The river press., 1881-04-27
IN TOWN AND OUT.

For to day s dispatches, see TOurln page.
Thos Thornton has sold his ranch on tht
Shonkin to William Witt.
The country is once more assuming tht
hue Of Ireland's national color.
The Utah 8 Northern engineers are sur
veying down the Jefferson River.
The Alice mills, at Walkerville, are pro
ducing $4,000 worth of bullion per day.
Yesterday morning (Tuesday) the river
was three feet nine inches above low water
mark.
The big blow of Friday took part Of the
roof from one of the out houses Of the school
house
Wackerlin g. Co. have had an extra man in
their tin shop, owing to the extra amount
of work on hand
The river is raising rapidly, and q good
stage Of water may be expected from now
until late in the fall.
J. HI. Evans & Co., started 500 cords of
wood down the Shonkin on the 18th. It will
reach town by Wednesday next.
tapt 1lhNus VI tES atl 1uLssAl5Js VIGIL cuA
favorably known in Montana, is Post Com
mander at Fort Stevenson, D. L.
Fl. !. Wackerlin g Co. have still on hand
and for sale at bedrock prices, full line Of
Charter Oak stoves and Michigan Ranges
1t will probably be as late as the 10th of
May before packets begin to arrive. Turbu-
~
stream.
The Missouri river has been informing
the natives what may be expected periodi-
cally until the stream is effectively confined
by levees.
Hirshberg & Nathan are clearing out the
balance of their winter stock at cost. A good
chance to buy a suit of good clothes for little
money.
Mesdames Dennis and Hayzlett were
among those who honored our sauctum with
a pleasant call within the past few days.
Thanks.
w. s. Stockings will erect block OF brick
buildings near the corner Of Bond and Main
streets. They will prove good locations for
business.
When steamers begin to arrive they will
drop in thick and fast Although little la
ter than usual, we think more freight will be
landed here than ever before.
There young man named jim Dunn
For his nod he gave Judge Morris one,
The jury his fault
Called common assault
And looked on the matter as fun.
Thirty-fve Red river carts rolled in few
days since loaded with robes and hides for
Z. G. Power & Bro, from Fort Beknap.
The carts loaded back for Belknap and AS
sinaboin
The Hus60,sdna0n is out of the follWing
numbers Of its paper to complete its files,
and offers to pay handsomely for them: Nos.
80, 50, 35, 80, 40, Al, 43, ID, 46, AZ, and 4s;
all Of Vol I.
Judge Conger is holding court at Bozeman
and Judge Galbraith at Deer Lodge, which,
with what is going on in Benton at Judge
Wades court. is making q lively time for the
lawyer and criminal classes.
William O'Neil was arrested to-day on
the charge OF killing yearling steer owned
by Price s. Co. The prosecuting witnesses
are Henry johnson and 81. Hanna. The
case will be tried this evening.
"What ia tile? 2" asked correspondent. |
To inform our friend, we will state that it is |
a cross between locomotive smoke stack |
and an ordinary slouch hat. For further in
formation apply to the manager Of the
Record.
The Hotels are all crowded with strangers,
some here at the request OF Judge Wade and
others en- route to America. The latter will |
return fully satisfied that life on the frontier
is much preferable to areaidence in the over
crowded East.
A few days since we were shown an ounce
Of the prettiest kind OF gold, taken from Yogo
Gulch. Although that camp has been aban-
doned by many, there are some who still re-
main confident of producing dust in pay
ing quantities.
Major Reed writes to Mr.. Carruthers, un-
der date of the 18th, that three nights pre-
giously the Indians stole twelve head OF !