The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-03-15
INTERESTING

the shipbuilding yards Of the Tyne. The
pay roll of one firm was lately within $780,
OC0.
The value of the stakes run for in Great
Britain and Ireland in 1880, exclusive of
st~eeplechases, matches, and the prizes given
in certain cases to the second and third
horses, breeders, etc., was nearly So. 900, 600.
Gen. George Mcdonald is called the
"father" of the English army. He is in his
98th year, and entered the service in 1905.
He fought in the war of 1912, and was three
times wounded at Waterloo. Admiral Rob-
ert LoneY of the British navy entered the
service in 1897.
There was nothing peculiar about a recent
Toronto wedding up to the point when the
married couple quilted the church. Then
the bride dropped her husbands arm, got
into her fathers carriage, and returned home
alone. She refused either to see him again
or to make any explanation Of her conduct.
Manager McVicker, of Chicago, is one of
the wealthiest men in the theatrical business.
He has offered to give the Rev. Herrick
Johnson, who lately preached violently
against the stage, ST. OOif he will specifically
charge that McVicker's theatre is injurious
to public morals by reason of the ~vileness of
the plays and actors presented in it.
The Rev. Ezra Winslow of Boston, whose
forgeries and fight made agreat stir several
years ago, is still living in Buenos Ayres.
He lived there awhile unidentified, under the
name of Low, and became Superintendent of
a Sunday school; but the church turned him
out on learning who and what he was. He
married a wealthy woman, became a success
full politician, and is now living sumptuously.
The thumb in China is regarded as q better
means of Identification than the face itself.
Celestial vagabonds are not photographed for
regues' gallery, as in this city, but their
thumbs are smeared with lamp-black and
pressed down upon a piece of paper, thus
furnishing a rude impression, which is care
fully kept in the police records. A face may
be altered, say the Chinese, but q thumb
never changes.
The innumerable jewel robberies in Eng
land have led to the invention of a s'patent
safety case," by means of which, when the
box is perfectly set, which is done by putting
a pin in its place inside the case, it can not
be taken up by any one without continuously
ringing a powerful alarm bell inside. If the
bell once starts ringing it cannot be stopped
except by the owner, who may thus make
the case perfectly safe when left in the DRESS |
ing room.
The Lakeview (Oregon) Herald says that
the remnants Of the Modoc Indians that were
transferred from the lava beds to the Indian
Territory are now among the quietest, most
peaceable and industrious in the country.
There are only one hundred left, but they
cultivate four hundred and sixty acres of
land, have established schools and are thriv-
ing generally. Scarfaced Charly, one of the
heroes of the Modoc war, is now a respecta-
bic farmer.
In refusing to commute the sentence of a
st. Louis murderer, the Governor of Mis-
souri, says II have not one particle of
sympathy for the murderers Of woman, who,
after the cowardly deed, shrink behind the
towards plea of insanity and plead for mer-
cy. They should remember that the law is
not made for mercy, but punishment, and
that, having had no mercy towards their VIC
TINS, they have no right to ask such from the
executors of the law"
Every criminal law, it would seem, can
claim q clergyman among its violators.
After recent examples of theft, arson and
seduction and embezzlement in the church Of
England, we now have one of suicide in the
person Of the Vicar Of Welland, the Rev.
Lionel Brown, who shot himself in his bed
room the other day. He had lately been in
low spirits through pecuniary troubles aris-
Ing from agricultural depression and the cost
OF erecting q new vicarage.
Experiments have been made with an cleo
trio lamp for locomotives on the system of
Messrs. Sedlaczel and Wilkulill. on the North
of France Railway. The lamp is placed in
front of the engine so as to light the perma
nent way. The experiments have shown that
it burns steadily, even when the train goes
at express speed, that the light does not in
terfere with the visibility or the distinctive
color of the signals, and that neither the en-
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