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THE RIyER PRESS. Published every Wednesday morning bi' the River Press Publishing Company. JERRY COLLINS. JAS. E. STEVENS. Editors and Managers. All letters and communications containing matter in tended for publication in this paper, should be addressed to "The River Press," and the name of the writer'must be given to insure attention. Local advertiurments will be inserted in these columns at the rate of fifteen cents per line. from transient and ten cents per line from regular advertisers. WEDNENDAY, JULY 25, 15Ss. WHY is McCutcheon silent? THE Mormons have this year sent out 360 missionaries. THE new consolidated revenue dis trict, including Montana, Idaho and Utah, will hereafter be designated as the "District of Montana." DENNIS KEARNEY has been snubbed on every hand. He has learned that the laboring man has no more regard for a blatherskite than any body else. IN 1872 the British fational debt stood at $3,655,000,000; in 1882 at $3,545,000,000. The present chancellor of the exchequer favors a scheme for more rapid redemp tion. A MAN traveled hastily from San Francisco to Omaha on hearing that he had been "remembered" in his .father's will, and the report proved true, but the sum of the bequest was one dollar. YELLOW FEVER has made its appear ance on board two ships just arrived at New Orleans from Vera Cruz. Both of the vessels are quarantined and every precaution is being taken to prevent the disease reaching the shore. DORSEY'S alleged revelations will have no further effect than to confirm in the minds of the public the belief in his unrivaled capacity for intrigue and rascality. His statements, unsup ported, are absolutely without weight. IN the shooting for the Albert Jewel, at Wimbleton, the prize was won by Wilson, of the Ulster Rifles, who scored 66 out of a possible 75, at 1,000 yards. Scott, the only member of the American team that competed, was second with a score of 62. IT has become a regular thing to read '11ainlan Wins." This plenominal sculler has never lost a match race, and Wallace Ross is his latest victim. In their four mile race at Ogdensburg, he defe~atd Ross by a quarter of a mile. H1anlan's time was 276O8, Ross' 28:10. IT is of the greatest importance to 3enton that the Indian reservation be throw- open to settlement, and our peo ple should neglect no opportunity to as sist in securing that end. When the conmmissioners to treat with the Indians arrive in'this section they shotld be in duced to pay a visit to the river metro jiolis, or in the event they do not, a com mnittee should be appointed to wai on them and present in its proper light the situation of affairs in northernl Montana with respect to these Indians. T E president and party will leave Chicago on the 3d of August. The act of the president being a member of the party will not cause any expense to the government. It is not to be a pleasure party, but an official exploration party. The exploration - would be jmade this year in any event, regardless whether the president accompanied the party or not. Gen: Sheridan determined some months ago to make the exploration, and invited President Arthur to accom pany him, which invitation the latter accepted. _ ONE of the most prosperous of Penn sylvania liquor dealers made it a point to open barrooms where there is a strong local'-option law to: forbid: sales. He reasons that men will have liquor if they. want it, and, if they are obliged to get it on the sly, will not grumble at paying S;high price. He carried on his trade for two years in Sharon, where the traffic was prohibited. He managed to do it, however, and got a dollar a pint for whisky which cost him a dollar and a quarter a gallon. He often mide over a hundred dollars a day. Finally they arridgned him, in court. He had the ease posponed for six months, and went on as before. The jury disagreed, and be had six months more. The end was m Ane .of MARSHA. §BOTKIN. isbusily engaged in investigah 1ast 'MWs eleotlou frauds la terr n .~ytr the urpoe :: (see that wou l be woeS a d c bue t + la t m county elections will be taken next week. District Attorney Edwards ac t companies Marshal Botkins and is asso ciated with him in clearing up the fall election crookedness.- Yellowstone Jour nal, July 14th. THERE is every reason to believe that the friends of the Dakota admission L scheme will use every effort to crowd t the measure through the next session of congress, the plan being, as before, to divide the territory, and admit the most populous half to the Union. The mat ter can not, with any shadow of justice - to a rapidly growing section of the coun try, be much longer postponed. To off set the scheme, the democrats, realizing that their former flimsy excuses for op position will not much longer stand, propose, it is understood, to offer a bill providing for the division of Texas into two or more states. This will increase the parry strength in the senate, and make republican ascendancy in that body a more doubtful problem for sev eral years to come. A WELL-KNOWN ex-United States judge of New York, and a confidential friend of Tilden, is responsible for the following: "You May state authentically that Mr. Tilden will be a candidate; and you may also say, although it may sound a little strange, that John Kelly will be one of his most zealous supporters. For a long time Kelly has been fighting Tilden, and the latter has been quietly weaving a net about his enemy until he has him now where he dare not say his soul is his own. Tilden and his friends have been gradually working among the fol lowers of Kelly, until, excepting the Irish, the entire slum element of New York city are as faithful in their alle giance to Tilden as ever they were to Kelly. A few days ago Mr. Tilden serv ed notice upon Kelly that he must have his support or off would go his head, and Kelly responded that he could be relied upon. The old show of hostility will be maintained, but Mr. Tilden has now the entire Tammany support, which he has never had before. Tilden will have a solid delegation from New York in the convention." THE FAVORITE CANDIDATES. The New York Times, early in June, sent out letters to over 400 different points in all the states, asking answers to the questions of who were the favor ite candidates for president in 1884, of republicans and democrats ini.these see tions, and what other cfhdidates are spoken favorably of. Aliswers have been received from 344 of these points anid they show that James G. Blaine is a long way. ahead of the others among the repuiblicans, and Samuel J. Tilden even farther ahead among the demo crats. The relative strength of the re publican candidates in those 344 points is as follows: Blaine......103 jHarrison....... 1IAllison ........ 2 Arthur... 64 }W. T. Sherman 6'8. F. Miller.... 2 £dmunds..t 57y i Gresham....... 4 Sheridan....... 1 Gr.nt....... 19 airchild...... 4 Folger......... 1 J. Sherman. 17 Hawley........ 2 Windom....... 1 Logan...... 14 1 Cornell........ 2 No expression.20 Lincoln..... 12, The replies show that Mr. Blaine's strength, outside Of his own state, comes from the middle and western states. Mr. Arthur's 'supporters are pretty evenly distributed throughout the entire coun try, except that he is particularly strong in the south. Mr. Edmunds' strength is also very evenly distributed. Robert T. Lincoln is nearly always spoken of the possible candidate, and he is the second choice of a good many. It is hardly probable that the national convention can agree on Blaine as a can didate for the united support of the re publican party; nor do we believe that his chances for the nomination are even as good as they were in the last two con ventions. Among the other candidates it looks to us that Arthur and Lincoln have the best fighting chance, with the odds in favor of the former. Mr. Arthur has made a good president-much bet tqr, in fact, than many anticipated-and while he has not antagonized the half breed element of the party, has lost no strength with the stalwarts. Besides, New York will by even more important in the eominig election than in the last one, and Arthur would probably be more apt to carry it next year than any other yepublican. And he is almost sure of the support of a majority of the southern delegates should he allow his name to go before the convention. I the event.f too strong an oppositi ton Arthur, or his refusal Ito eater the lists, the most likely man cor the di1fersht d',t toareap.i inon " durit) his oiner ta 4 mem~ber oft , set.b ofp~nt the.R 4o i h t 44k ticket, as Hendricks has fallen into dis favor in some quarters. It is, however, very unlikely that the old gentleman's health will allow him to enter into an other hard campaign, and with Tilden out of the way it certainly looks like McDonald, of Indiana. He is a very strong second choice now. Bayard has apparently a hopeless following, judging faom the talk of his admirers. Butler comes next, but the support of Massa chusetts is about all there is of him. The sentiments of the democracy in re gard to him exhibit every feeling, from the utmost contempt through respectful fear to alleged genuine admiration. It must be borne in mind, however, in set ting up democratic candidates, that Hoadly with an "if" attached to him looms up ready to smash all present slates. If he is elected governor of Ohio the democratic party may imagine, as in Cleveland's case, sthat they have dis covered their political Moses, and before the Hoadly boom dies out he may have secured the nomination. But just now he is but a conditional candidate. From the present outlook the chances are that Arthur or Lincoln will be the republican standard-bearer, with Mc Donald leading the democratic host in the political battle. The Ilges Court Martial. ST. PAUL, July 18.-In the Ilges court martial the defense requested that Ma jor Maginnis be summoned as a witness. Ilges refused to state what he expected to prove by him. The request was granted, and the court adjourned to await the arrival of the witness. A Slight Decrease. PORTLAND, Oregon, July 17.-North West News special: although the wheat acreage in the state is greater the yield will not be more then 70 per cent. of last year. The decrease is due to heavy frosts in the Willamette valley and dry weather for the last two months. The hay crop will be large, but fruit poor. Reports from Montana, Idaho, and Da kota indicate fine crops. Cattle are in excellent condition. Sharp Swindlers. Lest such a trick should be tried in this section, and to put the RIVER PRESS readers on their guard, we give the fol lowing new game the festive horse thief is "working" successfully in many parts of the country: He reads the newspa pers closely, and when an estray horse is advertised as 4ken up he sends his pal to examine the animal, say it ain't his, and return with a minute descrip tion of the horse. Armed with this des cription he calls upon the guileless ranchman, describes the horse he has lost and recovers (?) the property. He then talks about the distance to his home, etc., and finally offers to sell it at about half its value. The unsuspecting ranchm~an often bites at this opportun ity, and, after he has gloated over his bargain for a few days, the real owner comes along, proves his lproperty, and leaves the victim out of pocket just the amount he paid the testhetic horsethief for the animal. EVERYTHING!! BOUGHT AND SOLD. Second-hand Furniture a Specialty. Parties having anything to sell will please call on ns. A first-class Auctioneer will attend promptly to Sales at private residences. CITY BAKERY NEXT DOOR. ROBERTSON & KENDALL, FRONT STREET, above Murphy, Maclay & Co., Fort Benton, M. T. GiN UN 1 ON HOTEL - i *v Z 17r1S T.C.POWER & BRO. HEADQUARTERS FOR Farming Implements, Sheep Men's Supplies, Miners' Supplies, Dry Goods, Groceries. -0 Being agents for the celebrated WOOD'S FARMING MACHINERY, we have constantly on hand MOWERS, REAPERS AND EXTRAS, ALSO THE BEST HAY RAKED IN USE. -0 Wool Sacks, Twine, Sheep Dip. --0- Dry Goods, Hats, C : 3, Boots, Shoes AND NOTIONS. Our stocks in the above lines will be complete on the arrival of the first boats, and is large, selected with great care, and shipped direct from Eastern markets. Being large buyers, our goods come from first hands, which accounts for ths rep utation we have for Low Prices and First-class Coods. --0- LIQUORS AND CIGARS. --0- We'can furnish low figures on application on all kinds of Hardware, Glass Ware, Queens ware and Wooden Ware. FURNITURE AND CARPETS OF ALL GRADES. * * * *" * * * * * * Choteau House --0 The Leading Hotel! -o - Season of 1883. The Reputation of this widely known baose for Careful Management! Neatness! -AND THE Best Table in the City ! -Shall be maintained. JERE SULLIVAN, Prop F. C. ROOSEYELT & CO., FURNITURi ,DEALERS, BENTON, M. T. The Largest and Best Selected Stock in Montana. A New Stock of Wall Paper just Received. We have everything that is new and nice in Line consisting of a full line of beautiful and elaborate PARLOR CHAIRS, WINDOW AND COONER ORAIRs Ebony Easels, UpRtaIC SACKS AN) (ArmINE TB, $aiyrna andtIfh Rag, ad~irn4lesd variety Peins Pramtes Mats. SUMMIT, SUT 4O, the ake v y 41 N ANN Transact a General Banking Business. Buy and sell Exchanue on the commercial centers of the United States. PAY INTEREST on TIME DEPOSITS Will give soecial attention to the business of North ern and Central Montana, and will make such loans to stock men and farmers as arc suit3d to their requirements. Local Securities a Specialty. Collections and all other business entrusted to us will receive prompt and careful attention. COLLINS, D UER & CO. FRONT STREET. FORT BENTON. 1. T. FIRST NATIONAL BAN --OF Fort Benton. W. G. CONRAD. Pres(dent Jos. S. HILL; Vice-President E. G. MACLAY, Cashier Authorized capital......................$2KOJoo0 Capital (paid in)..................... ....... .j 1,IuI Surplus and profits..... ................. 4).000 TRANSACT A GENERAL BANK ING BUSINESS. DIRECTORS: S. T. HAUSER, JOS. S. HILL, T. C. POWER, JNO. HUNSBERGERl, W. G. CONRAD. R. A. LUKE. E. G. MACLAY. PARK STABLES" tlA A SW$' Prop. Li , V :4 d St b)8e. T~n r º te day,week or z )ýars I'