The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-06-01

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passenger list. She will probably leave O.
Friday for Bismarck. Capt. Williams is j
command.
The steamer Red Cloud left this Friday
morning, with q pretty fair passenger lis
Bismarck, load and return to Benton abou
the 1st Of the month.
Mr.. G. D. Storer has located q ranch, will
an excellent spring and a splendid body O
clay, about 80 rods from bis present hrlcl
yard. He will at once commence the erect
ion of a brick house 1926.
c. NJ. tanning is in receipt of q larg
assortment Of perfectly alright and water
proof Bizel screw watches. They are nobby
and durable time-keepers, and are warranted
Call in at Lanning's and see them.
J.. G. Ward has opened up the Benton sa
loon and arranged the place very neatly 70,
the summers trade. Dixey is well-known
popular, keeps the best Of wines, liquors anc
cigars, and will do q thriving business.
Dick Berry, who has charge of T. C. Pow.
er s. Bros. herds, was kicked by q horse on
the 2nd inst. and his leg was broken just be
low the knee. He is at the Overland, under
the care Of DR.. Wheelock, and is doing we'll.
". FL. Burgess arrived with q large and
choice assortment Of every description OF
groceries. Mr.. Burgess has had Murphy, Nee
s. Co.'S old stand thoroughly renovated
and viii nov his stock there and open
Immediately for business.
Did anybody lose a veil? We noticed one
wrapped around the wheel of q buggy the
other morning. The cushions Of the same
rig looked as i they had passed through a
threshing machine or had been caught in q
terrible cyclone.
Among those registered at the Centennial
Hotel we noticed the following VI Borton,
j Hoover, D Davis, G Riggs, ] Brown, J A
Gorton, r A Barrett, Jos Kipp, J NJ Price,
s B Price, ID Dobson, r Giveen, j Gilman,
" n smyth, j McWall..
Lemons, oranges, fresh canned fruits,
fancy groceries and in fact everything in the
line Of light and staple groceries just re-
ceived by W. S. Wetzel, who has spared no
pains to make his purchases the most com
plete ever made for Benton.
The Dacotah had an accident to her rud-
der below the Coal Banks, which delayed her
for for some hours, and one Of them was so
badly damaged that it could not be repaired
before her arrival at Benton. The damage
delayed her considerably.
Paris Gibson received 1853 head Of thor
oughbred rams on the Dacotah. They are of
the finest blooded stock and are designed for
town. The gentlemen deserve great credit
for importing this class Of stock.
Mountain Sleeps band Of Piegans robbed
Harry Gilman, OF Canyon Creek, on the
Yellowstone, of fourteen horses and mules,
and that gentlemen is in Benton on their
trail. Only part Of the stock is branded,
with an anchor, on the left shoulder.
The stir and hustle incident to the arrival
Of steamers, the piles Of goods and the hur-
rying Of %freighters, causes the town to wear
an air Of business and activity that appears
intense after the period of idleness and ex-
c~lusiyeness that has been our lot so long.
We are s day or two late this week, owing
to our unWillingness to inhict another brown
paper edition on our readers, it being consid-
cradle smaller than our regular issue, and so
compelling US to cut down on our reading
matter. But the boats have brought us a
OF paper, and we once more assume
Wonted appearance.
He struck the sidewalk at the rate of a
mile . minute, and his feet resembled church
spires as they assembled toward high heaven.
tie looked around sheepishly and seeing the
scribe he smiled and bribed us to silence with
8 schooner Of beer. He had injudiciously
attempted to tread on a lemon peel.
This year, as before, the scarcity ct
houses to rent is q source of detrinent to the
growth Of Benton. 1t is almost impossible
for people who come here with a view Of
locating to obtain suitable quarters. Rents
are very high and it occurs to us that men OF
capital would find q good investment in the
Of a few tenement houses.
Power q Bro. have determined this year to
at the head in merchandising. In dry
goods their stock is both large, well select
ed and fine. While in groceries there is
every article that the present or future may
as 8 need. They are making a spec
atty in the wholesaling Of cigars, and offer
.wo new brands, NUNS Extra Dry and
Western Union
Billy Needham, who was a driver for AL.
.lden last winter, recently shot himself at
Joulson, on the Yellowstone. He was care
essly handling a revolver and it was acct
discharged, the ball passing through
zig neck, between the juggler vein and the
spinal column. He was not dead when last
leard from, and there was a slight chance
hat he might recover.
Our livery stable men seem TO be reaping d
BONANZA in a business way. Driving out
hese pleasant, mellow evenings is very pop
liar, and the Benton gallants show a decid-
d willingness to severe all connection with
my lucre they may temporarily control, in
to make themselves solid with the d
Is This means dear-dear, oh, yes, it
means darling deW-drops.
Waterhouse, who recently escaped from
he structure termed Govt of courtesy to the
herifs) jail, was captured by Flynn and re
urned to town on the steamer Benton. The
states that be expects to escape once