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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
Notice of Final Entry.
LAND OFFICE AT HELENA. Monr.p,

HAED II HhLEEA, MONTANAl
October 9Th, 1889.
Notice is hereby given that the following
settler has fled notice of his intention to make " snad
proof in support of his claim, and that said proof n ,ri
be made before John W. Tattan, probate indee y" ~
Choteau county, at Fort Benton, NJ. T.. on TrassSoi
November 14th, 1882. viz: Matthew Furne f1'S ID
made homestead entry No. 1oT1 for southeast ouarta.
of northwest quarter, southwest quarter of nontbaast
quarter and the west half of southeast quarter sertioa
%, township q north, range 1 east. 0'io
he names the following witnesses to prove his con
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said leUd
viz; William Mulcahy. Bernard w. Murray Of GU,
River, M T., Joseph $. Hill and Thomas F. Hesly. 1 Of
Fort Benton, N. T. @'"
j. FL MOE Pan;04A.
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EStrayed or Stolen

From Sand Coulee, ON the I'd of September, 1882,
one sorrel horse, white strip in face. no brands ; one
nay horse, branded w on left shoulder and s on left
thlgh one bay mare, five years old, branded = on
ieIt shoulder; one black mare, four years old. branded
r on leit shoulder. Both mares have bay colts. Any
leading to their whereabouts, or if re-
turned to their owner at Box Elder, a liberal reward
will be paid.
A0dress, ROBT. BLANKENBAKER,
Benton, Mon.
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Notice of Flna! Entry,
LAxp Orr1cE AT HnIrsA.

Notice il hereby given that the followiae-r,g.
settler has Aled notice OF bus intention to make ass I
be made before John W. Tattan, Probate judo" y
Choteau County, T.. at Fort Benton, on Fssi5}o1
December 1st 1882, Wis: Richard 7. Stanton. VIII,
made pre- emption seclaratory statement No 1 ono
for the SEA of SWA, the VIZ of SE4 and tia az o.
of SEA of Sec. 81, TIP. Is N RISE. "%
He names the following witnesses to prove his cen.
tinuous residence upon and cultivation of said lsoJ
viz: John f. Murphy, John w. Dewey, Treysn;.,
Hale and James Tweed, all Of Fort Benton. Cbosaa.
Co., MT. J. II. MOE. Repistar
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08

A boy paid his first visit to n of the
public schools the other day as a scholar,
and as he came home at night his mother
inquired: "Well, Henry, how do you
like going to SCHOOL," "Bully!" he re-
piled, in an excited voice; IT saw four
boys licked, a girl get her ear pulled and
a big scholar burn his elbow Oh the
stove. Idon't want to miss a day.
In Springfield, Mass, stand side by
side a schoolhouse, 9 church and a Jail.
The residents refer to the trio as "educa-
ton, salvation and damnation." In one
town in Canada a similar oddly exists.
A church. the parliament house, a col
lege and a saloon are the four buildings
which occupy the corners Of a street i'm
tersection. They are known as saliva
ton, legislation, education and damna-
tion.n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
To the Public.

The undersigned having bought the dairy business
formerly belonging to Mr.. John Neubert, hopes BY
close attention to business and the superior quality. OF
mug and cream supplied to customers, to give entire
Satisfaction. Having moved the dairy to Delatraz,
ranch, in town, VIZ will be able to deliver milk and
cream twice q day, before 6 a. IN. and 6 p. ~, thereby
supplying q want long felt by the public.
EITHER g. EMBLETON,
36tf Excelaior Dairy
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
Dissolution Notice.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: The co.partner-
ship beween Joseph II. Cutting, Of Utica, N. T. and
ing the firm of Joseph Fl. Cutting & Co., Of Utica
NJ. T., is this day dissolved by mutual consent, said
WeatherWax to collect and pay all claims due t. and
against said firm. ~"
Witness our hands this 2sth day of September
A. D. 1882.
JOSEPH H. CUTTING.
99-dGWln j. ID.
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Wanted.

Stock to winter, horses or cattle: plenty of hay,
water and shelter, with good pasture and range.
JOHN TOOMBS
Reeds Fort, Meagher County. M, T.
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TO Freigi1ters.

| have 125, 1000 feet Of lumber at my mill near Otter
Creek, Barker road, and will pay ~freighters $40 q
Thousand for hauling same to Benton: or will sell the
pest lumber at the mill for $50 and sheeting for $l8.
The distance to Benton is about so miles.
JOHN 81. ALLEN,
dW-f Otter z. O.. N. IT
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
Taken Up.

The undersigned has taken up at his farm on Sun
River the following described animal. to wit: A black
horse, both hind feet white, star in the forehead,
branded A on the left shoulder, The owner can secure
same by proving property and paying charges.
r. s. FORD.
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$50 Reward

strayed from Benton last fall, q brown horse about
T. hands high, long bodied, no brands, one white
nlnd loot, some white in face. The above reward
VIII De paid for his return to the undersigned at the
RIVER PRESS Office. j. L. STEVENS.
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He Didn't Catch on.

He was a tenderfoot, new to the wild
scenes among the Bushmen of Nebraska
and when the rancher slapped him on
the shoulder and asked him if he would
"irrigate," he said:
"What?"
"Moisten yer larynx.n
"Howu
"Smile?n
II don't catch your reference
Drive another nail?n
"You have the advantage
"Try some Of the hair of the dog that
bit you.n
IT cannot grasp
Nominate yer poison.n
whats that?n
Crook yer elbow"
I'm in the dark"
aTest the tuppIe"
"Don't1
"Cut the phlegm?n
'sThe-'
"Sample?u
Sample what's,
Paint your nose?n
Paint my nose!!"
aTake some Whisky-gln-cognac-
drink something strong with me? You
don't seem to catch onto no kind of a
hint. Won't you drink some whisky
and sugar?'-C Central city, Neb., Item.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
TAKEM UP.

A sorrel horse, branded z, weighs about 1000 lbs.
Had on a halter, and a piece of rome on his neck, The
owner can have the same by paying charges.
w. w. VAE 2s-Mie Springs.
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Dissolution Notice.

Notice il hereby given that the co-partnersbip
heretofore existing between ". G. Jones and c. W,
Merrill, under the firm name of Jones s. Merrill. doing
business at Fort Benton, NJ. IT,, is dissolved by
mutual consent, c. W. Merrill retiring. W. G. Jones
viii assume al liabilities and receive all accounts due
to the firm.
W. G. JONES,
c. w. MERRILL.
September so, 1882.
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The Channel Tunnel.

Over five hundred of the nobility, gen.
try, merchants, manufacturers and
scholars of England concurred several
months ago in expressing the opinion
that the building eff the tunnel from Do
yer to Calais would subject England to
invasion from the continent and endan-
ger the safety of the realm. And now
Gen. Sir Archibald Alison, Gen. VOL
seley, and the Duke of Cambridge join
in the report of the committee on the
tunnel adverse to the project as unsafe
to the country in a military view. This,
it would seem, will be definite in infu-
encing the English parliament to put a
quietus on the project.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
Taken Up.

A four year old bay stallion, branded monogram
J. L. ON the right thigh taken up on the 9Th inst.
Owner can have same by proving property and pay.
Ing expenses. FRANK GEHRING,
Sand Coulee.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
Taken Up.

One dark-bay or brown horse; ID hands high;
years old; white in face; hind feet white; shod all
round; no brand. Owner can have same by proving
property and paying charges. J. +. LEE.
Sand Coulae
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
GRADE MERlNos

Besides a large number of thorough
bred sheep, Messrs. Paris Gibson 4 Son
have at their Belt creek ranch q lot OF
high grade Merino rams, which can be
purchased at very reasonable rates. Cali
soon or you will be too late.
PARIS GIBSON d Son,
Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-08
Dissolution Of Partnership.

The partnership heretofore existing between John
n. Churchill and Mat Monroe has been this day by
mutual consent dissolved, Monroe retiring.
JOHN N. CHURCHILL.
MAT ONROE
September 2sth. 1882.
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Taken %.

Taken up at Belknap, one bay horse, about eight
years old; sndall white stripe in face: black tail and
name: left hind foot white; brand on left shoulder
1ndlstlnct. w. p. INCOLN. Belknap.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18

"Tipsy." 1 ask which is generally womans
solution for everything queer a man does
that fails to accord strictly with her pre-
conceived notions OF right mot just ex-
actly," was the answer, -but he has all he
can carry. He's q ruined man, q wreck. AT
one time prominent lawyer; he was on the
high road TO fortune; respected aud esteem
ed-temPerate and industrious-hls wlie
deserted him, and he's going TO the dogs
heels over head" And l though to myself,
poor failure. had you been cast in coarser
mould you might have found 1t easier to
give up your broken sword with a
good grace. Passing by brilliantly
lighted corner, where the latticed doors
and the sweet strains OF music, heard but not
seen, indicated the location OF a beer-saloon
with other attractions" We saw slender,
pale-faced woman, halt by the latticed doors,
hold them slightly sjar to peer within, sigh
and turn YEARLY away. It was none OF our
business; in fact, suppose We were unPar-
donably curious, but We watched her repeat
the same maneuver at several other SINH
larry dttrdct.ue places. "She Is evidently
looking for her husband" said my escort; "a
husband who has TO be hunted up like a
needle in such very questionable haystack,
l say, with true feminine spite, 'is hardly
worth recovering" THAT woman" he con-
tinues, ''has carried too much weigh t in life.
She babe fare TO be one OF the most brilliant
writers in the United States. Fate has been
against her. She is teaching school now at
$50 a month; has an age-enfeebled mother
and a paralytic child TO support" "And
between times" l savsgely interrupt" looks
up her husband" Pretty heavily hsndi-
capped Each heart knoweth its own bitter
ness, thought, as the anxious face fitted
out Of our range of vision. May the sesrcher
of all hearts comfort hers.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18


Star shows that anyone may take ninety-nine
out Of hundred boys in any of our cities
to-day, who are allowed to select their own
reading from the cheap and Iurid juvenile
publications, and you will find them yesrn-
ing to be bandits, or buccaneers, or slayers
OF Indians. The primitive barbarian is
aroused within them, and their thoughts fly
out to scenes of bloOdshed with a ugerlsh
craving. In maturer years many OF these
boys, losing the chivalryo OF boyhood, become
criminals and bullies. In the market, within
reach of everybody's purse, there is plenty
Of good literature that is at once wholesome
and interesting, that wiRimpr6Ve-both mind
and morals, and that appeals TO better in
stincts THAI those of cruelty and destructive
ness. By cUltivating in their children a
taste for good books and periodicals and
newspapers, parents will do much to guard
their oHspring from shame and sorrow. John
Tibbetts thought himself boy hero; he was
really silly imitstor OF Guiteau, and his
aspirations for distinction ended in dogs
death
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18

was to drive out to Stages and have good
time. Here josephine became SNOWY
blonde, thanks to q skillfuI Wigmaker, and
an adept at shuffie-board. Stsgg tired OF her
and drove her to seek bad companions by
gambling and consorting with a disreputable
wsmsn. The hotel ran down, and Josephine
became acquainted with a young English
man who introduced her 10 Hawks. His
wealth attracted her and she prepared 10 go
East with him. After thrashing her success
sor in Stsgg's affections in the public streets,
she defied Stage, and he accepted the situa-
ton. 1t is asserted positively that Stagg
knowing Of Hawkes. relation with his re-
puted wife, borrowed $1,000 Of him. A
few weeks after this transaction, on
the 23d OF May, OF 1877, jose
phine and Hawks came eastward.
She told her friends that she was divorced
from Stage and had married Hawks. They
lived luxuriously in New York, and had
summer headquarters at Coscob, Conn, and
Saratoga. Not long ago she sent Stagg $1,000
obtained from Hawks. Stagg il reported to
have reached the level of a heodlum.
D-putv-CorJner Messenger received this
evening an anonymous letter from some per
son claiming to be personal friend OF Mr..
Hawks. The writer declared that Mrs.
Hawks was not married to his friend, and
had no claims upon him. The writer ex-
planned his theory OF the Gutermuth muir
der to be that Mrs. Hawks got into quar-
rel with Mr.. Gutermuth and struck him a
blow on the mouth with her parssol. Then
Mr.. Gutermuth tripped and fell, rose, and
was again struck by his companion, when he
fell second time and fractured his skull.
In support Of this theory the writer declared
that Mrs. Hawks had a violent temper, and
had struck and stabbed men. She tried, he
declared, to kill Mr.. Hawks with dagger
when they were living at No. 1914 or l96
Madison avenue. The writer with held his
name, ne added, because he disliked to be
brought into such unpleasant affairs.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18
An Actors Dream.

Mrs. Duff and her husband sailed from
Boston on the ship New England for Liver
pool, on the 18th of December, 1927. Steam
packets were yet unknown, and at that
period of the year it may be imagined that
the voyage was not over pleasant or very
speedy. After Mr.. Duff had taken passage
he was disturbed by a dream, in which he
beheld the destruction by shipwreck of the
vessel in which he was 10 sail. This made
such an impression upon his mind that he
changed his tickets for those on packet to
leave at a later date, in which he and his
wife reached their destination in safety; but
in Liverpool he learned that the former ship
had not yet arrived, nor was she ever heard
OF again. The story OF this dream has been
converted into quite another shape, and has
been told in print as follows, by the late
Count Joannes: "Mrs. Duff, after her widow
hood, had formed an engagement of mar
rage with Mr.. Conway, the tragedian, who
soon alter sailed for Savannah. A few
nights after his departure the apparent ghost
of the tragedian appeared to Mrs. Duff in a
dream. On awakening she wrote down the
circumstances, date and hour. Soon news
arrived that Mr.. Conway had committed
suicide by pluuging into the sea off Charles
ton harbor on the very night and hour of the
strange dream" The incorrectness of this
version OF the story will be at once perceived
when it ID remembered that Mrs. Duff did
not become a widow until April, 1881, and
that Mr.. Conway had persisted in the spring
OF 1928, three years before.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18
SENSATIONAL LITERATURE.

The frequent sensational accounts of the
daring exploits of the james boys has done
much to familiarize the youthful mind with
crime and to divest it of its hideousness.
The life of Jesse james has been published
in book form. The dissemination OF such
sensational literature ought to be suppressed
by the proper authorities, as this sort OF
reading furnishes textbook for the in
formation of such youths as are naturally
wicked and depraved. When villains are
made heroes, crime becomes respectable.
The recent murders committed by young
Tibbetts, only fifteen years of age, can be
traced directly to the reading of sensational
literature. This boy murdered in cold blood
two men, was apprehended and lynched by a
mob. and he attributed his crimes to the re-
suit of vicious training. His favorite liter
ature was the life of the james boys, the
Younger brothers, the life Of Billy the Mo,
and when he could not get anything more
blood .curdling he would ransack the book
stores for the sensational trash which fur
nish food for depraved appetites. The father
and mother of young Tibbetts are said to be
worthy people, but took no trouble to lnstllI
correct morals into the minds OF their chill
dren, and the same old story is the result.
The Young desperate had read so much
kabout desperate men that he faced death
f6ravely, and announced that his crimes were
the result of the sensational literature which
he had been devouring with great avidity
since he learned to read. This confession,
| and the tragic death of the boy
who had murdered in cold blood
| two travellers in search of homes,
should furnish food for solemn thought on
the part of parents. 1t should inspire de-
| termination to withhold from the young
and plastic minds of their children viciou.
and immoral literature. The boy and the
girl who continually read of the exploits oil
, .Sesers, murderers and the hcentious are on
{ road to ruin. On the contrary, those
, 80. Aa only such literature AZ incul-
- 40, A,l'y, truth, purity and piety, will
Clean lives. The New York
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18
Model Orators.

The erudite New York Sun, having been
applied TO for information to the great Iiv-
ing orators of this country, discusses a num-
Der Of them, and while coDceding the deca-
dence OF luscious oratory" in Congress, it
Gays: son the whole, We should advise our
correspondent, who is in search OF a model
orator, TO study the rhetoric and enunciation
of Wendell Phillips; 10 borrow, if be can,
some Of Colonel Ingersolrs homely vigor
and humorous audacity; to anslyze the plat
form art of Beecher, and select with discrimi-
nation; to acquire, if possible, the earnest
ness and the fancy of O'Gorman; to go to
the masterpieces of Evarts for sustained flow
OF language and the niceties of digitaI ges-
ticulation; to throw in, perhaps, a dash
of the Calvinistic vehemence of John SWIM
ton; and 10 pay particular attention TO the
strong Bible English of Judge jeremiah S.
Black. II he succeeds in combining in his
own style the several merits of these orator.
to the exclusion OF their faults, and then
schools himself to open his mouth in public
only when he has something worth saying
to deliver, he will not have to 90 far to find
the greatest American orator. Besides these
specified in its summary the Sun finds Blaine
a pleasing and not self-conscious orator
ConkliDg effective and dignihed, Frye stem
torisu, Tom Ochiltree and Senator Vance old
fashioned Southern rhetorician, Hoar Cicero
MAN and Phillips Brooks colossal, impetuoui
and of too nirnbie tongue.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18

With shame be it said that since the first
dav of the present month no less than ten
persons have been hanged in the United
States by lynch law. This is sad commen-
tary upon the institutions of our country.
Great evils generally approach by slow de-
srees, but never has an evil made such rapid
strides as that of mob law, and unless
checked it will soon shake and imperil the
existence of the republic. Only few years
ago the lynching Of one man on the frontier,
where there were no courts and justice was
tardy, lynching was regarded as monstrous
crime, and shocked the American people.
But now ten men have been hanged by the
mob in different sections OF the Union
in two weeks time without creating
any alarm as to the permanency OF
our institutions From the blood of every
man murdered by the mob will spring up >
crop of armed communists and agrarians.
Lawlessness undoubtedly begets lawlessness,
and unless an end be put to mob law the
whole country will soon be convulsed by the
surgins waves of threatening revolution. Men
have been punished in the United States for
every conceivable crime save that OF lynch
ing. In all the history of the country never
has a lynchey, the leader of a lawless mob,
been punished. Such immunity is an invi-
tation to commit further crimes, and in a
few years the people, if they desire,
will not be able to put down the
evil which they failed to exterminate
when it first lifted its hated head. The
lawlessness of the kuklux aroused the in
dignation of the American people. But this
khan has made its appearance IN almost
every part of the country, and no enort
is made to detect and punish the murderers.
Lynching has become so common as to excite
but little attention. and yet the crime is one
which tends to subvert our whole system OF
government 1t is high time for law-abidiDg
citizens to speak out in condemnation of this
growing evil and to suggest means for its ex-
termination. Our laws must be indicated
If our government is to be maintained 1t
will never do to permit the mob-a gang of
outlaWs-to pass upon the guilt or innocence
of the accused and to execute him at will.
These are the methods OF anarchy, OF the
savage, not Of government which recog-
Misses law and oEder. What have we gained by
our civilization if the customs of barbarians
are to supplant law? Society can only be
preserved by the execution of the laws in the
manner they prescribe. There is no crime more
dangerous to our institutions than that of
lynching. And yet lynchers are never pun
ished, not even arrested. Lawlessness has
made such rapid strides that the governor of
a State has hired an assassin to murder an
outlaw. 1t may well be asked, what is to be
the end of all this lawlessness? Good citi-
zens must unite in cultivating deeper rev.
erence for law and in a determination to
punish the crimes of the lawless mob. Woe
betides a people who contemplate with
calmness and even satisfaction the almost
daily lynchings which now disgrace the
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-06-18
TENNESSEE NEWS.

Jonesboro Herald: "On Friday night
thieves stole between S70O-and $1,000 from 2
trunk in the sleeping-rooIn Of Mr.. s. w adj
dill"
The Southern LUHbc,m9H Gays many Of the
counties IL Tennessee produce fine sumat,
good for tanning. II cultivated, poor lands
could be made to yield profitable returns.
Nazhville Baaner, 10th: Two fruit and
peanut sellers were fined 8 each for having
measures with false bottoms; their measures
wrre destroyed .........F -Four cases Of smallpox
at the pestbouss yesterday"
Cisrksyiile Herald, 18Th: "During the
great storm here VIM. Bird and Edward Sim
clair took refuge Under large tree. They
were both struck by lightning and killed,
and two boys under small tree near by
were stunned. Tie wheat crop was much
damaged By wind and rain"
Savzonsh 7foascgipt: ''The morality Of the
people Of SAVANNAH cannot fail 10 impress
The victor. Proximity u never heard on our
streets We are free from the evils attending
the liquor traffic, and the larger portion OF
the people are regular church attendants
Savannah il modest; il j. not az other men
are, or even a. this publican. -. .Savan-
nah has literary club.
Pulaski Hera'd: "PGlaski gas works are
approaching completion. The new Presby-
terrain church walls are near completion. A
third interest in the nouring-mll has sold
for S53G0......A horse ran against the town
pump; the pump was smashed aud the horse
lay sprawliEg Miss Fanny Foster was per-
suaded 10y friends 10 commence suit Of
breach OF promise OF marriage against w.
;. Chapman. At his request she Withdrew
II, and when the affair had all been happily
adjusted he made her several presents, and
they got On their horses and left town to-
gethsr. 1t is almost the universal orinion
that they will marry yet"
The Smallpox Stamped Out az Chicago
CHICAGO, June 1.-THE smallpox IL an.
parently stamped out in the city. Not .
single case has been reported Tor three dsv-