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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21
THE GLENDALE TRAGEDY.
An Attempt to Extcrt a Confession From
the Supposed Murderer.

The following additional news con-
corning the Glendale tragedy, in which
John A. Jessrang (alias Chas. Merrill)
vas concerned, is taken from the Butte
Miner of February 10th:
From passengers who arrived from
Mclrose on last nights train it was
learned that the trial resulted in Merrill
being held to answer. Great excitement
prevailed yesterday and the day before
among the citizens of Glendale, and
threats of lynching were freely made.
1t was thought best, under the circum-
stances, to remove Merrill to the county
jail as soon as possible, and yesterday
forenoon an officer started with the pris-
oner for Dillon. Quite a crowd of Glen
dale people followed them, and some
menacing threats were made but no
demonstration occurred until the depot
at Melrose was reached, when a number
of section men from the railroad joined
the mob, and the cry of "Hang him!"
was raised. A rush was made for the
prisoner, and the officer was overcome
by the score of men who seized him
from every side. The prisoner was
roughly pushed and crowded across the
track to the water tank. After a few
mlnutes delay a rope was procured, and
a noos being slipped over Merrill's
head, the other end was thrown over a
timber projecting from the frame of the
water tank. A score of men grasped
the rope and the miserable wretch was
jerked into the air. A loud voice shouted
"let him down to confess and the
swinging, struggling man was lowered
to the ground. The moose was loosened,
and after some minutes he revived, and
was told that as he was about to die he
affirmed his innocence, and reiterated
the story Of robbing Davidson's body,
after he had frozen to death. He was
again hoisted by the neck, and then let
down and given another opportunity to
confess, and the operation was repeated
five times, resulting each time in a stub
born declaration of innocence of the
crime Of murder. The mob was evil
IDENTIFY impressed with the firmness of
the prisoner, and after the fifth hanging
it was decided to return Merrill to the
officer, which was done, and the priso-
ner was last evening lodged in the coun-
tyjail at Dillon.
Merrill was not much injured by the
hanging, and the impression produced
upon the public mind by the determine
ton with which he adhered to his story
is rather favorable to the prisoner, many
now believing him to be guilty of no
greater crime than that Of robbery and
dissertation of the dead.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21
Froze to Death.

Word has been received that two men
We're frozen to death recently near Fort
Walsh, one of them being a barber
named McMillen, who worked for Chas.
Dryer in this city last summer. No
particulars have been received.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21
To Sheep Men.

Young men of experience having first
class sheep locations, and DESTROYS of
making contracts for three or four years,
will please address me, stating full par
ticulars, Lock Box No. 1856, Fort Ben
ton, NJ. T. JNo. A. MCGEE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21
A Difficult Problem Solved

The desire for stimulants is becoming
a Dlonstrous 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, 1883-02-21
Cheap Furniture.

T. c.. Power & Bro. are selling out
their furniture at less than cost, in order
to close out their stock In this line.
They offer special bargains in parlor
suits, cabinet bedsteads, bureaus, ward
robes, etc. An endless variety Of mir
rors for sale cheap. Call soon for bar
gains.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21
-.zmEg& %EaaH-
Cattle Sales,

@m@
Nh. j. r. Craig, Of Oxley ranch, near
Fort Macleod, has purchased three OF
-four bands of cattle this winter, and after
the roundup will have them driven to
the company's ranch. He purchased
$500 head from Higgins and McLain, of
1DePuyer creek, and | 900 head, more or
less, Of 0. G. Cooper, of the same range.
These sales were consummated some.
weeks since, but quite recently Mr.. Craig
purchased Frank Bain's band on the
Shonkin, about 400 head, paying for the
anne $50 all around. 1t took scarcely
less than $125, 900 to pay for these cattle.
Mr.. Craig, we understand, offered A. w.
Kingsbury & Co. 500, 900 for their little
band on the Shonkin, which offer was
refused. Verify, stock is king in Mon
m@maaEaMN@4aaasaa27
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21
For Sale

A half interest in the Novelty store,
including store room, fixtures and goods.
For particulars inquire of
J. II. GREEN.
Benton, M. IT,, Dee. Is, 1882.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21

Remember that stam-
ina, vital energy, the
life principle, or what
ever you may choose
TO call the resistant
power which battles
against the causes of
disease and death, is
grand safeguard
OF h alth. 1t is the
garrison of the human
fortress, and when it
a weak the true
policy is to throw in
achievements In
other words, when
such an emergency
occurs a
course of Hostetter's
Bitters. For sale by
druggists and dealers,
to whom apply for
Hostetter's Almanac
for 1888.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21
For Sale.

A good upright piano for sale cheap.
Will be disposed of at a bargain. Also
a complete assortment of extra fine
China ware. For information apply at
this office.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20
BRITANNIA.

IN THIS AGE or GREAT Dis
IL coyeries, probably the most use
full one is that which has lately been
attracting the attention Of persons
in this Territory, who were immedi-
ately cured Of Rheumatism on test
ing its virtues. Doctor Hill. OF
England, An eminent physician of
fifty years experience, and who has
about FIVE thousand patients, has
made the discovery, and places this
valuable remedy in the reach of
afflicted persons IN the New as well
as the Old World. Testimonials of
influential persons living in Salt
Lake City can be furnished on an.
pllcation. One bottle cures by re.
moving the causes from the blood.
1t also bAlds up the system and
makes the aged as 1.-the and active
as those of younger years. All pain
removed in few hours. Ask for
DR.. Hills Celebrated Anti-Rheu-
matte Elixir. For sale at q. C.M.I.
Drug Department, sole agent for
Utah. Price, $3.50 per bottle. It
has never been know to fail, and is
noted throughout Great Britain as
marvellous and most useful discov
cry. 500
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

1T TRANSPIRES that the October
election in Iowa was a defeat for
the prohibitionists. the majority in
the legislature being opposed to the
movement, Notwithstanding the
ministers and anti-liquor people
labored so hard for the success of
the Republican ticket because of the
pretended prohibitary sentiments of
the candidates. Whisky and politics
proved very disastrous this year,
throughout the entire country. IT
defeated candidates in Iowa, New
York and Ohio, and hurt the party
that undertook to mix tie two in.
congruous elements. One of these
days parties may discover that rum
is a social rather than a political
problem, and that the solution must
come through the church and So
,lety instead of through party plat
'orms and political fulminations.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

Now THE Republicans are claim.
Ing that their party won the vic
tory in Virginia; that having be-
come disgusted with Malone and
his methods they worked and voted
against hin, and thus made it DOS
sible for the Bourbons to win. There
is 8 good deal of political
"galr in this claim con-
sidering that the Republican
administration gave poor old Vir-
ginia into the hands of Malone, and
sustained him in everything, even
to the violation of the civil service
act and rules in the matter of ex-
tcrting blood money from federal
,ficeholders in the State. How
ever, the Virginia Democrats can
endure many such Republican vie
gories.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

A CHICAGO candy-maksr has
been giving the business awsy, tel
ling Of the wickedness and fraud
of his follows. he says that fully
thirty per cent OF the candy sent
out from the Garden City is adulter.
ated. Even honest, old-fashionsd
stick candy is adultersted, 80 that
it is next to impossible 10 tell tho
genuine from the fraudulent. The
worst OF the bad candy is sent to
Mexico, our southern reighbors
being the easiest to impose upon.
The fellow says the Mormons are
the hardest to deceive in the mat
ter of bad candy, this being the
best judges and the quickest detec-
tiVes Of fradds.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20
NO NAVY.

"Humiliating as It is, the United
Estates is practically without a
navy."-Ex. And why is it humis
liating?, What earthly use can we
have for a navyf Even the few old
[shipsthat=we call a navy are like
the fifth. wheel to aywagon. The
only possible use for a navy is the
service that it may be in fighting,
and when, where and with whom
does the United States expect to
fight? There is no nation on earth
that is going to come over to fight
this country. We couldn't induce
one of them to come: and 1t is quite
certain We are not going across the
water to fight anybody. If navy
could be employed for fighting
or hunting down dis
honest government officials, we
might need one; but so long as
It can only be used for providing
homes and employment for the
'fficers on hand and being made an
lually at the naval academy, the
ess navy we have the better. The
money that ships cost had better be
iven to the people in the shape of
educed taxes and the abolition of
ariff duties. Cheap blankets are
astly preferable to the hardwork-
lg American citizen than would be
le consciousness that the United
,ates owned more and better war
lips than any other nation on the
ODE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20
INJUSTICE TO WOMEN.

1
The women who want q fair anG
square show, and nothing more,
with men in the struggle fer exist
ence and soft places, have more
ground for complaint against mans
inhumanity to woman. They have
discovered again that this governs
ment was made by men, for men,
and is being run by men in the in
terest of men. In the examinations
under the civil service law for
clerkships and other places in the
departments at Washington, quite a
number of women stood high for
the next vacancies, but to their sur
prise and disappointment men who
had passed poorer examinations
were given the positions. Naturally
'he women, and those interested in
he cause Of the sex, went to work to
ind out the why's and wherefores
II the discrimination. They dis
covered not only that inferior men
lad been preferred to them, but
hat there was no remedy for the
natter, unless they could bring !.
olitical influence to bear in their =.
ehalf; and when they attempted
lis latter, they learned that it was '
nlawful to use such influence.
here the matter rests, competent Il
Id worthy women being kept out .
places to which they are entitled ID
: less competent and worthy men
no have done something politic- is
y for those who have the filing =.
the places at their disposal. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

= TIE NEW YORK custom house
officers have just passed a Chinese
giant, said to be the talIest man in
the world. He can reach with his
hands, when stretched upward,
twelve feet. 1t is not stated upon
what clause of the Chinese reetrict>
i've act the fellow was allowed to
land. He is not merchant, trader
or student, and of course is not a
labOrsr.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

A KINGSTON. Ontario, man, fear
ing the body of his wife would be
stolen, erected tent over her grave
on the day of her burial, six weeks
ago, and has slept there nightly ever
since. Unless he shall prove un-
like the average widower, the wild
ows and girls of Kingston may ex-
pect an early offer of marriage from
him. 1t may be humiliating, but
it's the rule, and can't be helped.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20
BY going to bsa half AZ

hour .hesdAofIthe present. time To-
So also, the banks will open and close
earlier, places Of amusements open
earlier, and so on. the city gaining
half an hour in the morning and
losing it at night, leaving us even
with the world and adding much to
the common convenience. We hope
the local railroads will at once wheel
into line, and that the Utah cities
and towns will follow, all excepting
the standard time that has been ar
ranged for this district.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

SENATOR CoLQUITT, of Georgia,
is beginning well, showing that he
has a clear head, and giving prom
lse OF growing into craftsmanship.
He says the only thing for the Dem
ocrass to do next year is to nenomi-
nate Tilden and Hendricks.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

SHIL0H'S CURE WILL inme-
dlateiy relieve Group, Whoopino
Cough and Bronchitis, Sold by y
G. d L Drug Store. 90
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20

In TWO weeks Congress will be.
gin as eight months session.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-11-20
SALTLAKE DAiLYHERALD
TUESDAY sNoHEMBER 20, 1888.
THE DAILY HERALD. i. pub,;.baal !, |;

THE DAILY HERALD. Is published
every morning, Mondays excepted, at
East Temple Street, near First South,
Salt Lake City. .by the HERALD PRINT
ING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. UoMPAEY, Sub.
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same. rate.> To weekly subscribers.
collections made by carriers, twenty-five
cents week.
THE SEMI HERALD ia
published every Wednesday sud Sat-
0fdsy morning, at $3. so year; six
months, $1.76; postage included.
iHE WEEKLY HERALD is published
every Thursday morning at So. q wear:
Six months. $1,25 postage incluned.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20


THE Fool AND Hrs PEEEY.-The
Philadelphia Times says: 0ur fore
fathers and grandmothers had wise
old saying that the fool and his PEN
ny are soon parted. Like most
preachers they, Of course, had not
praeticed what they had preached /;
had no personal experience of folly
and had learned wisdom only from the
experience Of other fools. They were
happy in having learned il at all.
With all his smartness the average
American is the foOlishest spendthrift
on the globe. and there is no nation
in the world where as many rich and
well-to-do men become suddenly and
beggardly poor Recent events have
made this vulgarity prominent, and
wise man or two may be within hear
ing.
It is bad enough to run into book
fancying merely for their covers and
margins or to fill gilded bookcases
and furnish clever chat for a cunning
tongue, while there is no actual soul
for literature itself or the thoughts
hid in il. It is still more ludicrous
for padded millionaires to spend i'll
got fortunes on chrome picture galle-
ries which are an insult TO art and
degradation Of all true refinement,
for there is no vice so contemplate
as the vice Of sham. Il is still worse
to waste millions Of money in costly
dresses for girls or women whose lives
might b. better clothed in sackcloth
and ashes but the worst American
extravaganza is in the millions we
spend on foreign cranks and clowns.
Il is not necessary to 90 into an
cient history or to look back more than
a year. Last summer Mr.. Tug Will
son, q mere ignorant British bruiser
Of the lowest type, came here. got
himself freely advertised, allowed him
self to be knocked down and pounded,
as he deserved, and started back to
England with something over twenty
thousand dollars Of American fools
money" A little later Lily Lantry,
played the same advertising dodge,
appealing to lower motives than the
bruiser, came, and in return for down
right simpering stiffness sailed away
with more than a hundred thousand
dollars got from the same general hu-
man species. Mr.. Slade is the latest
attraction in the line of appeal to our
native instincts, and for a ten-minute
exhibition Of mere bestiality he is now
living like a native gentleman on
thousands Of American dollars. Some
people have thought that attending
popular lectures" was somewhat de-
moralizing. But the new American
arena. for downright vuIgarlty, heats
the Roman gladiatorial shows and out
does the bull-fghts Of Spain.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

We take pleasure in calling the attention
Of lsdy readers this week 90 the latest
combination Of improvementsi in the most na :
fuI Of all domestic implements. the sewing
machine"
As we understand Il, a machine for family
use should meet first Of all these requirements:
Il should be simple in its mechanism il
should run easily IL should do vide range
Of work il should be AZ nearly noiseless as
possible; il should be light, handsome, dura-
hle, and as cheap rs is consistent with excel
lence throughout
These conditions the ''Light.R Running New
Home certainly merits. II has also several
very important and useful attachments and
"noiions' Of its own, which go FAR 20 make
good its claims to popular favor.
The New Home specially recommends
itself 10 purchasers on account Of ifs superior
mechanical construction, ease Of management
and reasonable price. Over half million
have been sold in the last three years, all Of
which are giving universal satisfaction. This
unrivalIed machine Is manufactured by the
NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO., 80
Union Square, New York, who wish US 10 say
that all who win send for their new ilIustrat-
ed catalogue and enclose their sd seFtisement
(pginied on another page, viii receive SET
Of fancy advertising novelties Of value 70 those
collecting cards, &c.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

m" There were many afFectin' ties,
says Artemus Ward, which made me
banker after Betsy Jane. Her father 8
farm jined ourn their cows and ours
squenched their thirst at the same
spring; our old mares both had stars
in their forreds; the measels broke out
IN both families at nearly the same
time our parents Betsy James and
mine) slept regularly every Sunday
in the same meetin' house; and the
nabors used to obsarve, How thick
the Wards and Peasles air. It was
a sublime sight in the spring Of the
year to see our several mothers Betsy :
and mine1 with their gowns pinned
up so that they couldn't sile EN-, eff
feckshunitely bilin' soap together and
aboosin their nabors.'
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

FUEL ON THE PRAIRIEs.-The be-
lief exists in some quarters that the
great prairies Of Northwestern Texas
are almost destitute of wood for fuel.
This is o mistaken notion. Along
the streams there is usually a good
deal of timber, sometimes large bodies.
and away from the streams we gen.
orally find scattered mesquite and
other trees, quite sufficient for fuel.
This is even the case on the Staked
Plains, the most treeless region in the
State. But there are extensive dis
trlcts on these western prairies where
the eye wanders over a sea of green
grass, without a tree or bush in sight.
And yet these very districts are album
dainty supplied with fuel wood. and
that of the best sort, only it grows
under ground instead Of above ground.
Instead of having to be cut down, it
has to be dug up like potatoes. In
passing over these treeless and bush
less districts. the careful observer will
notice numerous very small mesquite
switches or shoots. not usually as big
as a little finger. At the base of
every one Of these switches he will
find vast assemblage of mesquite
roots, from the size Of grapevine to
several inches in diameter. He can
often get quarter of cord of these
roots at one spot with very little
trouble. Put away and dried there
is no better fuel than these roots. 1t
makes very hot FIRE, burns somewhat
like anthracite and lasts a long time.
1t IS a most singular provision of ma
ture for fuel, but a most admirable
one nevertheless. It is difficult to
account for the phenomenon. When
the mesquite attains TO tree-size its
roots are not At all large for the size
of the tree, but when it refuses TO be-
come anything but a mere switch, its
roots are then enormously, preposter
ously large and superabundant in
quantity. 'Tis very curious, but It's
all so. Many philosophers have wor.
ried their heads over it, but cannot
explain the curious thing. At the
United States military posts in these
treeless areas immense quantities oil
these roots, hundreds and thousand:
of cords, may be seen piled up all the
time. So far, therefore, from being
without fuel, these treeless regions
are very abundantly supplied with il
so much so that few countries are
better supplied.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20
ADVICE 70 MOTHERS.

Are you disturbed at nighs and broken Of
your rest by a sick child suffering and cry
ing with pain Of cutting teeth ? Ifso, send
AT once and get q bottle OF Nus. WNsLOw' 8
SOOTHIsG SYRUP ron CHILDREN TEETHISG. Its
value 10 incalculable. IL viii relieve the
poor little suEfereri Immediately. Depend
upon IL, mothers, there is no mistake about
IL. IL cures dysentery and diarrhoea, regu-
lates the stomach and bowels, cures wind
collie, softens the gums, reduces inAamma-
ton, and gives tone and energy TO the whole
system. Mas. WISsLOws SooTHIEG SYRUP FOB
and is the prescription of one of the oldest
and best female physicians and nurses in the
United States, and is for sale by all druggists
throughout the world. Price % cents bot
tie.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

AE There i in Atlanta a young
man who may be said to have in .
measure married himself. His bride
is q Sweds, and unable to speak Eng
lish. The American clergyman could
not speak any tongue but his own.
There was q doubt how the ceremony
would end almost as soon Is it began,
but this was removed by the bride
groom, who acted as interpreter. put
the questions, made the responses. and
declared the marriage ceremony per-
formed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20
FHE QUESTION has OFTEN BEEN ASKED

Can-Rupture I abdominal heruial be
cured We most emphatiealiy say, YES
That this part of the body offers no exception
20 those physiological laws which govern the
whole physical economy and il makes not a
particle Of difference whether the age Of the
Rupture is one year or a hundred years. For
proof Of this send for Free Book on Rapture
10 The Excelsior Rupture Cure Mfg Co.,
0gdensburg, N. Y.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20
NOTICE.

A LLPersons indebted to me on Hotel &C
IN count are notified that ifsettlements ar
not made Immediately, byeash or its equiv
aleni, said Indebtedness will he PLACED in the
way Of legal collection, without regard 70
persons
HERBERT F. MOORE,
Sept ls,lssi-tf Moore sHOtel
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20
On Thirty pays. Trial.

TINS voLrAIc BELT Co., Marshall, Mich.
will send DR. Dyes Celebrated Electro Vol
aic Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for,
thirty days to men tyoung or old) who are
afflicted with nervous debility, lost vitality
nd kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy
and complete restoration Of health and manly
vIgor. n. B.--No risk is incurred, as thir-
~ days trial is allOxed.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-09-20

~we are told that when Jacob
kissed Rachel ''he lifted up his voice
and wept. The cause does not ap-
pear, but perhaps she had been eating
onions.