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We allow no commissions and prefer not to deal with advertising agents. Agents' or 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 ---- fo 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.