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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-11-30

superintendent Frederick IN
forms Ne that Dr.. Powell will likely
visit the schools Of Reno district in
his stead this year.
--Breekiast was late at the St .
james last Tuesday morning. 1t
seems that the porter aud cooks all
got on a tear Monday night.
Peter Vote got consignment
Of the largest oysters we have ever
seen lest week. Many Of them were
as large as DawsOu's ears,
The Post Master General has
Issued an order iOrbiddiug postmas-
tiers to distribute circulars sent out
10y fraudulent pension agents.
joseph n. Kelly. of Grant dis
triot has our thanks for those fine
apples De sent us this week. II is
UNNECESSARY for us TO state that they
we're delicious.
Luther SpurReou, OF Valley dis.
trict. died Of consumption on Tours
day evening last, Deceased was
about twenty-five years q age, and
leaves wife and one child.
1t is said that s.. George girls
have slim waists and trem eudous big
feet, How is it, Csyton Is it an
idle rumor or is there a spark OF
tIuthluluess in the report 2
10 company with White of the
Journal, we took drive down to
Bruceton last Sunday. We had iu-
teuded to write up the trip but time
aud space oIbiis It.
-Ootherine Frs'z, three year
old daughter Of Conrad Fratz OF
Accident Nd. fell into kettle o
boiling tallow one day last week,
aud was scalded to death.
We forgot, last week, to call the
attention Of our rea iers to Jackson
Big add He bss an immense
stock OF goods which he ia selling AT
prices ~h;ch astonish the people.
Seven bicycle champions have
departed from Chicago to make
tour Of the world. 1t is not yet de-
cIdcd b. them whether they wall re-
turn ria the place or Morgsntown.
"A little son. Of Elliott Crane, OF
near Aibriphtsv.lIe, aged about l3
years, fell off 4 fence Sunday even
ing aud broke bic arm. DR.. Martin
WAS summoned and reduced the
fracture.
"A teachers instil nte Vii b 10 held
At Sdgar Grove school house Pleasant
disIric', sssu,d.y. Dec. 18Th. a
very Interesting program will b.
carried CUT, aud It will bs well for
al who can 10 attend.
We sgain call the attention oil
town COuoo.l to the holy coud,tion
Of some Of tho board wake. Ties
had better be repaired before sons
one b skes limo, and sues tie Cor.
pOrsuou for damages.
-Ls- sund y week d young man
by INC uams OF P5iip R,lenire, Nv
ing IN Port,aaJ die,no'. vac kicked
by a niue lie suffered intensely
until Moodsy evening when be Died
from The effect q The XIX
Rev Gibbons, u ,be r, iso3ral
churop, Morg.ptowo, will preach in
the Nj. Z. church. this place. Dec.
7th. The Episcopal char, Of Nor
gantowp. Wi! be present and fur
oien the music fsr the occasion,
The local epoiB bad shooting
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1883-11-30
EnNNlLL'S SPAWN CURE.

L. $. LYMAN.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
The Miles City Artesian Well.

About half past nine yesterday morn
inc Berthold Ullman, uperintendent OF
the artesian we'll, who was mechanical
ly guiding the drill, was startled by om-
inous subterranean rumbllngs, ana,
before he could signal Mr.. Lansing, the
drill was raised over forty feet, ana the
slack of the rope attached was thrown
violently outward. The drill was at
once Withdrawn, and it was followed by
a stream of pure, cold water, which at
once filled the we'll about ten feet deep
and four feet in diameter, after when
the overflow was diverted into ditch,
through which it is now pursuing It's
peaceful way to the Tongue river. Ihls
Successful result was attained at a depth
of 352 feet, the last eight or ten feet be-
inc through almost impenetrable rock,
the progress being but little over an inch
in four hours. The water now flowing
appears to be strongly impregnated with
SULPHUR, but is soft and free from lm-
purities. It is the impression of Messrs.
Lansing and Ullmann that the drill
has only made a small perforation in
this rock, and that, consequently, the
flow is not, at it's inception, the full dl-
ameter of the drill, which is five inches.
AS the bore has not been tubed except
where absolutely necessary, further bor-
ing has been suspended, for fear that an
increased flow of water would ln]ure
| the bore as it now exists. More tuolng
of the requisite size has been telegrapheo
| for, and as soon as it arrives ana Is pu'
| in position the drill will be put in oper
| alton again and the full volume of water
tapped. The gentlemen composing the
| artesian well company are justly eiateo
over the signal success attained by them
and are now ready to bore for aqua 2oeta'c
at any point desired. This is the frs
successful artesian well in the territory
| Journal,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
The Montana Cattle Company.

A RIVER PRESS representative recent
lv had the pleasure of a visit to the
ranch of the Montana cattle company,
on lower Sun river, a few miles from
the mouth of that stream, and one Of
the most picturesque locations in the
territory. The company has here a
model ranch. Their house is large
story and half frame, nicely finished
and furnished, presenting rare degree
of coziness and comfort for bachelors
quarters. The improvements are about
as near perfection as ranches attain in
this country. It would puzzle, we
think, anybody to suggest single
change that would be for the better.
This is intended primarily and chiefly
as horse ranch, the company having
band of 800 head ranging in the vici-
nifty. The stables, corrals, water faclll-
ties, out houses, ETC., are arranged with
rare good judgment, and with special
reference to convenience, regardless of
expense. They have an inclosure, in
two fields, of l, $50 acres for hay grounds
and the pasture of such animals as it is
necessary to keep at the ranch. All that
is lacking to render this one Of the best
ranches in the west is water for irri-
eating purposes. To bring water upon
this large and beautiful lower Sun
river valley it will be necessary to
tap the stream several miles above Sun
River Crossing, and the attending ex-
pense would be very great. But it will
be done some day, and before very long.
There are thousands Of acres of rich
bottom lands here to be reclaimed, ana
capital can be easily induced to do it,
The company have three very fine I'M
ported stations. One, an English draft,
is 184 hands high and weighs 1000
pounds, probably the heaviest horse IN
Montana and certainly one of the most
valuable. The others are thoroughbred
Clydes, and regular These an
imals together with fine lot OF Amerl-
can mares are certain to give this cor
noration q valuable horse herd in few
years.
The officers of the Montana cattle COM
pany are r. 3. Harrison, president; II
Sharpe, vice president; w. D. Wheeler,
treasurer; T.. A. Walker, secretary and
r. p Walker, superintendent Among
the stock holders are three United States
senators, the third assistant postmaster
general and other officials high in au-
thority anC of wide influence. Within
the past year the capital stock was large
ly increased and several heavy purchases
of cattle made, 50 that the company now
have some Is 900 head of cattle ranging
| between the Marias and Sun river,
the finest stock rangei in the world. The
Dearborn sheep company is officered by
the same gentlemen, although differ
ent corporation from the former, and is
quite an important stock enterprise of it
self.
| These vast stock interests are managed
| entirely by Mr.. r. P. Walker, the SUI
perintendent, who shows rare ability
| for such work. His field of operations
is a big one and he is almost constantly
on the "gon-yet notthe smallest details
4 of the business are neglected. He nov
has an office at Sun River, which is his
| headquarters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
Choteau.

The town of Choteau, OH the upper
Teton, (better known as Old Agency is
said to have improved great deal this
year by the erection Of new buildings.
Garrett Il Gibson are putting up q line
building to be used for q billiard hall.
The hotel proprietor, Richards, has put
up an addition to his building and is
now iii good shape to accommodate the
travelling public. A butcher shop has
been erected and fresh meat will here.
after be one Of the items on the bill OF
fare. The new saw mill, that John
Wren is interested in, will be moved
out Of the canyon further down the
stream towards the town. This IS flrst
class saw mill and will no doubt help
materially in building up the country
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
Fort Benton, Montana Wednesday, October 81, 1888

by cheapening the price of lumber. 1t
ought to be a paying institution as 1t
has large scope of country to supply,
and the demand will be increasing every
wear from this on. The big ditch which
is to take the water of the Teton out on
the fertile bench lying between the
Muddy and Teton, is almost ready new
to receive its crop producing current.
This ditch will carry from eight to ten
thousand inches OF water-or all that
can be taken from the stream-and IN
June and July, when water IS needed
for irrigation, it is q good sized stream.
The company which has taken out this
ditch will no doubt make big thlng out
of it, when settlers are dotted all over
the rich bench land which this water
will cover, as it will then be no trouble
to sell water privileges at good hgure.
This would be good point Tor colony
from the eastern states or the old coun-
try, and no doubt the plan would prove
as great a success here as it has in Cal
ifornia and Colorado. AS yet but little
attention has been paid to grain raising
on the upper Teton, as most OF the pop
ulation were interested in stock, either
cattle, horses, or sheep, but with the
advent of a more numerous population,
grain ranches. will be taken up, and land
all broken so that it will not be
many years before they will be crying
as loudly for Touring mill as Fort Ben
ton is to-day. %
s The horses which were run Oft by
horse thieves about month ago have
not been heard from as yet, except those
belonging to Frank Truchot, which
were found a good ways from their
range and pretty badly scattered. :,
The wolves and coyotes are reported
very bad on the range this fall and it
is estimated by practical cattle man
that Is per cent. of the calves are never
branded, but fall an easy prey. during
their infantile days to these hungry
brutes. These pests of the cattle range
have no longer the immense herds of
buffalo to follow, where they could sur
round weak straggler and cut his ham
strings with their sharp fangs, when the
big fellow would fall an easy prey to the
hungry pack. The wolves have not
been plentiful enough the past few years
to Justify the wolfers in going into the
business for "grub stake" every, Win
ter, and in consequence the animals are
now numerous on the prairies. The
stock men will be obliged, as matter OF
self-protection, to soon hire men during
the winter months to poison wolves. 4
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

aggregates 5000 tons weekly, and the
bulk of this will be shipped over the
Northern Pacific as soon as this road is
finished to Butte. This will give en-
ployment to the smelling works which
it is talked of erecting at the Minnesota
end Of the line, Col. Lamborn favoring
some point on Lake Superior, as there
are ample materials for fuxing. The
Lake of the Woods mines will also con-
tribute large quota of ore for reduction
at these works. Mr.. John r. Brown,
superintendent of the Winnipeg con-
solidated gold mining company, states
that the properties belonging to his COM
pany are increasing in richness every
day, and that it is the intention of the
company to ship the bulk Of their ores
to the Minnesota smelling works for re-
duction as soon as they are completed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
THE EDUCATED TROUT.

The morning sun in splendor shone
On the mellow park of the Yellowstone.
The President at the break of day
Had packed his duds and moved away
A brave Shoshone chief came out
With his willow pole to fish for trout.
II was half-past six when he cast his line,
And he kept on fishing till half-past nine;
And then he baited his hook anew
And patiently fehed until half-past two
The meanwhile swearing powerful sight
For fishing all day with nary bite.
And he swore and fished. and lshed and sWore
Til his Elgin watch tolled half-past four
When a big fat trout came swimming by
And winked at the chief with his cold, sad eye
s'And do you reckon, you pagan soul,
You can catch us trout with willow pole?
The President taught us manners while
He fished for US in the latest style.
You've no idea how proud we feel
To be jerked ashore with Frankfort reel.'
The red man gathered his dinner pail
And started home by the shortest trail,
And he told his faithful squaw he guessed
THEY'D better move still further west,
Where presidents didn't come fooling about,
Turning the heads of the giddy trout:
Chicago Neus.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
~NV
Barker items.

Davis. the horse thief, has not been
captured yet.
Seth Eddy, of F. w. Reed & Co., has
gone east on visit.
The smelter has 600 tons of Wright d
Edwards ore roasted on the log piles.
Alex. Yule is hauling his baled hay to
the smelter. Tt sells for $18 a ton in the
camp.
mo drunken man admitted" is post
ed on the door of prominent business
house of the camp.
AL. Lester has opened up first class
saloon and restaurant in the stone build
ing formerly occupied by Read & Co.
One hundred and eighty-fve bars OF
bullion were run out Of the smelter IN
one day, lately, and l5Ois the average.
D. G. Brownies four teams loaded
with some 81 900 pounds of bullion, have
pulled out of the gulch on their way to
the railroad.
Capt. Mcintosh has taken a stock OF
general merchandise into Neihart from
Barker. May his mercantile venture
prove success, is our wish. Z
A Young man who has been HUI
key5 at Birds hotel was arrested NR7
days since by Deputy Sheriff Ed. Z YET
On suspicion of being the young Story
who participated in the $4,000 robDery
of his uncle's bank, at Bozeman, last
winter. 1T will be remembered that tAe
young sport skipped out from that place
while under bonds, leaving his bonds-
men to foot the bill. Kyes claims &C
have the right man, while the young
fellow swears his name is not story, OF
anything likeit. As the sheriff has Dim
now on the way to Bozeman it will soon
be ascertained whether he is the un.
grateful nephew of Nelson Story or only
some one that looks like him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
Fort Benton Illustrated.

Mr.. Chas. Kerr, who is in the city
taking sketches Of the prominent build
ings for the coming history of Montana,
gives us the following list of business
houses and public buildings in this VI
cinity which will be illnstrated IN nan the
coming book: Bank OF Northern Mon on
tana, Murphy, Maclay & Co., |. G: Ba-
ker & Co., First National Bank, Z: Q;
Power & Bro, w. S. Wetzel, T. J, Todd
& Co., new Choteau house, Grand
Union hotel, Kleinschmidt q Bro,
new Court house. Jail, Sisters hospital,
Episcopal church, Catholic church.
Also the following residences: W. Sr
Wetzel, w. S. Stocking and J. M. Ar
noux. At Sun River-Geo. Steelps and
Dyas s. Murray's stores and Largent
Bros. hotel; also Robert Vanghn's, !. >,
Corson's and Mat. Furnelps residences.
Mr. Kerr was q student in the South
|Kensington, London, Art school, also
in the Toronto, Ontario, Art school. He
makes portrait work speciality, and in
tends to open studio in Fort Benton il
sufficient work is promised him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
Great Falls.


We are informed that J. j. Hill will
send out an engineer of great experience
to make plans for the Improvement OF
the water power at the town of Great
Falls. The work will be confined to
the Black Eagle falls, which are ena-'
braced in the townsite: As MT. Hill IS
'owner 0f half the water power at MIN
neapolis, and has had much experience
in it's improvement, it is certain that his
work on the falls of the Missouri will
be just what is required to make that
splendid water power available.
q. M. Hotter & Bro. intend to deliver
1000, 900 feet of lumber on the townsite
next spring, and Mr.. Gibson will have
q force of men in the mountains this
winter getting out wood with which TO
burn brick next summer. 1t is the III
tention, we understand, OF the Messrs.
Hotter to establish planning mill at
Great Falls next summer-and alto-
gether it seems that there is an carry
boom in store for the coming Minneapo-
lis of Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31

We learn from friend who was on
Highwood a day or two ago that the
citizens of that section had most de-
lightful ball at the school house, last
Saturday evening, which was grand
success in every respect, rejecting great
credit upon the thriving and wide
awake citizens of that section. The mu-
sic was splendid and the hall was graced
by a large number of Highwood's charm
ing ladies.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
MONTANA MINES.

Col. Lamborn Tells Of the Richness ana
Promise of the Mines III the Territory.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-10-13
To My Friends and Patrons.
TT with pleasure that you the opening
il my stock of ~~'
.r FALL AND WINTER MILLINERY

which far urpasses any previous stock have opened
Having selected every article person. guarantee you
the Latest Styles the Markets ford at the LOlUest
Possible Prices My stock of Pumes Tips, velveeens
in all color Silk Veves in all colors, Pushes in all coors,
Velvet and Satin Ribbons in all coors Bonnet Frames in
the Latest Shapes Hats and Turbans in Straw and Felt
not be surpassed and confident you will say when
you them. Call and examine them. will take pleasure
in showing you through and giving you prices feel thank
full for your very liberal patronage in the past and hope
by keeping the Latest Styles at the Lowest Prices meIt
the same in the future.
Yours very truly. '-itF edt
Mrs. j. G. MARTIN.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-15
Dore's Art

70 ale at the age of 81 is 10 die
Young Out Gustaye Dore has not left
upon MS contemporaries the impression
Vi man snatched away before his talent
was ripe. On the contrary. he had al
ready begun to outlive his popularity and
70 sink INTO that comparative insfgnifi-
cance which has nothing in common with
tRe dlgnlhed retirement of a LinnelI or a
tenr1quel. Here in England there can be no
9VuDt that Dore's death would have uro.
duced much greater sensation ten wears
ago than it has produced to-day. No
Dody regards Dore any longer as the
principal French artist of his a0a
.Ihe general opinion begins 10 loan
too. much the other way. and taas,s
10 deny that he was consfiarabIa
artist at all. A certain school Of critics
mlstaHng his character Altogether bave
lately denied to him even the merit az
laboriousness. AS a matter of fact he
was one OF the most ardent and most Ia
Dorlous artists who ever lived. Ifhe had
worked less he might have worked better.
he tolled until he had attained a match
less facility, and then he fell a victim TO
bis own qualities. But let us never re-
tuse the acknowledgment that is due to
SO much YigOr and vitality, to such a
wealth OF invention, to such sound
draughtmanship and knowledge of hu-
man form. Gustave Dore would enjoy a
clearer fame if he had never been Dev.
suaded to paint. His color was aIways
atrocious; whether he dashed his rose
madders and his ultramarines all over the
canvas, or whether he tried to be very dis
Greet and gray, he never by any accident
blundered into harmony.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-15
BRIEF NEWS SUMMARY.

The cholera has disappeared from the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
Returns indicate the election of General
PerfiriO DiaZ as President of the Mexican
Supreme Court.
The Spanish COrtes, by vote of 1873 to
"a, has rejected the bill restoring the civil
marriage law of 1870.
The Paris Bourse announces the failure
of the Campagnie Generate du GaeZ. The
capital of the. company was 10000
francs.
The President yesterday nominated r.
III. Fife to be Postmaster at the University
of Virginia and VIM. d. Means at Lake
Charles, La.
The bark Achilles, from CoOsaw, S. c.,
for WOlgast, has put into Queenstown
with loss OF fOretop gallant mast, all sails
and bulwarks.
Five additional kilometres have been
completed on the Gulf end of the Tehuan-
tepec Railway, making total of forty-five
kilometres constructed.
The Dublin official gazette contains a
proclamation revoking the operation of
the prevention of crimes act in County
LOuth and the city of Limerick.
Protests have been lodged at the Ameri-
can, French and Spanish COnsulates at
CasOblancO against the brutalities of the
Moorish Governor there towards Jews.
The Brooklyn UniOn-ArguS, a Republi-
can evening paper, has been sold. 1t is
believed that Thos. Kensella, of the Brook
lyn Eagle (Democratic) is the purchaser.
At the conclusion of their evidence be-
fore the court of inquiry concerning the
Cimbria diaster, Capt. Cutilla and First
Officer Bullard, of the steamer Sultan,
were allowed to go free.
The Alabama Legislature has passed
bill increasing the public school appro-
priation 100000 A bill has passed the
Senate, and is pending in the House, ap-
propriating $4,000 to the University and
$4,000 to the Agricultural College,
A Berlin correspondent of the ST. James
Gazette says: ''The Emperor William has
personally devoted much attention to set
tling the difficulty in regard to the Danes
in Schleswig -Holstein. Negotiations have
been opened for a convention on the ques-
tiOn."
Graham, Texas, special says: ga
desperate fight took place four miles from
Graham Tuesday night in an old log house
between four men, two on a side, as to
who should have possession. Shotguns,
six shooters and a Winchester rifle were
used freely. One man was killed and
others wounded -
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-15
THE CRISIS IN FRANCE
DE FREYCINET AND GREVY
CONSULTING.

The Ex-Premier Likely to Return-De-
batting the Prescription Bills-FIo-
quet's Proposal Carried in Committee
Views of the OppOsitiOn-CapitaIi
Alarmed.
PARIS, Feb. 14.-It is now expected that
NJ. De Freycenet will form conciliatorv
Cabinet, with NJ. Leon Say as Minister of
Finance, NJ. Constans as Minister of the
Interior, General Campenon as Minister
of War, Admiral Glove as Minister of
Marine, and w. Waldeck Rousseau as
Minister of Justice.
The Committee of the Chamber of Depu-
ties met to-day and considered the different
bills relating to pretenders. NJ. Wadding-
toms proposal to Danish any prince found
guilty of furthering pretensions endanger-
ing the State was unanimously rejected
without debate.
Senator Barbey's measure rendering
Princes liable to toeXpulsion by decree of the
President was rejected, and NJ. Floquet's
motion prohibiting the presence in France
or Algeria of any members of the former
French dynasties, was adol ted by vote
of 5 to 5.
One of the members of the committee
withdrew before Floquet's proposal was
voted on. M. Marion Republican was
chosen as reporter of the committee.
NJ. DeFreycinet had an interview to-day
with President Grevy, who win probably
consult with the President of the Senate
and President of the Chamber of Depu-
ties. NJ. Fallieres will remain for some
days at his post as President of the COun-
Gil.
Replying to a deputation of merchants
representing 200,000,000 francs capital,
President Grevy promised to endeavOr to
relieve commerce from the results of
the frequent crises.
The majority of the members of the
Chamber of Deputies are opposed to the
action of the committee on expulsion
bills in adopting NJ. FlOquet's motion.
The committees of the Radical Left, the
Democratic Union and the Republican
Union have since held meetings and de-
cided to favor the passage of NJ. Barbey's
proposal.