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sg- SEPARATE DEPARTMENTS.
Organized under the auspices of the Methodist
Protestant Church, 1867.
ba- Incorporated By Act Of assembly, 1868.


Occupies one of the most beautiful and
healthful sites in the State. Receives annual
appropriation from the Legislature for the
Free Board of one student from each Sena-
torial District. Provides comfortable room
for each two students. Has full corps of
competent instructors Course of study ample
and thorough both in the Preparatory and
Collegiate Departments. Discipline strict,
but kind. Terms very moderate. A Schol-
arship for Three Years Tuition for 500, and
Ito students having such Scholarship Board,
Room, Washing, Fuel and Light at the rate
of $166.67 per year. Has been in successful
operation for Is years.
The Thirty Fifth Annual Session begins
September I'd, 1884, and ends January Both,
1885, For Catalogue, and further informa-
ton, address
J. T. WARD, D. D., President,
july Westminster, Md.
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CIGARS, TOBACCO,
SMOKERS SUPPLIES.
CHANGE OF PRoPRIET0RsHIP.

Having bought out the stock of L. c. Trum-
no. on Main street, near Court, | have re-
arranged the store and increased the stock.
Patrons will find at all times Cigars of all
kinds, the various brands of Tobacco, Snuff,
Pipes. &c, &C. Persons in need of anything
in INV line will find fine stock.
JOS. p. ALLGIRE.
nov l-1y Westminster, Md.
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CHOICE GROCERIES
as can be found in our city.

as can be found in our city.
NEW RAISINS, CITRON, CURRANTS,
PRUNES, DRIED AND EVAPORATED
FRUITS, MINCE MEAT, PRESERVES,
CANNED GOODS, &C., for the Holidays, or
the best quality.
Choice Teas, Coffees, Syrups, New Orleans
Molasses, and the best grade of Flour con-
stantly on hand, at bottom figures.
We pay the highest prices for Wheat, Corn
Rye, Oats, and all kinds of Country Produce,
Agent for Latin & Rand's Blasting Pow
der.
FAR M E RS
Can be supplied with the best quality of Cot
ton and Flaxseed Meal, Heavy Middlings,
Bran, &C., at lowest prices. Call and see
us.
dec8 E. o. GRIMES Il co.
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CHANGE OF TIME.
Western Maryland Railroad.
IA

an and after Sunday, November %, 1884,
. Trains will run over this road as follows:
PAssENGER TRAINS RUNNING WEST.
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FINE FAMILY GROCERIES
Coffees, Teas, Syrups, Sugar,
Spices Canned and Dried Fruits,
Extracts, &C., Best Brands of Flour, Corn
and Buckwheat Meal, Bacon, Lard, Salt
Fish, Potatoes.
We have on hand large stock of all the
latest designs of
Glassware, Queensware,
English, French and China
Ware, Tea Sets, Toilet Sets
Majolica Ware, Vases, Lamps
of all Kinds and Sizes,
Library and German Student Lamps,
Hall and Parlor Chandeliers,
Bracket and Hand Lamps,
JAPANNED and TINWARE,
Wooden and WilloWWare,
A Full Line of Table Cutlery,
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FOR SALE
BY A. N. STEPHAN.

The finest stock of Spring Goods ever Of
fered in this market, such as Hames,
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PEMovAL.

feb 29-tf
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17
INDIAN HORSE THIEVES,
The Piegans at their Old Tricks, but arc
Likely to Get the Worst of it if
They Stir Up the Assinapolnes
and Gros Ventres.

The Piegans are up to their old tricks
of stealing horses from their hereditary
enemies, the Assinaboines. Mr.. Z. u.
Fish informed our reporter yesterday
that nearly one hundred animals had
been stolen within the past few weeks.
Twelve horses were stolen within
short distance of the agency few nights
ago. In the morning the Assinaboines
went in pursuit and overlook the thieves
in Black coulee, about four miles south
of the agency. A fight ensued and one
Assinaboine was killed.
These Piegan thieves are not at all par
ticular whose horses they take. A white
mans horse is not exempt. A man
named Griffin had ten head stolen. He
was in town yesterday and left for the
Rlackfoot agency. Charlie Walker is
out three head of work horses and Olot
King, an employe at the agency, one
head. Mr. Fish says it will be impossi-
BILE to keep the Belknap Indians from
retaliating. They say openly that they
will not stand it much longer. They
have not yet forgotten their cunning.
Major Lincoln has written letter to
Major Allen, setting forth the facts, and
has forwarded copy of the same to
washington. He does not believe that
the agent of the Blackfeet can keep his
Indians at home. but he can invoke the
aid Of the troops and compel them to
stay at the agency. 1.-THE Assinaboines
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smelter for Carpenter Creek.

We have learned on the best Of au-
thority that the project of putting
smelter on Carpenter creek, near Nei-
hart, will be carried out at once, and the
machinery for the same is probably now
on the way. It will be shipped by river
and as a consequence there will be no
trouble to get it into camp without the
tedious delay the Hudson company has
had. There is abundant capital behind
the enterprise to make it success. The
smelter will be a small one, but 1t VIII,
nevertheless, play an important part IN
the development of the mines in that
vicinity.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17
More Indian Dev1ltry,

A private letter from Jack Harris,
who is now at Grass Lake, states that q
report reached him few days ago that
the Indians had made raid OH the
ranch of the Benton & st. Louis Cattle
Company and stolen all of the stock left
for the use of the men in charge of the
ranch. He sent one of his men to see
about it, who returned on the 18th, and
reported that the Indians had only sto-
len three head, two of them belonging
to the company, the other to Fren-
chy. Mr. Harris is camped at Grass
Lake unable to move on account of rain.
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Sheep Ranches for Sale.

The undersigned offer for sale their
sheep ranch, so miles above Fort Benton,
on the Teton, comprising 480 acres OF
land, to which government title can be
given, and controlling one of the best
sheep ranges in Montana-a most desir-
able location for o party or company
desiring to run a large number of sheep.
There are about 800 acres inclosed, from
which $50 tons of hay can be cut without
irrigation we have also extensive sheds
and all other Improvement desired.
We have also material for a bridge
across the Teton, which can be put in at
comparatively small cost.
The ranches will be sold at a bargain.
For particulars apply to this Office, or
address RICHTER & HUNT,
Perrysville, Choteau Co., NJ. 7.
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THIS rs TOO BAD!
nos Miners and Prospectors of the Sweet
Grass and little Rockies Will Prob
ably Have to Go.

rhe following letter from the commits
;onpr of Indian affairs to Maj. Allen,
,ha Piegan agent, fully explains itself:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, D
OFFICE OF INDIAN AFFAIRS,
WASHINGTON, DC, June 1, 1885. J
Pep5en Il. Allen, Esq, q. S. Indian
4ge,at, Blackfeet A9e,ecy, Montana:
sTR:-This office is in receipt, by de-
,srtment reference, Of letter from the
.torney general, dated May 4, 1885, en-
Using a copy of a letter of April %,
,s85, from United States Marshal Botkin
# Montana, forwarding copies of recent
oorrespondence with you (your letter Of
,nril % to HIM and his reply, dated
Anril %, J relative to mining operations
,onorted to be going on in the Sweet
Grass hills, within and near the north
orn boundary Of the Blackfeet re3erva-
ton.
II appears from said correspondence
that YOU considered it your duty to noti-
fv Marshal Botkin Of the fact of your
having received reliable Information to
the effect that mining operations were
being carried on to a considerable ex-
tent within the limits of the Blackfeet
reservation, in the region above indica-
red and that the marshal replied that
he understood it to be the policy of the
covernment not to modest miners who
are prospecting on Indian reservations,
Of the same time offering to prosecute
apv one who might be found introduc-
inc LIQUOR into the reservation.
The law provides how trespassers shall
he removed from Indian reservations
sections 2147, 2148 and 2l49 United
States revised statutes); and while II
NAV not be the duty of United States
parshal to perform such service, Mar
shall Botkin is greatly in error ia sup
posing it to be the policy Of the govern
ment not to molest miners who are pros
pecting on Indian reservations. Ihe
law is mandatory upon that point Sec
commissioner of Indian affairs, with tnf
approval of the secretary of the interior
to remove from any tribal reservation
any person being therein without au
thority of law, and authorizes the EN-
ployment of such force as may be neces
sary to enable the agent to effect th'
movaI of such person (see laws relating
to Indian affairs compiled by this office
pp. 55 and 56).
As preliminary step you are hereb'
directed TO notify the miners and pros
pectors in the Sweet Grass hills, within
the reservation limits, that they ar
there in violation of the law, and war;
them to remove from the reservation
If they refuse to comply with sucl
warning you will at once report the fac
to this office. Very respectfully,
JNo. d. G. ATKINS, Commissioner
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Accident to D. G. Brownies Mule Outfit.

We are permitted to make the follow
ing extracts from private letter from
Will Kelly, who is with one Of the out
fits that left here few weeks ago 70
work on the Dave Browne contracts 70
Fort Mckinney. The letter bears date
of June Sth, when the party were en-
camped on the Big Horn opposite : or
Custer, where they had been 1or loui
days waiting for the ferry boat belonging
to the government to be raised. Inc
boat had been sunk few days before
the arrival of Mr.. Kelly. One OF Lave
Brownies teams was crossing at the Tune
of the accident, and the lead wagon ana
four mules were lost. Nothing was ever
seen of wagons or mules after they lei'
the boat. The driver and wagon poss
both managed to get ashore. Inc Wag'
on was loaded with sugar and salt. =
is thought that Mr.. Browne will get pay
for his mules and wagon, the post adJu'
tant being of this opinion, as the poa'
belonged to the government. On the
third day from Benton Mcleod was IN
fortunate enough to run his LEAD anu
swing wagons over bridge twenty fee'
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"Take Them In.''

We see by the following, from the Ar
gus, that our friends Herzog d Kaiser,
managers of the Star Sheep Company,
have had visit from the Indians, with
no agreeable results:
EAGLE CREEK, June Sd, 1885.
Mr.. R, F. Crdddock, Najdea::
Indians stole old mule, 'Nigger" and
the gray pony, besides all our provisions,
etc. Should they come your way please
take them in.
Yours, etc.
HERzOG & KAISER.
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COME TO GRIEF.
A Trio of Swindlers Obtain $500 by For
gerry, and After Painting the Town
Red are Arrested and Lodged
IN the Calaboose.

Three young men who have been in
town for several days attracted consider
able attention by their lavish expendl-
ture Of money at the saloons and else
where. Nothing was too good for them
and if they had been ''sons OF lords
they could not have been more reckless
in conduct. Two of the party sailed
under the names of J. w. Gahan and
J. T. Hogg; the name Of the other we
withhold for family considerations and
at the earnest request Of friends OF his
father, who is q prominent officer III
the US. army. The trio engaged IN
friendly fight few days ago and the
young man whose name is not given
received bad cut in the wrist. He left
town yesterday by the Billings coach.
Wednesday evening the source OF their
income was made known when the
sheriff arrested Gahan and Hogg on the
charge of forgery, and the under sheriff
started this morning on the trail OF the
third party, who will doubtless be
brought back in a day or two.
1T seems that the party at some post
office on the Musselshell or JudIth got
possession of letter containing check
for $500; payable to J w. Gahan. The
check was on the First National bank OF
this city The young men came Ito the
city and by Misrepresentation Gahan
succeeded in haying the paper cashed.
The others, it is presumed, aided and
abetted in the act.
| Instead of leaving with their ill-gotten
gains they stopped to have gooc time,
and if there is any pleasure in drunken
ness and debauchery they succeeded.
The money was spent lavishly, not only
the $500, but the proceeds realized from
! the sale of g four horse team and outfit.
When Gahan and Hogg We're arrested
they had but few dollars on their per-
sons; the entire amount had been
ebloYn in.
Hogg lives in New York, where his
people, Judging by his own talk and ret
/ ters he received, are eminently respecta
BILE. 1t seems he was connected with o.
interested in lamp and chandelier es
/ tablishment and came west for some
reason he only hints at. Gahan (Which
OF course is not his name,) the chlef,
and to all appearances, the rascal of tn
gang, claims to be from Cheyenne latel.
and that he has been rover in the Yves
for many years. His statements Will
not do to swear by.
The strangest part Of the business |
that they should commit felony of thi
kind and make no attempt to escape til
consequences. They must have know
that detection would inevitably folloV
in few days, but judging by their az
, tions they did not seem to care. Gaha1
) and Hogg say the young man who la
! not been arrested is entirely innocent
f intentional wrong doing, and we are il
clined to believe it, but like Old Do
Tray, he was found in devilish bad con
pany. The boys will pay dearly for th
! fun Of the past few days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17
N ew Mail Route

By notice posted at the post office we
learn that service on the mail route from
Fort Benton to Fort Conrad is to COM
mence July l, with J. W. Besserer, of
Bozeman, as contractor. The service IS
tri-weekly, the mails to leave this city
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays;
time to Fort Conrad. 48 hours. Mr..
Besserer receives $2,387 per annum for
carrying the mail. This will be ser
vice duly appreciated by the people OF
the Teton and upper Marias.
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JUDITH JOTTIN GS.
An Interesting Batch of News From Our
Philbrook Correspondent.

PHILBROOK, June 9th, 1855.
A very heavy rain has prevailed
throughout these parts for the past week.
Major Comfort and q few more were
afraid their grain was lacking water,
and commenced irrigation. But they
are now comforted. E. J. Morrison and
brother returned some 10 days since
from Belfast, Maine, bringing with them
their usual supply of blue-eyed pilgrims.
Some of them are gaining notoriety by
holding the luck ace.
Mr.. Sweet (on the sick LIST is IN from
the roundup, and reports very heavy
crop of calves on the range this season.
The river is very high now, and many
small fish are running out in the lrrlga-
ting bitches. There should be a stop
put to this wilfull waste. It could be
easily done by using food-gate and
screen. 1t is to be hoped the people OF
this community will look to these inn
portant matters.
There is very heavy growth Of grass
in the Basin this year, which IS good
for the stock kings. The sheep men are
in glowing health over the splendid
per cent. of lambs, some say 100 per
cent. During the heavy rain of the 9Th
and 7th inst, one of the Sage Creek
| Sheep Company's herders, (herding the
wethers and bucks thinking the sheep
might pile and smother if left IN the
corral. Dut them outside, and during the
night the band split up and drifted off.
They lost by it some so head OF fine
bucks, some killed by coyotes. and some
they could never find.
The school is now open and will con
tinue so long as the weather permits.
M. A. Stoutenberg is the teacher. There
is not a great number of pupils but they
seem to get along very nicely with their
studies. This is western style, sure
enough. children coming to school on
horseback. two on the one horse.
E. Morrison leaves for Helena to
day, with his brother, who returns east
having only come here on visit. MI
M. is bringing in q shoemaker and
} tailor. and we expect soon to have
J fourishing little town on the frontier
Mr.. Morrison has bought the thor
oughbred herd of cattle OF >. ). HOP
son and is becoming quite a stock king
Sheep shearing is progressing. Some
J Of the sheep men are paying 10 ant
others cents, and it is making sons
! trouble among the shearers. Ihes
: should come to an understanding aDou
this shearing business and decld
whether they will pay or 10 cents. l
, an raining here. Gus.
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Crank.

We have received a circular letter and
proclamation to the people calling
upon them to prepare themselves for
final judgment, which is sure to come
this year preceded by a great pestilence
and great war The circular concludes: ::
"By Gods command written by the
scribe of the knowledge of the Most
High JOHN BISHOP HALL, t. A.
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Flood Notes

The meagre reports from above con-
firm those previously reported as to the
condition of affairs at Sun River and
the Leavings. All Of the people in and
about the Leavings are quartered at Rel
nicke's, there being water in the lower
stories of John Spencer's and r. A.
Vaughn's houses. Mr.. Reinicke is for
tunately located above the high water.
It is said that the river rose over the
banks and over the bottoms on both
sides of Sun River, prese enting an un-
broken sheet of water over two miles in
width. Travel between the Leavings
and the Crossing is impossible.
The Missouri river is falling.
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THE STORM ON THE sHoNKIE.
Miss Howe Narrowly Escapes Drowning
Loss of Young Stock.-Other In
terest1ng Notes.

From April 22d, to June 5th, there
was not even q respectable shower IN
this usually favored locality and nearly
every one had come to the conclusion
that we were in for an old fashioned
dry season. Those who had water used
it to the best advantage possible, and
grain that was not irrigated had very
discouraged look, and some farmers
gave their crops up as complete failure
At last, a small insignificant looking
cloud came up from the southeast, rolled
slowly away toward the north until it
ran against the end of Frenchman's
Ridge, then it came at US gable END
first. Oh! how it did rain, hail, blow
and snow for SO hours without any in
terval except to gain new force. The
earth was vast lake, the Shonkin be-
came raging torrent, and the High
woods were covered with nearly foot of
snow.
Young stock suffered considerably
and we are informed by Mr.. ID. y.
Lying that he lost 27 young colts in that
| storm alone. A light frost came up as a
natural consequence of the snow which
did some damage to tender vegetables.
Since the first storm there has been two
all night rains with frequent showers
| through the day, and now it is evident
that the crops will be up to the average.
Miss May Howe is getting along nicely
with her school in District No. 6. The
attendance is large and ali of the pupils
seem to be doing we'll. This lady mar
rowly escaped drowning on last Friday
morning while attempting to cross the
Shonlzin on horseback. The bridge had
washed away during the night and the
current was so swift that her horse was
carried down stream some distance, but
finally got out, and aside from GOOD
ducking she did not experience any Sc
rious results.
Charlie Remp has sold his cosy little
ranch in the mountains to Angus
Heydt We are not informed of th'
consideration but understand that tht
price paid was good.
It seems as if there was a pest of som
kind for every growing thing. The Lit
} tie black f1eas devour the cabbage AM
turnip plants as soon as above groun'
and then go for the hoe handles an
garden rakes. The potato bugs trim tn
j, vines down to the bare stems, grow ia
on Paris green and London purple, the1
sit on the fences in readiness for tn
next crop of leaves. Onion maggots to
are on the war path and have been des
troying young onions badly but not bt
ing loyer of dampness it is though
: that their depredations have ceased sine
! the wet weather came.
Tt is estimated there will be over SO
: 600 pounds of pork produced on til
q Shonkin this year, and some prediC
S nearly double that quantity.
8 James Fergus and Elmer Parsons hav
! just returned from Neihart and expires
: themselves we'll pleased with that cam
q and its outlook for the future.
e One of our old bachelors who has bt
come a permanent fixture here wi
shortly walk the matrimonial planl
but we are not at liberty to publish tE
e bans quite yet, but look out for musi
d on Morgan's Flat when the event take
g place. ~
e Sheep Ranches for Sale.
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high, but fortunately little damage was
done. The country about Fort Custer
is magnificent, but unfortunately it be-
longs to the Crow Indians. Will has
been suffering from his first attack of
rheumatism, out at the time Of writing
was much better.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17

and Gros Ventres once get on the war
path they will make it hot for the Pie
gans, as in times past they were the
most accomplished horse thieves in the
northwest.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17
From Mondays Daily.
THE JUNE RISE.
Montana Streams on Regular Boom and
Travel Impeded IN Almost Every
Direction.

It is many years since such rain storms
have visited this section as during the
past ten days. The quantity OF water
which has fallen is enormous. The
storm seems to have been general
throughout Montana, Dakota and Min
nesota and extended to the Pacific coast.
From all sections we hear of floods,
which have washed away bridges, car
rying destruction everywhere, although
no loss of life is yet reported. The river
at Fort Benton has not been as high
since 1876. At Sun River the water has
been running through slough above
the crossing, leaving the settlement on
an island at the Leayings the flood has
been over the fences on Spencer's place,
and the lane is flooded to the crossing.
No further trouble is anticipated as the
| water lad fallen several feet at last re-
ports.
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The coach which left Helena on Fri
day morning has not arrived at Sun
River, nor has any word been heard
from above as to the cause of the delay.
1t is feared that all of the bridges are
out. On the Billings line nearly all OF
the bridges between Fort Benton and
Billings are gone. The coaches are ar
riving on good time, however. Gus
shaffer, on his last trip out, had toswim
Willow creek.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17

Rook and Job Printing q speciality at
the RIVER PRESS Office.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17

It. A. Welsh arrived from Martinsdale
yesterday and reports all of the streams
in that section unusually high. He says
a man arrived there just before he left
who reported that there was not bridge
left on the Madison, Gallatin or Jeffer-
son rivers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-06-17

Fine Job Printing a speciality at the
RIVER Press office.
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At Fort Benton the storms did no
damage except to leave an unusual
quantity of water in the city, which
was rapidly carried off by the different
drains. The river was cutting the bank
in front of the dredge boat yesterday
morning, and there was danger OF
washing the blocking out. The trouble
was averted by Mr.. Lynch, who had q
force of men at work putting bags OF
sand at the threatened point.