The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1881-10-19
MONTANA MATTERS.

MONTANA MATTERS.
G1endive wants !. a bank.
Two train loads of Montana stock are'
shipped from Glendive daily. Il
The Glendive Times is warmly advocating
the organization of Dawson county.
Bozeman contributed but ~seventy-fve dol
lars to the Garfield Monument Fund.
Il is estimated that there have been g.
600 tourists in the National Park this year.
There have been %ninety-four deaths In
Helena during the year ending October the
10th.
Montana's contributions to the Garfield
Monument Fund will aggregate more than
5 $1,000.
1t is estimated that the population of Mon
tana has increased this year fully twenty-five
per cent.
Hon. Sam Word says the Utah & North
ern will have trains running into Butte with
in thirty days.
The machinery and tools for work on the
Mullen Pass have been shipped and opera
tons on the same will Q begin.
The latest Helena papers report that Judge
a. J. Davis, of Butte, is dangerously Ill. a
premature report Of his death gained circula-
ton in Helena.
The Territorial Fair was not q financial
success, az the receipts will hardly cover the
expenses, The total receipts of the Fair
were $S12, O33. Is.
The right of way for the Utah Northern
Railroad from Silver Bow to Butte has been
obtained, and the road will be speedily built
to the Silver City.
The merchants OF White Sulphur Springs
have agreed to close their doors on Sunday.
THIS is a good pattern for the Benton mer-
chants to follow.
St. Ambrose Orphan Asylum Of Helena
was completed last week and organized un-
der the above title. Seven orphans have a
home already under its benign roof.
The Herald says. the potatoe crop in the
Prickley Pear valley he's succumhed to the
cold snap. It is net believed that the pota-
toes in this vicinity are injured as yet.
BIZ. Bisel, near Bozeman, claims to have
raised2, 213 bushels of grain, oats end bar.
ley, from thirty acres of ground. Benjamin
Franklin is entitled to the cake il his claim
is just.
The Glendive Times reports that foar head
of mules belonging to the K-eogh Stage Line
were stolen on the night Of the 9Th inst.
Some animals were also stolen frone the
troops at Fort Keogh.
Charles Markham, Of Helena, widely
known throughout the Territory, died In
that city on Friday OF last week, and was
nuried with Masonic honors on Sunday. He
lad been i'll but q few days.
The bones Of ten cinnamon who have
been buried at Helena during the past few
years were sacked and shipped for the Ce-
lestial Kingdom last week. The resident
Cinnamon INDUCED in q big feast in honor
Of the event.
The Bozeman coach upset on Tuesday of
last week, east of Radersburg, and Hon. J..
?. Woolman, Territorial Auditor, who was
one Of the passengers, suffered a dislocation
of his right shoulder. The other passen-
gers escaped without injury.
The Helena City Council passed q .fesolu.
ton censuring the Independent for pa aking
sport Of the Committee Of Citizens ,gho ban
quoted at the expense of the M,srauFs OF
Lorne. That Council must have very little
to do or it would not turn its attention to
Guca 81 matter,
a. representative of q Butte printing es-
Enlistment canvassed Bozeman recently TO,
5oh work, cutting rates furiously, and. che
Gonyiar Of last week 'sgoes for the fal2ssoW
rough shod. It was certainty a very cheeky
piece Of business and the Courier didn't hit
him a lick amiss.
The fourth session Of the No ntana Joe
ference Of the d. 3. Church, South, con.
vaned IN Helena on Friday of last week,
Bishop E. FL. KaVanaugh pre- siding. The
following ministers were present. Revs. s.
3. Stateler. T. w. Flowers, E. q. Stanley, j.
B. Whitford and John Andrew.
The Helena papers have treopened the
fight about The visit of the Ms rquis Of Lorne
to that city and the first thing, we know the
postoflce wal will come up again. When
local matters are dull at the c apital these top.
les are utilized for .s6llinK.' But, really,
isn't it q little tough on the { subscribers /?
On the day appointed for the commence
ment OF the Bozeman fair the grounds and
track were covered to the depth Of two feet
with snow. The races were postponed In.
definitely, and unless the weather soon clears
up it IS probable that the fair will 20 over
until next year. 1t is 9 serious loss to Boze
man and the fair association. After the ex-
p~erience of this year Montsna fairs will
probably be held before October
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