From the Upper Sun River. t

For the River Press. tAPRIL 3, 1881. t

It is conceded in this section that we are thaving the finest weather for this season of gthe year that we have had for many years. tPeople are busy ploughing and sowing and Imending broken fences, and all feel assured iof a good season and bountiful crops.

We learn, through the RIVER PRNSs, thatthe Czar of Russia has been assassinaied;.America's firm friend and ally. May theassassin be burnt at the stake.

We have also had a murder nearer home.A young and intelligent soldier has beenstricken down by the murderous hand of his icomrade. I

We of Upper Sun river have not escaped afew casualties. Mr. Loomis has met with i

quite a loss. A few days ago, while return- Ihome with a load he had occasion to stop lat Alec;Pambrum's, and unhitched the tra-ces as usual, and fastening the lines to theload, he went into the house. While there,his team took fright at something, broke thelines and ran away, making direct for a largetree, and the best horse struck hishead against it and killed himself, the otherone breaking loose ar.d making direct forhome, leaving pieces of the harness alongthe road and bruising himself considerably,coming, as this does, when spring work ispushing, is rather hard. But Loomis is arustler, and will not let such a matter troublehim long.

A piece of bad luck has befallen a settler

of the upper river, and the trick that was thecause of it was a dirty piece of business.This settler was the owner of a fine large dogendowed with better instincts than most ca-nines. Like the historic Tray, he was ev-er true and faithful, and he had the peculiartrait of distinguishing a rascal from an hon-est man. He also in a manner helped hismaster to make a living. This noble caninewas shot, and, after suffering for a few days,died-a martyr to his faithfulness. Now, in

my opinion, any intelligent man would say

that the man who would do this deed was ameaner dog than his victim.

There is much sickness on South Fork.Mrs. Lemon has been quite ill. Dr. Newman,

of Fort Shaw, has been in attendance, andwe learn that she is much better. We alsolearn that Mr. Fred Walrath was taken seri-

ously ill, but have not heard from him lately.The Dearborn Sheep Company has bought 4

Frank Miller's ranch, and contemplate buy-

ing one or two more. It is plain to be seen

that they mean business.Wishing you continued success with your

splendid paper, I will close, and should we

never meet again in this cold 'uncharitableworld, remember, yours truly,

DEACON.-- ratlaB-•l• II~Lm--------

QUIEN SABE•,

-A lecture recently delivered by a Parseemilling expert, Mr. M. F. Patett, B. A., givesa good deal of information, says the EI-

gineer, about spinning and weaving mills in

the Bombay presidency, India. The first

mill was started in 1854, and since that time

32 in all have put in operation, 10,000 looms

with 1,000,000 spindles, giving employmentto 30,000 persons. This total capital invested

is about $35,000,000. Besides the Bombaymills there are in all India 18 others, withsome 1,800 looms and 340,000 spindles, in-volving acapital of about $6,000,000. Theindustry employs in all India an average of1,000 hands to each mill. The highest num-ber of spindles in one mill is 100,000, thelowest 4,t00. The average number of loomsin a mill is 240.

-There is a new instrument going into use

in England for the purpose of receivingGreenwich time signals at telegraph stations,

etc. Hitherto, the passage of the time signalcurrent along the lines give no other indica-

tion of its presence than a deflection of theneedles of ordinary instruments and a corres-

ponding movement of the armature of the

Morse ink-writer, and sounder, at 10 a. m.,and the eye had to be kept constantly on the

instrument to learn the exact time. In the

new instrument thereis an arrangement which

rings a bell and at once arrests attention when

the first part of the time signal is transmitted.

-An important trial of armor plates of the

kind proposed for the new British vessels

Conqueror and Majestic took place at Ports-

mouth on Feb. 1. The plates were made on

the Ells system. Around an iron armor-platebacking is placed an iron frame, on the top

of which is placed a 2-inch steel plate of the

same size as the iron plate. The three pieces

having been bound together are brought to a

welding heat and the space between the two

plates filled with cast steel. When the whole

is cooled it is reheated and rolled down to the

desired thickness. Three rounds from a 125

ton Palliser gun, loaded with 50-pound char-

ges and fired at a distance of 30 feet, made

penetrations of only 5 inches, 4.9 inches, and

and 5 6 inches, respectively, in one of these

composite plates 8 feet long, 5 feet 9 inches

wide and 1 B inches thick.A watch which requires no winding has

been invented by Mr. A. R. von Loehr, Vien-

na. He has constructed the mechanism on

the same principle as the pedometer. A

weighted lever, pivoted at one end, is kept in

position against the upper or two banking

pins by a long curved spring of such strengththat the motion of the body in walking is

sufficient to cause the lever to descend, at

each step of the person carrying the watch,

to the lower bank pin. There is a rachet

wheel with very fine teeth pivoted at thesame centre as the weighted lever, and fixed

to the lever is a pawl which engages withthe wheel. This pawl is made so elasticthat it takes up the strain produced whenthe main-spring is wound up. A train ofgearing connects the ratchet wheel withthe barrel arbor, and there is a pawl toprevent any tendency of the ratchet to reverseits action.

How a Rothschild Gave an Annuity fora Porcelain Service.

One day an old man, careworn, wrinkled,feeble, and apparently tottering on the vergeof the grave, presented himself before BaronJames Rothschild soliciting the honor of aninterview with the famous banker. The oldman was so aged so poor, and had so deject-ed an aspect that the Baron was immediatelyimpressed with a compassionate feeling, andthis became a lively interest on learing thathe was a Jew. The aged visitor took fromhis bag a rich and beautiful plate, so splen-

didly wrought that the Baron admired it ex-

ceedingly."Sir," said the patriarch, "will you buy

this of me ? I have the whole set, and a ser-

vice so beautiful must find its fitting place in

the mansion of the prince of financiers."

"It is indeed very fine," said the baron,

"How much do you wish for the service ?"

"Look you, sir," said the old man, "I am

bowed down with many years, and have not

long to live. I am poor, and wish to end my

days in comparative comfort. Will you in

exchange for this valuable set of porcelain

give me an income for life of 100 francs ($20)

a month? It is not much for you and I amso old."

The Baron looked at the poor old man, ex-

amining the plate again, and after a few

minutes' reflection said: "Well, be it so; here

is the first payment. Send me the service,

and give me your name that I may have it

entered in my treasurer's books."

The splendid set of porcelain was delivered

the same day to.the Baron, and a month after-ward, while he was seated in his counting

house, a man entered and asked for the sec-

ond payment of the proposed income. But the

man was young, scarcely 35 years of age, of

vigorous constitution and great muscular de-

velopement, and looked as if he would livefor 100 years.

"But you are not the man !" exclaimed the

astonished banker."Excuse me, Baron," said he, "I am in-

deed the man.""But you appeared at least 80 years old,"

said the Baron."But, sir, I am only 30," said the man.

"In fact," continued the Baron. "I thoughtyour venerable appearance did not belie your

assertion.""I have wonderfully recovered," observed

the man, "and thanks to your generosity."

The Baron laughed heartily, and gave or-

ders fur the payment of the money, exclaim-

ing "Ah! you are an excellent comedian,and have taken me in thoroughly."

"I am probably the first who has done so,"

replied the Jew, politely bowing to the mil-

lioniare.For years Rothschild paid the monthly al-

lowance. His porcelain service is so exquis-ite that he does not complain.

ADVERT'ISEID LETTERI.

Remaining in the Post~ Office at Fort Benton, M. T.for the week ending April 2, 1881.

Parties calling for them will please ask for "Adver-tised" letters.Borle James O 2 Martin HenryBenton Joseph Marion NormanBranham John F. Maguire Misis MaggieCaruthers W C Millen Robt FConley Mrs Emily 2 McSweeney J P 2Cullen W R Potter HenryConnelly Mr" Mary A Pott W C(Graham William Quen m MoiseGrov James Reynolds AndrewHabel Chas Rutherford J CHatch John Sullengee RobtHunter WE St Ama t EmeyJones Francis B Tweed JamesJacques Geo Tuttle s FJarreaux A Thomas W HJoyette & Kavanaugh Vaughan RobtKinsey Jacob 2 Ward J C 2Kern F P Walker & Donovan 2Locher Paul Whitt er Geo HLying H 0 2 Wilkins FrankMulrin John F Ward Ars Leah

YoungC Mf. A. FLANAGAN, P. M.

DIED.

In the Bear Paw mountains, after a lingering illness,Edward Young, (colored).

The remains have been interred a short distanceabove camp, where he was employed in the capacityof wood chopper by George Clendenin Jr.

''OO1K BRtAlvDS.

HENRY KENNERLY,Range. Teton. Brand on left side. Postoffice

address, Ft. Benton. M. T.

AZ R. s. PRICE,Range--Judith Basin. Brand on either right orleft ribs. Address Fort Benton. Also owner by pur-chase of the following brands: U on left thigh, for-merly owned by P. D. Kenyon and Char.es Lehman;It1I on right ribs or right hip, formerly owned by JoeGehrett. All persons are hereby warned against nusingeither of said brands in any way.

N OTICE.

I hereby warn all persons against trusting any one,no matter whom, on my account, without an ordersignedby myself. NARCIUS VAUIX.

POTATOES FOR SALE.

The undersigned has a lot of good potatoes for saleat his house, on his ranch, four miles from Benton, at

3 cents per pound. JOHN NEOBERT.

NOTICE OF FINAL ENTRY.

U. S. LaN OvviCo. 1HEL•NA, M. T., February 25, 1881. f

Notice is hereby given that the following namedsettler has filed notice of his apolication to make finalproof in support of his claim and secure final entrythereof, and that said proof will be made before Alex.H. Beattie, clerk of the 3d Judicial District Court ofMontana, at Ft. Benton, Choteau county, M. T.. onFriday, the Sth day of April, r881, viz James Fitzger-aid, Declaratory statement No. 8560 for the southwes~tquarter of the southwest quarter of sec. 23, the south-east quarter of the southeast quarter of sec. 22, andthe east half of the northeast quarter of section No.27, township No. 24, north of range No. 8 east, and henames the following witnesses to prove his continu-ous residence upon, and cultivation of said tracts, viz:John Madden, Patrick-Whalen, William W. Austinand William Mcllhenney. all of Ft. Ben on, Choteancounnty, Montana.

J. H. MOE, Register.

H H.P. ROLFE,ATTORNEY AT LAW.

(Associated with Sanders & Cullen.)

U, S. Deputy Mineral Surveyer.Ten year's experience in government surveying. The

best instruments used. Collections, in-urance,mining,, homestead and all land claims

attended to

OFFICE, NEAR WETZEL'S,

FRONT ST., FORT BENTON.

JNO. W. TATTAN,

ATTORNEY and COUNSELOR AT LAWOffice of the County Clerk,

FORT BENTON, - - MONTANA.

J. A. KANOUSE,

Attorney and Counselor at Law,FORT BENTON, MONTANA.

NOTARY PUBLIC AND JUSTICE of the PEACE,

Main St., bet. Baker and St John,

MAX, WATERMAN,

ATTORNEY AT LAW,FT. BENTON, M1IONTANA.

7Will practice in all the courts of the Territory. Spe-cial attention given to criminal practice.

JOHN W. DEWEY.

Civil Engineer,ARCHITECT

-- AND-

United States Dep. Mineral SurveyorBENTON, MONTANA.

THE CHOP HOUSE,FRONT STREET,

Fort Benton, - Montana.

JAMES DOUGLAS and MATTIE MAY DOUGLAS,PROPRIETORS.

A First-Class Restaurant, where Excellent Meals areserved at any hour of the day.

METROPOLITAN HOTEL,CORNER MAIN AND GRAND STS.,

HELENA, im. T.

Zimmer & Wolpert, Prop'rs.

NEW, NEAT AND FIRST-0LA88.Board by the Week ............................. $6 00Three Meal Tickets ............. .... 1 00Lodging ........................................ 50

First-Class Beds.

A bar in connection with the house, where fine wines,liquors and cigars are kept. The patronage of the

public is respectfully solicited.

FRANK'S

NEWS DEPOT.

TOBACCO AND CIGARSCONFECTIONERY,

NUTS, CANDIES,Fruits of all Descriptions.

CUTLERY, PLAYING CARDSPerfumery and Fancy Soaps.

Full Line of Smokers' Articles, Seaside Libraries,Novels of all descriptions, and all the

Illustrated Papers.

PALACE PARLORSFront Street, Fort Benton.

-: TIlE i-

Finest Tonsorial ParlorsIN THE NORTHWEST.

SIITH& 8PALDING,Proprietors.

Messrs. Smith & Spalding respectfully inform thecitizens of Benton that they have recently bought outMr. Wm. Foster, and assure the public a continuationof the uniform skill and courteous attention whichis familiar to the habitues of the place.

Hot and Cold Baths.

MONTANA HOUSE,Front Street,

FORT BENTON, - MONTANA.

Meals at All Hours.The Cooking i- under the immediate supervision of

Mrs. A. C. Beckman, who will spare no painsto give satisfaction in every

respect.

BOARD AND LODGINGBY THE DAY OR WEEK.

J. C. GUTHRIE,Front Street, one door above Murphy, Neel & Co.'s

New Store,

FORT BJEN'rON, ll. T.

Bread, Cakes and PastryIN EVERY VARIETY.

Orders promptly filled and delivered to any part of theTown. We make a Spcialty of

WVEDDIiNG C-•AKE

And Party Orders.

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W.E. TURNER, M. D.PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON,

-DEALER IN-

Drugs and Madic~nesPERFUMERY, TOILET ARTICLES,

Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes and Glass, Cigars, NotionsConfectionery, Etc.

FRESH CARDEN SEEDS.THE FINEST SELECTED STOCK OF WALL PAPER IN BENTON.

Front Street, - - - - Fort Benton, M. T.

H. J. WACKERLIN T. C. POWER & BRO.

H. J. Wackerlin & Co.WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN

HARDWARE, BAR IRON, WAGON TIMBERSHORSE SHOES AND NAILS,

Tinware, Stoves, Queensware, Classware, Tin Roofing, andSheet Iron Coods of Every Description.

Our Wagon Timbers are of the Best Seasoned Hard Woods. and consist of all woods used in building and re-pairing Wagons, Carriages and Buggies. Our stock of Queensware is the largest and most complete

ever brought to Montana, and comprises every artic:e required by hotels and families.:

PLAIN AND FANCY TOILET, DINNER AND TEA. SETS,

Cut Glass Bar Tumblers, Plain and Fancy Goblets.

CHARTER OAK COOKING AND HEATII!NG STOVES,THE CELEBRATED GARLAND BASE BURNER,

And the popular

Ar railia Soft Coal Base Burners,THE BEST AND ONLY SUCCESSFUL BASE BURNERS IN USE.

TIN COODS.We have a complete stock of Tin Goods, including Tin roofing, Gutters and Pipes, and will contract to do all

kinds of Roofing, Repairing, etc. Tin Goods of every description Made to Order on short notice andat reasonable prices. We pro ose to keep one of the largest and best supplied estab-

lishments of the kind in Montana, and will spare no pains or expense to

CIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION TO OUR PATRONS.

BE TON STA BLES

PROPRIETORS.

LIVERY, FEED and SALE STABLEDay and Night Herd. Horses Boarded by the Day or Week.

Saddle Horses, Light and Heavy TurnoutsFURNISHED ON SHORT NOTICE AND AT REASONABLE RATES.

G. BAKER, St. Louris, Mo. W. G. CON RAD, FoRT BENTON.C. E. CONRAD, FORT MACLEOD. JOHN H. CONRAD, FORT MCKINNEY

I. G. BAKER & CO.FORT BENTON, M. T.

BANKERS, FREIGHTERS, INlIAN TRADERSSTEAMBOAT OVWNERS,

Wholesale and Retail Dealers in

GENERAL MERCHANDISE,We are in receipt of a Larger Stock of Assorted Merchan-

dise than any other House in Montana. and offerSpecial Inducements to Cash Buyers.

WILL PAY THE HICHEST RATES FOR ROBES AND FURS

PROPRIETORS OF

BAKER & CO.'S BONDED LINE,FROM EASTERN CANADA TO THE N. W. TERRITORY.

Will Contract Freight from all Eastern Cities in Canada and the UnitedStates to all points in Montana and the Northwest.

WILL INSURE COODS via MISSOuRI RIVER,

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