The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-10-18
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says thaS ne IS subject TO ITS, ana lnat
while he il under their influence liz inn
PEELED to put distractions on railroad
tracts.
Hanson cabs, OF precisely the London
pattern, are TO be introduced in Phila-
delphia by the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. Two persons may travel q
mile and a half in any direction from
the station for twenty-five cents.
London journals complain of the IN
Clearly condition Of Westminster Abbey
since Dean 6tanley's death. The aboli-
ton Of fees Tor viewing the chapels
makes the presence of visitors distasteful
to the attendants, who are said TO consid-
er the coming of strangers q personal af-
front.
In q cave in the mountains OF Virginia
resides q hermit Of immense size, with
long white hair and beard. He is over
50 years Of age, and for 40 years has not
spoken. When he wants anything of
civilization he indicates by signs, but
for months at d time he secretes himself
and communicates with no one. It is
said that he has lost the power Of speech
by disuse.
A girl on % visit 10 the fair at Omaha
consented TO marry q young merchant
of that city, and the impromptn wedding
party went to the Protestant Episcopal
church. When brought IN front Of the
rector, she SAW that he wore his vest
ments and declared that she would not
be married by q minister dressed in that
way. No persuasion moved her, and
she went away.
Lang and Lykins, rival tobacco deal
ers at Peterville, KY, agreed to settle
their dispute in g duel with clubs. The
weapons were four feet long and two In
ches thick. The fight lasted twenty
minutes. The left arm OF each ma was
broken in warding Off blows, and their
heads and shoulders were frightfully
bruised. Lang won by q stroke that
rendered Lykins insensible.
A quality Of California redwood is its
ready ABSORPTION of water when heated,
| which for @ time makes it almost fire
proof. The quickness with which fires
are extinguished in San Francisco has
often been remarked, and the celebrity
with which blazing buildings are often
transformed into charred remnants ie
greatly facilitated by the entire lack OF
| the reeinous element in the redwood
lumber.
The fight between Goss and Hill, at
Jackson, Miss, was with new, heavy,
long-lashed whips. Two lines were
drawn eight feet apart, and these were
toed by the combatants, who were strip
ped to the waist. The victor was to be
| the one who stood longest at the scratch.
A great crowd witnessed the brutal ex-
hibition, which lasted three hours, and
resulted in 8 draw. Both were terribly
lacerated and exhausted, but neither
would acknowledge himself beaten.
The other day there was seen in Lon
don, for the first time, the Blue Ribbon
| the emblem OF the teetotaltr worn side
by side with the token of the wearer's
| gion. Cardinal Manning has sanctioned
the Blue Ribbon army by accepting a
| position i'm its ranks by the side of the
| Rev. Newman Hall. In doing so he
writes to give his adhesion, because The
| considers every good cause tending to
! draw the human soul X m lightto dark
ness as the work of nc particular creed,
but Go | himself
Ellwood Cooper of Santa Barbara, the
leading olive grower OF Cali ornia, says
that he has trees eight years old that
have produced two thousand gallons OF
olives to the acre; and the eli finds a
ready market at S. a gallon, The yield
Of one acre would thus be ST $50, which
for hundred acre ranch would be a
pretty fair income. But these figures
are not represented to apply to any e
cept the very choicest trees and al un-
commonly good year. But ever comput-
ing the profits Of olive culture at as low
a figure as o%ne-tenth, q twenty acre
ranch would support a family very com
fortabIy after six or seven years Of wait
ing. One of the great advantages Of
olive culture is the fact that Irrigation il
not needed. Tn 4 climate where there
4. cr4nya a.,nh q cna rcifv Of rain &c