The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-27
FACTS IN FEW LINES

Lie CONSTRUCTION NOTh last year III
the District of Columbia amounted te
$4,000. 0OO.
In two big trunks left unclaimed on
a Hoboken steamship pier recently a
customs Inspector has found SOC
pounds of Sumatra wrapper.
William Ryan, a fake cripple. ar
rested in New York. was weighted
down with twenty pounds of small
coin secured under his bandages.
The Himalayan peak of Trisul. the
summit of which is 23.4O6 feet above
sea level. has been assembled by DIR.
Longstaf. The cold on top was quite
arctic.
The Haitian government is going to
export the silver coin in the treasury
and sell it as bullion. It's worth much
more disposed of that way than used
as currency.
After a double wedding in Memphis
the bridegrooms put their wives on a
steamer to take a trip to Cincinnati.
and the men went to work, they said.
to get sufficient money to furnish thei,
homes.
No lAAAN OLltu as llcl IluG
in the cabs Of New York city. A lone
woman or two women are far more
frequently seen than one or two men.
n as a rule a man is accompanied BIZ
q woman.
A work car Of the Western Ohio
railroad painted red maddened d bull
near W~apakoneta, and he charged a.
1t with such force that the car was
thrown off the track and the road
blocked for two hours.
Fishermen along the Hudson river
from Albany to Piermont are marvel.
Ing Mt tie mysterious return to those |
waters in great numbers of crabs.
which have been growing scarcer each |
year for the last two decades.
The Savannah Press looks forward
to the time when express agents in
dry towns" will be sending out no
tees like this: Dear Sir-Your pack
age Of books has arrived, and you
should call for them Mt once, as they
are leaking"
Secretary Wilson of the agricultural |
department gave the visiting biologists |
from abroad an increased idea of our
public works when he told them that
congress annually appropriates $780,
GOO for the three geological bureaus Of |
his department.
In the old days when Robson and
Crane played THE Henrietta a check
for $4,000 that was passed on the
stage was marveled at for its size. In
a play now running a similar check
transaction Involving 100000 at
tracts less attention.
The waterworks of Hongkong are to
be increased by a reservoir holding
l,2OO.OOO.0O0 gallons. 1t will involve
the construction of a dam sixty feet
high across the shallow head Of ~
tam bay. The government has adver-
tised for tenders for the building Of
this dam
head of the company that is digging
tunnels under the river to aid in New
York's transportation system, does not
wish to have his name used in connec-
ton with the work. He thinks "Hud-
son tunnels is sufficient and more ap-
propriate.
Boswell G. Pearce of Flemming, Ky,
has been the victim Of one Of the most
novel thefts ever recorded. About
$500 pounds Of tobacco which he had
In a barn located about a quarter of q
mile from his house was stolen in some
mysterious manner, and the thieves
left not a single trace.
The municipal debts of the country
are approximately $1,000, OOO, 1000, a
sum larger than Is owed by the fed
eral government and all the state gov
ernments. OF the total it is worth
while to note New York contributes,
when all sinking fund deductions are
made, about o%ne-fourth.
Vladivostok Is now said to have the
appearance Of a mi-Chinese town.
The higher wages paid in Siberia and
the Chinese. AS far inland as Irkutsk
they are busy as truck and fruit farm.
ers. coming to the railway stations to
dispose Of their produce to passengers.
Bolton, Conn.,. is without police or
fire protection. but there are thirty
seven telephone subscribers in the
town, and they have hit upon the
scheme Of using the phone as a fire
and burglar alarm. Eight sharp rings
will henceforth bring at least thirty
seven persons to the assistance Of a
subscriber.
Eli Taylor Of Fairfax. VT. accostel
Amos Rugg. who was pushing n wheel
barrow, and asked him what he would
charge to wheel him home, three miles
Mr.. Rugg thought 81 would
be n fair price. and the offer a tax
MIR. Rugg stopped only once, then
to take Off his coat. and covered the
distance in about an hour.
70 elderly people London Is no longer
! pleasant place Of residence. The
streets have become a labyrinth of
horror and difficulty, a region Of hide
ous sounds and foul smells. With mo-
tor busses topping owe on the side