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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19
NAVIGATING THE UPPER RIVER.

Commodore John IL. Waters reached
Helena the other Gay after his trip down
the upper Missouri III q skiff, and has
made 81 enthusiastic report to the Hell
ena board of trade IN favor Of his
visionary scheme Of navigating the
upper river in connection with D rail-
road around the great faIls. We find il
the Independent Of the 18th the follow
ing, setting forth tbs plans and wishes
Of MI. Waters, and ia part the proceed
ings Of the board Of trade:
.tMr. Waters announced that he had
already taken steps to place a steel boat
upon the upper Missouri above the falls;
and that be was IN correspondence with
parties II Pittsburg and Cincinnati for
that pupoae. He proposed to build the
beat in sections and ship it early next
spring and would have her afoat If pcs
sible by the first Of May. He also pro
poses to put Old Q lire Of barges at the
am time. lie stated that even in I'll e
present condition Of the river he could
for two months in the year run his boat
from Half-breed islanu as far UP as Twin
Bridge, en- the Jefferson, by removing
Q single obstruction II the river, at q
cost Of notover s55oo. The great obstacle
was at Half-bsesd Island, from which
the rocks had never been removed. Al
thoughjn the present condition Of the
river he did not expect to make the ven
tare profitable fcr tho FIRST year, yet he
and hia friends would invest $4,000 iii
the enterprise ard bank upon the future.
lie only asked two things in view Of his
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19
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THE CA PACIFIC.

1t will be a race between the Northern
Pacific and the Canadian Pacific rail
roads as to which will first reach Ben
ton. Although the surveyors Of the for
mer road are now IN the field and
mapping out the route, the company
will find it necessary to put forth more
than ordinary exertions If they expect
TO run their trains into the metropolis of
the upper river before their northern
rivals do. Thee distance is about the
same in each case, and the proposed
branches easy Of construction. IF any
difference there is more push and enter
prise about the Canadian Pacific con-
pany, and when they make up their
minds to put through a branch line 1t
does not take them long to do it. They
have also earned the reputation Of ac-
eomplishing with rapidity all publicly
announced purposes, no matter bow
difficult they may appear, and as the
Benton branch is one of their cherisIle ed
projects, it is pretty certain to be con-
structed without unnecessary delay.
Parties ia this city who are thoroughly
posted as to the purposes Of the Cana
dian Pacific company express the
opinion that the extension from Cypress
to Benton will be made next year, and
early in the season. 1t seems to be the
well defined aim Of the company to tap
this section OF country, the best part
of Montana, in advance Of the other
roads, and reap the benefits that are GER
tain to accrue 70 the pioneer line. As
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19
THE REPUBLICAN PROSPECT.

There Id no questioning the fact that
the race for the delegateship in Montana
this year will not he 8 one-sided affair,
and there is a glorious opportunity for
the better man to come out ahead,
whether he be democrat or republican.
The democrats cannot nominate any
body and hope to he successful for the
simple reason that they have the most
votes; and the republicans cannot hope
to succeed, with the odds slightly against
them. unless their standard bearer is 8
strong man, To this etate, we think,
has tie political complexion Of
the territory ome The itnmigra-
ton that has poured into Mon
tana in the past two years has largely in
creased the vote, and this increase will
be favorable to the republicans. For in
stance, we have it from o gentleman
who stands high il the estimation Of
the republicans Of the territory, and who
has the facilities forfnding these things
cut, that Custer county will give five
hundred majority to the republican can
didato fer delegate, if lie IS such q ma
as merits their suffIages. # the North
ern Pacific railroad authorities in that
county take III abiding interest III the
election, and they are likely to do SO, we
have no doubt the estimated majority is
not far cut Of the way, But infevery ope
Of the remaining counties Q falling Off Of
the usual democratic maiorities may be
expected, the result Of the increased
population. There arc few democrats as
strong before tie people as Major Maein-
MS, who had In r4any parts Of the ter
ritoTy Q substantial republican following,
and whoever IS the candidate this fall,
unless it should be q man closely identi-
fed witt tie interests Of the county,
need not expect the 266 majority that
Chotcau gave MaginDis, It will not be
in ,he ballot box. Neither need he ex-
pect the 215 majority Meagller gave
and Sc On through the entire category.
IIe who attempts to figure out the result
on the basis Of the returns Of the last
election is likely to be badly deceived.
A considerable change in the vote las
taken place, and the republicans will
reap the benefit. II the right man is
nominated there is q likelihood that
Major Maginais will be the last of the
democratic delegates. Success is not by
any means certain for the republicans.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19

THERE are indications that the con
test for the democratic nomination fol
district attorney will be bitterly waged.
Mr.. lowry. the present incumbent, il
meeting with opposition at home, Col.
Johnson being q candidate for the posi-
ton, and q formidable one. There will
also be q candidate or two from Choteatl
county, and the Record has already
commenced the fight against Mr.. Lowry
The democrats Of Choteau county arc
not inclined to concede everything to
Lewis and Clark, and will demand the
candidate for delegate n district attor-
alty. We think the democrats of Cho-
teau are right. Benton il now one 81
the most important towns in the Terri
tory and should not play second fiddle
eve to the Capital.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19
One was that

r. yI 1F1nFf nFN}Gf9 KD1G Ai% &1td1
thaf the neonIe Of Helena should coop
arata with him nv oroanizing company
70 hn;Ia > railr,ad portage around the
faus-a,d the other that Congress
sbo,,d n9akean ~apnropriation TO remove
taa ohst r7etions from the upner river.l3
1,,,o aa,,4 1o,,an oonst;t,,fiag the board
4.aao aooa,oa +.Lon -, with tha idea.
\ co,, n,ittaa uvas anno;ntad 10 conanl,1u-
;oa+a n-;th ,1aio. a5oo;,nis with q view
of t;o, of s21 o00
fo,. tho ,,noa,. u var and also 10 ]con11n,n-
;oa+a u;+h t,o po,to, hoard oe trade III
:, dae,no oon+1a,,o,,n with = v-iovv of
for,,; ,o !, oo,,,,onx- 70 construct . rail-
,a,1 ano.,l +ha nTt.
8
4 NJ - aaa rs:tsant
TO- = -
~ lo = T,.s 49, -
80 NV -
,;.,.7. III pa,to,, ana iftbo i raan, above
TIC e,l1s haa 100, ,nada navioahla and
loa4. .7aooa ,,,,o,, t,,o son,o fbore would
1,s,, hoo, eao,a+b;na fo. than, - IN
No,. Is aifaoro,t Navt vaar Helena
v-;11 ba,,a +r-, rail,oaf;s ona or fIan,
oiv;.o her Direct communication with
4z,a oast ara o,-o, r NJ yva4o,, bad b;o
boats On tha ,,nnoy river and his railroad
built. it is not likely that Helena nler-
chants would ship that way. The delay
in the delivery Of goods would operate
against the scheme, and when the num-
Der Of transfers necessary is taken into
consideration it is difficult to see where
any saving Of freight rates could be
effected. Tie railroad could be operated
only three or four months OF the wear
and would haveto lie absolutely idle the
rest Of the time. RaiIroading in that
way would hardly pay, and the great
cost of operating the road would neces-
state heavy freight tolls In order to
make both ends meet.
I've, ;f tho ,nnar r;x-or rvaro ,ox-
oahle &c Mr. Waters claims tha nroiect
would NOT he 9 feasible one-woujd not
no q nrx,fitab1a one But the river is NOT
nav;oahle IF the scheme was Of snecial
Importance TO any section and promised
" he nrof;fahIe II i not practicable
CONSIDERING ali tae cireu .ances # is
simplv folly.
re{ba aaa,,o 80 uarana 80 !, e.a;a hat
+ha Na,tTa,n osa;ao sra TTtah 3 No,th-
$3.50 800
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19

The following speclaI Of the Sd inst.
to the Pjoncer-Press goes TO show that
Major Maginnis has not deserted the
capital, az some were led to believe by
his recent p~Iotracted silence:
The house to-day, under a suspension
Of the rules, on motion OF Mr.. NLagin-
mis-, passed the bill to ratify an agree
Inent with the Crow Indians for the sale
Of a portion Of their reservation To the
territory OF Montana, required for the
use Of the Northern Pacific railroad.
This agreement was executed by u ma
iority OF all the adult male Indians Of
the Crow tribe occupying or interested
in tho lands. In consideration of tho
land, which amounts in the aggregate
to $3.50 acres, the United States agrees
to pay the Indians $25. 900, which
amount is appropriated in the bill and
will be deposited to the credit Of the
Indians. The lands are not to be used
for railroad purposes by the Northern
Pacific railroad company until it shall
have deposited with the treasurer Of the
United States the sum of S25, 900 for the
lands relinquished.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1889.

Ir il not often that q steamboat is sunk
on the upper Missouri river, and we are
glad that in the case of the Red Cloud
no lives are lost.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19

THE republican central committee
meet next Tuesday evening and will
doubtless issue q call for primaries and a
county convention. They should wait
To see what success the democrats have
and then croft by their mistakes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19

THE candidate for delegateto congress
who is not in favor of q land office for
Benton and q big appropriations for the
upper Missouri, should not get q majority
in Choteau county.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19

THERE ought to be a boom in the
sheep industry Of Northern Montana
next year. The wool growers will
realize handsome profits this season.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19
COLLINS G. STEVENS,
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Az letters atd con1ptaic tffallx q fltt nfAg matter ~
tctdeI 'of prb.ieG'a0t III fh5~ paper sh0fs{d BE- d6gesaed
to "TIP L9rPr II sS.' AMI TIE aa4n@ ~ tie t0i7test mast
bP giUeh tn instye attention.
Loaat q gettisen,ents nil b inserted IN thess coztran>
al ff t0te ~ intern ce9sts per- linz .frnas transient and
teM cent? per the firm regular odpsrtisvra.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10

The governor has signed the bill furnishing
hotel dead beats, and it is now a law.
Rutland can now have street railway, a
bill incorporating such railway having been
passed.
The bill changing the name of the town Of
Ely back to Nershire passed the House with
out dissenting vote, and will pass the SEN
ate.
The member from Newbury has introduced
a bill authorizing the governor to appoint
three commissioners with power to iI rates
for carrying freight and passengers on all the
railroads in the state.
bill is before the Senate compelling man
ufacturers or importers of commercial fertiliz-
ers to take out license for their sale, and to
put a label on each package, with the name
Of the maker whore and when made, and the
constituents parts of the different ingredients
in it. For violation there il a forfeit OF $1,000.
Any person selling fertilizers not labelled az
provided will be subject to a fine of 5000
Col. Hooker has introduced bill "regulat-
leg the capture of game" which prohibits the
killing, catching or destroying Of gray SPUR
rels between April LIST and September LIST in
each year, undera penalty of $40, and repeats
so much OF section 1895 Of the revised laws
as prohibits the use of dog in hunting the
ruded grouse or partridge.
Mr.. Howe of Newfane has introduced a bill
to pay the Windham county savings bank the
sum therein named for money spent in pur-
suit and arrest OF Arthur J. Belden, Edward
Belden Milton Warner and Porter Warner,
indicted for stealing
Between 80 and 40 House bills have been
refused a third reading and seven have been
dismissed thus far. Twelve Senate bills have
been refused third reading or dismissed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10
Wilmington.

Miss Annette Harris, who works at n,
Tituss, had the misfortuneto fall and disIoo.,,
her ankle on Monday
The Congregational ladies' missiorsrr
and mite society held their annual meeting o1
Wednesday afternoon in the lecture room n
the church and made choice OF the follouins
officers for the year ensuing: President. Mr..
@. I. Alyord vice president Mrs s r
Barnard secretary and treasurer, Mrs II
T. Barber. The same afternoon the Ne,bo
dist ladies met with Mrs Benoni TYLER and
the Baptist ladies with Mrs. Sylvanus Clark
On Thursday afternoon the Universalis Ia
dies met with Mrs. Winslow Ballou.
John Patch has bought 90 very pic,
2year old steers for parties in Massaebu.
SETS
People begin to feel little anxious abou,
a charter for the proposed Wilmington 4
Brattleboro railroad. The last heard of Il
the bill for a charter was tabled in the Sepsts
There may be some good reason or reasons
why the people in the several towns through
which the road would pass should not have a
charter. If there are such reasons thew
would be glad to be informed in regard 10
them as soon as possible.
DR.. Holton OF Brattleboro was summon.
ed last Monday night TO council with Dr..
Hoon in very severe case Of scarlet fever.
The patient is the youngest son Of Il. G..
Bowker.
Mercury stood at lO9 above zero las.
Sunday morning.
The Sunday school concert at the Bap.
fist church on Sunday evening last va, a
happy success. The evening was fine aud q
large number we're present. The exercises
consisted of reading singing and speaking
Two colloquial pieces, Bringing in Sheayes,
and The Ten Virgins" awakened specia
interest, but all were excellent. The Sunday
school is in a fourishing condition. G.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10
Election Of state Omcer..

The election of state officers took place in
joint assembly on Tuesday afternoon, with
this result Secretary Of state, Geo. Nichols
of Mortified; auditor of accounts, +. II.
Powell of Richford sergeant alarms, T. c.
Phinney of Montpelier brigade commander,
Levi G.. Kingsley of Rutland adjutant and
inspector general, T. S. Peck of Burlington ;
quartermaster general Horace X. Ide of St.
Johnsbury judge advocate general, @. L.
Marsh of Enosburg superintendent of edu.
cation, Justus Dartt of WeRthers6eld super
visors of the insane, DIR. s. j. Allen of Hart.
ford, DIR. l.. G. Butler of Essex, Homer Good
hue of Westminster trustees of the Univer-
sity of Vermont and state agricultural college,
Redfeld Proctor of Rutland, Horace Fair
banks of st. Johnsbury, Crosby Miller of
Pomfret trustees of the reform school, Ell.
0rmsbee of Brandon, Henry r. Start of Ba-
kersfeld, Julius N. North of Shoreham. The
election Of railroad commissioners was passed
over because of measures before the legisls-
ture, which, if passed, will do away with the
office.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10

Northampton, Mass, had good team stolen,
and on Tuesday Of this week Mr.. Higgins, in
response TO inquiries from them, went to
Northampton TO compare notes From the
description given and the circumstances mar.
rated, he is satisfied that tho man who stole
the Northampton team is identical with tho
man who stole his. The Northampton thief
tried at first to get double team, but failing
in this, took q single one, telling substantial
ly the same story that he told here about 60
ing few miles out TO get his family and need
ing large carriage TO bring them home. In
this case an "invald sister" was thrown in,
on the strength Of whose supposed necessities
the thief got good lap robe, and very nice
new Hudson Bay wolf robe. He was tracked
from there q few miles out, where all trace
of him was lost, although state detective
was at once put upon his trail. Orcumstan-
ces point more and more TO the thief being
that same Frank Hurd who stole W. II. Bige-
lows team and is Just out Of the Massachu.
sets prison for the crime.
The following is the list Of letters remain
ing in the Bratteboro post Office, Nov. 10:
Lades-Mamie l.. Bean, Mrs. j. L. Bullock, Cora
Cuahman, Mrs o. G. Henlock, Mrs. Mary Landers
(maiden name Hussey) Rhoda II. Pike, Mrs Nell
Pierce, Nettie y. Strong Mrs. 3. NJ. Smith, Nina To-
bin, Matte r.. Tobey, Bell q. white.
Gents-Robert Barber @. b. Boice, 4. Butlerneld,
Hugh Christie Geo. T. Cobb, II. f. Champion, A. NELLIE
Demilhil, Edwin A. Hiler, Alfred Harbroe, Ustasche
Lger, John Millgan, A. b. valentine, Robert wilson,
X. d. Wright Chas. White, Geo. A. walker.
Observation-Disclosures Co, Jas. Fitzgerald
Co, Editor Physiological Tablet.
Held for Postage-O Ellis West Brattleboro; Addie
Covey, Clinton, Mass.
RECORD MATCH AT OAK GROVE RANGE, TUES.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10

%. f. Randall is busy delivering the his.
tory Of Chesterfield to his subscribers.


The farm of the late b. S. Burrows is al.
vertised for sale.
e S. Hubert and wife will leave for
Florida the first of next week
The Boston Bijou Comedy Company'
played to a small house Tuesday evening.
The Brooks house in the village las
been repaired and Alden Burnam of Warwick
has moved in.
The Baptist ladies met at their pastors
home on Wednesday, and on Thursday the
Methodist ladies went to North Bernardstou
and met with Mrs. Putnam.
Deacon Hewcomb Graves is going to
close his house and go to Connecticut to
live with his son this winter.
Henry Slate has been improving the
looks of his house by adding bay window.
-Four were baptised and two united with
the Methodist church last Sunday.
Miss Hattie c. Stacey has accepted pc.
sition with Hosmer x Co., of Turner's Falls,
and her millinery business will be conducted
by Miss Sadie Stacey, late of Greenfield.
Town vote was for Governor, Bishop
1903, Butler "a. Senator, Grinnell 50, Liver
more SO. Representative, Miller 50, Snow
"a, Smith &c.
The many friends, and especially those
who knew of the extensive medical knowledge
of Rev. A. W. Mills, the former pastor of the
Methodist church in this place, will be graft
fed upon learning that he has been offered
lectureship in leading Boston medical col
lege g.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10

Democrats John D. Wise is elected Con-
gresham at Large.
In Arkansas tho Democrats have probably
elected tho five Congressman, though two dis
tricts are in doubt.
In Alabama tho entire congressional dele
CATION Of eight members is democratic.
Both parties claims the victory in Florida,
but Democrats arc probably elected TO Cor
gross from the two districts.
IL Georgia the Democrats send solid con
gressonal delegation, 10 in number.
The Republicans claim the election of 4 out
Of 10 congressman in Kentucky.
The Tennessee Democratic state committee
estimates the majority Of Bates, Dem, for
governor over Hawkins, Rep, at 80, 600. The
Legislature is Democratic.
The Missouri congressman are all Demo-
Gratis except possibly one in the Ninth Dis
triot
In South Carolina there is q chance that
one independent congressman is elected
In North Carolina the Republicans elect
two Congressman, the Democrats four, and
two districts are in doubt. The Republicans
made gains in the Legislature.
South Carolina has elected the Democratic
State ticket and Legislature. The majority
in the former is estimated at 80, 600. Six
Democratic Congressman and one Republican,
Mackey, are elected.
In Mississippi not more than one. half or
two. thirds of tho usual vote was cast The
Democrats claim four Congressman, the Re
publicans three, including Chalmers, indie
pendent Republican.
The Louisiana Democrats elect five Con
grossmen. The only Republican is Kellogg,
in the Third District. Democratic frauds and
ballot.box .stuiling are charged in New Or
leans.
Texas gives Democratic majority of CO.
600, and perhaps so, 900 The Democrats
elect ten Congressman. Both parties claim
the First District. The Kentucky Republi-
cans claim four Congressman, but tho Demo.
Gratis allow them only one.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10

Il G.. Howard the hardware dealer has
bought for $40, 500 the post-offico building
and the Walker property on the west side Of
the square Mr.. Howard will erect a new
block for stores in front of the Walker house
The probate court for the district of
Westminster held session at the office Of @.
j. Il G. L. Eddy Monday TO consider the will
of the late Harry Evans, who left $1,000 to the
Unversalist society of Bellows Falls. There
are some Irregularities in the will and some
things inconsistent with the law, and the heirs
are given 20 days for filing petition to set it
aside il they wish 10 do it,
S. II. Randall has sold his residence on
School street to Albert q. Moore, the paper
manufacturer.
Franklin Edison, New York citys mayor
elect, is a native of Rockingham, where he
resided till he was youth Of Il.
VIM. Conland OF North Walpole was
found Tuesday evening a little way above
Walpole village unconscious, with hole in
his head destroying one eye, his nose broken
and his head badly bruised. He is likely to
die at any moment. His Rssailant is I'M
known.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-10

Volume ". of Miss Hemenway's Gazet-
teer, comprising Washington county (932
pages and about 300 pages of supplements to
previous volumes), is now before u.s. Wind
ham county comes next. We are glad that
when the compiler of this work found Wash
ington county had taken up so many pages
making the most complete local county histo-
ry yet published in the gazetteer-she did not
enter Windham county in this volume. EV-
cry Windham county citizen will appreciate
the present arrangement, under which by us
ing such supplements as were ready to make
up the 1900 pages stipulated for this volume
by the legislature of 1880, a division of the
Windham county history was avoided. Wind
ham county will open Vol. ", and it is hoped
that full town histories will be furnished.
Miss Hemenway says of the Windham county
town histories already in her possession:
''They are the richest manuscripts that have
come from any county. l have carefully re-
vised them three times, weighing every para
graph, and cannot trim them closer without
sacrificing your history nor can give them
and the Windsor county papers in one volume
l wish you would lay this matter before your
Windham county representatives immediate
ly propose now TO give in Vol. V. the
Windham county towns Arst, and close, in
the state edition, with the supplements of Ad-
Olson and Bennington county towns which
can be ready for press by the first week in
january. Vol. VI. would contain the history
of Windsor county towns, with supplements
for the other counties as needed and prepar-
ed, and could be got ready for the printer in
March, SO that it and Vol V. would be in
press at the same time" We think there can
be no question that Miss Hemenway should
have the very moderate amount of aid which
she asks toward the completion of the Wind
ham and Windsor county volumes.