The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-21

Gay evening, lObH luSl.
Davidson g Mofitt will add thirty feet to
their building next season. They find tia,
their present quarters are not large enough
for their big stock Of goods.
Subscribe for extra copies Of the holiday
edition Of the RIVER PRESS to send to friends
East. It will be . good advertisement for
Benton and country tributary.
Dealers in holiday goods report that trade
is opening up lively. Everything desirable
for a present can be obtained of our dealers.
Consult the advertising columns Of this paper
for more specific information.
The first load of lumber from Dexter's
mill on Highwood arrived in Benton Monday.
Mr. ID. informs us they are getting along fine
" at the mill and will be able to saw q large
lot Of lumber during the winter.
Dan Mcdonald, an employe at Dexter's
saw mill on Hlghwood, had his hand severely
cut by the saw on Friday Of last week, and
will be laid up for . short time. He had q
narrow escape from probably fatal injuries.
At Chestnut the Missouri river is frozen
| solid, while at Benton the river has been
constantly open. The ferry boats were
stopped but two or three days, and then on
ly because of the slush ice floating down the
stream.
We would suggest that any person who
have hound volumes which they nave read
and do not desire particularly to keep should
present them to the school library. They
would, beyond a doubt, be very acceptable to
the pupils.
Mr.. Fred LaHundron writes to US from
Brainerd, Mimi, to forward hin the RIVER
PRESS. He says he wants to knock it into
the heads Of the people down there that Ben
Of them believe
Wood at Benton is worth $3.50 per cord,
and scarce even at those fgures.-Glend5Oe
Times.
That may be all that wood is worth at Ben
ton, but it takes twelve good dollars to buy a
cord all the same.
It is rumored that parties il Chicago have
bought the lot on the corner Of Main and
Bond streets, next to Rooeevelt's furniture
store, with the purpose of building and open
ing q wholesale and retail boot and shoe
house in the spring.
a Benton lady sends us q note for publ
cation in which she invites her %neighbors
who have saucy boys to keep them out of
other peoples doors, etc. The best way
would be to inform the parents directly and
not through the newspaper.
Mr.. w. b Settle, having completed his
new brick dwelling, moved into it this week.
The new house is very neat and well ar
ranged. We are pleased to notice this, IS It
shows that Mr.. Settle and family have in
earnest cast their lot among us.
Sixty thousand pounds Of freight was yes
terday received from the terminus by t. c.
Power g Go. A portion Of the amount was
for their Helena and Benton houses, and the
remainder was government freight for Fort
Shaw.-Independent.
Quite a number OF miners from different
parts Of the country left Helena to-day for
the Barker District going on the Benton
coach.-Her0ld, 18Th snst.
This is but the vanguard of the stampede
there will be to Barker in the spring from all
parts Of the Territory.
There have been no new cases of small
pox in Butte since last Sunday. We were
Informed last evening by the city physician
that the existing cases are in q most favorable
state, convalescing rapidly. The patients in
the pest house are in the same fortunate con-
dition.-MSner Dec. l1M.
The job hook at the RIVER Press Office is
loaded down with about $500 worth Of Job
work, and we must ask the indulgence OF our
patrons for any delay Sin turning1ssout @their
orders. AS soon as the holiday edition is off
our hands we will make the little Gordon
sshum'' until the last job is off.
Strayed from Benton about six weeks ago,
q dark brown horse, about fourteen hands
high, one white foot, star in forehead, saddle
marks, no brand. Supposed to be ia the
Sun River country. Five dollars reward will
be paid for information as to his where
abouts. Address the RIVER PRESS Office.
Mr.. McSveeney, who had bis hand crushed
at the Barker smelter, is still lying quite IL
at the Overland. His hand has not been am
putated. as he preferred to run the risk Of
saving it. We hope he will come out all
right, although there is some danger that not