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THLE RIVtE Be1. Vol, I. Fort Benton, .Mnontana, Wednesday, December 22, 1880. N. 9 WILLIA MS, WRIGHT & STEVENS, PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS. Terms,..... .............$5.00 per Year. RATES OF ADVERTISING: One Column, 1 year ................... ........ 175 6 months....................... 100 , 3 " .......................... . 75 lalf Column, 1 year ........ .............. 100 6 months ...................... 75 3 " ............... ....... 40 O(nc-Third Column, 1 year...................... 80 6 months .................. 45 3 months .................. 30 Qutarter Column, 1 year ........................... 75 6 months ................... 40 ,, 3 months ..................... 30 Three inches, 1 year .................... ......... 50 ,, 6 months ........................ 30 3 months. ..................... 25 Professional Cards, 1 inch, 1 year ................. 15 Rates for Transient Advertisements given at office. 1)FFICIAL DIREUTORY OF MONTANA. DELEGATE IN CONGRESS. L{on. MARTIN MAGINNIS, Helena. Office. Name. Residence. G )vtrnor.......... BENJ. F. POTTS,.......... Helena. .acretary.......... JAS. II. MILLS......Deer Lodge. Chief Justice.. ..D. S. WADE........... .Helena. tie E. J. CONGER,.....Virginma City ssocate J ustices W. J. GALBRAITH, Deer Lodge U. . District Attorney, J. L. DRYDEN.......Helena L. S. Marlhan, ALEX. C. BOTKIN............ Surveyor General..R. 11. MASON................Helena. Register Land Office, JAS. II. MOE........... " Receiver Land Office, F. P. STERLING...... " Collector Internal Revenue, T. P. FULLER.. " Collector Customs, T. A. CUMMINGS........ Benton. DrSTRICT ATTORNEYS AND CLERBKS, First District, F. K ARMSTRONG ........ Bozeman Second District, ALEX. H. MAYHEW....Deer Lodge. Third District, T. J. LOWRY ...............Helena. Clerk 1st Dist. Court, THEO. MUFFLY.Virginia City. Clerk 2d dist. co'rt, GEO. W. IRVINE, 2d, Deer Lodge Clerk 3d Dist. Court, ALEX. H. BEATTIE.... Helena. UNITED STATES ASSAY OFFICE. Assayer, RUSSEL B. HARRISON ............. Helena Melter, M. A. MEYENDORFF................ Helena. TERRITORIAL OFFICERS. Auditor, JOSEPH P. WOOLMAN .............Helena. Treasurer, D. H. WESTON ............ ........elena. Warden of Penitentiary, W. W. BOTKIN Deer Lodge Sup't Public Schools, W. EGBERT SMITHII .... Butte. Supreme Court Reporter, C. HEDGES.... .... Helena. Clerk Supreme Court, ISAAC R. ALDEN..... Helena. UNITED STATES EXAMINING SURGEON. W. R. BULLARD...... .......................... Ieena BOZEMAN LAND DISTRICT. Rogister,DAVIS WILLSON..............Bozeman. Receiver, J. V. BOGERT ....................Bozeman. TERRITORIAL COURTS. Territory of Montano, SS.-The undersigned, Jus tices of the Supreme Court of Montana Territory, being assemble:i at the seat of government for said Territr f, hereby make the following order in rela tion to the times and places for holding the District Courts of said Territory, and order the same of record: FIRST DISTRICT-E. J. CONGER, Judge. At VIRGINIA CITY, in Madison county, the second Monday of November, and the third Monday of March. At RADERSBURI , in Jefferson county, first ilonday of September, and the third Tuesday of February. At BOZEMAN, in Gallatin county, the third Monday of October, and the third Monday of April. At MILEs CITY, in Custer county, the fourth .lon day of September, and the fourth Monday of H y. SECOND DISTRICT-W. J. GALBRAITIr, Y.bId.eA In Deer Lodge county, at DEER LODGE CIv', .:s:,un..d Monday in April; first Monday in Sept;mner ; first Monday in December. In Missoula county, at MiSSOULA, fourth Monday in June; second Monday in November. In Beaverhead county, at BANNACK, first M . day in June; second Monday in October. THIRD DISTRICT-D. S. WADE, Judge. At HELENA, in Lewis and Clarke County, first Mon day in March, and the fifth Monday in November. At DIAMOND CITY, in Meagher county, the third Monday in April, and the third Monday in October. At FORT BENTON, in Choteau county, the irst Mon day in May, and the third Monday in September. DECIUS S. WADE, Chief Justice. E. J. CONGER, Associate Justice. Attest :--I. R. ALDEN, Clerk. H. P. ROLFE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, (Associated with Sanders dc Cullen.) U. S, Deputy IMineral Surveyor. Ten years' experience in government surveying. The best instruments used. Collections, insurance mining, homestead and all land clahis attended to. OFFICE, NEAR WETZEL'S, FRONT STREET, FORT BENTON. JOHN W. TATTAN, ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAW Office of the County Clerk, FORT BENTON, - - - MONTANA. R. W. CUMMINGB, Fort Benton, - MVontdna. CONTRACTOR FOR EXCAVATIONS. BUILDING STONE FURNISHED, N. H. WEBSTER, ----Wholesale and Retail dealer in---- Tobaccos and Cigars, SNUFF, PIPES, SIIOKERS' ARTIVLE.., Confectionery, Fruits and Ammunition. Main St., opp, First Nat. Bank, HIELENA, . . . . ItO ~NTANA. Fine Out Chewing and Vanity Fair j Smoking Toba oos, T. E. COLLINS, L. H. HERSHFIELD, CHAs. E. DUER, A. HERSHFIELD, Fort Benton. Helena. -OF NORTHERN MONTANA Transact a General Banking Business. Keep current accounts with merchants, stock men and others, subject to be drawn against by checks without notice. PAY INTEREST on TIME DEPOSITS We buy and sell Exchange on the commercial centers of the United States. WE WILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO TiHE BUSINESS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MONTANA, And will make such loans to stock men an ] farmers as are suited to their requirements. Local Securities a Specialty. Collections and all other business entrusted to us wil receive prompt and careful attention. COLLINS, DUEII & CO. RECORD BUILDING. FORT BENTON, M,. T. J, A. KANOUSE, Attorney and Counselor at Law, FORT BENTON, - - MONTANA. NOTARY PUBLIC and JUSTICE OF THE PEA CE. Main St., bet. Baker and St. John. FRED, H, ANDERSON, NEWS AGENT, POST OFFICE BUILDING,I IHELENA, - - MIONTANA. Dealer in Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods and Notions, Tobacco, Imported Cigars and Pipes. Subscriptions taken for all leading Periodicals and Newspapers AT PUBLISHERS' RATES. RINGWALD BROSI CO&0 PAWNBROKERS, UPPER MAIN STREET, RELENA, •. " " - ONTANa. Oppoite the First National Bank. TE' xtraordinary Bargains in Pawnbrokers' Unredeem _1 ed Pledges, at Ringwald Bros. & Co.'s. XTWe have a large stock of unredeemed pledges, con Vsisting of Watches, Diamonds, all kinds of Jew elry, Field and Opera Glasses, Gems, Riflles, Pistols, Etc., Etc. 51 h Cost $900. One large, elegant Diamond $ 55 Cross and Pendant, beauntifully set with six large Brilliants, at Pawnbrokers. AM C~ost $850. A handsome Solitaire Diamond SOUVU Ring, six karat, brilliant stone. beautifully set, at Pawnbrokers. 5 00 Cost $350. A beautiful six karat stone, to J match the above; would make an elegant pair of ear rings, at Pawnbrokers, 0 i O 00 worth of Diamonds; the largest. azid S finest stock in Montana. We have Diamond Rings of every description, cluster and solh taire. Prices from $25 to 5(o0. Diamond Ear Drops of the very latest settings, and of all sizes; stones as pure and clear as drops of water; prices from $50 to $1,000 per pair. We make a specialty of the finest goods.. G ents and Ladies' Gold Watches at.Bargains, at SPawnbrokers. ('- ents' Gold Vest and Guard Chains of every des -_ cription, at Pawnbrokers. SPECIAL. We would call the attention of stock men and-all who are in want of Field Glasses, as we make a spe cialty of the largest and most powerful glasses made in the world. Glasses worth $75 we sell for $40; one worth $65 for $35; one worth $50 for $25; one worth $30 for $15; one worth $20 for $10. L arge asssrtment of revolvers, some Smith & Wes L son, trimmed with rubber, double action; Colt's double action 45 calibre; almost new, at half price, at Pawnbrokers. M/oney to loan on all goods of value at Ringwald IVI Bros. & Co. tihe above goods are unredeemed pledges, and will Sbe sold at half their value. All goods warrant ed as represented, or in any case not found so, money will be refunded cheerfully, RILGWALD BROS. & Co,, Pawnbrokers. PROVIDENGE BAKERY Benton St., behind Marshall's Saloon, FORT BEN TON. LBEON P. ROCRON, Prop'tor. Keeps large stock of Bread, Pies and Cakes Always on hand and cheap for cash. A position as salesman or clerk ~l~in some irst-cl~as grocery or dry goqds house in Benton. Have had an experience of 15 years. Apply at this oflice. i . . .. . TELEGRAPHIC. Important to Kettlers. WASHINGTON, December 18.-There has been and still is much well-grounded com plaint of the great expense and other hard ships to which settlers are frequently sub jected by having to travel long distances from home and being witnesses to determine at remote places the mineral or agricultural character of their l:nds. Under the the present practice, the registers and re ceivers of their respective land districts are at liberty to fix the place for taking testi mony in any particular contest wherever they see fit, and the influence of wealthy specula tors or powerful corporations is often exerted in such manner in this regard as to work a practical denial of justice to poor men who cannot afford to mak9 long journeys. Representative Pag$,, since his arrival here a fortnight ago, has urged this evil upon the attention of the General Land Office, and at his instance Commissioner Williamson has prepared and issued to-day the following cir cular, addressed to all Registers and Receiv ers throughout the the country : "GENTLEMEN: In every case where it be comes necessary under the law and existing instructions of this office, to require a hear ing to be held and testimony taken for the purpose of ascertaining the mineral or agri cultural character of land, you are directed to cause such hearing to be heard before a duly qualified officer, whose office is located nearest the land in dispute, the distance to be computed by ordinary routes of travel. Whenever local land offices come within this rule, the hearing will be held before the Register and Receiver. It is intended to cause these hearings to be held, so far as practi cable, in such manner as to cause the least inconvenience to the persons interested. Should it appear, therefore, by written stipu lation of all the parties, that that purpose will be best subserved by the designation of any particular officer authorized to administer oaths, within the land district in which the land in controversy is situated, the instruc tions therein may be departed from in accor dance with such stipulation. It may also happen that the officer who would otherwise be selected is an interested party, or some other good reason may appear why his de signation would be improper, and in such case you will direct the hearing to be held before the next nearest officer. An Interesting Case. CHICAGo, December 21.-The daily NYew-s says : The doctors are puzzled and interest ed by a peculiar case on the west side, 86 Seeley avenue. Willie Crawford, aged 14 years, son of Captain Crawford, of a tug boat, has for seven years been sweating blood at times, and lately has had severe at tacks which alarmed his parents. His in firmity usually comes on him after taking a cold. Great black spots appear on his body from which the blood drops the size of a pin, and blood flows from his mouth, nose, eyes, stomach, and' ven from his bladder and kidneys. No pain accompanies these dis charges, but they make his blood thin and weaken him. Sudden fright or excitement will easily check the flow. He is mentally bright, and his father, mother, brothers and sisters are strong and healthy. The physi cians who have taken into question his case propose sending him to Edinburg and Lon don for examination by the academy of sur geons. Delegate Cannon. Cit0AGO, December 17.-Delegate Cannon of Utah, who has four wives and a seat in Congress, is not disturbed by the reports from Utah which represent that Gov. Murray will withhold his certificate and give it to Camp bell, upon the ground that Cannon is married too much and has never been a legally natur alized citizen of thi United States. Cannon says: "Ithink the Governor will delay as long as possible in giving me a certificate. I doubt if he will give it to Campbell. No one disputes my majority nor the fairness of the election. The Governor is only a ministerial officer. He cannot judge of my election. The House is the only body empowered to judge of the election and qualifications of its own members. Campbell will, in all proba bility, contest my seat. He claims that I am not a legally naturalized citizen of the United States. The question was settled by the XLIVth Congress. My seat was contrsted at that time, the question of citizenship being the principal one involved. While no report on that question was ever made to the House the members of the committee were unani mously of the opinion that I had been prop erly naturalized. Division of Dakota. N.xw YORK, December 20.-The Tribune's Wash~ngton special saysrs: Delegate Bennett of Dakota, is vigorously laboring; to create a sentiment among the members of the House of Representatives in favor of his bill to di videthe Territory of Dakota, to admit the southern part into the Union ass a State. Thle bill has.been ref erred to tjhe commiee on Territories which as yet h1.s taken no -natidn 'I regarding it. Bennett proposes to divide the present Territory on the 46th parallel of north latitude, thus throwing about 60,000 square miles into the new State and 70,000 into the Territorial sub-division. The population of the new State would be about 100,000 and that of the Territory about 36,000. A Black Hills Railroad. DEADWOOD, December 20.-Work on the Central City, Deadwood & Eastern Railroad begins on Monday, with Archibald McAr thur, of Chicago, as contractor. The road, under the contract, is to be completed by the first of August. The road will connect Dead wood, Central and Lead cities with the coal fields and foothills. Its course is down White wood canyon, with a tunnel through the mountain 1,500 feet in length. Secretaiy of the Navy. Chicago, December 20-The Jour,aZl's Washington special says: A mass delegation are working to secure the appointmenit of Governer Rice as Secretary of the Navy, to succeed Mr. Thompson. The matter has been fully discussed, and the delegation is a unit in deciding to press Govornor Rice's nomination. As General Davens will be shortly transferred to the supreme bench, the members of the delegation think no objection can be raised to the Governor's appointment. Ireland' DUBLIN, December -20.--The report that the government intended to prohibit all Land League ipeetings in Queens county was in correct. The prohibition only applied to the meeting at Callohill, which was convened for the purpose of denouncing a landlord who sought the assistance of the bankruptcy court to recover his rents. Two hundred hussars, 400 infantry and 100 constabulary arrived at Callohill on Satur day with ambulance wagons. The promo ters of the meeting had issued notices aban doning the projected meeting at Caliohill, but afterwards issued a placard convening a meeting a few miles off. The troops, how ever, have arrived on the ground. A resi dent magistrate forbade the meeting, and said he would disperse it with buckshot or what ever was necessary. The meeting was then finally abandoned. At a meeting at Carragh two hussars, sta tioned close to the platform, carried on sie nals with the camp, which was close at hand. There were also fifty policemen in ambush. A great diversity of opinion exists among the prominent land leagures in regard to the course to adopt if the government introduces a land bill which, although falling short of the programme of the league, would substan tially benefit tenants. Some are in favor of fighting it out to the end; others say that to reject a good bill would be to incur a great responsibility. The extremists say if a par tial measure is accepted the question would be dormant for ten years or more, and the work would have to begun afresh. There are now over 500 branches of the land league. Sullivan, M. P., speaking at the Mullingar meeting, said their fathers had faced the sword and bullet for Ireland, and the Irish men were not now to be frightened by the suspension of the habeas corpus act or the proclamation of martial law. LoNDON, December 20.-A battalion of Scott's Guards goes to Ireland to-night. The troop ship Himilaya is expected at Portsmouth to-day. She has been ordered to disembark a battalion of the rifle brigade at Queenstown, NOTES OF NEWS. Domestle. More than 100 cases of typhoid fever are reported in Montreal. The certificates of the electoral vote have been received by mail from every State in the Union. There is a strong feeling on the stock boar] at New York, and stocks show a general up ward tendency. The commissioners appointed to re-count the population of South Carolina, report the census as practically correct. The President has nominated W. B. Woods of Alabama, to succeed Justice Strong in the United States Supreme Court. The President of the Erie railway denies the report that the company's capital stock is to be increased to twelve million dollars Mackey, the California millionaire, and a wealthy citizen of Philadelphia have given $50,000 each for the endowment of Bowdoin College. The pastor of the church of Notre Dame (Roman Catholic) warned his congregation against patronizing Sara Berinhardt's perfor mances. The threatenedo:pposition to the confirma tion of Judge Woods as Justice btrong's suc cessor on the Supreme benchi seems likely to dwindle to small proportions: The electoral vote of California was de livered to Vice President Wheeler today by the venerable Stephen Cooper of Colusa county, a member of the special messengers of he elector.al college, who, despite hi 84 years, came on alone across the continent for that purpose and appeared at the capitol tias afternoon as head, hate and erect as mos! men born after the close of the war of 1812 in which he participated. The National Board of Trade adopted a resolution favoring the government telegraph service by a two-third vote. Also commend ing the statistical efforts of the United States Consuls. General Terry has just received advices from Major Brotherton, at Fort Buford, indi cating that scout Allison should, on the 11th inst. have left Wood mountain with the whole of Sitting Bull's camp, for Fort Buford, where they will, formally surrender to the. United States government. It is reported on good authority that the vacancies on Gen. Sherman's staff caused by the death of Col. Andemyed and the promo tion of Lieutenant Colonel McCook, will be filled by the appointment of Lieutenant Col. Dodge of the 23d Infantry and Major Tidball of the second artillery. Coke announced in the Senate that on Tues day next he would ask for the consideration of the Senate bill providing for the allotment of lands in severalry to Indians, and extend ing the laws of the States and Territories over the Indians. He said the bill was thought to be important by the Interior Department. The New York 2Iribune says: If the Isth mus canal is opened it may become the duty of this government looking to the safety of its great interests and possessions on the Paci fic coast, to insist on acquiring from Colom bia the territory through which it runs in or der to be able to fortify its mouths and con trol its operations'in time of war. The letter of Wade Hampton, disclaiming that he intended to challenge Secretary Sher man when he informed Sherman that his ad dress was Columbia, attracted much atten tention. This disclaimer from Hampton was published becuse of a severe letter from a South Carolinian living in California, who charged Hampton with causing the defeat of Hancock. After summin' up the Democratic blunders the writer adds.: "But these causes put together were not sl$potent for harm as Gen. Hampton's utterances. His speeches upon the nomination of Hancock and at Staunton, Va., told terribly against us. Representative Erritt (Penn.) has prepared a substitute for the Re-funding bill, now pending before Congress. It provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall be au thorized to issue notes to the amount of $400 O03,000, of denominations not less than $10, bearing interest at a rate not exceeding 3 per cent. per annum, rcdeemable at the pleasure of the United States after one year, and pas able in ten years from date of issue; but net more of said notes shall be redeemed in any one fiscal year than the amount of the sink ing fund for that year. The parlicular notes to be redeemed from time to time shall be de termined by lot under such rules as the Secre tary of the Treasuiry shall prescribe. This will be offered by Representative Kel lock as a substitute when the Wood re-fund ing bill is called up. Fore1gno Emile De Girardin, the great journalist, re tires from public life. Parnell, Demill and Dillon have received a letter threatening them with death. A Hague dispatch says the Second Cham ber has voted to grant 1,000 guilders for the Arctic expedition next year. The British cabinet has decided on coercive meaeures in the further disposition of the government on the Irish troubles. It is stated that the British government in tends to promote the emigration of Iristh far mers to the northwest to aid in settiinlg the land question. A meeting of Orangemien was heli Loughhall, Ireland, on the 17th, at which resolutions were passed favoring peasant proprietorship. It is reported that ex-Empress Euge.nie has arrived in Paris to secure the releaise of .her god-daughter, Baroness De Friedl.nd, who is charged with forgery. Fire artir l~i.s oef lte. L sero us fire, accompanied by a heavy loss of life, occurred on the evenirng of the 17th at Buffalo, N. Y. Tho fire was diseov ered in the third story of an im.anse five story building, owned by G. W. Tafit, and occupied by Birge & Sons, wal-paper r un facturers. The building is 80 feet front by about 300 in depth, and they had about 50 men and boys empioyed at the !resea~t tim, the business demanding extra help. Ad of that number were at work, and in iess than 20 minutes after 'he alarm was given the building was a 'm1>ss of flames. The walls crumbled and feli, anid probably buied twenty or thirty emptl, es, The doors to the different rooms were hung to swing in; each had a.heavy spring clo.ng thoem, thereby re tarding the egress :of fthe occup;alnts. The building was without fire esca esof any kind and the terri ,ified worlimen jmped- from the: windows, and many escteq yath broken bones and brised booies. T ind the up per stories, unable to jcp pp eOre P a momenLt t he window.w d tnen skgk " •' - : - .:. ,2 " . #.! :..'.. .?-.-' :.-..i ., -, . .. ... : .. • .:..