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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE noted divine, Rev. DR.. Howard
Crosby, has been giving the temperance
societies a shaking up on account OF the
tracts and books published under their
auspices. The reverend doctor claims
that passages of scripture are misquoted
and twisted out of all semblance to
their original meaning in order to favor
temperance.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
THE RIVER PRESS.

ness of the policy which distributes 1ne
broken-down politicians and piace-hun-
tiers of the east over these growing west
ern communities, each one OF Wnlcll
could furnish men thoroughly htted, 50
far as ability is concerned, for n 1edeI-
al position in the territory. Inc pre9u-
dice against outside appointees Is rapluIy
growing, and has in fact already reacneu
a good point where most OF them aie
poWerless for good.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

COMMISSIONERS MCFARLAND of the
general land office is gradually reducing
the number of land offices as opportu-
mites are offered. In Montana the OPP
posite course should be taken and the
number increased. A land office at
Fort Benton will soon be an absolute
necessity, and is ven now greatly re-
0uired.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE Cinnamon are employing ways
that are dark and tricks that are VAIN
to slip into our land of high wages, not
withstanding the enactment Of congress
to bar them out. Seventy-seven came
over in one vessel and one hundred and
eleven in another not long ago. These
Celestials hold certificates from the Chi
nese government stating that they are
traders or actors, and the boys and young
men that they are coming here to at
tend school. AS the restriction act APP
plies only to laborers they have to be
allowed to land, unless they give them
selves away when examined by the
officials.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THEdispatch announcing the striking
of a good flow of water in the arteslan
we'll at Miles City at the moderate depth
Of 352 feet, is indeed cheering news for
Montana. Wells of this character are
now being bored at several points IN the
territory along the line of the Northern
Pacific railroad, but Miles City is the
first to strike water. We can'only hope
that they will prove as successful as the
Miles City we'll. If it is definitely settled
that a good flowing well can be struck
at from 200 to 500 feet in this country,
two wears more will see hundreds OF
them watering the now waste places OF
this section. A great many ranches
could be taken up and be valuable for
farming if only water could be procured
at a moderate cost. 1t takes more capt.
tai than the ordinary settler has to spare
to dig miles of ditch, and then IN many
Of the older settled communities the
water running in the streams has all been
taken up or involved in lawsuits, which
renQefS lTrIgaIlou lIHpiaCoioao1o' AA1h
again a great many locations would be
made on our bench lands if only enough
water could be procured for the use OF
family and stock, as in many places the
soil and situation would make farming
profitable without having water to irri-
gate crops with. These places are SO fal
away from waternow that it is not pos.
sible to make a home there, though WE
expect in time to see many of these 10
cations farmed, even If water has to be
hauled ten miles for use while seeding
harvesting, and t%hreshing, as is now be
ing done many places in the Walla Wa
Ia valley
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

SECRETARY TELLER evidently thinks
5000 acres Of land is too much ground
for one lazy Indian to take care of, SO he
will recommend the cutting down, OF
the immense Grow reservation at the
next session Of congress. While they
are at the job they do not want to forget
the big Blackfoot reservation which
needs curtailing badly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

1T would seem from the latest account
in the Glendive Times of the recent
shooting scrape at that place, by which
a fine young man was slaughtered, that
the sheriff was more interestedin game
of "stud poker" and in coming to the
front every time the rowdy cowboys
'sset 'em up" than in preserving law
and order. All the arrests are reported
to have been made by private citizens,
the officers not having the requisite
ssand' to tackle the well-armed ruffians.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
officials.

THE grand total Of Indian reserva-
tions, as given by the interior depart
ment in 1880, is 241, 764 square miles,
namely: In Arizona, 4,83l3; California,
7SS; Colorado, 10, 4S0; Dakota, 57,2135;
Idaho, 1926; Indian Territory, 64,236:
Iowa, 1; Kansas. ZIG; Michigan, lO4;;
Minnesota, 1858; Montana, $3.50; Ne
braska, 682; Nevada, 1883; New Mexi-
co, II, 295; New York, 1876; North Caro-
lima, o2;Oregon, 6,022; Utah, 3,ls6;
Washington, 1O,s21; Wisconsin, 91e;
Wyoming, 2,375.
It is estimated that there are 10000
Indians now in the country; this would
give nearly a square mile per head. It
noticed that Montana stands third in
the list. Indian territory and Dakota
being the only two territories that have
more land set apart for the aborigines.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THREE pair of ostriches have been
sent to Florida from Nubia, Africa. 1t
is thought the feathers will bequite valu-
able. The ostrich farms of southern
California do not seem to be 9 success.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

GEN. MCCLELLAN will winter at
Washington. We have no doubt the
general would like to spend about four
years at the capital-inth the white house
but such a wish, if he entertains it, is
not likely to be. gratified.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

ON account of a little freight war
among the railroads Salt Lake mer-
chants get goods laid down from San
Francisco for 45 cents per cWt. A further
cut is probable, all of which is fun for
the shipper.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE tanning of human hides seems
to be an old thing, as a reliable witness
testified lately before the committee on
education and labor that it had been in
creasing in the tanneries for the last six
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE old 'sblue laws0 of Connecticut
have been put in force by the arrest OF
several parties for picking up a few nuts
on Sunday from under the trees by the
side of the public road. Truly such
communities have more religion than
m sense.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
common sense

Fort BENTON is not the only town
where men 'sgo broke bucking the tiger
The cashier for Lyon s. Healy. the well
known dealers in musical instruments
in Chicago, has "bloWn in some $1,000
OF the FIRMS money in trying to get the
best of the faro game.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THAT fatal disease, the CHAMBERS, is
raging among the horse herds on the
Little Blackfoot.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE Marquis of Lansdowne, the
new governor general, is receiving a
hearty welcome throughout Canada.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

IT is claimed by Manitoba statisticians
that 10O, 900 immigrants settled in that
province this year.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE celebrated PAGER, Johnston, has
been sold in Chicago to Commodore
Kittson for $25, 900.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE Pioneer Press says that Montana,
on account of her politics, may be adj
mitted as a state by a democratic con-
gress, while republican Dakota, with its
much larger population, will be left out
in the cold.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

WILLARD is out with a column and a
half card explaining to the stockholders
Of the Northern Pacific where that eX-
ira 500, Ooo, 900 has gone to.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

BUT half the population of Alabama,
Georgia, South Carolina and Mississippi
can write their names.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

NORTHERN PACIFIC stock seems to
have tumbIed to its lowest notch and is
now firm with prospects Of an advance.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE Canadian Pacific will keep 5000
men at work on the eastern end of their
road this winter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

MRS. LANGTRY brought from Paris
twenty-five new dresses, valued at $1,000.
They were admitted at New York free
of duty.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE Mormon missionaries now go
east in Pullman palace cars, instead of
with hand carts as they did in early days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
FORT SHAW. M. t.

We are in receipt of a large stock Of Goods bought for cash and
which we offer at Bottom Prices. Our stock consists in part Of STAPLE
AND FANCY GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, BOOTS AND
SHOES, CLOTHING, HARDWARE, STOVES AND TINWARE, GUNS,
AMMUNITION, WOODEN WARE, CROCKERY, GLASS, LAMPS,
HARNESS AND sADDLERY, WOOL SACKS AND THYME, TENTS
AND WAGON SHEETS. We carry a full line Of AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS, consisting in part Of the Celebrated Woods sef-binden
and Mowers, Tiger Rakes, Sulky, Gang and Walking Flows, HarOWs,
Wheelbarrows and Pumps, We are agents for the celebrated COOPER
WAGONS, which are conceded to be the best wagons made for the west
err country. We respectfully invite our old friends and patrons to give
US a call and examine goods and prices before buying elsewhere.
June 10th, 1883. J. II. MCKNIGHT & CO.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

J. [. Case will not allow his famous
t%rotter, Jay-Eye-See, to trot against
Clingstone. Case thinks his little horse
has won glory enough in one season.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

THE pension list now shows 3O3, sos
names, and $50, 600, 900 vas spent on the
disabled soldiers last year. The average
value of each pension per year is $1O6.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

IT is again rumored On Wall street
that Wizards resignation will be de-
nsanded by the capitalists who control
the road.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

DULUTH, the "zenith City" which
Proctor Knott made immortal by his
speech in congress-, has now a popula-
tiOn of Is .O33.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

IT is rumored that Gen. Grant will
again enter the race for the presidency.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

CHoTEAU COUNTY.

THE Bozeman literary club has been
christened 1.-THE ~Chatauqua.'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18
;Nsap'Uork Daily Gribmaae.
FOUNpE D5Y FORAGE r EELEY
NETWORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY IS
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-The Paris papers generally approve
the arrest of Prince Napoleon. - thomas Hig-
gins and Michael Flynn hanged in Galway
yesterday for the murder of the Huddys 80 The
total subscriptions to the Irish National Land
League amount to G1, 700. - The details of the
scheme formulated by the Egyptian Government
were made public. - The publisher of The
Standard in Victoria, B. c.. was fined for hbellIDg
Judge Gray.
CoNGREss.-In the Senate yesterday the Confer
snce report the Agricultural Appropriation bill
wis presented and agreed to. The Post Office APP
preparation bill was considered. The Tariff bill
was further considered. - In the House J. T.
Cam was sworn in as the Delegate from Utah. The
Joint resolution providing for mixed commits
sion TO consider the Venezuela claims passed.
DoMEsuC.-The Republican National Committee
met in Washington and decided upon plan of rep
resentation which treats Republican and Demo-
rratic States alike. - The State Senate yester-
day confirmed Mr.. Shanahan as Superintendent of
Public Works. - Governor Cullom, of Illinois.
was elected to succeed David Davis in the United
States Senate. - Mr. HOar gained six votes in
the Massachusetts, legislature. - Governor But
Ter made several nominations. 60 The Speaker
of the New-Jersey Assembly announced the com
mttees OF that body. - The New-York and
Boston Inland Railway Company received a charter
In Massachusetts,. - fatal accident occurred
on the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad near Lebanon,
III. g. -Four burglars were arrested i'll Roches-
ter n. u - ID. b. Chisholm OF San Francisco,
secretary of inning companies, is defaulter. 60
freight train on the Troy and Boston Railroad
fell through bridge at Petersburg junction. n Y.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Ihe supreme Court, Gen
eral Term, decided yesterday that railway compan-
les could be compelled by mandamus to forward
and deliver freight. - John ii. Moore was ar
rested for embezzllng $4,000 from the New-York
and Brooklyn Ferry Company. - Fire escapes
were ordered to be put up on the Brevoort and
Revere Houses. - The Board of Education dis
cussed the closing of the cOlored schools -
The American Society of Civil Engineers began its
annual meeting - A convention of rubber
manufacturers was held. - The taking of testi.
moDy for the contestants of tho Burr will was
finished. - Further testimony taken in
the trial of John Kenny in Brooklyn. 60 Gold
value of the legal tender silver dollar app grains
81. IL cents - Stocks were active and higher
mud closed strong
The wEATHER.-TRBUNE local observations indi-
cate cloudy and rainy weather. followed by fair or
clear and colder weather. Temperature yesterday:
Highest, $50; lowest. 28o average. 337so.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18

Il does not appear that the people OF this coun-
try want to toss up copper on the tarih ques-
ton. They want revision, but not mere
gamble. They would like some relief from
burdens, but do not seem to be impatient TO ny
from ills they have to others that they know
not Of. Still less are they minded to favor any
thing called revision of tariff which may prove,
10 an unknown extent, an abandonment oil pro-
lection for home industry. Of the Commission
bill they have formed or can form some IDEA
The bill reported 10y the House Committee does
not seem to be understood in the same way
even by the members who voted for it,
Whether the House bill is on the whole better
than that of the Senate, as the members OF the
Committee on Ways and Means no doubt De-
lieye, it is at all events less easily comprehend
ed, and it apparently differs much more widely
from the report of the Tariff Commission. Oh
these grounds, il is less likely to command
public confidence and approval, unless the Sem
ate bill should he badly mutilated in that body
But the discussion and strife of the past SIX
weeks have brought great many people to the
precise opinion which The TRIBUNE expressed
at tie opening OF the session: There is pos
sibiItv of passing the bill of the Commission,
essentially unchanged but there is very great
doubt whether any other bill, be it better or
worse, can be passed at this session. And iaii-
IRE to act at this session gives the Democratic
party opportunity to pass the Commission Dill
as its own at the next session of Congress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18
THE STRIKERS And THE RAILROADS


The decision of the General Term of the
Supreme Court in reversing the action OF jus
tice Haieht. who refused last summer to grant
a mandamus to compel the New-fork Central
and the Erie Railway to forward freight
when the eigbt-handlers had gone on
strike. is one of wide-reaching Importance,
especially if it shall be sustained by the Court
of Appeals. Justice Haight held that If any
body was injured by the refusal OF the
railroads to take his merchandise he
had q remedy in on action for damages.
This commended itself to the public rs good
common sense law. The freight-handlers had
quit work because they received only II
cents an hour when they thought they ought
to have 20. This the railroads said they could
not Day, for a variety of reas )ns. They tired
hard to Gil the places of their striking en-
ploves. but the new men could not work 80
fast as the old ones, and much freight was
delayed.
The General Term holds that i'll spite
of these circumstances, and indeed III spite
of all circumstances, the railroads must do
their duty us common carriers. Why Be-
cause they have had n special highway
granted to them by the State. The judges
say that the men had right to strike;
that the railways had the right to refuse
to raise the wages; but still innocent per
sons must not be expected to bear the
consequences The railways must do their
duty whether they can or not To the aver
ace layman this decision seems to put the
railroads entirely at the mercy OF their en-
plOyes, unless the intimation that tie judge
may use his discretion sometimes is the saving
clause. If the men want more pay, they can
stIike-all OF them, from engineer to water
boy. Ii does not matter how unreasonable the
demands may be; the railways must perform
their work as usual. This suggests endless
complications and trouble without limit. Who
shall decide what wages are just The only
resort of tho railroads seems to be in arresting
their striking woIlimen for conspiracy. lmaS-
inc the cutlery such a course would cause
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18
REPRESENTATION IN REPUBLICAN, CON-
MENTIONS.

We do not think the action of the National
Committee yesterday was wise. And yet 1t is
possible that our friends in Washington
are exaCgerating its badness. The Republic
can party has always allowed States that
never cast Republican electoral vote to have
as much voice in its Nominating Conventions
in proportion to population, rs any others.
So too it has allowed the Territories a full
share in the nominations when they arc OF
no more use on election day than so much
area in Kamchatka. That doesn't seem
to us the best or fairest way to make Re-
publican nominations; yet the party has
got on under it well enough to rule the coun-
try for twenty-four years. We won't go
to destruction now, merely because we
weren't able to make a change this year.
The imperative thing for this Committee to
do is to secure fair representation to every
district free from control or interference by
State Conventions. If there be but one Dis
trict in this State which has u different cand-
date for President from the one preferred by
all the others, that District must and will have
its preference respected, voted and counted i'll
the National Convention. That was the order
f the last Convention ald the man on this
Committee who should tbNart it might as well
make bis last political will and testament at
once. We Judge from the action of the Com
mittee at the evening session that its members
have reached. "A realizing sense of that TACT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18
A ED START.

Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania, has
demonstrated al the very outset OF his admins
tration the impossibity of being RcfOrmer
and a Democrat ut the same time He has de-
liyered an Inaugural Address which was full
of sound and elevated reform views and recon-
mendations, and he has made one appointment
which is a direct contradiction to those admlra-
bic utterances During the campaign which
ended in Mr.. Pattisons election report was
started that if he were chosen Governor he
would make Lewis c. Cassidy his Attorney Cen
eral. The mere suggestion of such an appoint
ment was so damaging that Nj. Pattison hast
cned to deny any such intenti' n, and his de-
NAL was strengthened by that Of Mr.. Cassidy.
Both men recognized the fact that it would be
fatal to Mr. Pattisons prospects as reform
candidate to have the voters believe that the
report was true. This joint denial WAS suiii-
cient evidence OF the unsavory character OF MI
Cassidy's political reputation. He is an
able lawyer and astute politician, but his
whole career has been of the sort peculiar to
men against whose operations reform move
ments are organized. He does not believe in re-
form Bus his acts inspire desire for reform
in others.
action in appointing this man to the responsible
office of Attorney General, that Mr.. Cassidy is
an old and dear friend and that the Governors
friendship has got the better of his judgment.
If that excuse affords the Governor any comfort,
he is welcome 70 ii. The appointment has
spread CONSERVATION among bis friends and
caused hilarious joy among his enemies. 1t may
turn out better for him than anyone supposes
il can now, but, whatc,e it leads to, the fact
cannot be concealed that the Governor las
made bal beginning. All his fine professions
will pass IA 80 many empty words, and only
this disastrous act will be remembered. Ii has
given the lie to all his past, and has discounted
all his promises for the future. While he was
running for Governor he said: "Public office
is a trust and must be held in the interests Of
tho people, not the oricc-holders." His first AZ
pointmcut shows that he has abandoned that
excellent doctrine and substituted in It's stead
Governor Buffers principle: "Ihc Govern
ment beor KS to its friends
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-18

startled. by an unexpected incident Prince
Napoleon in his manifesto reminds France OF
the unsatisfactory results Of Republican govern
ment declares that religion is attacked and that
the Concordat negotiated by the first Bonaparte
must be maintained. and affirms that the present
institutions have not been subjected to the
supreme test of pl6oiscite. Arrested almost as
soon as his manifesto is issued, he defends
himself in the COnciergerle with Nap oleOnic
audacity He dlsclaims personal ambition, ana
offvrs to mount the barricades If the Count de
Chambord ever attempts to ascend the throne !;
and at the same time he condemns the RepuD-
licans for not obtaining the direct sanction OF
q popular vote, advocates Gambettas system OF
electoral reform, and proposes that the Presi-
dent shall be, not the servant OF the Deputies,
but man Of the nation, elected by the people,
as in the United States.
This is an argument more logical than was
embodied in Louis Napoleons 81" Political Rev
cries. There Is fatal flaw in it, for the
Imperial p6biscite was only an empty form,
aud Republican institutions have been repeat
edly sanctioned by the French people in general
elections but the structures on the dependence
of the President upon the caprlces OF the Dep
uties and, also, on the absorption OF admins
tratve functions by the legislative chambers,
are we'll founded. The demonstration, as
whole, is more reputable than the ridiculous
adventures of Hortense's reputed son at Stras-
burg and Ham, and the French Government
adds dignity to it by displaying its morbid
dread of popular reaction. Not only is Pion
Plon clapped into jail but the Chamber OF Dep
mites losing IFS self-cOntrOl, votes urgency Tor
a motion prohibiting tho presence IN France or
Algeria of representatives of former dynaSties
This lamentable lack of self-possession on the
part of Ministry and Deputies lends adyentl-
tious aid to this new Bonapartist intrigue.
Plon Pon can, at least, unite his party, even II
he despairs of regaining the Imperial inherl-
lance by conjuring with so stale catch-word
as plebscite.