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The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

Territory. 1t cannot be denied that the
be stocked to their full capacity. Suppose
when that time comes all the ranges were
divided up betweea owners, and each had
his range stocked. then suppose fire ran
through the ranges of one or more of such
owners, what would become Of their stock
But 1t may be said that fire can be prevent
ed, that in Texas fires are not known. But
it must be remembered that In Texas the
conditions are different. There the grass
is never so dry as to burn extensively,
while here as we'll as In the Northwest Ter
ritory Of Canada, the grass for months Ia as
dry as powder and nearly as infammable.
AS well might it be claimed that fires In
cities may be avoided. We have not yet
been able to do so, in cities, nor have we in
this country on the cattle ranges. Fires
occur every year and destroy enough grass
to starve thousands of head of stock if they
were not allowed free range. What will
be the condition when the ranges
are filled up? This Is constant
menace TO the stock interests, and will in
crease rather than diminish with increas-
my population. We say therefore, that free
ranges are indispensable TO the stock in
terests of Montana, and Canadians will
find the same to be true of the Northwest
Territory The only interference with
free ranges that would do any good would
be law of Congress regulating the mum
Der of cattle that may be driven upon any
range and thus prevent crowuing, an
other danger to be apprehended, if cattle
men are not restrained in some manner
No range shonid be 50 filled with cattle
but that part of it can be spared to the
flames, and snow drifts.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15
We hope that the treaty now pending b.

We hope that the treaty now pending be-
tween this country and Madagascar may
be approved of by the Senate. We have
long needed q powerful foreign alliance
for otfeuse and defense; and if Madagas-
car wants to stand in with lis and give Us
her powerful support, we think We had
better start out on 81 grand career of con-
quest We know a man admirably fitted
for leading an invading army against any
country whatever, but modesty forbius The
mention of his name.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The recent effort of the ArGnt Courier to
divert attention from the Importance Of
building railroad to Benton was perhaps
one of the checklist efforts at blackmail
that has yet been perpetrated by any news
paper in Montana, and is quite in keeping
with the character of the editor who has
been accused OF almost every crime on the
calendar. barring that Of murder, which
he has not had the courage to commit.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The Pioneer Press publishes an article
entitled "Prison Abuses wherein it de-
scribes several forms Of ingenious torture.
These, however, do not size bp to the tor
ture which, with devilsh precocity, we
used to inf1ict, as kid, upon other boys.
A committee of four would seize the cam
didate, each holding ii limb, and with a
rythmic, penaulistic movement swing =
portion of his anatomy against tree un-
til, to Use nautical phrase, we nearly
started his stern posts. We think thi s
method was unknown to Dionysius and
never heard of by the Inquisition.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15
AnHnserrupted Wedding.

FERGUS FALLS, Feb. 5.-A most re mark
able hitch took place at wedding cere-
monv in the town of Aastad. A large
party of friends had assembled at the
house of one of the town. s wealthy farmers
to witness the ceremony OF u couple about
to be married. The lutheran minister
was to perform the rites, and in accordance
with the rules of the church asked the
groom if he was heart free. EYES," came
the answer, when the company was thrown
into CONSERVATION by the voice of young
lady present. ''You lie, sir" cried she in
accents not to be mistaken. The words
acted like bomb shell thrown among the
forraer happy throng, and when the minis
ter asked for an explanation, letters were
produced to prove that she was also engaged
to the young man, and the affair looked
rather critical for the time being. The
rejected sweetheart, however, after expos
tulation, consented to the ceremony being
performed il the gentleman would apollo
gize and ask to be forgiven, which he
humbly did; but the minister had by this
time left in disgust, and trouble again
stared them i'll the face until A justice OF
the peace was found among the invited
guests and the fond lovers were made enc
according to the laws of Minnesota.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

Botkin has carried the war into Africa
and will contest Maginnis' seat in Con-
gress either curing the pres mt or some
future session. Botkin is determined to
obtain notoriety at any cost, ard probably
hopes to profit BY Maginnis' popularity in
Washington to bring himself into notice
Ut the canifal
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

A Paris dispatch states that Admiral
Jaureguibery, Minister of Marine, resign
ed.-Erchange.
Its sometimes charged that our navy is
top heavy" whether this be true or not
4 navy with man OF such name as
Jaurexuibery must be top heavy.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The Miner says that an "outlaWed' ac-
cunt of over $4,000 still stands On the
Treasury account books against Gen.
Grant. Dosen't the Miner know that
tatutts OF Limitation do not run "agn the
Gouyernment?"
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

A petition signed by one hundred and
ten citizens Of Butte, chiefly saloon keep
ers, against the passage Of a Sunday law
was presented in the House on Monday.
We have always understood that the chief
Industry Of Butte WAS whisky anu beer
siinRin9.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

In discussing the attitude of Gen. Grant
Oh the reduction of the revenue, while cor
tlis'y endorsing lie generals affirmative
posi- ion, the Chicago Tribune Is move. to
remark, 'Baaam has joined his voice to
uuis.'' The voices of Balaam and the
party OF the second part, according TO the
sesIptural story, were joined IN diseordant
X 8. !.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15
.our Little Ones, and The Nursery.

=. Our 1.-THE OHets HHH IHc NuI sCI ,
published by the Russell Publishing Co.,
Of Boston, comes to us az another illustra-
tioa of the vast i'm proYement made in ju-
venile periodicals during the last decade.
The illustrators III "Our Little Ones are
unusually good. The literary work, how
ever, does nor compare favorably with that
iii st. Nicholas. although the article enti-
tied ssThe Cookie Boy" /. bright and en-
tertain:ng.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

New York, Brooklyn and Jersey are
becoming attractive points for The Chinese.
When the pig tales become TOO
numerous, however, New York will get
nm one of her famous riots and John will
again take refuge in California.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The .seow counties'' having succeeded
in getting bill through the Colorado
Legislature taxing the produce of the
mines, it is time that our own Legislature
passed a similar bill. 1t has never been,
and never will be satisfactorily explained
ahy the mines OF this Territory should not
be taxed, while the cattle interests every
where are the ch ef sources Of the public
insAty1a
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

Mr.. Richard Smith, Jr., son of Richard
Smith, of the Cincinnati Commercial Ga
zette, has been appointed Northwestern
agent of the Western Associated press,
with headquarters at st. Paul, and will
enter upon his duties March Is. He will
serve the Northwestern Press association,
comprising large number of daily papers
in Minnesota snd Dakota, with general
news, and will send Northwestern news to
the Western Associated press, and, through
that, to all the news associations of the
country. The appointment of Mr.. Smith
to this responsible position is not only
compliment to him, but it is significant
recognition of the importance of St. Paul
as news collecting and distributing cen
ter, which should have been made long
ago. @
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

There are indications that the Bell Tele-
phone company are preparing TO enter the
telegraph business, and to that end is OBJ
tanning the rights of local companies. The
object is not entirely to conduct local
telephone business, but to establish gem
eral telephone system throughout the
country, and to enter into direct compe-
tition with all companies.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The man Virgins who predicted ter
rlble storm for next March, now says that
he made a mistake in his calculations and
finds that the bad weather will attack the
Pacific and not the Atlantic coast. wig
gins also declares his intention TO retire
from the weather business.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15
Why DO You W eep.

Why do ye weep, Republicans,
All why look ye So prim:
Is it because your man got left,
The festive old WindSms
Why don't you laugh, oh, Democrats.
And drink the festive rums
Have you not heard of the defeat,
OF Senator Windum?
Ye Independents, why are you
As silent as a clam?
Is it because defeated is
Good Senator WindGmS
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

q. rhe maxim oft qu Il lie t"o"t"fs =.
u. ,aortais rii aixi 5oHnm
t,oacriresvo vou'd aceu - ma' ~
pn,z
Aren't recall ed wil4n ha cannot ''is'"" AZ
our, IN mgn you may thlnk eha' t"' '"'
these thymea
Il rather too racy and chaf1y.
We glieye that thu practice OF these mo- err
times
Is :" De naortuis nHnisi taffy.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

On Tuesday of last week, at Billings,
three masked men entered 81 Chinese
laundry, and after bandaging the proprie-
tors eyes aud pinioning him, they robbed
the premises of $275 in money, two watch
es and revolver. The Chinese in town
have been ever since practicing with
pistols.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The Weekly Pioneer Press has special
deDartment entitled 'sWhat Women want
to Know" We suppose this is presented
in thirty-six column supplement, in dia-
mond tyDe.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The New York supreme court has au
thorized the receiver of the Columbian In
surance company, failed, to begin suits 20
enforce the claims Of the company against
the United States government for compen-
500, ,00e. The claims grew out of the ac-
ton of Confederate cruisers
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

A slight trick of some holders of whisky
to legislate tor themselves the coveted ad-
ditional three years in bond for their hold
ings is made public. The scheme is to ex-
port the liquor to some foreign port, when
it will be reimported, probably on the same
vessel that takes it abroad, and be entered
in an Atlantic port, where it can remain
in bond another three years, making six
in all. Then the owner can pay the tax,
securing the profit from the increased age
Of the fluid and the use of his tax money
for three years. 1t Is nearly as well for
the owners as the passage of the proposed
bill. ard much cheaper.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The New York San heads All editorial
with ssWe defend Mr.. Evarts.' Consid-
ering the fact that Mr.. Evarts is one of the
leading lawyers of the United States, it is
rather singular that newspaper man who
is not lawyer should undertake his de-
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

A French physician says that raw oysters
and chicken soup will nourish any girl
through at least six disappointments in
love.-EGchdnge.
We should think such treatment would
aggrayate rather than cure that particular
form Of disease.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

Charley Reed. The Chicago crank, who
forced himself into the Guiteau defense
for the notoriety there was III II, has the
self-assurance to ask the government to
grant him fee. If his demand should
result in his securing it, every newspaper
in America should proceed to collect bill
of advertising off of him by the process Of
garnshment.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

Mr.. kanouse has introduced bill pro
viIing penalty tor allowing iackasses to
run at large There should be an amend
ment to this bill providing for extending
and enlarging all the county jails.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15
Notice to Creditors.

!, All persons having claims against the estate IL
Wm. w. Austin, deceased, are hereby notified to
present said CLAIMS for settlement within four
months from Dec. 18th, 1882, to the undersigned,
or TO Buck y Hunt, Attorneys at Law, Fort Ben
ton, NJ. It.
JoHN H. EVANS,
oec4s1I Admin iatratar.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The case against the supposed assasslan
of Cayendish and Burke in Phoenix has
again weakened, and the prosecution is
again uncertain whether or not they have
the right men.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15
Hma immigration.

New YORK, Feb. 6.-The annual report
of the commissioners of emigration shows
that during the past year 52O,3oo passen-
gers landed here, of whom all but 44,z69
were aliens. This numb Is larger than
that of any previous year. Of these 1885,
46s were Germans, 32,3l7 Swedes, 52,768
Irish, 4o, ,s46 English, and 27,487 Italians
The destinations of the emigrants to Wes-
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The report that the men engaged in put
ting up hotels in the Yellowstone Park are
killing game will not help along the propo-
sition to make the park game preserve.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

Moorhead Mimi, decided to fit the
Steel cells were ordered, those made by F.
j. Pauley & Bro. of st. Louis being select,
ed, and the contract closed with c. H.
Sparks for $1,000 to furnish these to the
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

The frantic desire OF the Philadelphia
quinine manufacturers to have that drug
taxed by rigid tariff law is explained by
a Chicago dealer, who says that the for
eign manufacturers have cheapened the
process Of manufacture with the use of
paraffine instead ofalcohol, and that there
by they have placed the Philadelphia
manufacturers at disadvantage. So they
tearfully appeal to the government to pro-
tect them in their monopoly. While the
labor question doesn't enter directly TO a
very great degree in the manufacture OF
quinine, it does indirectly. The drug is
in great demand in the corn, sugar and cot
ton-producing areas Of the Middle and
Southern States, where malarial fevers
prevail during the erop-producing season.
The Benton weekly record., 1883-02-15

. An article relative to an alleged pugilis-
tic encounter between Roscoe Conkling
and Jem Mace has been resurrected from
ancient files of old newspapers, and has
been going the rounds Of the press IS
something new and spicy. When the
world was young, and Susan B. Anthony
was, comparatively speaking, a kid, this
story was already hoary with antiquity.
1t Is undoubtedly true that senators in
the secrecy of the cloak rooms and the
privacy Of their homes delight to pummel
each other, but inasmuch as we have heard
she same story told in half-dozen differ
ent ways, with half dozen different Sen
ators as the victims, and three or four
different champions of the ring as the re-
puted victors Of the encounter, we cannot,
despite our well known credulity, place
implicit Lelief in the mirthful tale.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-03
[OUR REGULAR LETTER |
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct , 30, 'S3

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 80, 'S3
The country will hail with unalloyed
satisfaction the news of the debarment
and probable punishment criminally Of
as choice set of rapacious swindlers as
ever infested the capital. These COM
prise certain class of claim agents who
have for years flooded the country With
circulars announcing to the credulous
public that they have secured extraordi-
nary privileges and superior facilities
for prosecuting claims to successful
Issue before all of the departments.
More recently they have added to these
false representations the further assur-
ancos of their ability to secure an in
crease of pension TO those now on the
pension roll, as well as to obtain pen
sions for those whom they perfectly well
know were not entitled to II pension at
all. Accompanying these circulars was
the grand demand for an advance fee
ranging all the way from two dollars to
twenty-five, and many has been the de-
luded, poverty stricken soldier who has
forwarded his claim and his mouey, new
er to see either again. To say that for
tunes have been realized by these relent-
less sharks is simply TO say that the gov
ernment has been toIerating these in
famous practices until the duped and de-
frauded claimants from one end of the
country to the other haye sent up their
appeal for projections. Secretary Teller
Of hg~Interior- Department, upon the
recommendation Of the Commissioner of
Pension has not only kicked the swim
dlers out Of his department, but he has
struck bands with the prosecuting Off
GERS of the government in proceeding
against them by indictment before the
grand jury. The instances OF hardship
Nnder which many Of these poor claim
ants have been deprived of their money
and then subjected TO cruel disappoint-
ment call for the vigorous enforcement
of the law that lands offenders into the
penitentiary for crimes much less in
magnitude than that of which these pre-
cious scoundrels are clearly guilty.
More than three years have elapsed
since our decennial census was taken, but
as the whole business is safely anchored
in the Government Printing Office, the
Census Bureau doubtless deems that its
mission is at an end. With some 700
clerks employed in tabulating the stats.
teal data of the census, which tabulation
was completed eight months ago, there
is yet no possibility of obtaining any Of
fetal information touching any Of the
Important facts Of our national resources,
orour commercial condition or the ex-
tent Of our manufacturing interests. or
ths number aud variety of our industries,
or the value of our productions, or in
deed anything in the shape of the knowl.
edge that is daily and hourly in demand
by the people, Ofwas' use is the taking
OF 4 census every ten years il We are to
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-03

cipal items being; ,Rit~ay, mail trans
portation, Sill, 1559s0; compensation Of
postrnasters, slOsl5 2oI; Star route SER
vice. SI,G6l ,526; Post Office clerks, -si,.
367 970; letter carriers, So. 173 S0s; fail.
way postal clerks, SO, 6S8 esq. The sur.
pids revenue during the year wasS2, j
691 500 The Third Assistant Postmas-
ter General expresses The belief that the
surplus revenue would have been greater
BY at least one million. dollars if the re.
ceipts had not been affected during the
last of the year by the approaching re-
duction in postage rates, while the ex-
pepditures were greatly increased by tie
act that began to operate on March 5 last,
providing for a readjustment of post
masters salaries on the basis of the re-
duced postage that did not go into effect
unil eight months thereafter.
THE teachers of Lebigh county beve
been holding their annual institute at
Allentown during this week. Among
those who made addresses was Prof T.
NJ. Ballet, Superintendent of the schools
OF this county. Here is brief extract
from one Of his lectures, which we must
heartily endorse; "Prof Ballet holds that
the more mature and able.theteacher is
the better ADAPTED for the primary school,
for true experience is wanted in the
primary school to begin shaping the in
fantile minds, so that in after years no
criminal neglect may be entered up
against the credit of their supervisory
directors. lie also says that the three
necessary concomitants of good school
are Good teachers, large salary, good
and sufficient furniture and apparatus
He further remarked that school ecouo-
my results in good and comfortable
buildings, in good teachers at large sal
aries, in reasonably long term and in
such apparatus and furniture as Is amply
sufficient for good teacher to prosecute
his work intelligontly."
A REPcRT was current Tuesday night
that Gov. i. F. Butler was dead, but
Wednesday morning found him to be tie
most lively corpse in the State of MRssa-
chusetts. Ben won't die so long as lie
can keep distant view of the White
House in his eye.
O'DoNovAN Rosa opened his ''potato
trap" Wednesday, just long enough to
remark that the explosions in London
Monday night, by which % people wei e
injured, was the work of the Fehians
Isn't Rosa little too anxious for no.
toriety2 ...
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-11-03

wait ten more years to ascertain what
our political condition ISL There has al
ways been a screw loose somewhere in
this census business, but iI view of the
promises made prior to the last ccnsps,
that the work should be done unoer a
new system and therefore more expedlt-
Iously than ever, it would seem that the
bureau is yet sadly out of repairs.
Last winter Washington was forced to
the necessity of organizing Citizens
Association to protect itself against the
maraudipgs of an army of burglars and
-night-thieves who became the absolute
terror of the whole population. The as
sociation entered upon thorough work
of investigation, finally running down to
the unequivocal fact that the robbers and
the principal detectives on the police
force we're in collusion.' The supposed
guilty detectives were at once mustered
out of the service, and then indicted as
recipients Of stolen property, knowing it
to have been stolen. Upon these charges
which were the only ones that brought
about their dismissal from the police
force, two Of them have just been tried
before the Criminal Court and both ac-
quilted for lack of legal evidence against
them. The result OF this trial is SIM
pie illustration of the treachery Of the
human memory, whose possessor though
robbed OF thousand dollars year ago
cannot place faith enough in it to re-
member who robbed him.
The prospect of consolidation of the
customs districts in States where custom
houses are nothing but public burden
gives promise of the stoppage of an
enormous leak in the public treasury.
There are half hundred of these worse
than worthless custom houses in New
England alono, wherein not dollar in
the shape of import duties has been re.
ceiYed since they were established, al.
though the country is called upon to
furnish fat sine care salaries for collectors
and deputies, aud surveyors and weigh.
ers, and guagers and boatmen, and sc
forth to the end Of the Blue Book. To
illustrate the value of some of these of.
fees reference to the table of receipts
from customs tells us that Hyannis, in
Massachusetts, yielded in the last fiscal
year the sum of 81 "a toward liquidatine
the national debt, while Cohasset ano
sevaral other towns in Massachusetts, and
Maine were equally liberal in their con-
tributions to tho support of the govern
ment. The expense of running these
petty custom houses is quite as large and
in some instances larger than that of Of
fees that yield thousands of dollars
Thus for collecting the 81 "a at the Hy
annis Office, the government pays il
salaries and incidental expenses NOR,
than 81. 700 and it was only short tim,
to materially increase the salaries O
those positions that are nothing NOR,
nor less than sinecures. When Mr.
Boutwell, was Secretary of the Treasur.
he called the attention of Congress t,
the necessity of cutting off this wantoi
waste of money, but that hody having
other fish to fry failed to do anything
Whether the urgent Recommendation o
Secretary Folger will mset with any bet
ter success in the approaching Congress
remains to be seen. JUNIus.