The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-08-18
oe done either by diplomacy or the force of

be done either by diplomacy or the force OF
arms.
Specials to the Detroit Tribune OF the
18th from different parts of the north
western portion of the peninsula report
heavy showers, which have effectively put
a stop to the forest fires in many places.
Shooting the Niagara rapids is now be-
coming common occurrence, as it was
again accomplished on the 9Th inst. by
two men in barrel shaped boat They
went through in good shape without acci-
dent or difficulty.
Great fires are raging in the pine woods
of Wisconsin and nuch destruction has
been wrought. Towns and villages have
been swept away by the fierce flames and
hundreds of families are in destitute Cir
cumstances as result.
The net profits OF Gen. Grants book are
5000, 900. of which Mrs. Grant gets $780,
600, and Webster, the publisher, $27O, 900.
The subscription price is $3.50 ;bcopy, and
the cost of manufacturing and distri-
button per volume, 1.50.
Samuel j. Tilden's will bequeaths ONE
third of his estate to his relatives and two
thirds to the public good as the trustees
may devise, including public libraries 1n
his native town and New York City. The
estate is valued at s., ,00O,000.
The aggregate appropriation made by
the regular appropriation bills passed this
session Of congress Excluding the fortifi-
cation billy is 1865 5,OOO 900, which is $45,-
100000 in excess of the appropriation
made by the bills passed last session.
The president has appointed and COM
missioned all of his nominees under the
interior department whose cases were not
acted upon by the senate. There were
twelve Of these, among them Geo. w. Ju-
liam, to be surveyor general of New Mex
leo.
The mills of Minneapolis slightly in
creased their output last week. Total
product was 10000 barrels, averaging
| 49, 900 barrels daily, against l3l, 900 bar
rels the preceding week and 6l,200 for
the corresponding time in 1885. Output
is likely to gain some the current week.
| In 1876 the Courier Journal was mort
gagged to Samuel j. Tilden for $75 200,
through Amos r. Emo. December q, 1885,
this mortgage was released. The same day
the building was sremortgaged for $3.50 900.
1t is understood the money came from Mr..
Tilden and was loaned through an fnsur-
ance company at his request. The mort
gage includes building, machinery, etc.
Latest telegraphic accounts relative to
the Cutting imbroglio indicate that Gut
ting has himself principally to blame for
his trouble; that the case, in its present
aspect, is divested Of every cause for ma
tional interference; that the Mexieans are
getting no more than he reasonably could
have expected and possibly deserved. But
later developments may change the fea-
lures of the case again, as they have SO
often done before.
The leading article published i'll UNITED
Ireland of Dublin on the 9Th inst says:
"We have now begun again the CHASTITY
task Of convincing the English people and
the government that no other terms than
concession of home rule can be anything
more or less than an affair of bayonets and
manacles, and Castlereagh's who try to
rule Ireland, must do by gibbets and bull
let's. The only thing possible for the Irish
people to do is. to hate, resist and thWart
them with all their hearts and might.''
For some months past Mr.. Tilden had
busted himself at odd times with composit-
ion of the family record of the Tilden fana-
ily. He traced lines back to John Tilden.
who lived in Vale Of Tilden, county of
Kent, England, in 1863, where some Of the
family still reside. Mr.. Tilden completed
this work last week and on Monday of this
week he dictated a preface to his late die
tation. In it he says the record was COM
piled from information picked up here and
there. jotted down and tossed in a drawer.
He Wroth it he says because he thought it
might be Of use to younger members of the
family, as it showed them they had sprung
from an honest, sturdy race, OF whom they
could be proud.
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