The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-11-30
IN TOWN AND OUT.

Inc COMMISSIONERS meet next Monday.
Band ball tomorrow night. Evervhod
oughtto 60.
The Benton s. Barker stage line il do;nn.
big business.
Buy your dress suits at Gan g Klein,s RI
the grand ball tomorrow night.
Tomorrow is the first day of winter u,
the weather does not feellike if
Jim Gillett has purchased an interest If
the Phillips ranch on the road to Barker.
"And the ole woman kept apickin' on ,en
up" For further particulars see Lee Smith.
The Band Ball tomorrow night promises
to be an immense success as it deserves n
| be.
Work has been in progress on the new no.
tel for the past week and the walls are GOING
up rapidly.
The new hotel begins to loom up. II will
be the finest hotel in the Territory bv q
large majority.
The road to Barker at Highwood is being
improved and in fact the good work is now
going forward all along the line.
jim McDegitt says the work on the road
to Barker is being done judiciously and a
wonderful improvement has already been
made.
There are yetnearly three hundred persons
who have not settled with the Treasurer and
after to, mcrrow the little ten per centum will
attach.
The stock interests of Choteau county
promise to grow to a great extent next sea-
son. A favorable winter will add to the
impetus.
The band se-enaded Mr.. and Mrs, Jere
Sullivan last evening, the sweet strains being
rendered in honor Of Mrs. SIS birthday an
n~iversary.
The Benton & Martinsdale stage line, in
GLIDING the line to Barker, is now making
good time. The coach comes and goes as
regularly as On the Helena line.
Jack Moran and E. s. Kirkwood, freigh-
tiers, came in from Cashiers with coal this
week. They disposed of every bushel at $18
a ton. The market is not by any means
supplied.
Murphy, Neel s Go. have hung a number
of window shades, lettered in gilt with the
names of the different general lines they
have in stock, and they present q very neat
appearance.
Messrs. Cans s. Klein offer a special prize
to the best speller at the public school in the
contest to be held on Friday Of next week.
The pupils are working with might and main
to capture the prize.
The firm Of T.. c.. Power B Co., with it's
branches, pay taxes in five counties-Lewis
6 Clarke, Choteau, Meagher, Gallatin and
verhead-in all amounting to about 49,
0O.-Lndpendent.
Tickets for the ball tomorrow evening
can be obtained st w. s.. Wetzel's the Over
land Hotel, Crane g Green's, Frank Buck
sins, Hirshberg s. Nathan's and perhaps
other business houses.
John Hunsberger, mine host Of the Over
land, will serve the supper for the merry
dancers at the band benefit ball tomorrow
evening. Supper will be served at any time
from 10 p. n. to Q q. m.
W. B. Settle offers 300 desira BILE town lots
in almost any part Of the city at reasona-
BILE prices-also several desirable houses and
lots in the heart of the town. All cheap and
on terms to satisfy purchasers.
We understand that Cook s. Hussey paid
$3 25 per head for Gen. A. D. Smiths flock
of sheep and $4. 900 for his ranch. The To-
cation is one Of the finest in the valley, and
is improved in excellent shape.-Hus6amd-
man.
J. F. Murphy, Clerk Of the School Board,
has nearly completed the enumeration, and
he informs us he will have about $50 names
on his list, which will be an increase Of one
third over last year. School District No. !
is not tagging.
Saturdays Independent had an item to the
effect that it was rumozed on the streets of
Helena that IT.. e. Collins had been shot
How ever a rumor to that effect could have
been set afoat is one Of the things that can't
be explained over this way.
Every dollar spent for job work, advertis-
ing or anything else in the office Of q live,
growing paper helps to make it stronger, and
the stronger such a paper is, the more 1t is
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