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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04

Henry Il Dawes, United States senator from.
Massachusetts, says: u had been in congress-
six years when Mr.. Blaine came into public
life and ~ have known him nom that dny 70;
his public course. i have watched his career,
and think that + am able to Judge whether q
man. % honest public life on not and / should
be false my duty and to the truth ifI did not
declare my solemn onyicBions that there Is no
man IN public life whose public and private
Blanca have known hin, I'll thoroughly IhsYe
Summarized with him and wintered wifi him S I
have boon on Intimate terms Of friendshin uith
him; have differed with ihim.or political uues-
lions; have quarreled with him, and have con-
5nded ~ and trusted him. believe him 10 have
public acts, and to be ambitious to connect his
name with an administration OF this poyern.
me- that shall comprehend tho grand possi.
sbiitties before the American people. ana shall
assert the power Of the republic wherever nj
zig noats; make no reserve in this indorse-
tween private character and public asa IA
know an that 10 said about III / have II, nv.
pocket all the letters which are made tiIe snes
Gasion o. the opposition to him BY tho So called
independents There are two sentences
N nose letters which it is possible
man Of perfect probsty Tioy' are M - cansblo
}qf construction perfectly honorable To- him
N view OF long and conspi life without
fnint or corruption, prefer to put that honor
!; sDle q, construction upon those words There
arg NOSE calling thelaselyes Independents who
1 that they deem diahon0rable Ihayo read late.
" speech Of = distingl iahod individual, tak.
ihB EMO. honra or moro for ifa delivery. devoted
V =, an argument Of great ingenuity to satisfy
nhnisef and his hearers with this bad constrlc
f ths q thSse sentences. can't nndefatand
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Casualties of the Week.

q The large salt warehouse Of stainback, Hill
4 Co., with contents, at Nashville, Tenn, was
burned. Loss, SIS, 900; insurance, FL, eco
Surgeon Black, probably the only victim Of
the Tallapoosa wreck, was attending an injured
man in the dispensary when the ship struck.
He remained to finish his operation, and went
down with the ship. t IA: z
A gasoline explosion in the hardware store
of NJ Keobletz OF Uhrichsville, Ohio, set fire
to the building and caused connagraion,
which destroyed the building and also tue
stores Of Cribley, Runner & Hartman and
u .iI 3aa 4 Smith Loss, s35. 900; insurance,
An accident resulting from fire, occurred
near Albany, N. Y, to a railway train Of yalu-
able imported shorthorn cattle, the property Of
James J. Hill, of the North Oak Stock farm,
St Paul, MINI. Grand Duchess KILL, an
animal that cost about IS, 600 in England, was
burned to death, but the rest were rescued.
In the car, it is said, was the Duchess Of Wap-
She having COST, o60 guineas in England, and
escaped any injury known at present The
cattle were on their way West to Mr. Hills
farm, North Oak, near St Paul, having served
ont their time in quarantine ut Waltham,
Mass 3s1 g}3s5 :ss. :, q m q
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Crimes and Criminals.

Thomas J. Chapman, the alleged murderer
Of the wealthy bachelor farmer, Nicholas HUI
bert near Charleston, u. was arrested at Pop
lar Bluf, Mo. S 1t 81 &, 1 Z,
At Bath, Me, recently, Daniel Wilkinson
was sentenced to be hanged on Nov. 20, 1885,
for the murder of Policeman Lawrence of Baty
last September. The execution takes place at
Thomaston 81 y .3-s go, 4 E &:
Bernard Fisher, Northport, L Z, dude,
made himself agreeable to the simple minded
daughter of Bernard Oslertrail, satisfied her
qualms Of conscience by proposing marriage
ceremony, which consisted OF the couple stand
fidelity, and then took her to New York as his
wife He finally shipped her to Germany to
avoid exposure, and now constable is looking
for him with q piece of folded blue paper bear
ing small red seal 4 4. &: M
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Market Reports.

81. PAUL. Wheat oil, Mo- j hard, a2@a5c
5a Corn, No 2. 49@50; No. 8. 47049c. 80
Oats, No. mixed, 23025cc; No, 2 white
Csc; No. 3white 24c; rejected, zoo IA Il H.
b Barley, No "a !. 55c. No. 9 extra 45c mo 8,
Bye. No. g, Sic 3Sy!
H Potatoes, 25c ~ N S5E35
Eggs, 13914c h So
( MMwAuKRE Wheat, No 2, 77Xc. \
ia Corn, rejected, Sic. ~ 8
IA Data. 30. q 299s91S c; No y white, 300. s s3
~ Rye, No. II 553c; No. q 53c
Il Barley. No. z. old, 62c ;s
Mess Pork. S7.25 sS
35 lard, "a. n
Butter, choices creamery, ela21o: fair 70
good, l7@19c; best dairy 5@16c 3;
Egga, lS@1811sse rs
4 CucAao: Wheat No 2 Chicago spring,
No 8, Chicago spring 64(a86c;No.
e JED. slSasI 1.s M 3 red, 7i@ 11c
5S Oats, 24sl +,
Il Rye, 56c.
s. Barley, 6915c 4. q III III
Flax Seed, 3l 301 q 9is 81 III
81 Pork, 18.lO61sfae0 co. &: n .s
VI Lard, "a. 3350 52tz B Il &.
h Eggs, t3414c &. : ST IS 80 s s.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
MED j, i 3: i: ORA i, !.
Texas is making fast and long stride.

Texas y making fast and long stride.
N progress. The growth Of the state
i extraor binary for the south, and il
only riyaled By some Of the newer COM:
n,1onwealths in the far west. The pop.
ulation increased during the decade be-.
tween 1870 and 1880 from s1s, 57s, to
1881, 749. orat 1.-The rate of almost ten pei
cent. g year, and the indications are thai
the growth has been even more rapid
4 SINCE the last census was taken The
state ssessment for 1884 shows gain Of
about $50, 900 900 over that for 1883,
and the total is now nearly 100000,
wy. as against less, than 1917, 900, 900 in
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Foreign Flashes.

@ Foreign Flashes.
Cardinal Juan Mereno archbishop Of vollo-
dolid and primate Of Spain, died in Madrid Of
apoplexy. h l. '.'.4 5it
GRAND Duchess. Kill, owned by James j.
Hill and worth 50, 600 was burned to death in
car at Albany, N. Y, +. "a s5
The Spanish clergy have started monster
demonstration in every church in favor Of the
temporal power of the pope. Among the first
signatures to an address for this object are
leading prelates and mobiles OF Spain % Sa .za,
Among. the greatest sufferers at Toulon and
Marseilles are members Of the different theat-
rical companies, for not only are the theaters
closed, but the unfortunate actors and actresses
cannot obtain engagements elsewhere, the man
ayers in other towns being afraid they might
bring the dreaded "microbe" in their clothes.
Gen. Wolseley proposes to reach Dongola
with the Gordon relief expedition by Nov. z
He declares, with confidence, that he will be
able to accomplish this programme Withou,
difficulty. There are only six cataracts to pass,
whereas in the Red river expedition in 1870 he
was compelled to drag his boats overland at
forty-si1 places. y. 81 y s :, =: IS !.
The Figaro, in an editorial, comments Upon
the increase. Of English troops in Egypt from
{, 600 told 900 men, and says an explanation is
necessary if it is the design to stop the passage
of French through the Suez canal in the event
Of an Anglo Chinese alliance. The Figaro says
France keeps 81 900 troops in Algeria and 1unia
who are ready to cross Tripoli and seize Cairo
when SO ordered ~. "a '.sses.5 e.
Warrington Gladstone addresses the people.
He said the government would do it's duty, but
in national crisis the issue depended upon the
action of the country. At Edinburgh prepara-
tons were made for grand welcome OF the
prime minister. Business places and residen-
ces throughout the city were decorated and Wis
itors were present in large numbers az Sc
a correspondent writing from Dublin, Ire
land, to friend in this city, has the following
to say concerning the crops there:
Since the year 1879, which was remarkable
for the greatness and excellence Of the crops,
there has not been such o prospect for a.mag-
nifcent harvest The season IN the early part
Of the year was everything that could be de-
sired, and OF the present writing all the crops
are In excellent condition, the only trouble be-
ing that enough Of the country has not been
planted for the reason that the labor is not
here. The bone and sinew have left the coun-
try, and no ono remains but old men and boys.
The old men simply plant enough year after
year to Keep body and soul together, and leave
the future to witness the magnificent lands ly-
ing IN waste for want Of labor to cultivate
them. ;7F3 n 57} III
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Personal News Notes /;

Baron Won Werth, Of New Brunswick, N. r.,
offers his body to a medical student for dissec-
ton, after death. ~
Prof Sabin of New York has just made a
passable nose for Thomas Colt, from Two Joints
Of the middle finger Of Colts left hand III! X
Rear Admiral Andrew Allen Har wood, o. s.
NJ died at Marion, Mass, in his eighty-second
year He was appointed midshipman in 1878
and retired in 1854 . 81 53
Abram Penick, the most famous Shorthorn
breeder in the United States, died at Winches-
leaves an estate valued st s4o0, 900:
Commander schley, Of Greedy rescue fame,
was the second man inside; the inclosure Of
the Corean fastness, Sun-toI -rnok. when United
States vessels under Admiral q lighting John
Rogers" brought the savage Coreans to terms
in 1871. 4 s "a 4 & e
Rev. ". N. Collins, pastor Of the Galesburg,
Ill, N. E church, is missing. Il July 9 he took
passage from Buffalo for Detroit via propeller
India He went ashore at Cleveland to look
of him. ~ ~ & isis 8lf7
Lucky" Baldwin Of San Francisco and his
bride are at Saratoga. Mrs. Lncky is only
about four feet si1 inches high, and very
slight in figure and childlike ia manner, wear
ing her long hair in two braids down the back,
tied together with ribbons She dresses much
Less like matron than many Of the children
there. 575g q
Mrs. Henrietta Wyie, once noted belle in
New York, has been confined In Dr., Barstow,s
madhouse 81 Finishing Il. 3, since April, 1883,
and her friends are now seeking her release
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04

ls There Is an interesting account in
Harper's monthly Of the government
work now in progress on the dams des-
igned as retaining walls for the great
reservoirs Of the, headwaters of the Mis-
sissippi. There are to be seven Of these
dams and the principal one at Lake Win.
nebigoshish is already well advanced,
work having been prosecuted continu-
,ously for eighteen months. It is to be
fourteen feet high--that is, the water
line il the reservoir when filed will be
fourteen feet higher than now. The
river winds among s great succession Of
marshes and now and then spreads out
in broad shallow lakes 80 that the back
water from this dam will cover an in.
smense area The theory is that the res.
erYoirs formed by these dams will be
sufficient to- hold or store up q great
share of the rainfall Of q drainage area
estimated at 2, 400 square miles from
November j to July i in each year. As
ru1e the Mississippi below st. Paul
falls z 60 IN July that great difficulty is
experienced BY steambo atmen, and this
low stage, go detrimental to navigation,
continues through August, September
and October Il i expected that from
the reservoirs enough water can be dis
charged tosat least double the ordinary
minimum flow for one hundred days and
That at no time du ring the summer viii
the stage between sc. PauI and Lake
sRepin AL below four feet when this,
system on the upper lakes is completed;
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
n Marcy Cobb lowered; smngglers record Of

Ma1ey Cobb lowered, smnggler's record Of
2l5 Ia 2:l6 ~ - ~ KY 5 =. b
Dominick Mccartney Of Pittsburg, alleging
grossly unfair treatment in fight with Pete
Mccoy ata Boston theater, issues a challenge
He says:-I hereby challenge Pete Mccoy to
glove competition Of four or six rounds with
small gloves, under Marquis Of Queensbury
rules, for q, oOO or s5ID, and gate receipts,
the winner to take all and the match to be de-
cided within six weeks, in New York city,
where we both can be assured Of fair play. II
Mccoy declines to accept this challenge, I
match with John L Sullivan, whom I have
heretofore barred in all my challenges, but
who, after the transactions Of Monday night,
I am prepared to meet at any time or place fol
any amount Of stakes he may desire. N N
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04

sswarms 81 locusts are deyonring all
The crops IL Yt,oatan and Sonthern5
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04

# 4 estimated that typhoid fever
saI,ses I5 per cent, Of tho annual deaths
sin England and Wales,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04

The fortune left by the duke d AL.
papy IL estimated AZ exc, 900. all
goes ohia young wife. rs
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04
Rail and River News.

Tho Fargo rumor concerning the Canadian
Pacific and Northern Pacific is pronounced
baseless by those who ought to know. Isl
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-04

lsOuisiana hsa 4s. Ooo, ooo, 900 loot 81
pine IN her forests, g.s
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
District Court.-Fourth Day.

This seems to be session of surprises.
On Thursday the court alarmed some
people and slightly astonished every
body by his charge to the grand jury in
reference to county affairs. Friday
this surprise was followed by another
when he summarily dismissed the petit
Jury impanneled in the Moore grand
larceny case and in addition fined each
|member Of the same ten dollars. The
cause for this action on the part of the
court was the extraordinary verdict. and
action of the jury in the case mentioned.
After going to their room the jury took
a ballot and found there was variance
of opinion as to the guilt of the defend
ant, Moore. The majority sought to get
the minority to agree with them, but
this was positively refused. Before they
were out half an hour the jury decided
ito disagree and told the sheriff they
were ready to be dismissed. That Off
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23

Ger asked them if they had agreed upon
verdict and the answer was in the
affirmative. He told them TO seal it up
and deliver it to the court next morning,
which they did. Friday when court
opened the jury were in their places and
the following remarkable verdict was
| handed to the court by the foreman:
We the jury agree to disagree.
w. O. YARD, Foreman.
The judge looked at them in astonish-
ment for awhile and then turned loose
on them with vengeance He inn
posed a fine of $40 apiece upon them for
| contempt of court and then peremptor-
| lily dismissed them for the term, order
ing that others be selected in their stead.
It was probably the biggest surprise
party" that these twelve men good and
truen ever experienced. Following is
the personnel of the dismissed jury:
w. @. Yard, Henry Wright, George
III. Farmer, 6. F. Delatraz, J. w. Arm
strong, Richard Stanton, John Kava-
naugh, Albert Rowe, w. S. Evans, Pat
rick Murphy, Malcolm Morrow jr., and
E. J. Price.
We do not believe that these gentle
men intended any contempt of court,
and doubtless thought that such ver-
dict was right and proper. They will
know better next time.
Another jury was then impanneled
and Moore's case taken up again, w. B.
Settle defending. The jury after being
out short time returned verdict of
guilty.
The whole of the afternoon was taken
up with the trial of the Bryer case, for
assault with a deadly weapon upon the
person of Jerry Sexton. The verdict
was returned at last nights session, and
it finds the defendant guilty of a simple
assault for which he was fined $50 by
the court.
The case of P. Harmon was given to
the jury late last evening. Harmon is
on trial for grand larceny, charged with
tapping the till at the Pacific hotel bar
last winter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
Primary Election.

Quite number of republicans attend
ed the primary meeting at the city hall
Saturday night to select fifteen delegates
to the convention to be held next Satur-
day evening.
Jere Sullivan was selected AS chair
man and Ell. B. Hill secretary
Following are the delegates and alter
mates selected:
Delegates-F. c. Roosevelt, M. C..
Travers, w. J. Minar, Max Waterman,
J. Il. Stuart, T. A. Cummings, Chas. L..
Spencer, M. J. Leaning, Frank Coombs,
FL. P. Rolfe, VIM. Glassman, Jere Sulli-
van, III. B. Hill, A. G.. Johnson and III.
G. McIntire.
Alternates-S. L. Kelly, II. Z. Pascoe,
NJ. J. Keith. Chas. Rowe, J. r. Wilton,
f. Lepper, A. B. Keeler, L. Ell. Rosen-
Grams, Sam Kohlberg, Geo. r. Choate,
c. M. Lanning, H. J. Wackerlin, G. B.
Fowler, M. A. Flanagan, and E. r.
Clingan.
There being no further business, on
motion the meeting adjourned.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
District Court.-Fifth Day.

The jury in the Harmon case, grand
larceny, returned verdict of guilty.
Jacob Henry, the soldier indicted for
assault, through his attorney, Col Don
nelly, pleaded guilty to the mildest
count in the Indictment.
Joe Bush, one of the parties to the
celebrated 'duel' with target guns, also
pleaded guilty to an assault.
The court reserved sentence in all of
these cases.
The afternoon was mostly taken up
in hearing the case of the territory
against Thompson, for forgery. Thomp-
son was defended by Max Waterman.
The jury were out but short time when
they returned with verdict of guilty.
The case Of Territory against Richard
Nee has been postponed until the next
term.
The grand fury returned an indict-
ment against Frank Pomeroy, for cattle
killing, and he was arraigned just before
court adjourned. III. r. Buck was az
pointed to defend him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
District Court.-Slxth Day.

Most of the day was taken up with
the Cecil grand larceny case, which
was concluded about half-past four
o'clock. The Jury were out but a few
minutes, when they returned. with a
verdict of Iguilty. This was the most
interesting case of the term, and during
the day there was a Large and appre-
ciative audiencen in attendance. A
host of witnesses were examined, in
Guiding the lady and gentleman from
the treasury department in Washington
and although entirely circumstantial
in character, the evidence pretty clearly
showed that Cecil is the man who took
the $500 package from the treasure box
of the Helena & Fort Benton stage COM
pany at the Leavings.
The grand jury returned an indict-
ment against William Winchell for
grand larceny, or in other words, cat
tie killing. Under mistake, it
seems, in regard to Winchell's bond, he
was re-arrested and put in jail. His
counsel afterWard had him brought into
court and explained the matter, when
he was released under the old bond.
Frank Pomeroy pleaded guilty yester-
day to one of the indictments against
him and the other will be nolle prosed.
This makes six candidates for sentence
to the penitentiary during the term.
At the evening session of the court
the cases Of the Territory vs.. William
Winchell, and Of Sullivan and Settle VS..
James McDevitt, We're continued for the
term.
The trial jury was dismissed for the
term.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
Served Him Right.

COL Boyle visited the office of daily
paper and the next day the paper con-
tanned an item headed, 'sCol. Bugle.u
This made the old gentleman very
angry. He went to the Office, and after
a short interview, left with a handful Of
the reporters hair. He was arrested and
taken before the police judge.
You did not have sufficient cause to
put bald head on SO young a man,
said the judge. 1T was evident that
he did not proposely misspell your
name.
1T was the second offense, Judge.
When went into the office, the young
feller seemed much cencerned.u
" Colonel" he said, you can't blame
me, for you can readily perceive that it
is not an error of the heart.'
"Why can perceive it?p
Because" /" he continued, pointing to
an erroneous caption, . it is an error of
the head.p
Nobody can shoot such pun at ME,
for [ am plain and unassuming, and T
arose in just anger and lifted the young
mans hair
aAnd you served him right,"' said the
judge, Il discharge you and fine the
vile young man,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
Election for School Bonds.

But very few people seemed to be
aware of the fact that there was an elec-
ton in the city Saturday. The ques-
ton as to whether or not the school
board should issue bonds to the amount
of $4,000 on the credit of the district
for the purpose of completing the new
school house was submitted to the voters
and carried unanimously, although but
few took interest enough in the matter
to go to the school house and deposit
ballot.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
The Boom.

Mr.. Allen with force Of men is busi-
ly engaged these days getting the boom
in readiness for the forthcoming timber
drive. He is constructing anew the
sheer boom and will make it complete
affair. Needed repairs on the catch
boom are also going on, and in a few
weeks more everything will be in readi-
ness to receive and save the three mil
lion feet of timber to be brought down
the river. Messrs. Ira Myers and E. G.
Macfay are giving the work good deal
of personal attention, and If the enter
sprise is not complete success it will not
sbe their faRlt~~~-~-~.u-a... .-u--~~su~-u4r~~-a-~
--'-T Tie successful termination Of this
drive will be a matter of great moment
to Fort Benton. 1T will insure us not
only cheap fuel but cheap lumber, with
out which no town can make rapid
strides in the way Of progress.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
The Florence Canal.

A wagon train loading with supplies
yesterday at Ulm & Sons store on Main
street prompted a reporter to make in
quiries, and he ascertained that the
goods were being shipped by Superin-
tendent Mcintyre TO the Florence canal
on Sun river, to supply large force Of
contractors now on their way there to
commence the work of construction,
Work is to commence at once. +. A.
Rogers has the contract. ct.-Independent,
10th inst