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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16
Horses for Sale.

Having purchased the Green band of
horses, rs head, and removed them to
my ranch a mile and a half below Fort
Benton. parties desiring saddle or work
animals will find that / can readily sup
ply their wants. Call and see me.
w. S. EVANS.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16
Seeds, Seeds, Seeds

Our seed department. is Q ready for
inspection. We have just received a
large lot of Kentucky blue grass and
timothy seed, as well as other varieties
Of grass seed, including the alfalfa also
good fresh lawn seed. We are pre-
pared to supply the farmers with any
Seeds whatever that they may require,
and in any quantity.
II. c.. POWER & Bro.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

Samuel Barbeau will promptly attend
to all kinds of stone cutting, such as
monuments, headstones, building stone,
etc. Orders by mail promptly attended
to-.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16
Seed Potatoes

h The Mammoth Pearl, at dc. a pound,
|the best variety in the market; at
MURPHY, MACLAY & Co.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16
Mt. III. G. Foster. one of the original
disqeverers of the Silver Belle mine, is
in the city.

MI. III. G. Foster. one of the original
disqoverers of the Silver Belle mine, is
in fhe city.
advance guard of clients, wit
nesses, ETC., arrived yesterday, and many
more will get in to-day.
Sam Burd, Jas. M. Armstrong, and
/. n. Hazlett arrived from Old Agency
yesterday to attend court.
Col. J. A. Johnston, district attorney,
4Brrived on Sundays coach, and is head
quartered at the Grand Unien
James M. Armstrong, of Choteau, is
still rejoicing owe a little stranger who
arrived at his house last week. 1t is a
girl.
MI. James Rowe purchased Of t. F.
Samples, yesterday, seventeen head OF
yearling colts, all nice fellows, too.
Consideration, $500.
George Scott, the ex-constable of Fort
Benton, is in the city. For a fellow who
died at Calgary last winter he presents a.
very life like appearance--
William Young will leave to-day with
la big lot Of supplies for Neihart for B.
G. Kingsbury, who has bonded the
Queen of the Hills and other mines.
We acknowledge a call yesterday from
Mr.. J. H. Taylor, who is ''rustling on
the road" for the Independent, the lead
ing democratic paper of the territory.
The city bonds election occurs to-mor-
row. We trust that there will be a
proper interest taken, and that the
bonds will be voted by a big majority.
A. j. Vance, of 2s-mile springs, has
recently purchased six mich cows, and
travellers along the Fort Benton and
Helena road will hereafter get plenty Of
nice fresh milk, butter and cream at the
Springs.
The land case of Howell Harris VS..
Horace J. Clark has been decided by
the Helena land office in favor of the
defendant. The contest was v a
timber culture claim between Highwood
and the Shonkin. j. j. Donnelly re-
presented the plaintiff, and II. 2. Rolfe
the defendant.
G.. C. Snow, of Maiden, n Of the
principal stockholders in the Collar
mining company, arrived in the city
yesterday. Mr.. Snow has recently re-
turned from st. Paul, where he had an
interview with members Of the COM
pany. He thinks that everything Will
be settled satisfactorily soon and the
mill at Maiden again started up.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

A brother of Mr.. James Stanford arr
rived in this city a few days ago to visit
his relatives, from whom he had been
separated some ten or twelve years. MI.
Stanford is a very pleasant gentleman
and has travelled over a goodly portion
of the globe, having come from Mel
bourne, Australia, recently. ---~
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

The contract for the bridge at Big
Timber has been awarded to Harvey
Bliss. The bridge will cost, when COM
pleted, about 81, 900, being an iron and
wood structure, on the Howe truss plan.
Mr.. Bliss is to perform the labor only,
the material being furnished on the
ground. For this he is to receive 1920,
and nave his work completed by June
15th.-Courier.
From Tuesdays Daily.
P. B. Phillips, Of Maiden, is in the
city.
Judge Wade will arrive on to-day's
coach.
Assessor Kennerly arrived in the city
yesterday.
Frank Aldrich arrived from Glen
denim yesterday.
Jas. M. Pryse is about to start a news
paper at Anaconda.
w. p. Wren returned from a trip to
the country Sunday.
B. @. Kingsbury is expected to return
from Butte in a few days.
| S. ". Shull, of Philbrook, arrived in
the city yesterday, and is at the Choteau
lhouse.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL. Rowe are the proud
"%parients' Of q bouncing girl baby, born
yesterday.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

There are-euitc~a TrIrfTber OF people
down the river watching and waiting
for the reservation to be opened. The
mining districts of the Bears Paw and
Little Rocky mountains are the chief
attraction, and once the country is
open to settlement there is certain to be
a big rush in there. The prospectors
who spent the winter in the Little
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

Mr.. James Rowe purchased Of It. +
Samples, yesterday, seventeen head O
yearling colts, all nice fellows, too.
Consideration, $500.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

4 G. M. tanning received correct timel
by telegraph yesterday, from George P.I
Reeves & co. of Helena. The new
is twenty minutes slower than
that in vogue heretofore, and he recom7
'mends that all turn back their timer
nieceS to correspond. ~
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16
u WEEK
& DeLorimier's

In view of Reducing our present Stock,
to make room for New Goods on the First
Boats, and giving parties in Town attend
ing Court advantages Of some RARE
BARGAINS, we submit the following
Prices, as they speak for themselves.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

III. r. Morgan, formely a typo in the
RIVER PRESS office, arrived in the city
on yesterdays Billings coach. Hugh
has travelled over a good deal of the
west since he left here and has come to
the conclusion that Montana is the best
country to stay by. | y
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

We understand that "Uncle JESSE
Taylor of the upper Teton contemplates
up his residence in Fort Benton
soon, to make this his permanent head
Quarters. He will he~WelcOmed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

There will be NJ quartermaster's agent
at Fort Benton this season, as all freight
for Fort Shaw will be shipped via
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

George Scott, the ~ex-constable of Fort
Benton, is in the city. For a fellow who
died at Calgary last winter he presents a
yery life like
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

Chas. Dryer had a hearing yesterday
before Judge Kanouse for assaulting
Jerry Sexton with a deadly weapon-a
stone tied up in a handkerchief-and
was bound over in the sum of $500 to
the action of the grand jury next
week. ~~~~w~
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29
Legislative Notes.

The legislature met in Joint assembly
on Thursday last, at 2.3O O'Clock,
P. NJ, and elected the following state
officers Sergeant-at-arms, Thomas G..
Phinney of Montpelier; brigade COM
mander, Gen. L. G. Kingsley of Rut-
land; adjutant and inspector general,
Theodore S. Peck quartermaster gen.
eral, Horace X. Idc of St. Johnsbury.
The board of supervisors of the insane
was reelected. The bill increasing
the salaries of judges was refused a
third reading in the senate.
The judges of the Rutland county
court are preparing bill to present to
the legislature for special tax on the
county to raise money for needed re-
pairs and improvements of the county
court house.
The resolution providing for joint
assembly for the election Of judges was
sent back from the House, with pro-
posals of amendment, making the time
Thursday, Nov. G, at 2.3O p. M, and
the amendment was adopted in concur
renee.
Thirty-six petitions for a law pro-
hibiting the sale Of oleomargarine or
any form of adulterated butter have
already been referred to the committee
on agriculture. The signatures aggre-
gate ovor twelve hundred. Tunbridge
leads with a petition to which is ap-
pended one hundred and fifty names.
Rutland Herald: THE legislature
has killed the bill proposing to execute
murders by electricity. Probably the
legislature thought the bill was in
amendment to the prohlbltory liquor
law and assumed the electricity re-
ferred to was what is popularity termed
Jersey lightning
One of the representatives, whose
name we withhold out of regard for
the town which sent him, had an ex-
perience, a few Enights ago. which he
would not care to have detailed in
print. Will he learn wisdom by this
little occurrence? Eggs-actly = Jour
nal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29
Advice 10 Mothers.

Are you disturbed at night and broken
Of your rest by a sick child suffering and
crying with pain of cutting teeth? Ifso,
send at once and get bottle of Mrs.
WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP FOR Chill.
REN TEETHTNG. Its value is incalculable.
1t will relieve the poor little sufferer i'm.
mediately. Depend upon it, mothers,
there is no mistake about it. 1t cures
dyscntery and diarrhoca, regulates the
stomach and bowels, cures wind collie,
softens the gums, reduces inflammation,
and gives tone and energy to the whole
system. Mrs. WINsLow's SOOTHING SYR-
UP FOR CHILDREN TEETHING is pleasant
to the taste, and is the prescription of one
of the oldest and best female nurses and
physicians in the United States, aud is
for sale by all druggists throughout the
world. Price 25 cents bottle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

A great newspaper reader was out
hunting recently, and a storm coming
up he crept into hollow log for shell
ter. After the storm had abated he
endeavored to crawl out, but found
that the log had swelled SO that it was
impossible for him to make his exit. -
He endeavored to compress himself as
much as possible, but with Indifferent
success, He thought about all the
mean things he had ever done, until
finally his mind reverted to the fact
that instead of subscribing for his local
paper he was in the habit of borrowing
it from his neighbor, and thus defraud-
ing the printer. On this he felt SO
small that he slipped out of the log
withcuto an effort Bungtown Bugle.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

The Caledonian (St. Johnsbury,
Vt.) says: ga private letter from one
of the professors of Princeton College
says that Cleveland will defeat Blaine
in the student vote, thing unheard Of
since 1856. OF the professors, there
are but seven, he says, against Cleve.
land. There is another side to this
Presidential question than that which
appears in the Boston Journal" 1t is
quite probable there is another side,
from all the information able to be OBJ.
tanned up to date. The Journal said
Ohio had gone for the Republicans by
about three times the actual number
And yet the Journal is truthful O.
newspaper. Cambridge Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

The PREMIUM ENGRAVING issued by
"Peterson's Magazine" for 1885, like
everything else from that quarter, is OF
rare excellence and beauty. 1t is not
one of the cheap colored Autographs
with which the country is flooded, but
frst-class line and stipple engraving,
executed in the highest style Of art.
The artists are Illman Brothers, and
they have engraved it--size, q inches
by 27-expressly for 'Peterson's Mag
azine," in their most brilliant manner.
The picture is called "Thc Lion in
Love-" and is a capital affair; sure to
raise IL smile. In artistic merit, ii is,
we think, one of the finest Jefferson
has ever issued. Another of the pre-
miums is the "Pearl of Price," in il
lustrated volume Of the American
poets. Another is an extra copy of
the magazine, etc., etc, You can get
any OF them, gratis, by raising a club
for Peterson" for 1885. This is Il
rare chance. Specimens of the maya
zine sent, gratis, with full particulars,
to those wishing to get up clubs, if
written for. Address Charles j. Peter
sou, SOC Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
Pa,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

GoDEY's LADY's Book (J. II.
Haulcnbeck 4 Co., Phila.) for No
vember has made a sensation in liter
airy circles, being by common consent
the finest number of the book that has
ever been published. The trontispicce,
fine steel engraving Of 1.-The Morn
ing CALL" represents pretty child
asleep i'll bed while saucy, inquistye
little dog peers into her face, wonder
ing at her silence. The picture is "A
very striking one, well worth framing,
and stands as an illustration of II poem
by Dorothy IIolroyd. The colored
plates this month are unusually fine.
The literary matter is excellent. A
new story, in two parts, by Mary f..
Bradley, is strong feature of this
number. There is also a weird tale
by Mrs. NJ. Shciley Peters, and a drol
Thanksgiving story. Now is The time
to subscribe, price $500, which en-
titles each one to a steel engraving for
framing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

WHAT A UNITED STATES SOLDIER
CosTs THE PEoPLE.-We are ac-
customed to hear much about the i'm
mense standing armies of European
governments and the many millions OF
dollars that are ground out of an un-
willing people to support these vast
armies in idleness, that we indulge in
no small amount of national pride, at
the idea, that the free-born American
is not subjected to any such despotic
taxation. A comparison of the cost
of supporting a soldier in this country,
and in Europe, will enlighten us on
the subject. To support soldier a
year, in Germany, sl25; France,
1888; England, $3.50, and in the
United States, $4,000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

In former letter / referred to the
starving condition of tie Piegan Indi-
ans, whose reliance for subsistence has
depended entirely upon the Govern
ment. There are no less than four
thousand five hundred of these unior-
tunate creatures, for whose care and
comfort Congress appropriated last
year $40, 900, or less than two cents
per day for each Indian Their reser-
walton is entirely non-productive 50 far
us game is concerned, and the Govern
ment has never attempted the cncour-
agemcnt of this particular tribe to arts
of husbandry. The Indian Depart
ment cannot he and ought not to be
held responsible for the terrible condi-
ton of these Indians, except for its adj
herence to a rule which limits the
agent to furnishing supplies for each
week to one fifty-second part of the
amount of subsistence for full year.
One can readily imagine then, the act
ual suffering that these people have al
ready endured, when four thousand
human beings were compelled to sub
sist on an allowance of food as limited
as that of the Greeley party in its
most desperate strait. And now with
its Treasury bursting with money and
the graneries of the country grooming
under the magnificent crops OF the past
season, it has been determined to keep
these poor people during the approach
ing winter on half rations! 1t is no
wonder that the Piegan considers his
own civilization superior to ours.
PHoNO.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

IY Ex-senator j. w. Patterson o.
New Hampshire is on the stump tol
Blaine. lie is the man whose perjury
in the Credit Mobiier matter was ex.
posed by his own receipt in his owl
handwriting, and he thinks that there
is nothing in it any more than the Null;
ligan letters inconsistent with the
most scrupulous honor and integrity
The party doctrine this year thaw;
them all out.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29
ALL SORTS.

Baroness Burdett-C outts is in failing
health and rarely enters society.
Robert Browning is ~ years old,
and thinks of coming over to see us.
The girl who eloped with Il coach.
man said she was driven to it.
The smuggling trade between British
Columbia and Washington Territory is
said to be especially thriving.
st. John has side show to the
political circus. Pink lemonade only
) cents glass.
The $4,000 tons of SCOT taken from
London chimneys every year is sold for
f4l 900 and used as fertilizer.
Butler has been detected as de
coy duck" for the Republicans. 1t is
said that Jim pays for the palace car,
cigars, etc. We thought as much.
A Dakota editor advertiscs money
to loan. Some men seem bound to put
on airs when they get weeks salary
ahead.
The richest farmer in Wisconsin is
William Miller. His estate is valued
at 81 100000
San Domingo has abolished export
duties on sugar, molasses and all other
productions.
A boy baby Gas large as grey
squirrel was born in Mariposa county,
CAL, last week. 1t weighed u lbs.
Well, grey squirrel that would not
weigh only /! pounds, would hardly
pay for the powder.
Four sisters named Carr were mar
ricd at Joliet, ILL.,. one night last week
by clergyman who will, hereafter, be
known as patent carr coupler.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

lP TIE President has appointed
ex-Secrctary Hugh Mccullough to be
secretary of the treasury, and secre.
tary W. r. Gresham to be circuit
judge of the seventh circuit, to succeed
Judge Thomas Drummond, resigned.
The appointment Of Secretary McCul.
Tough will take place tomorrow.
Judge Gresham will leave Washington
tomorrow for Indiana.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

The warming and lnvigoratlng effects
Of Athlophoros are felt in the parts of the
body affected by rheumatism or Neural
gia, as soon as it begins to destroy the
poisonous acids in the blood. 1t operates
directly on these, and works speedy and
permanent cure. 1t has won its thousands
of testimonials by doing well what it was
intend TO do. On this fact alone is
based the claim that it n worthy the name
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. remedy for
Rheumatism and Neuralgia.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, ID. c., Oct. %, 'S4


The election is but little more thar
week off, after abont three months
of as hot a campaign as we have had
since old Tippecanoo rode into the
White House under the cry Of "two
dollars day aud roast beef" This
was what the Wings of forty years
ago promised to the workingmen as a
bait for catching votes, and the same
game is being attempted now by the
Blaine crowd, who are promising all
the goody-goodies of this life with an
era of prosperity such as we have never
seen, while manufactures all over the
country are closing up and throwing
thousands of laboring men out of en-
ployment. Such facts as these staring
the people in the face, can easily over
come any amount of magnetism and
all the balderhash about good times
that the Republican orators can expec-
torate. The tremendous meetings Of
the Democracy in New York city and
the prodigious gatherings Of the indie
pendents in other parts of the country,
are portents of the cyclone that is 60
ing to sweep the fraudulent Republic
can organization out Of existence on
the 4th of November, for rest assured
the defeat of that party at this Presi-
dental election means absolute and ir-
sevocable defuncttude. With all of
their money and all of their efforts and
all of their fraudulent devices con-
centrated upon Ohio, their victory
was just barren enough of results
to encourage the Democracy to pull
off its coat and 60 to work in earn
est, and you may set me down as nei-
Their prophet nor the son of prophet,
if my prediction of an utter Republican
rout does not prove truo.
l see that the lobby has already COM
menced to rally at the hotels, with
Congress six weeks off and the Presi-
Dental election yet to come. Some of
these third house chaps have an office
in view, some are in the interest of
some sort of a Government grab, but a
good majority are for extra appropria-
tons for public buildings in different
portions of the country, and have SIM
ply come on in advance of Congress to
enlist the good offices of OF the heads of
departments. Here is fellow from a
one-horse town in Florida who has got
$4,000 appropriation, but he
wants quarter of million. Little
Nevada, with scarce population enough
to entitle her to Congressman, wants
100000 post office building for one
of the towns that never had and never
will have 1000 people. Proctor
Knots Duluth has had 1925, 900, and
wants more for post office, when the
town IS going backwards with twice the
celebrity that it ever came forward. AS
matter of absolute business, three
quarters OF the public buildings that
were authorized to be constructed at
the last Congress were entirely unnec-
essary, but they furnished magnificent
opportunities for corner-lot owners to
raEe in fortunes, and building contract
ors to quarter themselves on the Treas
ury for an indefinite period.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

A Miss Haskins, one of two aged
maiden ladies living together for many
years opposite The village of Morris
vile, has been taken violently insane
and made serious attempt to take the
life of her sister, but was prevented
from so doing.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

HARpER's MAGAZINE for November
will delight its readers as usual. Col
umbia College is the subject of the
first article and very interesting. The
beauties of rural life on the Hudson
are increased by the charm of romance
in f. P. Roe's popular novel, "Na-
lures Serial Story" well illustrated.
English history, as associated with
Westminster Hall, will please every
one. The portraits Of Charles |, and
Henrietta Maria, will not be passed
over. A full page illustration Is giyen
of Robert Burns poem, "To Hag-
gis." DR.. Francis Parkman's history
of the "Acadian Tragedy" is histori.
cally important and Of great interest.
Excellent short stories are contributed
Ivy Harriet Prescott Spoford and w.
Il. Davis, and the Editorial Depart
monts are full of interesting matter.
The publishers announce brilliant
Christmas number for December, rep
resenting the best contemporary litera-
ture of America and England. They
also announce two new serial stories to
begin in the January number east
Angels" by Miss Constance Fenimore
Woolson, and an anonymous novel,
entitled SAT The Red Glove" the lat
ter to be illustrated by c. S. Renhart.
Published by Harper & Brothers,
Franklin Square, N. Y. Price 81 q
year; 35 cents single number. For
sale at both of our Bookstore.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

The measure before the legislature
appropriating some five or ten thou.
sand dollars to help two or three firms
advertise their wares at the New Or.
leans exposition is all nonsense. If a
man or corporation has business that
don't pay to advertise it is not the
duty of the State to post handbills and
scatter flyers in his interest. If he has
a business that does pay he can do his
own advertising Bur. Clipper.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
TH0S. A. HENDRICKS,
Of Indiana.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,


~ A correspondent in the Mont
pelier journal names Hon. John l..
Edwards of Derby Line, as a suitable
candidate for supreme court judge, il
room of y p. Redfeld who resigned,
and the editor supports him in an cd
itorial. John is an able lawyer and a
sound democrat, and the "assemblcd
wisdom" couldn't do better than elect
him, if they can overcome their preju-
dice for democrat.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1884-10-29

your hair is turning gray, don't use
the poisonous dyes which burn out its
life and produce many diseases of the
scalp. Ayers Hair Vigor is positively
harmless, and will restore the natural
color Of the hair, stimulate its growth
and bring back its youthful gloss and
beauty.