The Benton record., 1879-11-07
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- e1oWsl0fH1 VI lHe seaSQt
was on Wednesday, Oct 29th.
The county treasurer is sending hi
postal chromos around.
!. G. Baker & Co. are moving goods
into their new warehouse.
Windy got beautiful head put on him
on Friday night. The 18th did it.
Mr.. George Parker, who has been sick
for several days, is again at bis post.
The halfbreed and Indian trade prom
ises to be better this year than for some
years past.
Mr.. Jos. Conrad and Charles Hines
have returned from her Maiesty's Domin-
ions.
Herman Brinkman, G. D. Riekard,
Lewis Martin and Peter Peterson's teams
loaded this week for the Yago mines.
John Castner is in from Yago and
shows some fine specimens Of quartz
found in the Belt mountains.
Buckland is the onion king of High
wood. He sells the vegetables for four
cents a pound, and has thousands oil
them.
Two hundred lodges of Blood and
Plegan Indians have taken up w nter
quarters in the Milk river valley.
Mr.. W. Fl. Todd has purchased the
AcGronan estate, North of town. and
intends fitting it up for a country resi- |
dence.
August Beckman has moved his har-
ness shop to the corner of Front and |
Arnoux streets, next door to the bakery. /
A mackinaw left on Saturday for Bis.
marck. On board were DIR. Wm. Turner.
Fred Young, James McGronan and VIM.
Bayley,
Mr.. John Marsh, of Helena, has been
busy of late surveying locations in the
Judith country, also some IN the Missouri
bottom.
The Steamer Col. Macleod passed Fort
Buford on the 23rd, loaded with 10 tons
If freight for I. G. Baker l. Co. The !
Macleod will leave Cow Island Nov. 1st.
w. Q. Dexter's threshing machine
'eturned from its labors on Highwood last
Wednesday. Dexter got away with over i
5000 bushels of grain this season. Not
bad start for d small settlement.
Mr.. Charles Conrad having arranged
he firms business at Fort Walsh by
'lacing Mr.. Boussenault in charge has
eturned to Benton to remain during the c
7inter. lb
Mr.. :. D. Weatherwax, of the firm of! Q
V. S. Wetzel & Co., has returned from n
ne Cypress country, having got through o
18th the hay contract for the Mounted h
'olice. -- w
Capt. D. ". Buck and Samuel Smith, r.
Fort Assinaboin, arrived from the G.
eton country on Wednesday, where they ss
ave been looking up the cattle and land ),
terests. i
Mr.. Robert Vaughn is the champion s,
bbage grower of Sun River. Call at the ii
yerland and examine Sun River potatoes hf
i'd cabbages, and then locate ranch in n
loteau. n,
There is now at Cow Island one mil co
III pounds of merchandise awaiting Of
'nsportation. I. G.. Baker l. Co. are do
instantly forwarding teams down to Vi,
eve it. wa
Col. Clendenin, jr., has fenced in bis -
operty on the Ievee and made prepara-
rs for setting out shade trees this fall
the spring he intends building q neat :
elk residence and Office. Ol'
I. G. Power & Bro. are in receipt Of DC
ge and choice stock of wines and
skies, which they offer at wholesale
retail. Major Dunn invites buyers sP
all and sample these goods before
chasing elsewhere.
/ was stated in last weeks RECORD Al
700 trains were hauling freight l
Veen Cow Island and Benton. We 81
:nded to say 100000 pounds of trans -
alton, or trains enough to haul that aax
nifty Of freight. o9e -
reenleaf & Co, have bought Of W. e. 81
q twenty-five Merino rams, which Of
shipped from Bismarck on the vi
mer Butte. The rams are from the -
,rated "Heron stock and are valu
acquisition to the sheep herds Of
eau. Mra
essrs. VIM. and Charles Rowe re. Iaand
d from their Highwood hunt yester. ,.s.s s.s
md brought with them, IS proof Of
skill, four elk, six deer, five antelope
one beaver. Game is plenty every
3 and lovers Of the chase can choose
direction from Benton. mrs.
bert Vaughn, Of Sun River, has lost indsbt. na.ls
81 horses within the past month. delay.
Of these horses were branded "P. --,---
: left shoulder, some branded IT c.
r.