The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-08-31
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The news from the Belt mining district
good.
Miss Julia Davis, colUred, one Of the pic
neers of Benton, died lust week.
The BRICK work On the new hotel will be
gin in a few days.
George Scott is ginning q reputation as
good and efficient officer.
VIZ. Minar, tile druggist, Is building
a. ware room III the rear Of his store.
The Martinsdale coach which was due yes
telday had not arrived yet this forenoon.
~"Tapioca' il recovering. Fort Benton sur
gerry is ahead VI Washington.-Nep North
West.
The District Count, Judge Wade presiding,
begins next Tues lay. There viii be q full
terms work.
The fall roundup for the Shonkin, Teton,
HighWood and a i~j4cent ranges will begin
September 15:h. 0
r. S. Hale 6 Co., druggists of Helena,
will establish q branch house in Benton
WITHIN the next year.
George uouk will send his agricultural
collection TO the Territorial fair. It will
catch some red ribbon 100.
We suppose the Record is now fully ap-
prised Of the fact that Herman Brinkman
was a candidate fer school trustee.
Alice, the three-yeacold daughter of Mr..
W. S Conway, Of this city, died last Friday
at Mr.. Cs ranch In Aleagher# county.
Cans u Kiein,s mammoth sign is COM
pleted and can be read without the use of a
telescope for a distance Of two miles.
Dir. j. J. Kennedy has temporarily remov-
ed his meat market to the building opposite
the Jail, where bis patrons will find him pre-
pared to supply their wants in his line.
Attention is called to the ssad." Of Klein
schmidt 6 Bro. i'll this issue. The readers
of the RIVER Press who buy goods in Ben
ton will find it profitable TO peguse the
same. =""""" "@#
Settle & Stevenson offer for sale 100 choice
Building lots-Well located aud which will be
sold at bottom prices-in whole blocks, half
blocks or in quantities. as preferred by pur-
chasers. daft
Over o hundred recruits came up the river
On the Black Hills, q portion stopping at Blu
ford, some at Rocky Point and the remain
der passed through Benton on Thursday en-
route to Shan. ~ A
Thirteen men employed IL the Wilton
brickyard struck for higher wages this week.
They were getting three dollars a day and
Wantthree and . half. 1Ileir demands have
not been acceded to.
Ten thousand dollars OF Choteuu county
bo1ds will be sold at the Court House to-
morrow, Sept. /, at IL o'clock a.m. The
bonds draw seven per cent. Interest and
ought to bring a premium.
Mls3rs.t Sullivan & Goss are having the
building just vacated by Mr.. Kennedy fitted
up in good style and will soon open out there
with d big stock Of saddles, harness &c.
Their stock is expected in Benton every day,
Benton sinners arc now invited to the
house Of worship by the musical tones a re-
Gently imported church bell. To the average
Bentonian, the influence of q church bell is
second only to that Of q modern Belle Cour-
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One Of the recruits on the Black Hills be-
came insane when the boat was near Clagget
and attempted to take his life by s%eyering an
artery. He seems to be hopelessly insane
and will be sent east to the government
asylum.
TIE latest from Washington is to the eff
feet that the President is rallying and hope
has given place to the gloom that prevailed a
1ew days ago. But the patient is by no
aneans out Of danger and the hour for rejoic-
Ing has not yet arrived. .
Tapioea has brought suit for damages in
the sum OF So, 600 against the shooting
Starr Of the Red Cloud. The latter will
realize before he gets through with this
little business that. Benton is a bad place to
use his little pop gun.
The proprietor Of the Occidental saloon
has after considerable trouble. secured the
employment Of MIR. Boyd, one of the most
polite and agreeable barkeepers in the Terri
tory. Mr.. Boyd's reputation as . drink mix
er is well-known throughout the country.
The fire that has been sWeeping the prairie
north of Benton as with a bosom of destruc-
ton was happily e~xtinguished by the copious
rains Of yesterday. Much damage had been
done by the fire and but for the rain the loss
to ranchmen and stockmen would have been
very great.
Dick Nee intends to build himself a neat
two.story brick residence, on his Main street
property, this fall. As Richard is 9 bachelor
this step looks very much as if he proposes
TO enE1ll. himself among the Benedicts.
Girls, this is fair warning catch him If yon
can.
The lad" Of the First National Bank OF
this city, one Of the solid institutions OF
Montana, VIII be found in another column.
Although not established more than q year,
the First National of Benton already takes
rank with the leading banking institutions
of the Territory.
We must beg The indulgence 81 our readers
again for issling on Hmanilla' paper and Ia