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· 44 vnt'ton ll odge,No. 25, A F. & A.M. ill'.; .... ·:u:.:lunicatlons of the above named S 1g. " : 1 it 7:30 p. min. on the irit and third N'tll"' , , each month. Xfembers of sister lodg , :.. jcurnin, g brethren are cordially in vit.. ::A itteel. itRFUA I'PAYNE, W. M. Gi;o. W. CRANI, Secretary. CHOIEA: LODGI1, No. I.1, 1. O. O. F. A regular meeting of the atxJve Lodge will be aid oni Wenedelayevening o! each week at their Ldlge room in t.'hl city. bojourning brothers are corli.Jx il11ted tO Rittdnd. (LltlE5 CI~.A WFOltlD, .. G. l'ETET.R IcLDo),SNA LI. S.clreitr .TIOMNT.:NA IODGENo. 9, A. O. U. w. The regul.r cmriunicaiMn oif tlhe :ibove Lodge converIs iii th1 ",i.ma c il;; eery Thursday eve lung at 7 :30 o',',k ly the: order. (Ili.\ IL 1>5 ('IAWFORD, M. W S. (;gENZI;ER(E. :e.toir. !ENIGH l'. O PYT,,.AS. ('rocu.nt LIodge No 4. S-. i ry Muold/ty nlight , 7:320, at Castle HiL u 1N-llow hall(.) L. (. clNTIRE, C. C. (.' . Iflul i . t, 4.R uf t an. 8l . . ( _;ut ' i -r i'u". I iwcc- i i,( hei't eviry i ::n"liy at the Epis , 4d ( ht r,'h, at 11 :..ill.::. l t T 1. In. Sunday hliti ia:t 'u I l fl, . ' ',rdi:d iivitanon io es - 1 ElV."<. . DLIAt'KISTON, I'eidehnt ]~Paor. ':ev. a. I; " I 'n , 'eer th- atspices of the liericaln 1·l" i i "' Sr . e:.iy, is holding ,n : , ' 5.'. oacil alternate ahi ,h, : t 11 : A. 7 p.- . iabl'th School at in. rue : hh,1 ; ,, ,.:: 'v a:', invited to attend. ,OT"------- ' o .II- l _ ''ll . t u ,Le .,,- 'r 0 ,(.,trttRO U l r he ,ri nag , . lteal adver iisin~i jn! i ,'. i; ..;,u " ',rhich ('ho ,u 'oo IV ' , ':'. ble%, and has filed it I)01n.] tr,,10(ir l Ii lv. LOCr -AL NE W S. .,1. > 1 :Ir'l. lt:. o I I river. is n11 town. ( h -. I" lv l', t'. ; I 1i . 1.tic d, iS inll toVwn o; his l i: , t, ( ::,i B'I " l)lv e l', -';' " 1 1'I from l W etzei's whetn yllI ' Ill'f" 1 At g (' lleii ho lue. Rlgular 1 hral ',:t'h will leave to llorr'ow x itll .1. T. Lee o the si . t. 10 le .,.--\t 1. B ;. I>er & (Cos, .--OicO puddling<. (hijixis hiltoit anodi Oi 29 foot rtikloher boat. Thle rio-c "e 11 ) :i L L ri"' W - tlt b-it i food The River-1ie literar Society did not meet last night on :account of the bad weather. Julin Gillett has fifty acres of land on Little Willow Creek broken up ready for seeding. i Jack Rutherford loalded at Baker's to dlay with merchandise for W. Whitney at Ft. Macleod. We learn that tthe Silver Belle jumpers and'the Smelting Company are trying to effiect a comlopr-'o11ise. lion. Jas. M. Arnoux is expected in town from his home to-inig~ht. on business connected with the counity. A large invoice of spring ldry goods are expected by express -ri, Billings at T. C. Power & Bro.'s next week. Pete Gallagher came in from Barker to day on horesba:k on business coonnected with the Silver Iell. C. G. Griflith returned this afternoon from Ilighwood, where lie has been sur veying the road near A.rnoux's place. We understand that a new secret sceiety will be orgnize I here in a few days. Full particulars will he furnished in a few days. Next week is the last week at Power's dry goods store to buy dry goods at cost. Immense bargains in dry goods offered next week. Ilerman Brinkman, Road Supervisor, has been doing some good work lattely. He has just finished a road on the hill leading down to the Teton . Ford Caldwell returned from Belt creek this afternoon. lle reports that the bridge will be entirely completel next week as there is little yet to be done. The many friends of Theo.'Gibson will be glad to hear of his arrival in Benton again, and of his intention to remain here through the summer. The snow storm to-day has spoiled a lishing party's fun for to-morrow. Brink man, Senicur, Mecrrill and Murphy in tended to make a big haul. II. G. Melntire and J. C. Bothine left on the coach this morning for Helena on business connected with the indictment of the latter by the Grand Jury. Ed. Smith, the popular bar-keeper of the Grand Union, has been presented with a scalp of Gray Wolf, the chief of the Crees who was scalped in the late battle bet-ween the Piegans and Crees on the Marins. All p:arties, reecutly indicted by the Grand ,Itryma at Helelna, who have given bondls for their alppea:trance, will be grant edi a continu ance until the Novembe'r term of the District C,.u2:t except only d(efiult ing witnesses. X. Biedler and Mose S:lomon left last. night for Helena by private conveyance. A good manylots in the new addition have been trlansferred lately by quit claim deeds. The first ttle to any of them has not yet been obtained. Thle vegetable market people are fixing up the building adjoining their old plhhe and will soon be in readiness to supply the residents of Benton with any article in the shape of fruit or vegetables. T. C. Power & IBro. are coptemnplting setting apart rooms in ther Irn~safth store, ono for a milllherydepatrtmfl t ~trid the other for dresnsmaking. ThG ttid to carry the Mrrest arn ftetr attllnery goods ,iter brobt to * • • - 1:.5D +, < The arrest of one or two of our citizens, who immediately gave bonds, yesterday afternoon, caused only a few funny re marks among the boys. The pilgrim car pet-baggers of Helena missed their mark if they supposed for a moment that any thing but complete satisfaction could be felt hbx the Democracy of Benton at any actioni that the sick candidate could prove in the way of fraudulent elections. When the Grand Jury meets at Benton, it is not improbable that Botkin may be forced to appear and explain some dirty work for which he and his few Republican friends at Benton are rCsp.,n.ible. From Monda 's Daily. Who is indicted ? We predict a thaw to-morrow at noon. C. l. R. Lynch left this morning for Helena on the coach. The Missouri will boom when the next thaw sets in. Higgins & Ayers have moved into their new store on Main street. The Helena coach due last night had not arrived at three o'clock to-day. One of our aai:teur artists has painted some fine scenery for the Travesty. ('has. Ahrens and Chas. Everett lefton the coach for Billings this morning. The late heavy fall of snow will niateri ally assist thie early arrival of boats. An extra coach was sent to the Marias to-day to bring in the Assinnaboine mail. Al. Lester, Dick liailey, Peter Butler, W. E. Clark and Pete May, from Barker, are at the Overland. Cow-boys, call and see the assortment of saddles, chaps, spurs. bits, etc., at Sil livai's challenge shop. Wood is said to be more plentiful in town since the price tumbled from eighteen to eight and ten dollars per cord. The Macleod coach did not leave this morning, on account of bad weather, It will probably leave to-morrow morning. Sullivan's challenge saddles of all styles, warranlted better than any California or Ch:ieyenne im:ake, or money refunded. 'i'he ei:mo tt be used by the Travesty Tron, : on Tlursdty night, is now being tumnel y one of our leading musicianq. Theii second load o luntber for the boom is v\,itilinll I mil. of tow4n, btti the snow Istorm is likel v to detainl it there for a while. Why send yomur money to Cheyenne, wtiein ai e.:ldi do better at home by getting S'ullitva., to miake you one of his Challenge We un derstand that the Cl ndenin Min. ing and Smelting Company have recently. btliht a controlling interest in the Silver .ei.ce minte. J~O. . 11 ill arrived at his home at Ciarleston, South Carolina on the 8th of thlis month. .TJo: was quite ill from the trip,. but hlope to recover soon. Ed. Smith, soap artist, has decorated the Grand Union bar mirror with a very 4t tractive ad. of the Romeo and Juliet Travy esty. The work is really excellent. Rev. Mills left for Moore's ranch on the Helena road this morning to perform a marriage ceremony, which ought to have been postponed on account of the storm. If you want anything in the saddle and harness line, call on Sullivan, give your order, and get his g!uarantee for being the best that can be made, or money refunded. Jos. Sullivan now has the finest harness shop in the Territory. His store and shop is about 110 feet long, and he has on hand the finest and best stock of saddles and harness in the Territory. No more Cheyenne saddles. The Sulli vanm Challenge saddle made at Fort Benton defys competition. A better saddle guar anteed for less money than can be pro duced in America. The vocal and instrumental music ren dered by the Catholic Church choir at the Easter morning service, was probably the finest ever heard in Benton. Father Ban dini, on this occasion, preached his Arst English sermon, which is said to have been exc l lent. Farmers, attention ! I will make you a better harness for the same money than you can get laid down from any part of the United States. I mean what I say. Try me, get your guarantee and be the owner of a harness that will make you laugh. Jos. SULLIVAN. The rapid sale of tickets for the Travesty performance, to be given in aid of the Sisters' Hospital, was a surprise to all parties interested. It speaks well for the charity of our people as well as their con fidence in the ability of the Travesty per formance. The snow storm which set in at Benton on Saturday promises to be about the se verest of the season. Equinoctionals are not usually so severe in this latitude, but the Clerk of the weather has evidently put on an extra touch to make up for the long spell of fine weather that preceded the storm. The sale of seats for Romeo and Juliet commenced this morning, and by noon time nearly every seat in the house was sold. There never was such a rush for seats before in Benton. Those who ex pect to go had better "rustle" around to the Post Office and take the second night. What will be the price of cord wood, when the boom is completed, is now an im. portant question, in which all of our pec ple feel an interest. The fact that woodl can now be purchased in town for one half the price asked during the coldest part of the winter is evidence enough that even without a boom high-priced fuel is simply an imposition which theboomeom pamxy should prevent for the future. Thee is really no good reason why wood shbour not be sold in Benton next, winter as low as fouror five dollars per cord, Oes t Dbset. Treasurer Weston yesterday drew* checks aggregating $30,iM08.4 for 4els, every * been~~8~'~-t~ F:rom 'uesday's Daily. * The Marias is full of floating ice again. J. . 1. Emery came in on the cotch to day. S. C. Edgerton arrived on tlr, coach this morning. 75 houry from Helena. C(. A. Dean and Willie Brinknman left this morning for Highwood and Belt Creek. W. S. Wetzel, J. H. Conrad, Jos. A. Baker and T. J. Todd were in St. Louison the 20th. IH. D. Burghardt, S. C. Edgerton and J. M. Marsh came in on the Helena coach this morning. Jno. M. Power, J. H. McKnight of Ft. Shaw, and J. F. Churchill were in New York on the 14th. The Macleod coach left this morning with J. T. Lee driving. Hugh Munro was a passenger. Geo. D. Patterson left on horseback this morning for his ranch on the Shonkin, to look after his lambs. This snow storm has stopped all the farming operations which were being car ried on at the Shonkin and at Highwood. There will be a prayer nmeeting to-mor row night at the Presbyterian church, at half-past seven o'clock. All are invited. If you intend going to see Romeo and Juliet, you had better go at once to the Postoffice and secure seats, or you will get left. The Helena coach, which arrived this moyrning, had a large amount of mail on board, a good deal of which was delayed Eastern mail. No news has vet been received from the soldiers who went out after the Cree in dians. This weather is rather rough on the boys in blue. Don't forget the election to-morrow for the incorporation of Fort Benton. All those who vote should see that their ticket reads "For the Charter." Roberts and Fox took oun the Helena coach this morning, There being no Ibuckboards or jerbkies here, they had to take a large coach, Jim Bonde-r brought in the Assinna i hoie mail from the Marias this morning. Hle says it took him three hours to cross the mail in the skiff. Th- lieleia coach due Sunuday night, did not ifrive h!ere until 8 o'c~opk this morning. It laid over last night at the Twenty-eight-mile Springs. Wm. Morrow, in spite of the severe weather, drove to town, from his ranch on the Slhonkin, this morning for provis ions. He left agan this afternoon. The Fort Thaw Cotnedy Co, intend giv ing another performarice the lhetter pnrl't of this week, The programme of the enter tainment Is quite long and well gotten up, Mr. Sidney C. Edgerton has returned from Helena, whither he went some time since to attend the Territorial Grand Lodge of Good Templars. Mr. Edgerton re ports a harti return trip, We are very much afraid that this heavy snow storm will seriously retard the con struction of the boom, and that it will be almost lmpossible to have it completed be fore the high water comes ; but as the utm dertaking is in the best possible hands it may be finished In time. A freighter at Bull's Head was overta ken by the storm and unable to proceed on his journey. Being without provisions and not caring to desert his stock under the ciroumstances, he was obliged to send word by the passing coach to Murphy, Neel & Co., to forward him some provis ions. The latter were sent out to-day. M. E. Milner arrived in town yesterday afternoon from his ranch on the Shonkin. Ir", Milner had one of the hardest trips of his life, being coippellec to dismount from his horse every hundred yards to scrape the snow from his horse's hoofs. He star ted yesterday at 11 o'clock and did not ar rive here until four. The Travesty Troupe will have a grand dress rehearsal to-night at the Apollo Theatre (late Wackerlin's eld store). The scenery in the theatre is now completed, and is the finest and most complete ever presented to an audience in Benton. No one should miss this splendid opportu nity to see the laughable travesty. Without any desire to blow about our prosperity, we feel justified in stating that we believe the increase in the REcoRD subscription list for the past six months is something unprecedented in the history of Territorial journalism. The full capacity of our office-the larg est in Montana-is now tasked to its utmost to print, mail and deliver our weekly edition. Three large sacks were delivered at the jostoffice last night, but it has become simply impossi ble to wrap and direct the entire edition in less than three days. With additional help and machinery in the spring, how ever, we shall be able to deliver the paper the same day it comes from the press. Incorporatoin. To-morrow the qualified voters of Fort Benton will pass upon the question wheth. er or not the Charter granted by the last Legislature shall be accepted: The advan tages of incorporation are so apparent that they need not be dwelt upon. We fear, however, that some of f our citizens may think that incorporation will bring so heavy a burden ofntaxation upon our prop= erty holders as to more than offset the ad vantages of incorporation. An inspec tion of the Charter, however, shows that the additional burden of taxation will be very light~ ; and fair minded men will see that the proposed measure only establishes a fair- distribution of taxes.. Ift is not reigh that the whole county of Choteau should ek:ebliged to conttribute towarid the to;~ ponses of Forot Benton. That the Itharter is de f nve in nsome points, is very bseslble; but t isik:tt1 bettr than hoChar ter alI law .rabi ctisons will believe. hope~ ~~~ s~ fo pduephywihot odig t From Wedneawday's daily. Ed. Garret left on the Barker coach thi morning for Barker. Fattier Bandlini left for Sun rivet thhi morning on the Heleuna coach. M. E. Milner left on horseback this at ternoon for his ranch on the Shonkin. There is over ten inches of snow on th, level between Benton anti Belt Creek. Don't forget Romeo and Juliet to-mor, row night. It is the finest thing of the sea son. There will be a larger acreage cultivate( this year than ever before in Choteat county. The Billings coach, due last night, ha: not showed tup yet. It has probably laic over one night. The Belt Creek bridge is almost comr pleteil, but work has suspended on ac count of the storm. The Helena coach, which was due lasi has not vet arrived, but will probably ar rive (luring the night. The Baker and Assinnaboine coaches, in spite of the severe weather and the bad roads, arrived on good time yesterday af ternoon. \Vm. and Geo. Seifried arrived with Judge Tattan last night from Belt creek. Geo. Seifried had sixty acres of oats sown before the snow fell the other day. Frank G. Rose, from Toronto, Ontario, Ed. Simpson, from the Judith Basin; D. T. Wilson from Ulidia, and J. G. Dunlap from Sun River, are at the Grand Union. We understand that the contest for lots on the reservation has been amicably set tied, anlt the Injulnctlion having been re moved Judge Tattan will comnl :C;cc is suiing deeds on Monwday next. Judge Tattan and family arrived by pri vat e conveyance l:ist ight from Belt creek where they have been waiting for the weather to moderate. The Judge is look ing healthy again. Iieut. Fierbaumn is in Bunton on his way to Higrtwood to inspact a lot of potatoel for the United States Army at Assinna boine. If they prove ;satisfaelory Dave Browne's teams will ha:l tlvim to Assin naboitle in a day or two. The first performance ofr the travesty of Romeo and Juliet will take place Io-mor row night at Wackerlin's old store. Judg ing from the larkc number of seats sold there will be quite . large 'audience. We wish the performers the best possible success. A letter receive1d from t ort % aisl yes terday, states that a party of North Pie gans had just arrived at the Fort with seventy-five head of horses stolen from the Old Ag ency. (ioi. Irviue arrived at the Fort on the 21st, and we presume has already taken proper steps to have the au imals returned. The monstrosities of the press, which by an oversight on the part of the Deity, are still encumbering the fair face of nature with tlheir grotesqcue persons, offending: all ears with their discordant voices, allnd causing persons to think that Guttenberg should have died some years l tfore lie in vented the art preservative have not receivtd their regular weekly do~ie, which, in thle interests of our citizens, we make it a point to ad umiuister. The reason for this was that we thought the thing was dead. We still believe it is. Onuce, in a while, like a galvanizedicorpse,,it gives a few con vulsive squirms, but itis well-known that some:("egree of muscular activity e-ist4 in all reptiles for some time after their ;eath. We hope that the proper officers of the city of Benton ~Will take measures to secure the immediate interment of the moulder ing thing. The Trpavesty. A REUcoDlt reporter attended tile full dress rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet last evening. Wackerlin's old store has been converted by the efforts of a score of{ talented young men into an exceptionally neat little theatre. W hen it is understood that beside securing the many properties required in the travesty, complete sets of very creditable scenery have been painted, it will be seen what an amount of work has been performed. The costumes are elaborate and-elegant enough to do "credit toa metropolitan stage. The acoustic pro perties of the hall seemed poor, but the presence of an audience will probably re medy this defect. The impression made upon the reporter was that few towns of the size of Fort Benton could furnish an equal amount of talent, or present so elaborate a play as creditably. Votin for the Charter. The election for and against the incor poration of Benton passed off quietly to day, and resulted in a majority in favor of adopting the Charter. The polls were opened at the Overland Hotel at an early hour, and much interest was at once man ifested. Thirty-eight votes were soon polled, and speculation as to the result favored the Charter. It was asserted by many that there was a majority of two to one at noon, but others claimed that many votes supposed to have been cast for the Charter, were against it. Most of the business men were in favor of incorpora tion, but a number of tax-payers were op posed, on the ground that it would in crease taxation without a compensating benefit to them. Others had' private rea sons for their opposition which they were not willing to disclose,i but which were not difficult to guess. The arguments in favor of the Charter were. numerous enough" and strongly urged by some of our most pro minent citizens. Clean streets, a fire do partment, properthdmlnisstiton of [juatice and quick suppression of ..me, removal 'o ob5nbxious buildings, gd roads and adequatedruuaage, were amrong the rea toai give tkor voing ftr thetharter, and tbe arguteuts against it wgre certalu1 ekxcept where thap$lie toindivid ly e e e e From Thma-day's Daily. s Mrs. Fillett will leave for Helena on th coadeh to-morrow. s Geo. Maedeni, from Minneapolis, is the Grand Union. Romeo and Juli$t, for the benefit of, th Hospital, to-night. e The Helena coach, due last night arriv ed this morning at half-past six. Sam Kohlberg will arrive on the nex Billings coach, the one due this afternoon J. W. Smith, from Assinnaboine, wil I leave for Philadelphia to-morrow, by wa; i of Billings. The Billings coach, due here Tuesda3 night, did not arrive until to-day about 1 o'clock. A splendid line of Boots and Shoes, at i sacrifice for the next lb0 days, at I. G. Baker &. Co's. Miss Julia Gilliss, Miss Emma Robinson, M. T. T. Lawrence arrived from Helena on the coach last night. A. Nathan, of Hirshberg & Nathan, of Fort Benton, was married in New York on the 25th of March. There was no mail on the Billings coach which arrived this afternoon, as the coach and railroad failed to connect. There will be a prayer meeting held to night at the Presbyterian Church, at half past seven o'clock. All -are cordially in vited to attend. LOST.--A fob charm, on Front street between Wackerlin's and Minar's store. A snitable reward will be paid for its re turn to S. Wheaton. There will be a sociable given by the Presbyterian ladies next Wednesday night, at their church on Front street. No ad mission fee. All are invited. Jas. A. Yore and family returned this afteitnoon from their ranch. We are in clined to think that Jim is not as fond of ranching as he thought he would be. The first performance of the trayesty of Ro i.eo and Juliet will take place to-night at Wackerlin's old store. Everybody Sshould attend as it will doubtless be the best thing of the season. Miss Phoebe Wright has kindly consent Sed to play the accompaniments to-night f for the Travesty. The piano has been ( tuned and the music will no doubt be as gIood as the performance. The storm ;bated somewhat to-day, and the weather is now quite mild, but con siderable snow has fallen since morning and there is no certainty that the storm is quite over. With characteristic cheek Stevens of the ppress nominates himself for Alderman. Thogs who are acquainted with Stevens' i career in this Territory will probably pre fer a candidate from the Deer Lodge peni- I tentiary. 1 We would respectfully call the attention of our readers to the statement of the First N.Uttonal Bank of Benton, published in this issue, which shows this institution to I have increased its business considerably since the last statement, an q shows it to be in a most flourishing condition, Jack Cook was yesterday arraigned be fore Judge Kaneuse, charged with break ing into and robbing the store of W. E. Turner. He was bound over in the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars to appear at the meeting of the next District Court. W. B. Settle will he attorney for the de. fendent. T.ere will be a meeting of the citizens of the city of Benton at Wackerlin's Hall, en Saturday evening, at 7?, o'clock. sharp. It is expected that all who feel any inter est in the passage of the recent Incorpora- ` tion Act will attend the meeting and ven tilate their yiews upon the subject. Romeo and Juliet will be given to-night I by the amateur talent of Benton, for the I benefit of the Hospital. The hall has been I completely renovated and everything is I ready for the grand performance. The I scenery and costumes are the finest that j have ever been presented to an audience in the City of Fort Benton, and the whole affair will doubtless be a grand success. Freeman has consented not to call his paper the Inter-Mountain. The name is no longer of any advantage to Freeman, the Republican organ of Butte having be come a nonentity. This is a caution to all holders of stock in Republican news papers. The Inter-.Mountatu recently threatened to sue the stockholders if they did not furnish the funds to keep the rot ten concern going, .and the stockholders kicked. Those who have shares in the Republican concern at Benton will save money by giving them away. The consumptive sneak-thief of the press, which is only another flame for Ste vens, associates with his own name those of several of our most respectable citizens in this morning's issue of the pressq lPb lishing Company, in which, we: undero stand, he denied to the County As sesor having any pecuniary interest whatever. Those whose names have bien published in connection with the beer thief should at once.deny any connection with this candidate for the penitentiary; otherwise they are liable to get themselves into trouble. The press tries to damn with faint praise this evening's performance of the Travesty Troupe by insinuating that there will not be sufficient accommodations ior the audi ence. We are assured that there will be ample accommodations for all who have or may purchase tickets. Thisdilrty trick of t the press is in keeping with its recent at tack upon the Catholic Sisters' of Charity, . the perfonrmance this evenaing being for Sthe benefit of the Sisters' Hospital at :Be ton. 1 Ass xxABOINE, iBtamit S183 :· ~.Wl M ch I· :"1·: CITY OF BENTOV. Mlfeeting of the Charter Commis sioners. The Charter Commissioners specified it the document which was elected yesterday - by a large majority, met to-day for the purpose of dividing the new city into wards, and appointing the judges of elec tion for the respective wards. The follow ing is the result-of their deliberations: WARD No. 1. Polls at W. H. Todd's office. Judges, W. H. Todd, H. P. Roli, and B. Tierney. Clerks, If. Ringwald, and Densmore. W.RD No. 2. At Wackerlin's store. Judges, . Richard Brennan, Louis Gross, and R. S. Culbertson. Clerks, W. Early, and C. B. Fowler. WARD NO. 3. At County Clerk's office. Judges, Tom Cummings, Il. R. Buck, and Win. Rowe. Clerks, C. L. Spencer, and A. B. Keeler. WARD No. 4. At. T. A. Cumming's office. Judges, Geo. W. Crane, Gus. Se nTeur, and Rufus Payne. Clerks, Joe. Rasin, and Thos. Ray. The city was divided into wards as fol lows, and there was expressed an earnest desire to elect a fusion ticket, c r the best men regardless of parties: FOURTH WARD, THIRD WARn bMAIN STREET. O FIRST WARD. ' SECOND WARD. FRONT ST'REET. Coulting Calves. A movement has been started among stockmen to inaugurate the practice of counting ialyes in tatck sales. The desir ability of such a course is manifest. No industry cal bheostablished upon a really solid basis until a standard of prices is es tablished; and so long as calves are thrown in as an inducement to buyers, so long will there be'a'marked difficulty in arriv ing at a standard prj efor cattle. The practice of throwing in calves now obtains in no other country beside Montana, and there is no reason why it should exist here. The greatest risk which the cattle owner has to encounter is the danger of losing his very young calves before they have become sufficiently strong to endure inclement weather. "After they have be come sufficiently strong to pass safely through such weather, there is but little further risk to be encountered. The calf then is worth about as much as a cow, minus three or four years interest on the cow's value, and minus Ea small percent age to cover the three years risk upon the animal. That the stock owner should run the heaviest risk, and then throw away what has been saved is absurd, There is sufficient demand for cattle, now, to en able our stock owners to establish rules to govern their sales which shall be fair and satisfactory to themselves. Compromised. We learn with pleasure that the parties interested in the Silver Belle mine have effected a compromise through their at torneys. The terms of the agreement are very favorable to the men who have so long held posession of the mine against the efforts of the original owners to take it from them. We have never taken much pains to investigate the matter, but while it has been stated by other papers, no bet ter acquainted than ourselves with the sub ject, that the jumpers had no legal right to take possession of the mine, we have al ways contended that .they must have had good grounds for their action and some hope for ultimate succ. 's, or they would long since have succulabed.to the vigor ous legal efforts of their opponents. The compromise seems to prove the correct ness of our surmise. The Clendenin Mi ning & Smelting Company and the other owners have agreed to purchase the inter est claimed by the jumpers, for the sum of twenty-four thousand dollars, in install ments of four thousand dollars per month. The company is also to pay five dollars per ton for all the ore taken out of the mine from the date of the agreement until the entire sum is paid up. The Silver Belle is undobtedly one of the richest, if not the richest mine in the country, and while twenty-four thousand dollars may seem a large sum, it is of course only a nominal price for a mine that will doubtless hand somely repay the owners before it has be come fairly developed. All parties con cerned are to be congratulated upon the final termination of this long contested case. Messrs. Donnelly & Eastman were the attorneys for the "jumpers" and Mfessrs. Buck & Hunt, Tattan and Toole, for the company. The Bismarek Tribune tells the follow ing story, which the Fargo Republican does not sayj is altogether false, but inti mates very delicately that the Tribune is prejudiced against Fargo and other towns in Dakota that claim any superiority to Bismarck, and there are very few townsi n that Territory that do do not feel snperior to the mud patch on the Missouri. Says the Bismarck Tribnss: Ahout two years ago a locouotive engineer, then raun ning on the D)akota division of the North-. ern Pacifile airoad, b·oWgt two lots in Fargo. Shortly after the ptrchase he went to California, and un:utla f~w days since, notbitgg was beardofhimn by the peo es) a 'pe The Press and the Devil. In the little dismal shack Whence the press doth daily craw I, A person dressed in black Sprang from the dingy wall, Addressed the junior editor And whispered in his ear. "The Devil!" cried the man addreesed. Said the other, "I am here." The wretch turned pale, and shook Like leaves in an aspen wood. And in faltering tones exclaimed: "I've lone the best I could. I have lain awake for hours To think of new tricks to try. And, Mr. Devil, oh, dear, good Devil, You can't know how i lie." The Devil frowned on the trembling wretch, And his breath was fiery hot, And in an awful voice he said: "You're the meanest devil I've got." Just then his eye fell on a pr..s That lay on a table near. Hepicked it up. began to read. He grinned from ear to car. Said he, "Young man, I've done you wron.l ' (And his voice rose to a shout), "'I11, ha," cried he, "you're certainly 'Tihe finest devil out." From Frilay's Daily. Who will be the first Mayor . The Macleod co:ach is due here to-day. The jumptlers of the Silver Bell are still in town. Dan Blevius, of llighwood. his at the Overland. The Billings coach, due last night, has notput in an appear'ance yet. The reciptslast nightt of the lterlorln:tl i e ofRomeo and Juliet were nearly two lbun dred dollars. The Helena coach, due here last night, did not arrive until four o'clock this a! ernoon. W. S. WYetzel has constantly on hand a full stock of the celebrated O'CoxxNil.l. O. K. WHISKEY, We understand that there was a mar rlag e among the colored ladies and gen tlemen of our city the other night, The Riverside Literay Society will not meet to-night. The meeting has been postponed until next Friday night,. Win. E, Evans, John jGiester, Robert Edgar and J. IIH. Connly, from Ft. Maginc uis, are registered at the Grand Union, The late snow has stopped all wvark o,, Stockings' new building, but thle mnu'lan. ics expect to workon it again in a dtay or two. There will be a meeting of the School Trustees to-night at 7:30 o'clock, at the school house. Important business will be transacted and a full attendance is ex pected. Henry Kleinaehmidt, who was seriously injured some time ago by the kick of a horse, is now able to be around with a cane. We hope he will continue to im. prove rapidly. The estate of W. W. Atstin will be sold on Monday next. It is a fine property and a year or two hence will probably be worth ton times the amout for which it can now be purchased. The time for receiving proposals, for the fencing of the new graveyard, has been extended to the 14th of April. A detailed advertisement will appear in this paper to-morrow. The Clendenin Mining and Smelting Company, yesterday handed over to Geo. L. Overfield, J. F. Churchill and W. B. Settle, five thousand dollars in cash, for ieir shares in the Silver Belie mine. The scenery in Romeo and Juliet is ex cellent. There are four changes, all the different scenes being objects of art and admiration. The tombstones in the Iast scene would do credit to John Keenan. Be sure to attend Jomieo and Ruliet--no, Romelo and Jumiet-oh, pshaw ! you know what we mean, Rumilet and Jomelo, -that is'nt it either-Jelemo and Rumilet. We give it up; but you had better attend the Travesty, all the same. The citizens of the City of Fort Benton will hold a meeting to-morrow night at Wackerlin's. Everybody interested in our Charter should not fail to attend, and lend a hand to helping the city onward. There never was before, in Benton, so much satisfaction felt over an entertain ment, either amateur or professional, as was expressed to-day by those who at tended the first performance of Romeo and Juliet, and the troupe will no doubt have as large, if not allarger house, this evening than last night, and they deserve it. We suggest that the citizens of Fort Benton, irrespective of party, should as semble in their respective wards, to-mor row evening, and make nominations for city officers. There will not be time to hold a city convention, but ward caucusses would materially lighten the work of Mon day. Clark, the stage driver of the Assinna boine coach, has just had a pretty rough trip. He became snow blind on the last trip and had to get Walker to bring the coach in for him last night. Clark is doubtless the best and-most faithful driv er on any of the roads leading into Ben ton, and we hope to see L.him on the road againin a few days. We understand that he was much better this morning. Jim Connelly, of Maiden, is in town and reports the camp booming. He says that the mill for the Collar mine, on its way to the mine at Maiden from Chicago, left Junction City on the 15th inst., and is now within about 120 miles of Maiden. Gen. Meade, one of the principal owners of the mine is in Maiden, waiting the arri val of the mill, and will superintend the erection of it himself. Work. has been progressing, on the Spotted Horse mine, all winter, and the developments about 90 feet from the surface show free and wire gold. They intend soon to run another tunnel from the west side of the mountain to tap the lead at the depth of abopt 200 feet fromn the surface. : IG. . Ihker & Co. have on hand a largo aund well eleete(d asortment of saiples for sent.; elolpg. Ae I. G. IBaker & Co. have a tlher clothingmade by a reliable bposae t. Loule, * peret fit and per s~i uanis guw pteed. I .. Beke & b sol at year over 150usuts of cloth' See M ikeilow ys givn. Osthle