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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
Death of Col. Al. n. Beattle.

A telegram received by T. A. Cum
mings from Helena Saturday morning
announces the death of Col. Alex. IL.
Beattie, at six O'clock that morning, at
the residence of T. @. Power, after Sc
we're illness. He had for long time
been suffering from gunshot wound
received during the war, and as a last
resort painful operation was perform
ed, from the effects OF which he never
recovered. 1t had been reported from
time to time that he was improving but
his constitution had been SO broken
down by the hardshius he had passed
through that he was unable to rally.
The following particulars relative to the
de ceased were furnished by Mr.. I. A.
Cummings, who has been his intimate
friend for many years:
In 1861 Alex. H. Beattie went to the
war as a lieutenantin an Illinois regi-
ment. He participated in all the prom
inent battles Of the western army, and
was with McPhersoI on the march to
the sea. He was twice wounded lin the
breast and in the leg) at Missionary
Ridge or before Atlanta. At the close
of the war he was mustered out as lieu
tenant colonel of his regiment. He
came to NJ Montana in 1855 and occupied u
position as chief book-keeper for John
Rockfellow & Co.. of Virginia City.
Upon the failure of that concern he
went to Helena, in 1869, and occupied
the position OF general manager and city
editor Of the Montana Post, which had
then removed from Virginia city, Jas.
H Mills being the editor. Upon the
appointment of Judge Wade as chief
| justice of the territory. and on the res
| ignation of III. 2. Wadeas district clerk,
he was appointed to the position, which
he held up to the time Of his death. In
1872 he was elected 3 member of the
council and reelected in 1874. He was
appointed member of the national re-
publican committee in 1876 which posi-
ton he held until the present year,
! when Jas. Fl. Mills was appointed to
succeed him.
Col. Beattie was largely interested in
real estate in Helena, Fort Benton and
other points in the territory, and stood
/ high in financial circles. He left an
ample fortune, which he had accumu
lated by hard work and judicious IN
vestments About 3 sas1r ago he was
married to Miss Maggie Carroll, niece
of Matt. Carroll. His home was in
Rock ford, H., where his parents, broth
ers and sisters now reside.
/ The death of Col. Beattie will leave q
void which it will be difficult to fill
His was an eminently social nature and
| he entered into all matters of social inter
/ est with keen zest. His business qualifi
cations were unsurpassed, and to hlS
keen, unerring instincts may be attrib
uted the success which has attended al
Of his ventures. Personally he was
liked by every one with whom he came
in contact. He had a5rfch fund OF hu
NOR, and the sayings of Col. Beattie art
quoted every day. Hismany friends il
the territory will regret bis loss.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
Indian Depredat1ons and their Remedies

For the past two years thieving bands
Of Crows have made frequent incurs-
ions into the northern country, and IN
no instance have they returned with In
dian horses, but invaribly with stock
stolen from settlers. The tax has be-
come a serious burden. The settlers on
the upper Teton are the principal suffer-
ers. They have lost heavily, and IN
many instances every head of stock be-
ing taken. A. B. Hamilton lost twenty
head last year and recovered SIX; Guar
dipe and a. Fellers had every hoof
taken last year. James Armstrong lost
twenty head this year and Paddy Miles
fifteen head. These are but a few who
have lost stock by these Crow raids.
James Armstrong went to the Crow
agency after his horses and saw some OF
them, also many that We're stolen last
year but was unable to recover any 10
be sure the Piegans make raids on the
Crows with the same results 70 the set
tiers ON the Yellowstone. we are not
sure but the Piegans, true to thelr old
traditions, are the most accomplished
horse thieves They have been in the
past and now that their stomachs are
again filled they feel like old times.
Many remedies to prevent these IN
cursions have been devised, but none as
yet have been put to practical test. One
is to allow the settlers or anyone to Kill
an Indian if found off of the reservation, !,
as they have no business away but this
might result in complications which
would do more harm than good. An
other plan is to give authority to the
agents to arrest any Indians who may
return to the agency with stolen horses,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
Rich Placers in Alaska.

PORTLAND, Oregon, December IS
Lieut.. Abercrombie, of Gen. Miles
staff, has just returned from Alaska,
where he has been engaged in govern,
ment expeditions. He explored the
Yukon river for 200 miles and reports
rich placers for thousands of miles up
paying $50 day to the man. The sea.
son is short and mining difficult, and
the fisheries the finest known.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

A Gravesend, T.. I. woman aged 80,
has received over 1000 letters in reply to
her advertisement for a husband. She
is worth about $780, 900 and has q cattle
ranch in the west. Her only defect IS
slight deafness. She has just selected
for her future husband Willoughby II.
Harris fof Mound City, cattle dealer
aged 81, reputed to be worth S4O, ,OOO. IL
has been agreed between the contracting
parties that the joint possessions OF botn
should become the property OF their
united partnership in about two weeks,
when they will be married. They will
locate III Mound City.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
The Charges Against Lieutenant CARING
ton.

WASHINGTON, December 15-General
Hazen, chief signal officer, preferred
charges against Lieutenant Darlington
for disobedience of orders and neglect of
duty in connection with his command
of the Proteus of the expedition for the
relief of the Greedy party. The charges
were sent to the secretary of war over
week ago with a letter for an order OF
court for their trial, but no action has
yet been taken by Mr.. Lincoln, nor has
he yet decided whether he will order a
court or not Lieutenant Darlington
arrived in this city tonight. On his
arrival here he said he was not aware
of any charges having been preferred
against him.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
A Grand Scheme

CHICAGO, December 15.-Capt, Bed
ford Pym, of the Royal navy and lately
a member of parliament for Gravesend,
is in the city, having returned from
looking over the cattle ranches Of the
west. He has on foot a plan for build
ing railroad from Cheyenne, Wyom-
ing, to Hudsons S bay for the transporta-
ton of cattle to England instead of
bringing them to Chicago and then
shipping them east. The road will
cost about $40 900, 900, and he wants the
United States to subscribe one and
half per cent Of the amount and Eng
land like sum- The remainder. he
claims, can be raised on the London
Stock exchange in few days.
He says of the Hudson Bay railroad
that for Texas cattle it will save 1000
miles by land and 500 by water. He
goes to Toronto TO consult Sir John Mac
donald, and will also call on president
elect Cleveland to suggest the appoint
ment of a preliminary commission to
consider terms of joint action between
England and the United States on the
Nicaragua canal project.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
From the Mineral Argus.

The Andersonville postoffice is to be
discontinued.
Stockmen in this section are very
we'll pleased with the condition of their
herds up to this date. There is but very
little snow on the ranges at present.
The wool growers in this vicinity are
better prepared to winter their bands
than they were year ago, having more
hay and better sheds. Sheep are look
ing hundred per cent better than at
this time last year.
Day after day reports from the Little
Rocky placer diggings grow more en-
couraging, and it is now settled fact
that claim-holders will realize hano~
somely from their ground in the early
spring. Considerable work has been
done on the deep claims thus far this
winter, which, by panning, shows rich
dirt. Within the past few weeks two or
three quartz leads have been located,
carrying gold, specimens of which, ON
being burnt, blistered out in glittering
buttons from every seam and creyice.
Their is no doubt but that number OF
leads of high grade ore will be found
there before spring. The miners now
in there are confident of making big
clean-ups as soon as water begins run
ming.
Fine Iob Printing q sDecialty at the
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
Cold IN the East.

CHICAGO, December 1S.-The weather
is the severest to-day experienced in the
city during the present winter, and is
the same throughout the western and
northwestern states. At a. N. III this
CITY the thermometer stood at 110 below
zero, and at dropped to 120 below. At
Omaha it was 15o below; st. Paul, 200;
Des Moines, 13o; Dubuque, 200; Fargo,
ono
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
Severe Snow Storm.

PORTLAND, Oregon, December IA
terrible snow storm is raging in the
Willamette valley, and railroad traffic
is suspended Moses Solomon, a COM
mercial traveller for Bissinger & Co., of
this city, was found dead in the snow
near Albany, having perished from ex-
DOsure.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
MONTANA'S EXPORTS.
A Splendid Showing for 1884.
yellowstone Journal. !

Through the kindness of Charles
Howard, general agent for the Royal
route for Montana, the Journal is per-
mitted to lay before it's readers this
morning the following comprehensive
exhibition of the growing magnitude of
Montana's exports with the exception
of minerals) for the year 1884 It will
be noticed that while there is an in
crease of not less than fifty per cent in
any of the products, the cattle ship
meats show the magnificent gain OF
nearly two hundred per cent over 1888,
which was at the time considered a
toerable fair year. The following are
the official figures:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
Carpenter Confirmed

Special to the River Press
WASHINGTON, December Or. Platt
Carpenter, of New York, was confirm
ed to-day as governor of Montana.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

Fine Job Printing a speciality atthe
RIVER PRESS office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

Of these three last items, the statis-
ties on last years shipment of sheep are
not available; there were no shipments
of horses or mules, and the shipment OF
dressed beef were so inconsiderable as
not to be worthy of mention, only few
experimental shipments having been
made. The shipment of dressed
beef for 1884 is only from Medora, and
it is worthy of notice that at the only
slaughtering point in the territory over
5000 beeves have been slaughtered and
forwarded to eastern markets. SO salts
factory have been the results Of this
business that the Marquis de Mores has
already commenced extensive enlarge
ments to his abattoir at Medora, and his
success will unquestionably prove an
incentive to capitalists to embark in the
same business at other points on the
line of the road.
To move our exports Of 1884 to market
has required 4, 4,291 cars or 286 trains of l5
ears each all Of which but 432 carloads
the Northern Pacific has handled. and
which, with the exception OF 81 carloads
loaded at Bismarck, has been handled
all rail from the interior of the terri
tory. With these magnificent figures
before us who can predict what the
future has in store for us. In regard to
the cattle and dressed beef shipments it
is safe to say that the handsome precen-
tage of increase Of this year will be dis
tanced in 1885, while all other articles
referred to above will show handsome
improvement.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-10-10
Brashear Academy.

BRAsHEAR, Mo-, Oct. 6, 1884 bra
shear Academy opened the 29 inst.
with nearly fifty students and fatter-
ing prospect of a rapid increase. At
night congratulatory speeches were
made by Rev. T. j. Wheat, of Kinks
vile, and w. N. Doyle, Pres. of Oak
lawn College. Tie Professors speech
was excellent, abounding in strong
common sense and some fun. The
music furnished by the Brashear vocal
choir was excellent. Rev. Mr.. Wheat's
address was equal to anything ever
given on the subject to which We have
had the pleasure of listening
After such literary feast it was
tacitly acknowledged that Brashear
Academy, with such friends to work
for it as the ministry all over this Dis
trlct, must be very successful. All sue
cess to Brashear Academy and its
helpers. ONE Who WAS THERE.
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Wilson Waits.

Owing to rain yesterday morning,
attendance at Sunday School small and
no preaching. However, one incle-
ment day does not materially affect our
S. S. We never let the school freeze
out, but run it successfully the year
round.
Improvements are going steadily on.
Since our last writing C. H. Malone
has finished the repairing and addition
to his dwelling and put up an ice
house.
Mr.. Billings new house is about
ready for plastering, And we are IN
formed that the old store house is to
be over hauled and repaired imme.
diately by Mr.. Long who bought ont
Newton Bros. He Is to take posses
sion aboutthe first of November.
Kieth Newton. Fred Taylor, Eddie
kirkpatrick and john Malone, from
this district, are attending the Brasbear
Academy and speak in high terms of
the school.
Chester and Minnie Hamilton have
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GreentOp Graphics,

Well politics are beginning to find
their way into this section. Speeches
and argument are of daily occur.
renee.
Our little neighboring town of Sub
lette, so graphically described by oul
cotemporaneous pen painter, has rear
ed aloft the poled emblem of the dem
ocratic standard bearers.
Speeches here last evening by Hon
Sam Dysart and editor Hunter of the
Lancaster, Mo-, Excelsior. Bad wealth.
er prevented the attendance OF full
audience.
Messrs Jas. Logan and VIM. Way
man are in st. Louis this week taking
in the fair.
Mrs. Bickel, snee Gatlin, of Paola
Mo-. is visiting parents land friends
here.
Mr.. Chas. Snow of Greencastle, is
making the anvil ring here. and ap-
pears to be drawing goodly share ol
the honest yeoman patronage.
Messrs Nathan Spear and F. j. Tice
with ladies took in Moulton fair last
week, and returned Saturday evening.
I'm Gle Daniel Roberts who has been
among friends in Cooper County, Mo
has returned to greet US by his cheer
ing presence.
Time has arrived when fires are in
demand in our stoves and fire places.
MIR. ]. c. Boston who has made this
his home for number of months, has
with family, returned to his former
home.
Uncle Fred Nyswander is our politi-
cal hight and propounds many knotty
but practical problem to the considera-
ton of the theorists who professed the
creeds ofthe different parties. Sinceri-
ty of belief is the master wheel tina !
controls the motives of all successful
governmental machines.
DR.. Gray of Unionvllle anti-bourbon
candidate for Congress Will speak here
Thursday evening at 2 o'clock.
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UNIVERSAL PRAYER In BEHALF OF
SUNDAY SCHOOLS

The committee of the Oondon) Sun
day School Union cali attention to the
universal prayer on behalf of Sum
day schools. If you will be kind
enough to publish their suggestions,
you will doubtless oblige many of your
many reader. GEO. w. SHARP,
Missy of the Am. S. s. Union.
The committee suggest that the fol.
lowing arrangements should as far as
practicable be observed: That on
Lords day morning Oct, 10th from Z
to 8 o'clock private intercessory prayer
be offered on behalf of Sunday school !;
that ministers be asked to preach
special sermons on the claims of the
Sunday school, and the necessity for
increased intelligence andla aconsecra-
ton on the part of teachers. That in
the afternoon the ordinary engagements
Of each school be shortened, and the
scholar unite in a devotional service,
interspered with singing and appropri-
ate addresses. To this service the pa
rents of the scholars might be invited.
That at the close of the afternoon or
evening service the teachers, in union
with other christians, meet for thanks
giving and prayer.
That on Monday morning October
20, teachers again bring their scholars,
one by one, in private prayer before
God. That in the course of the day the
female teachers of each school hold a
meeting for united prayer and thanks
giving
That in the evening each church or
congregation be invited TO hold meet
ing, at which the interests of the Sum
day school should form the theme of
the prayers and addresses.
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any place I have struck. There are
but two things to accomplish in Mis-.
sour until she will be one Of the first
states in the Union. That is simply
to restrain the hogs, sheep and Demo.
yaks. / know it will be quite an un-
dertaking to restrain the hogs from the
hogs from the mast while they are so
hungry, but when you have an abun-
dant crop is the time to push the
thing. While it is true the Democrats
are always hungry for Office, l know Of
no better time to 60 for them than at
tine present while the Guerrilla is in
the field, for never knew Guerrilla
warfare to be lasting. J. w. H.
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REPUBLICAN MEETINGS,

The following Is the appointment of
Republican meetings, as made by the
county committee at its last meeting.
Every person should make arrange.
ments to attend. Meetings to COM
mence promptly at 7 o'clock.
White school house, Oct. II.
Polk Tp-Sublette, Oct. 13.
Nlneveh Tp-Hazel school house,
Oct. IA; Novinger, Oct. IS.
Morrow Tp-Shibley's Point, Oct.
I6; Gilmore school house, Oct II.
Liberty Tp-Ringo's Point, Oct. IS.
Williams school house, Oct. 20.
Walnut Tp--College Mound school
house, oct. Ell; Hays school house, Oct.
22.
Pettis Tp-Millard. Oct. 20; Curtis
school house. Oct. 22.
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A NECESSITY.

CHICAGO, Oct. 6.-The meeting OF
the Congregational Ministers Union
this morning resembled a political
gathering more than a ministerial one.
The question under discussion was
"Our duty as ministers in the present
crisis" A number of good Blaine
and Logan speeches were made, and
one or two St. John. The following
resolutions were introduced:
Resolved, That tor the sake of the
South, for the sake of this country, for
the sake of temperance and prohibi-
ton, for the sake of the family and the
reform against polygamy, the election
of James G. Blaine is the necessity oi
the hour.
Resolved, That the election of Cleve-
land would be.a calamity morally and
politically.
The discussion covered wide field
and was at times carried on with con.
siderable warmth.
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Prairie Bird Flutterings.

There are some improvements going
on in this neighborhood.
VIM. Crawford is having a large
barn erected. Garlock Bros. are the
workmen.
Joseph Long Is also erecting dwell
ing house just east of Pralrle BIRD
school house on the land he purchased
this tall.
Our old friend, Gam Williams, has
about concluded to buy farm and
stay IN Missouri instead of going TO
Nebraska. Right Gam, stay with us.
Several young ladies of this vicinity
are attending the Brashear Academy,
among whom we note: Misses Annie
Elmore, Allie Begole and Mamie Shade.
A. ]. Workman, one of our most
promising young men, left last Tues
day for Kirksgille To attend Smiths
College at that place.
Well | will close by saying success to
the GRAPHIC. SYgrAx.
Oct. 9th, 1884.
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EDITORIAL NOTES

Republicans should be on their
guard in time against all trading
schemes at the coming election.
Our educational interests,
above everything else demand the re-
turn of Mr.. Harrington to the State
Legislature. Keep this in mind.
The Mongrel ticket in this
county will be beaten by a big majeri-
ty. Scores OF democrats object to be.
ing shuffled about and traded on by
the Kirksville ring.
How does it come that the DEM
ocratic "leaders" in Kirksville cannot
trust the making Of county ticket to
the rank and file of their partya This
is a question democratic farmers are
pondering over in every township in
the county.
The mos, cheering words come
to US from every direction as to the
feeling of the masses toward the anti
bourbon state ticket. Hundreds of
patriotic democrats will scratch the
name of Marmaduke from their tick
cts.
1t don't stand to reason that a
county ticket named and chosen by a
majority of the voters of the county at
fair and open primary election, can
be beaten by patched up tadpole
crazy quilt combination, which repre-
sents nobody but three or four party
manipulators, located at the county
seat. The free and independent
voters Of the county will repudiate such
work.
The Democrat in its last issue
reminds US of the individual, crazy with
whisky who wants somebody "to trid
on the tail of me coat" 1t challenges
somebody to say something mean
about the gentlemen composing its
ticket. My dear fellow, there are lots
ofgood people in Adair county of both
parties, and it is not necessary to in
dulge in mud singing in order to de.
feat ticket. 1t is not men, but prin-
ciples and policies that we are dealing
with. Go to.
The facts and figures presented
In Mr.. Ford's speech are opening the
eyes of thousands of voters in Nilsson.
n. 1t was not known to the masses
generally, that Missouri's manufactur-
ing interests were actually falling of
instead of increasing, and that this
state of affairs has been going on for
ten years past. There must be a
cause for it, and neither our soil, eli.
mate or location can be charged with
it. Something else is the matter.
Ford's facts and figures remain un.
answered and unchallenged. Don't
We need a change Of some sorta
Without rejecting in the least
on the gentlemen who have been SO
unfortunate as to be picked up and
put on the peoples ticket we take
pride in saying that the republican vot-
ers OF this county have placed a coun-
ty ticket in the field of which they have
every reason to feel proud. 1t was
not the work of any ring or click, but
the freely..expressed choice of thevoters
tha. placed them there.
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TIs ISSUE,

OF the WEEKLY GRAPHIC presents a
rich table Of contents for its readers.
These are stirring political times and the
boiling and b,bbling will be kept up at
great rate Eor four weeks longer.
After that comes calm, when Our
space will once more be devoted ex-
clusiyely to home and foreign news,
literary and agricultural matter. In
this issue will be found a stirring speech
by that old hen, Cassius M. Clay Of
Kentucky, in which he gives his rea-
sons for abandoning Bourbonism and
coming out for Blaine and Logan. 1t
will pay thoughtful Democrats to Pc
ruse it. What Cleyeland's right hand
man thinks of the G. A. R. is recon-
mended to the consideration of our
gallant ex.soldiers. Another grand
speech by Senator ingalls, of Kansas
discusses the live issues of the day.
We hope every voter, Democrat and
Republican, will give it a careful read.
ing. In addition to miscellaneous
matter and stories, we give wide Sc
lection Of news, including the campaign
in OHIO, toward which all eyes are now
turned. This one issue comprises
more political information in the shape
of speeches, ETC., than could be picked
up at half a dozen public gatherings.
In fact it is a regular mass meeting,
torch light procession and Republican
rally combined, and one that you can
enjoy at your own firesides and con-
slider at your leisure. Don't tail to
read this number carefully and file it
away for future reference.