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MONTANA MATTERS. Helena has a dancing master. Eggs are selling at $1.50 a dozen at Miles City. The Miner pronounces the ore pulverizer a great success. The Northern Pacific company will open' an office at Butte. A branch of the Land League has recently been organized at Helena. The track of the Northern Pacific is with in fifteen miles of Miles City. Over one hundred residences have been erected at Miles City the past season. An effort is being made to have the busi ness houses of Helena closed on Sunday. The Sheridan mine at Butte has been in corporated. The capital stock is $1,000,000. Construction trains now run to within three miles of Butte. The gap is being closed rapidly. The Husbandman has entered on its sev enth volume and is enjoying a good portion of prosperity. Mr. William Fly has shipped over 12,000 head of Montana stock to the Eastern mar ket this season. Mr. G. Goldberg died at his home at Ogden Utah, last week. The deceased was an old time Montanian. The Yellowstone Journal says cattle thieves are busy herding other people's cattle up the Tongue river. . Work has actually commenced on the ap proaches to the Mullen pass, and Helena now feels secure of the prize. The Butte MAiner has been incorporated. The capital stock consists of 144 shares of a par value of $100 each. Hon. John S. Harris, Montana's new Sur veyor General, left Chicago on Monday of last week en route to Helena. The term of Capt. Jas. H. Mills as Secre tary of Montana, expired on the 8th inst. No successer has as yet been appointed. James Milligan, convicted of burgl~y at Deer Lodge in 1878, and sentenced the penitentiary for seven years, has been par doned by Governor Potts. The soldiers at Ft. Ellis have not only raised "garden truck" enough for their own wants, but have disposed a portion of the cro dealers in Bozeman. Maybert, a fair but frail Butte girl, d last week because her "lover" had treated her cruelly. The, morphine bottle was called into requisition. Steps have been taken to organize a young Men's Christain Association at Miles City. According to Judge Wade's account the boys will have a good field to labor in. The government has offered a reward of $200 for tlheapprehension of the highway men who held up th0kMiles City and Boze man coach and robbed t1 mail pouches. The .Miner announces that it will issue a holiday number of thirty-two pages, four columns to the page, which is to be a mar vel in the way of a Montana newspaper. Col. John T. Grayson has been exonerated from the charge of stealing valuable papers from the iae Col. Black, the Grand Jury having investigated the case and so reported. Judge James G. Spratt, ot tButte, died of apoplexy last week. The deceased had ..i.n a resident of the Territory for twenty years and had a wide circle of friends and acquain tances. The citizens of Dawson county will peti tion the Governor to call the Legislature in extra session for the purpose of making. the 1 way clear to an immediate organization of that county. H. C. Powers and a man named Van Brocklin got into a quarrel in Ruby valley, Madison county, recently, which terminated 3 by Powers drawing his shooting iron and fir ing four shots at his antagonist, killing him instantly. A meeting of the directors of the Terri tornal fair was held last week at which it I was decided to have a spring racing meeting. July 4th snd 5th, 1882, The regular fair I next year will,be held Sept. 25th to the 30th, both dates inclusive. Mark Morton and W. J, Davenport, agents of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy rail road have been visiting some of the towns of the Territory in the interests of their road. Montana is beginning to attract the attention of the managers of the Northwestern lines. Harry H. Mills, of the . Montana Noest, Butte's new paper, had a thumb badly injured last week while getting the power press in operation. We observe by our ex changes that the Netos had suspended publi cation, but hope that it is only a temporary suspension. The excursion train left Slver Bow with a goodly number of old timers aboard,= many. of whom had not ridden in the 'covered keere" for several years. :Of: the number waA one who had not been east for thirty-six yea~jds d two others who have dwelt in the" mouutainscontinuoisly for thirtytwo yeas. The Weekly Indepenent p will asoo be en larged and. otherwise improved. The com-c pany has puirchased a apbell power press, a ten horse power engine, a Forsyth folder, a Gem paper cutter and other material, which when a ded to their present outfit will give tilm o'ne of the most complete ofIces in Montana. The following, which' shows the amount in round figures of hides and pelts purchased this season by one Helena firm, will give an idea of the immense proportions which these transactions would assume if they were given for the whole Territory: Hides, (of cattle) $50,090; deer and. antelope, $4,000; sheep, $9,000; furs, $7,000. Total, $70,000.-In dependent. A National Educational System. [San Francisco Chronicle. In most countries of the world the desid eratum is how to secure enough revenue to meet current expenses .of the government and pay interest on its debt. With the United States the probiem just now seems to be to what use the surplus revenue shall be put ? By the report of the report of the Uhited States Treasurer for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1881, it appears that the revenues have very considerably increased over those of the next preceding year, from all sources, in the aggregate, $27,255,685; while the ex penditures have decreased $6,630,070. The clear gain on last year is $34,185,751. The net revenue is $100,669,404 above the ex penditures, including interest on the debt. The amotint paid for interest on. the public debt was $83,569,989. Last year it was $98,552,895. Next year it will be but $$62, 000,000. And the prospect is that the reven ue next year will exceed this year's by mil lions-with no further increase in current expenditures. Next year, then, we are likely to have an excess of $125,000,000 over ex. penditures. The Postal Department, for the first time in seventeen years-since 1865 -shows receipts over expenditures. The ex cess is over $1,210,000. What to do with this immense annual sur plus is one of the questions that the incom ing Congress will have to consider. Tariff revision will be mooted ; bnt the protection system will not be abandoned or materially impaired. With the exception of the tax on spirits, tobacco and malt liquors all other Federal taxes could be abrogated with ad vantage to the country. But after all these comparatively small abatements the excess of revenue will be nearly $100,000,000 a year. It can not all be applied to the ex tinguishment 'of debt, because a great part of the debt is not redeemable within the time that such a rate of extinguishment would liquidate the whole of it-that is the funded part of it. Besides, the Treasury holds over $660,000,000 as security for na tional bank circulation ; and what is to be come of the banking system when these bonds are redeemed ? They constitute over a third of the funded debt. Those who be lieve in the existing financial system-and they are a great political power-will op pose the redemption of, these securities. There are.$450,000,000 other bonds held by the Treasury as security for deposits of pub lic money in the national banks. The re demption of these equally point to a revision of the present banking system. Here, then, are two-thirds of the United States bonds to which earnest objections will' be urged against liquidation as fast as the govern ment is likely from its annual surpluses to be able to redeem them. The Treas ury is ple thoric with gold and silver. It has over $260,000,000. It has gained over $45,000, 000 during the year. It is likely to gain $60, 000,000 next year. The Government cannot, dare not, lock up in addition to this its surplus revenue from -ear to year. It must devise means either to reduce tiij taxes or spend this surplus. A grand system of national educatien would answer this object with less of local oppo sition and perhaps more solid, benefit to the country than any other expedient that could be suggested. So far the States have sup plied all the meansbf the education of the people. The aggregate of last year was $75 000,000. We have State universities, co' leges, academies and schools, but nothing national save West Point and Annapolis. The school tax bears heavily on some States,' too heavily.. Yet the system cannot, must not, be abandoned. Many of the States. are too, poor to sustain , it reputable. All of them would derive a common benefit from a National University and liberal national aid to common schools. The strength of a na tion is more incre'ased by the education of its people than by armies and navies. A standing army is :inconsistent with our sys tem bf government. Armies and navies cost more than schools and area constant and in creasing draft on the Treasury. An army of 100,000 would cost us more than a complete national system of education, which is not only compatibile with our republican system ut.whbat it needs to perfect it. TWhoi.ew Horse Disease. - The new horse disease, known as the pink eye, which is ha~ing a run throughout the country, is proving in some localities quite serious; In. Minneapolis a number of valua ble animals hav died, and in one stable the losses have amounted to six, tith more eicw horses on the sick lipt. As near as can be ascertained, the pinkeye is akin to the typhoid pneumonia in the human system. eyes, soaetimes a discharge of matter from aniumal. He refuses to eat, his legs generally eswell-sometimes clear to the hocks, and a feyer sets in. The disease will often came on Yery su4denly, and the horse that is well in the niorling may be real sick at nights The eyes will close real tight at times, and have a pinkish or red appearance, from which the disease takes its name. He will refuse his feed and grow weak, so as to be at times, if the disease is bad, hardly able to stand. Old horses seem to be affected more seriously than young ones and corn fed horses worse than those fed on lighter grain. Horses in damp, wet stables are more seri ously sick than those which are kept warm and dry. On the first appearance of the dis ease give a mash of warm bran to which a handful of salt is thrown, so as to open the bowels as soon as possible, and see to it that they are kept constantly open and that no feed is given except that is easily digested. Wash the legs in as hot water as the animal will stand, and rub dry with a cloth. If the fever runs very high, give eight or ten drops of tincture of aconite in a little water, alter nating with the same quantity of bryonia every hour. Ordinarily there will be no need of medicine, unless the disease is bad, in which case it is well to call in the services of a vertinary doctor. So far as has been learn ed, the majority of fatal cases have been where horses have got wet and cold, and were not properly cared for, though this has not been always the case, as some have died under the best of conditions. The season has been so wet and cold that it was almost next to impossible to give a working horse the care which he ordinarily would have, which doubless aggravates the disease. W. J. MYINAR, -AND Pharmacist, FRONT STREET, FT. BENTON, - - MIONTANA. DEALER IN Paints, Oils and Varnish, Keeps always on hand a full and most complete stock of fine STATIONARY, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, AND NOTIONS, FINE CIGARS Of the Choicest and Most Popular Brands, are kep constantly in stock. s. 0 45.a . o C ,- C 0 OOT CL I0IQ-0. - b P 4C (* Oc 0 0o E CE W. C. JO NES0, Carpenter and Joiner S GENERAL JOBBER. Saws Filed and Furniture Repaired. SCREEN DOORS AND WINDOWS TO ORDER. All orders promptly: illed. Shop on Franklin Street, above T. E. Collins' residence. FT. BENTON,T . lONTANA. PALACE PARLORS Front Street, Fort Benton. Finest nsoli Parlors IN THE NORTUWEST. Proprietors. Messrs. Smith & Spalding respe tfully inform the citizens of Benton that they have recently bought out S.Mr. Wi. Foster, and assure the publica continuatio of the uniform skill and courteus attention which 1 Is familiar to the habitues of the place. 1881. 1882. -----OF__ Fall and Winter Goods The Largest and Most Extensive Clothing House in Montana. -0 Having studied the wants of our patrons in Choteau and the adjoining counties, we have, with much care, selected the Largest, Finest and Best Assorted Stock of SCLOTI @ l OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, FOR MEN, BOYS and ChILDREN. -o - Our Furnishing Goods Department contains all the Latest Designs and Patterns of White and Fancy Dress Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, Silk and Linen Hand kerchiefs, Suspenders, Underwear, Hosiery, Etc, Hats and Caps Boots and Shoes Of all the Leading Styles. Of Every Description. Rubber Goods, Blankets, Quilts, Lined and TUnlined Duck Goods. o- We are also agents for the celebrated house of DEVLIN & CO., New York. Measures for Suits taken. Fit Guaranteed. 1,000 samples to select from. GANS & KLEIN, Fort Benton, M. T, Front St., near Benton (Murphy, Neel & Co.'s old stand). LOREY& EINHA T. GRAINERS PAPER AND :HANGERS Landscape, Ornamental, Fresco, House, Sign Banner and Scene Painting of every description. Orders solicited from every Daut of the'Territory, and we insure the utmost care and dispatch in all orders through the mails. All work guaranteed First class in every particular, at prices to suit the times. Office in Zeigler's New Brick Block, HELENA, Mont. THE BEST WAGON ON WHEELS MANUFACTURED BY F ~. C CO., R AC I"NE, W IS. We manufacture every variety of Farm, Freight and Spring Wagons. And by esoanin ourselves strictly to one clas of work; by employing nonebut the BEST OF WORKMEN; Using nothing but First-Class Improved Machinery, and the Very Best of Selected Timber; And by a THOROUGH KNOWLEDG of the business, We have justly earned the reputation of making "THE BEST WACON ON WHEELS!" Manufatrers have abolished the warranty, but Agents inmay, on their own responsibility, give the following warranty with each wagon, if is greed: We HerebyW Warrat the PISH OS WAGON NoI ....to be well made in every. particular and of god erial. i ld that the strength oftthe same is sujcient for all work with faiir isage. i' Shouid any break iage occur withen one year fron this date by reason of defective material or workmanship, repairs for same will be furnished at place of.ile, free of charge, or the price os said repairs, as per agent's price is wil be paid in cash by the pirchaaer producing a sample of th. broken or defectiveparts as evidence. Xnowing that.we cm suit you, we escitpatronage from ll parts of the United States. Send for prices sad .m5, and a copy of Txn R .ola.&. rvals, mac. acnsW Jan 1 1Fis.~ Co.,racin; Wi.