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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-14
:. D. SWEENEY. WEI. JACKSON. oRAs. L. slLkxp
SWEENEY, JACKSON & WALKER
II. 8. McELHERNE.

A rTORNEI5 AND COUEGELLORn Al
- Ofice--Bengston'e Block, Rock Island. 81.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
Barker News.

It Is several days since we have had a
report from the boss camp, but it has
been moving along in good style during
that time. Last week the smelter CON
Guided a most successful run, turning out
1900 bars OF high grade bullion, it being
much more valuable than that heretofore
turned out. Prof. Foss is highly pleased
with the results of the run.
The Wright & Edwards mime is show
ing up better than ever. Superintend-
ent Gray states that he can take out
thirty tons Of ore q day if it were need
ed, but at present there Is no demand for
SO great an amount, and no place to put
1t. However, they are taking out fifteen
and twenty tons a day, which is a good
deal more than the smelter can manage
with their present roasting capacity. If
the new machinery and roasting furna-
| ces had been added this fall, the smelter
| would haze turned out stacks Of bullion
during the winter.
w. I'll. Palmer is working Industrious
ly on his coal contract, and is giving en-
ployment to a large number Of men.
FL. D. Burghardt, the superintendent
of the mining and smelling company, is
east at present.
w. 3. Reed & Co. recently loaded
a team with bullion for Billings, which
will load back with goods for the above
firm.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
A Miner Injured.

On the 10th inst. a man named Cliff
ton, working in the Great Republic
mine, in the Clark's Fork country, was
the victim of a powder explosion by
which he was seriously injured. He
was brought to Bozeman Monday even
ing, having been wen days on the road.
DR.. Whitefoot was called to attend the
injured maI, and from him we learn
that Clifton and his partner had put in
a shot, and after waiting an hour for it
to gooff, Clifton approached and stopped
the hole, when the charge exploded.
Clifton's face and breast were filled with
fine particles Of rock and dirt. His
right arm was also bruised and torn just
below the shoulder. Owing to the
length of time clapsing between receiv-
ing his injuries and the present, the ex-
tent to which he is hurt is unknown,
but his physician expresses a belief that
he is not seriously injured, and that the
eight of one eye, il not both, will be
saved.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22

full speed to where the young man lay,
picked him up, conveyed him home,
and Immediately sent for a physician.
The injuries of Kirk were frightful in
appearance. A cash extended along the
right side of his head, some five and q
halfinches, laying his scalp bare for that
distance and for a width Of three or more
inches. In the corner of his right eye
was a cut exposing the artery, his left
eyebrow was torn loose, a frightful cash
appeared under the eye, his leg and arm
were bruised and cut, but no bones
broken. A physician shortly arrived
and dressed his wounds, the young man
undergoing the painful operation OF
having them stitched and dressed with.
out a murmur. He was getting along
nicely at last accounts, and is moi
thought to be dangerously injured, al
though his escape is little short of mirac
ulous.-Comieg.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
Buffalo on Flat Cresk.

A letter received from Thos. w. Muir
ply, who lives on Flat creek, on the
Benton road, contains the following:
"Hagan's cowboys, while riding on
the range rode onto q herd Of buffalos.
The buffalos started to run with the
boys In pursuit. But their horses be
came frightened and would notapproach
the herd near enough for the boys to
shoot with any effect. The buttalos
fed on in their slow but steady gait and
disappeared in the north
These are the only buffalos that have
been seen In that section for ten years Oh
more.-Indepesdent.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
About Sheep.

While q good many, and they proba-
bly, know nothing about it, are predict
ing o cold winter, the wool growers IN
the vicinity Of Benton do not seem TO
have ny apprehensions whatever in the
premises. Their sheep are now IN excel
lent condition, and as all are well pro-
vided with feed and sheds for the win
ter. the loss, no matter how severe the
weather may get, will be but a trife in
comparison with that OF former years,
when the business was carried on in a
hap-hazard tanner There is a feeling
of security among the sheepmen that has
not been manifested heretofore, and it is
due, not to any hope of a mild winter,
but to the fact that they feel prepared to
meet n sort Of weather, and success
fully fight the elements. They have
made wool growing q business, q prom
Using investment, and not SIS Of yore a
game of chance with the odds ia favor
of a big crop-of pelts in the spring.
The number of sheep In the country
tributary to Benton has increased to such
an extent. the past year. and the pros
poets Of successful wintering are SO ia
vorabIe that it is q matter of certainty
almost that the wool trade Of the river
metropolis next year will be something
marvellous. AS our buyers cana always
command better rates by the river, and
hence car pay better prices, Benton will
be as usual the favorite market.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
a Frightful Accident.

From Mr. H. T. Brown we get the
following particulars of an a~ccidenthap-
pening near Salesville, on the West Gal
latin, on Thursday last, by which 2
young man named Harris Kirk mar
rowly escaped losing his life. The
young man was driving Q span of horses
through q meadow, and was sitting on
the front bolster ofthe wagon. BY some
means the wagon became uncoupled and
Mr.. Kirk was suddenly thrown forward.
The team became frightened and started
to run. Kinks head was caught in the
wheel, and he was dragged some distance;
his head meanwhile preventing the
wheel from turning. BY an almost
superhuman effort he succeeded in free
ing himself and lay PROSTATE on the
ground.
Mr. Brown, who had been some dis
lance away, had been y Mortified specta-
tor Of the affair. He drove his team at
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
Montana's Fat Boy.

Mrs. Frank Marsh, together with Mrs.
Trowbridge, who has since returned,
left Butte for the east on q visit about
three months ago and Is in Mechanics
burg, Pa. OF her son George the Jour
nal of that town says: "The fat boy
from Montana is a living curiosity.
Just think of it! Not quite seven years
old and weighing 123 pounds. Montana
atmosphere and victuals must be whole
some for a ghost Of a fellow to go to take
on some f!esh.u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
Montana Horses in California.

A Montanian who has been attending
the races at Bay View Course, on the
18th inst, writes to friends in Helena as
follows:
In the three-quarter mile dash with
seven starters, Premium sold for as much
as the balance of the field, and was beat
en- by q neck. There wasn't q Montan-
Ian, excepting Missouri Jim and Joe
Woolmah, left with a splitter.
There were six starters in the n and
one-eighth mile dash, handicap. Joe
Howell sold last In the pools, at about
l to 8. Howell won easily by two
lengths, carrying III pounds. Time
1:58.
Boulis was to have started in a mile
dash, but was withdrawn, and the race
was won by McKinstry.
Jooko will be in the four-mile race.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
TIL E RIV Err E
The Land Craze in Manitoba.

There is q big boom at Regina on the
line of the Canadian Pacific. This
townsite, about $50 miles west from Win
nipeg, has been laid out, four miles
square in extent, by the Canadian IA
cifc railroad company and the Dominion
government. The latter put in the even
sections, and the Canadian Pacific the
odd sections of land. The whole lou
miles are plated, and valuation placed
on the land at 81, ooO 600. The lots are
disposed of by allotment to parties ap-
plying for them, in blocks of $4,000 In
value each. Two million dollars worth
Of lots have thus far been allotted. Inc
craze for town lots is simply marvellous,
and due 10 the fact that Manitoba IS the
only live territory for speculation OF tnls
character. The investments came almos
wholly from England and Ontario ana
Quebec. It is reported that a single
banking firm had orders to buy s75o,Ooo
worth Of lots in Regina, before the town
| was plated, or any lots were open Tor
sale. The speculation in town lots In
Winnipeg and along the line of the Ca
madam Pacific, exceeds, 50 say well III
formed men, anything Of like character
in the history Of the United States. An
instance of the speculative mania Is fur-
nished in the following: A party bought
a section Of land long distance from any
railroad or settlement in the Northwest,
paying therefor 81 per acre. His friends
joked him on the purchase, and suggest
ed that he put the land into town lots
He did SO, and sold $1OO, 900 worth, even
without seeing them himself. The pur
chasers, who lived in a Canadian city
afterward examined their tow nsite, ant
found it under two feet OF water, In s
swamp. The story is told in Winnipeg
as a good joke.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
Full Returns from Meaghsr County.

The following are the returns from
Meagher county, complete with the ex-
ception of one small precinct. It will
be seen that Maginnis' majority is only
Ii, which lacks a good deal of being 300.
Johnston's majority is 80, the Maiden
precinct having given him a big boom,
the result of the work Of Dir. Essler, his
son-in-law, Rotwitt, the independent
candidate for clerk, has a big majority,
and Billy Cameron gets there by a few
votes. The totals are as follows:
Botkin 9s1, Maginnis 994.
Waterman 933, Johnton 1913.
Sheriff 6s5, Stuart 1882.
Dean 954, Wallace 842; Atchison 843,
Kanouse 986.
Stevenson 855, Murray ,o36.
Rotwitt ind, 1,Os4, Hatch 535; Ander-
son 279.
Folsom ee4. McClintock 1,053.
Allebaugh s22, Cameron 085.
Hughes 745, Howell 1853.
Mcintosh 732, Berkins $50.
Miss Nichols 994, Upton s22.
Mcfarland esl, Wight 1850.
Potter s91, Lapalm 982.
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
Diptheria Cure.

In ali cases when used DR.. +. 3. Hal
liday's Blood Purifier has proved q GER
tain specific for that dread disease diph-
liberia. It must be taken at once and in
double doses, gargling the throat when
swallowing it. It is not only a cure but
preventative as well. So get a bottle of
it at once, use it and it will do you good
as it il the most wonderful blood medi-
cine now in existence.
W. J. Minar, wholesale and retail agent,
Fort Benton, Montana. S. Blachford,
proprietor, 274 East Seventh street, st.
Paul, Mimi.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
Letter List.

The following isa list ofletters remain
ing in the Benton postoffice for the week
ending November II, 1882:
Brewn, Eugene Brown. Mrs Sarah
Beleadon, Sapierre Croft, Richard
Covert, Joseph Dick, T.. I.
Dewey, e. w. Deugan, Thos.
Forest, Andrew Fisher, T. J.
Fitzgerald, Dick-2 Ferry, James z.
Farmer, Frank Gunnerson, Lima
Hutchinson, John Hull, D. Denison
Kelly, w A. Lewis, Press
Liebold, Mike Iadd, Charles
Merrion, +. Robinson, w. J..
Rossier, Ed. NJ. Robinson, Robt. C.
Ryan, J.P. Shoppe, VIM.
Stoner, Il. B. Thompson, John'n
Tellison, Christ. Tilyon, Chas.
Wreach, CroIton Woke, 7.
Wood, Chas.-3
Persons calling for any of the above
letters will please say "Advertised.u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22

The defeats odor OF Floreston Cologne
is entirely novel. Look for signature OF
Hiscox & b., n. Y, on each bottle.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22
How 1t Was Done.

How do you manage said q lady to
her friend, ito appear 70 happy and
good natured all the timer Il always
have Parker's Ginger Tonic handy,n
was the reply, and thus easily keep
myself and family in good health.
When / AN well / always feel good
natured.u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-11-22

WE TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING
EUSIN EGA.
Will issue Exchange or Topographic Transfers
available in all parts of the United States, Canadas
ard Europe.
Buy at the highest rates Gold Dust, Coin,, Gold and
Silver Bullion and Local Securities.
Keep current accounts with merchants, stockmen,
~freighters and others subject to sight drafts.
Will pay interest on time deposits and discount
notes or bankable paper.
VIII make advances to merchants. stock dealers and
others, as are suited to Their requirements.
VIII give freight rates on wool to all Eastern cities,
and make liberal advances on same al 6 Low rate OF
interest.
Din ECTsDRH
s. r. HAUaER, JOS S. HILL,
n. C. POWER, JNO HUNSBERaERz
W. CT. CONRAD r. A. LUKE.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-22
The New York stock Market.

NEW YORK, April 81 Share speculation
opened weak, and prices were to TX per
cent. lower than Yesterdays closing quota
tions, New Jersey Central and Missouri Pa
cific leading the decline. In the early deal
ings, after a general decline of u to l per
cent, the latter for New Jersey Central, the
market sold up q to ~ per cent, New
Jersey Central, Western Union and Lake
Shore being prominent In the upward move
ment. This was followed by another de-
cline OF % to ~ per cent, in which Denver
and Rio Grande, New Jersey Central, Wa
bash preferred and Long Shore were the
greatest sufferers. But subsequently the
market became strong and recorded an ad-
vance Of to 196 per cent, Wabash pre-
ferred, Northwestern, Lake Shore, New
JERSEY Central and Missouri Pacific being
most prominent in the upward turn.
About noon there was a decline of La2
per cent, Manhattan Elevated and Missouri
Pacific leading therein. The market then
recovered 1sa1H per cent, the latter for
New York Central. but the general list
again sold off nv per cent, while New
Jersey Central declined "A and Wabash
preferred / % per cent. This was succeeded
by a sharp recovery, and prices advanced to
the close, the advance ranging from u to
~ per cent, Wabash preferred. New York
Central, New jersey Central. Denver and
Rio Grande and Missouri Pacific being con-
sDicuous in the upward movement. The
market closed strong, at about the best
figures of the day, and generally 1sa2 per
cent. higher than at yesterdays close, the
latter for New Jersey Central and Lake
Shore. Transactions aggregated 100000
shares.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-22
PAYING THE PENALTY.
THE WORK OF THE GALLOWS
YESTERDAY.
Three Murderers Hanged - Sim
dram's Nerve.

ST. LOUIS, April 2l.-A Post Dispatch spe-
cial from Ralla, Mo-, says: 'George Bohan-
non was executed to-day in the presence Of
several thousand people, who came to town
from all the surrounding country. The
saloons and public schools were closed by
proclamation of the Mayor. Bohannon shot
and killed VIM. Htte In a drunken row on
August 5sh, 1881. He was only twenty
years old aud his victim twenty-three."
NEW YORK, April 21.-William sindram,
murderer of Mrs. Crave, was executed this
morning at the city prison at 8:36 He re-
mained firm TO the last. Sindram passed
the early part of the night playing cards
with the boy burglar and murderer MeGloin.
After this he went to bed and appeared to
sleep soundly until after six o'clock. He
ate hearty breakfast and manifested no
emotion over hts approaching fate. Sin
dram did not finch. There was a deter
mined and set expression on his counte-
nance. When the drop fell the body worked
convulsively for several minutes. His heart
ceased beating in fifteen minutes His neck
was not broken, and he died of strangula-
tion after protracted struggles.
LITTLE Rock, April 2l.-Luther B. TAYLOR
was hanged at 10 O'Clock to-day at Corning,
Arkansas, for the murder of Riley Black.
This morning he denied the killing. The
execution was witnessed by several hundred
persons, many women being present.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-22

petition in that court, stating the facts on
which the relief is sought, and the court
shall find the facts as established by the
evidence and report the same to either
house of Congress.
Mr. Houck, of Tennessee, contended that
the claims of loyal citizens of the South
should be paid promptly by the government,
and characteriZes as unjust the decisions
rendered, that the fact that claimant lived
in a disloyal State was suficieGt ground for
rejecting and disallowing bis claim. That
position was incompatible with justice. If
the South had been solid, there would have
been two governments in this country to-
day instead of one. That section had given
to the army of the Union three quarters
OF million of soldiers, and a majority
of the citizens of Tennessee had never
breathed disloyal breath. He did not be-
lieve that the method of investigating these
war claims had been just and fair, or that
the same Justice had been meted out to the
Union men of the South as to the Union
men OF the North. He would not vote for
any bill that opened the door to the pay
ment of anv one who had been disloyal, but
neither could he favor any measure which,
like Mr.. Houses substitute, barred all claims
prior to 1866.
Mr.. Springer, of Illinois, declared his in
tention TO vote for Mr.. Houses substitute,
and he argued az length upon the prosper
ity and advisability of relieving Congress
of the consideration of private claims, and
quoted some statistics to show that during
the past twenty years SO, 164 bills had been
introduced in Congress aud printed at an
expense of 1853 740, most of them being OF
private character. He admitted the force
OF the objection that the pending PROPOSE
ton could not prevent subsequent Con-
crosses from adiudicating private claims,
and trusted that before the close of the
Forty seventh Congress a constitutional
amendment would be proposed In relation
to the subject.
The matter then went over, and Mr.. Bow
man, of Massachusetts,, gave notice that he
would call the previous question at 2 O'Clock
tomorrow.
The House then. at 4:30, took recess
until 1880, the evening session to be for the
consideration of pension bills.
DEMOCRATIC FINANCE COMMITTEE.
The Board of Control of the Democratic
Congressional Campaign Committee has ap
pointed the following Finance Committee:
Hon. h G.. Davis, of West Virginia, Chair
mar; w. w. Corcoran, of Washington, d.
| c.; August Belmont, of New York. Angus
tus Schell, of New York; G. w. Brice, of
0hio;George f. Marice, of California: Hon.
j. E Mcdonald, of Indiana; Hon. NJ. N.
Nolan, OF New York; H. E. Packer of Penn.
syivania; William R. Travers, of New York;
Gen. w. B. Franklin, OF Connecticut; j. j.
d. Morrison, of Missouri; L G.. Ganettson,
of New York; Hon Alex Mitchell, Of Wis
consin; Hon. Lewis Beach, A. G. Wander
pool, and Abram =. Hewitt, of New York;
j. w. Singleton, of Illinois, and j. s. Bar
bour, Of Virginia.
COMPUTATIONS.
The Senate confirmed w. F. Holden as
Postmaster at Augusta, Ga and Mrs. So
phronia McLemore as Postmistress at Fay
ettpvflla Ala
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-22
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

During the month OF March 1A,697 ema-
grants left Hamburg, most OF them Tor thq
United States.
The steamer Rochdale, &C Sebaatopol|
Russia, from Charleston, 8. O., was on fre
yesterday but the flames were extinguished.
Rev. j. 8. Fisher, young student Of the
ology In Berks county, Pa, has become
violently insane from attempting 20 COM
NIT the whole Bible to memory
The latest reports from the fruit-growing
districts of Virginia, Michigan and Arkan-
sas indicate that the crops suffered little
damage from the recent cold weather.
Cyrus W. Field has received from James
Gordon Bennett sl4, $50. the amount OF con-
tributions through the New York Hezeld for
the Garfield fund.
The Railroad Commission bill has been
passed by the lower house of the New York
Legislature. 1t goes to the Senate. By It
the commissioners are to be elected by the
people.
Both the English and French CoEsuls at
Cairo have energetically demonstrated with
the authorities concerning the brutal con-
duct of the police towards foreigners arrest
ed for connection with street disturbance.
Advlces from Buenos Ayres OF March Oath
state that Admiral Lynch had ordered a
military tribunal to assemble in Lima TO try
Arenas and all those who signed PIerola's
manifesto melting revolution In Arequipa.
In the Criminal Court at Washington
counsel for A. G. Soteldo, charged with
murder and msnslaughter, filed a motion to
oussh the indictment in the latter case. The
motion was overruled and an exception
taken. The District Attorney then said he
would call the case on Thursday of next
week.
A Red Bank, N. j., dispatch says: 'sThe
country along the extended pine and cedar
wood lands is threatened with destruction.
The woods are as dry as tinder, and fires are
smouldering in the strips. The fire csused
by the brush burners has destroyed several
thousand dollars worth of timber, and the
fire is still burning. Rain alone can save
the country"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-04-22
MINISTER HURLBUT.
DeTails OF His Death - A Rumor
Which led 30 a Post mOrtem.

PANAMA, April 21.-Mail advices from
Lima bring details of the death of Minister
Hurlbut. On learning of the death, General
Lynch at once offered, in the name Of the
Government of Chill, to take charge of the
remains and give them public funeral,
conducted with the ceremony and honor
due to the high official position and military
rank of the deceased. This offer, however,
was declined by Mrs. Hurlbut, who for
years past has evinced a marked
dislike of military display, and who deter
mined that the simple Episcopal service at
the legation and a temporary lodgment 10
the Meiggs vault at Villegas, kindly placed
at her disposal by Henry Meiggs, was all the
ceremony necessary pending the transfer of
the remains to the United States. Great ex-
citement had been aroused In Peru
on account of the suddenness Of
Minister Hurlbut's death. Number
less rumors were set sfoat, of
was one 1t was, therefore, Judged best by
the authorities that an autopsy should be
had, which, though at first quite contrary
to the wishes of Mrs. Hurlbut aud the
family, who were satisfied as to the natural
cause of death, was at length consented to.
Ten surgeons of different nationalities wit
messed the post mortem, which was skill
fully executed by Drs Schofeld and Bald
win, of the United States ship Pensacola.
Aneurism of the heart was shown to be the
true cause OF his death. However, to sat-
isfV the most skeptical, aud remove all
ground for suspicion, it was also thought
best to have an examination of the
contents of the stomach, which
was made by DR.. Rsimondi, OF Lima
Drs. Schofield and Baldwin then concluded
upon Ike precaution and have transmitted
a sealed jar, containing more or less of the
contents of the late minister's stomach for
analysis in New York.
Montero now acts as pro TEN. President
OF Peru, but the Cailians are undecided
whether to acknowledge him or otherwise.
Montero is doing his best to satisfy them
of his ability to form government for
Peru beyond the Chilian lines.