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Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-11-20
Blnine,s Denial.

Mr.. Blaine telegraphed B. F. Jones. chair
man OF the National Republican committee,
Nov 6, emphatjcally denying the rumor that
he was utterly Frustrated. He says: al was
never In better health in my life. All rumors
to the contrary are malicious inventione."
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-11-20

Many people take no care Ut their
money! till they have come nearly TO
the end of II, and others do the So me
with Tier ume.--Goethe.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-11-20
Georgia lncendiarism.

Brunswick, a seaport town of Georgia, was
fired by negro incendiaries on the 18th inst
Nearly every building In the village was de-
stroyed, entailing loss of about $250,000
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1884-11-20
LIVE STOCK.

LIVE STOCK.
Hoes-Mixed packing, a 256)4 SO; heavy
"a 6otd4 IS; light, a 1904 s..
CArTLn-Native Shippers II @15c; lower, at
1905 % for inferior to choice steers; Texans
steady at Is 72a4 IS.
saEEr- Western sheep, % as 7s: natives
% 2J0Q4 -.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20
THE HARD TIMES.

In the near future railroads must come
to Choteau county. A county SO in need
of transportation facilities cannot long
be without them, and although our
forbearance may be taxed, it is sure that
we shall have but a short time to await
our hopes. It is a great mistake to judge
Of the future by a present stagnation of
business. Montana is not suffering, by
any means, as much from the "hard
times" as are the cities and people Of the
east, where the distress is great and
where financial stringency means the
worst kind of distress. But already is
there a slight revival of trade in the bus
mess centers and more confidence visi-
bly, felt in the fall outlook. These indi-
cations mean a new era of prosperity
for all parts of the country. Values,
which have been wholly unsettled for
months past, are once more becoming
real, and capital, which had been with
drawn from speculation, is seeking in
vestment on safer bases.
L dIIIcTS dlOuS Tic Id1lIOdQ lilies Will
have their profits come in when the
enormous crops are beginning to move
to market. The lessons taught us by
the hard times will be then left all class
es Of citizens-the farmers, the manu-
facturers, the producers and consumers.
Economy and actual worth must guide
the standards of fixed value. Railroads
open the way to legitimate sources for
marketing our crops, and the prices
which govern labor will have to conform
with the prices realized for the crop.
Competitive markets are a necessity for
a country like Montana, and a boon to
those who raise crops, and competition
in carrying the harvests is the means of
saving every dollar to the shipper.
Montana-particularly our section of
Moltana-must needs have other mark
cts than our own. No better illustration
of the needs Of an outlet is required
than the recent shipping of large bands
of our cattle over the Canadian Pacific
after a drive Of over 200 miles and no
better inducement could be offered a
railroad company than to tell the man
ayers the number of cattle in the coun-
try and the vast herds to be exported
within the next few years.
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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20
EARTHQUAKES IN THE EAST.

An earthquake of considerable vio-
ence visited the Atlantic states on the
10th inst. The shock was felt as far
west as Cleveland, and south as far as
Baltimore. Itlasted about ten seconds
but no casualties have as yet been re-
ported. It created widespread conster-
nation in New York and Brooklyn and
the cities in that vicinity. The follow
ing is condensed from kilograms, giving
all the details and will show its extent
and violence:
The first impression which seemed to
take possession Of the inmates of the
houses in New York was that the build
ing was about to fall, and the people ran
into the streets only to discover their
neighbors rushing out amazed like
themselves.
In Central Park the shock was more
severe than in the surrounding region.
There were large crowds on the Mall,
who were at once thrown into a violent
state of excitement by a strange rum
bling on the ground, which was distinctly
heard. The animals in the menagerie
were frightened by the shock, and many
of them were seen to tremble as if in
fear, while they remained perfectly still
for some time after it occurred.
Operator Hoffman, at the arsenal, was
thrown from a chair, but was not hurt.
The globes of the lamps in his Office
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20
THE RIVER E.

were cracked. The ceiling in the tenth
precinct station house was cracked, and
a frame house at 1877 Lewis street was
cracked in several places. One Of the
women who lives in the house became
unconscious from fright. A street car
on avenue B was lifted from the track
several times, and several horses are
reported as having been thrown down.
the drug store on the corner of goth
street and 10th avenue several bottles
were thrown from the shelves.
The telegraph manager at Coney Is
land promptly asked for particulars Of
the explosion supposing that some
oil mill, or factory had exploded. A
few minutes later the actbecame known
there that the whole island had been
thoroughly shaken.
Renorts from many parts Of this state,
Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsyl-
vania, show that the shock was felt
about the same as in this city, and was
attended with no greater damage than
trembling of old chimneys and the rat
Ting of dishes. Some women at different
points are said to have tainted, but no
one. so far. died of fright,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20
Attack on M ormons.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Aug. 12.-The
organization established by the Nor
mon elders in Lewis and Hickman oun
ties in this state about three years ago,
was broken up last Sunday by the
killing Of all the eIders by Il band Of
masked men. Mr.. Depriest, United
States mail carrier between Ivy Mills
and Centervllle, Hickman county,
gives the following account of the mas
sacre: Three elders were leading in a
meeting on the Condera farm, Cane
creek, Lewis county, Sunday morning,
when twelve masked men on horseback
rode up to the house and ordered a young
man named Hutson and young Gender
to surrender. They showed fight. One
of the masked men knocked Gender
down, breaking his skull. Hutson fired
and II of the masked men fell dead.
He was found to be Dave Hinson, a
citizen of Hickman county. He lived
at Brosh Fork, on Beaver Dam. The
masked men then shot and killed two of
the Mormon elders. The third elder
ran toward the woods, from which firing
was Don heard. The elder has not been
seen since and it is supposed that he was
also killed. tt has been since ascertain
ed that the masked men before going to
the Condera house captured al elder at
the home Of Carrot, who is also missing.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

THE government is displaying a won
derful appreciation of the services of the
soldiers who accompanied Lieut.. Greedy
on the Arctic expedition. One of the
men has been promoted to the rank of
corporal of cavalry, and several others
are to be examined for promotion in the
signal corps. These men are certainly
deserving Of better things. There are
yearly vacancies in the line of the army
for lieutenants, and those men who have
done their country service in Arctic ex-
ploration should certainly be promoted
to fill these vacancies if they possess the
requisite qualification. 1t is no honor to
make a man a corporal after such hard
ships as these men have endured. Lieut..
Greedy, with characteristic modesty, re-
fused promotion over the heads of older
officers in the service, preferring to re-
tain his rank as lieutenant; but it is
different with the soldiers who accom-
panied him. There is no injustice done
to any one by rewarding them according
to their merits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

importation more than compensated for
the lessened duties. Tn the last six
months of 1882 the duties collected on
foreign wool amounted to 81, 1886.
In the same part of 1888, the first six
months under the new tariff, they in
creased to S2,428, 534-a difference the
way Of Sis, O78. The only reve-
nue. curtailment in the case was that OF
American hockmasters, who We're mulct-
ed to the amount Of between S12 900 900
and SIS, 900, 900 through this brilliant bit
of craftsmanship. A school boy could
have told that the easiest way to reduce
the revenue from tariff duties WAS to
place the schedule as nearly as possible to
the prohibitory point.-Wool Journal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

THERE is some talk of Blaine making
a personal canvas and making some
speeches for himself. While there may
be no insuperable reasons, it is q depar-
ture from usage that nothing in the
present outlook or ~eXigencies of the
campaign would seem to justify. If
anything would Justify the steps propos-
ed, it would be for the purpose of going
through some of the southern states and
give a chance for a rally of the better
elements to the support of fair elections,
and encouraging the introduction Of new
industries. The south is waking from
its long sleep of b%ourbonism and is ready
to begin the era Of industrial reform.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

The democrats desire to exclude all
personalities during the coming cam
paign. It is only a few weeks since
they were abusing the republican NOM
inee to their fullest capacity but they
now express a wish to let up in this
matter. A highly respected religious
journal has recently published some
grave charges against Gov. Cleveland.
which, if true, would at once brand him
as unworthy of all support in the presi-
Dental contest. His party now wishes
to avoid personalities as much as posi-
BILE, realizing the most vulnerable point
of attack in their own candidate.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

THE construction of the G. p. r.
through British Columbia is one Of the
most difficult feats ever attempted. The
average cost of construction between
Emory and Boston Bar, a distance of %
miles, is W $50, 900 per mile. Twenty
miles Of this has been hewn out of solid
granite and carried through thirteen
tunnels and over eight large and fourteen
small bridges. There are 500 bridge and
trestle structures between Kamloops and
Port Moody. Seven thousand men are
now at work, and it is expected that the
road will be handed over to the compa-
ny in about eighteen months.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

THREE Milwaukee lawyers recently
sent in bills amounting to $25, 900 for SER
vices in settling a $32, 900 estate. Judge
Drummond, however, made short work
of them. He said: "These charges are
infamous. They are such as men who
are scoundrels and thieves at heart
would make. This charge of $15, 900 is
cut down to 81, 500, those of So, 900 each to
$500. Repeat such a piece Of rapine in
this court and / will disbar every one Of
yOu.U
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

MORALITY has reached such a high
degree in Omaha that the chief of police
has found it his duty to issue an order
that any woman appearing on the street
wearing a Mother Hubbardn will be
arrested and lodged in jail. The reason
given is that the improper costume tends
to an indecent exposure of the person.
The next thing in order will be the ar
rest of any man wearing tight pants and
boys with bare feet.-Bismarck Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

A NUMBER of Canadian papers have
commented IN a recent article in an
American periodical, entitled "Are we
a Nation of Rascals." The New York
Tribune responds: "a goodly percen-
tage Of rascals go over to Canada, and
they appear to be so we'll liked there that
it is almost impossible to get them back"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

HoWLs Of delight went up from the
democratic ranks on the nomination of
Hancock four years ago. Howls from
the same Threats, aided by a few boilers
calling themselves Independent republi-
cans, are now filling the air with their
din. All this noise will make no differ
ence. The result will be the same as in
1880
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

The Southern exposition at Louisville
will be formally opened Aug Is by Gov.
Knott. This is the largest enterprise
ever organized and maintained by indi-
vidual efforts. The Cappa and Gilmore
bands, of New York, will furnish the
music
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

In the opinion of General Newton Of
the United States service the American
Union is a defenceless country. Two
hundred million dollars worth Of prop
lection for it!
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

WE were told when the tariff was re-
duced that the object was to curtail the
surplus Of the government.
And what has been accomplished in
that direction? The fact is that the rev
d was thereby increased the growth Of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20
THE RIVER Press.
Published every Wednesday, morning by
the River Press Publishing
Company.

AN Albany dispatch says that Gov.
Cleveland is going to the t'North
Woods.n Gov. Cleveland is taking to
the woods early in the fight.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-20

ACCORDING to the Denver Republican
there are 800, 900 cattle roaming owe
the ranges of Colorado, with a valuation
estimated at $40, O00, 900. The nominal
value of sheep, horses, mules and other
live stock in the state is S13, 900, 900.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-05-31

Iowerline; 1904 hogsheads sugar, 9t10,
barrels of rice.
Plaquemines, west bank, nine out of
sdbsaGd 9yeP4Teo baes o
St. Landry democrat., 1884-05-31
Hating People.

Hate not. 1t is not worth while.
Your life is not long enough to make it
pay to cherish i'll will or Ward thoughts
to any one. What if rthat man has
cheated you or that woman played you
false Whatif this friend has, yo8aken
you in your time of need, oYyEhat one
having won your utmost ebnfdess1e,
your warmest love, has cohe hded that
he prefes2to consider and tra at you as
d strangers Let it all pass. What diff
ference will it make in a 1bw years,
when you go hence to the SlSIdiscover-
ed country ?'H5All who treat hgou wrong
now will be more sosry Sor itsthan you,
even in your disappointment ,end grief,
can be. A few more sm2ss, a4ew more
tears, some pleasure, much pain, little
longer hurrying and worrying in the
world, some hasty greetings and abrupt
farewells and life will be over, and the
injurer aud the injured will be laid
away, and ere long forgotten.-It is not
worth while to hate each other.-Ex.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-05-31
Modern champagne.
Philadelphia Times.

"Champagne is not what it used to
be,n said wine merchant yesterday.
"The old process produced pure, whole
some wine, but the new process does
not. By the old process the juice of the
grapes is allowed to ferment in the
casks first. Fermentation, you know,
is an action of nature that throws of
impurities, and the more of it you have
the better. After the cask fermentation
the wine is bottled with a little syrup
or perhaps few raisins added to pro-
duce a second fermentation.
"The bottles are then put on racks in
the vanlt with the neck down, so that
the sediment falls upon the cork. Men
go through the vaults every day for
three years and take up the bottles and
shake them, so that each bottle is han
died about 1900 times before it is put on
the market. During that time the
corks are changed three times. Now,
that is the way true champagne is made.
The new process turns out an inferior
article, containing nitrogen and some
times albuminOus matter as we'll. Ii
is
THE SECOND OR BOTTLED FERMENTA-
TIoN
that permits the nitrogen TO escape ana
completes the work of good wine-mak-
ing. The new process Omits this second
fermentation and puts the wine on the
market in two months from the time
they begin to make it. If man drinks
too much champagne nowadays he has
the most beastly headache to which the
flesh is heir, and it generally lasts two
or three days. That is caused by the
nitrogen in the champagne, left there
by the new process.
"Some Of the best known brands are
now produced by the new process: You
see, the demand is so great that the old
process is too slow to supply it, and it
will be cold day when French wine
makers get left in matter of that kind.
They not only rush the champagne into
the market in two months, but make it
now very largely of green scrubby
grapes, and even Of 'milk-sour' wines
anything to swell the profits.
"When the Germans captured AIsace
and Lorraine, which were the garden
spots of France, they went through
every old chateau and cellar and drank
all the champagne they contained. I've
heard that in few months the stock
was as large as ever.D
'sYou think, then, that pure cham
pagne is pretty hard to get now 2"
81 do, and unless you are very partic-
ular in yOur search the less wine of that
name you drink the better for yOu.n
St. Landry democrat., 1884-05-31

lowerline; 1904 hogsheads sugar, 3t10
barrels of rice.
Plaquemines, west bank, nine out of
hfteen sugar plantations OvertiOwed !;
1878 hOgsheads sugar, 1870 barrels OF
rice.
Lafourcbe, east bank, partially over
flowed; 16,288 hogsheads sugar, 60,100
barrels OF rough rice.
Thus the area subject to inundation
by the Davis crevasses produces more
than 10000 hogsheads of sugar or TO-,
OO0,O00 pounds; more than $4,000 bar
reis OF mOlasses, and ISL 900 barrels of
rough rice. A very large portion of
this crop has, by superhuman energy on
the part of the planters who have
thrown up long lines of levees in the
face of the floods and erected costly
draining machinery, been protected
from the devastating waters and saved
from destruction. Probably at least
half of the total crops have already been
destroyed, and Louisiana loses certain
~ the products of more than $4,000
acres of land-30,G00 hogsheads of su-
gar, 10000 barrels of mOlasses, $4,000
barrels OF rice, with orange groves and
thousands of dollars, by the neglect,
PAANtOS ftbh OI1SIttIs VI WV GPN"
in a splendid levee system, raised to
protect one Of the richest agricultural
regions upon the face of the globe.
THE TEN OR TWELVE THOUSAND LABOR
ERs
dependant upon the cultivation of these
crops, supporting twice as many more
human beings incapable of labor, are
thrown out of employment practically
until the grinding season in those pOr-
tions OF the sugar region free from
overflow commences and calls upon
them for their extra work, instead of
drawing as usual upon the harvest
hands of the Western States. Thus for
FIVE months great numbers of these will
be enforced supplicants of State aid or
National charity, as other portions of
the State are supposed to have already
engaged its full quota of cultivating
hands, and no crops can be cultivated
upon the lands now submerged after
the subsistence of the floods. This
question of providing work for or pro-
visioning the unemployed will surely
soon be a matter forced upon public at
tention.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-05-31
A Wonderful Discovery i'm Wins
PARISH
IWinn Sentinel

In several of our late issues we made
meution of the Lime Rock Cave situa-
ted on the lands of John A. Mathis,
Esq, about five miles from this town.
About three months ago Mr.. Mathis
sold the land on which this cave is
situated, to Col. Sam Fl. Houston and
VIM. Troegel, ESD, of New Orleans.
Col. Houston, who is q skilled and
practical geologist, Immediately pro-
ceeded 10 make geogical survey and
examination of the premises, and the
result is the discovery of an immense
body of marble, pure chrystalized car
Donate of lime of the ozoic group, of
various shades and colors, among which
ted, blue and white, pure black, green,
and buff, and other shades, Specimens
have been sent to New Orleans where
they were dressed and polished, and
they are pronounced by competent au-
thOrity, to be the very finest marble in
the world. A peculiar quality of this
marble is, that it can be dressed to q
perfect edge, keen as a knife blade.
We have seen and examined the pol
ished specimens, therefore do not ex-
aggerate in anything we say about it.
1t is also said to be superior to any of
the Italian marbles, and also superior
to the famous Vermont marble which
has been considered the finest for all
purposes produced in the United States.
Col. Houston has been very reticent in
regard to the matter, preferring to say
nothing until his expectations had been
fully realized by practical test. The
fact is now established beyond all ques-
tion that he has indeed made a dis
covery, which when properly developed
and utilized, will be a source of wealth
to the prOprietors, an immense benefit
to the parish, and will give Wiun
conspicuous place in the mineral world.
Col. Houston says that this mass of
rock, as regards its situation, is one of
the most wonderful phenomena in ma
ture, prOtuding, as it does, from the un-
known depths of the earth, up into the
bald pine woods, without any of the
geological associations which always
accompany such upheavals. The fa-
thOmless lake, which is surrounded by
rocky cliffs, is evidently the mouth or
crater, through which this mighty up
heaval emenated in some prehistoric
age.
AS far as his examinations have gone,
Col. Houston says that, within an area
of $50 acres, he is sure of a depth of
100 feet of solid marble, and at a rough
calculation, of at least 200O00,000 cubic
feet of marble. The field is much
larger than this, and there is far
greater quantity of marble than his es-
innate shows.
Its the intention of the proprietOrs
to get out large blocks of this marble,
in all its various colors and shades, for
the purpose of having them dressed
and polished to be exhibited at the
Worlds Exposition in New Orleans,
That this exhibit will command atten-
tion from mineralogists, and others in
terested in such matters, we have no
doubt.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-05-31
The Next Issue.
Bossier Banner.

There is annual surplus of $100,000,-
900. Up to the present this surplus has
been used to pay of the bonded debt OF
the United States. All the bonds that
are payable will, if there be no change
in our financial matters, be paid off in
two years. What is to be done with the
surplus ? Putting aside the question
OF raising money by taxation in excess
of the needs of the government, this
other question arises, how is the surplus
to get out OF the treasury Theregis no
legitimate means to get itout except to
pay debts, and no debts will be payable.
Under these circumstances the people
will demand tax reduction. Tax re-
ducblon, then, is bound to come sooner
or later. 1t is inevitable. Yes, inevi
mentality ? Shall it proceed from the
Republican party or from the Demo-
cratic party? The Democratic party
has inaugurated measures to that end.
Its platform is on that line. It's organ
ization is dreadfully in earnest in it's
efforts to accomplish this purpose. It
is antagOnized by few Democrats and
united Republican party. The people
will understand this. They will realize
that the Republican party offers no hope
of tax reduction, while the Democratic
party is earnestly seeking to relieve the
country of those oppressive and unne-
cessary tax burdens, The issue is joined
The next campaign at the North will
turn Oh this question. Issues are evol
we'd from circumstances they are not
the handiWork of politicians. The issue
in the approaching election will be low
taxessTersus high taxes. We can not
say how it will be decided by the peo-
pie. Others know human nature as
Well as we do, and also what the springs
of human action are. But it would SEEM
to be remarkable that any men Republi-
cans or Democrats, who persist in TAX
ing from the people three dollars when
two will do, would be hurled from their
seats in Congress by all irresistible
public opinion. On such an Issue we
WOuld suppose that no one who antag-
Onizes low taxes could hope foT success,
The path of the Democracy is plain: 1t
is to fight it out ON the low tax line,
without the shadow of turning.