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The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-13
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The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-13

RoB TAYLOR the democratic candi- date for Governor of Tennessee, is the man who in 1878 ran against Major Pettibone for Congress in the First district of Tennessee and literally i'd oled his way to the front. Bob was z famous in all the country around as a fiddler and at every picnic or country !. dance was a welcome guest. The Masterly manner in which he drew . :he hair of the equine across the in testines of the feline in such inspiring airs as "Racll-Back Davy," and the "Arkansaw Traveller" endeared him to the public heart. Major Pettibone who was carpet-bagger from Michi- gan, looked upon him with lofty con tempt and alluded to him the "peard- less boy who Eddles." When it came to Bob Taylor's rejoinder'he approach ed the table with fiddle in one hand and carpet bag in another and placing them side by side on the table, asked the audience which it would have The effect Of this little piece of strategy was tre- mendous, and Bob defeated Major 1'ettibone by majority of 7z9 in district which had previously rolled uP > republican majority of 4,QQQ,
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The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-13

ADVERTISEMENT. ANTI-CHINESE CITY TICKET.
 FOR MAYOR
 CHAS. N. THOMAS.
 FOR COUNCILMEN First Ward A. ASHMAN Second Ward. ...... J.F. LIPPERT Third Ward .........A. w. SMITH Fourth Ward d.........S. c. BAGG FOR CITY RECORDER
 NJ. G. CROWLEY.
 FOR CITY ATTORNEY
 FOR CITY TREASURER THOMAS VINCENT. FOR HEALTH OFFICER AND CITY TAX
 COLLECTOR
 G. ". CHAPMAN.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-13
I.Onk Ont.

And don't you forget it, that Wolcott tS Messick have the finest toilet soars for sale tEat has ever been offered to the people of this city. 6 22f
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-13
SUMMONS

IN THE COUNTY COURT, IN AND FOR tho County Of CUehise, IerritcrY of Ari- ZGua,
The river press., 1886-12-08
Snow Creek BonaIlzas.

Mr.. j.. Ell. seifried, Of Belt, arrived in
the city Thursday evening, having recently
come from Neihart, where he was engaged
III representing his mining property on
Snow creek and also that owned BY the
Benton company. He confirms the gener-
Al reports Of activity and prosperity at
Neihart and Is Is sanguine As all others
about that camp. Mr. seifried thinks the
mines OF Snow creek (situated between
Carpenter creek and Neihart1 will prove
world Leaters one Of these lavs. The
leads are large, rich and are easy Of rednc-
ton. 50 far as developed no such prospects
have been found N the Belt mountains
irhe Benton company own five contiga-
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session yesterday and to-day, Messrs Ford
and Arroux being present They will
probably conclude their work tomorrow
when full report Of the proceedings will
be published. This will be the last meet
ing OF the old board, as on Monday, the
2Oth, Messrs Conrad and Wegner enter
upon their official duties.
Commodore r. G. Power and Capt. I.
Z. Baker, Of the Benton Transportation
company, will soon make their regular an
nual trip to Benton to figure up the profits
and losses Of steamboating on the upper
Missouri. This year, owing to the
drought and unprecedented low water, the
red lines will be on the wrong side Of the
ledger and the object will be TO keep the
losses down to as small as a margin as
possible
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A New Railroad Town.

Minot is on the Mouse river and is the
winter terminus of the western extension
Of the Manitoba. It is better town than
Glendiye was the first winter. Within
two weeks sixty-two buildings haye been
erected on the main street and others on
the side streets. A round-house has been
laid out and altogether it bids fair to be
come good permanent town. It is well
supplied with good wood. Many old
timers from this road are over there and
several Of Glendive's former residents.
The Jaryises have built, Anerson is doing
well and others from here are more or less
prosperous. He thinks it is a good point.
Appropos to this we notice that the Mani
toba has cleared its blockade and intends
keeping the road open to Minot all winter.
-Glendiye Times.
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Sheriff Black.
possible

Sheriff Black and wife, Of Choteau, ar
rived in the city Sunday evening by coach
from Sun River, to make their permanent
abiding place in Fort Benton. Mr.. Black
has leased Col. Rice's residence, furnished,
and they have already taken possession Of
the same. This is, we believe, the first
experience Of the sheriff elect at house
keeping and as there are no stove pipes TO
be put up or house cleaning to be done,
he will no doubt get through it in good
shape. 1t will not even be necessary for
him to 'srustle for COAL" as he falls heir to
a nice pile Of several tons left BY Col.
Rice.
Mr.. Black is fortunate in having excellent
men to ssrun" his sheep ranch for
him during his official term. Mr.. Isaac
Brown, who has been In his service sever
al years and who is q competent and
trustworthy man, will have general
charge, aided by a herder who has been
with him five years and who can be count
ed upon in every emergency in sucf
storm as visited the upper country re-
Gently. With these men in charge MT
Black is confident that every thing will g
right on the Muddy, and he will see too il
himself that the rest Of the county keeps
straight.
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Christmas Festival.

The official board Of the nj. e. church
met at the parsonage recently and appoint
ed the following committees to arrange
for the forthcoming Christmas festival:
On subscriptions-Mr A. Conner, Ruby
Davis, Hattie Butler, Alice Dutro, May
senieur; May Howe, superintendent;
Mary Whealy, treasurer.
Arranging Tree-L. Ell. Rosencrans, O..
Eaton, Q. j. Whealy, Chas. Lippard, J..
B. Terhune.
Arranging Room-Mrs. Duntly, Mrs.
Cobb. Mrs. Terhune, Mrs. Eaton, Mrs.
Rosenerans, Mrs. Conner.
Buying Presents-Mrs. Dan Sample,
Mrs. Eaton, Mrs. Terhune, Mrs. Rosen-
Grams.
On singing-C. Eaton, May Howe, Mrs.
S. Houston, Miss Nj. E. Johnstone, Ruby
Davis, l.. l.. Rosencrans.
Decorating Tree-Chas. Lippard, J. B.
Terhune, G. j. Whealy.
Distributing Presents May senieur,
Flora Dutro.
On speaking-Miss May Howe, Mrs.
Terhune, Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Dunfly.
REv. j. VIGAs, Chm Of Com.
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The Silver Bell Mine.
CLENDEN1N, November %, 1886

CLENDEN1N, November %, 1886.
Editor Of the River Press:
Allow me to correct a statement pub
lished by you as proceeding from Mr.
Rowe, in which he says, in speaking Of .
certain company, that they own the old
Silver Bell mine and all the adjacent
ground. This is decidedly untrue. AS
the statement tends to the injury Of others
I feel impelled to deny it. Had Mr.. Rowe
confined himself to enthusiasm about those
important discoveries of which he speaks
/ should have been pleased rather than
otherwise and would not be obliged to
throw cold water upon any Of his remarks,
nor am [ Obliged to do SO now except to
say that those prospects show no probable
connection with the Silver Bell mine,
which has already proved its own indi-
yiduality as mine beyond dispute and is
pronounced by all competent to Judge te
be vein of we'll known and thoroughly
understood character and the ore body re,
mains the largest ever struck il Barker
and has always been continuous, and al
the shutting down Of work was still as
large as ever and nowhere near any grounc
owned by the company referred to.
Very truly, &C., Ill. e. FOSTER.
The river press., 1886-12-08
Particulars of the Escape OF the indians at
Fort Shaw.

FoRT SHAW, December 2, 1886.
Editor OF the River Press:
[ arrived here last evening in good time
and found the garrison in commotlon over
the escape Of some Of the Indian prlson-
ers in the guard house These Indians
had been il confinement for several weeks
and were captured at the Blackfoot agency
by Lieut.. Beacon for stealing horses III
the Judith. They have been very tracta-
Bile and were probably on their good be-
havier.
Last evening about five o'clock they
asked for water. The sergeant OF the
guard paid no attention to them until their
opportunities became SO strong that ne
concluded to grant their request, and with
one man with the water he opened the
door Of the cell. It was no sooner opened
than the Indians made rush; one or
them threw blanket over the sergeant1s
head, knocking him down. The man with
the water seized one Indian by the hair
and the man on post followed another and
caught up with him in the rear Of the
band quarters. This fellow showing no
signs of surrender, the sentinel jabbed
him with bayonet in the. leg, which
brought him down; the other Indians es-
capped. The whole affair occurred SO
quickly that the Indians were gone before
help arrived. The worst Indian in the
| outfit, Black-face, the husband Of Mrs.
James Grant, was captured.
! No blame can be attached to any one for
the escape. It was entirely unexpected
and the sergeant Of, the guard is held
blameless. Deputy Sheriff G. D. Hard
and Stock Inspector Watts arrived at the
post to-day and the two Indians were de-
livered to them. Inspector Watts took
them to Helena tonight, where they will
be turned over to the authorities of Meagh.
or Fergus counties on demand Of the Mon
tana Stock association and at the request
4 of Mr.. Granville Stuart.
Lieut.. Avery started out at daylight t.
look for the missing Indians. He return
ed about noon and left again with de
tachment. They will probably go as IA
as the agency. "A.
The river press., 1886-12-08
Sheriff, 9 Sale.

IN the District Court of the Fourth Judicial
District OF the Territory Of Montana in and for
7 Thomas IONA i c. Power ct al, plaintiffs vs. Geo. W
Houk, de endant.
70 be sold at sheriff's sale on the 10Th day OF
December, A. D 1886. at 10 o'clock q. m, at the
court house door, in the said county OF Chotea1
the following described property: Lot number
ed six (6), in block numbered nine (9l, as raask.
ed numbered and designated on the oRciaI plat
Of the town (noW city, of Fort Benton on file in
the office of the clerk AMI recorder Of Choteau
county, Montana territory
Dated this 9th day of December. a. ID. 1886.
JAMES MCDEVITT. Sheriff.
By GEORGE WEsTERvELT, Under Sheriff.
ss Buck Il Hunt, attorneys for plaintiffs.
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Notice OF Settlement.

IN the Probate Court OF the county Of Choteau,
territory of Montana
In the matter II the estate OF Robert j. Casey,
deceased.
mings the administrator OF the estate Of said de-
ceased, has rendered and presented for settle.
ment and filed in said court, his fina account OF
his administration of said estate and 8 petition
for distribution of said estate, and that Wednee-
day, the goth day of December, 1885, at 10 O'Clock
a. N at the court room Of said court, ut Fort
appointed by the Judge of said court for the Sc :
tlement Of said account and hearing of said PEI
tition for distribution, at VIII ch time ana place
any Derson interested in said estate may appear
and file his exceptions in writing to the same.
| JOHN w. TATTAN, Clerk.
Dated December Sd, 1886.
The river press., 1886-12-08
Gold From the Sweet Grass.

Jos. BeauIieu and A. Raggio arrived
Wednesday from the Sweet Grass, bring
ing with them 81 900 in gold dust, which
they sold to-day at the Bank Of Northern
Montana. This is the result of the short
seasons labor, water having been very
scarce, and is certainly q good showing
for two men. They will return to the
camp with supplies for the winter soon.
If next season is favorable one for min
ing the Sweet Grass placers will surprise
the natives,
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viii Glider Get There ?

A.W. Greely was asked what he thought
the chances were Of Col. W. Il. Gilder's
ever reaching the north pole. y think
they are nothing at all,o he said y
thought SO when I heard that he had miss
ed taking passage on the new London
whaler. That was his opportunity GO get
his stores and apparatus north. Going the
way he subsequently took il was lmposs'-
Bile for him to carry as good al outflt as u
he had cone by ship. Still If he can reach
Marble island on the extreme northwest
az Hudson bay, where the whale snIps
winter, he can put himself IN shape. he
j. above Fort York now. Glider is q de-
termined man and knows what ne mas
undertaken, but he has tremendous task
before him. Why, If he should succeed
ii making the trip to the pole and oack
wa should not hear Of him for &C least
three years. Heasked my advice before
/ ha went. His plans for the trip differed
from ny ideas. He believed II utilizing
me means the Esquimaux are provided
wifh. while / believed in utilizing the
hest apparatus civilized people have alle
thAn 10 profit hy the Esqnimaux expert
ane4. / brought the Englishman over e
- views concerning the value OF dot
l.aIsdoeing I'D there. Col. Gilder's progress
1 will he delayed IN winter, not 20 much ..
.a,a - ~ the intense darkness. Did 20.
cor think that the nearest approach GO IN
nor,,, mole made By Lieut.. lockwood .
nv nartv on May 13, 1882, was 3e3 miles
- ! distance no greater than that from
Albany to Washington, =
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Book and lob z rintlng y sleecaafg fgy =
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shonkin and Highwood Mail Route.

Special to the River Press.
WASHINGTON, December Ga new
mail route between Fort Benton, Choteau
county, and Highwood by the way Of
Shonkin, will be established as soon as
the necessary interrogatories which have
been sent to the postmaster at Fort Benton
have been returned and postmaster at
Shonkin has been appointed. Who the
latter will be is not yet known.
The river press., 1886-12-08
Fogggy Butte.

Special to the River Press.
BUTTE, December Ga dense ana per-
sistent fog has rested upon the city for the
past two days rend ering travel about the
city at times exceedingly difficult. Pedes-
trians and teams wander from the roads,
get lost in old placer diggings and fall in
to prospect holes, some Of whom have been
injured, though none seriously. Most OF
the time the fog contains but little smelter
smoke.
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. - -
A w resting Match.

Special to the River Press
MARYsvILLE, NJ. T. December g.
There will be another wrestling exhibi-
ton two weeks from to-day, Dec. 10, for q
purse of $400 and the gate RECEIPTS. The
gladiators are Alfred Johns, Empire, M.
r., and Henry Paseo, champion of Neva-
da. The wrestling will be Cornish style
and promises to be q very exciting affair.
The river press., 1886-12-08

GUS leads and they are developing the
property by tunnel which has now been
run nearly 100 feet. AS contemplated il
will tap four or five leads and will doubt
less show up wonderful property. le IS
probable that arrangements will be made
to continue work on the tunnel, than
which no more important piece of work
is in progress in that region.
The river press., 1886-12-08
All but Two.

Special to the River Press.
HELENA, December All but two OF
the Jurors in the Roberts case signee the
petition for the pardon Of the fated old
gentlemen.
The river press., 1886-12-08
Letter List.

The following is a list Of letters remain
ing in the post office at Fort Benton, NJ.
~. for the week ending Dec. 4, 1886:
The river press., 1886-12-08
MERCHANTS
National Bank
Of Helena.

This bank succeeds the old esta blished and we'll
known banking house of Z. Ho He9ssEJ1eGd
eRc Ega'Os
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Authorized Capital $500, ,00o
Paid i'm Capital, St6O,OOo
President-L. II. HERSHFvELD.
Vice-President-A D. DAVIDSON.
Cass1ier--AAR0N HERSHFaEID.

Eacchuae0e on the commercial centers OF the
United states and Europe bought and sold.
Collections and all business entrusted to US
receive prompt and thorough attention.
DeoOsSfs received and interest allowed on
the same If left for a specified time.
Besu gold nd silver bullion, gold dust, ores,
territorial. government and county securities and
warrants.
The river press., 1886-12-08

book and lob Printing . speciality =
the RIVER PKIsas nfslee. ].
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30
THE ELECTION.

On Tuesday next the election will be
held and the controversy which has been
wsged so fiercely in La Sale county
throughout the past six weeks will be
brought to close. There Is every reason
to look for a democratic victory. The
ticket named by the dominant party is one
that commends itself to the voters of this
county upon the sole point of qualification.
The men are all capable and honest. They
are OF good personal character and in
tegrity.
They should be elected, and they will be
if the voters of the county express their
unbiased convictions.
The work to be done is election day
work, and democrats throughout the coun,
ty owe it to themselves TO work hard and
vigorously. They should go to the polls
and there re-afiirm their confidence in the
party of the people. There is no reason to
doubt complete victory for the party.
The boast made that there are dissensions
within the party's ranks is an idle one,
utterly without foundation. La Sale coun-
ty Is Row and will remain a democratic
county.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30

work more vigorously Than ever, u prove
them selves loyal to the democratic party
a party that first came into power by cham
pioning the rights Of foreign citizens and
refusing to support laws that were aimed
directly at foreign immigrants.
The trick attempted by Mr.. Plumb, In.
genious as 1t is, will fall very far short OF
accomplishing the purpose in view.
Whatever odlum and opprobrium at
taches TO the article In the Independent
should be heaped by the Germans upon
Ralph Plumb, for Ralph Plumb Is respon.
sible for establishing the Independent and
for the maintenance Of 1t. David Leroy
WAS placed in An editorial chair by ph
Plumb, and his uttersnces are the utter
ances of Ralph Plumb. The attempt
made 10 hold tie dem ocratlc party respon'
siblA for that which emanates from cres.
ture Of Ralph Plumb, and paper brOugh,
into being by Plumbs money and to-day
maintained by his money, is a deliberate
attempt on the part of Plumb to deceive a
large and honest class of voters.
Democratic Germans Ralph Plumb
through his newspaper, the Streator Inde-
pendent, and his editor and creature, David
Leroy, has grossly insulted you and your
people. He has deliberately planned to
make you his dupes, You owe it to your.
selves, you nationality and the democratic
party to resent the insult Ralph Plumb has
attempted TO put upon you.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30
DEMOCRATS, REMEMBER.

On Thursday there were sent Throughout,
the county of La Sale twenty-five hundred
copies of the Ottawa Globe. The FREE
TRADER cannot take the space to confute
specifically each falsehood stated. 1t is
sufficient to state that the Globe is published
directly in the interests of Ralph Plumb.
1t is controlled by him through his paid
agents. 1t is published for the sole pur-
pose of defeating the democratic ticket
and for the advancement of Plumb, and
will disappear after the election, as it is to
be consolidated with the J0urRal
Republicans may stand back and allow
Ralph Plumb to ravish their party, but he
cannot be allowed to debauch the demo-
cratic organization.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30
1T WON'T HAPPEN.

The citizens of this county will watch
with interest the judicial contest on Tues
day next 1t will then be demonstrated
whether an honest, upright and efficient
judge shall be defeated because the Otta-
wa Globe and the Ottawa JOurRai, both
guerrilla sheets, supported by Col. Plumb's
money, demand that he shall be beaten.
The common sense Of the people is too
strong, we believe, to permit of any such
result being brought about. Ability, un-
questioned integrity and manhood will not
he cast aside by the citizens of La Sale
county to satisfy and crafty the malice
and personal spite of disreputable newspa-
pers, edited by equally disreputable men.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30
THE TICKET.

Heretofore In each issue the FREE IRA
DER has called attention specifically to the
various candidates for official place named
by the democratic convention There is no
need to again go into the subject, AS the
voters are aware of the qualifications of
each man presented to them. Let the We
ters do their duty and there can be no
--doubt as TO the result.
The invention of campaign canards 10y
Sthose interested In the defeat of candidates
named by the democrats should have no
weight with democratic voters Every
man named by the democratic convention
Is man of honor and is worthy the sup
port Of the citizens of La Sale county,
irrespective of party.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30
RALPH PLUME.

Ralph Plumb should be defeated, IL,
the name of the eighth congressional Ill
trlct may no longer be dishonored. Il
should be defeated, not because he Is r
publican, but because as q citizen he hi
proved In his political methous that he
unworthy the support Of honest, thought
men.
He shsuld be defeated because he h
corrupted the press and debauched voter
He should be defeated because he has Z
sorted to methods unbecoming q good eli
zen and an honest man.
Ralph Plumb and Ralph Plumb's met
DDS should not longer be tolerated by Il
electors Of this congressional district.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1886-10-30

prCt, NJ least, An aunest statement VI facts.
Can man who buys the editorials Of a
newspapers be any less mean, contempt.
ible liar than the editor who deliberately
lies In his INTEREST," And man who mis-
represents or colo-s facts in newspaper
tor such purpose, and for money, is moth
Ing less than contemplate liaI-a charac-
ter OF whom all men, even the most de.
graded or low down In the scale Of intelli.
gence, have profound and never ending
contempt.
This, then, Is the character of the papers
that support Colonel Plumb-because his
money pays their bills. 1t Is this sort of
papers that accuse their neighbors of being
black-legs, and presume to teach morals to
honest men; to tell farmers Col. Plumb
Is friend of the farmer; too tell work.
Ing men that Col. Plumb is friend of the
working man; to tell Christian men and
women that Col. Plumb is an honorable,
upright and trustworthy man-opinions
that have not syllable in them that is not
stained with the slime of the purchase
money!
The FREE TRADER has respect that no
differences of opinion can shake for Its CO
temporaries of other politics than its own
1t respects their opinion as 1t expects
them to repect ours but for political
blackmailer no man can have other feeling
than that which he feels for the sneak thief
who throws dust in ones face and then
picks ones pocket.
And this is the outrage Col. Ralph Plumb
and his hirelings are attempting to perpe
trate upon the voters of this district, and
he is doing it as deliberately, with as fix,
edness of purpose, and by the same methods
that confidence man uses to swindle his
vctim--by misrepresentation and assumption
Of the appearance of honesty and straight
forwardness. In plain terms. Col. Plumb
is conducting confidence mans race for
congress by employing squad of mercen-
airy "cappers" to deceive the people
through newspapers he has bought but
may not now own.