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ders for advertising, unless accompanied by the
cash, will receive no attention.
JOB PRINTING.
We hbae every facility for executing the fitnest
elasses of Book and Job, printing, and our prices
are as low as thoseef any other printing esatbl ish
xment in Montana. All Book or Job work must be
paid for on delivery.
W. H. BUCK, - Editor and Proprietor.
'THE stRar route trials are still in full blats
at Washington.
Mit. CONKLI(NG received a $100,000 fee in
the recent mineral water cases.
Ex-Govi.:RNOR TILDEN 'S mnorn!ingl cxcl
else on horseback alw'ays lasts just one
hour.
'1'E: Madrid Gazette atllouluces that an
heir to the Spanish throne is expected in
December.
Six small boys have died from lockjaw
in Cincinnati and Covington this month.
Toy pistols did it.
TuE: Chicago Times i:Lys :-T'lere are in
dications hither and yon that John A.
Logan, of Illinois, has his eye on 1884.
Mns. LINCOLN died in the same house
and within ten feet of the spot where she
stood November 2, 1842, and was married
to Abl rham Lincoln.
AN AtTKAySAS bridegroom caught the
bride in his arms, at the conclusion of the
ceremony, and dislocated two of her ribs
with a violent hug.
Ex-SECRETlArY IRAMSEY, chairman of the
Utah commission, told a Chicago reporter
that it was not the belief of the Mormons,
but their acts, that were to be dealt with.
ON the 19th inst. Mrs. Lincoln's remains
were laid at rest in a crypt in the Lincoln
monument at Springfield beside the one
prepared for the dust of her illustrious
husband.
THE Senate has passed the 0louse bill to
provide additional industrial training
schools for Indian youths and authorizing
the use of unoccupied military barracks
for such purpose.
STiHE Georgia Democratic State Conven
tion has nominated Alexander IH. Steph
ens candidate for Governor by a practically
unanimous vote. There is, of course, no
question of his election.
IN Ireland what promised to be the finest
wheat crop ever grown that country is
badly damaged by rains--many fields be
ing totally destroyed. Potatoes have also
suffered serious damage.
ONE of the latest canal projects is that of
a waterway between Liverpool and Man
chester, England, so as to make the latter
place accessible at all times by large sea
going vessels. The lowet est estimate of the
cost is $25,000,000.
THE German Government is allowed by
law to employ the interest on more than
$10,000,000 belonging to the ex-King of
Hanover "to avert and combat all ulnder
takings against Plrussia." This yields
$450,000 a year for secret service money.
NEtII, GItANT SA.ron)Is celebrated her
27th birthday on the 4th of July at Idle
wild, on Green Bay, Wis., where she has
boen for some time with her husband. She
partakes of her husband's love for fishing,
and has proved herself an adept as a rifle
and pistol shot.
THE Attorney-General has very proper
ly decided that the Secretary of the Treas
ury cannot allow transportation companies
to take sixty thousand Chinese through
this country from Cuba to China. If such
transits were allowed the Chinese exclu
sion law would soon be a nullity.
IT is thought Texas will have live bush
els of corn where she raised one last year.
Illinois and Iowa have been the principal
corn-growing States, but the country is
continually spreading, and thousands of
acres which never before raised anything,
will turn out good corn this year.
IT is proposed to close the wells in the
city of Buffalo to prevent the people fronom
drinking contaminiated water. Unless we
get waterworks ere long in Benton a sim
ilar step should be taken here. The well
water we are drinking at present is either
unwholesomely alkaline or disgustingly 1
dirty.
SOrME of the barbers of Philadelphia do
not wish to work on Sundays, and have
therefore appointed a committee to enforce
an old law against Sunday labor. The
members get shaved in shops which they
find open, and then become witnesses
against the proprietors, who are fined 5$
apiece.
TilE Louisville Courier-Jourmil says:
When George Robeson entered the Cabinet
of Grant and took the naval portfolio lie
was so poor that hlie could hardly pay his
washerwomnan. Within two years after he J.d
got into the Cabinet there was money to li
his personal credit at five different banks, a
amounting to $467,546.61.
A Mnssoulxz newspaper prints the rumor tJ
that Charles Ford and Robert Ford, who if
assassinated Jesse James anid then, having E
pleaded guilty, received the sentence of is
death with a smile, and were pardoned by ti
Gov. Crittenden, intend W ter college in
Missouri-the William ý 'wel College at
Liberty-and take :all ful'legiiate course "a
with the money obtained Ias a reward for is
perpetfratiia murder.: , ti
I).AiarIA i- not to be :amitted ais a state
lutriing tile preselin sessioni of .:ongrCess.
It is said that the friends of the bill have
in Slome manner beenl indiscreet, and that
their safest course now is to let the bill
stand over nntil next session of Congress.
WOULD it not be as well and in better
taste for the River Press to allow the polit
ical parties of Choteau county to make
their own nominations for the coming cam
paign, and more particularly the Demo
c.ramic party with whom the editor of the
River Press does not seem to affiliate since
his arrival in Montana ?
Jo ix ý.n-ERMsAN'S polariscope test for im
ported sugars, which the United States
Supreme Court a few months ago pro
nouncedt illegal, seems now to have lost
favor even with its former advocates. The
astute ex-Secretary of the Treasury in vain
attempted to father a bill for its legaliza
tion in the Senate the other day.
PAI'AsI is a Turkish title given to Go(v
ernors of provilnces, Ministers of state,
and naval or military commanders of high
iank. Bey, or Beg, is a title of honor
given to the sons of a Pasha, and to army
officers holding the rank of a Colonel. It
means lord or commander. In Tunis :ind
Tripoli the supreme officer of the State is
called the Bey.
Tu'E: sudden death of Miss Fautny Par
nell will fall like a blow lupon
the hearts of the friends of Ireland in her
present struggle. The known devotion
of woman to any cause in which the emler
gies and syinpathies of men are engaged
adds enormously to its strength, and the
loss of such a friend as ]Miss Parnell is an
a dded misfortune to Ireland.
CUIARLEY IxYON arrived at his home in
Iowa, a few days ago, satisnied by a month's
experience at WVest Point that lie did not
wish to remain a cadet. Ile says that the
rules of the military academy were too
rigid and severe to hear; that hazing was
practiced; that he was compelled to eat
tallow candles and chew tarred rope, and
that, unable to stand it longer, he ran
away.
AN increased demiland for American se
curities is one of the results of the troubles
in Egypt. If the bombardment of Alex
andria is succeeded by extensive field op
erations, the eftect is likely to be felt in an
invigorated grain and provision market.
The United States is probably the only
nation that woniud derive anliy I,nr'le.it f'ron:
a prolonged struggle in Egypt.-dfialeap
olis Tribune.
THE high price of beef, of which con.
sumners very naturally complaMi, has been
a fine thing for cattle feeders. For in
stance, a cattle man at Independence, Kan
sas, had 600 head that three months ago
he would have sold at a loss of $500. Find
ing no purchaser at that sacrifice he kept
cattle, and has recently sold them at a: clear
profit of $10,000.-Prairie Farmer.
"- Tn. medical corps of the Army during
the war, outside of those holding State
'y commissions, sustained the following casu
10 alties: Killed in action, 19; died of wounds
received in action, 8; killed in skirmishes
st or by guerrillas, 13; killed by accident
while on duty, 9; and wounded in action,
73. Total casualties, 122. This is pretty
0o good showing for a corps of non-combatant
military officers.
IT is the Atlanta Constitution, published
in the once duel-encouraging State of Geor
gia, which says: The impetuous Carolini
ans who seek to establish that doubtful ar
ticle called "honor" in blood would do
ltheir country more service by engaging in
the cornfield at fifty cents a day. It is
time to understand that a bullet-hole neith
er makes right wrong nor wrong right.
A LT, hope of foreign intervention seems
to hiave died out in Peru. A few illusion
ists prefer to hope against hope, but the
majority now understand that if peace is
to be brought about it must be due to their
own efforts. The Chillians now openly
,assist and promote all conferences tending
to bring about peace, but up to the present
little has occurred pointing to a speedy
e settlement. Tarapaca is undoubtedly lost
to P'ern.u,
A REGISTERtED foreign package was sent
from the Registered Letter Department of
s the Baltimore Post Office yesterday, des
4 tined for London, England, on which the
postage and registry cost over $25. The
package Was about a foot long, ten inches
wide, and ei'ght inches thick, carefully
sealed, and contained bonds and other se
- curities amounting to over $1,000,000,
mostly for one banking firm. The pack
age goes by way of New York.-Baltimore
Sun.
f
CaICAco is thinking of reforming its
jury system, which allows gamblers, mur
derers, and other offenders to escape.
Through neglect or inefficiency only about
one-half of the jurors drawn each month
by the County Board are forced to be in
attendance. The vacancies are filled from
the number of persons most accessible.
The loafers about the court house often are c
found to be accessible. The result is ca- '
lamitous when such men get on a jury.
Hereafter, if the proposed change is made, t
the sheril will cause personal service to t
be made on each individual drawn as a ju- i
ror. When the jury is not filled, the c
Judge of the Criminal Court will issue at- t
tachments. r
JI xnY WYARD B.ECHnER, in an article in i
-North American R.eviecw for August, on
"Progress of Thought in the Church," ar
gues that the religious tendency of the n
present era is to broadness aRid liberality of g
faith alnd spirit, and that the high stone- g
walls of denominational sectarianism and
doctrinal dogmatism are. rapidly crumb
ling. He says: "If the American people
are driven away from the church, and from U
faith in the Christian religion it will be
the fault of the church and-the pulpit'" It
is by works more than by faith that Mr.
Beecher believes imen will be saved, and
his Christianity, as developed in this paper,
is one of morals and. motives, and not at
tachfiiexnt to doctrinal pQsitivisms, ,
MIs. LA TrI continues to draw large
audiences on her theatrical tour of Eng
lafid, and aisnmaklng a great deal of moiney, -T
though a crowded house there yields onilyj ei
about half as much money as in this coun
try. The horses are frequecntly unhitched
fromm! her carriage by young men. who
t draw her to or from the theatre; but these
1 demonstrations are prearranged by her
manager, who employs a few fellows to
excite and direct the enthusiasm. "When
she visits America," says the correspond
ent of the Philadelphia Press. "there will
be many discussions as to her beauty. I
don't think there will be any as to t-or his
trionic ability." He grants her no merit
as an actress, except that of ladylike grace,
but thinks she is likely to improve.
THE brief debate in the Senate, the other
day, on the hundred-million-dollar pen
sion bill, brought out the usual exculpa
t tory remarks in regard to the shameful
jobbery which has been accomplished un
der pretence of doingj ustice to the soldiers.
There had been paid up to March l over
half a billion d+olars in pensions. The
arrears of pensions will call for between
- $200,000,000 and $300,000,000 more. How
many false and fraudulent pensions have
i been granted nobody can guess, because
r Congress has never taken the trouble to
surround the pension roll with safeguards.
THE Cologne Gaz.etb arld the Berlin
X or th Geriman Gazette print articles on the
Egyptian question which arc re regarded as
being directly inspired by, and as repre
senting not only the policy of Germany,
but that of the other powers, except Elng
Sland and France. The. articles say that
the Egyptian question will only be ripe for
Germany after the Western powers have
I come to a mutual understanding to apply
for the assent of Europe. In view of the
general need of peace, Englad may rely
upon support on all sides in her endeavor
to bring about a settlement of the question,
especially if she strictly adheres to the role
of defender of her just interests.
Ex-SENAron ROSCOE CONIix.ING was ser
enaded at Utica, N. Y., recently by c(iti
Szeans of all political parties; and in the
course of his remarks thereafter he said :
l "Old party issues have largely passed
I away, or at least as dividing party lines.
We are in a period of peace and great pros
perity; but let us never forget that pros
perity often tests and tries the wisdom of
Suations and men more even than adversity.
The tendency is to spend largely. The
tendency in the Government is to make
profuse, perhaps lavish, appropriations of
the public money. In the affairs of Gov
ernment and in the affairs of business, un
less I greatly mistake the lesson, tile need
and admonition of the hour is frugality,
foresight, and care. We have more nleed
of the brake than of steam in a good many
ways just now."
"THE hiring of a portion of the Deer
Lodge convicts by the Governor to Messrs.
Davidson & Bald win is a new departure in
the management of that institution. So
far the penitentiary has been a heavy bur
den upon the Territory. We pay the Uni
ted State 75 cents per day for the board of
each of the convicts, the number ranging
from fifty-five to sixty. One would im
agine that a lot of able bodied men sen
tenced to hard labor in the penitentiary
would pay at least their board by their
work. Such, however, is not the case,
The sixty convicts now in the penitentiary
do not earn upon an average, exceeding
two cents per day to the man, so that each
convict costs the Territory for board alone
73 cents per day over and above the fruits
of their labor. This is positively shameful.
Evidently the convicts in our penitentiary
are leading lives of utter idleness and in
dolence, for if they labored fifteen minutes
each day they ought to produce more than
the two cents now realized from their la
bor."-Helena Independent. We heartily
concur with the Independent in its sugges
tion that there is pressing need for legisla
tion in the premises.
e .''HE four ports of Bremen, Hamburg,
s Antwerp, and Slettin, which three years
r ago sent out only 33,127 emigrants in a
F twelvemonth, sent last year 210,547, and
( this year will probably send 300,000. For
t the ten years ending 1880 the entire emi
F gration from those ports was less than
t 600,000. The United States, it need hardly
be said, received nearly the whole of the
t emigration, or 946 out of every 1,000. Bra
zil and Australia are the only other coun
tries which drew a considerable part, and
both of them combined received only be
tween a twentieth and a thirtieth of the
total. The Statistical Bureau of the Ger
man Empire shows that Prussia alone
sends more than five-eighths of the emi
gration, and it also shows that emigration
is strongest among the vigorous ages. For
example, the age from 20 to 30 is thrice as
heavily represented among the emigrants
as among the general population, while
the age from 50 to 60 is less than half as
numerous in proportion among the former
as among the latter. German emigration,
in short, takes the very bone and sinew
out of the country.
Tah Secretary of State, who is charged
with the disbursemnent of the appropriation
of $10,000 for the construction of a suitable
monument to mark the grave of Thomas
Jefferson at Monticello, VTa., has approved
the design for/ the monument submitted
by Col. Thomas L. Casey, Corps of Engi
neers, United States Army, who was spe
cially detailed to supervise the work by
the Secretary of War, at the request of Sec
retary Frelinghuysen. The accepted de
sign is in accordance with the wishes of I
Thomas Jefferson, as expressed in a memo
randum found among his papers. The a
monument will' consist of a cubical die of I
granite four feet square, on which is set a
granite obelisx about eleven feet in height, t
the whole standing on a granite platform, I
composed of two stone steps, each nine 1
inches in height. The height of the maon- t
ument is eighteen feet. The following in- s
seription in sunken letters, will be put a
upon the obelisk:
Here was buried Tuormas Jefferson, author
f thie I)eclaration of American Independ
eneS, of the statute of Virginia for religiobus
fredom, and father of the University of Vir- :
.gi..a.. ,. . . . . . . . . .... , . . . . t
On the die will be inscribed: -
ern April 2,1743, O. S. Died July 4, 1525.
These inscriptions were also selected by ii
Thomas Jefferson. Tihe cemetery will be d
enclosed in an ornamental fence of v
wrolght iraon1, ;av,,raging seven feet six
i!,,hes in height. The panels will be about
eight leet lo g. Ti'hf fence will hie pair.e
bhlck, with giling. on oriamiens and pro
jectilng points. Airt tat-eenl ts are now
making for the completion of the work.
TnE Greenback !tarty in, New York has
nominated a lot of anilidates fAir State of
flces and published a new platifrmfo ; but it
is all in vain. This tIar-y is on its last
legs and is approa-.chlg its iidal exine
nion. There was a_ lime when the Green
back doctrine seemed to have something
in it, and a oo manlly sincere persons
were deluldedi by it; but lhat tiine hias gone
by. IT e have in our day seen a great
many of these side parties which have
risen up and make a considerable stir,
only to go out again and be heard of Ino
more forever. Two real political parties,
with distinct principles and opposing ideas
of policy, seem to be about as m:any :,s i.n
man nlatur'e has need of.
T'IIa; English Court of Appeals was call
ed upon to decide on the future prospects
of a ward, ami say whether he had better
emigrate to Manitoba with his tather or
continlle as "a stdent in l )evonM!ort Duck
yard.' The lad's pay was not salflicknt
for his nli:inl eltllace, ut!! then if he relt!illn
ed in the Admiralty toi would eve.tltahilly
have a salary of $1,000 a year. Oil the
other hand, his father's jalitiaetion for
sice-tss in farming in M3a;uitoba was thoe one
on whiil nemigraits utsually rely, namely,
that he Ihad already failed in the )busi ness
at horne. tlhe ce was litliilateltCy turilnel
by the pronlise of a relative to maiir:atin the
boy until hiis pay was ,nou'gh fbr him ito
li've plion, and the IColi't il in tf-or
of the Admirnlt-y.
Oa esteemed contenmporary, the TM.ax
Live S..t(c ' Jorurnal, whille a:mitting tihat a
larg.e herd of earle .canr be 1lnatge ti at a
proportionately I.ess 0o0t1iny ,han a 5alli
one, loes not believe there is 'no h1ops "
for rancllhmen who startl il with less lthan
$!.00,00o capital, as it is tllhugiht by many,
iro.i tile fact that; the raticling business
seeLms to be inclined to conc:ent'rate. The
paper qtl!itoed very sensibly says: "Ou'r a:d
vice to tiiose. who contmpilatliie entgai;inZg i.n
the business of cattle raising is, to buy a.db
begin withl all they can pay for,. the more
the better, of course: but do1 not he pet'
snaded from embarking in the busilness be
cause-your herd must be a small one to
start on. One hundred heifer yearlings
properly mIn:tiatged wili grow a man rich in
ten years. "-. roctr' ourItal.i
I- the ncient. city of Oldenburg, iterr
Jansen, an ecderly barrister, called upon
an :cquaintance thie upper story of whose
Iwelling was occupied by LWicut. Fischer,
the owner of it hti:ldtomle pointer, uil)pI
which lhe had sportively b;estowed t1,..
name of Seafskopf, or sleepshead. The
dog was lying on the doorstep as Jansen
camtle up, land at that very moment the
Lieutenant, tlus'itting iis head ou-t of o his
window, shouted, "Sheepshlad, come up),
will you ?" Jansen took this to himself,
and instead of entering the house, waited
by the door until Fischer made his appear
anee,when, exclaiming '"SheepsheadI your
self;" he gave him a box on the ear. Fisch
er retorted with a cane, and the result was
a duel. Jansenf fired first, inflicting -
slight flesh wountd upon ihis a:lversr:ty,
whereupon Fischer, in no way tllhed by
hurt, stretched the advocate dead uponi the
ground with a bullet throutill his !arlt.
1 A ClE.Ar possibillity in postal legislation
is the reduction of the fees for money or
d(eis. This part of the business of the
Post Office has been of great public service.
its conception was due to a correct notion
of what the funcions of a Government
should be, at least in one of its aspects ;
and its practical operation must have more
than fulfilled the hupes of its originators.
Thousands of people who have no bank
, accounts, and no facilities for procuring or
s using checks, are enabled to safely send
a and receive money through this system.
rI Now that the receipts of the Post Office
r Department are covering its expenditures,
- one of the best methods of taking advan
1 tage of this prosperity would be to extend
7 the benefits of the money-order system by
e decreasing its charges. The result would
- be an enlargement of the business and a
- general accommodation for trade. There
I would be less money risked in letters, and
- hence less temptation to rob the mails.
Ir is very amusing-very. It makes the
politicians laugh, even if the judicious
grieve. When Butterworth made some
remarks on the floor of Congress so inde
cent that they would not be permitted to
appear in the Congressional Record, and i,
ladies were warned from the galleries, his
colleagues laughed heartily. Mr. Butter-4 t
worth was so peart and )leasing and f
blackguardish that they were compelled to t
hold their sides, they laughed so much. ti
When the Vice-President elect of the S
United States, now its President, described c
at a Delmonico dinner, in honor of Star d
Route Dorsey, by what persuasive arts of! f
corruption that sweet gentleman had saved c
Indiana, the tables were set in a roar. It
was so highly diverting. When Senator
Ingalls described the River and Harbor
bill, by which it is proposed to take twenty c
millions of dollars from the Treasury to C
aid in tho re-election of Congressmen, as o.
"the annual shame, scandal, and disgrace II
of American legislation," the Senate burst
into a loud guffaw. Their part in the per- T
petration of the annual shame, scandal, and F
disgrace, never so much a shame, scandal, P
and disgrace as this year, moved their risi- a
bles. 2 It is possible that the sober sense of 1(
the country may be shocked at this laugh- pi
ter. It is something too long and too loud. 0
It comes in at the wrong time. There fr
really isn't anything funny in obscene jes- D
ting, in election frauds, or in legislative st
stealing. The electors' turn may come of
one of these days. -~-Chicago Times. th
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THi BIIVEi AND EARBOR BILL.
Next to the Bill for throwing open the er
government reservation adjoining the tb
townsite of Fort Benton the passage of a
fhe River and Harbor Bill, in which, of a,
course, is included the appropriation for.
ixnproving the upper Missouri, isof moare er
direct interest to the people otf tBenton andh
vicinity thin any other petition that f hs te
tiI
x been prseiited for the consideration of
At C(ouge.s'as ' hrilng the present session.
I1 The Rivi r and HIarbor Bill passed the
SSen*tc on tie 2;th instant, but at last ad-i
w vices it had not yet received the president't i
signature. It is thought that the Bill may i
be vetoed, partly because it passed by thei
cloie vote of 111 against 87, and also be
itcaitse it has been strongly denounced by
some of the leading eastern journala. The
amlt ef thi apprpriation wass unutsuially
Ilrg;e, :aid in order to secure thile pal4age of
the Bill ew y onlll'y represenltative waS
naiio" I'd to tta on any sums they saw fit for
Ithe ihmp' .-mwnent of insignitiica t streams
ie
Ilusetul o.nl' for mill-(d:lmls or for Supplying
irrig'ating ditches. The opposition to the
Bitll wa m ainly catlsed by these additions
ti to ti,e original River and i arbor Bill, am'!
many of s hem were, doubtless, unjust and
tl' treasoatiale. Nevertheless the Bill itdoes
not de:seir the general denunciation it has
received f(om eastern j0urnals. The N.
Y. HIcr'!d1 ii ).omltenting on the Bill, states
1- ihat thile eltire ;apiropriation is uInneces
s sa:ry; which is, to draw it mild, a mnost luii
.r 'trous assertioll for ilany well-inforimled per
r son to make, and certainly can only be re
- gaird ed s a. funny nmistake when coming
it from the leading newspaper of thle Uniolt
I- 'The tailropriationi is absolutely indlispei
.i sbie, both to thhe completion of ilnprove
tI mets :.lo:ly bt'egun, anld for fileilitating'
r navigation on strl'ealms which have becone
i uiseful by the adva'nce of civilization. The
, Missouri river is not a creek or a dllck
lpond, but one of the largest rivers in the
d world; a( d to assert that its iniprovenment
ie is 4un4e .. :Ie ry is an insult to lhe intelli
o gente of iti: t)ubilic. The present c0)It
ir tuci(e {tf til' t river moclh llmoret than justi
ins tthe, ap.,ttriation of larger sulis than
htry yet been expended upon it; and if it
is any paart of the duty of this government ..
Sto eneiotage the growth awl prosperity of
new s,'ittleln,'1 ts. it is er'ttinlyV authorized
to expend ai.ly iteasonjlie Stlu that will re
imoveI tih few iv str o utiols to tnavigation
that now relmtain.
T11 YEAT' COOUNT' CJOM.1,11'sit'
e ER OF CHiOT iA '.
S it is :ropeir enough that the mti.n inter
d et of the votiers of Choteaut county in the
e coming I elctiions atoutl centre abouti the
- delegatea.~ . The choice of the mran wio
is to gtar;! t rnid look out for thie general and
0) colnuion w't4b ' reC of' the wtvhole Territory of
n M ontatat. 1 n the national legislatur othe ,-" t1i
SUnite Ii d S u;,,, ia truliy enough a weightyi
imatter, ,itH o=on noc to be carelessly re
aru-de ; is of vital moment ailso, thIat
the oM ie :_, perhaps, in dignity, -so far
. {he : 4sr', iof our section are concern
ed,-t i)istric't Attorneyshil) of the
111ra Judicial District, shoulid be tilhled by
a man of ability, unimpeached integrity,
airid conscien&tious desire to thoroughly and
industriously- perform the duties of his
office. But among the county officers who
e are to bbe eectec next fall there is no other
labout the eleetion of whom more care
should be taken and more solicitude felt I
than the next County Commissioner. The
Ipay received by a County Commissioner it;
merely nonmiltal, and hnce the money to
be obtained from the office can be no in
ducemenlt to anyone's seeking it. It is :t
)position, however, of the gravest rtspof)o- I
bility so f:r aLs the residents of our coulnty
:itre concel'ned ;-and mnore especiallyi so at
the piresent stage of Chotean's develop
rient when qutestions aire constanly com- o
ing up before theBoard of Commissioners, i
the proper settlement of which mutst have
a most impnortant bearing uponl our ftture I
prosperity. We need Commissioners of
intelltigiec'e ailnd action, meni who can both i
foresee the nieeds of the county and are
Sprepar'ed 1to supply them to the full extent
of the a:ithority conferred upon tlhetL by
law. Ev't'y onte of 'us in this outlnty o\wIn
ing pro'perty or expecting to acquire it
and certainly this classification excludes
no voter il Ciloteat--has a more direct and1
spiecial interest in choosing its Conmmnis
sioners thltl in the naming or electing of
any otheri of its officers. For it is with11
the values of property in the county and i
all matters directly or remoteiy atffectini i
the values of property that the adminis- i
tration of the Board of County Commis- i
sioners has to deal. This is the practical I:
and sensible view to take of the functions 1
of these officers. Theirefore in their choice n
voters should, without any prejudice, or
person:dl like or dislike, elect only such
men as are shrewd, trustworthly, experi
enced, and lnaturally Atted to sit upon this \
Board, which requires its members in a it
measure to discharge judicial, clerical and ti
expert htlties at one and the same time. fi
On!y sober, industhious, upright and cornt
petent men who are willing to work for the j o
general good with no pdeqnate coimpensa- tl
tion for their services, who appreciate the '
fact that tlheir duties will require much of fi
their time and strict attention, and who are si
willing to ungrudgingly dlevote their time ji
and attention shoulti even be considered in ai
SonectiionI with these offices. Men who tl
do not individually combine all tiheste quail- In
flcationsi would necessarily aibuset the trust tI
confidedt to them, were they elected: C
The Irish Assassinn.
LoNDON, July 25.-The foreign office
confirms the report of the arrest at tPue:to
Cubello, Venezuela, of one of the assassins
of Lord Cavendish and Thomas Hesley
Burke.
NEW YORK, July 25.-A Herald's St.
Thomas special says: The assassin of Lord
Frederick Cavendish, who was arr ested at
Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, gives his name
as Win. Westgate. He was airested the
10th inst. on his own confession. He ship
ped on the 8th of May under the name of
O'Brien, on the British bark Gladstone
from Swvansea to Tuccacas. He says he left
Dublin on the night of the 6th of May by
steamer to Swansea. The names of three
of his accomplices and other abettors of
the murder were taiken by deposition be
fore the British consul. He says he was
employed by O'Connor and other parties.
The persons who have seen the man ive
cedentce to his confession. In appearance
the man is tall and slender. He says the
price of the deed, was £20 to each of the
assassins. He said £20 was worth more to
an Irishman than an Englishman's life
It is belieyed that the Venezielau goi
ernmient will surrender him, athou
there is no extradition tieaty with the for
ergn office. The foreign ofilce has been
telegraphically comunicated with.
TIIE IUPPER RPTPEI D IWP 'O E
31EXV T.
it a .eten' rel, e t ntiitle'd "S'oi' d;un
Bar,'" e mn:adte tiintion of the i,..v
meint- a 'lrenady 'omiietted on the pper Mis-.
sturi, and -perhaps -puke rather disparag
gintly of work :t-eteamplittiitd below wihat is
n1ow .on!.ttl erit, tthe ilo t SFriousi obstacle
oil tihe u r iver. We had no wish, how
ever, to,-i'vev the belief dn that ih' engineer
in chtarg ot f i t. work o iti fmplroveim'en: t had
in i:-a v '.," ' n e lec.i' u,,t ( d his duty or that
the .pp1, tri:ti{n had ee.n wrongfnily ex
i)p'lef.!.n .1 n the contrary, we are aware
tdit w n tMe .!,:' rsst aprolpriatuion ort the
river wa'. n.i-e,* uMajor .instuire an t Mr.
Steven :i stiled tl e theroprl:rito of the
seve:l -iines" of stetmer.Y tiihat were then
ptt lin thi 'uppe r ,i ; . i3issouri ri e;r ding l the
points on ,he river where imtproveiientl
wasinuni iiitol itncess~iary. T'lyi in fact
were ieadv and willing to begin to improve
the river 't any p,;int wihere a mijority of
the pi.,op. .mi s ior nuiirested det'.ret them
to gin: tL'.' work. Had the b sines nQs men
of beuton <n{il the owni'rs of seatnroboats de
Sired the tegine-r'-:t to begin their work at
the ShiMnkin l'; r th-i ey would untioibtedly
thave ien it at that p1oint inis tieid of at t;ow
Isla.n.. It xeas nivers'Ially believed, and
ivery nit! irally sthat i :t wi rk s.hild be
gi ait C ow Ishind anil proceed towards
Benton i,- atdti of (oIutnniitlei.ig atl lenton
anti progrtesing down t ie river. Had the
ilfornecr oturte ben ad:topted the boats eould
not. of ticor1 s, Y , vail littmuZelveS of the in
pr otvemeiit uLtil tht entie river' had been
ilea ed of obs ;ruictiols. No bInsrue tan
ther'ef '`re be amucied to the engineers for
th ter ;hat the Shonkin bar is ,.now the
pri ielpaul obstructionl on tihe river. It wams
not ino cou-iered when J ess rs. Magnire
and Steven- began theiir work, and Kipp'.
rapids a'ire perhliaps to-dayi a tue A rtiious
oi sut le to 0navigation thal the Sihon ukin
bar for the ras-'ont that they are muchtt more
diiiieultantd extinsive tort move. Never
th5es the ' i'Shonini ba'r prevenls boa ts from
reaehintg -n-_.;o1n ut a low st:ige. of water
when thier are able to piss all other
ob.truetio.:', and whena the delays tind
lntu 'e ttiniliis aIt{ d1i g the api)propri-tions
are to.titel ed wa beliieve it to be the duty
of the puarties mot i nterested to make an
imnmediate effort to tiihave this bar removed
by private subseriptin without, interfer
,in th the . ork on Kipp's R.tpi..s, whhich
wili be the next pouinti improved when the
iilver au. I arbtlor appropriation has beent
Signed by ~e Piresiet nt. We know from
personal o}-ttervation that the improvetnint
funds are jtdicioutly expended, that the
work i0 w-:t mg.tantgedt and that every memn
ber of the t'ngi inee r ctorps employetd on the
river is working honestly and faithfully to
remove tihe obst ructions to navigation.
fI The N iver a nit Harbor Bill.
o Nw Yo-Ai, July 25.-_A Tribule Wash
ingto Seiatu saysv : (harttirman Page and
,e other 1tilos and ifritEds of tOe juliiibo
I river and iharbor bill were in a state of
1 panic this evening. %When1 the report of
i the oer e olierc corn n.it.tee was brought un
" tier disc!ussion in the House this afternloon
a itid it was reported that the Senate had
t agreed to it the friends of the measure felt
reasonuably .sure of a victory. Page's vig
. (,ir ns spt'eeli in tavor of the report was not
that it a nmwa who feared defeat, while
l'ox', reply was tilled with expressions of
a hope that the President would veto the
bill, but t1he rejection of the report of the
conference 'onunittoe by a majority of four
teen throw the friendsi of the bill into a cold
perspiration, and before the vote could be
i taken to clinch this result they succeeded,
by frantic efforts, in carrying a motion to
t adjourn. Of course their only hope now
is to rally strength enough by to-morrow
to reconsider the vote by which the report
of the conftireneei cLmmittee was rejected.
1 Friends of the bill are llying hither and
thither trying to drum up recruits for the
struggle of to-mllorrow. 'i'Te opponents of
the bill appear to be gaining strength,
and to-night they are more hopeful of sue- 1
cess than are its friends. Chairman 'Page
is said to be greatly discouraged to-night
atand to express little hope ofsaving the bill.
On the other hand Townsend, of Ohio,
member of the commerce committee, be
lieves it will be carried by from 10 to 15
majority. ,
Very HIopefi~l ReaLdiusters.
Rti c iMo , Jnly 15.-The Readjusters of
Virginia, under Mahone's leadership, are I
in high spirits in view of the coming elec- 1
tion. They say that a recent survey of the
field has convinced them that the election
will be a walk over. Not less then eight I
ofthe ten Congressmen are claimed bya
these hopeful fellows, with a majority for
Wise, as congressman at large, ranging
from 20,000 to 30,000. Mahone's leader
ship, if his supporters ate to be fully be
lieved, is one of the wonders of our politics
at the ]resent day. Either that or sonme
thing else has preserved a degree -of bar
lmony almost complete where nothing of
tihe kind was to be expected. A blooded
Confeder'ateVirginian commanding the fol
lowing of the great body of the negroes of
the State, and ats the same time of the true
blhe sons of the Mother of presidents, is
something noticeable, to say the least. to
Speop!le outside of Virginia Mahone's popu- -
larity is hardly understood. It mustbeas
sumed either that Mahond is much above
the common run of political adventurers or
that his incongruous following are the most
easly led of any in the country. The Read
jnsters say that henceforward till the fall
election there will be time in old Virginia.
It is to be said that no man ever received
more earnest backing than that which
Mahone receives from Arthur.
British Indians Over the Line.
FoRT TOrTEN,- Dakota; July 27.-The
Turtle Mountain -Indians from Canada have
crossed the line and ordered off the white
settlers. They refused to toay the customs
assessed against them by the Pembina
agency. They claim a right to the lands,
but deny the legality of the law wlrinh
levied the taxes on them Their chief, Lit
-tie Shell, says: We recognize no bound
ary line, and shtall psis as we plerase. At
last seveity-five half'breedi s have i moved
and all are pgughaious. Mdiitry inter
feren .re eI·nome ..
AttelTpt to Siurpise ¬.: th i 'et.
I :..x :. .A P , fJttly 20.-- he' , :
f Ml t, o,, .rt'in the propoJ i,:-t n 1i ,x
t,' thlte. sty to the pricipal pi t ic. ('
;: - with a view to itndce them to ui:anu
t,.on allegiance to Arabi Iashi.
ALEXANXDR , Juily 2,), 7 *. i.-- 'flit"
Egptian vesseL Charkel lieft this miorninat
to take on beard the garl'riln at Aloo°e..r,
which declared loyalty to the .hit- dive an:t
is to land a. party to spike tih g:::ls. Sthe
has not retutrned yet. The rrIison lutt
bered 2,000 men.
ALExL tDRtIA, Jily ;h, ,a 0 .. t
9 o'clock last evening it . .ed i tt;lia:pa
was made to surprise the l:.it ih i., o :
tunder cover of (l:tktess,;i ia .r of ;t iu::
appro:tching close to the }iriti-h 1i . k -.,'; iwa'
the :38th regiment opense! r. lie c-!l
my then retreated ireciptitatel. I)gi:
the remainder of thei night the ypih
coittinued nmoving aboiu.t .t "- rj.
The attein pt was preceded by r 'e.rtS, is
Arabi i'ashta attemptilng to i1':i4 or ,. c
ditions tfor his saurreaditl, icit, flte' .i . i'
flag was flying over his . n' n.h'.'ttwn,
The reports were prounly cicbtt
lull the vigilance of tih it iBi,7
a.. l.tE.XANi DLIA, July 27.--. eli:enIa;t
conilaglation 'oke OHi in A'X:and. b. :t 2
to'clocik this bmarning, As seteiIri :
harbor tIhe fire seemn to be 1 I: i ' it:t: :
iany titl ite si e the bolllbt'rdtlt..
CONSTANTIN'PLE, July, 27.--it' Sitaitl
has ecided to deno.nce Ara"i o-hj :o t i:.
tratilo'.
'The l l.' tan received 1),r v bi lt Ih (,
his return from Et g',ly v.1, ,.- s r , aei!,
eomtpla.i.'d that he didt ot > r,-n:lc ,i.?
iIra';tl Sevtoim ' to otets)t ' iltw oit :tit
minentt of Alcxani:dti;t.
Whya PreI. vi3 aite" Girl s Fi<ttd
[ A very rorn) t el iy t.,,,. 11,k.. .t"[.
week ata: bordin:g -],u:, s.' outti', in N rt
Twelfth street, this lJt L. a.
part of last Io, t ci. {r.n' Mr. t 1 r4.
pilt'-house keeper, was in, ened o' xi r
female help to wai-t it table. She wc at to
an intelligence olce, and there s. sa" .
very handsome blonde girl abluat 1is yea'
of age. 1Her appearance was so quiet ;aint
modest that she made atta miCst t-o'. ea im
pression uton Mr's. C', A.iter a ' p '
arittes, the new servantlt, '1iho gari.mt.r
nattme as G.ertie, 'is engaged. 4l',he girl
gave her enmployer eve'ry satt.-aitcin.
li aike the average rtun of Fervant 'i r'i vs.
Miss Gertie never wished to go it. att nichr.
As soon as her day's work 1t:a. over, site
would repair to her own private rn antd
never associate with her fellowev-servi-ts.
Time and again, however, te mitt.,s
sought to obtain the coIt ice of.ie soer
vant, and each time duthst its. Crae would
say "'Come, Gertie, tell tine abMi 'ao t olr past
lite," thile girl would cry and bn. ner em
ployer not to broach a subject which would
neither give pieat-utre.nor iihruatioe: to
either party. Last iTuesday iriglt wheti
the boarders assembled in the di tl!-rola
for supper, it was stated that."a Ie wct t '
had come among the L th rt:e att C:.L al
was in her waiting-place. d:+; wald-gl to
go to the new boarder and take his P r
Site advanced, uneonsci)us of te sirprise
in store for her. Only the words "What
will you" had passed her lips, when with
a shriek, she exclaimed : "Good God, it's
WVillie " 'andi before nt artn couldt cetch ier
When Gertie was revived, she hbeekiLled
Witlie to her and whispered sometlhiri in
his ear. Then turning to the aseonisied
boarders she, in a faltering vwice, said:
"This man is my brother. I was born in
iBallarat, Australia. 1 iam ow 18 years old.
Four years since I ran away ifrom my f;tit
er's roof and married. i did not live with
my husband long he was so jealous of me.
I made up my mind to leave lhim. Where
to go was the question that troubled ml e
most. My parents had not spoken 1o oite
Since ty mynarriage. I saw an at vertiseme
in the MIeibourne Argus that a widow lady
who was traveling to Europe would give a
companion her passage in exchange for ihr
company. I applied for al(! got the pot»i
tiou. I left Europe seven months agI a ndi
since landing here have been emlplo yEed as
a book-keeper in a down-town stoi. , , ic
position I was forced to leave l.iro ,lg h no
fault of mine. My next situation was as a
waitress; that was inl this house. ion
know all that has happened sine i have
been here to the meeting of my brlot hei "
Mrs. Crane acccpted the explanation,
and requested the girl to remain with her.
Gertie, however, refused. She insisted on
leaving, as she said that she "coul Inot
look the boarders in the face again-she
would be ashamed.'' Late on Tuesday
night the girl and her brother left the iouse,
and all inquiries about them proved fruiit
less. With the romantic couple, which it is
now thought are man and wife, departed
a great quantity of clothing and jew, eiry
belonging to the boarders of the house. who
are anxious to again see the handsolme
Australian blonde who so successfully
fleeced them.--Phila. Ti;ames.
Thgburod hi ~g
SEVEN IMPORTED
HEREFORD BULLS
From the noted Ililhurst tlanch of
M.H. U COCHRAiL
For sale. Can be delivered at Fort Benton at onee.
Apply to
JAMES H COCHRAN,
or, I. G. Baker & Co.,
augldawlw Fort Benton, M. T.
:HIWGINS1 & McCLAIN.
P. O. Address-lO ge.d d ey, M.i .
Range--Teton and Mlilri s
I st year brase . on right ilp.