The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-01-05

On Monday evening, q number of ladies
and gentlemen met at the residence Of Mr.. J.
81. Evans, and from thence adjourned to the
Centennial Hotel, where they INDUCED in q
social dance until about 2 o'clock in the
morning. The party is said to have been q
very pleasant one, and much enjoyed by
those present. .
Col. Moale recently telegraphed to st. Paul
for permission to issue wood to persons in
actual want, and received answer to issue the
same provided the county would return the
wood. Hereafter any person SO situated can
procure a small quantity of wood by first APP
plying to Richard Nee and receiving an order
for the same.
". O. Dexter intends putting up a steam
saw mill this year, either on Highweod or in
the Barker district; he has not quite decided
| which. Mr.. Dexter will go East sometime in
February, and will purchase a portable en-
CINE for use in the saw mill, and which he
will also use to run his threshing machine in
harvest time. Dexter is a rustler, and well
deserves success.
We are authorized BY the Secretary Of the
Benton Board Of Trade to say that commun-
%ications upon any subject pertinent to the
sections of country tributary to Benton will
be gladly received for the immigration
pamphlet, and to request all parties wishing
to advertise or subscribe to communicate di-
rectly with him, and at as early q date as pos
sible. Address, VIM. FL. Hunt, Secretary
Board Of Trade, Benton, M. T.
On Tuesday Samuel Pepin purchased Of R.
T. Hill his one-eighth interest in the band of
cattle owned by them Jointly with other par
ties, at $22 per head, the total footing up to
$4,000. Mr.. Pepin has also purchased from
Louis Morgan 100 head of cattle at, we are
Informed, $S23 per head. At this rate Mr..
Pepin will soon be one Of the largest cattle
owners in Montana. Mr.. Hill will engage in
the horse business, and it is also his intention,
we are told, to purchase more cattle in the
spring.
While the board of commissioners was in
session Monday afternoon, a young man
entered the Office of the probate judge, and
begun a conversation on q matter of a lamp,
using language offensive and out of place.
He was rebuked by Mr.. Weatherwax, who
informed the slave of the lamp that if he
could not And more appropriate language,
and could not show 9 higher degree of re-
spect for the board, that he might immedi-
ately relieve the room Of his presence, and
stay not upon the order Of bis going. He
was quoted. @"~
We have been forcibly reminded this week
Of an old story: A lady Of uncertain age
kept as pets a cat, a parrot and a monkey,
whose relations with each other were usually
of the most amicable character. Having left
them together for some time, one evening,
the lady, on her return, found the parrot
minus all his tail feathers but one, the cat
had one eye pecked out, and the monkeys
caudal ]appendage had been curtailed to half
its former length. Confusion reigned SUI
preme, and while the spinster gazed with
horror on the scene, the parrot looked down
from his perch on top OF the whatnot and
exclaimed, "We've had a hi of a time"
That's what's the matter around here Just
now. Some one has been having q Chi of
a time"
A professional hunter named Biggs came
into Assinabcin, and represented to the CON-
mandant that he had several hundred pounds
of wild meat cached away some distance from
the post, and offered to exchange it for ba-
con. He further stated that there was plenty
of game and offered his services as guide.
The commandment detailed a number of SOL
diers, good shots, to follow the man, who
after leading them to his rendezvous, disap.
peared. Investigation revealed that he had
been lying with system unknown in the rec
ords Of the post, for there was neither meat
game. The party, after a couple Of
days hunting, reassemDled, and found that
one of their number. MIR. Severance, of Com
pany z, was missing. After a long search
he was found, frozen to death. What infer
nal motive prompted this fend in making
the representations he did nc one can mag
We acknowledge the receipt, on Monday
evening last, Of a very neat card containing
the following: ssArthur w. Sias, White
Sulphur Springs, Montana; Aggie Marvin,
Beaver Dam, Wis. Married at Beaver Dam,
Tuesday, December 21st, 1880" Mr.. Sias is
a thriving sheep owner Of Smith river valley,
and was formerly proprietor Of the Cottage
House at the famous springs. 1t has never
been our pleasure to meet the fair bride, but
the groom we are proud to number among
our dearest friends. We owe him a debt of
gratitude for more than brotherly kindness