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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-30
WASHINGTON NEWS.
The Dorsey Ietters-Red Cloud Put i n the
Guard House.

CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-A Washington
special says it seems settled that the pub
lication Of the Dorsey letters is to con-
tinue at intervals for some time to come.
It is known to the friends Of Garfield
that they fairly represent the pressure
which was brought to bear upon him
from the stalWart division Of the party.
These also treated in the main the COM
position OF the cabinet and the attitude
which it was urged should be assumed
toward ConkIing. There is also o later
series from the same quarter in regard to
the New York contest after the nomina-
ton of Collector Robinson aud the resig-
nation Of Conkling.
Acting Secretary Joslyn has discov-
cred that Red Cloud, Of the Pine Ridge
Agency, was mad because his band was
scattered and his followers not numer-
Gus enough. Like other ~disgruntled
politicians he is very mad and ugly, and
has found a supply OF whisky, the Excess
sive use Of which caused him to pick q
quarrel with the agent. Joslyn has
ordered Red Cloud to be confined in the
guard house.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-30
a Chicago Prize Fight,

CHICAGO, Aug. 20.-At daylight this
morning ia the presence of a large crowd
of roughs who had assembled at the
back of a large lumber yard at the
mouth of the river, Charles Hart and
George, alias Plug Martin fought a
prize fight fog $500 a side. The pugilists
+ q couple of local middle weights of
considerable science. The fight lasted
forty-fve minutes. Hart won the first
knock-down, first blood and the fight.
Martin was badly punished.
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c Il

ALBANY, N. Y, Aug. 22.-Delegates
to the state republican convention to-day
are understood to be anti-Cornell.
EAsToN, Pa, Aug. 22.-Conductor
Shepperd and Edward Christine "a boy
were killed by a collision on the Della
ware, Lackawana & Western railway,
yesterday. Thee other persons were in
jured. /.
WILMINGTON, Aug. 2.-The steamer
Republic, for whose safety there has
been much anxiety all night, isanchored
off Wilmington creek, with a tug along
side.
SARATOGA, Aug. 22.-In the first dash
for th~ree-quarters of q mile, Monarch
was first, Bootjack second, and a dead
heat between Fellowplay and Little
Phil for third place. Time, TIA. Ia
the second race, for a mile and five
Fights, Charley B YVES first, Boatman
secoad and Kite third. Tirne, 2:54.
CHICAGO, August "a Little Rock
special to the Eveqaing Journal says: In
telligence reached here this morning OF
the murder in Chicot county Of one Roy
Alexas, o cattle buyer, by 8 man named
McNulty. 1t is suspected that he was
killed in q lonely highway and robbed
of q large sum Of money.
DETROIT, August 22.-The supreme
lodge of the world, knights Of Pythias,
convened here to-day. There is q grand
gathering of members Of the order from
all parts of the country. Upt to mid
night fifteen hundred knights had ar
rived, and as many more are expected.
There will be a grand parade this after
moon and q prize drill to-marrow.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-30
Butler Hss Found His Affinity.

BosToN, Aug. 18.-The greenback con-
vention proceeded to ballot for a nominee
for governor, with the following result:
Whole number of votes 156, necessary to
q choice, 70 B. F. Butler, 81; Judge
Israel w. Andrews, So; John NJ. Devine
81. The Sc yond ballot resulted: Whole
number of votes 1875, necessary to a
choice 68, as follows: 3. T. Butler, rs;
Judge Andrews, 46; John M. Devine, Is.
General Butler was declared nominated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-30
FANCIES.

A little boy whose parents are always
moving from III house to another, was
asked by the Sunday school teacher:
"Why did the Israelites move out OF
Egypt Because they couldn't pay
their rent was the reply.
rs there a letter here in q scented en-
velope for my wife?n he asked the post
master, while the green fire from his
eyes made the office look like a leafy
forest. Eyes, sir,' answered the post
| master, as he handed it out. The jeal-
Gus man tore it open at once, when 10
and behold! it was the milIiner's bill for
| fifty dollars. No succeeding chapters.
Ella Wheeler wants to know If we
are going aWhere the summer shadows
dance.n No, love, we are not. We are
going to sit in the skylight of the Conn
mercial building and howl for paste,
and claw the exchange fiend, and pray
for the man who stole the scissors, and
swear that the deaf editor wrote that oh
noxious paragraph. That's Il yoca-
| ton. Perhaps some other people will
change their shirts and go, but it the
summer shadows have any business
with us-with us personally-they want
to come right around to the office, Ella
and sit beside us for awhile when the
foreman announc that the column is
short.
Sometimes II 10 mot iudicious t0 he too
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Rapid Progress Of the Canadian Pacif
Which has Reached QH'Appelle.

WINNIPEG, Aug. 13.-General Mana
ger Van Horne to-day received a dis
patch from Maj. Walsh Of mounted po-
lice force at Fort Qu'Appelle, which ex-
plains itself:
Your track having reached hersa on
Tuesday, and your telegraph line on
Wednesday, on behalf of $50 citizens we
send you congratulations for the won
derfulprogress you have made in send
ing forward material and constructing
two hundred miles of railway in the
short space Of three months. We are
not acquainted, from any former record,
with am railway that3for celebrity takes
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-30
a. Battle Raging.

ALEXANDRIA, August 19.-Fighting
commenced this afternoon on the Ma
moudich canal. The British are using
the heavy guns brought to the neighbor-
hood of Millaha Junction yesterday. The
fighting still continues.
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Nicholson's Denial.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-In a private
letter Rear Admiral Nicholson at Alex
andria denies that he threatened to re-
turn the fire if the Egyptians fired on
his vessels, also thath e cheered the Eng
lisl.
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The Tariff Commission.

LONG BRANCH, Aug. 19.-The tariff
commission viii sit at Cleveland August
81; Detroit, September 1; Indianapolis,
2; Cincinnati, 4th and 9Th; Louisville,
9th, and Chicago, It'll to 9th.
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A young man, whom we will call Dud-
to write W the mines, and otherwise to
| whoop UP the country and make it bios
som as a rose.
After he had been there sometime he
thought that the miners didn't live high
enough. He had been accustomed to
| pie, so he said he would show the boys
how to make pie.
Everyone wa glad that q professional
| pie promoter had struck the camp, and
there was a general good feeling all
around.
So Dudley took off his coat and took a
chew of tobacco, and laid the foundation
for six fire-proof pies. He made some
plaster Of paris dough with amalgam
filling, and proceeded to put in the
works He got some canned black
berries that We're on Jack creek when
the Indians invaded the appears ago,
and that were so hard even then that
the Utes would not touch them.
These he kiln-dried and laid in the
pie, holding them in place with ten-pen-
NY nails, and trimmed with oyerskirt of
the same After that he was ready to
put on the sheet-iron rivets. Then he
got an engraver to put his monogram on
the top, and put the six pies in the re-
tort of the assayer's furnace.
The following week the pies were Ia
ken out, still at a white heat. They
were gradually cooled, and after the
midday meal of bacon and coffee, every
man put his napkin under his chin and
smacked his lips, while Dudley took a
pie over to the blacksmith shop TO have
it divided up for dessert.
Only one man ate any pie that day.
He was the man above whose lowly
tomb the blue-eyed poison weed is way
ing, and where in the quiet midnight the
s~oft-voiced coyote COOS a mellow re-.
QUEEN.
The boys in the Park feared that they
should have to kill q man in order to
start a cemetery, but when that pie PEN
etrated the system Of its victim, death
entered the new metropolis, and on the
plain white slab erected over the new
made grave, they simply wrote:
Turn, sinner, turn why will We die
From eafing cod, ~asf-iron pie?
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-30
President Arthur's Movements.

NEW YORK, Aug. A.--President Ar
thur went riding this afternoon with
James G. Reed, former secretary, and
was visited by Secretary Chandler and
Others,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-30
Preparing to Receive Lord Lorne.

VICTORIA, B. c., Aug. 2o.-A dispatch
Gays extensive preparations are ia pro-
gress for the reception of Lord Iorne
and Princess Louise, who will sail from
San Francisco for Victoria about the
18th of September. The war ship Comus
will bring them to Victoria.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-10-13
rELEGRAPHIC NEWS
Washington.

Washington, 10. - Allegations have
been made that the gas clerk has en-
bezzled large sums by making false foot
ings IN the accounts from 1876 to 1881.
At meeting of the finance committee
OF the Gas Trust Company this afternoon
it vas ordered that an investigation be
made.
The grand jury found an indictment
clerk and storekeeper, and Prince A.
Snelli leather dealer, arrested in Colorado
yesterday, charging them with conspir-
aey to cheat the city by means of false
bills for supplies furnished the almshouse.
The treasury department to-day, pur-
chased 375, 600 oun2 es OF silver fo- New
Orleans, San Francisco end Philadelphia
minis.
The commissioner Of the land Office in
HIS annual report, states that lands now
en- braeed within The limits Of the public
domain amounts to 900, 900 900 acres,
including Alaska. He recommends the
pre- emption law be abolished, as home
stead laws cover al cases now arising.
/ Putlic sa'es of land lasl year amounted
; TO 1888 acres, mbracing 5, C16 acres near
Toledo, Ohio. which sold for Sic, 7S5,
an average of S3.2S per acre.
! Respecting forfeiture of railroad bonds
the commissioner says: "rhe status Of
the various grants for railroad purposes,
where the roads have not been con-
structed within the time prescribed by
law, was reported to Congress March
18th last. The absence Of legislative &C
ton touching the renewal Of these grants
or declaring the forfeiture thereof has
seriously embarrassed the work of this
Office. 1t is not deemed expedient to
certify additional lands to railroad com.
psnies, nor to award to companies lands
in dispute between them and settlers oil
others claimants, pending determin.
alton by Congress in the premises. a
large number of settlers are occupying
such lands and it ia important to know
whether they can receive titles from the
United States or whether they be re-
lquired to purchase from the railroad
companies"
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Bond Redemption.

Washington, 1.-THE treasury depart
ment will continue the redemption, beth
in New York and Washington, of the
l17th call of bonds without rebate of
interest, but towns, while receiving full
interest to December I'D will be required
to deposit sum equal to three months
interest, from August 1st '52 to Novem-
Der lst 80, check for this three months
interest to be forwarded by the United
States treasurer to registered owners OF
bonds on November 1st in the usual
manner. The effect is of course to pay
now to holders Of called bonds interest
from November 1st to December 23d,
the three months interest due NoVem BEL
LIST being paid on that date.
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Tne j eannetse Inquiry.

Washington, 12.-The JeGnnette court
Of inquiry was taken up today with the
examination Of Captain P. y. johnson.
He was asked, "Did you ever make a re-
port to the navy department as to the
seaworthiness of the Jeonnette?" He
answered, THE report was that made in
conjunction with other members of the
board in which we expressed the opinion
that she was not especially fitted for
Arctic exploration. It was q private
enterprise and purchased vessel, and
We felt some delicscy about ex pressing
very decided opinions
Tomorrow Chief Engineer Farmer,
who was also a member OF the board oil
inspection, who is now in New York,
will be examined, and Melvise will
follow.
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UNCLAIMED FREIGHT AT OGDEN STATION
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Government Suit.

Philadelphia l2.-J. D. Wattles, EN-.
ployed to collect Sunday school statistics
for the census has been steadily at work
and recently sent to Washington a bill
for 81, 200 for cost OF work, exclusive OF
services. The bill was not paid. as the
census appropriation was exhausted.
This afternoon the United States
brought replevin auit gainst him for
the posses ion Of statistics comprised in
100, 900 documents. Security WAS given
and the goods released.
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They Want Bee cher.

New York, 12.-The New York and
Brooklyn association of Cor regationsl
churches passed 3 resolution expressing
regret at Beecher's withdrawal, affirming
the belief that the divergence OF his views
on theological and doctrinal points from
the views Of the association was not
sutieieHtIy serious to demand such a
course, and expressing hope that he
would see his way clear to Withdrawing
his resignation.
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The Irish.

Dublin, 12.-The United Ireland says:
Parnell has cabled Mcony, president OF
the National Land League of America,
that he will, at the conference, advise
the adoption Of prudent, though firm,
policy, strictly maintaining the original
programme and the abolition of rack
rents, pending the attainment of peasant
proprietary. The United Ireland says il
believes this expresses the unanimous
opinion Of the Irish leaders, and declares
the foolish chatter about discussion is at
solutelY baseless.
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The Tariff Commission.

Wheeling, West Virginia, II. = The
tariff commission held a session here to.
day, hearing WAS given, among others,
to wool growers, who asked for an in
crease in the duty on wools, both specific
and dd ValOTens. This request came from
wool growers of West Virginia and
Ohio. The point was made by mem.
Der of the commission that Ohio pro.
duced but one per cent. of the wool clir
of the United States and that no west
wool could be proftably produced witt
even lower tariff or none at ali.
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NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE PROPERTY DE-
seTibed below and now remaining unclaimed in the
he Utah Central Railway Company will be sold at Public
to satisfy the charges thereon for freight and storage together with
the costs Of The said sale will the
SAID Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. beginning at 20 O'Clock
saturday the 14th day Of October, 1892:
UNCLAIMED FREIGHT AT OGDEN STATION
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LYNCHBuRG.

sHREwp ATTEMPT TO BREAK JAZZ. rRus-
TRATED--aENERAL ELLIOTT TO RUN FOR
CONGRESS- NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
July 20, 1882.
Several evenings since three OF the negro
prisoners IN the city iail--one Of them un.
der sentence Of ten years In the peniten-
tiary attempted shrewd dodge to effect
their release. One OF their number feigned
Illness, and Sergeant McFadden. new
man In the place, was called TO the cell
in which they were confined osten-
sibly 10 receive some suggestion from
him rs to the relief OF the sick man, who
apparently had tainted. The sergeant,
who does not lack cautiousness, bethought
himself that the whole thing was a trick,
and before entering the cell summoned
several assistants, and dispatched a mes
senger for the Jail physician. The Doctor
responded Immediately, and pronounced
the negro in hearty, good health, although
the rascal still feigned Inconsistencies, q
fact which so provoked Captain McFadden
that he procured a cowhide and soon
brought him 20 his senses. They are all
three now chained TO the floor Of the cell.
In conversation with one OF the local
Coalition leaders to-day il was stated that
General Wyatt VI. Elliott is sure 10 be
nominated for Congress, although Col
lector Rives is being warmly urged by his
friends. The post-oflice faction is antago-
nizing Rives, and that is strong card
against him.
Mr.. l.. :. Brown. general travelling
agent Of the Norfolk and Western rail-
road, has just been appointed to the same
position on the Shenandoah Valley road
also. His Office remains at Lynchburg.
Rev. h. q. Maynard, ID. d., who has
been elected president OF Carson College,
Tennessee, was several years ago pastor
OF College-Hill Baptist church. this city.
BEAUMONT.
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oscar wilde at Long Beach.

Oscar Wilde and Sam Ward arrived at
Long Beach Thursday afternoon, ana
surprising number OF ladies came down
into the grand promenade OF the hotel 10
inspect Oscars aesthetic makeup. Iney
followed him everywhere over the beacn,
even 10 the door OF the cars when he TOOK
the train to visit Point Lookout, the new
watering.place, about four miles east OF
Long Beach, toward Fire Island. An old
fashioned good time Is expected while
Wilde is at Long Beach. Seth Green and
Robert Roosevelt, OF the Fish Commits
sioners. are with Oscar and Sam. Ihey
have yachts, French cooks, and SO iorth.
while the ladies were following oscar
around Thursday he did not pay the least
attention to them. At Hunters foint,
Jamaica. and other points on the Long
YsIand railroad he was an object OF marked
attention, and at Jamaica the multituae
almost stormed the car In their EFFORTS 70
have personal interview with nun. - Z.
banquet Is to be given him to-day, ana II
Il Thought he may participate IN tne nop
thai Is 10 be given At Long Beach on catuf'
day.-~Ner York HcrGsd.
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rorty.seyenth Congress First Session
WASHINGTON, July q, 1857.

Mr.. Butler, rising to question OF per-
sonal privilege, remarked that he observed
in fbe Record OF the morning that person
In another place, in discussing contested
election case, had made wanton attack
upon his Butler's) character ana commit
ted breach OF parliamentary privilege, Tor
which he was not called to order. lie
wo,lld not at this late day be BETRAYED into q
controversy with this individual, whose
ACQUAINTANCE he never had the misfor-
time TO make, but he would rather
have the Judgment and contempt OF all
honorable men for attacking another in a
fornm in which he could not be answered,
and under cover OF privileges OF that
forum. declining to allow correction OF
tbe falsehoods he was uttering, or his gar.
Hing ~ the evidence. the perversion OF
truth. and the Justification OF the record.
He IMr. Butler) had withstood the mastiiis
Of tbe Republican party In the past, and
Gould afford TO dismiss with this BRIEF no
tice the yelpings Of this cur OF low degree.
The name OF this creature, he believed, was
samuel ii. Miller Republican, OF pennsyi.
yania), member Of the House Eiec'ions
Mr. Mcmillan submitted the conference.
report on the river and harbor Dill, an aa
stated that agreements had been reached
upon al the items except those ieil1ns T"
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DANVILLE.

ITEMS ABOUT TIE FINANCES AND PROPERTY
OF THE CITY-THE sUNDAY-sCHooL con-
vENTIoN-ABOUT THE CROP OF WHEAT.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.l
July n, 1882.
His Honor Mayor johnson gives the
Council As OF the 1st instant an itemized
statement Of the finances and property OF
the city. The bonded debt of the city is
$500. 0O0, and the floating debt 81 ,701 .0S.
The real estate belonging to the city, eX-
elusive Of the cemeteries, is valued at
S649,100, and the other property at
S9,4l2.G4. In the estimate OF the real
estate is an item which may inter-
est many who are not financierS, and
that is that the public streets and alleys Of
the town are 1S4 miles in length, of which
sec miles are paved both as to sidewalks
and roadwayS, |. 20 miles are macadamized,
5.95 miles are improved dirt streets, 4.35
miles are improved both as to roadway and
sidewalk, and $50 are unimproved streets
and parts OF streetS-all valued at s30O,0OO.
The public park is valued at $4,000, the
public-school buildings and lots at $4,000,
the gas and water-works and the real
estate pertaining thereto at Sl50,000, the
courthouse and lot at S25, 000 200 shares in
the Virginia Midland railroad at $4,000,
and the par value Of the 500 shares in the
Danville and New River road is $4,000.
The annual meeting of the Sunday
School Convention, consisting OF delegates
from many Of the Sunday schools in this
county, was held at Mount llermon church
on the 10Th and 10th instant. At this ScS-
sion there We're reports from % schools,
and from these reports il appeared that
there had been an enrolment OF over LOCO
scholars. with a full array OF officers and
teachers. and that three Of the schools had
had sessions OF twelve months, and the
others County schools had had sessions OF
from six to seven months. Much interest
was excited by the statement given con-
corning a school which originated in
Bible class that met in turn at the houses OF
the neighbors, and afterwards held its ses-
sions in a grove with an enrolment OF over
50 scholars.
A citizen of the western part OF TINS
county who runs travelling wheat
thresher saws his receipts are about one
hundred bushels per week, and that better
wheat was never seen. lie further states
that although people have had to commence
using their wheat much earlier than they
have done heretofore. and Will have to use
it for landlord and hired man, he does not
think it will sell for more than seyen,y-hve
cents per bushel. ALPHA.