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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-24

A correspondent visited some OF the
many pigeon houses erected near the
river, which from their towering, CON
ical form, never fail to attract the at
tention Of travellers on the Nile on
coming to Cairo by rail. These breed
inc places consist of nothing else than
an enormous number of red earthen-
ware vessels, closely resembling medi-
um sized flower pots placed in a circle,
with the mouth inward, and tier upon
tier is raised with the assistance of the
tenacious Nile mud, until the cone is
completed and the dome covered in,
few light branches of trees being intro
duced on the outside Of the fabric be-
fore completion to enable the pigeons
to perch and rest themselves at times.
Hawks and other birds Of prey, not to
say cats also, annoy and often destroy
the pigeons here, and consequently a
trap-door is fitted to the place about
half way up the building, and worked
by couple Of ropes which reach down
to the ground These on being pulled
by the natives at dawn, allow the pig
cons to sally forth and feed gratis dur
ing the day in the adjoining fields or a
little farther off if food is scarce at
hand, and soon after sunset, when the
pigeons are all back again, the trap
door is let down for the night to the
exclusion of all intruders. There is a
long upright pole in the center of the
building, with cross-pieces of wood on
it to serve as a ladder, upon which the
owner mounts when he wishes to catch
the birds or clean out the place; and
owing to the facility for keeping pig
cons in Egypt, it is not to be wondered
at their being found always in the
market, and at very moderate prices.
1t is not altogether however for the
sake of the birds that the people breed
them ON a large scale, but it is the ma
nure, which is priced for agricultural
purposes, especially for raising melons
in spring; and often a fellah who has
no pigeons to depend upon will send a
donkey and boy with a couple of large
baskets across the animals back
through the country to buy up all the
manure he requires by going from
/ house to house, even where only a few
pigeons are kept. paying two shillings
for a quantity that would barely FIJI a
bushel measure.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-24
PLAIN
TRUTHS

The blood is the foundation Of
life, it erculates through every part
of the body. and unless 1t is pure
and neh, good health is impossible.
II disease has entered the system
the oail sure and quick way to drive
1t out /, TO purify and enrich the
blood
These simple facts are well
known, and the highest medical
authorities agree that nothing but
iron will restore the blood 10 its
natural condition, and also that
all the iron preparations hitherto
made blackcn the teeth, cause head
ache, and are otherwise injurious.
BR0WN's IRoN BlTrERs willthor-
9ughly and quickly assimilate with
the blood, purifying and strengthen
ing it, and thus drive disease from
any part Of the system, and it will
MT blackcn the teeth, cause head
ache or constipation, and IS posi-
lively ~ injurious
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-24


and that the real heir will demand
restoration of what you have spent al
ready"
"Yes, | was right" said Mr.. Bloom
But, Mr.. Crabbe, after all, l shall dc
very well. can go back to your store
and Miss Belinda has quite little for.
tune of her own. We can still he hap
py.
Mr.. Crabbe leaped to his feet.
"Sir sir" he said, this is great
I piece of impertinence sT. You havnt
spoken to Belinda"
but YOU assured me began Tim
othy
u didn't" shrickcd Mr. Crabbe AT
least, was mistaken came here
with the intention Of telling you upon
my word and honor that She can't en-
dure you; and as for the store, you are
most incompetent salesman. There is
no situation open. Sorry for you,
but goodnight Goodnight"
"Good-night." said Timothy.
Then, as the door closed, he took up
, the letter and carried it 70 old Mrs.
White Who with lletty as assistant
t was seeding raisius for next day pud-
n ding. sitting one ON either side of the
s 0fop-Ight u the dimngroom.
shalI have TO give up 'ne oacN
t. parior' s"d poor Ilmothy' ana aS
Q iof my hali-hall bedroom ooh I KNOW
4 ~" 70 pay ior 'ha'' lof 'r"ooe won
* '"Ne me 'aeN'
l. "Iime-serNinS old WreIch.. Salu
to Mrs. White, "No MATTER MT. blooil'
he I'll trust YOU Intentions being right
I never VIII be hard on my boarders,
ar and you can keep the parlor until it is
10. hired because it's more comfortable"
Tx. "And try to keep up your spirits,
NE said IIetty "for after all, money isn't
SUI everything"
NC at seemed too sudden to last, said
ida Mrs. White. 81 never trusted these
iv lawyers"
Mr. So the good souls comforted him
me- and after while, when he asked Het
out ty to take a little walk with him, sh'
les. consented.
.hc. There was Il little park on the oppo
l.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-08-24

BRowN' IRoN BTTER5 ottectual-
ly cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion and
Weakness; and renders the greatest
relief and benefit to persons suffering
from such wasting discas,s as Con
sumption, Kidney Complaints, etc.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Newslets.

There were only eighteen deaths from
yellow fever at Havana in the past week.
Hon. Benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio,
is the new commissioner of patents.
Nh. Marbles resignation takes effect on
the first of November.
There is a large and growing demand
for silver certificates, coming mainly
from st. Louis, the Mississippi valley,
Georgia, and the cotton and sugar grow
ing regions generally.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Logan, both
ove seventy years of age, were attacked
at their home, twelve miles from Shell
by, N. c., on Sunday night, by a negro:
Mrs. Logan was killed and her husband
was choked nearly to death. The negro
escaped with ten dollars.
WASHINGTON, October 2O.-The Q. 5.
steamer Dispatch left the Davy yard here
to-day for Mount Vernon, with Lord
Coleridge and a large party of distin-
guished gentlemen on board. About
half a mile from the navy yard the
| steamer ran aground on mud shoals and
at last accounts had not succeeded in
| getting afoat.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Boqardus Wants to Shoot.


CHICAGO, October 18-Captain A: II.
Bogardus will publish in the Anaerlcan
Field a letter to DR.. w. F Carver, now
in this city, stating as both hold cups
mathematical of the championship OF the
world at wing shooting, he is willing to
put up both cups and shoot three match
es to decide the matter. One match
with 100 birds at q yards rise, and to
use n barrel one at fifty PAGES, the
birds to be shot at under the American
rules and one with 100 birds under the
London gun club rules, the birds to
have 80 yards rise, for $3.50 to $500 a side
each. Or he will shoot a single match
for 81 900 a side and the championship
under the English rule Of shooting; or
for S $1,000 to 5000 a side under the
Birmingham rules. Either ofthese prop
ositions to be accepted within one month,
or a forfeit of $3.50 to be deposited with
the editor of the Field.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Railroad Stocks.

NEW York, October p. Stocks open
ed al two and a half per cent. lower for
Northern Pacific preferred, the remain
der of the list one-fourth to M and
seven-eighths higher. Leading bears
offered round amounts for preferred
stock, hence the workers soon became
known. The shorts ale very little, It
any,, better off han they were Saturday,
as cash stock of Northern Pacific pre-
ferred was worth one to two and three
fourths more than regular. Rumors
created to squeeze in other stocks led to
heavy buying, and prices moved up one
half to four per cent. Willard, Union
Pacific and Northwestern are the
STRONGEST stocks.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Railroad Disaster.

GALVESTON, October ia special to
the News from Tyler says: Parties are
here from the scene of the wreck on the
East Line narrow-gauge road last night,
a few miles east of Sulphur Springs.
One lady and two children were severe
ly injured. There were a number OF
other passengers aboard the train, ever
al of whom were quite badly hurt: The
recovery of the lady is thought doubt
full. The train wrecked was a freight
and was moving st the rate OF eighteen
miles an hour, when it was struck by a
cyclone and blown over and almost COM
pletely demolished.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
The Land of Chivalry.

AUGUSTA, Ga, October "a bloody
and fatal fight occurred yesterday near
Mclean church, in Burk county. On
Saturday there was a difficulty between
two young men named Syrs and Rog-
ers at the base ball grounds, in which
Syms cut Rogers in the hand. After
church yesterday the difficulty was re-
sumed. Thomas Syms and his sons
Frank and Thomas were shot by r. B.,
S. M. and Warren Rogers, RUFUS Nc
Narrel and John Knox. Thomas 3:
Syms was shot five times and KILLED q
Frank and Tom Syms were MORALLY
wounded. John Rogers was shot in the
face by q friend of the Syms family, who
are reported to have been unarmed. All
the parties are respectfully connected
and WeIl-to-do.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Trouble in China.

CHICAGO, October 21.-Reports Of an
approaching war with foreigners are
circulating in the interior of China. The
people of Yum Nan believe that the
Chinese army is preparing for a war of
determination against foreigners.
HONG KONG, October 2.-Advices
from Yum Nan confirm the report that
the Chinese are assisting the Black
Flags in AMMAN, who number $4,000
men, exclusive Of those in the garrison
at Bachrinat and Sontag. The viceroy
eff Canton objects to foreigners travers-
ing the streets.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
THE RIVER PRESS.

the conservation of a bishop of the Pro-
testant Episcopal church in this country;
Forty Bishops and oyer six hundred
clergymen took part in the services.
Admission to the church was gained by
ticket. and there was scarcely an inch
of standing room in the building. The
visiting and resident ministers formed
in procession in the building on Bread
way. and shortly before eleven entered
the church, preceded by an usher robed
in white and followed by the faculty and
students; after these came the visiting
clergy. several hundred in number, IN
their white robes next walked the resi-
dent clergy.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Prize Fight.

New YORK, October 16.-Tom Barnes
and Tom King, English pugilists, en-
gagged in a prize fight at 2 o'clock this
morning fora purse of $500 in a noto-
rious sporting house in Brooklyn.
Barnes was seconded by Jimmy Murray
and Joe Fowler, while Jim Driscoll and
John Woods performed a similar service
for King. The fight was governed by
the rules of the London prize ring
thirty seconds rest allowed between each
round. Sixteen rounds were fought in
eighteen minutes, and at the end King
had enough and acknowledged him
self beaten.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Fatal Celliery Explosion.

LONDON, October 19.-An explosion
took place to-day in Wharncliff colliery,
Yorkshire. Thirty three men were IN
the pit at the time, all of whom perish
ed. Three bodies have been recovered.
LATER.-When the explosion occur
red five men rushed to the bottom of the
shaft and were rescued, though injured.
The men remaining in the pit, number-
ing twenty-nine, are lost. Search Tor
them was organized, but the falling of
the roof of the pit retards work. The
explosion is attributed to a blast shot.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
Excitement in Railroad Stocks.

SAN FRANCISCO. October 1S.-A Port
land, Oregon, special says: Large sums
of money have been sent east lately and
the absence of money is severely felt.
When Transcontinental touched SO it
was considered good to buy and large
sums were invested, but at its continued
fall this stock was let go. There is much
excitement, talk and N on the
street, the latest being that work on the
big railroad bridge across the VILLAIN
cite river has been stopped.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Cowboy Murderers.

GLENDIvE, Montana, October l6.-
Sheriff Taylor yesterday endeayored to
quiet three drunken cowboys, when be
was set upon and beaten. In the melee
Clayton Whitcomb, an Englishman
about to locate here, was killed; a freight
conductor was also shot in the ankle.
One of the cowboys was captured and
lodged in Jail. The other two escaped.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
To Protect a Murderer.

CHICAGO, October 21.-The Inter
Oceans Springfield special says: The
sheriff of Logan county has applied to
the governor for leave to call on the mil
itary to assist him in maintaining the
peace and to protect the life of the sup
posed murderer of Fora Barish. The
governor told the sheriff to use civil
force aud not to make a call for military
except as a last resort.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Heavy Gales.

LONDON, October ia Vienna dis
patch saws: A violent storm on Lake
Ladoga, and the gulf of Finland, caused
great loss of life and shipping. Sixty
vessels were stranded. The bodies of
sixteen persons have been recovered.
BERLIN, October IA gale did con-
siderable damage in western and north
ern Germany to-day, and several wrecks
are reported.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
A City Destroyed.

WALLA WALLA, October 18.-The
city of Weston was totally destroyed by
fire last night. A few brick stores were
the only buildings saved.
WALLA WALLA, October 19.-The
losses by the fire at Weston are estimat-
ed at $4,000; insurance, $4,000. The
heavy losses are due to the town not
having any fire engine.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Hanged.

CALHOUN, Ga, October l9.-Margaret
Harrison (colored), the murderess OF
little Leta Lewis, was hung here in the
presence of nearly 1000 people.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

TAkEN UP.

Came to our ranch at Utica, NJ. T., about July 18th,
1883, two horses, described as i follows: One light bay.
branded 90 horizontally on left shoulder, under a
blurred brand. one dark brown horse, branded with
a j inside a circle on right hip. Owners can recover
the above by giving satisfactory proof OF ownership
and paving for this advertisement
HOWELL s. Utica. NJ. T.f !.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
Consscratlon OF Rev. DR.. Potter.

NEW York, October 20.-The conse-
Grafton of Rev. DR.. Henry G. Potter as
assistant bishop Of the diocese Of New
York, took place to-day at Grace church.
The ceremony was probably the most
impressive that has ever taken place at
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
SHEEP WANTED.

The undersigned desire to take from zoo to z,ooo
sheep on shares, on usual terms, for three or tour
wears, We have a good location. between Deep creek
and Sand coulee; will furnish fifty tons OF hay to the
thousand feet of shedding. We have had four years
experier ce With sheep in this territory; the past two
years we have been with Robert Blankenbaker, ana
River Crossing, ID. 7. Address
P. I. 81 f. M. RUNYAN.
epr1A Ulidia. NJ. r.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

In chronic dyspep
STA and liver COM
plant, and in chronic
constipation and other
obstinate Diseases,
Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters is beyond all
comparison the best
remedy that can be
taken. AZ q e q of
restoring the strength
and! vital energy OF
persons who are sink
ing under the debili-
tAting effects OF pain
full disorders, this
standard vegetable
invigorant is confess
sedly u%nequaled.
For sale by all
Druggists and Dealers
generally
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24
SHEEP o SALE.

1900 Ewes. 1900 of them coming two and three
wears Old: 1000 coming Yearlings l,OOOto
1900 Breeding Ewes; so First Class Grade
choice sheen. Will sell whole lot of wethers at So
per head, ewes a. SIS, and rams at $40 per head.
VIM. WALLACE,
Utica. Meagher Co. NJ. =.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

Peterson & Price, the Merchants
OF Little Pittsburg, recently par
chased an immense stock Of General
Merchandise, consisting OF Gro-
ceries. Hardware, Dry Geeds, Boots
and Shoes, Hats and Caps, and
everything else usually found in :
general stere. These goods were
purchased at suck favorable figure
that the firm is prepared to sell
them at as low prises as they can
be secured in any town in Montana.
The people Of Belt creek and sur
rounding country will find it to
their intel est to call on Peterson &
Price, look through their mammoth
stock and get prices. They mean
business.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-14
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


George IL. Corliss, Of Rhode Island,
Is building the engines for the first cot
ton mills TO be erected in China.
'rhe process Of substituting steel
slrepers for wooden ones has begun
with great success on German railways.
The blue-stonc business of Sauger-
ties, N u, including the quarricS, fur
nish employment for from l,500 TO
| 800 men,
DR.. Fields, of St Louis, has invent
ed compound which costs only one
fifth as much as gunpowder and has
seyen-tenths more explosive power
81. Louis Globe.
An Oneonta IN. Y.) firm has ships
ped 5000 worth Of hop roots to Ken
lucky. The industry is a new one in
that locality, and the roots are TO be
used as an experiment. NJ y. Times.
Geological examination reveals in
the delta of the Mississippi, along
space Of 800 miles, ten distinct forests
of buried trees. Bald Expresses with u
diameter of twenty-five feet have been
found.
Among the notable things in Palat
ka, Fla, is the first tangarine tree ever
budded in Florida. The bud was re.
ceiyed by DR. Morangue before the war,
and from this comes all the kd-glove
oranges in that State. The tree can be
seen in his grove, which is quite cele-
brated on that account - Chicago Times.
Injecting pine railroad ties with
chloride Of zinc preserves seventy-nine
per cent. of them for over twenty-ono
years beech ties injected with creosote,
iifty-four per cent. for over twenty-five
years, and oak ties injected with chlo-
ride Of zinc preserved twenty-one per
cent for over seventeen years. ~ X.
Ifibaae.
The Southern silk Industrial Asso.
citation has sent the New Orleans
Times Democrat bunch of raw silk
raised by the ladies Of the association
in that city. The silk is of beautiful
golden hue, very soft and fine, and, the
Times Democrat says, proves that as
good quality OF silk can be raised in
New Orleans and vicinity as anywhere
else.
Mr.. John Pearson, trembling old
man, who has been u resident of Fort
SIN Iii, Ark, for iorty-three years,
/ claims to have been the actual inventor
OF the revolver patented by Colonel
Colt. He says that in 1884, while he
was working in Baltimore with a gun
smith named Baxter, Colonel Colt
hired him TO make experiments. which
resulted in the perfected revolver, with
six charges in the cylinder and one
barrel Pearson never received any re-
ward for his invention. IN Y Post.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-14
MAGNOLIA, MISSISSIPPI THURSDAY, JUNE A. 1883

Here is worker in metal It bored
these holes in this piece Of lead, but no
one knows how. Here is apiece of the
hardest granite known, yet it has been
ruined by this shell, pholdS. Stranger
yet,the miner has lamp to work by, IA
phosphorescent light.
among the animals that are in the
submarine diving business is the spider
It has no diving bell, or armor, yet it
goes below the surface and remains
there by taking down air beneath its
body in the shape of balls, which it
leaves there beneath some twig, orleaf. y
'How about reportersp"
"Animal reporters are scarce" was
the reply, "but if you have ever hunted
the black bear you must have noticed
the curious markings and scratches it
makes on trees at distance seven or
eight feet from the ground. These signs
rank as high as the tramp sign Ian
guage; one bear knows that another has
been there before. The sailors are
represented by this spider, that not
only goes to sea, but builds its own boat
of leaves and pushes off in search of
prey. The dramatic profession is repre-
sented by some South American birds,
who 60 through certain strange per-
formances for the benefit CT other COM
panions. As for the undertakers, many
species of beetles bury their dead. The
medical profession is represented by
the doctor fish, who has in his side q
lancet, which comes out without warn
ing, and, like that of Bob Sawyer, is
always ready for use. The wasps are
the paper makers; some are masons.
The ministers are represented by the
praying nantes. N. Y. Sun.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-14
A Georgia Mans Way.

It was bleak, raw, April day as we
ran down into South Carolina. There
was no fire in the coach, nor would
there have been need of any if the win
dows could have been kept down. A
chap from Quitman, Ga, who had late
" peeled off his 1lannels and who felt
as cold as sheared lamb, succeeded
after awhile in getting all the windows
down but one. That was on the right
hand side, third seat from the front, and
the seat was occupied by a fat man with
red face.
"Sir, won't you please lower that
Window asked the Georgian.
"What for?n
"To keep out the cold"
"I'm none TO cold"
''But it let's dust in.
al have no objections to dust"
Nothing further was said, but the
Georgian presently opened the stove
door and took out about pint of ashes
and wrapped them up, and at the next
station he dropped off the car and took
the one ahead. Ten minutes after start
ing up the train entered a deep cut and
the fat man was observed to bob off his
seat and dig his eyes and Jump up and
down as if he had hornets in his boot
legs. Indeed, he swore-swore black
and blue and green. He swore he'd sue
the company, and he swore he'd killthe
engineer, and it was good two hours
before he could open one eye wide
enough to swear that in his first mo-
ment of surprise his gold spectacles
had fallen off and he had trampled them
under foot.
II wonder what got into his eyes?" /
asked of the Georgian.
'Lime, | reckon. as we were running
through a limestone cut just then,'' he
calmly replied,a as he looked up from his
paper.-DetrOI Free Press.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1883-06-14

A Georgia boy told his folks he was
going hunting in the swamp and he
did intend to do so, but he went into
the ash house for something and the
door shut behind him and he couldn't
open it from the inside. And all his
believing didn't attract the attention of
the family, but they missed him when
night came and had the whole neigh
borhood out searching the swamp and
made deuce of time and everybody
got wet and tired and cross, and
finally they gave up the hunt and re-
turned to his house, and then somebody
heard him whoop and they let him out
and his father was so mad about the
affair that he took harness strap and
just lathered that boy till the hills re-
echoed his lamentations. And it wasn't
the boys fault either. Post.