The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-10

Grain is now carried from New York to
London at one cent q bushel. Who is it
that complains of dear transportation
The administration has lone a graceful
thing in appointing Mrs. Garield's brother
to a prominent position in the New York
Custom House.
The Canadians are not all in love with
their Queen. AT an Ottawa press dinner the
presiding officer expressed the sentiment that
Canada should elect her own Governor-Gen-
eral, and his speech was received with thun-
ders Of applause.
Thomas HARRISON, the "boy preacher, :
has finished thirteen weeks OF revival work
in Cincinnati. Crowds have been turned
away nearly every night from the Methodist
church in which he held services, and the
converts number 800, while extra meetings
in other churches swelled the list to about
5000.
Cows on the prairies get accustomed to the
noise of the locomotive bells and whistles,
and do not always clear the track until
thrown off by the cowcatcher. A patented
device is described in the Scientific Ameri-
Can for squirting hot water twenty feet ahead
and it is thought that this will stimulate the
| Zlest into action.
The telegrapher at Clyde, Texas, tele-
graphed Train Dispatcher Perkins at Wacco:
L am going up the hill. Send doctor with
a switch engine" Perkins inquired: What's
the matter % The answer came back Il
am dying. Send a doctor" A switch en-
CINE was sent up with DR.. West, but the man
W. dead before he arrived.
MI. w. II. Vanderbilt's fortune is o. so
colossal that like a SNOWFALL rolling down
hill, Of its impetus and weight it grows. 1t
is said he owns 500, 600, 900 Of Government
As, bought within the last tw years. During
that time these bonds have advanced ten per
cent. in price, and be has received eight per
$11, 600, 900.
Figures differ as to the amount Of the pri-
vate claims now before Congress. a recent
estimate put it at 5000, 600. 900, with more
coming in almost every day. Within eight
months about IL, 900 s'war claims"-that is
claims for alleged services done, alleged losses
suffered by alleged loyal people during the
war which ended nearly seventeen years ago
are said to have been sent in for the first
time.
A letter from Naples in the Italian news
paper, Perseverance,, relates how Sarah
Bernhardt left the city with two immense
vans of luggage, comprising hundreds of
boxes of all sizes, including a large one,
which gave rise to the story of her carrying
her coffin everywhere about with her. She
sent letters of thanks to the newspapers for
their notices of her five performances, and
and left 5000 francs for the poor.
The Pillsburys, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
have just completed another -four mill with
a capacity of 1000 bushels an hour. The
capacity of their mills is 10, 900, 900 a year.
and Washburn's mills, near by, have almost
the same capacity. These mills have q ca
pacity which the Northwest cannot supply al
present. There are no -four mills equal to
those at MluutHpUllS II WOIlu, IAOGO -
Bued-P esth, Hungary, standing next.
Bread cast upon the waters by John Potts,
village blacksmith at Brooklyn, Penn. has
been found after many years. He took into
his family q poor and homeless girl, loved
her. cared for her and educated her. For
many years he has not known where she
was but a few days ago Mrs. James Rut.
lesge, the wife of a Pittsburg millionaire,
!, made herself known to him as the waif OF
thirty years ago, took him to her home and
, gave him $50, OO0in United States bonds.
Brother Barnes was one of the regular AND
jealous attendants Of revival meetings in the
colored church of Allegheny, Pa. He made
/ his appearance one evening in . new over.
coat. which he took off and laid over the
back Of his seat, preparatory to kneeling il
prayer. Brother Herber reached over anc
seized the coat, declaring that it had beer
|, stolen from his room q few days before. a
, loud dispute arose between the men, and they
] aad 8 violent dispute and fight over posses
sion Of the garment. The meeting was brok'
en- up. the combatants were arrested. and thu
!, 0 bnership Of the Goa remains to be settled