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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-02

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BANKERS AND BR0kEkSa sAs
Special facilities for the purchase anu
Stocks, Bonds, Grain. Provisions N.vYuf
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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-02

Invalids who are recovering vital samlnats
clare in grateful terms their appreciation u
the merits Of tonic. OF Hos,etier's Sronli
Bitters. Not only does 1t inpart strength na.
weak, bu. II also corrects an irregular acid sun
of the stomach, makes the bowels act at propa
intervals, gives ease to those who suffer non
rheumatic and kidney troubles and eOnqunn
well Ms prevents fever and ague For @sN
all druggists and dealers generally.
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s1c,u Advertisements.
The UNION TRUST C0MPAAlr
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non residents, collects and remis ivy, nv
promptly and discharges faithfully the duun 4.
every fidrciary trust aud agency known " :
law. v,,,d
Safes for rent within Burglar-proof Vaaaa
the most appro led construction. s.,a
Wills kept In Fire and Burglar'p,oyM, M
without CHI, rye Plate, securities ana az WI
valuables securely kept at moa .eiawr' Sv
CHARGE for safe return OF speclhc iluenin ~ n
Car truss and other approved secui'u~
sale. ,.,.., n,a,t
mite perioos or npon ten days notice.
w. PATTERSON, President
HsIsrER CLYMER, Vlce-President
MAHLoN s. STOKES Treasurer, ,,osss
FRANCIS BACON. secretary ana lfu''o~
DIRECTORS. a
W. G. Patterson, Hon II n bNnSt.
James Long W!lmlnswWy psil,.
Alfred 5 Gillet, Dr.; Geotse vi p s'
Hon. Allison White, HARRISBURG. TO-
Dr. Il p Turner Hon ], s. Aztec
d. II patierson. Huntington, IA
John 7. Monroe. Hon. II; oypps,'
Joseph l. Keofe. Reading, n"t
Thomas r, Patton, Henry . hYs'"
lanes = Martin. Edmund s, Do!y,
DR.. d. Hayes Agnew, Meri,hvw"M opsshr
II. II. Houston, Hon Il; o.s,sr pa,
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GOULD NOT WORK BErop,

I've hed no psIDs SiGec | was eusan
ney Mort soT s'ie MT; Jas e au d, Of ,Ss;Nt
work before u'ing il, so great ws,o leoValt
dllhcalt'eS. WIZ m ka,,,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-02

81 have not be II able to do my housevorkir
many years. until lately" writes Ms. MI
Morse, of Hyde Park MINI, 1--WE now mi,
prised al my friends by discharglng nv Two
servants aud doing their work Kidney.Tai
was the cause, II cured me and am s,ronr,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-02
SETTLED CONSTIPATION

IT have had kidney disease for Soyeasp
writes Mrs. Sarah philli 3, of Frankfort MY
near Utica. "Kidney-wort has allsyed al n,
pains and cured my settled constipation
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KIDNEY AND LIVER TRous,,.

Several doctors failed" writes
Allegheny City, P. +. but RidneS w. sss
my kidney and liver troubles a. r ,H eusa
sanding" VI Wo isp5
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7 way enulely cnIed,' recen,lr -,
Bmdick, Of the Cbieopse Box ~ Sli II
Mass "ot severe kidney disease = +, sIpas'asss
ley-WorL" .! using n
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domestic remedies and prescriptions nv M,
self u practcihg physician and or er dce,s,
only paliated my wife's chronic, iva vss,,
standing, inflammation of the bladder Sidnss,s''
Wort however, cured her" These are eIhsc,
from letter of Dr. 9; NJ. summerlln, oi;ua
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-03-02
KIDNEY COMPLAINT AND man

For six Years says Engineer
sou, of C. NJ. " ST Panl Z r. 81 ., lhac,.
complaints and dlabttes, Kidney. wo sa i NdlIy
| tirely cured me-" W.T. aass.
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Mrs. hodges SAYS cannot 10, n ~
Kidney Noih" says Mr. san ilosssealv ps>
n nsy dioSa,e v" Ny N.Y. vile h S1T' a my Is
the bed before using il 'uia neO,ss
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
SOME CURIOUS THINGS.

Victor Hugo will not keep a plant or
bird as prisoner in his house.
A family of white negroes, with yell
low kinky hair, lives in Oconee county,
Georgia.
A live baby, with four arms and four
legs, is being exhibited in Abbeville
county, South Carolina, where it was
born.
Mrs. Mary Austin, of Washington,
Ga, died recently. She had been the
mother Of forty-four children; including
six sets Of triplets.
A young girl, IS years old, of Bayou
Terrebonne, La, has a light brown
beard two inches long and very heavy,
except on the upper lip.
a spring in st. Tammany parish, La,
pours forth clear, cold water all day, but
at sunset it suddenly goes dry, discharg-
ing no water until the sun rises.
A French newspaper records the case
Of a lady whose hair turned from black
to gray between the hours Of 2 and Z a.
M, during a vel attack Of neuralgia.
A tWelve-year-old girl in Holmes
county, Miss, whose parents are black
as native Africans, has white ears, nose
AlI SIlCSIAS3 l. " ID III
over her whole body.
The analeps, a viviparous fish of east
ern Asia, has a singular eye. 1t is di-
vided horizontally into two hemispheres
by a membraneous band. Each half is a
perfect organ Of vision. The two upper
halves are long-sighted and the two lower
ones near-sighted.
In Spottsylyania county, Va, Mrs. A.
Tolley, aged 20 years, and apparently in
robust health, informed her friends that
her time had come. So impressed was
she with the idea that she arose one day
at an early hour, washed, dressed and
prepared herself for the anticipated
event. She began to cook her breakfast
and dropped dead.
A hen in Chicago, ILL.,, refused to pro-
vide for a brood OF ten chickens. They
gave her great trouble. She flew to the
top of a fence one day, put her head be-
tween the pickets, and dropped off, thus
committing suicide. The ten orphans
were adopted by a pullet a few months
old which had never laid an egg. She
is taking as much care Of the family as a
tough old hen could display.
Aaron Willis, alias Clinthy Curtis,
colored, a terribly deformed and helpless
creature, died at the almshouse in STAN
ton, Va, lately. He was 40 years old.
He was dumb and powerless to move
himself. While seeming to comprehend
much that was said to him he was in
capable of making known his slightest
want. Just before his death he created
much establishment by speaking for the
first time in his life, when he uttered
the words Mother! Oh, mother Oh,
motherw
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28

country, however, is not S o encouraging.
The former report of losses are not only
confirmed, but in fact magnified. It is
stated that nearly all the stock in the
vicinity of Fort Calgary is dead, both
cattle and horses, and that out of Ii 900
head, the Cochrane Ranch company will
not have to exceed ZOO in the spring.
The latter number were saved by being
driven out of the Bow river country to-
wards Fort Macleod. Jolliff's statement
is confirmed by a letter received by MI.
J. r. Craig from his foreman, III. M.
Cottingham, who reports the condition
of affairs on Bow river as most distress
ing. The cattle and horses of Oxley
Ranch company have wintered we'll, as
has most of the stock in that vicinity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
A Hot Water Bottle for the Muf.

I have recently heard of an invention
that has been patented by a lady of a
muf with an inside receptacle for hold
ing hot water o any other fluid, the
same being introduced through mouth
piece on top, which, when in use is kept
securely corked. A horrid man says:
Here is represented a grand opportuni-
ty. The same muff that holds water will
also hold less temperate fluid and there
can be contained in it not only warmth
for the hands, but warmth for the entire
body, and the woman who bends grace
fully while raising hermuff, burying her
face in it's furry. surface, ostensibly to
warm a nose presumably red with cold,
can draw in a draught more potent than
the limpid Croton. Other articles can
be utilized in the same way and in a
c~onvocation of strong-minded women
one may expect to hear of n tapping
sherry from her boa, whisky from her
muff and a variety of cordials from small
sacks contained within the folds of her
sealskin or cape.O
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Neil McRea Not Dead.

Some weeks ago the Butte papers pub
lished the statement that Neil McRea
had been frozen to death in the Barker
district. AS no report to that effect had
reached Benton, the RIVER PRESS took
occasion to question the accuracy of the
report, and the following letter, received
by the last mail, confirms our opinion:
Okla, Mont, Feb. 26, 'S3.
Editors of the River Press:
Please publish in your columns the
following concerning the statement GO
ing the rounds of the papers to the effect
that Neil McRea was frozen to death
somewhere near Barker during the first
days of February, 1888. Mr.. Neil McRea
is alive and able to take his daily ra-
lions, and is sitting by the table while I
am writing this for the information of
his many friends in Montana and the
east. Yours respectfully,
ALT. j. STEPHENS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
News from the North.

Tom Jolliff, who has been employed
on Oxley ranch Mr.. Craig's) for several
months past, came in yesterday on the
Fort Macleod coach. He reports having
had a hard trip-and Lew Roberts, the
stage driver, fully confirms 1.-THE snow
being very deep from st. Mary's river
south. They We're frequently required
to get out and shovel snow in order to
get the coach along, even on the level
prairie, while in the c~oulees, where the
snow is many feet deep, it is almost i'm
possible to get through. Jolliff says the
winter "up north has been exceedingly
severe, but no losses of stock in the vi
cinity of Fort Macleod have been re-
ported. The news from the Bow river
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28

Sun RIVER, M. r., Feb. |, 'S3.

Sun RIVER, M. r., Feb. |, 'S3.
/ wish to announce to my friends ana
patrons that the recent failure of Steele
g. Co. does not affect me in any partlcu-
lar, as I have never in any way been
connected with them in their business.
My stock is at present fuller and more
varied than ever before. | have as line
a line of staple and fancy groceries, in
Guiding wines, liquors and cigars, as can
be found in any one store in the terrific
ry, as well as a complete stock OF cloth
ing, boots and shoes. hats and caps, dry
goods, hardware, crockery and glass,
suiky and steel beam plows, diamond
tooth harrows, broadcast seeders, etc,
ETC., all of which | propose to sell atsuch
figures as will bring purchasers, as | IN
| tend to make a clearance Of this stock to
make room for my early spring ship
ments, extensive orders for which have
already been sent east. [ am making
| every enaeavor to have my stock for the
| coming season the fullest and most COM
| plete ever carried in this vicinity, and
believing that by at all times offering
the very best grades of goods at reasona
| bic figures I shall be honored with your
patronage. And thanking you for past
| favors, / remain very truly yours,
GEORGE STEEL.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Clipped from the Fort Macleod Gazette.

Tenders for the erection of the new
$4,000 hotel at Regina were to be opened
last month, and buildings will be at once
proceeded with.
There is now 145 feet of water in the
G. P. r. well at Regina, and water has
been found in several other places in the
city. In one place water has been found
in plenty at a eepth of V feet.
The report to the effect that the North
west Mounted police will be increased
from 500 to 1000 men is without founda-
ton. Engagements to fill about thirty
vacancies which exist, are now being
made at Winnipeg and Ottawa. The
men engaged at the latter place are re-
CURED to pay their owl expenses to
Manitoba.
A strong company has been organized
in Winnipeg to develop the coal mines
at the Saskatchewan near Midicine Hat
Coulee, within a few miles of the cross
ing Of the Canadian Pacific railway.
The company has secured a valuable
coal mining location on the South Sas-
katcheWan river, in a seam several feet
in thickness, from which barges can be
loaded at a very slight expense, and
foated to the railway crossing. The
railway also runs through a portion of
the %company's location. It is proposed
to begin mining operations upon an ex-
tensive scale Immediately at the opening
of spring.
B. McCord and f. Mountain returned
from the South Piegan agency, where
they have been in search of those horses
that were stolen from Medicine Hat in
the beginning of winter. They succeeded
in recovering four after many days hard
rustling, and only that the sheriff was
there from Benton, they would not have
got any Of them. Both Mr.. McCord and
Mr.. Mountain speak highly of Mr.. Geo.
Houk, the deputy sheriff, and say that
ne did everything in his power to help
them and other parties who were at the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
The Champion 'Possum Story.

The Charlotte IS. c. Observer is au-
thority for the statement that E. McCord,
of that city, left ON Thanksgiving for the
mountains to collect a drove Of 'possums
and that on Saturday last he was heard
from on his way back with 1913 'possums,
which he drove along the road as though
they were SO many hogs. He camped
out at night, securing his drove by
means of poles, having ten 'possums to
the pole. He kept three dogs barking
all night, and these kept the 'possums so
frightened that they kept a firm grip to
the poles with their tails, and never
thought of losing their grip until sun up.
This may be regarded the champion
'possum story of the season.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
PAUL AT PARIS.
How He is Working Up a Boom for
Benton.

Mr.. F. Paul, who came to Benton last
bred acres near 28-mile springs, went
back to Paris, France, last fall and has
| spent the winter with friends in that
gay city. Mr.. Frank Deletraz received
a letter from him a few days ago in
which he stated that he would start back
to Montana the latter part of February;
also that quite a party had been organ
lied there, at his instance, to visit Nor
thern Montana with the view of locating,
all Of them being men Of ample means
who will be able to carry on extensively
any enterprise in which they may see
fit to embark. This is the class Of i'm
migrants most needed in this section and
Mr.. Paul's good work as a boomer is to
be commended.
Mr.. Paul is bringing with him from
France a fine, pure-blood Norman stall
lion, and in Iowa, his late abiding place,
he will buy a car load or two of good
brood mares with which in part to stock
his ranch. He purposes to go into the
stock business on a large scale and has
without doubt a fine location for that
purpose.
During the fall and winter the work
Of improving his ranch-it is near the
Helena road, five miles this side of 2S-
mile springs-has been going on steadily,
under the superintendent of his sons.
A sufficient amount Of fencing has been
put on the ground to inclose ], 200 acres !;
a fine we'll of water has been secured !;
several acres have been broken; and in
the spring a nice two-story residence and
needed stables and corrals will be built,
so hat before many months it will be
n of the best ranches in this county.
We understand that a number of MI.
Paul's well-to-do friends in Iowa will
also accompany him to Montana, SO that
it will be seen he deserves to rank away
up as a Benton boomer.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28

The Reason Why

DR.. E. B. Haliday's Blood Purifiers held
superior to any blood medicine in the
market is because it is the only blood
medicine on the whole catalogue that
acts IN the brain as we'll as the blood,
and IN the whole nervous system, thus
toning up every part. People in the
western states are subject to catarrh and
neuralgia, which affect the brain. They
find it clears the head Of that depression
as no other medicine ever did before. A
trial will convince you. For sale by all
western druggists. w. J. Minar, drug
gist, wholesale agent, Fort Benton, MT.
S. Blackford, proprietor, 274 East 7th st.
st. Paul, Mimi.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Warm Water for Fowls.

Don't be afraid to put warm water in
the poultry house during cold weather.
We know you have always given it to
them cold, but the change will hardly
u them intoxication, unless it be of
joy. IF they have the warm water in
the morning, with a little cayenne pep
per in it, it will be very grateful to the
birds and is a beneficial corrective as
well. The value of clean, fresh water in
the chicken house cannot be over-esti-
mated in the evere Wintry days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Notice of Dissolution.

The partnership heretofore existing
between A. j. Davidson and John Moi
fit, under the firm name Of Davidson &
Moffitt, has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent, MI. Moffitt retiring.
The business will be continued by A. J.
Davidson, under the management of
Thos. j. Davidson. Mr.. Davidson as
sumes all liabilities of the late firm and
will collect all accounts. Parties know
ing themselves indebted to the firm will
please call and make settlement.
A. j. DAVIDSON,
JOHN MOFFITT.
Feb. 9th, 1888.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Value of Poultry.

There is no meat SO cheaply raised and
fattened as poultry. Most farmers FAM
lilies prefer fresh to sailed meats, and
there is none more available than that
of fowls. One fowl makes a meal for a
family, and there is none left to throw
away, OF to be sailed to keep it from
spelling. The next meal is running
around preserved naturally till needed.
A bushel of corn will keep a farmers
fowl in good eating condition for a year.
The fowl will lay hundred eggs or over,
which will mor than pay for the grain
given, and the butchers cart is thus al
ways at the door.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
A Difficult Problem Solved.

The desire for stimulants is becoming
a monstrous evil and how to overcome
it is a serious question with reformers.
Parker's Ginger Tonic fairly solves the
difficult problem. It invigorates body
and mind without Intoxicating, and has
brought health and happiness to many
desolate homes.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Architects Take N office.

Architects are requested to correspond
with the undersigned, Wih the UieW of
furnishing plans and specifications and
experimenting the building of a high
school, at Fort Benton, during the COM
ing season, at a cost not to exceed
$3.50, 900 OF S25, O00) twenty-five thousand
dollars. GEO. w. CRANE,
Clerk of Board of Trustees, Dist. Nc. |.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Dissolution Notice.

The partnership heretofore existing
between Frank Lewis and William t.
Cresap, at Cora creek, has been dissolved
by mutual consent, Mr.. Lewis retiring.
William T. Cresap will assume all debts
and obligations of the late firm, and col
lect all outstanding accounts.
FRANK LEWIS,
WILLIAM T. CREsAP.
February 5. 1888.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
CAUGHT IN A BLIZZARD.
The Experience of a Stage Driver and His
Passenger.

The mail from Fort Macleod, due on
the Sd, did not arrive, and Lew Rob-
erts took out an extra ten days ago, re-
turning yesterday afternoon. A repre-
sentative of the RIVER PRESS met Lew
yesterday afternoon and from him
learned the following:
He went with the extra as far as
Rocky Springs, forty miles beyond Joe
Kipp's, where he met Jack Leigh, the
driver on the Macleod end, and with him
was Holmes, the missing driver.
Holmes had got as far as Red river on
his last up trip, with one passenger, and
there they had camped for the night.
In the morning a blizzard struck the
camp and the mules got away. Holmes
started out after them, but got lost and
wandered around nearly all day, finally
nearing the camp, half crazed with the
cold, and was seen and brought in by
Joe Mcfarland, the passenger. 1t was
lucky for the driver that he was not
alone on the prairie, or he certainly
would have never got to camp and been
able to help himself, and would no doubt
have persisted in the storm.
Their mules gone, there was nothing
to do but remain in camp and wait for
the homecoming coach from Macleod.
They were fortunate in having a tent
along and plenty Of provisions, but the
supply Of fuel soon gave out, and they
were obliged to burn up nearly all the
wood work Of the wagon to keep them
selves from freezing to death. On the
fourth day the Macleod coach arrived at
the camp and took them to Dave Acres
place on Belly river, where Holmes
stopped until the stage returned on the
next down trip, the passenger going on
to Macleod. Holme, and Mcfarland
certainly had an experience they would
not care to have repeated, and will not
soon forget their four days camp on the
blizzard-swept prairie of the northwest.
The mules which had run off came to
Kipp's some days afterwards, and Kipp
sent out an Indian from a camp near by
to hunt for and bring the men from the
coach in, but the Indian was unable to
reach them and returned with his feet
and hands frozen. The Indians there
have got the idea, from seeing the coach
pass up and zone return for SO long, that
all those who go north die up there, and
told Roberts that if he went up that way
he would never come back.
-
"The Isolated City of the Great North
west
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
'The Isolated City of the Great North
west

Benton's fame is spreading, as will be
seen by the following rather compliment
tary notice which appeared in q late
number of the New York SIM: "The
isolated city of the great Northwest is
up the Missouri river, | 200 miles beyond
Bismarck, away from any railroad,
hemmed in by mountains, and at this
season shut out from all the world. Tt
bears the name of Benton, in honor of
'Old Bullion" and it is the magazine of
the British Northwest: It is a substan-
tial town, because lumber is so costly
there that it is economy to build with
brick. During navigation twenty-five
steamboats, carry freight to this remote
city, and the volume of business there
.justifies a chamber of and
mammoth brick blocks. The three
thousand souls in this mountain fastness
must enjoy a peace that passeth under
standing in the busy life of New York"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Hotel Property for Sale.

Having other business requiring my undivided
attention. I am DESTROYS Of disposjng of my hotel,-
HOTEL JUDITH-one of the largest and best houses
in eastern Meagher county. 1t is on the main Travelled
freight road and stage route between Benton and
White Sulphur Springs, and is very pleasantly located
at the Judith bridge, in the town of Philbrook.
House is a two-story frame, 20x32, with story and a
half ell, 20x26. Address
Ell. MORRISON, Philbrook, MT.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
Wanted.

A team Of mares of horses. Must
weigh 11C0 or 1900 pounds and be good
drivers. G. l.. JONES,
2. O. Box, 1856. Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28
RIVER SIS

agency to recover their horses. Mr..
Houk recovered ten head belonging to
the G. P. r., and about twelve belonging
to half-breeds.