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The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-04
An Atrocious Act by Aasruder.

Lying Il little Ia the southeast Of
the city, bordering on Barret avenue,
just at the edge Of the ruling stretch
If land that extends out ,vcr:ll miles
along the Newburg road and partial.
~ shuts in that portion Of the city, is
the cd Catholic hurying ground,
known ~ It. Louis Cemetery, in
whose cOnsecratetl ground half the
Catholic dead Of the city have been
Inferred for years. One grave, ii the
reports are true, contains the homes
Of the famous guerrilla and outlaw,
Charles (luantrrll, who fOr \ short
time after the general l,s,stiiilies had
ceased, held . reign Of terror III Mel
SON, Shelly, Anderson. spencer and
other adjoining counties. Previous
to the celniilg Of (silanirell. the cOuu-
ties in that section had becn ov,rrun
l,y the famous gacrr:llas, Sue Mon
day, San, Berry. Tom Henry. Mag
rualer, Captain Marion, Dick Mitchell
and Others, who led bands Of MEN all
over that section. The men among
them all whe most belied his k.olks
was Ma.rudpr, who was the most
attublc aud gclitlcnianly man IN his
out ward manners that ! ever saw,
He was rather tall ami slcmticrly
built, with a handsome, almost e.
Terminate ,nce, bright blue eyes, a,,d
curling auburn hair. III spite ri his
gentle face and polished manners, lac
was one Of the most cOl.l-bltsNiesl and
cruel men Of tho whole band, ranking
next to Berry III brutality. tine in
stance alone will suffice to show the
kind Of Il man lie was. \ few miles
from TIC rendezvous y: the gilcrriIlas
lived q lady named Mrs. William Il.
Grissby, who was IL supporter Of the
Federal cause, aud thc soldiers Of the
army often ),,id her visit. and We're
always hospitality received. On {.
day M"ior Suck ami two other
Federal officers came I" her house,
and were sitting IN the porlor talking
to Mrs. GrigsLy. About half mile
from the house D',NW soldiers were
can,,etl, with gurls on the alert /"
detect the slightest movement. Mag
rutler and three Of his companions
had been hill securely, watching
every movement. and, when the
officers entt red the house. rode rapidly
up and ,lis,l,ounte.l. Rushing in the
tlnar with csNke.l pistols, and with
out a moments warning. they cont
n,encetl tireing Mt the officers. Two
Of them fell dead, while the third fell
on the floor and rOile.; under the bel.
Mu.rudcr cOolly got down on his
knees, AMI crawling un:ie: after him,
put the pistol clo<;. t. the helpless
man and fired. Some "f the bl'n"l
spiasl,ed ont OF his pistol barrel, and
~ he lOse ffcn, his knees lie placed
the wealm.m I" his lip, and kissed the
blooti oil the polished barrel. Mrs.
Gri.sby remained in the room al.
NEST l,araiyxcd with terror, ami
approaching !,er the outlaw coOlly
tii,ped his hat, and with ln'iite bow
apol"sized in his polished manner
for in.in. tr,,,,prlltd 10 kill the men
in her house. "Wecuul,! have taken
the;M to the woods hut for The soldiers
that are c;,ml.d c;ost. by, VII" might
make it warm TOR u~.' Aud after
making his al"logy I'LL ofthcn. with
drew, and mounting their horses,
rode off ut - gallon and escaped.
y.rt;*. ~" (n"..ay-.j'."s""'.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-04

y; Chalk city, Montana, "n tn"
wi. ins:., sr'nc drunken n'cn cn-
gagged in Il s;gh. over the ownership
Of some town lot. shot: were fired
and number IF r,,,,sh> engaged in
the melee. Fer IL time the mob had
l,,s.es:,icu If the town and troops
were called FOR to ;,ut down the riot.
Several persons were wGuni.a! but
no one fatally. rs G:r Us known.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-04
Musical.

1t may i,c Of interest to our n'''si-
cal people to know that there are i"
Butte City fifty-cight pianos and
something over forty organs. Rct'e-
Mill who has been in town the last
three weeks tuning and repairing,
successfully, the greater part OF them,
informs Us that for town Of its size
Bait, possesses more musical AID lit-
erary taste than any mountain iowa
n. che coast. \ lyrical and dramatic
society, composed Of lady and en-
tlenlan professionals aud amateurs,
should organize and furnish our town
with oc,aa!onal entertainments. Such
All ente rtainment would not only lie
we'll r:tron:zel but would fill a long
felt need, in our best circles, for
anlu.c,,,ents of q higher AMI more ar
ti>t:c standard. than have lcn al
ways supplied.
The committee appointed by the
Electric Light Company t" inter-
view stockholders on the subject Of
raising additional funds for the par
chase OF power, have not yet report
ed, hut It is untlerst God that sufficient
funds have been promised. t. accom-
plish the object.
The .lEixsoul;,m Of the 9th inst, re-
ports only one additional! smallpox
patient, and one case Of vcri"I0'd,
since the burning Of the pes! house.
The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-10-04
I@R lC11 k3US.

~ and from the De;n't upon the
ariya; arr; departure Oi trains. The
ravcliL,: ;u'.lic vii! savc money l,y
nc;iEg ii" set. :Ajtdtf
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27

The following isa list o. letters remain
ing in the Benton postotfice for the week
a.,3:.,.. nY+.,s,lat. lie 1900
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
District Attorney.

Max Waterman. the republican NOM
inee Tor district attorney, is q prominent
member OF the Choteau county bar. He
has been for soTne years a resident OF
Benton, and is held in high esteem per-
sonally and professionally. He will conn
mand a strong vote in Lewis and Clarke
county, carrying more than the party
strength, and with the majority liable
to be thrown for him in Choteau, he will
handsomely prevail IN the district
Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
English Sheep tor America.


The burly Eneii-hmen who live on
the Oxfordshire Downs are crying aloud
for protection from American stock
breeders. One of them writes as follows
to the London Morning Post: Much IN
easiness is being caused among English
breeders of good stock at the large in
fiux of American buyers at present in
this country. At the recent sale o
Hampshire Down sheep the followin.
exorbitant prices, at which local breed
.ers say they can not compete: Ewes 81
shillings each; eve lamIts, 81 shiIlings.
.T~wo-teethed rams brought 49, guineas
each. At Little Dunn ord ram lambs
were purchased for America as high as
20 guineas each.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
ANOTHER NnGCK.
The Bteamer Rosebud Sunk Near Fort
Berthold, akota

Last evening q brief message was sen
yer the wires announcing that the Rose
nd was sunk at Fort Berthold. neal
Fort Stevenson, Dakota, but no partien
ars whatever are given. The dir
,atch was not for warded to any M III
aFticuIaI, but. was sitliply SEM over til.
wires from II operator to another
Nothing additional has been received
not even by w. S. Wetzel, the agent 0.
he Couison iiae.
The Rosebud belonged to the above
mentioned line. and although one Of the
inallest boats Oh the river was one
he hest. doing good work from the b.
Ginning to lie close OF the season. Paul
Murphy was her captain and Ed. Higbe,
the clerk, both excellent steamboat men
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
Hymeniai.

We are pleased to record the fact that
two more of our estinlable young people
have been made Supremacy happy, Mr..
Hurry q. McIntire and Miss Nellie
Foster having BET united in the holy
bonds of matrinlony last evening. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr..
Blackiston in his usual felicitoas man
ner. at the residence of Max Waterman
where the bride has been making her
home for the last year. During her resi-
dence in Benton she has made hosts OF
admirers as we'll as friends, and the
news will be hailed with joy by all, that
her pleasant face and cheerful ways are
not to desert us, out that she will now he
a permanent resident OF our city. Mr..
McIntire is too well known in Benton to
need n commendation. A young man
Of fine classical education and q hard
law student, it is no surprise that be has
taken @ foremost place in the legal pro-
fession OF our place, and we know that
it will only take time to give him a.
good a reputation all over the territory.
The wedding was an informal gather
ing Of about twenty-five personal friends
of the parties, and was indeed an enjoy
able affair, remarkable for good feeling
and hilarity. Many fine presents Were
made by the brides numerous friends.
A fine repast, such as Mrs. Waterman
we'll knows how to set forth, was par
taken of by the happy gathering.
The young couple leave this morning
on the Helena coach to visit the brides
sister at Canyon ferry. A pleasant trip
and speedy return is the wish of their
many warm friends.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
SAN p Letter"

Lest some of the many readers of the
RIVER Press should not see Tattan's
topper letter. as published in the Record,
and for that reason would not have q
correct idea of the sort Of q hair pin he
is, we herewith reproduce it word for
word. 1t will be best appreciated in
connection with Mr.. WeatherWaxfs
statement given elsewhere in these
columns:
FoRT BENTON. M. T.. Sept. 18th.
''School commenced in the HighWood
district last Monday. with j. q. Thain
as teacher. PROBATE Judge Clerk Recor-
der and Board of County Commissioners
Iattan t~ndeavored to prevent the people
Of that valley from having a school this
wear. but Tor once his efforts were not
successful"
The above paragraph, which appeared
in the RIVER PRESS OF yesterday, SO lar
as it relates to Tie Is q deliberate, Wiiful
and malicious i~alsehood.
Does the editor of the RIVER PRESS
assume the responsibility: Ifso, | now
brand him as "a Wilfuland deliberate liar;
a political renegade, whose SENSE OF honor
is exclusively controlled by his pocket,
and who, when all else fails, descends
like Il common hireling to the oWest
depth OF intainy. in his disreputable at
tempt to lower me in the estimation OF
the people of this county and deprive
me OF their respect.
JNo. w. TATTAN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
Boston Wool Market.

BosToN, Sept. 15.-Wool very firm;
grades for woOlens in good demand from
manufacturers. All grades-coarse,
medium and fine feeces-which have
been much neglected for q long time, are
now inquired for. Ohio and Pennsyl-
vania fleeces are qniet and firm, with
sales at 41@5 for x and Xxx; choice
Xxx and above at 43@45. In unwashed
fleeces sales have been made at 1923
low and course, 23@23z for fine. and
medium, and 1895 for medium selec-
tiOna.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
Cattle Shipping.

sc. J. Farley, manager of Dan Flow
erree's cattle interests in this section of
Montana, was in the city yesterday, on
his return from Billings, where he
delivered a large band Of cattle for ship
ment east. Although there are a great
many people there and apparently con-
siderable business, Mr.. f. failed to be
very iavorably impressed with the
s'boom town of the Yellowstone and
he is firmly of the opinion that it will
mot he the important shipping point for
Montana cattle. The drive to Billings
il a difficult one, both water and feed
being scarce, and in o year or two, when
the country il more thickly settled, it
would be, in his opinion, a difficult UNI
dertaking to drive a band of cattle TO
Billings. He says the cattle men gener-
alIy are of this opinion, and that they
believe the shipping place will be at
Valley creek, some thirty or forty miles
above Billings, which is easy OF access
and at the same time the character OF
the surrounding country on this SIDE -
such that it will not be settled up. Mr..
Farley tells US that on the 18th inst.
Martin q Hass shipped thirty-six car
loads of cattle; Asa Samples, the same
number on the. 18th; Fiowerree, two
trains of steers and q train load OF cows
On the 9th and 10th; and Con Kohrs two
train loads, ~thirty-si1 cars, On the i71n
and 18th. There are yet . great many
cattle to be shipped from that point.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
The Political Situation.

The petty, foolish, petulant display
OF passion mani estel by Tattan has
brought down upon his head, justly, the
contempt Of a good many democrats, and
it will lose him as many votes as some of
his other remarkable freaks. Said q
prominent democrat to us yesterday:
II know something of the true in
< wardness of that Highwood school bust
ness, and am inclined to think it would
have been to Tattan's interest to have
kept his indignation bottled up. The
4 democrats who are not already dis
sgusted with Tattanian methods in poll
tics will be heartily 30 by that remark
able effusion.o
what do you know about the school
business? ?" we asked.
Nothing at all for publication, or at
least not row.
"Well, what do you think of Tattan's
chances OF election. You can 1t least
say something On that ~subject?n
Eyes, I can. Tattan has no prospect
of election. The party is pretty well dis
gusted with him as a boss, and many
democrats will unite with the republic
cans in favor of Mr.. Clingan, who has
the confidence and respect of al. The
Sc cret caucus and the shabby treatment
melted out to some of the Dest democrats
in the county will play an important
part in retiring him. These things will
not be forgotten in November, and you
will remember my words after the cleo
TOM
The gentleman had a good deal more
to say that we do not care to put in
print, but it is certain that he will be
one~ofthe many democrats to throw his
vote and influence against the County
Boss.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27

The Loader Of . Band of Horse Thieves
and How He Conducts His
Operations.

A gentleman but recently ON tbs
lower country, and who came IN con-
tact with Big Jeff and his band or his
way to Benton, gave a RIVER PRESS r.
porter some pointers Yesterday in refer
ence to that we'll known outlaw. Je
with a band Of probably a doaeli con
genial companions are located at til.
general crossing of the Mus~elshefs
where they have rather rude and tenn
porary accommodations for themselves
but Il large AMI very fine corral for tllei.
horses. Their business, pure andsifnplt
as we are in urilcd, il to steal hOr>esan'i
dispose ol them. The judith l5aslii
MuSselslell, Yellowstone and Missouri
valleys are their fields OF operations,
and the numerous reports OF hors,
stealing in these valleys go to indicate
that they are carrying on q large and
prosperous business. When they steal
an animal north Of their rendezvous
they send him south for sale or sell hin,
to some wayfarer going in that direction
and g3ce versa, thus. avoiding to a great
extent n trouble from parties iii search
of their animals. If officers appear in
that section the band s~catters out in
various directions and have nodifficult.y
in keeping out of the way-but it Is
rarely that they are troubled. They are
desperate men, and it would require no
ordinary posse to capture them. Our
~intormant's horses were driven off while
lie was passing through that country,
and he found them III Big Jeff9s corral
and recovered them. When leaving the
MusselsheiI he was followed by three
men and was compelled to stand them
off with his Winchester, and he consid-
cred himself pretty lucky when ne got
out of the country in safety.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
Az Arizona G. ank.

Tucson IA. IT,, September 1.-The
Citizen in to-dsy's issue publishes the
following: His Royal Nibbs J. A.
Reavis, who lays claim to nine-tenths
of Arizon. under o fraudulent grant, ar
rived in Tucson on Sunday morning.
On Monday morning as early as bust
ness hours would warrant, he was placed
under arrest for having, while en- route
to this city, attempted to occupy the
sleeping car berth OF a domestic in the
family of q prominent citizen Of this
city, who was returning home by the
same train. He avoided incarceration
by paying q fine and apologizing to the
young lady and it is truely to be hoped
he is as penitent as his apology would
indicate him to be. On the trip down
Mr.. Reavis took occasion to pour into
the ears of the passengers, who pre-
ferred to kill time listening to him rath-
er than in viewing the desert landscape,
the story of his acquisition of the Span
Use grant and his future course when it
is fully confirmed by Congress. Among
other imaginable things he stated that
he has in his possession indisl utable
evidence of the famous Silver King
mine having been worked over 100 years
ago, a statement which several persons,
who had been repeatedly over the
ground before that mine was opened, de-
#s 81 ii, - ~ . .-
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-09-27
TAe Record Pyramid.
Apology for a gentleman.

This pyramid represents Journalism
ts understood and practiced by the Re-
ord man. He is welcome to his pyra-
mid and methods. however. Weare not
n adept at firing off b~iIlingsrate, and
shall notsink our manhood to such i
depth az to attempt It. We leave this
field to the Re- coy1i crank and his an,iable
and gentlenlanly % boss.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-07-04

which is now in more of minority, than
ever and which believe it will be health
full for American politics if it remain in
that minority. do not believe that Pres.
Arthur is now bent on breaking down
that great majority and setting up that
minority. IL he is so bent he is bound
to make more deplorable failure than
any man who was ever President. But
| believe that in these long years Of his
experience he ought to have learned and
has learned wisdom. He is now by viz
tue of his high Office, without having
sought it, the head of the Republican
party, and my belief is, as the question
has been asked me, that President Arthur
is trying to bring all shades of opinion
which are essentially Republican into &C
cord, so that they may work together for
the good of the country through the Re.
publican party. have no warrant to
speak for him and have sought none, but
| know that he has hard task 10 per-
form. The tyranny and the arrogance
of men long used 10 power are hard to
bear the recklessness and unreasonable
ness of men who are seeking to gain pow
er is Just as hard to bear, and between
these two the President must keep an
even balance if he can. lie is blamed
because here and there he appoints post
master or some other official from the
ranks of those with whom he has been
acting heretofore, but we must do him
the justice to remember that he has left
undisturbed that great Office the filling
of which by Garfield in the person of
Collector Robertson brought on him a
fire hotter than that of converging bat
teIIes upon battlefield.
That he sympathizes with this contest,
that the leaders of all portions of the Re
publican party sympathize with this con-
test we are inaugurating to-day, believe
and indeed know-the word that he
and they would send would be make
your nominations, get good men upon
your ticket, see that in the details Of your
organization in your towns and counties
you do the same Give a day or week
OF month each 10 the country if necessary,
and elect your ticket and the cause will
go forward in every State. applause
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-07-04
FOURTH MAINE BATTERY.
FIRST REUNION OF THE VETERANS OF THE
GALLANT ORGANIZATION.
lkennebec Journal

lkennebec Journal
The first reunion of this battery took
place in G. A. r. hall in this city We'd
nesday, and was an occasion that will
long be remembered by the boys Of the
old 4th.
Resolutions were adopted and the fol-
lowing officers chosen for the ensuing
year:
President-A. S. Bangs, Augusta.
Vice Presidents-H. NJ. Wentworth, Gar
diner, and John NJ. Freeman, Bethel.
Corresponding Secretary. A. Jones,
Augusta.
Treasurer-W. ii. Brooks, Augusta.
Historian-Abiel Chandler, jr., Bethel.
President Bangs thanked the comrades
for the honor conferred, and then ex-
tended in an able manner an address of
welcome, which was responded to by
Comrade Abel Davis in behalf Of the
comrades.
After some remarks by other comrades,
committees appointed, etc., the following
members stepped up and signed their
names to the roll:
Abel Davis, North New Portland; p. +.
Hurd, Athens George w. Moore, Auburn; ;
George B. Crane, Bristol, r. l.; c. H.
Dearborn, Mt. Vernon; ID. o. Dearborn,
Everett, Mass. +. c. Foss, Mt. Vernon,
NJ. s. Philbrick, Mt. Vernon; A. B. Frost,
Newport; Marion Mills, Skowhegan; Chas.
Crymble, North Arson; Chas. Eaton, East
Madison; Henry C. Cony, Auburn; II. S.
Johnson, Holyoke, Mass. John II. Cor
don, Mt. Vernon; George Lord, Vienna;
II. H. Powers, Pittsfeld; II. B. Stevens,
South Norridgewock; Abiel Chandler, ir.,
Bethel; Samuel Dollonf, Mt. Vernon; Sam
uel W. Gordon, Chesterville; Lester Hol-
way, No. Fairfield; Ira w. Bean, Bethel;
Cyrus Matthews, st. Adams; o. o. Wit
tum, Scion; E. G. Wright, Readfeld; G.
F. Sturtevant, Auburn; w. H. Brooks, ].
NJ. Allen, E. II. Jones, A. S. Bangs, James
A. Jones, Augusta; ]. NJ. Freeman, F. c.
Bartlett, Bethel; N. B. Coffin, Winthrop;
Joseph B. French, South Chesteryille;
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1882-07-04
xenneDcc Journal.
AN INSULT TO AUGUSTA EN-
FLOODED.

In yesterdays special to the Argus,
containing an account OF the republican
county convention, there occurred the fol-
lowing: within stones throw of
the hall where the convention was held,
a saloon was running in full blast. Pla-
cards or bills Of fare huns up outside the
windows, advertising champagne, cider,
stock ale, and other drinks for sale with
in. This is believed to be the most bare
faced violation of the statutes known in
this State but then it was a republican
convention, to nominate sheriff and
county attorney, and it was necessary to
let thirsty delegates know where good ales
and other drinks could be had" County
Attorney Heath, on reading the despatch
Immediately investigated the matter, and
learned that the saloon keeper referred to
was w. +. Potter. Indignant at what
appeared to be q fgrant violation Of law,
he reported the case to City Marshall
White, who procured one of the bills Of
fare, and in an hour Potter was under
arrest before Judge Andrews, charged
with keeping liquor nuisance. G. c.
Vose appeared as counsel for Potter.
The testimony showed that such bills
Of fare were hung out at Potter's door
that on the third page, under the head of
'drinks"-after giving tea, coffee, milk
were the words, champagne cider,
l0c, Fishers ale, l0c., stock ale, loo"
and on this the State rested its case. On
cross examination of the government wit
nesses, however. it was clearly shown
that the bills of fare were old bills print
ed IA years ago, about the time the DEM
ocrats held the city government ; and that
no such articles were now kept on sale
there. The imprint of the bills was
Maine Standard Job Print" and Pot
ter's number printed on them as l0S and
ITO Water street, well known to be a
store occupied by Potter several years ago.
An examination of Mr.. Potter's store
showed that he has now no appliances
for selling stock ale or Fishers ale, such
articles being kept on draught. Cham
payne cider, further, was shown to be an
article not now made or sold in this vi
cinity. Mr.. Potter's carelessness in hang
ing out merely for advertising his eating
house an old bill Of fare, used in the good
old times of "free rum and Democracy"
gave the Argus this opportunity to print
baseless bel,-more cutting from the
fact that Mr.. Potter is life. long Demo-
crat, who has always voted the Demo-
cratic ticket. His vindication was SO
self.evident that Judge Andrews prompt
ly discharged him without waiting to
hear arguments from counsel.
The eagerness of the democratic pa
pers to stir up temperance bolt is so
great that they are willing to libel even
heir own party followers. Judge An