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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-09-08
The Indian Commission.
Special to the River Press.

Special to the River Press.
HELENA, Sept. 4.-The Indian Commits
sion is now at Leach Lake Minn., and has
a big job on its hands.
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Special to the River Press.

SpeCldl TO the hlV6r 9TeSS.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Sept. 3.-Parots-
vile is stricken by a new and wonderful
fatality. TWenty-seYen deaths in three
davs
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A S1NKick at Silver.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3.-The Philadelphia
mint is now overwhelmed with work. In
addition to cleaning up minor base coins at
the rate of $4,000 each week, and keeping
up with the demand for dimes, the regular
monthly purchase of silver bullion must be
coined. It is estimated that $4,000, 900
worth Of bullion will coin 100000 silver
dollars. The employees at the mint are now
working from a. m. to midnight every
week day.
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The Great Falls Delegation.

Following is the correct list of delegates
10 the republican convention from Great
Falls: Delegates-H. P. Rolfe, DR.. Fair
field, Daniel Mckay, Patrick Hughes,
Ben. E. Lapeyre, Jas. Werrick. Alter
nates-Chas. Crowder, S. A. Beachley,
Alex. Lux, Howard Criss, II. O.
ChoWen, G. M. Webster.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-09-08
The Republican Primary.

The republican primary election for this
precinct was held last Wednesday between
the hours of and s O'Clock p. m., at the
city hall. B. L. Powers was elected chair
man and A. B. Keeler secretary. There
was but one ticket in the field, and, there
being no contest, but light vote was cast.
The following are the delegates and alter
mates chosen to represent the Fort Benton
precinct at the county convention to-day !:
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-09-08

Choteau Primary.

Pursuant to the call of the county COM
mittee the republicans of Choteau con-
vened at Gibson's hall at 6 p. m. On mo-
ton A. C. Warner was elected chairman
and L. j. Wilde secretary. An attempt
was made to break up the meeting, which
caused an adjournment to Jackson's hotel,
where the meeting was quietly consnm-
mated. The delegates and alternates are
as follows:
Delegates. AlternGtes.
John Jackson, Jr Philip Lucero
Sol. Cohen Ramage Mitchell
A. G. Warner Jas. Gibson
EEL. W. Kelly Frank Coolbaugh
John A. Kennedy j. @. Fawcett
On motion, it was resolved that, we the
republicans of Choteau precinct, want
SANDERS FOR DELEGATE.
M A. G.. WARNER, Chairman.
T.. }. WILDE, Secretary.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-09-08

Delegates. A5te7mGtes.
Ell. G. .McIntire M. j. Leaning
G. M. Lanning r. >. Culbertson
Jere Sullivan Sam Kohlberg
w. S.. Stocking Dan Dutro
A. c.. johnson Frank Coombs
Chas. Rowe j. w. Power
EEL. B. Hill Sam Kelly
B. L. Powers VIM. Copestick
Frank Lepper Julius Folk
Jno Hezekiah &. e. Ingersoll
j.. L. Stuart Dan Holland
Geo. w. Crane Sam Houston
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1886-09-08

Worry About Such Well In Mon
The Daily telegraph., 1886-04-16

BRocKToN, Mass, April l6.-A dis.
patch from Scranton, Pa, states that
Grand Master Work imam Powderlv
has decided that members of the Last.
ers' union can work on knights of
Labor label goods without joining that
order. There has been considerable
controversy over the question.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-04-16

CHICAGO, April 16.-A special from
Eastland, Texas, says triangular due
on horseback took place near here
Wednesday in which: one man was
Killed and two Others seriously wound.
ed, one of whom will die. The scene
was an open prairie about one mile
south OF town. John Ellison and w.
q. Hardin had been litigating over
some land. They had been in atten-
dance at court all day and late in the
afternoon mounted their horses and
started for home, Some talk was en>
gagged in which resulted in a pitched
battle between John and Tom Ellison,
on one hand and w. G. Hardin on the
other. No one in the affair escaped
uuhurt. Tom Ellison was the first to
fall, shot through the breast by bull
let from Hardin's pistol. He expired
in few minutes. About twenty
shots were fred. John Ellison and
Hardin perforated each other with
bullets. Hardin cannot live and John
Ellison IA iaseriously wounded.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-04-16
Murdered.

FORT SMITH, Ark, April 16.-De.
putty Marshal VIM. Irwin was assassi.
mated in the Choctaw Nation Tuesday
evening. He had arrested and was re-.
turning to the city with Felix Griffin
q ed outlaw, charged with highway
roDOery and horse stealing, when he
Was set upon BY two men who released
the captive and shot and instantly
killed Irwin.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-04-16
The Great Cyclonc-Loss of Life.

CHICAGO, April 16.-A special from
Panama, Ia, says that the cyclone,
which struck Com Rapids Wednesday
was more serious in its effects than
first supposed. One boy was killed
and numeroui persons were injured.
Twenty-Five houses, two churches, one
The Daily telegraph., 1886-04-16
Prophetic.

dublin, April 16.-The Dablin Ex.
press Conservative) says that if his
nome rule bill be passed, Mr. Glad.
S'oae VIII recommend to the queen the
granting Of amnesty to large number
OF Irish prisoners.
The Daily telegraph., 1886-04-16
Latest News,
BY ! 4EI'EGRAPH


BUFFALO, NJ Y, April 16.-Hou.
:. w. Tracy, the millionaire husband
,"' Agnes Eel the actress, died ut 3
"c'ock yesterday morning; aged IL
years
The Daily telegraph., 1886-04-16

school house and several buslnes,
houses were destroyed. A freigt
train, except the locomotive, VIA.
blown from the track and demolished
and the contents ruined. In Benton
township ten hopses were, totally de.
stroyed and one womsn fatally injured,
Near Brayton, the Burtner SCHOOL,
house and four dwellings were destroy.
ed. The pupils escaped, however, by
running with the family into Burtner'
cave or cyclone cellar, 1bey having
seen the cyclone coming. Much stock
has been killed. Reports from the cy-
clone are very rneagrs 50 far, but ii is
feared that great damage has been
done and many lives lost.
ST.. PAUL, Mimi, April 16.-Reports
OF the cyclone at st. Louis, Sank Rap
ius, Rice station and other points 10
the vicinity Wednesday night and ear.
~ yesterday morning were not exag.
gera'ed. AT 3 O'Clock yesterday morn.
Ing IN the places named there were 49,
dead and nearly 200 injured, with
many still missing whose bodies will
probably be recovered to-day.
DIR. Denshaw, who with Others went
"wednesday by special train TO 81.
Cloud, returned yesterday morning
Upon reaching St. Cloud, be said. the
physicians from st. Paul and Minnea
polls divided, part going to Sank
Rapids. DIR. Denslow was on the force
'ent to the st. Benediciine Sisters hos. |
pital, and they were kept busy until 8 |
o'clock this morning. Fully TWENTY
i've injured were taken to the bospital
slone and he does not know how mauv
more were cared for In private houses
Two OF those taken to the hospital
viii very probably die. One is a !
woman who has broken collar bone
I'll
'oth bones of the left arm and beth
ZONES OF the left leg fractured and the
'eivis broken, an accident seldom
hronicled in surgery. Her head and
ace is bruised beyond recognition.
{ et, strange to say, the woman Is con.
clous and talked freely, saying her
Up hurt some, but otherwise she felt
Q pain. The other probably fatal case
that OF a young lady 20 years. old,
ON legs being so badly crushed that
ley had to be amputated midway be.
yeen the knee and thigh. An old
lan lying in the hospital badly iniur>
! said three Of his children were dead.
'nother OF his children were dead.
Mother man in the next col to him
sponded saying his wife and three
'ildren were killed by the storm.
sfee little boys about six years old
ere brought in at midnight wounded
uelly. A woman was found with a
ece of her scalp as large as a mans
and torn from her head and hanging
threads. Drs. Denslow and Richt tie
lortly after midnight went across to
snk Rapids to render what assistance
ley could there. Twenty>three dead
aides had then been found and doc
RS from Minneapolis were busy car.
lg for the Injured.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
New York winters Getting Milder.

It was nothing strange years ago for
snow to fan about Christmas and remain
on the ground for weeks and months,
often several feet in depth. The mercury
dropped below zero and did not cause
any wonder. Everything that usually
ran on wheels was placed on runners.
1t is very seldom that the mercury now
reaches below zero, and snow rarely
packs, even when it is not cleared away
by the street cleaning department.
zone principal cause for this change,
said q New. York officer of the signal
service corps, "can be seen from the win.
dows Of this station. Look around you
in every direction, east, west, north, OF
south, in this city, Brooklyn and Jersey
City, and what do you see7 Clouds OF
steam rising from almost every housetop.
Elevators in offices and apartment houses,
factories using steam as motor, build.
ings heated by the same hot vapor; all
sending forth clouds from the tops OF
the houses. Do you not suppose this has
an effect on the atmosphere, werms the
air and half meltS the snow before il
reaches the ground? Then there are the
boilers under the sidewalks and in the
cellars; steam-heating pipes along the
roadways and thousands Of contrivance:
to generate heat not known quarter OF
century ago."-New York Letter.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
The Hairless Dog of Mexico.

No Mexican kennel is complete with
out two or three pelon or hairless dogs.
They are of dirty blue color, have sharp,
pointed ears, and do nothing but lull in
the sun or crouch before a fire shivering
with cold. Pelon is Mexicanism mean
ing gift, and they probably called these
hairless creatures pelon dogs because you
have to give man something to take one
as a present. They are ill-natured, mean,
arrant thieves, and with not single good
trait in their character.-AIcxi, n Letter.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
What Young Doctors Dread Most.

In conversation with a doctor, he
said to me: 1Do you wish to know the
greatest source of worriment TO young
practitioner? It is that he will be called
to save a poisoned person. There are 30
many sorts of poison, the symptoms are
so intricate, and the antidotes SO varied,
that it is almost impossible to keep them
in ones head by merely theoretical learn
ing. Actual experience impresses knowl-
edge on a doctor, and an old man has
accumulated stock in that way, but the
youngsters don't have it within sudden
reach. r. ~. -.....
I'm the ordinary routine of practice, he
can delay treatment long enough to look
into text book or to consult with some
kindly, old chap in the profession; but
when we are hastily summoned to the
side of patient with poison in his
stomach, the nature of which can only
be determined by symptoms, and whose
life can only be saved By quick dosing
with the right drug, the responsibility is
something frightful. What do LIDO? I
carry in an inner pocket thin book con-
tanning a summary of poisons, symptoms
and antidotes. That is a common prac-
tice with young doctors, and few old
ones, too"
The liability to summons as q witness
in court after attending to poisoning
case makes physicians additionally alert
and anxious. That lends terror to the
risk of mistakes.-New York Cor. Chi
cago Journal.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
BrcyitfeS.

Life: Better an empty head than ono
with q cold in it
Somervillc Journal: MONS life is what
he makes it"-somctimes. More often it IS
what some woman makes 1t.
Sam: Dudelct-Barber, me boy, want
my mustache dyed. Enthusiastically, my
dear sir Did you bring it with you!
To-Day: whats your hurry, Wilkins!
Got note " meet" NO Got one I'm
afraid to meet" Vanishcs around the cor
ner.
Merchant Traveller: Young men who
think their swccthcarts are divine, love to
make divinity students of themselves every
night in the week.
The Judge: His honor-How old are you,
madam: Witncss-i have no personal
knowledge Of my uge, and hearsay testl-
mony, understand, is not accepted III the
court
He met her on the hcrse car,
And he offered her q seat,
And he thought she was an angel
Till she trod upon his feot.
4Doston Budget
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
Largest Sewer In the World.

A sewer is building in Washington,
which is seven feet larger in diameter
than any other in the world. In its small
est part it is larger than the largest of the
sewers in Paris. For over 1900 feet it is
a circular sewer of twenty-five feet in
diameter. There is connected with it a
sewer 5000 feet, or nearly one mile, in
length and twenty feet in diameter. 4
fully-equipped palace car, locomotive
and all, could be run through i, without
difficulty. This enormous sewer is in
tc1lded to drain the immense watershed
lying to the north of the city. Besides
that, it will carry to the eastern branch
of the Potomac all the contents of the
smaller system of sewers in the northern
part of the city. 1t will take year to
complete the work.-Boston Budget.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
A Way of Getting Around 1t.

Gen. Toombs had a peculiar way Of get
ting around defeat. In controversy with
a northerner, who finally exclaimed,
"Well, general, we licked you, anyhow"
he retorted: Licked us! No, sir No such
thing! We wore ourselves out whipping
ypu!" Gen. "Jim" Lane of Kansas al-
most equaled that when, il the early
part of the civil war, he responded to J.
question about rather hurried retreat Of
his brigade: No, sir, the Kansas brig
ade never retreats; it counter-marches,
sir!"-Chicago Tribune.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
Politcnesa Pays.

"Won't you leave your coat down hero
before you 60 up to dinners Let me take
it," suavely besought the clerk of country
hotel of O visitor who had just come in. u
will hang it up" he continued politely.
The guest thanked him for his profuse dis
play of courtesy, and went upstairs highly
pleased with the trouble that had been taken
over him. 1--WE always do that" said the
clerk winking at bystander. 81 have only
been in the hotel business two months, but
that was the first trick learned. I wanted
that mans coat as Sc curity for the payment
of his dinner bill 1t is the rule in many
country hotels TO get tho unknown transient
to deposit his coat, hat or gum boots in the
office. If it is done properly, the visitor
thinks it is nothing but native politeness."
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
The Peasant and the Serpent.

One day on his return from Market q
Peasant found Dangerous Serpent
playing with his children. Without
stopping to make Inquiries he seized o
club and dealt the Reptile Mortal
blow.
wasn't your Action an Arbitrary
Abuse of Power9" inquired the Toad. u
don't think you can Prove that the Ser.
pent had struck one of your CHILDREN.
"As to that" replied the peasant, "the
time to kill Poisonous Reptiles is before
you are Bitten"
Moral: A Wolf doesn't make his ap'
pearance among Lambs with the Inten,
ton of leading them to Sunday School.
Detroit Free Press.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
The Land of the Man in tho Moon.

The Land of the Man in tho Moon.
Csufus Rood.l
There's a country remarkably quaint and
. queer,
Where the air won't support balloon,
And everything's just as It isn't here
IT'S the land Of the man in the moon
There people don't bother with ''parties' at
all,
The crop of great statesmen's exceedingly
small,
Bank officers never flee toward Montreal
In the land of the man in the moon.
The ladies oil make most delightful wives
In the land of the man in the moon
Rascality's punished, and honor thrives
In the land of the man in the moon.
The milkmen are honest, the liquors arc
pure,
No agents beset you with plans to insure,
Quack doctors don't promise each ailment
to cure
In the land Of the man in the moon.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
Great Frcderick's Drinking Cup.

A silver drinking cup which formerly
belonged to Frederick the Great has just
been sold at Berlin for 1900 roubles.
The cup was presented to Frederick by
his troops, and he drank out of it on his
last battlefield. There are inscriptions OH
it of the names and dates of his great
victories, and it is in all respects a raro
curiosity. The German ambassador or
fered the owner 5000 roubles for it soma
years ago, but he then refused to sell it.
New Orleans Times-Democrot.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
Pickles and Cream.

tTo-Day.1
know an actress who stands high in her
profession and who is generally regarded as
o sane woman, who never eats dinner.
But after her nights work is done she is
served with meal comprised of picked
gherkins, ice cream and cake. After some
year Of this dietary practice she foil seriously
Ill, and in her convalescence met her, pale
and interesting, being towed down Broad
way by her dog.
ri cannot conceive what allied me" she
said. "pm sure I took the best care of my
self. There isn't woman in the profession
that lives quieter than I do"
And she assumed an expression Of injury
that ought to have made Nature ashamed Of
herself.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
1t Sounds O Listle Odd.

In The Union Medicale doctor tells
of a duel at which he assisted, and in
which one of the men died of pleurisy
-empyema following upon the wound
He thought that this could have been
prevented by due antiseptic precautions
"The blades should have been clean
medically. The foils should have beer
passed througha flame or carholic acid
We should like to have the pistols and
balls disinfected." This sounds a little
odd, considering how easily they could
be dispensed with.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
THE EsoUIMAU AS A TRADER.
He Knows Nothing of the Use Of Money
Bargains-Sign of Friendship.

He Knows Nothing of the Use of Money-
Bargains-Sign of Friendship.
The Esquimau knows nothing of the
use of money, and but little more of the
art of barter. This was strongly shown
in their method of trading with the whal-
ing crew of the ship whereupon my party
was taking passage to North Hudson
bay. A pice polar bear robe was spread
on the quarter deck, one that you would
expect furrier's clerk to intimate was
worth clear $3.50. My breath was al
most taken away when the master Of the
ship hauled out of his pocket half
plug of navy six (one-twelfth of pound)
tobacco and offer it to him for the white
silky affair, and had to lean up against
one of the davits, when this northern
1inny accepted the offer with a smile, as
if he had struck special sale bargain.
The white man got generous, however,
before he rolled up the skins, and added
sixth of a pound of powder to the bar
gain. Four saddles of reindeer meat
were had for half cupful of shot, that
properly managed might have secured
four ducks, which in turn could. have
been traded to this whaler for lump of
brown sugar, aud the native would have
still been satisfied, even if the white man
had bitten it in two and handed him the
smaller half. Twenty-Five rusty musket
caps were given for five beautiful white
fox skins; and went into mathemati-
cal estimate with logarithms and
astronomy, which showed that a
man with a capital of box
of musket caps a cents wholesale),
would, if he started into this business at
is years of age and continue it till he felt
like retiring at so, own the whole earth
by warranty deed, and have a ohattel
mortgage on the rest of the solar system;
that is, if the foxes held out. They had
brought three dogs with them in the
comien, which I wanted to purchase for
my. explorations, and although the sur-
rounding circumstances would have
justified me in rendering a handleless
palmleaf fan that hung up in my state
TOOl1 Dis u SOuNelllk 1IOlu LILY llnhAO"A
redeeessor, broke loose from the in
atuaton, and actually gave them some
thing approximately near their own
value.
AS result one fellow, who had evil
IDENTIFY not washed his face since he was
born, SO insisted on rubbing noses with
me in an affectionate manner to testify
his appreciation of my payments that
Notwithstanding it was interpreted as
signifiing eternal friendship, I almost
repented of my weak attempt at gen
erosity, and regretted that had not
given them pipeful of tobacco for each
dog, instead of q pound package of it
along with other articles. A breeze
springing up, ter-bow-it-ec (farewelD was
exchanged, and we parted with all our
Esquimau friends except their odor;
which hung over the ship as if it had
come to stay. spent the next few
hours reading description of these same
savages, and how they had to be watched
to prevent their stealing things zoo loosely
scattered about the ships deck, and I
thought there would be very little left Of
even the deck If the natives stole enough
to keep even with their trading losses.-
Lieut.. Schwatka's Letter.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
A Go-As-YoU-pLEAsE BEDsTEAD.
Paste This in Your Hat.

Paste This in Your Hat.
[Good Housckeeperl
Don't let the door stand open, but shut it
with much care,
Without bang, without whang--yes, shut
it fair and square;
Without a slam, without jam, without
slat-or jerk,
For if you've left it open, so shut it, and
don't shirl.
No Christian man Or woman, no well trained
chick or child,
Will let door swing idly, to make weak
nerves run wild,
When chilly winds are blowing, and some
ono taking cold.
While the open door is creaking and mutter-
ing like scold. ...-
Haste makes but waste, remember, so plenty
take of time;
Don't leave the door half open-a fault al-
most crime
And If you've ever done this, don't do so any
more;
Whatever else you fail to do don't fail to
shut the door.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
An Apology from Beau Brummell,

An apology 1ron oeau OiuininoAA'
An ex-officer in the army, who had
had the misfortune to have his nose shot
or sabred off in the peninsula, was told
that Brummeu had reported of him that
he had never held a commission, but
was nothing more than q retired halter.
He called | On the Beau and demanded
satisfaction. Brummel promptly and
energetioally denied that he had ever
spread the disparaging rumor. But
when the captain was about to take his
leave, grati6ed with his success, ;Brun--
nell followed him to the door and again
affirmed that the report was false, Civ
ing, however, this reason: "Now that |
think of it, never in my life dealt with
halter without nose."
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
4 Subscriber Is Never q Fraud.

Llfc.1
Office Boy Ito country editor)-A man was
in while you were out who said he was the
genuine John Wilkes Booth"
Editor (hastily)-He's fraud. You didn't
give him anything, did you'
Office Boy-No. He left dollar for six
months subscription
Editor-Well, we'll And SO John Wilkes
Booth is still alive 1t beats all
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
SOLITUDE.

Oh! that the desert was my dwelling plaee,
With one fair spirit for my minister,
That might all forget the human race
And, hating no one, love but only herl
Ye elements i'm whose ennobling stir
feel myself oxalted-can ye not
Accord me such being? Do err
In deeming such inhabit many spots
Though with them to converse can rarely be
our lot. Byron.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1886-02-18
Place Where Drums Are Made.

One firm in western Massachusetts
last year made 100000 drums, using
100000 feet of lumber, $4,000 sheep.
skins, 1900 pounds of cord, and tons OF
other fittings Chicago Journal.