The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-12-28

ferry had been, the other o draWDTIage near
the lower end Of the city. Alongside OF the
.Wharves laid q %half-dozen steamers, by the
side of which the Dacotah and Montana o.
my. recollection were small, some with the
old familiar .sP'' between their smoke-stacks,
and two having s.Wetzel Line" on their
sides. Our train soon Numbered down tie
grade and across the bridge, and IN 9 lew
minutes more [ stood beWildered among a
crowd of*people, not one OF whom ! knew.
From the depot ! repaired toa large i've
story stone front hotel, on Main street, pass.
ing on tbs way q handsome dry goods store
on which was the sign II. r. Churchill q
Co. while next to it the colored bottles IL q
drug store window we're seen under the name
Of .4Hale g Hudnall." Across the street
from the hotel Chas. Green had q handsome
livery stable, and above could be seen, over
the doors of notwithstanding business
houses the names of sstW. E. Todd, !" "Wren
| s. Dennis murphy s. Brown and the
once familiar name of .sMayn g Heitman.
After partaking Of a good dinner at the
uDLCla StIG .HIalHSCl "a YhlO Woo q " aSSi
to me. I started down town, and was just in
time to=see a train OF cars come gliding
around the butte back of the old town, filled
with an excursion party from San River on a
visit to the head Of navigation. AS / passed
down Main street, the first building which
attracted my attention was a large three-story
brick on the corner of Main and Benton, on
the front Of which was a beautiful sign bear
ing the name of THE RIVER PRESS" and
underneath it a smaller one reading collins
g Stevens, Printers and Binders | entered
the handsome business Office and was met by
q gentlemanly bookkeeper, who, in answer
to my inquiries for the proprietors, who had
been friends of mine in former days, in
formed me that Mr.. Collins was in Helena
on business, the firm being the State printers,
and that the junior partner had gone, that
morning, to Barker, where they had another
paper. The gentleman took me through the
building, the basement OF which was used as
a press room, and here saw q tWo-cylinder
Hoe newspaper press, which he Informed
me they contemplated moving to Barker in
the spring and filling It's place with q Bull
lock. while two four-roller Potter cylinders
a SUPERFICIAL and a medium-and four Peer
less jobbers were busy turning out job work
of every description. The first floor was
occupied BY the business Office, editorial and
ronortoru, roo,,o the second a. J hindaru
and the third contained the composing and
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of apoosona,. a ~ E,,rn;tn.o naa1ars },
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heavy roa, estate dealer the lower nart of
which was occupied as a drug store bv .sMi-
mar 3 co.. and the unner aoor as offices hv
professional men. Among the cards on he
stairway noticed t,aeo. q Kanouse M. Dr.
and the sioht Of this name made me realize.
indeed. how lone . time i had been. as it
were. dead to the world. When / last saw