The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-01-04
ALL SORTS.

Sweet Nuisance-What is politics Eating
food you know will make you i'll, because it
is set before you on a friends table.
Gov. Cornell is at the head of a stock
company, the object Of which is to establish
a resort at the Natural bridge in Virginia.
M. Gustave Dore lie visiting Dublin-for
the purpose, it is supposed, of studying ma
tional facial types for a new French publica-
ton on Ireland.
The French fisherman suffered last month
almost as much as the British. At B%oulogne
the October storm has made SO widows and
$50 orphans.
The ladies of Montreal, Canada, have an
association of their own for introducing fe-
male help from Europe. The minister of
agriculture is aiding them.
The richest merchant in New York is
Moses Taylor, and he is worth $40, 600, 900.
Moses is fixed to enter politics he has the
qualifications of a statesman.
Mrs. John Davis, wife of the Presidents
private secretary, is now designated as the
coming lady of the White House. She is
the daughter of the Secretary of State, FIRE.
linghuysen.
Henry Willard is to expend 81, 600, 900 in
the erection of a residence on Madison av-
enue, near Fiftietl street, New York. Sid
ney Dillon is building a residence that will
throw Vanderbilt's in the shade. Bonanza
Mackay is arranging to %outrival all by a pal
ace at Central Park.
A silver star marks the spot on the floor of
the Baltimore aed Potomac railway station
where President Garfield fell when shot. A
be beautifully carved marble tablet was placed
on the wall above it On Wednesday. An
eagle holdieg in its claws arrows and ~laurels,
surmount the stone, on which is inscribed
sJames Abraham Garfield, president Of the
United States, shot July 2nd, 1881.
Holland is shipping kraut to this country
by the ton. Two thousand barrels reached
this country last month. The occasion is
this years short cabbage crop. Cars that
last year were unloaded Of 1000 head of cab
bage now hold 10, 1000, 50 much smaller is the
growth. The quality of cabbage which is
this year sought after at twenty five and
thirty cents per head was a drug in the
market in the fall of 1880.
President Henry Willard says that by the
end of next year the Northern Pacific rail
road will be completed to the farthest point
it is intended 10 reach in the Yellowstone
valley, and from the west it will reach the
base Of the Rocky mountains. This will
leave but 100 miles to complete, including
two tunnels, a~gregating about 10, 600 feet. He
expects to run through trains by September
LIST, 1888.
The mild weather Of the present winter
is general in America, and must have the
greatest influence on the demand and supply
in the grain market. Such a season not only
enhances the winter wheat crop, but it re-
dnces the consumption Of provisions to an
incalculable extent. This, in turn, must in
crease and cheaper the supply of meat and
provisions. Winter whea. up to this date
never looked more promising. and the
abundant rains of the fall have put the
ground in the most favorable condition for
early and successful spring work should the
season not take an unusually adverse turn.
Taking all things together, 50 far the win
ter could hardly have been more favorable
towards compensating for the shortage Of
last summer and autumn.
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