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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1882-08-12
Dissolution .10!ice.

THE firm Of Lippitt ( Co. was dissolved by
i mutual consent on Junel 1s32.
". +. LIPPITT.
Il. C. WASHINGTON.
Mr.. B.. G. Washington having purchased my
interest in the business heretofore carried on By
Lippitt & Co. will continue the business in his
own name.
hope the friends and patrons Of LipPitt &
Co. will continue tOdeal with him.
W. +. LIPpITT.
July s, 1Ss2.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1882-08-12
EARM Frs.

GEE that your Wheat Crop i secured by In
- surance. Risks taken by best COmpanie
for ne day or 4 longer period.
Also It'll WYATT.
July Is. 1SS2-3m. Agents.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1882-08-12
3. C.. WASHINGTON
Successor to Lippitt & Co.,

HEALER in Grain, Seeds, Oils, Coal, Wood,
~ Salt. Cement, Lime, Feed, DC. Also gen
eral jobbing and commission business.
Office at old Stand, near B.. 4 o. r. r.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1882-08-12

I'm Old Lady writes Us: " am 60 years
old and was feeble and nervous ali the time
when | bougl tn bottle Of rarlcr'S Ginger
Tonic. Ihave used little more than one
bottle ard feel Is well As at So See other
.,1,-.A
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1882-08-12
EAST BOUND TRAINS.

No. G3s daily. All other trains daily exccp'
Sunday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
The Benton Survey.


The engineers party in charge of the
survey of the branch railroad from Bill
lings to Benton will start out in o few
days. The party numbers about twenty
and is in charge Of D. S. Hastings, with
whom are a. P. Mitchell and B. K.
Field. The party will only survey from
Billings to the Musselshell river, a dis
lance of about seventy-five miles, as a
good line has already been found. from
the MusselsheiI to Benton. The line
will be run from here up Aikali creek,
and the engineers are confident that a
good line IAN be found to the Mussel-
shell. About two months will be requir-
ed to complete the survey. From the
expressed preference OF the Northern
Pacific for the Benton branch to run
from Billings, from the strong opinion
Of engineers as to the feasibility Of the
route, and from the powerful influences
at work in favor of that route, we regard
the location and construction of this road
from Billings as q foregone conclusion.
It's Importance to Billings cannot be too
highly estimated.-BiNtngs Post.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
Montana Lodge, No. 9, A. o. o. w.

The new lodge of the Ancient Order
of United Workmen, of which reference
was made in yesterdays River PRESS,
was organized last evening at the Ma
sonic Hall by j. w. Kinsley, deputy
grand master workman for this juris-
diction. The following list of charter
members was accepted: Max Waterman,
J. r. Wilton, Joseph Hirshberg, Frank
Coombs. s. Genzberger, w. S. Wetzel,
A. B. Keller, George W. Payne, James
DeWolf, Charles Q. Kendall, Samuel
A. Robertson, Charles Rowe, Walter J.
Minar, Richard Nee, Charles r. Buck
man, John T. Keilhauer, NJ. Lynch, NJ.
J. Meehan, Charles Crawford and VIM.
j.. Eastman.
The lodge was named and numbered
Montana Lodge No. O..
The following were elected and in
stalled as first list Of officers: Past mas
ter workman, Max Waterman master
workman, j. r. Wilton; foreman, J.
Hirshberg; oyerseer, Frank Coonbs /;
recorder, S. G~enzberger; receiver, w.
S. Wetzel; financier, A. B. Keller;
guide, g. W. Payne inside Waterman,
James De Wolff; outside Waterman, G.
O. Kendall; trustees, Chas. Rowe and
w. j. Minar. The lodge voted to let
their fees remain at SIS for thirty days.
A meeting viii be held Saturday even
ing next at the Masonic Hall.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

Several tons of coal from Cashiers
We're unloaded at the Overland hotel
yesterday.
Barker is not the democratic strong
hold that some parties tried to convince
us it was before the election.
This cold snap has caused a temporary
suspension of work ON the various new
buildings in course of erection.
t. C. Power & Bro. are opening a fine
lot of dry goods and furnishing goods,
which they have just received by the
railroad.
III. G. McIntire will occupy Il ofthe
new brick residences being erected by
the building association in the upper
end Of the town.
Maginnis' majority in the county will
be about 225. Dupuyer creek precinct,
which gives a republican majority, is
yet to hear from.
The Thermometer registered ten de-
grees above zero at eight O'clock last
night, and the mercury doubtless drop
ped to zero before morning.
The only apology the RIVER Press
has to make is for paying as much atten-
ton as it has to the Record crank. 1T is
hardly just to consider him as being re-
sponsible for his acts or sayings.
The county treasurer has sent out q
polite invitation to the several taxpayers
Of the county to call at his office and
''ante' before the first day of December
If they would avoid the usual ten per
cent. penalty.
The voting in Meagher county on the
local ticket was considerably mixed, the
division being sectional rather than par
tisan. The Missouri valley was almost
''solid" against White Sulphur Springs,
and from the returns received it would
be pretty hard to pick out the successful
candidates.
The Pioneer Press Co. has issued q
new and. brilliant poster advertising the
Weekly Pioneer Press for the season OF
1928. This paper is so well known
and appreciated as to hardly require our
hearty endorsements, but to those who
may not have seen it, if there are any
| such in this county, we would say en-
| phatically that it is by far the best week
]y in the west.
Tt is not improper to state right here
I Jlot tln ca,,ac nf fhfS \ Ynp (ftln RIVER
PRESS since it's first inception 1T Benton
up to the present time is perhaps one OF
the most contemplate in the history OF
| jOurnalisIn.-RecOrd.
The most grievous, ofense the RIVER
PRESS has committed III the eyes Of
Buck is the fact that it has been estab-
lished and continues to live and thrive
here in Benton, very much to the detri-
| ment Of the Record. 1t is this that
| makes its career so ''contemptible."
The cold weather during the past
twenty-four hours has brought more for
chilly before the people of Benton the
importance of the coal question and the
dangers Of a fuel famine this winter, Al
less something is done to remedy the
matter. Our leading merchants, whom
a large measure direct the movements
| of the transportation Of this section,
should exert their influence to send all
the teams possible to Cashiers for coal,
and SIS O 0 as can be. This is the only
way, if the action is prompt, to avert the
experience of the winter before last.
when, at times, fuel could scarcely be
obtained at any price.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
PERSONAL

Fron, Fridays Daily.
Samuel Burd, Of the Teton, is in the
city.
Jack Waite, of the Judith, is in the
city.
Capt. Dewey arrived from the mines
last evening.
Mr.. Campbell, steck-man, OF Wolf
Creek, is in the city.
Dick Nee has gone to Helena to at
tend the session Of the u. S. court.
H. TX. Edwards came to town yes
terday to learn the result Of the election.
Samuel Dean arrived from Sand
Coulee yesterday evening and was the
bearer of the returns from that precinct.
Louis Cans, senior member of the
firm Of Cans s. Klein, has arrived in the
territory from New York, and is now at
Helena.
-G. J. Ringwald, Of Helena, brother
of Harry, of this city, arrived from Hell
ena yesterday and is a guest at the
Grand Union.
H. D. Burghardt, general manager
of the Clendenin Mining and Smelling
company, Barker district, was IN town
on Thursday on business connected with
the company.-BiUings Post.
From Saturdays Daily.
IS. p. Horr, Of the Blackfoot Agency,
is in the city purchasing supplies.
Father Camp left Helena, destined
for Benton, Wednesday morning.
-Chas, G. Fish and Jas. Lewis, Of
Highwood, are registered at the Grand
Union.
III. j. Wackerlin & Co. have sold over
100000 pounds of Lyman and Hawkeye
fence wire this year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15
A. Victim of jealousy.

In reply to the half a column of edi-
torial slush in last nights Record, it is
only necessary to say that the RIVER
PRESS did n~otapologize to Tattan or any
one else, and that the construction
placed upon our article by the Record
man is simply a Pigment of his cranky
brain. We Go not see how anyone in
fairness could twist the article into ever
the semblance Of an apology, but of
course we would " expect fairness
from Buck. He doesn't know what the
word means, and in his raving jealousy
of the RIVER Press, which has dared to
invade Tim, field and in the short space
oftHo years has built up a better bust
ness than tie Record, he finds no diff
Guilty in making mountains out of mole
hills, and the animus is SO apparent that
he only renders himself the laughing
stock of the community. Every time
he picks up q Record and scans it's
CHASTITY columns Of dead ads. he can
scarcely restrain himself from selling q
pencil and writing us down as beats,
s~windlers, horse-thieyes, and every other
epithet his disordered imagination can
bring forth. To illustrate the frantic
and really pitiable state Of the poor
crank's mind, we cite the following,
which can be vouched for by two reli-
able citizens: A gentleman, not a candi-
date for any office, and on whom Buck
made an unWarranted personal attack,
called at the Record office to settle his
account and at the same time ask an ex-
PLANTATION. Bucks only response to the
grievance was: u consider Mat I haze
q perfect right to attack personally any-
body Who potroniges the RIVER PRESS ~
IF anything were lacking to show that
the unwarranted and despicable attacks
by Buck on this paper and its editors are
simplythe outcome of rancorous jealousy
the answer above given fills the void. IF
he were to carry out his programme he
would have nearly every business man
in Benton to attack and not less than a
thousand others throughout Northern
Montana. But we opine he will not
proceed with the attacks. In all candor,
however, we simply suggest to him that
it is needless to kick against the pricks.
The RIVER PRESS is here and proposes
tostay. It has won the confidence of
the people; has established a paying
hyYcinaus hoe f1lflind ;fa rron,inr ard
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

Kleinschmidt & Bro. are the exclusive
agents for Jackson's popular farm and
freight wagons.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-15

III. }. Wackerlin & Co. have sold over
100, 600 pounds of Lyman and Hawkeye
fence wire this year.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
A Lady's Experience.

Miss Iona Matsin, of Hawesville, KY,
one of the three lady passengers saved
from the steamer Golden City, burned
at Memphis, tells a touching story of
her experience. She was going from
New Orleans to her home in Hawesville
in company with her mother, Mrs. Fl.
M. Percival and her nephew, William
Mckinley, lad of fifteen. There had
been merry party in the cabin, and
her mother retired after eleven o'clock.
Some time after they had fallen asleep
they were awakened by Mckinley, who
rushed into their stateroom and said
that the boat was on fire. She and her
mother got up and, without waiting to
dress themselves, went out into the
cabin, which was full of smoke. They
walked hurriedly forward, her mother
being little behind. On arriving at
the front guard of the boat she saw that
her mother was not with them, and at
tempted to run back after her, but was
prevented by Mr.. Mckinley, who saw
that she was only going to her own de-
struction, as the cabin was then mass
of flames and smoke.
"Oh, I thought she was with US,
moaned Miss Matsin, tossing wildly on
her couch. 81 wanted to go back to
her, but he would not let me-"
The accent of utter despair and re-
morse that marked the words would
have touched the hardest heart. Be-
coming more composed she said her
nephew pulled her out on the guards
and lowered her down to Charles Ross,
Jr., passenger, who was standing on
coal barge. He caught her in his arms
and took her ashore.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
LOngfelIOW's Home.

The New York EUe11ing Post says
Those who visited the poet in his later
years found him in that picturesque old
house, built before 1747 by Col. John
VassalI, whose family stone in the Cam
bridge charoh-yard bears only the gCb-
let and the sun-Vas-sol. Tt was lady
of the same family who there had a
slave buried at her head and another at
her feet, as Longfellow himself has
sung. After Col. VassaIl, the house
passed to his son, high-bred Tory,
who forfeited all ia the Revolution
then Gen. Washington had it for his
headquarters then Thomas Tracy, en-
riched by privateering; then Andrew
Craigie, wealthy commissary in the
Revolutionary army and the builder of
the bridge between Cambridge and Bos-
ton which still preserves his name. The
house had its stately halls, its cavern
GUS recesses, its secret crypts from one
of which hiding places came forth mys-
teriously, dropping night by night upon
the stairs, those letters yellow with age,
and recording some dim family secret,
which have been made the theme of one
of SAKE Holm's best stories, ESTHER
Wynn's Love-Letters. In this stately
old house dwelt the venerable poet,
who was usually to be found in his
simple study, rich with the accumula-
tions of literary luxury. One might
find him seated with Coleridge's ink
stand before him, perhaps answering
one of the vast accumulations of letters
from the school children of Western
cities-an enormous mass of correspond
ence, which was little while delight,
and then became burden. Before him
was a carved bookcase containing a
priceless treasure-the various editions
of his works, and, what was far more
valuable, the successive manuscripts of
each, carefully preserved and bound
under his direction, and often extend
ing to three separate copies the or1gi-
nal MS, the MS as revised for the
printer, and the corrected proofs. More
than once have his friends urged him
to build fire. proof building for these
unique memorials, as Washington did
for his papers, but the calm and equable
author always answered, '1f the house
burns, let its contents go also."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
Don't Whine.

Don't be whining about not having a
fair chance. Throw a sensible man out
of window and he'll fall on his feet,
and ask the nearest way to his work.
The more you have to begin with the
less you will have in the end. Money
you can earn yourself is much brighter
than any you can get out of dead mems
bags. A scant breakfast in the morning
of life whets the appetite for feast
later in the day. He who has tasted a
sour apple will have more relish for q
sweet one. Your present want will
make future prosperity all the sweeter.
Eighteen pence has set up many ped
dler in business, and he has turned it
over until he has kept his carriage. AS
for the place you are cast in, don't find
fault with that; you need not be horse
because you were born in stable. If
a bull tossed man of metal sky high he
would drop down into good place. A
Woodworking young man with his wits
about him will make money while others
will do nothing but lose it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
Vandalism,

A strange discovery has been made
in the Berg or Castle at Vienna. There
is certain lofty gallery leading from
the chambers of the Grown Prince to
the chapel, and the walls of this pas
sage are lined with historical pictures
of an immense value. This gallery is
neither very well lighted nor much
used, and the pictures have only been
placed there because of their great size
Workmen have lately been employed in
repairing the telegraphic comrnunica-
tion between the different parts of the
vast building, and in the course of their
labors skylight overlooking this COR
ridor has been opened, whereby prying
sunrays have been able to stream upon
the dark canvases. To the horror of
the Captain of the Palace, who is the
responsible parsonage, the eyes of all
the figures have been found to be cut
out, so that staring holes are left. The
perpetrator of this piece of vandalism
is as unknown as the motive which in
duced the act.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
Soldiers Estates.

A telegram from Dayton, Ohio, as
serts that the Managers of the Soldiers
Home, acting under the power granted
by the Board of Managers in resolu-
ton passed in 1873, have recently pre-
sented bills for board, clothes and medi-
cal attendance to the administrators of
estates of such inmates as died pos
sessed of any money, in some cases
these amounting to many thousands of
dollars. The telegram instances one
bill against the estate of Joseph FL.
Cahee for $50, 900 for 10 years board
and maintenance, and another for
S28, ,OS4 against the estate of Joseph
Kelly, for 461 weeks maintenance.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
Mercantile Failures.
STATISTICS FOR THE QUARTER JUST ENDED
AN INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR-NoT
A CHEERING OUTLOOK.

A statement showing the number ot
business failures in the United States
and Canada for the three months ending
March 81 last, together with the amount
of liabilities, has been prepared from
| the records of a New York mercantile
| agency. The exhibit is not gratifying
one, showing a large increase over the
number and extent of the failures dur
ing the same period in 1881.
1t appears that during the first quar-
ter of the current year there were no
less than 2,190 failures in the United
States, with liabilities amounting to
$50, ,338,271 as compared with 1,761
failures in the same quarter last year
and liabilities of $24, Al, $50; and this,
in turn, was double the losses for the
corresponding time in 1880, when the
liabilities aggregated only $12, III, ,074
The 2, 1870 failures last quarter are di-
vided as follows: In the Eastern States,
292, with losses of $2,112, 376; Middle
States, 508, with losses of $40, sos, ,612;
Southern States, 700, with losses of
0s11, ,S7, $50; Western States, 523, with
losses of 5.201, ,533, and Pacific States
and Territories, 167, and losses of
81, 1928, 900.
A comparison with the first quarter
of 1881 shows the following:-Eastern
States, 263 failures, with losses of
$2,518, 461; Middle States, Ais failures,
with losses of $1O,906,9 967; Southern
States, 526 failures, with losses of
SIS, ,510,380; Western States, 433 failures
and losses of 81, 1872, ,847, and Pacific
States and Territories, 124 failures and
losses 81, ,318,695. The showing for the
quarter ending March 81, 1880, was
very favorable one, as follows Eastern
States-Failures, 212; liabilities,
81, 239, ,844. Middle States,-Failures,
444; liabilities, 81, ,943, $40. Southern
States-Failures, 241; liabilities,
50, 452, 1856. Western States--Failures,
345; liabilities, $2,625, ,952. Pacific
States-Failures, 100; liabilities, 81, ,515,-
552. Total liabilities, $12, TIT, ,O74.
In the Dominion of Canada during
the past quarter there were 206 failures
reported, with liabilities of So, 653, 1926.
In 1881 there were 166 failures, with
So, ,026, $50 in liabilities while in 1880,
period when the showing for this
country was remarkably favorable,
there were no less than 503 failures in
Canada for $4,816,29 liabilities. This,
however, was exceeded by 1879, when
during the corresponding quarter there
were 634 failures for 81. .648,697.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
John Bulbs Liquor Bill.

Mr.. John Bull maintains his reputa-
ton as steady, reliable drinker. Dur
ing the year just closed his little ac-
count for beer, whisky and wines was
$685., 372, 800. In 1880 it was trifie
less. This is what is called moderate
drinking in the United Kingdom. The
gentleman who has compiled these
figures for the London Times, from
whose columns we have taken them,
deplores the evils of intoxication among
his countrymen, and he points out, in
order to explain the significance of his
statistics, that in the last ten years they
have spent in liquors sum nearly equal
to twice their rational debt, or, in
round figures, over seven thousand mil
lion dollars. Placing the liquor con-
sumption in still more gloomy set
ting, he shows that the expenditure is
more than the annual rental of all the
lands and houses in the kingdom. Our
London contemporary, in commenting
on the subject, instead of sharing in the
rueful apprehensions of the British
Neal Dow, takes a cheerful view of the
question. It sees no ground for regret
or dismay. If the British people, it
says, can afford to spend all this money
In this way it only shows how rich and
prosperous they are.-Ne,U York Her.
aid.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-04-20
TERMS $3.50.
Shepherds Business Transactions.

A citizen of Chicago tells this little
story: [ know the man Jake Shipherd
very well. He and 1 were well &C.
quainted with each other for twenty
years, while he resided in this city. He
is pushing fellow, and always full of
money-making schemes and devices.
| The last time I saw him was several
years ago, when met him on Dearborn
street one day.
"What are you driving at now, Ship
herd?" asked.
"Doing a brokerage business in New
York, " he replied; ''but just at present
I am engaged in selling a newly-in-
vented machine that is one of the big
gest things out--a darning machine"
"A darning machine" l exclaimed;
''what kind of machine is that?"
'Oh, it is a great thing" he replied,
enthusiastically, tand every family in
America will have to have it-there's
millions in it, sure pop. 1t is simple
contrivance which darns up holes in
stockings and darns everything and any
thing that needs darning, on the sew
ing machine principle. 1 own the
whole business and am now pushing
it."
81 see SO many things in this town
that need darning and mending nova
days." I loosely remarked, ''that 1
guess it is just what I want. Why
don't you send me one of your ma
chines?'
"Of course I WILL" he laughingly
replied, and walked off.
That is the last time I have seen Mr..
Shipherd. In week or ten days after
ward, 1 was one morning surprised on
having small box, about foot square,
delivered at my office by an express
messenger GO. o. D., and express
charges from New York" Without
knowing or suspecting what the box
contained, paid the amount. After the
messenger had gone, L opened the box.
There was one of Shepherds Darning
Machines, sure enough. That which l
had in joke asked him for, he had sent
me, and had no more need of it than
had for a white elephant, and he knew
it !!
I sent the machine to lady friend
q good housewife in the country-telling
her to try it, and if she found it service
able. to keep lit might be good
thing to have in the family. In few
days I received this message from the
good madame:
"That darning machine you sent me
is humbug. 1t doesn't work. l have
tried it thoroughly, according to direc-
tions, and it is as utterly worthless foi
the purpose as is my husbands thresh-
ing machine. Send my compliments to
the man you bought it of, and tell him
if he is as great humbug as his ma
chine is he ought to be sent to State
Prison"
/ sent this little nnissiva 10 Rrnthes
Shipherd, but he never answered it. He
is welcome to the $40 he gouged me out
of. but I have felt like 'darning" him
and his machine ever since. Chicago
Evening Journal.