The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-07-13

Paul and the Northern Pacific country. They
will visit the whole Of the line east of the
Rocky Mountains. They will go from St.
| Paul to Duluth, Fergus Falls, and Bismarck
and thence west to the end Of the finished
section at the Yellowstone river. They will
then take wagons and go some distance fur
ther, inspecting the country. The party
| leaving New York will number seven or
eight Of the most wealthy end plucky men
| who have backed up this new Napoleon OF
railroads and enabled him to succeed in his
great aggressive enterprise. AT Chicago
this will be reinforced by three or four
others, and take it all il all this will be one
of the richest and most influential parties
! that ever visited the Northwest. Mr.. Willard
has shown so much courage in this under
taking. and has been so successful, that his
reputation has risen suddenly in Wall street,
and his name is already spoken Of with those
Of Jay Gould and Vanderbilt. Herald.
Montana finds an unusually full and accu-
rate description at the hands Of Col. ". +.
Wheeler il his recently prepared papers for
NJ onteith's Geography The Colonels work,
difficult and requiring the utmost persever-
ance and research, has been accomplished
with great credit to himself. The geography
people have reason to congratulate them
selves il having secured SO faithful pen
portrait Of Montana. Measured by It's real
value il the field Of school information and
instruction this supplement will rank high in
educational estimates here. The work can
hardly be improved in any particular.-Ho1
0ld
A distinguished party, consisting Of sena-
tor Sherman, Judge Strong Of the u s. su-
preme Court, Hon. Amos Townsend, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, MI. Hoyt, Of New York, and
Albert Bierstadt, the celebrated artist, will
soon pay visit to Wonderland. They
leave Chicago on the 25th inst. and will pre-
ceed yio the Union Pacific and Utah North
ern railroads. Gov. Potts has been invited
to meet the party at Virginia City and be has
teIegraphed his acceptance OF the invitation
The visit of this party 70 the National Park
can not but result adyantageously for the
same. The government should take the
steps necessary to maketh Park the popu-
lar resort its varied and wonderful attrac-
tons warrant. It the ''poWers that be- at
Washington would take "a jaunt to Won
derland and spend few weeks there it
would not be lcpg until everything needed
were done to render the Park the chiezest
attraction Of the country. Il Is probable that
the party above mentioned will visit The prin-
cipal towns Of the Territory, and it is to be
hoped they will not overlook the river me-
tropolis.
The corner stone O. the new Episcopal
church at Butte was laid on Thursday Of last
week, Bishop Brewer officiating
a postoffice has been established a.t Ander-
sonville, Meagher county, and Benjamin
Dexter will sling the mail for the same. The
statement has been made that the people Of
The Barker District WonIa gettheir mail at
this point, butas the Office is many miles dis
fant from the camp It Is evident that this
can not be. The Barker District needs a
postofice Of its own and ought to have It
speedily and without delay
The sixth annual fair Of the Western Mon
sou]a, commencing on the 18th Of Septem-
Der and continuing for six days. Premiums
to the amount Of 81, $50 will be given by The
association.
The glorious and ever memorable day was
celebrated with great ecldt in the various
cities and towns Of the Territory. The peo-
pie Of Montana are patriotic if anything.
w. 7. Pemberton, Esq, an old Montanian
and lawyer of celebrity in the early days Of
the Territory, has returned to Helena and
will again swing his shingle TO the Montana
breezes at the capital.
General Gibbon, Delegate Maginnis and
Mayor Jacobs left St. Paul on the 5th inst.
for Montana and are expected st Helena on
the 18th
It is reported that the negotiations with
the Crow Indians, for right of way of the
Northern Pacific Railroad over the reserve,
inaugurated by Col. J. T. Dodge, has so far
progressed satisfactorily, the Indians mani
Testing most conciliatory disposition and
friendly spirit. The interview with the
Crow nation was held at their camp near the
Big Horn, Col Pierce and Major Pease rep
resenting the railroad company and Major
Keller his wards. Major Keller has returned
to the agency, Col. Pierce to Bozeman, and,