The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-26
MONTANA MATTERS,

$3.50.
A hurdy house has been opened in the
pious town Of Bozeman.
Blonde Alice, OF Butte, has departed
hence by the laudanum route.
The next conference..of the NJ. E. Church,
South, will be held at Butte.
There are fourteen working lodges Of
Good Templars in the Territory.
Five prisoners from Miles City were
booked at the Deer Lodge prison last week.
Il will require another week Of court at
White Sulphur Springs to clear up the
docket.
Wheat sells for $500 land 82.5 in the
Helena market. The extra grade, suitable
for making q choice article Of flour, ID rather
scarce.
The Garfield Mining and Milling Company
has been organized on q new basis
You may change it and name it whatever You will,
But the scent Of the fraud will hang around still.
z Engineer ChenoWith, of the Northern Pa
eifc party, has gone to Washington City TO
look up his.chances of being appointed Sur
veyor General of Montana.
Pat Wickham, Of lower Boulder, is only
thirty-six years old and has 0 family Of thir-
teen living children. Pat thinks he can
score at least q dozen points more.
The Mullen Pass tunnel for the Northern
Pacific railroad will be $500 feet in length
and it il estimated that il will require fifteen
months to construct it. 4 goodly portion Of
the work will be done this winter.
4 shooting affair between two whites and
the same number OF Indians at Stevensville,
Bitter Root valley, resulted III the death Of
one of the noble reds. The whites are now
experimenting trouble with the Indians.
Manfsrd Bennett discovered q bears den
Co. the road frem Bozeman to the Yellow
ssune recently and last week in company
with another gentlemen, concluded to give
ruin battle. The Doctor who is attending
the case..at Bozaman thinks Bennett will rs-
cover.
Melrese ID q bad place. A few days ago
Harry Gassett was robbed there Of Q pocket
book containing 81, 900 in money $1,o60 ia
checks. The thief generously returned the
latter. VIVA. j. Kirby has been arrested on
suspicion Of having committed the theft; but
the proofs against him are very meager.
The Bozeman Fair has been postponed
until September, 1882, on account Of the I'M
favorable condition Of the weather. The
disappointment to the association, and those
VINO were on hand with articles and stock
for exhibition, was very great. The Society
had gone to @ great deal of expense in the
way Of preparation for the exhibition, much
Of which is a dead loss.
DIR. Isaac GREENWOOD, Of the firm Of
GREENWOOD, Bohm g. Co., Of Helene, an
nounces that he will give o fine gold watch
as a premium to the best lady declairner I'M
der the age of fifteen years, the question OF
evolutionary merit to be decided by 9 com
mittee Of three disinterested citizens. This |
as : liberal offer and the young misses OF the
Helena school are already working diligently
to- secure the prize.
1t is no pleasant thing to BE 9 county COM
missioner in Custer county. Not long
since the Grand Jury fred off q lot Of
INCREASES and resolutions at the honorable
beard asking them to step down and out for
the public veal, and only last week 9 saloon
keeper attempted to kill ID. L. McMillen, the
chairman Of the Board. On the whole we
would rather hire out as a lion trainer than
accept the position of Commissioner down
there.
a north bouRd passenger train on the
Utah IL Northern railroad was thrown from
the track, near Snake River, Idaho, on the
18th inst, by a displaced switch, and several
cars.were smashed up in approved style. The
passengers escaped without injury but soon
after thes,accident a man named Miller, bound
for Butte, complained Of severe pains il the
back and suddenly falling to the ground ex-
pred. AS he received no injury it is sup
posed he died Of heart disease.
a number Of the citizens of Dawson coun-
ty petitioned the Governor, asking for the
organization Of their county. The question
Of executive authority ID the premises was
submitted to the Attorney General Of Mon
tana and that officer decides that the law
enacted by the last Legislature attaching
Dawson county to Custer and making the
Commissioners OF the latter Gu oo6fcto Com
r1issi oners If the former takes from the Gov
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