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THIE RIE P rESS
VolIs Fort Benton, Montana, Wednesday, January 5, 1881. N,~
WILLIAMS, WRIGHT & STEVENS,
PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS.
Terms ..........................$5.00 per Year.
RATES OF ADVERTISING:
One Column, 1 year...............................$175
" 6 months..... ............... 100
' 3 "7..........75
Inalf Column, 1 year.............................. 100
6 months .. .................... 75
. 3 3 .......................... 40
One-Third Column, 1 year........................ 80
" 6 months ................45
3 months ..................
Quarter Column, lTyear........................... 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.
OFFICIAL DIREUTORY OF MONTANA.
DELEGATE IN CONGRESS.
Elon. MARTIN MAGINNIS, Helena.
Office. Name. Residence.
G )vernox..........BENJ. F. POTTS,.......Helena.
Secretary..........JAS. H. MILLS......Deer Lodge.
Chief Justice.. ..D. S. WADE............ Helena.
Asociate Justices F. J. CONGER.....VirgimaCity
o W. J. GALBRAITH, Deer Lodge
U. S. Wistrict Attorney, J. L. DRYDEN......Helena
U. S. Marshal, ALEX. C. BOTKIN............ '"
Surveyor General. .R. H. MASON......... ..Helena.
Register Land Office, JAS. H. MOE........... I
Receiver Land Office, F. P. STERLING...... "
Collector Internal Revenue, T. P. FULLER..
Collector Customs, T. A. CUMMINGS....... Benton.
DrSTRICT ATTORNEYS AND CLERIK,
First District. F. K. ARMSTRONG........ Bozeman
Second District, ALEX. H. MAYHEW....Deer Lodge.
Third 1)istrict,. T. 3. LOWRY................Helena.
Clerk tat Dist. Court, THEO. MUFF'LY.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....................Helena.
Warden of Penitentiary. W. W. BOTKIN, Deer Lodge
Sup't Public Schools, W. EGBERT SMITH... .Butte.
Supreme Court Reporter, C. HEDGES... ....Helena.
Clerk Supreme Court, ISAAC R. ALDEN......Helena.
UNITED STATES EXAMINING SURGEON.
W. R. BULLARD...... . .... ............. Felena
BOZEMAN LAND DISTRICT.
RTgister,DAVIS WILLSON................Bozeman
Receiver, J. V. BOGERT...................Bozeman
TERRITORIAL COURTS.
Territory of Montana, SS.-The undersigned, Jus
tices of the Supreme Court of Montana Territory,
being assembled at the seat of government for said
Territor , hereby make the following order in rela
tion to the times and places for hopling 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 RADERSBURG, in Jefferson county, first Mon&ay
of September, and the third Tuesday of February.
At BOZEMAN, in Gallatin county, the third Monday
ofOctober, and the third Monday of April.
At MILEs CITY, in Custer county, the fourth Mon
day of September, and the fourth Monday of May.
SECOND DISTRICT-W. J. GALERAITH, Judge.
In Deer Lodge county, at DEER LODGE CITY, second
Monday in April; first Monday in September; first
Monday in December.
In Missoula county, at MISSOULA, fourth Monday in
June; second Monday in November.
In Beaverhead county, at BANNACK, first Monday 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 BENTSN, in Chotean county, the first Mon
day in May, and the third Monday in September.
I)ECIUS S. WADE, Chief Justice.
E. J. CONGER, Associate Justice.
Attest :-I. R. ALDEN, Clerk.
H. P. ROLFE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
(Associated with Sanders d:? Cullen.)
U1. S. Deputy Mineral Surveyor.
Ten years' experience in government surveying. The
be t instruments used~. Collections, insurance
mining, homestead and all land claims
attended to.
OFFI CE, NEAR WETZEL'S,
FRONT STREET, FORT DENTON'.
JOHN W. TATTAN,
ATTORNEY i COUNSELOR AT LAW
Office of the County Clerk,
FORT INTON, - - - MONTANA.
ONW. DEWEY,
Civil E ng inee r
AROHITEOT,
United States Dep. Mineral Surveyor
FT, BENTON, - IRONTANvA.
Ut. W. OUIIXEINGS8,
Fort Benton, '- Montana.
CONTRACTOR FOR
EXCAVATIONS.
XBUILDING STONE FURNISHED.
MVETROPOLITAN HOTEL,
EiELE1NA, its. T.
Zimmer & Wolpert, Pro#,'rs.1
NEW, NEAT AND 1'IRST-0LA88.i
Board by the Week................80
Three Metil Tickete ...............10
Lodging......... .......... ... O
A bar in connection wWt ~bthe zue,wer iein
T. 18. CoLLINs, L. A. HERSHFIELD,
CHAS. E. DuER, A. HERSHFIELD,
Fort Benton. Helena.
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75
75 -OF
40
80
450
30
75NORTHERN -MUNTANA
1 Transact a General Banking
Business.
Keep current accounts with merchants, stock men
and others, subject to be drawn against by
checks without notice.
a.
e' PAY INTEREST on TIME DEPOSITS
a.
ty
ia We buy and sell Exchange on the commercial centers
of the United States.
a.
WE WILL GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE
BUSINESS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
NPNTANA,
n And will make such loans to stock men and farmers
as are suited to their requirements.
e
Local securities a Specialty.
a Collections and all other business entrusted to us wil
. receive prompt and careful attention.
COLLINS, DUER & CO.
* REcoRn BUILDING. FORT BENTON, M. T.
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J. A. KANOUSE,
Attorney and Counselor at Law,
FORT BENTON, - - MONTANA.
NOTARY PUBLIC and JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Q Main St., bet. Baker and St. John.
FRED. H. ANDERSON,
NEWS AGENT,
POST OFFICE BUILDIaG,I
HELENA, - - MONTANA.
f
Dealer in Books, Stationery, Fancy Goods and Notions, g
Tobacco, Imported Cigars and Pipes.
t
Subscriptions taken for all leading Periodicals
and Newspapers
AT PUBLISHERS' RATES.
PAWNBROKERS,
UPPER MAIN STREET,
C
HELENA, . - - - MONTANa. c
Opposite the First National Bank. E
EJ'xtraordinary Bargains in Pawnbrokers' U~nredeem- S
124ed Pledges, at Ringwald Bros. & Co.'s.f
Ue have a iarge stock of unredeemed pledges, con
W sisting of Watches, Diamonds, all kinds of Jew: I
elry, Field and Opera Glasses, Gems, Riffles, Pistols,
Etc., Etc.
55 Cost $900. One large, elegant Diamond
E~]&&UCross and Pendant, beautifully set With MiX
large Brilliante, at Pawnbrokers.
F' A Cost $850. A handsome Solitaire Diamond
UU VU Ring, six karat, brilliant stone. beautifully s
set, at Pawnbrokers.
tJ1 fl Cost $950. A beautiful six karat stone, to
epU VV match the above; would make an elegant p
pair of ear rings, at Pawnbrokers,5
'g0 00A worth of Diamionds; the largest and5
1.l l, finest st'ock in Montana. We have p
Diamon Rings of every description, cluster and soli
taire. Prices fromn $25 to $500.
Di~amond Ear Drops of the very latest settings, and ii
11of 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. ' d
fGents and Ladies? Gold Watches at.1Bargains, at
'.1Pawnbrokers.
(Gents' Gold Vest and Guard Chtqins of every des- si
'cription, at Pawnbrokers.
SPECIAL.
We would call the attention of stock men and all who 0
are in want of Field Glasses, as we make a spe- p
cialty of the largest and moat plowerf il glasses
made in the world4. Glasses worth $25 we -.O
sell for $40; one worth $65 (or $85; ,'*0
one worth $50 for $2o; one worth
po0for $15; one worth $20 ','v
for $10. .'
TLarge asssrtment of revolvers, §Smith & Ws
LJson, trimmed with rubber, 'double 8ction; Colt's
double action 45 calibre; almobt new, at half price, at
Pawnbrokers. 1
lljfoney to loan on all goods of value at Ringwald bi
IT.R Bros. & Co.
T~he above goods are nnredeemed pledges, and willS
I.be sold at Iraif their value; All good8 warranil- ol
ed as rpresented, or in any case not found so, money
will' be refunded cheerfully,
RID9GWALD BROS. & Co,, Pawnbrokers. b(
PROVIDENVE BAKERY L
Blenton SL, behind Marshals Saloon,
EORT DENTOW. 93
pll
LEON P. R:DCR0lg, Prop'tor. th
Keeps large tock of
Bread, Pies and Qakes a
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TELEGRAHIC.
NOTES OF NEWS.
It is reported that Mark Twain is subject to
strange illusions, which often last from ten
days to two weeks. Sometimes he fancies
himself the editor of the Hartford Courant,
then a church deacon; and recently he was
found in the rear of his house, standing
on a box, and fancying himself to be the
Egyptian obelisk. This all sounds very much
like Mark Twain's latest-joke.
Omaha is to have a grape sugar factory,
to manufacture and refine sugars and syrups
from corn and cane. The new factory will
consume between 600,000 and 700,000 bush
els of corn per annum.
The soda lake, on the Laramie plains has
been sold to the Union Pacific railroad com
pany, with the intention of erecting the nec
essary works next' spring for the manufac
ture of commercial soda. Careful estimates
place the cost of producing and delivering
this article at the railroad at $15 per ton, and
the market value at Chicago is $50, so that
there is a margin of $350 per car load after
deducting freight. This country is now im
porting $2,000,000 worth of soda annually
It is a matter of current belief that a con
flict is inevitable between General Garfield
and the Stalwarts. They over-estimate their
own importance, and if they cannot have r
everything their way they will make trouble. 1
They have a theory that Garfield is timid and r
that he can be easily bulldozed. They will c
seek an opportunity to test their strength r
against him, if he does not abjectly yield in a
advance to their imperious demands. c
It is reported in Deadwood, on apparently
good authority, that the Homestake Company
has purchased all the DeSmet and Gopher t:
Mining Companies' property, comprising t
half-a-dozen valuable claims, together with h
Spearfish ditch, nearly .20 miles in length; a
partly completed. The price is stated to be c
some millions of dollars. c
Some unknown fiend fired several shots
into a smoking car on the Iron Mountain v
railroad on Christmas-day and then escaped a
into the woods. One man was killed and tl
two mortally wounded. d
Major Clark and 35 Inen surrendered to v
the Boers at Patchefstroom after 48 hours of a
fighting. A large force of the insurgents is
advancin g on Utrect., The Boers have n
taken Derby. At Utrecht all persons ref us- a
ing to join the insurgents have been shot. tl
The English traders' stores at Patchsfstroom
have been looted. Only 120 British troops
hold camp there and their position is extreme
ly critical. ii
The Western Union Telegraph Co. has for E
six weeks been experimenting between Bos- b
ton and New York, with a new invention, d
whereby 5 messages may be sent simultan
eously from each end of the line, and so far A
it is said, the contrivance has proved satis
factory. The W. UN T. Co., is said to have
offered the inventor $150,000 if he shall sue- a
ceed in using one wire for four simultaneous
messages in two months, $25,000 for each sI
line of messages superimposed after that, as
stated above. Six weeks of trial is success- O
fully past, it is stated that on the 21st inst. .
five operators in iNew York and five in Bos- a
ton, using one wire, sent and received 2,130 ,
messages, or forty per hour for each man.
The~ew York Tribune is responsible for
the following: The subscriptions to the
stock and bonds of the Mexican National la
Railroad Co., which closed yesterday, are re
ported to be $12,000,000. This sum is $4,- di
500,000 in excess of the amount offered and cl
pro rata awards will be made. Messages ei
were received yesterday from Europe asking hi
that a part of the amount offered be set aside rc
for European account, but the request was 84
denied. The subscriptions were made al- w
most wholly in this country, although a con- ex
siderable amount was taken in Europe. O(
The capacity 'of the pig-iron furnaces in ci
this country is about 4,500,000 tons, and the m
present production at the annual rate of 4,- a
000,000 tons. It i estimated that 3,000,000
or 3,500,000 tonis will be used during the cur
rent year. The consum~ption in 1879 amount- Y
ed to about 3,000,000 totis. tin
Jay Gould continues his purchasing designs th:
izpon the State of MisisouriL Last month he ag
bought tbe Jefferson City, Le b oigi :# d at
&outhwestern road, the ultimate destinafion fo.
of which is to make another ¶equection with rol
the Missouri, Kainsas ~and Te A Work is to oi
be pushed on this'new road r At
The receipts' of rgeiail mercha.nts of St. cx
Louis for the mibut# of December, 1880, will Th
be double those of the ~same month. a year~ bf
ago.~ This is one of the best evidenecs of the .an
prosperity of the country, becauise when peo- ~to
pl r beto spend mnoney freely d~uring
th oldy they are not suffering from dis
tress in ,ecent past, and a~re in no fear of
The official estiumates of appropriations re- tail
nied for the next 1jiscal year pieicde temod
olow4 detay~i'bute he'tofr p blse - pam
"4ficiePcfcwis upssnsr a
and Montana, $25,000 each ; Dakota, $40,
000 ; Arizona, $15,000. For surveying pri
vate land claims in Californii, $10,000 ; Ari
zona and New Mexico, $8,000 each. For
the U. S. Geological 'survey under Clarence
King, $400,000. For clerks in the office of
the surveyor general of California, including
those engaged in fixing up arrears of work
and copying and preserving defaced original
Spanish archives, $39,600. Increased appro
priations of from $5,000 to $8,000 each are
also recommended for similar purposes in
all the other Pacific coast States and Terri
tories. For general expenses of the Indian
service in California, $35,000. The estimates
for the support and subsistence of the vari
ous Indian tribes not provided for by treaty
stipulations are substantially the same as the
current year's appropriations.
Big Money Indians.
WASHNGTOro, )December 29.-Two con
ferences held here to-day at the Interior De
partment before Secretary Schurz, between
the Cheyenne river and Lower Brule Sioux
delegations, and the representatives of the
Chicago & Northwestern, and the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroads, in regard to
obtaining the right of way for the construc
tion of the two lines of railway through the
Sioux reservation. . In the forenoon a con
ference was held with the Cheyenne river
delegation, and "Four Bears" at the outset
renewed his proposition of yesterday by ask
ing $7,000,000 for the necessary lands. Sec
retary Schurz stated that the railroad company
offered to pay nearly .$5 per acre for the
necessary strip of land, which he said was
nearly four times as much as the government
obtained for the wild lands. He endeavored
to point out to them the advantages which
would result from having the railroad built
through this reservation, owing to the fact
that it would bring crops nearer to the mar
ket and thus enhance the value of their land
adjoining the-railroad. If they wanted to be
civilized, railroads were great civilizing agen
cies.
"Rattling Rib" then wanted to know
whether they could or could not get the price
asked. 8ecretary -Schurz informed them that
they could not, and added he thought the In
dians did not know how much $7,000,000
was or they would not be so foolish as to ask
such a price.
"Rattling Rib" concluded his talk by' re
marking that "we must talk it over slow,"
and added they would go home and talk with
their people.
Spanish Matters.
MADRID, Spain, December 31.-Consider
ing impression was made by that part of the
King's speech at the opening of the Cham
bers, urging the Cortes to consider the expe
diency of putting the naval and military re
sources of the country, and principally the
Asiatic and American stations, on a better
footingg more adequate to the necessities of
modern armaments. The speech concludes'
as follows: "With your assistance, it does
not appear to me impossible that Spain
should once more occupy that position in the
world which she occupied until this century.
Other nations have conquered the positions
which they had not before. It is not too great
a thing that we' should at least return to what
we were."
Thae Northern Pacific.
OJxroAoo, Jan. 4.-The Inter- Ocean'8 spec
ial says : Subscriptions to the Northernit
Pacific loan will be open in this city on Mon
day. It-is understood from bankers having\
charge of the matter' that there is a. differ
ence ias to the times of subscriptions received
here. Those in 'excess of $10,000,000 will
receive pro rata allotment in connection with
sublicriptions made in London where books
will remain open for all subsciptions tend- 3
ered during three 'days. Inother words $10.
000,000 vwill he awarded to American sub
cribers and all subscriptions ,in equal allot
ment. Friends of the enterprise anticipate
a complete success of the loan.
Tuae Indianas.
W48HmaGoN, Jan. 4. -The Brule and
Yankton Sioux agreed to day to signi the (
treaity to allow railroads the right of way i
through their reservation. The price they t<
agree to. take is $5 per acre for land needed v
at terminal points, $4 per acre for land usede
for intermediate stations and $110 a mhile for v
roadway. This is sulbstalitially whalt the t4
roads have offered fromi he start. The Sans a
Are, Minneconjous anld two Kenle bands are e
expected to agree to the same proposition by n
the railroad officials. Still they will feel swre b
ft nothing until thie'treaty isactupily signed, ai
mnd Ibis. the Indiansiseem disposed-to put off ci
Rinuperou in Hawals. 2 l
ails of t great eruiption ofa Ipaiz an 4h
>thter vo kjnoes neatr ly., Alo*4 9gsnss cc
Imolke ha iddye the omonty~
)art of he 19 bu a hse ha
ciene describe itas in&nsdtid~
he porer ot 44r flo xps at
Lonjas now contI1Iediile
,- and the lava stream reached the woods near
i- Hilo. From Kilena is reported that the stream
'i- has changed its direction, And the Kapela
)r sugar plantations, for a long time regarded
e as in danger, are now considered safe. Re
)f ports are up .to the 6th of December, and
g show the most active flow now is that run
k ring from near the summit of Mauna Loa,
t1 in-a northerly direction towards Mauna Lea.
- Clouds of smoke envelop the mountain, but
e at times they lift, showing the real fiery red
n river of lava moving down the mountain.
i- On November 20th, which was a very clear
n day, the eruptions were plainly seen from
s their craters. Those watching the mountain
i- from Hilo on that day, about dusk, saw a
y sudden explosion from one of these craters.
e A vast column of material was ' suddenly
thrown several hundred feet in the air;
several days after another clear day
showed that the summit of the mountain had
- undergone much change. Three craters,
each separated by about a mile, were seen
and each seemed intensely active. A corres
pondent who went up on the mountain near
e the t ase of the flow says : "The lava has
flowed about twenty-five miles towards Hilo,
and is now in the neighborhood of thirty
miles away. It is from a quarter to a half a
e mile on the upper part of its course, and on
- the lower part is from three-quarters to a
r mile wide. It has entered the woods on one
t side, and as it rises high above the flow of
- 1855, which is especially high at this point,
- its motion looks threatening enough. I did
r not see any portion of it in motiun at the
lower end, but concluded that the motion was
at the center and of a rotary nature, rolling
masses of clingstone to either side and form
ing great piles as it rushes along. I saw no
trees burning, though the stream had ad
vanced into the upper road. My theory is
that the head of the stream is not molten, the
liquid lava being underneath, and that pro
gress is made now, aithough not open, run
ning down the mountain, thereby 'throwing
congealed and congealing masses- ahead
like puppet balls, pressing down trees and im
mediately burying them as the river of stones
moves on. While all this is going on, old
Kilau mountain maintains its ancient reputa
tion, and its three lakes are in most intense
activity, each trying to surpass in brilliancy
and beauty former displays. Streams fre
quently flow from them, but not regularly."
Parties are visiting the new eruption every day
and from this side can approach the stream and
ride along almost its entire length of twenty
or thirty miles within a few miles of it. The {
combined length of the two streams, the
northern and the eastern, can not be less
than forty miles. One party has even ven
tured to sleep on a spur of the new stream,
enjoying its warmth and a good nap.
School Report.
The following is .a report of the attendance,
s..hoiarship and deportment in the primary
department of the school in Benton for the
school month ending December 21st, 1880.
The report for the grammar department was
not handed in.
Total No. enrolled ........................ 40
'Total No. boys enrolled ...................22
'Total No. girls enrolled ...................18
Total No. days attendance ..........272
Total No. days absence...................120
Total No. days tardy......................834
Average daily attendance.................22)
- ROLL OF HONOR.
(Giving 100 for perfect scholarship.)
A. CL ASS.
Wearn Rowe-.............................100
Maggie Currie ............................ 95
George Kelley.............................95
\Jacob Hermnan............................ 95
Viola Savage'...............................90
May Seniqur............................... 90
-B. CLASS.
Christ. 'Herman...........................100
Bes'1oni Wheelock........................9. 8
Joseph Locke..............................92
C. CLASS.
Flora Dutro................................100,
Lucy Neubert:.........................-....95
A. B. C. CLASS.
Sarah Majors............................9. 0
Cyrrus Neubert............................90g
M. E. FINNIGAN, Teacher.
SDeath of an Old Jiontautan.
[Denver News.j
At 6:80 o'clock yesterday morning (Dec. 8)
George Higgins, late of the firm of ,Durant
& Higgins, breathed his last at Leadville, af
-ter a sickness of some duration. Deceased
was well known in this city, having emnigrat
ed to Colorado in 1860 from Andover, Mass.,
where he was born 46 years ago. S3hortly af
ter his arrival in Colorado he went to Helena
and -Virginia City,' Montana, where he was
engaged as an auctioneer and commission
merchant, and also in the grocery and livery
buslness for a numiber of years. His push
awl enterprise soon nmade him quite promin
ent in tha~t locality. -He next moved to Balt
Lake City, where -he engaged in the whole-.
jsaleliquiqr apd livery business, and in 187
went tophq Black Hills, and meved to :he
canip tyo7ears ago, when he located oi tle
hetart#ed a livery stalble and audion oet4eh
co~riectien with~ Mr i-at adcntn
rancparter ei ith da tiy

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