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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

4erioueu, nsIde auf benz @eae Der
8eferuns bon 3tbrenben Srnnfbeiteu
ais MaIaria. Sieber &C. fu0, iueroen
iebr beiIiam fnoen bas 8romu's Gifen
SitterS Elm pirtIideS Stdrfun9smittel.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
q idts Inoer. t.

S~ersebenS iudte 9err SIS. Ni. &,
GuainIan, Superintendent eiuer @las'
fubrtt III GretoI Stir, Nto., cine febr
l6fiae @unoe on fsinem Suie su turi'
rem, ga enOIid eebraudte er eins
ISOLDE lang esb0ria CT. Safobs Del,
bos iln b0Iia berIeIte.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
8rri@t Der 6ermannsr 66uIe fil
ben Rsnat Snnnar.

acknowledgement 23S.
Sur6I@uitts6tfu@ per Gag 2le
e4I[sr.
GduLtaae %.
Dur9i@nittsbslud per s@ller &c
Sage.
Die f~oIsenOeH eadler BADEN biz
9&ule ntdt n%erfdumt:
l. RIafie.
Mnrie Serbian, 9eleaa Yoef1cI,
MatbiIba 8ippFein. 9ouiia 9oned,
alice g%ttmlGsr,. 9uIia Reutubdbn,
Sebmis Reser, Satborina s@u9,
NatbilOu 9aneik &barIotts 8a6er;
Serbinonb Setotte, Sofepb 8fautf6,
Gusuf Beoemunu, Seinri@ 9sdmann,
@iIbsIm &simer, 8obsrt SIubr, 2uo.
Uis Sssemonn, Chill Bsber, @usuft
8fautid uno MaE Siberlen.
2. Stafie.
@ilbeIm SenneSerssr, Seor9 @itt.
mann, Otto Wertsns, Sobann Se.nters,
gbuurO Roetbemes.r. Seinri@ Sobns.
gouorO GG,rt, 6raHa Snden. Gouaro
SHden, 8obert Daumsdrtner; 8ofa
etbonta gttmiaer, 2outfn
Siofa goist, 9ouifu 8otb-
fu6s un6 &lara Safeuritter.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
@atentineS !
@nlentinee
in eroBer NusnabI bel
OSW: FLUHR

@sbtnfet u%nierer acknowledgements,
Der orn.eu So9el, bic iebt, no allies
nit elmer fur fe unOurdoriusliam
s&uee6efe I~bersoesu 1T, i@werIid
s.niiseno Sutter Inben fOnnen UNI f&
,u crboItcu. Streut ihueu ciuias
Brootrummsn ODER Suttertorner bin
unb fc pcr6en bisle Wobltbat in fom
member Sribiabr uno Somnrer bur&
Die SsrtiI9uns subIrei&er benz SanO'
ttnnne fsinoIiGsr Sntsften unb ibr
fr0bIi9es 9eswitfnsr ~bcIobnsr.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

SieIe Sdume bro&en ludbreub Der
Iesien Gage inter Der 2aft Der ouf
ibnen bdngcn6en fuserOiden Gisfruite
3ulammen. 8efonbsrs bieIe Sru1t-
bdnme tpur6eu auf oisfe Beife tart
bel66oiat.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Sic gr0Ste Wno beffe Nuswabl feiner
Stiefel, SdHbe, clippers fur GrOB
unb 8Iein ;u nieoertn Yreifen inbet
man inn S9ublaben BON Sobn. 6.
SeikeI.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

9citern iuaren UieIe FARMER in urt'
ferer Stabt 8u ieben. Die 9anbF To.
Ben paren gut unO 8sisen bra9te s1.0C
per SufbeI.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Gin selsenss sIrlHtane Sat rRttr;si4nett aHi
Iesscn Gitnefas ?tteHe in eeT Grniert Dale
SeVleren.
Der ctrItGe finhtr ia srteten eistIbt tti ftn
SsEren pfdntfH u. aubH aksuIicfcIR.
Spuifa &ieE
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Nm Samsta9 Den II. b. %. beran
ItoIteten S;e 9srren Yfautf6 & 8ubr
in Der Concert poue einsn &in6er.
mastenbuu gu Dem SeOermanH frsier
Gintritt bat.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Serr 60. &aues tpurbe Dor einiaen
Saeen o feiner Satin nit sinem
tleinen So9tsrIein bef9enIt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Sie Satin 6es Serrn 81. 9cnns
berger befdentte oenfeIb.n gsfterr
Worseu nit sinsm iungsu Stnmmb al
ter.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
staOtrathssR er6anhInnarn

8s3eImabipe geriammlune ON 5.
Sebrunr 1883.
@nwtienb ole $erren Eruiees.
Sas YrotofoH Der Serfammluna
bonn 4. Sauuur nuroe uerleieN uno
araeuorneu.
Die foIsenben 8sdnunsen wurben
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
Sus t%oerfOlafe1l :

MeiHr glr;e 5armsiuri6tunG pftret, Ga.
atn, pnisr Il. ~, ntbff 5nttsrs8 prrntb MIN
lfs i'd uuisr her eaac Al Ssrtdufen. 9TeiIe
uisertg IL ID mid cen, 6drIngt191ft inTiiftn-
;ithfn stofntf. ~Htadrufrag.n in mfinfr Mob.
naad III 5trnaal.
Saiiu5 auep6uebIer,
2. S!rajc, sp. 5Rarft unS S@intr.
10 j ~.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Ssrr @iIbelm Saens6e Iiset on Der
2uuseneut;inSuns f@psr trtrantt
6ornie6er.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
Ocr1Rcter RaKec,

yNrbuGels" ! Yfunb 8adet 124 Gents.
u9sperinaS" l 9funb 4atst ia Gents.
nStut" in l Yfunb Sle6tefeIu 20 Ste
bel
@6oIph 3. g b o (.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Nablten MittDo4 tritt Srau 5
8ittmann ibre StsQe oIs 2sbrerin Der
4. &Iufe in unfersr ofentliden eHuI,
an.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
8ilia

9erreE'3emben, 9ofentrdser, Nefties,
So4en, 9aubidubs II. {. IN. i'm 8otbsr
Store.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Summi ueberidube fur Ssrr.n itbr
bldg BEL Sobn 6. Eeibel.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Gbuiee RiS &aHer 3u II Gents per
pfnn0. @atcr Riu RnKre ;u 10
Gcnts per Pfnnb Bel
NbBIbb I. Prunut.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
N SAVINGS BANK.

HEAtMd N4Vy MOs
3n serfdnft.. cine aatabI sutr pfc GSrnis
fe&S @rcienf 3tnieR trGseaee 9snes ~ par
nnh onfselanfenen 3tRisu. Ra&lHfEasrH 70
her 9aanf
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

9ummi llebcri5ube fir Oomen uno
8inber ~ biliSen Yrsiien bel SeibeIs.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
9ierouf Bert aun.

@ew66nIi&e unb ebeufGIs b0@f eTe
eante clippers fur Samen unb Serren
febr biIis Bel SeiteIs.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Nc@te e@wei;er @idttin9c fnr nur
;u baben Bel
81. Nuauit @aGs.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Ridften Montus besiRnt Die rsssI-
mdsiee Sikuns Der Yrobate Court.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Serr 2son 8obbn febrte esifern
tpis6er bon feiner 9teiie mad Stem Sort
bierber ;urI6.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
Yeruranrtr Y0IksbIatt

EatSrod q ne Post Oncs at Hermann, Mo-, and
admttto4 Or transmission through the mails At
OcOna aaAos rates.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

0feinist Die eeitenpsse BON S@nes
un0 Gis.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

Gin She'll bss Isste Bo@e bon Srn.
4ropp einsebeimfen Gifes bate cine
eide bon Is 3oH.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
.66emtIicber Marftberibt
@etreibemarft.

UrcbnftenmdrFt
Gprriairt RON
GEORGE KRAETTLY. 9rccer.
Die ans.sebenen pretle rrrben RON 6SnbIrrH,
Ineifens I'm Sduf&l tejabIt.
Butter per pfunb 15- 20
Gftr per Drseub %
9eFi9eI.
5ibner per Dusenb 2 50-3 so
Grtsn sos so
@Gu1e 50-5 90
EurfeSs 50--75
8etIodntttAtpfeI per plumb So
Dhrfhe 4-5
8artsfsln PER SnItsl 60--6O
NepfsI, per SuIbeI $3.50
3riebelH 40
@etBt SSbnen 2 80
Gerdudertes Sletf@
S@tnten per plumb 1912
Sett.rahdt 10--11
s@HItern So
S&raala i0--1l
Gals 5-6
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

2estsn Nontas bsf9enfte Die Sat
tin bes Serrn Sfadc goOs benfsIben
nit einem tIeinen S6@terden.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
DIR W.T,CAMPBRLL

pcn Der
ST LOUIS EYE & EAR IkFIRMARY
riIb 9rrmaun AM 27ttn unb 2Sttn SdnHar
triebrr einen 9rluS dbitatten.
Gul6r, bic init irscnb rinrin 4uaeR. rAsV
Sbrsn-2eibsn brbaftst inb, lrDttn niht perfGu.
men, I'M Central 9UteI bel ibni reTjulpre&tn.
Sir &sftrenj tpsnte ntan I'D an Gaht. ..
Wcblt.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

6aus uno 4 Stn6tloiitn an her Driihn
Strass, ais bas f,itsrr Dtbleri6t Gi9sntbun
befannt.
6dus uab 3 StdhtfctIn an Der 6infnn
Stra6s, ipiittn Rarit uub S6ilsr.
Sdus unb @ruuefhd an Der fEetptfii6sr
Gdt BON RarFt uHh Dritier StraBs.
Ra&jHfrasen BEL
S0bn 6TsG a II,
Gfe ter ) unh Marftfrase.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
lleueS Ce6en

sibt Der @ebrau9 pom 8roun's
Giien 8itters. SIN inter ftdrft
utb errpdrmt es bos Snftem +;
INT 6rilbiabr berei6ert es baS
8Lut unS pertreibt 2ronfbeiten
I'm CONNER frdftist es bic Ners
uen un6 8er6ounnesoreone I'M
Serbft fest es bas Spftem in
Gt0n6, pI6sIi9 Mitterunsss
rue6feI Obne bOfe SOlsen su
ertrasen.
&uf feline dntere Art fam
man 4ronfbeiten 70 fiber uers
meiber oIs inbem man bas Sp=
fteut in better Orbnune erb6It.
8rown's Gifen 8itters fi9ert
u~cnfomfneite @eIunbbeit rpdb-
renb ben uer6nnerli9en Sobres=
seiter, es itelIt DOR ben 8efab=
rem fiber, ruel9e iinreines @af=
fer irnb miosmatif9e 2uft NIT
fi9 brinset uno es perbtnoert
AnsSebr1ins, Nicren= uno 2ebers
2ronfbeitet &C.
s. g. Berlin, CSC. pom Der
befannten Sirmn s. 9. Berlin
& 60, AttOrneps, Sc 9roit @es
bdu6e, @afbinston, 8. g.,
f9reibt unterm 5. Dec. 1881
geetRe Stfrsn! Gs ma6t mir 9rs.
eHhecH, tatleea 90 tSHneH, edb 10
Srsrn's Giftn !Sttttrs nit enssegt&.
neteua Grfuts eeseR @eIaria nns rsr-
S5fe pIaeea, rerurie6t eurH uebet'
artettuRa, erbrGu8t tdbe.
Sltet gu9 Dor Ga9abntuns
gen. Srast fir 8rown's 81.
fen 8itters un6 betebt barauf
es 3l erboIten. 2aBt gu9 ni6t
Gtpas aufi9wdsen, mas oIs
9ero6e o gut empfobIeR
Iuirb. DDS 4e9te ruiro nur
fabriairt pom Der 8romn Gbemis
cal Co., Baltimore, Mo.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
3m O~crf0mfcn.

DaS hiibsr SisbIcr'i&e Gisrntbnm an Der
3tsn swiiGea MaTft unb @@iaer @lraee "A
untfr sinlistn 9ebiuaunaen auun BerEanf
auSsebpten. gBtstnN6brrfm rrnbe man no
an ZEN Giasntblmtr
peurs SskHs.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09

GaetRe Stfrsn! Gs ma6t mir 9rs.
eNieeH, rielhen 90 f6HncH, bdb ID
Brern'B Giftn SttttrS NIT ausseyt&.
netera GrfoIa eeeeR RaIaria une MIR
V5fe pIaeen, rsrurfe&t hur4 uebeS.
a~rteituRa, erbrau@t pdke.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
Neue NGbmai6inen.

Weine Ian9idbrise GEfabrung III
Sbtstm Seiddft ~bsfdbi0.n mid incline
RuRbeu nit ben befen Boaren i'll
RarIte gu ben moaIi6t uieSri9fen
Vreifen bebieneu 3u fonuen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1883-02-09
Sur @osnmm0.

, lin Die Sewcbner BON @aetDnaee Eah nm.
lfeasnbsn Counties eeeen SduFHunaen n
lhisen. m0tten mir bieruiit bas FutliEum Ies
ua&riGtssn bas Serr
ISAAC V00S
Der ousiniss gsrF6ufsr fur unitrr
dotte Ginger W6b:MTdf6ine
III unb bnb biefe RaI@ine In Fsinen anAs.
ern 9ef&6fte 81 battn 1T.
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05
"a PRINTING LAW.

Judge Wade's decision in the ease of
the territory ex rel. r. E. Fisk ct al. VS..
J. P. Woolman, being an application for
a Writof mandamus to compel the terri
torial auditor to issue a warrant to the
plaintiffs for the price of certain tax re-
ceipts printed by them, is given in full
in the Herald Of the 9th, and is a
clear statement of the law govern
ing the case. The grounds upon which
the decision is based are almost identical
with those taken by Isaac D. McCutch-
con in letter published in the RIVER
Press several weeks ago, viz: that the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

The late convention of stookmen at
Chicago appointed J. B. Grinnell, of
Iowa, to gather up and prepare statistics
showing the capital invested in the
United States in cattle and hog raising,
and also to show how much the export
trade in beef and pork had been dimin-
ished by the laws recently enacted in
the old countries to bar out American
meats under the plea Of prevention of
disease. Grinnell's report, recently pub
lished, shows a total of AIT, 100 cattle
in the country, with an investment Of
ST. ,00S, 600, 900 in the business. The de-
crease of expectation in cattle for the
years 1882 and 1883, as compared with
1880 and 1881, is 155. 900 head, valued at
81 $50, 900. President Arthur thinks
that the West, which is directly inter
ested in the stock business, especially in
the expectation, which will tend to keep
up the price of cattle, should see to it
that some legislative action is taken
looking toward the raising of this Eu-
ropean embargo upon one Of our most
valuable exports. Gov. Crosby, in his
report to the secretary of the interior,
estimates the number of cattle in Mon
tana at ATE, 900. At $50 a head this
would bring their value up to ST., 100000
nearly one-third of the total assessed
value of the territory. Our representa-
tive in congress should use all his efforts
to protect a large, growing industry like
that.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

John G. Carlisle, the democratic eau
Il nominee and therefore the speaker
Of the house of representatives of this
the Forty-eighth congress, is a native
born Kentuckian and a resident of that
state. He was born in 1885, and is there
fore now 4S years old. Carlisle has new
Ell held any higher office than lieut..
governor Of Kentucky and member of
congress, but all authorities agree that
he is an able statesman and will
make a good presiding officer. He is
n of the many self-made men of our
republic, and had no early educational
advantages beyond that furnished by
common school. Like many other
prominent politicians of our times Car
Isle was first a pedagogue, then lawyer
and now q statesman.
It is curious to notice that the late
contest for speaker of the house fore
shadows the great issue of the next pres
idential campalgn-which will probably
be the tariff question. The two most
prominent democratic candidates were
Carlisle, OF Kentucky, and Samuel J..
Randall, of ennsylvania. The one was
the recognized champion of low tariff
and free trade democrats of the west and
south, the other the exponent of the old
high tariff views of the eastern manu-
factoring state. It is clearly a victory for
the free traders, and the eastern manu-
factoring centers can count their first de-
feat.
AS many of the exchanges have init
mated, the democracy have made a fatal
blunoer in arranging themselves on the
side of free trade. It will be up hill
work for a president to be elected on
that platform the coming political cam
paign. The point was well demonst rated
in the defeat Of Hancock in 1880. That
issue carried the day in the two pivotal
states Of Indiana and New York and
elected Garfield.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

THE Independent editor makes a bit
ter attack upon Judge Wade on account
Of his decision upsetting the printing
lava law that was enacted by a parti-
san legislature to keep that paper on. its
financial pegs, SO to speak. Of course
it will be pretty hard on the democratic
organ to lose a portion Of its official pap.
but instead of abusing Judge Wade, who
simply, in the course of his official duty,
declared the plain meaning of the law,
why does not the Independent man
pitch into the short-sighted democrats
who drafted the bill, and instead Of
making it a perpetual affair, Incorporate
ed hat disastrous 1.-TWO years. clause.
1t is not Judge Wade who is to blame,
but the democratic legislators of eight
years ago. We honestly believe, Colo
mel, that you would make more rapid
progress toward a Judgment in the
"Great Popular Heart" by pitching into
these fellows than by abusing Judge
Wade. Suppose you try it and see if the
q. T. II. does not beat responsibility.
Down in this country Judge Wade is
held in the very highest esteem by DEM
ocrats and republicans, and to us it is
clear as crystal that you are on a road
that will never lead you to the Great
Popular. Better switch off at once.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05
THE AvENGER.

The trial of O'Donnell for the MUIR
der Of James Carey, the informer, be-
fore Judge Denman, in the old Bailey
police court, London, is ended, with a
verdict of guilty. This was a decision
that has been anticipated by all, as any
Irish agitator that is brought before an
English court nowadays for trial will be
sure to have stern justice melted out TO
him without the admixture of many
grains of mercy. Thousands of dollars
were contributed in this country,
to defray the expenses Of his trial,
and eminent counsel had been pro-
cured for his defence, including Mr..
Roger A. Pryor, the noted American
jurist. 1T was all Of no. avail, the evil
dence was too strong for legal acumen to
overcome. The evidence proved that
O'Donnell had used threats long before
that he was going to kill Carey, and
the theory that the shooting was done
in self-defence was entirely overthroWn.
With the doomed mans. execution will
end another chapter of the Irish agita-
ton. The break between England and
Ireland seems gradually to be widening
instead Of closing, and he would BE a
prophet indeed who could foresee the
outcome Of this interneefne struggle.
The hatred of English rale seems to.be
rooted deeply in the heartsaof all loyal
Irishmen, and home rule for the dissat-
listed will probably be the eventual re-
suit.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

The Goth day of November, 1888, was
the centennial anniversary Of the evacu-
alton OF New York city. by the English
troops. The event was celebrated by
the unwilling of the statue of George
Washington, at the steps of the treas
ury building in the very spot where he
was first inaugurated as president of the
United States, under the newly adopted
constitution, on'the 30th of April, 1889.
w. Curtiss delivered stirring address to
the brilliant assemblage.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

THE statement published yesterday
morning showing the Indebtedness of
the several counties of the territory,
which has been incorporated in Gov.
Crosby's report to the secretary of the
interior, is not very creditable to this
county. It places us next to Custer and
Missoula, the only counties that gave
greater democratic majorities than Cho-
teau last year. The bigger the demo-
cratic majority the bigger the debt.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05
THE independent surrenders

THE Independent surrenders. This
is what it says editorially about the cot
lapse of the printing law: Judge
Wade has decided the printing law to
be null and void. The decision was not
unexpected. Tt was we'll understood
that the matter had been cooked up for
months and the decision is only carry
ing out the programme which had been
marked out in advance. We confess
that we have but few regrets at the re-
suit. Thelaw has for years been a source
of bitter partisan contention, and the In
dependent has felt in duty bound to
champion it, more from a sense of loyal
,ty to the party which enacted it than
from any special benefits derived from
the law itself. In some future issue we
may take occasion to review the deci-
sion at length.n
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

first contract under the provisions of
the printing law, for a term of two
years, was the only one of any legal
force. upon the expiration of which the
law died by limitation. This decision
wipes out Of existence the printing law,
which was enacted for the single pur-
pose of keeping the breath of life in a
few democratic newspapers that other
wise found it difficult to maintain an
existence, and a more unworthy piece OF
legislation has probably found its
way into the statute books of Montana.
1t has not only been a burden uponth
people so far as the cost of public print
ing is concerned, but it involved aprin-
ciple that should be odious to every
citizen in that it prohibited the people
of the several counties through their
fairs so far as the public printing is con-
cerned-a matter that should be under
the direction of the county commission
ers and other officers just as much as is
tuC Ildh1uS vi IOdUS VI tHt OulIulLiS vi
bridges. The bill was put through en-
tirely for partisan purposes, but besides
this bad feature the law has proven an
expensive one, and all good citizens
ought to rejoice that it has been
effectually an forever. killed. The
Legislature of Montana will never again
be so bitterly partisan that it will dis
grace the statute books with a similar
law, or one even bordering on itin party
iniquity. We feel perfectly safe in say
ing that hereafter the printing bills of
Choteau county will not run up into the
thousands SO readily, unless the COM
missioners are neglectful of their trust
and refuse to take steps to have the work
done at the lowest possible figures, just
as they would if they had a bridge to
build or any other public improvement
to make. The prices henceforth are not
to be those fixed in a party aucus at
Helena eight years ago, but such as can
be secured by sompetition and ordinary
business methods.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05
MINERAL WEALTH OF MONTANA

In an interview with a reporter of the
Pioneer Press, Mr.. T. G.. Merrill, of
Helena, a well known mining expert,
gives the following estimates of the
probable production of precious metals
by Montana for the year beginning July
|, 1884, based upon his knowledge of the
prospective improvements or Advance
ment in mines and reduction works and
upon observation. He divides the terri
tory into two sections, those Of the west
and east side of the main range, and his
figures are certainly of a cheerful char
acter. His sum total is doubtless not
many millions out of the way:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

SERGEANT MASON, who was sentenced
to eight years Imprisonment for the at
tempted shooting of the presidential as
sassin, Chas. Guiteau, has been pardoned
by President Arthur. Mason has been
confined in the military prison at Al
bany, New York, since May 5, 1882.
Monster petitions have been sent in for
his release, a~ggregating i'll all some
1900, 900 names. BETTY and the baby"
have been living in Virginia in compa-
rative independence on the sums raised
at various times for their relief.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

THE Lexington mill at Butte has pro-
duced 81 200, 900 worth of bullion the
past year. The Silver Bow mill runs out
from S25, 900 to $4,000 a month. The
Colorado smelter will turn out about ST.
100000 worth of copper matte in twelve
months. These are only part of the
reduction works of which the mining
metropolis of Montana can boast, but
they will do for samples to show what
our mines are capable of.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

SECRETARY TELLER rendered the fol-
lowing decision in the case recently re-
ported from the general land office from
Washington territory, in which one
Baird is accused of trespassing and cut
ting timber unlaWfully on public lands:
sThe accused, although a squatter, is
rightfully on the land If he intends to
make his home on it and take it up IN
der the settlement laws when lands are
surveyed and he is allowed to do so.
Whether he is or is not a trespasser does
not depend on how many trees he cuts,
but on the bona fide character of the
settlement. If he takes up land in good
faith he is the owner thereof to all prac-
teal purposes, although the title may
(remsin with the government. Tt bet
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

ter for the government to suffer occa-
sionally by the loss of the timber cut on
pretended homestead and presumption
claims than that settlers should be en-
barrassed in their efforts to secure the
benefits of liberal laws, passed for the
express purpose of inducing the people
to go on the public lands and make
themselves homes.u
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

WE see that Keifer got the empty
honor Of the republican caucus nonina-
ton for speaker, but our dispatches do
not state who received the democratic
nomination. This is the interesting
side of the question this time, as the
next speaker will be a democrat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

IT is stated that the running expenses
have been cut down IS per cent. on the
Pacific division of the Northern Pacific,
in order to make a good showing in the
months of the year.