ID service
ableness to natural leather.
An observant writer says: ABOUT
dozen suicides are GEOGRAPHICALLY reported il
various parts of the country every day, bu
u careful scrutiny Of the local newspapers.
especially from the E .stern States, brings III
to the conclusion that only a fraction Of al
the cases Of suicide actually occurring from
day to day are reported by the general tele
graphic news-agencies. Self killing is be
coming more common in America than i
used 10 be in France. Suicide is more fire
ouent than murder, and that is saying q goo'
deal.
! The Rev. George Swinforth was holding
: revival meetings at Pawpaw, Ind. He start
ed one day to drive with Sister Beckman
the principal singer in the meetings, to tn
. railroad station. She kissed her femal
= friends in departing, and the minister i'm
proved the opportunity to kiss her, too
Considerable talk was caused in the town b.
that event. The evangelist stated, in a ser
e An4o. Mon~ re <ho 1oonl ohr,r0h