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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
Taken Up.

On my ranch, on Littl Belt, one buckskin horse,
weight about 700, dim brand on left shoulder and
hip, shod all around. The owner can have the same
by paying for advertising. III. DOCKERY,
42-4t Fort Benton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
Sheep for Sale.

1900 head of first class stock sheep for
sale. For particulars inquire of Hirsh-
berg & Nathan, Fort Benton, Mont.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
Sheep for Sale.

Ewes, wethers or rams. Address
Henry Macdonald, Box 81, Fort Ben
ton, M. It.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
The Montana Wool Grower.

A quarterly journal devoted to the in
terests of wool growers-$2 per annum.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03
Fort Benton Montana. Wednesday, September g. 1884

preparing to go, to the mountains. Four
or five Geographic orders were received
yesterday by our merchants for complete
miners outhts-gold pans. picks, shov-
els, etc.-and the Assinapoine coach
Monday morning will have full load
OF these articles.
ON THE RESERVATION.
The new diggings, being in the Little
ROCKY mountains, are OF course in the
big Indian reservation. But that will
not matter If there is gold, and plenty
OF it, in paying quantities there. In
the latter event, there are not troops
enough in Montana to check the stam-
pede or keep the restless fortune hunters
out OF the mountains. The military, ii
they conclude to attempt to drive the
miners Oft OF the reservation may give
the first corners some annoyance, but
this will be about the extent of it. They
might as well undertake to dam up the
waters Of the Missouri as to try to check
placer mining stampede when there is
actually gold IN the ground to be dug
out. An Indian reservation is not sacred
soil under such circumstances, as Uncle
Sam is we'll aware.
WHAT WILL THE ISSUE BE
Lit is difficult to say as yet. We only
know that the indications are it will he
good camp; that every report is favor
able; that confidence in the find is gen
eral here; that it has been anticipated,
as the existence of gold in that region
has long been known. No certain and
definite information is at hand, how
ever, and it might be we'll for those who
contemplate going to the mines to wait
for Developments A few days more
will tell the tale with tolerable certainty.
While our confidence in the new Ell Do
rado is very great, we would not advise
anybody to go until they feel we'll salts
fled there is something there. The
RIVER PRESS will from day to day give
all reliable information from the front"
that is to be had
The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-12-18
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The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-12-18
MILLSAPS q BROTHER,

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
Commodore Dccat,,,.s Wife.
Washington Letter to Cincinnati Enquirer.


She was an Legitimate child, though he
her father legitimatized her afterwards. Her
mother was an Irishwoman at place called
Elk Ridge, near Baltimore, where her father
had established iron works. The girl was re-
markedly beautiful, and her father sent her
to school with the daughters of Charles Car
roll, of Carrollton, and with Betty Patterson,
who afterwards married Jerome BOnaparte
When young Bonaparte come to this country
from the West Indies, with an unprinciped
nature he designed to select some elegant
Baltimore girl for a mistress, and to go
through the forms of matrimony to that end.
He selected the future Mrs. Decatur, who
was, however, warned by a friend and
Frenchman of the danger she would incur
He then paid his addresses to Betty Patter-
son, whose father received an anonymous
letter, stating in plain, coarse terms the
young Bonaparte's intentions.
The father endeavored to prevent the
match, and never fully forgave his daughter
for her waywardness; but she insisted on the
marriage and was deserted as every one
knows. Her grandson is now resident of
cial instincts of a Baltimore merchants
daughter, Betty Patterson paid court to
Bonaparte and secured from him money
reparation, and she husbanded her means
and died wealthy woman.
Commodore Decatur was not aware of his
wife's illegitimacy till after he was married
He then refused to accept any money from
his father-in-law. These particulars will all
be found related in very scarce book, of
which only seventy copies were printed
called the "Reminiscences of Benjamin
Ogle Taloe." After Decaturs death his
widow, at first inconsolable, designed to
marry again, and set her cap for Charles
Carroll, of Carrollton, who was a great land
holder and fine gentleman. He was, how
ever too old to marry. She gave some ele-
CANT dinners, but finally became religious,
and she made contract with the George
town College to transfer to it her property
on condition that she should be taken care of
for the rest of her life. 1t was hardly good
job for the college, because she lived till
1862. Her tomb in the college grounds,
when last saw it, was a mere cross or board
bearing the name of Susan Decatur. Her
husband lies under granite monument sur
mounted by a broad eagle in st. PETERS
Churchyard, Philadelphia.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
a Missing Georgia Husband.
Athens, Ca, Telegram.

Several years ago there appeared in Sewell's
settlement in Franklin county young man,
G.. w. Stafford, who represented himself to
be from Knoxville. He was well educated
and plausible in address. 1t was not long
before he was installed as the beau of the set
Element. Rumors began to circulate that he
was passing under an assumed name. One
morning people were startled by the an
nouncement that he had eloped with Miss
Mary F. Stephenson, daughter of George
Stephenson, the wealthiest planter in the
county. Mr.. Stephenson, who is man of
fine business judgment, met the case as he
found it, and concluded that as his daughter
was married beyond his power of undoing it,
he would still be her protector, and would
promote her happiness best by accepting the
new son-in-law into his own house and aid
ing him in business. For while this worked
well, until the young man saw that while Mr.
Stephenson was willing to aid him in bust
ness way, he was not willing to contribute to
his dissipation. Last November he shoulder
ed his gun for the purpose of hunting and
has notsince been seen. Several days ago
his gun was found by the river and a little
further on his clothes were discovered, This
led to thorough search of the stream with
out finding any trace of the body. The gen
eral impression is that he left this evidence
only to create the idea that he had resorted to
suicide, while he really left for new fields of
love and adventure.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
NEW SPRING BoNNETs.
Flotcers Giring Way to Vegetables and the
Poke to a Pdgoda.

F1otUers Giring Way to Vegetables and the
Poke to a Pagoda.
The new spring hats look as queer and
unshapely now as they always do when they
appear at the beginning of each season. All
sorts of dreadful rumors are rife, too, about
the trimming of these summer hats, and
some fashionable milliners declare that veg
etables are to take the place of the fruits
which were so popular last season, and that
instead of seeing an appetizing bunch of
grapes, currants or plums on the ladies'
headgear, will be clustered turnips, carrots
and even onions most ariistically made and
with the green heads left on. 1t is thought,
however, that very few women of taste will
be found willing to appear on the streets
looking ike foreign market women, carrying
on their heads the products of their gardens
To be sure the hats will be somewhat smaller
than the enormous basket so skillfully bal
anced by the French narchar,de de legumes,
but they are not so very small either.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the
summer hats is that they all have high
crowns. The high, square-crowned walking
hat of this winter is being reproduced in
straw with very slight differences. There
are those with the rolling brim, those with
the fiat and those with but little brim of any
kind. Some have the straw edge so arranged
as to form a kind of second story at the back
to be covered, of course, by the trimming.
Another noticeable fact is that all the straw
goods displayed as yet are very fine, much
more so than has been the case for several
years past. Some of them, too are shaded,
showing the light and dark tints. Gray is to
be fashionable and much-used color.
A hat that is entirely new is the helmet
the high crown of which is exactly the shape
of the head-covering of ancient warriors. 1t
has brim, but not very wide one, and it
is said to be particularly becoming. The
bonnets show some slight changes in the lit
tie capote shape so long popular. The crown
is slightly higher and many of them have
f1attened sides. Some of them are orna-
mented by row of sized straws which
makes an edging. Others have scalloped
pieces going around the crown and forming
neat and pretty finish. The long-popular
poke-bOnnet is no longer seen.
Feathers will be very little used this year
One of the only children's hats shown yet
is truly extraordinary, being more like the
roof of Chinese pagoda than anything else.
However, they will probably look very differ
emily when trimmed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23

looked long and earnestly in the little face,
and then kissed the frail finger tips he held
so gently in his hand. ''That baby's dead,
said the conductor. 'eIt died this morning
at the bay. He couldn't bear to put it in
coffin, because then it would have to 60
without him in the baggage-car, and SO he is
just carrying it home to New Orleans IN his
arms" Stricken to the hearts core he sat
there quiet and unheeding, watching over
his dead child, kissing the fingers that would
never again softly clasp his, looking down
upon the white lids that had closed over the
bright eyes as the petals of sensitive Hover
close at night time overi its delicate heart, and
the world was nothing to him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
A PAINFUL STORY.
From Good Cheer.

From Good Cheer.
Twas in ye pleasant olden time,
Oh, many years ago,
When husking bees and singing SCHOOL,
Were all the fun, you know.
The singing school in Tarrytown-
quaint old town in Maine
Was wisely taught and grandly led
By young man named Paine
A gallant gentleman was Paine,
Who liked the lasses well;
But best he liked Miss Patience White,
AS all his school could tell.
One night the singing school had met;
Young Paine, all carelessly,
Had turned the leaves and said, 'sWe'n sing
On page one-seventy,"
'See gentle patience smile on pain,''
On Paine they all then smiled,
But not so gently as they might;
And he, confused and wild,
Searched quickly for another place,
AS quickly gave it out;
The merriment, suppressed before,
Rose now into shout.
These were the words that met his eyes
Gle sank down with a groan):
30 give me grief for others woes.
And patience for my own!"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
SONG AND GUITAR.

He sang of the wild winds and the tree,
The sky and flying cloud;
He touched the guitar and flung a strain
From its vitals sweet and loud.
He glanced from his dark eyes blue and
deep,
And turned him half away,
And sang of the woods and echoing wolf,
And dash of cataract's spray.
He swept the strings and turned and went,
And stopped and looked aside,
And sang of the soft night and the moon,
And eagles hurting ride.
The maiden listened and paled and looked,
And listened, looked and loved;
He sang of his fair love like the spring
And won her, as beloved
Oh, the wild woodsman has won his bride,
He strums the sweet guitar
While meteors fall across the night
They're roaming on the scarf
Rose HAWTHORNE LATHRoP, in the Man
haitian for April.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
THE BABY's PRAYER.

She knelt with her sweet hands folded;
Her fair little head bowed low;
While dead vines tapped at the window
And the air was thick with snow.
Without, earth dumb with winter;
Within, hearts dumb with care;
And up through the leaden silence
Rose softly the baby prayer.
oBless all whom love, dear father,
And'help me be good" she said.
Then, stirred by a sudden fancy,
She lifted the shining bead.
Did she catch on the frozen maple
Some hint Of the April green,
Or the breath of the woodland blossoms,
The drifts of the snow between?
"The beautiful trees" she whispered,
''Where the orioles used to sing;
They are tired of the cold, white winter,
Oh, help them to grow in spring;
And the flowers that loved to gather,
Lord, bring them again in May,
The dear little violets, sleeping
Down deep in the ground to-day"
All. earth may be chill with snowfakes,
And hearts may be cold with care,
But wastes of frozen silence
Are crossed by the baby's prayer;
And lips that were dumb with sorrow
In jubilant hope may sing;
For when earth is wrapped in winter,
In the heart of the Lord it's spring.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
Dress and Undress in Jepan.
Correspondence Pail Mall Gazette I

correspondence Bdll Mail GaZetLe.
Every one, rich and poor in Japan takes
dip at least once day in a caldron Of hot
water. The rich battle before dinner and at
bedtime. Their whole household dip in the
same hot water bath, unless at a thermal
spring, is only an immersion. Precedence
is given to the elders when there are no visi-
tors, then to the young people according to
their age, next to the maid servants, and
lastly to the women. PREDATORY additions of
feet and hands are performed in basins, and
on getting outsof the caldron each bather
garges mouth and throat with cold aroma
tiZed water. In very hot weather they all
fan each others bodies to dry them. Nodes
ty does not begin in Japan, where beauty
ends. Human beings who are as fat and
shapeless as too prosperous quails do not
mind being famed. The nobility never
went naked in the streets. But in their
castles or shiros and their parks they did and
do-formerly to be cool in hot weather and
now to economic their European and other
garments. Hunchbacks and deformed per-
sons are almost unknown. In a japanese
Eden the law Of natural selection prevails
We came up country whenever there was
road in jinrinkchas, and when the ground
was too rough for wheels we were carried in
norimous, Il sort of Chinese chair borne by
two, three or four men, who are strong as
horses. When the ground is flat or down
hill there are two, or one before and two be-
hind. These bearers are mostly disbanded
feudal retainers, or soldiers of the Daimios;
but they are not allowed to wear their old
military costumes or swords, and the au-
thorities are almost glad when they see them
viii hi
loins and nothing else. 1t was to prevent
sword-wearing andits probable consequences
that the Mikado ordered civil servants to don
the ridiculous European costume which is
imported here by Jew agents of the Paris and
London hand-me-doMn stores.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23

Cremation it seems is lawful in Great Brit
tain, Notwithstanding the popular opinion to
the contrary. Justice Stephen, in ruling
in the case of ''The Welsh Druid" concludes
"Upon the fullest examination of the au-
thorities, that to burn dead body is not a
misdemeanor, unless done in such clumsy
and offensive way as to amount to public
nuisance at common law. Whether decay
or fire destroy corpses said Lucan, matters
not; the difference between the two process
es is only that one is quick, the other SLOW"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
His Dead Child.
New Orleans Times-Democrat.l

The other day New Orleans man had oc-
casion to go over the lake. On his way back
andwhen the train stopped at the bay, he no
ticed a man getting into the car in front of
him with little baby in his arms. After the
train had got under way the conductor came
and said: ''Come with me, want to show
you the saddest, strangest sight you ever
saw" and he led the way into the next car.
There sat the man whom he had noticed with
the babe; his precious little bundle lay quiet
on the seat in front of him, and as these
other two men watched he leaned over and
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23

an aid to self-purifcation and ennoblement.
Having made his way through sheer force of
merit and progressive power, his trials
served but to increase his manliness, and
have been largely instrumental in producing
in him that dreamy. meditative turn which
gives to his acting its poetic charm.-Henry
c. PedQer az the lNahltattan for ApaiL.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
afraid of 'em.

Marathon independent.
''No," said Eskins, II don't think 1
shall ever try TO join the Masons. It's too
dangerous"
Dangerous! How!'
ooh, you see we hear about so many
murders in the first second and third de
grees that don't dare to try it,"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
DON'T liant the Offices.

If the Democratic partyldodges the tariff
question, Democrats might as well lay down
their bundles. There will be nothing left for
the rank and file of the party to struggle for.
They have no interest in the spoils OF office.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
Dtelis,g Decade,at

Dueling in France is going to the yellow
dogs. A distinguished journalist has just
been ''outn with fiddler.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23
WOneIL are Honest.

Although hundreds of women hold posi-
tons of financial trust in the country, we
have yet to hear of them being guilty of
embezzlement or defalcation. The evidence
clearly sustains the positions of those who
believe that women are qualitied-morally,
physically and Intellectually for the hand
ling of money in stores or in banks. Gen.
Spinner, who first introduced women into
the United States treasury, left ON record
striking testimonial to the efficiency and
integrity, of the sex, and no one ever had
a better opportunity to study the question
than he, who at one time had 1000 wom-
en- under his direction, engaged chiefly in
handling money. He testifes that they
count more accurately and rapidly than
men, that their ability to detect coun-
terfeits proved to be superior in almost every
test, that they were without an exception,
honest and were invariably more careful
and painstaking in their work. Complaints
of inaccuracy and carelcssness on the part
of men were made frequently during Gen.
Spinner's administration of the United
States treasury, but such complaints against
lady clerks were few. The shrewdest and
quickest detectors of counterfeit currency
were women, ana In case OF dispute as TO
the genuineness of money Gen. Spinner
invariably took the judgment of Miss
Grandin, who was for a long time en-
ployed in his bureau. In speaking Of her
ability in this particular one day, Gen.
Spinner said: ''If L were a believer in
clairvoyance L should say that she possessed
that power; but 1 am not, so L call it in
stinct." Although there are several thou
sand women employed by the government
as clerks, accountants, postmistresses and
in other capacities, not one has ever proved
unfaithful to her trust. Many have been
discharged for incapacity and for other rea-
sons, but never one for dishonesty. These
points are worth the consideration of mer-
chants and bankers, particularly now when
there seems to be an epidemic of embez-
Elements.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23

Miss Booth of the Salvation Army is now
in the south of France, Mines being her
head quarters, whence she visits the districts
around. On Sunday evening great meet
ing was held at Mines by Miss Booth in hall
hired by the Salvation Army for nine years.
The crowd outside made great disturbance,
and tried to break open the doors and win
dow shutters, but the police dispersed them,
and the proceedings passed off in a tolerably
quiet manner
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-23

It is related Of DR.. Chalmers, 1.-THE SIM
plicity of whose character was out of accord
with the rush and torrent of his magnificent
verbiage," that he was once, in addressing
primitive prayer netting, asked to keep
his remarks within the intelligence of his
hearers, and that, having good-naturediy
assented, he began with this easy and I'M
studied sentence; "My friends, have been
specially asked in addressing you tonight
to avoid technical nomenclature of scholas-
tic theologY :,
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-15
Belva's Novel Campaign.

WASHINGTON, October 4.-The last
week Of the campaign in Ohio on the
state ticket will be the inaugural week
in the campaign of the National Equal
Rights party" and Belva Lockwood
will take the field in person. Mrs.
Lockwood is just now very busy at her
headquarters here in answering letters
and sending out campaign literature,
but in a few days she will turn oyer
this part of the work to Mrs. Stowe, her
associate on the ticket, and take to the
road. In arranging this campaign tour
Mrs. Lockwood shows considerable busl-
ness shreWdness, and while it may not
result in bringing votes tor equal rights,
it is calculated to bring dollars, TOR the
candidate is to charge All admission Tor
the privilege Of seeing and hearing the
female aspirant. Mrs. Lockwood is
really in earnest in this campaign forthe
presidency, and there are many earnest
people behind her. This is attested by
the fact that she is daily III receipt OF
from thirty to fifty letters, some or them
with financial contributions. As to
the number Of votes that the equal rlgn.s
party will poll, Mrs. LockWo said
We have not got AS far as figures, yet.
We Shall have u good many votes,
YOU may be sure we are golngto get all
we can. But our campaign, at least,
will be pure and clear A newspaper
paragraph was sent to me the other Gay.
It stated that [ was u divorced woman,
and that / would have to rise up ana
explain, along with the rest OF the can
didates. The fact is, | am Il widow, and
have been for seven years. My domestic
relations were always happy. | 10 not
care for ridicule because [ ain a oma
candidate. I expected that: and thus
far I have not been disappointed; but
they must not assaii ne as they nave
assaulted the other leading candidates.