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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
A Bridge Across the Upper Teton.

The inhabitants Of the upper Teton
are clamoring for a bridge across that
stream neal Choteau. They claim that
there is no place in the county SO much
in need of a bridge. There is a good
deal Of through travel and they have a
tri-Weekly mail from Fort Shaw. Che
teau, next to Fort Benton, is the largest
precinct in the county. AT the present
crossing where the road was located by
viewers appointed for that purpose, it is
at certain seasons of the year impossible
to cross, and recourse is had to the old
road. A petition for q bridge was sent in
last year, but for some reason no action
was taken by the county commissioners.
The people claim it lis their right that
something should be done for their re-
lief while other portions of the county
less favored have good and substantial
bridges, this important thoroughfare is
neglected. During the winter is the
time to build 4 bridge and it is hoped
that the county commissioners will see
to 1t that the work is done If possible
during the present winter.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
A FIGURING I l.

The RIVER PRESS is pleased to see
Touring mill has been taken and we
trust it will be followed up by others
promptly until the desired object is at
tanned. The meeting of citizens Tuesday
evening to advise together on various
matters affecting the interest of the com
munity was we'll attended and a good
deal of Enthusiasm shown. A disposition
was manifested to do all that is possible
to promote the welfare of the town.
It was the unanimous sentiment of
those present that a Touring mill at
Fort Benton is now a necessity and that
something should be done at once to
secure the same. To this end land will
be donated for a mill site and subscrip-
tons asked of all parties interested SO
that such inducements may be offered
as will prompt outside capital to invest
in the project and carry it through
to speedy completion.
The demand for a Touring mill is SO
urgent that this course ought to COM
mend itself to everyone interested in
our town. 1t is doubtless true that in
due course of time some person would
come along, and, seeing profit in such
IN enterprise, proceed, without assist
ance, to build a mill himself; but can
we afford to wait? Outsiders can not
see as we'll as those familiar with the
country the opportunities offered, and
while other towns are bidding tor bus
mess by just such means our citizens
ought not, by lack of enterprise, permit
Fort Benton to be outstripped in the
race for commercial supremacy.
Only the smallest beginning was made
towards the accomplishment of the de-
sired object Tuesday evening. Talk alone
will not do. The ball must be kept
rolling. Everybody interested in the
progress of our town should assist to the
extent of his ability, and in this way
something can be done.
We remember that about a year ago a
Touring mill meeting was held in the
city it was largely attended; commit
tees were appointed to perform various
duties, but nothing was ever accom-
plished. Let us hope better results will
follow Tuesday evenings effort. Good
work and harmonious action will ac-
complish all that is desired.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

NEXT to the opening of the reserva-
ton, the establishment of a land office
at Fort Benton is the most important
demand northern Montana has to make
on congress. If the reservation bill be-
ome a law it is then a necessity; but
I'VE if we are disappointed in this re-
spect, a land district should be establish
ed in northern Montana anyhow. This
is prominently the agricultural por-
ton of the territory, where lands are
being taken up more rapidly than else
where, and it is not just that our people
should be compelled to go from 100 to
800 miles to Helena to transact their
business at the land office. The atten-
ton Of Delegate Maginnis has been call
ed to the urgent need of a land office at
this place, and it il to be hoped he will
be able to secure the passage of such a
bill at this session Of congress-.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

THE house public lands committee
has discussed to some extent the matter
Of English noblemen taking up large
amounts of our lands in the west for
grazing purposes. The committee is Of
nemind in the belief that the practice
of allowing large tracts Of land to pass
into the ownership of these aliens is
against the public policy and prejudicial
to the interests of Americans. Colorado
is the worst land ridden state in the
x,ncf
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

The New York Tribune of a late date
says: Mr. Blaine desires to have it
stated that ali the reports of interviews
held with him since his arrival ia
Washington are entirely unauthorized.
One in which he is represented as dis
cussing his relations with Mr.. Conkling
has been widely published throughout
the country, but is from beginning to
end an i~nexcusable forgery. Mr.. Blaine
asks that his friends will do him the
favor to discredit any and all expressions
which may be imputed to him. II he
has any occasion to communicate with
the public he will do so over his own
name.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

IF Democrats in congress exclude Da-
kota for two years longer, they will
arouse a strong feeling Of indignation in
the adjoining agricultural states of the
northwest, as well as in Dakota, which
will operate against the party in all fu-
ture elections. Sooner or later the new
state ~.il' come into ~ T~:1n 9-ad if
unreasonaDly delayed, with an intense
feeling of hostility to the democratic
party which will make it another Kan
sas in political temper.-New York Tri-
bune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
ARRANGEMENTS are now being mad

ARRANGEMENTS are now being made
which, when consummated, will be of
great benefit to the merchants of the
northwest and those on the Pacific
coast. These arrangements are for the
establishment of what will practically
be a through express line running from
the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. The
through line will be made up Of two
companies only. These are the North
ern Pacific and Baltimore & Ohio ex-
press companies. When perfected the
arrangements will be for one transfer
only, and that will be made at st. Paul.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

IT has been suggested that a petition
which would readily be signed by
everybody in Notwithstanding forth
the losses our citizens sustain from raid
ing Crows and Piegans, be forwarded to
Gen. Terry. and asking that some action
on the part of the military be taken to
prevent them in future. If q company
of cavalry were stationed at each of
these agencies they could do much to
check the raids.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

Ii Mr.. Cleveland is hard pressed for
a custodian of the treasury portfolio,
why should he look further than the
present wise and level-headed secretary !?
Mr.. McCulloch a policy as
to the tariff which is certainly as far re-
moved from the celebrated letter of ac-
ceptance emanating from Augusta as
Mr.. Cleveland is personally the antithe-
sis of Mr.. Blaine. Mr.. McCulloch's
plan in its essentials will meet the views
of rational revenue reformers. OF course
MI. Cleveland will desire to have a Sec
rotary noininally as well as actually a
democrat, but it may be doubted that he
will be able to secure a democrat for the
place whose views are clearer or better
expressed upon economic. topics than
are McCulIoch's. He would be quite at
home in a Cleveland cabinet.-Chicago
Herald.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

BILLINGS and Miles City papers are
setting forth the advantages of their re-
spective towns as the site of a talked of
eastern Montana penitentiary. We
nominate Miles as the district court at
that place would soon turn out crimi-
nails enough to populate the pen. 1t
would save mileage, you know.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

WE trust that the committees appoint
ed at the late meeting of citizens ta soil
cit subscriptions to the Touring mill
fund will not let the matter lag for want
Of proper effort. Fort Benton has too
much at stake and cannot afford to let
this enterprise go by default.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

ANENT Tennyson's 81 900 Freedom
the Chicago Herald says that if that
''poemu had been received anonymously
in any newspaper or magazine office in
America it would have been consigned
to the waste basket.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24

Ex-Gov. MOVES, late miniater to
France and a friend of the Mackeys,
doubts the truth of the story that Mrs.
Bonanza sent a cablegram announcing
the engagement of Miss Mackey to
Prince Colonna.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-24
THE RIVER PRESS.
Published every Wednesday, morning by
the River Press Publishing
Company.

PRESIDENT ARTHUR is taking plenty
of time to appoint a governor for Mon
tana. 1t looks as if the programme is
to leave it open for Major Maginnis.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
The SUMS Distance

Perhaps the most striking illustration OF
the suns distance is given by expressing
1t in terms of what the psychologists would
call velocity of nerve transmission. 1t
has been found that sensation is not abso-
lutely instantaneous but that it occupies
a very minute time in travelling along the
nerves; so that if a child puts its finger
into the candle, there is a certain almost
inconceivsbly small space of time, say the
one-hundredth of a second, before he feels
the heat. In case, then, a child's arm
we're long enough to touch the sun, it can
be calculated from this known rate Of
transmission that the infant would have to
live TO be a man of over a hundred before
ID knew that its finger was burned.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18

The Democratic County Convention OF
washoe on Saturday at Reno made the fol-
lowing nominations: Senator, Jerry School
ing; Assemblymen, E. G. Bailey, P. IL.
Mulcahy aud W. F. Lennon; County
Clerk, NJ. d. Bowen; Recorder, ]. b. Will
Jams; Treasurer, Henry Rhue; Sheriff, j.
j. Becker; District Attorney, l. E. Hayden;
Coroner, Harry Brown; Commissioners,
A. A. Longley and Alex. Twaddle; Asses
sor, @. II. Stoddard, his candidacy to de-
pend upon the decision OF the Supreme
Court on the constitutionality of the Asses-
sor law. For Constable, Matt Rheim.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
The Newark NimrOds.

DR.. Owen, William Pardy, Luther Clark
md Frank Robbins got in Tuesday even
iop from their hunt in Newark valley.
Thsy had pretty fair luck. The marks
man Of the party was Mr.. Pardy, who put
M other cracked shots TO shame by his
Sa,dly aim. He bagged one-third more
ducEs than all the rest put together. al
though Luther Clark says that was his
avn feat. A tragedy occurred during the
srusdition, the details Of which are some
VIA, Obscurely given. Enough is known,
however, to make it certain that this quid
nuneIs yellow dog, a thoroughbred setter,
gOt % disgusted with the bad Shooting Of
mos. Of the party that he went off aud
committed suicide, by drowning.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
John Boyle O,ReiIIy speaks.

WILKEsBARRE, Penn, Sept. 10.-John
Boyle O'Reilly, of Boston, addressed a
large audience in the Court House this
evening in the interests Of Cleveland and
Hendricks. The building was crowded,
aud the speaker was frequently applauded.
In answe TO the question why he sup
ported Cleveland, Mr.. O'Reilly said that
he did so from principle. As a private
citizen he had a perfect right to oppose
him. but he supported him now because
he was a Democratic candidate. Blaine
was always the friend of ~monopolies. He
grew rich from succor derived from them.
His course as Secretary Of State was anti
American, and he was not deserving Of the
vote Of any Irish-Americsn citizen. 1t
was already shown by the Madigan circu-
lar that Blaine YVES a Know Nothing of the
worst type. The speaker said that Buffers
stir in the present fight was abused. He
had always been a friend of the Germans,
but now that the latter had deserted the
party he was no longer a Democrat and no
Democrat should vote for him.
This defines exactly the attitude of Tam
many Hall-which, having voted to en-
dorse Cleveland, $40 to 81, will stand in
for him heartily and sink all feelings OF
personal preference. Ed. SENTINEL.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
Is One Double NaughtT

A puzzle is going the rounds in Augusta
which is about as uncertain as the fifteen
puzzle. A bet was made between two
citizens that the Star baseball club, of
Columbus, would double the runs made
by the Browns. The score of the game
stood: Star, 1; Browns. o.. The question
is, does / double OF The discussion of
this puzzle" may afford a temporary
relief from the wrangle OF politics.-Au-
gusta (Ga.) News.
Let our school youngsters in the primary
department tell us if there is any double
OF nothing but naught.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
FIFTEEN MORE mULLIGAN LET
EERA

Our dispatches say that Mulligsn.
deeming it his "duty to his fello~w-country-
men," has surrendered Is more letters
written to him by Mr.. Blaine while
Speaker of the House Of Representatives.
The text OF the letters is not given nc by
the Associated Press, but, instead. We
have the comments OF two Of the principal
papers Of the United States on their con-
tents. The a%rraignment Of the Republi-
can candidate for President by the New
York Times is simply frightful. 1t liz
better for us. SO long as there remains a
possibility Of Mr.. Blsine's election which
possibility grows thinner and wagner every
day-to think that such damaging charges
against him can have no foundation what
ever. The New York Sun, which has recently
been saying kindly things of Mr.. Blaine,
and has been endesvoring ingeniously and
skillfully, too, to parry the blows leveled
at the head OF the doomed Republican
nominee, comes out, now, and says, In
view Of this last development OF alleged
corruption, that Mr.. Blaine is an unfit
man to be President Of the United States.
Perhaps our Republicans will say: This
Is another forgery-another Morey letter.
II SO, there is abundant time to prove the
fraud. Let it be done, if possible. We
want no man for our Chief Magistrate
who cannot disprove such damaging
charpea-
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18

Virginia Chronicle: Last January suit
was begun in the Esmeralds District Court
by james Carrigan and Morris Corners to
recover possession of the Columbus mine
at Csndelaria, together with $50, 200 dam.
ages and 5000 rents and profits that
have come into the hands of the defendant
during its possession of the property. Last
Thursday, upon petition of defendant and
the filing of the necessary bonds, the suit
WAS transferred to the District Court at
Carson. Hon. Pat. Reddy is attorney for
plaintiffs, and Messrs. Estee and Wilson
and John H. Boalt represent the defendant.
The Carson landlord already rubs his
hands in a~nticipatory glee, and the man
behind the bar whistles merrily as he mixes
the morning cocktail for himself.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
THE NEW WEARING OF THE
GREEN.

Arrah, Paddy dear, and did you hear,
The news that's going round?
The shamrock has been planted East
On ould Know Nothing ground;
81. Patri ks Day Jim Blaine will keep
With glory and potheen,
And blow the bloody English out
For treading on the green.
Dye moind
l met with Star Route Elkins,
And he tone m by the hand,
And said, "God bless our candidate.
How do the Irish stand
He's the foinest candidate" says he,
THAT ever yet was seen;
He bates the very b'yes themselves
At shouting for the green"
Dye moind?
Then l whispered, "Mr. Elkins,
We hsve heard your tale before;
It's soft and sweet, but will not meet
Your needs in '84;
Though you wear our colors In your hat,
AS we in the caubeen,
Within your heart tie Irish know
How light you hold the green"
Dye noind
So. Paddy. let them play their game;
It's neither good nor lew;
When roses turn to ehamroc g, then
We'll count their fiattery true.
st. Patrick's Day, indeed, we'll keep
In ways they little mean;
Our votes shall show how much we love
Sham weafers of the green.
Dye moind
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
FLUE DUST.
scraps from the Notebook Of the
SanlineBs Ranorta,

Scraps from the Notebook Of the
Sentinel Reporter.
j. L. Wines returned last night from
Carson.
1t is about time for Mr.. Blaine to
withdraw"
William Mathews came up on last
nights train from California.
George W. Baker and wife returned
from California last night.
Mrs. William Joannes and son returned
last night from a visit to California.
Messrs. Fitzgerald and Beatty returned
last night from a professional visit to
Elko.
The Richmond Company shipped six
bars of bullion valued at $14, 593 "a, yes
terday.
st. John was brought up on the bottle
and got tired of it very early in life.
Wherefore,--.
Lycurgus Jackson, recently murdered
in Sonora, Mexico, was some years ago
Deputy Sheriff at Mountain City, Elko
county.
Applications for the positions of Colo
mel and Mrs. Mills, at the State Orphans
iAOAuCg 4 b1Ad W DC COmLuR III ny tu6
basketful.
The party who picked up a blacksnake
whip on Main street on Tuesday afternoon
will confer a favor by leaving it at Jerry
Ahern's corral, or at this Office.
The San Francisco Post says there is
likely to be a tussle for the control at the
Eureka Con. election which will be held
on the third Monday in October.
County Commissioner Baily is still very
sick, and his physician, DR.. Thoma, re-
quests that his friends will discontinue
calling on him until he gets a little better.
The Silver Conner mine sent to the Eu-
reka Con. furnaces 119 tons OF ore during
one month, ending on the 18th inst,
which was all mined and broken down by
one man.
1.-THE woods are full OF them" Demo
crats). The Democrats have held out no
bait for O'Donovan Rosa. but since he
comes out lin the Irish World, at that
''iat-footed for Cleveland" he will be
allowed in the ranks Of reform. You
can't say no to men who insist OIL doing
right.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
CIRCUS COMING.
A Chance for the Eureka Boys of
Whatever Age.

A chance for the urek Boys of
Whatever Age.
Phoebe is to be visited by q circus, and
when the agent was having the big colored
bills posted up on the side of the houses on
Wednesday there was a crowd of old boys
watching them, the little dodgers all being
at school. How those old boys did lust
turn themselves loose and their minds
wandered back to their childhood days,
and all had some tale to tell about the first
circus they ever saw. Politics were COM
pletely forgotten. and no person thought
of them for the day. Circus talk and old
Dan Rice was all the go. At noon, when
school was out, then came the great con-
sternation. As the youngsters all gazedin
amazement on the show bills, the wonder
full things being done by the acrobats, con-
tortionists and riders, was beyond their
comprehension. None of them ever saw
circus bills before, let alone having heard
tell of a circus. They wanted to know
what a circus was, would they do this and
would they do that, and plying all the
questions to one that lone but a child
would think of. The egregious ideas that
the children have of the circus actors can
only be comprehended by those who enter
tain recollections of early childhood and
the first circus they ever saw or heard tell
Of. The show will exhibit here to-day, in
the afternoon and evening both, and then
go to Bristol, where it will also exhibit,
and then proceed to Ward and Eureka
Saturdays Phoebe Record.
Mr.. T~ownshend tells US that the advance
agent for the circus was at Hamilton
Tuesday en- route to this place. We have
no idea OF the size or merits of the show,
but a circus is a circus.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
Something Bully.

When Hon. G. @. Stevenson went East
to the Chicago Convention, he made a call
on Richardson Bros. at Davenport, Ia,
and inspected their fine Jersey cattle. One
of the firm bantered Mr.. Stevenson on the
prospects of Blaine, and said he would bet
q Jersey calf that Tilden would be the
next President. Mr.. S. said be had no
Jersey calves, but he would put up a sill
yer brick on it. Wednesday night a hand
some Jersey bull calf arrived ON the ex-
press, and it will be turned into Mr..
~Stevenson's band. 1t is a fine specimen
of the thoroughbred, and its sire weighs
1740 pounds.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18

|. ]. Wilson, Master Frank, and, in
short, the whole Wilson family, went out
hunting for q few days in Ruby Valley and
they returned Tuesday afternoon bringing
home with them over 100 ducks and a
nice lot of young prairie chickens. Mr..
Wilson and Frank say they did the most
Of the shooting, which we do not Doubt
for they make no mention OF Indians
hunting in the neighborhood OF Hankins''
where they captured their game. II was
a fine trip and the family had a huge lime.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-09-18
The Assessors Tenure Of Office Law.

Tomorrow Mr.. J. L. Wines will argue
before the Supreme Court, in behalf of the
Commissioners of Eureka county, as a test
for the whole State, the n of Office OF
all Assessors in all counties of Nevada.
The last Legislature increased the tenure
Of office of the various Assessors then
elected for a term of two years more; and
as the Legislature are virtually the creator
Of hat Office they have the power to in
crease or diminish it's tenure or abolish it
altogether. So the Supreme Court will
not be called upon to decide that question
upon q point of constitutionality, but
upon a legal basis. In order not to retsrd
the machinery of onr State Government il
is expected that a decision will be arrived
at in a week or so.-Carson Tribune.
This argument was had Thursday, and as
everybody is interested in the result, it is
hoped that the Supreme Court will render
its decision as early as convenient.