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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-10

pose as far as practicable. A meeting Of a
few prominent citizens was recently held at
the Bank of Northern Montana and the
proposition OF bringing into deserved notice
the varied resources of our town and tribn-
tary country duly canvassed. As a pre-
IT quisite to any step of importance it was
deemed essential to have q fund to carry out
whatever plans may be adopted, and the CON-
mittee appointed 10 solicit the same was sue
cessful beyond expectation, showing that 30
little interest has been awakened. The pur-
pose is. we believe, to secure the services of
a competent person to write up up Benton
and her resources, attend to correspondence
and prepare such articles and pamphlets as
are deemed necessary, and in any other man.
ner desired further the object proposed.
There are now three or four railroads
headed in this direction, and if their con-
struction is to be FASTENED and Benton reap
the greatest possible benefit, our people
must be up and doing. An intelligent effort
through which the proposed Benton branch
of the Northern Pacific passes would have
q wholesome effect ; and the same is true as
regards the proposed St. Paul 4 Manitoba
Milk river, Marias and Teton countries are
but little known, and yet Montana, the mag
%nifcent, nowhere offers greater inducements
to the husbandman and the stockman. Major
r ;,ool, &c E,r4 Pall,non Anonou cold m no
yesterday There is no better country IN
| der the sun, not even in Montana, than that
of the delightful Milk river valley" This
is the verdict of all who have visited it. The
Marias, Teton and Missouri river valleys Of
fer ike inducements, and the sooner those
| facts are scattered broadcast, the wonderful
| resources of the county through which the
St. Paul. g Manitoba would pass made wide
ly k~nown-the sooner will those lands be
| thrown open to settlement and the railroad
that will give Benton direct communication
with the east be completed. These desired
results can be FASTENED to a great degree by
a we'll directed s'boom" effort, such as is un-
der contemplation, as has been frequently
urged by the RIVER PRESS, and we are glad
the first steps, and in the right direction, have
been taken.
We would respectfully suggest to the gen.
tlemen in management that the local press
should be called into requisition when posi-
BILE to carry out the good work. The Hol1-
RIVER PRESS was the best advertise
ment Benton ever had, and we are not GER
tain but the circulation Of specially prepar-
I'd editions of a newspaper would be more
effective even than a pamphlet. At any rate
the RIVER Pass can be counted on to help
the boom along.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-10
A Few Things the "Riv~r Press would
Ltke to See.

The bill throwing open the Fort Benton
military reservation.
The stubs Of the receipts given for taxes"
by Healy to the half breeds.
John Hunsberger duly installed as land
lord Of the new hotel.
Louis Hoffman and Charley Mayne en-
bark in business in Benton.
The Benton branch Of the Northern Pa
cific railroad under construction.
T. G. Power receive the Republican nOml-
nation for Delegate to Congress.
W. B. Settle or Col. DonnellY nominated
by the Democrats for District Attorney.
Healy named for Assessor, just TO see how
badly he would be slaughtered.
Our new type and other material arrive so
that the DAILY RIVER PRESS can enter upon
its career.
A direct stage and mail route from Benton
to CouIson established.
Benton new school house under way.
A we'll executed cartoon representing ".
FL. Buck in the act of kicking Hunt, Spencer
and I'll. r. Buck out OF the Record Office on
June 1st.
The government engineers and force at
work on the Shonkin bar and other shallow
spots of the upper river.
A report from the philanthropic gentlemen
who started out Saturday to redeem four
young and tender souls from the snares and
pitfalls that surrounded them.
A photograph of the Independents man,
"NeYada," with the view of ascertainiDg il
| be does not bear a strong resemblance tc
some member of that papers staff.
For our curiosity cabinet-a thinner loca
paper than the Record.
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Lahd.s sheep Tobacco.

We have the agency for Ladd's celebrated
sheep tobacco dip and are prepared to fill all
orders to any amodnt. Being packed in
boxes of $50 and 500 pounds, it. is con-
yenient for purchasers to handle. Notwith-
standing the advance in The price of tobacco,
customers will find by getting our prices
that this tobacco has not risen in proportion.
We make q speciality of its sale.
T. C. Power s. BIO.
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souri, river.

TIE editor of the Neao Northwest thinks
the Maginnis country boom has not a suf-
fcien, foundation, and that the reports sent
out to encourage immigration are too highly
colored. This remains to be seen. Maiden
has certainly some rich quartz and placer
mines, and the country surrounding is capa-
BILE of sustaining a large population without
mines.
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All About the Boats.

The Black Hills. of the Power line, steam
| ed in to-day at noon with q cabin full Of pas
sengers and 200 tons of freight. This is the
first trip of the Black Hills to Benton. She
will probably leave tomorrow and parties
going down the river will find the accommo-
da,ions on this boat all that could be desired.
The Dacotah is receiving q new deck and
will start for Benton as soon as there IS q dig
river, bringing a thousand tons o. freight.
The Rosebud passed Fort Stevenson sa :
urday.
The Big Horn, Coulson line, passed Bu-
ford Sunday.
The Key West, Baker line, arrived at Ben
ton at four o'clock Saturday, May 9th, and
the Gen. Terry, of the Peck line, an hour af-
terward. Both were loaded almost entirely
for I. G. Baker & Co. They left for down
the river Sunday.
Deputy Marshal Ayatt is still in charge of
this boat should be kept tied up at this sea-
son of the year, all because somebody sold a
! few pints of whisky to Indians.
Judging by the latest copies of Eastern pa
| pers received it would seem that the matter
of the government contract for carrying
freight and passengers between yankton and
Bismarck is not yet decided. Both Power
and Coulson are claiming it, aud when these
gentlemen lock horns there is going to be a
stubborn battle.
The Butte arrived OF Sunday with q large
list Of passengers and a goodIy cargo of
freight for T. c. Power & Bro. She pulled
out for down the river Monday, loaded with
hides and potatoes.
The Nellie Peck left Bismarck on the 9th
| ult. with fifty cabin passengers and 300 tons
of freight.
The Gen. Mead passed Buford on the
! evening OF May 1st.
The Key West went to Clagget for the
portion OF her load put off at that point. and
returned to Benton Monday night, leaving
| again for down the river yesterday.
The Red Cloud passed Sioux City on the
25th and as there is now a good stage of
water she will make quick time the rest Of
the trip.
John nj. Gillian, an old favorite on the
| upper river, is master of the Black Hills and
Jas. B. Keenan,. clerk.
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LOST.

By the undersigned last October the following des-
cribed horses: Chestnut sorrel horse, branded hlotch
I on left shoulder, star in forehead. hind feet = little little
slantinp T on left thigh, 8 year old. Bay horse, brand
some hing like a star on left thigh, other brands. 1o
wears old, Roman nose. / will pay. go for Information
that will lead to the recovery OF all or xlO rof the re-
coyery OF any one. Jas. AcDIsl11, 49,.
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A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIHEcTIoN

AT last our business men seem to have re-
allied the fact that Benton's rare resources
and advantages should be made known to
the outside world, SO to speak, and the in.
itiA steps have been taken to effect this pur-
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THE RIVER PRESS.

the rub. Let Congress do the tair thing and
the upper Missouri will develope into a stream
of the first commercial importance aid Fort
Benton soon become the st. Paul of the
New Northwest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-10

THE bill tor tn: improvement of the Missls-
sippi and Missouri rivers, %appropriating
So, coo, 900 for that purpose, has passed the
Senate. Five millions are to be applied on
the Mississippi and one million on the Mis-
sOuri river.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-10

Mr.. Fred T. Evans, of Sioux City, who
has been awarded the overland transporta-
ton contract for Montana, will arrive on the
Helena coach this evening. Mr.. Evans
hauled the first load of freight from the Mis-
souri, river to the Block Hills and for years
has controlled the Dakota contract. What
he doesn't known about overland transporta-
ton would not be worth looking up.
Joe Hamilton, one of the founders of
Maiden, and now a prosperous merchant and
miner OF the camp. arrived in Benton yester-
day. He thinks Maiden will be the richest
mining camp on earth, and as tangible evil
dence of the fact that there is gold there be
generally goes down into his pocket for sew
eral large nuggets recently taken from his
claim, his first clean up being twenty five
ounces. Mr.. Hamilton reports that work on
the placers has o com nenced actively.
and will continue rs long as water lasts.
Always Refreshing.
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Always Refreshing.

A delicious odor is impaired by Floreston
Cologne, which is always refreshing no mat
ter how freely used.
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1nnex to Aopertlsemer!is


AursEMrSTs-3d Paoe-6th column.
ANNouN CEMENTs-Sh PdGe-6th column.
AUTUMN REsoRrs-3d Pdoe-4th coumh c,b column
RANKING HOUSES AND BANRERs-fm fugo~"'" WA
BOARD AND RooMs-3d Pade-3d column
RUsINEss NoTICEs-4M Pdoe-1st column
CoRpoR ALTON NoTICRs-3d Pooc-3d eoIum ir
CoPARTNERsHIP NonCEs-6th Idgc-Olnt cuI"A'"'
DAxcTSc ACADEMIES PGQe-1th coIuu"-
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Drrss MAKING-3d Pa0e--3d column as, u,rr.r
lUpopFAN ApvERTIsEMENTs-Sd f11e-f'" 90-
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FTNANCIAI--7m Pd0e-6th columns
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lNsrRUCrON-6M PdGe-1st I'd 50 ana ftn S cor,
IycrTREs AND MEHTINGs-3d Pdge-6th column
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MIsCELLASRous-3d Page, Sd column; ." T"9'-''
and 9th columns. a., .,,,r,,
MARRIAGES AND DEATHs-5h PdGe-6th colunin
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experience whether or not the charms OF s;m,,.
rustic life are equal to those of metropo,,t.-
luxury. SO he went ont into the wild, q, "a
jersey and bought fifty acres of rough, swamnv
ground. There year after year the fasbio,ah.
city doctor worked during bis vacations cla1 r.
corduroy and heavy boots. lie cut down trees
dug bitches, got out stumps, ploughed and pants5
and toiled from sunrise TO sunset like any Earn,
laborer He ate tho comrnonest food. passed h.
evenings sitting on a rail fence smoking a eiav
pipe, and enjoyed eight hours OF sound sleep ever
night. Thus he lived o double lfe and no.
declares that the happier portion of it was thai
spent in the brushland wilderness.
Thirty@years ago Thomas N. Waller who xas
yesterday nominated by the Democrats for Coyer,o.
Of Connecticut. was n New-Yofk newsboy. A
citizen Of New-London took the boy 10 NJ.
home in Connecticut, where be received nj,
education in the bigh-school of tia
town. After leaving school he became
book-canvasser, and was successful in accumulating
money enough to enable him to study law He en-.
tered into active political life early and among thu
many anecdotes told Of his political ways 70 ora
had made motion which the president declared
out of order When Mr.. Waller objectedto the de-
cisCn. the president asked who's running
this convention ~ II am" replied Mr. VALE,
$50 the story runs; and no ut once put tie question
ard declared it carried the president being too
much taken aback by his audacity to remonstrate
AUGUSTA, Me-, Oct. 4.-Ex-Secretary Blame ar.
rived at his home in this city at o'clock this
evening, in a special car He is in very comfort.
able condition.
VICTORIA, b. c.. Oct 4.-The Princess Louise
has returned to Victoria The Marquis Of Lorna
has gone to the interior.
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MR. GLADSTONRS SILENCE

Mr.. Gladstone's speech at Welsh railway
station is barely more than polite excuse for
silence regarding the mOmentous issues of the
day. His references to the changes in Parlia-
mentary procedure, which the Commons are
TO be asked to sanction ut the approaching
session, is pointed and vigorous. He calls upon
the House to shake of timidity and fear of cant
phrases" We have often wondered whether
the new rules of procedure would have en-
countered any serious resistance, if French
word had not been universally applied
in England to the most important one. The
right of a majority to limit debate by some
form of the previous question is recognized in
nearly all tho National legislatures of the
world. IL Is an expedlent which has worked
satisfactorily in monarchical as well as
republican States and afforded parliament and
congress adequate protection against the
caprice of factions and the tyranny of minori
ties. Yet in England it has been assaulted az n
democratic device, a revolutionary experiment.
and apparently for no better reason than this it
bears French name. Because it was known
as the Cl6tnre. Englishmen looked upon it
with suspicion as one of the dwelling contriy-
ances of ll793-one Of the blood-stained
badges of despOtic democracy-a mufed echo
of the guillotine. IL there had been some
genuine English name for it as there is In the
United States, toe Liberals would not have
been forced TO exhaust their political resources
in maintaining party discipline on this question
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amusements 90 Might.

ABnFy's PARK THEATRE" Fresh"
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BLOC OPERA HousE-"Patience.'
BOOTHS THEATRE" The Romany Rye
CRscKERING HALL-Conoert-
DAYS THE TRE-" Mankind"
F,yru AvrSrrF THEATRE" Tho Vicar Of Bray"
GxRv.s1A THEATRE Runaway Wives"
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, The bohemian GIRL
HAyERLY'sl4rH STREET THEATRE" The Merry wal :,
HrSpERsoS's STANDARD THEATRr-"Manteaux Nors
NmIo's GARDEN" Around the World IN 80 Days
sAS Francisco OPERA HoUsE-san Francisco Mi"s'ioi'
ITALIA THEATRE" Sarah und Bernhardt
THEATRE CoMoUg-"The Blackhird"
UNION SQUARE THEATRE" The Rivals"
wArIAcK' s THEArRE-"T Parvenu"
WINDSOR THEATRE" Shaun Rhue."
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nourshed, cherished organs OF the nac'''ho,
advocated the Judges nomination. snre"a
politiclan would have seen all this and shaped
his course accordingly. But, like Mr. Gam
eron. he chose t0ignore all warnings and push
Kindly ahead. Even now the machine leaders
are unable to understand the situation. Ihey
cannot get any eminent Republican speakers 10
sustain their machine ticket, and they nhh
very few respectable newspapers when are
eager to give them an enthusiastic support.
They hold meetings. composed exclusively OF
machine managers, and say thai If the news
papers would take up the cudgels for them all
would yet be well, failing completely to grasp
the fact that the tone of the newspapers Is
compelled by the temper and demand Oh an
overwhelming majority of their readers.
Why is it that these professional politicians
know 80 little of the people they assume to
lead7 Senator Warner Miller said a few weeks
ago: @This is an Administration which thinks
only of Offices" Is not that the explanation 7
All machine managers think only OF 0li1ces.
They exert all their power in getting control Oh
them, and come unconsciously to the conclusion
that offices are all-pOwerful. Because they anu
the men about them are influenced solely by
Office, they jump to the wild conclusion that the
people are no more patriotic and no higher
minded. This was Mr.. Conkling's mistake, ana
it led him into a series of most astonishing
blunders. 1t would be natural 10 suppose that
his experience would have been lesson 10
his associates, but it evidently was not.
Like him. they are utterly lacking in political
sagacity. They are not politicians, but ped
lers of Offices. When the Offices cease TO be
powerful, they are ruined.
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New'2lork Daily Gribma1s.
FOUNDED BY HORACE EELEY
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 5, 1882.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FopFIGy-.The knives used by the murderers of
Lord Frederick Cavendish and Under Secretary
Burke have been found in a house in Dublin. -
British troops are leaving Cairo on their way home
80 Many arrests have been made IN Damietta.
- 1t is thought in Ottawa that two new provln-
ces in the Northwest are to be formed. - Pres
burg Hungary has been placed under martial law
on account of the anti-Jewish riots.
DoMEsrIC.-Judge Andrews has accepted the Re-
puplicau nomination for Chief Judge of the Court
of Appeals - The Connecticut Democratic
State Convention met yesterday at Hartford and
nominated Thomas NJ. Waller. of New-London. for
Governor. 80 The State Temperance Convention
met at Syracuse - Alexander II. Stephens was
Yesterday elected Governor Of Georgia. - The
Vermont Legislature met yesterday and organized.
- The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the louisville and Nashville Railroad Company was
held at Louisville - Mr.. Blaine is rapidly re-
covering from his illness. - Watsons iron
works and the buildings of the Craighead d Elwel
Manufacturing Company were burned In Bridge
mort Conn. - Several persons were badly in
iured by the fall of temporary seats IN the street at
ST. Lonis. - Mrs W. NJ. Hannah, of Norfolk
Va. Jumped from Bay line steamer - Sixty
miners were put i'll deadly peril yesterday by the
burning of the head house at the Stanton air Shaft
near Wilkesbarre, Penn. - Near Roxbury,
y
locomotives; Mrs. Augustus Foote killed and
George Barton and wifi. were seriously injured.
CITY AND SUBURBAS.-No one was found yester
day who was willing to accept the Republican
nomination for Congressman at-Large - The
Trustees of tie Peabody Education Fund met.
- Judge Andrews and General Slocum accepted
their nominations. - The new Hay and Prod
uoe Exchange was opened. 80 The Tariff Com
mission continued its work. - There another
wray.gle in the Park Board. - An indignation
meeting over the tunnel accident held at
Mopnt Vernon. - The British steamship
Mount Lebanon has been spoken at sea, disabled.
80 Joseph Staman, while repairing electric
light wire. killed by the fund yesterday. 49,
Gold value OF the legal-tcnder silver dollar (412l2
grains), 1926 cents. - Stocks opened tame and
dull ard fuctuated within narrow limits, but
finally ended weak and unsettled.
The Manufacturers local observations
dictate clear or far weather with slight changes in
temperature. Temperature yesterday: Highest.
Csc; lowest. 47o; average 55l20.
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THE STATE CANVASS.

Mayor Cleveland on Tuesday received alnos ss
congratuatory letters from Cadet Whitaker wa"
expressed his pleasure at the nomination ana ys.s
that there are honorable men enough In Ne"'"
State to insure tho Mayors election"
The warfare over the Free Canal Amen.
ments Is daily growing of more bitter nature rat
now charged BY the opponents Of the smendlaeA"
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he has commuyed the death sentence OF TWO
political prisoners to hard labor In the mines
for an indefinite period" II the public mas al
accurate conception of what hard iaoor III 'no
Russian mines for an indefinite period MEANS
these prisoners have been spared the Trying
nan in order that they may be given 10 Vne
embraces of the fire. A little of that sort OIL
clemency is ali that malefactor WIN "ii u
binary constitution can stand
We nubIish in another column this morning
the report of talk with Mr.. Hill, Statlsl'ciah
of the State Department. In 1t ne ulsposes
ef,ectuollv of the silly assertions that our con-
suls. consular and commercial agents are OF no
benefit TO this Nation The demand for their
renorts is constantly increasing and there is
complaint from merchants, manufacturers anu
other business men that the Governmen' uos'
not print enough copies. Some OF the consulS
may occasionally send matter not particularly
relevant, but very little OF this Is. ferwaroeu
and presently, when the writers find out more
clearly what is wanted, less of it will be pup
lished. Mr. Hills of the opinion that public SEN
timent would not approve the plan OF charging
for these reports We think there would be no
objection to paying reasonable price for each
copy.
Electricity, like fire, is good servant but a
terrible master, The accident which happened
in this city yesterday, when a workman en-
gagged in transferring electric light wires lost
his life after few minutes of unspeakable
agony, brings home this truth with irresistible
emphasis. 1t is the first casualty OF the KIND
in New York that we have been called upon
to record since the introduction of the new
and improved light, and it is to be hoped and
expected that steps will be taken to prevent
recurrence of the horror. 1t seems that yes
terday's victim was expressly forbidden to DO
the very thing which sent him to sudden
death. But it ought not to be difficult or I'M
practicable to impart to all such workmen
sufficient knowledge of the nature OF cleo
tricity to induce them to deal with it as care
fully as they would with gunpowder Some
times the want of little learning is a
dangerous thing.
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NrwyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY OCTOBER s. 1890

even temporarily. IL the Secretary Will make
such arrangements, however, that the gold
certificates can be issued at any Sub-Treasury
upon deposits at any other Sub-Treasury, they
may facilitate the return of money to the
monetary centre just as the silver certificates
purchased here for issue elsewhere, but not
purchasable elsewhere for issue here, tended
strongly to draw money out of New York.
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The Democrats of Connecticut, in State Con-
vention assembled, yesterday adopted a plat
form rather longer than the moral law, good
dealheayierthan lead, much more solemn than an
owl with toothache, and Astounding with fine
old platitudes. A platform more certain not to
wake to ecstacy any voter and better adapted
10 become popular as a narcotic has never
been presented to the electors of the Nutmeg
State.
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A dispatch from Milwaukee conveys the
agreeable intelligence that the contest between
Keyes and Hazelton, which seemed destined
TO cost the Republicans the Hid Congressional
District of Wisconsin, has been ended in q
sensible manner Both gentlemen have agreed
TO withdraw from the canvass and that strong
and popular Republican, Ex-Governor Lucius
Fairchild, is likely to be the candidate. This
result will command the hearty approval of
all tho voters In the district, save such as are
hope ssiy Democratic.