The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-02-16
TIT TOWN AND OUT.

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Guthrie, the popular bakery man, has nice,
fresh eggs tor sale.
Zee proposals for the care and mainten-
aace Of the county sick.
.Kleinschmidt Bros. clerks have been rustl-
ing this week, taking inventory Of stock.
Z. T. Marshall, at the ssElite," has an i'm
proyement on bis famous hot drinks. Try it.
The local Of our Deer Lodge exchange
darkly hints that Benton bellies are not all
s'culchured."
Murphy, Neel q 90. having got settled in
their fine new store, will be busily engaged
during the coming week taking stock.
Statistics show that the smallest ladies' shoe
ever sold at Deer Lodge was number seven,
and that the average demand is for mines and
@ half. y Lawd
The snow in the Milk river country Is two
feet deep, and yet the grass stands SO high
that the tops are seen sticking up above the
snowy covering.
St. Valentines Day has come and passed,
and the only valentine we have had the pleas
ure Of reading was pinned to the coat tail Of
one Of ouE friends.
The Chop House, under the immediate SUI
pervision Of Miss Douglass, is becoming a
popular resort for those In search Of susten-
ance tor the inner man.
The Stock Growers Association Of Lewis
and Clarke, Choteau and Meagher counties,
District No. 2, give 8 grand ball at Sun River
o. the evening Of the 22d. Elaborate pre-
parations are being made, and a good time is
anticipated.
The Eataphone will have to enlarge their
diningroom to accommodate the increasing
number of guests, who daily oongregate
around their Well-loaded tables.
Almost every paper in the Territory copied
our item about the approaching marriage Of
Miss Sue Fl. Clagett, and not one gave US
credit for the trouble Of hunting it mp.
Bob. Fisk and Major Blaine have gone
East to see that Garfield is duly and properly
inaugurated three weeks from next Friday,
and To-. Turn 'em over, gentlemen,
turn 'em over!
The RIVER Press people acknowledge the
present, from Mr.. Delatraz, of half 8 dozen
bottles of fine old sherry wine. We all sam
pied it, and the verdict was unanimous in fa-
vor Of its excellence.
W. E. Turner has, at his drug store, q full
and fresh supply Of Landreth's reliable gar
den seeds, which he will sell at latest Eastern
prices. He has also in stock the largest and
best selected stock of wall paper in town.
Everybody shoull go to the ball TO be Civ
en- by the Rowe Brothars on the 22d inst. at
their Hall near the Overland Hotel. It was
gotten up for the fun there is in it and not to
make money out Of it, as the low price tor
admission and supper, 49, So will show.
4 literary society has been formed on
HighWood this winter which meets at the
various houses once q week. We are told
that it has as many as fifty members. They
have readings, essays, charades and debates,
and the meetings are said to be very enjoy
able affairs.
one Of the beauties Of a daily paper in
Benton just now lies in the fact that when
the mail from Helena is in on time, the
subscribers to the daily can get telegraphic
news from the East at least half an hour be-
fore they can read dispatches il the Helena
papers Of "a hours later.
Messrs. storer s. storer, the e%nterprising
brick manufacturers and contractors, have
closed b contract with Hirshberg 50 Nathan
for the erection of q 1re-proof warehouse in
the rear Of the latter firms clothing store.
If will be of brick, 20K25 feet. MessTs. Hirsh-
berg & Nathan will also put up 9 brick store
on the site Of their present one II the near
future. And 50 the enterprise OF Benton
merchants keeps step with the time.