The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

ITEMS OT INTEREST.
\ Methodist church in Attleboro
Mass, has organized an Anti-gossip So
ciety.
The opposing counsel in q st. Louis
lawsuit would have kicked each other
il the presiding Justice had not >caught
and held them apart.
A hundred and sixty men Of Amite
county, Miss, went to jail for five days
rather than pay their fines for failures
to work out the road tax.
Tn the last five years / ,s94 dead bodies
have been taken from the Thames in
the various dirtricts of London. About
one-third Of these We're women.
An entire Russian guard, with its
non-colnmissioned officers, has been SEM
fenced to Siberia Tor lie, for conspiracy
to steal treasure it had been sent to
protect.
A Berkshire Hills boy paid with his
life for the 1olIy OF tying cows halter
around his waist, and then driving the
beast where q railroad train could
frighten her,
A Chicago butcher has been fined 800
for knocking out the eyes OF cattle before
slaug ghtering them, in order to make
them tractable He said that the prac-
tice was common!
Ben Thompson, manager of s theater
at San Antonio, Texas, appeared on the
stage while 4 fight Was in progress. and
quelled it by shooting three bullets
through the nibs Of three gas burners,
Just to show how easily he could hit the
disturbcrs it he tried.
An area of SO 00o acres has been plant
ed with trees in Kansas under the new
law relating to arboriculture. The cot
ton tree was largely planted on account
of it's rapid growth, and 6,O00 acres were
set with walnut trees. The eXpecsation
is that this will operate in course OF time
to relieve the climate, OF its extreme dry
ness.
Corn il not easily identified. anu far
1ners who choose to mix their neighbors'
crops with their own by night can hard
ly be convicted. In this dilemma, q
secret society at Ewing, Ind, whips
every man suspected OF corn thieVing in
that neighborhood, each member strik-
inc one blow, 50 as to equalize the re-
sponsibility for mistakes.
The New York Times says that 'one-
half Of lhe martial infeiicity in the world
is due to the wi els inability to compre-
hend her husbands little wants Or to a
stubborn or malignant temper which
leads her deliberately to oppose the graft
flcation Of his wishes - The fuss that
some men make about not getting 3
night-key is simply wonderful.
One of the most mysterious of recent
events in Berlin was the suicide Of "a
successful lawyer. He was one of the
busiest of men in his profession. his
clients were of the Wealthiest and best
paving. and among them was Bismarck.
His family relations were as fortunate as
his pecuniary Gnes. No one has been
able to explain why he drowned HIM
self.
John K. Randolph, living near Pitts
bureh. believing that the Lord is soon
to visit the earth with another flood, is
building an ark after the pattern OF the
vessel OF Noah. It is 22s feet in length
bv As ieet in width, and will hayea ca
paoity OF one hundred tons. He looks
Tor the flood by the middle of October
In the mean time he is making arrange
ments Tor the reception of as many rep
resentatives OF the animal kingdom as
he can find, and is sending invitations
to great many persons whom he wishes
to save.
Arabi pasha would be recognized at
once by the ethnoogist AS the soldier
son OF the Egyptian peasant. He is tall
and muscular. His eyes are small and
dull not bright and sparkling as little
ewes are wont to be. The lower part OF
the yisage resembles that Of the bulldog
with broad jaw and hanging cheeks.
The nosf, ii wide and fiat OF true A .rics. n
shape. He was brought up at the mill
tary school established by Col, Se'nes,
and his education was entirely French.
Consequently he hates the French. but
detests the English still more, and most
OF all the Turks.