The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-31

5000 acres of bench land near FL lena. aiken up unter
the desert land act, which they will put unde. cult
walton this year. An ir igaiilg d Itch t Tive miles in
length supplies a suficie t amount OF water.
g. W. Davis, of thu Z tied Stats ST nal S rvice,
left some copies of Florida r p rs on our table If
Mr.. ID was at his home, n ar Sanford, that State, at
this time he W. uld not only have or nges in aband-
ance, but ripe peaches and frui of all k nds.
The Northern Picife has sent out another surveying
party to locate the Benton branch by WY of Ca yon
creek, starting ar B Iii GO The report of a survey
from Bensons Landing TO Benton s ems to b; iacor-
rect. Billings will q suredly re the junction.
1t is learned that the RIVER PRESS will issue a daily
edition, commencing about June lat. Ben on's growth
would seem to encourage a ven uTe f that sort, and
the publishers OF the PREss are the men 10 undertake
it with the pro. pect OF making it a 81 cess. Herald.
A Helena man H. Invented a fly ng u chi ie and
expects to tate a sail thr u IN the ala Ole mt one of
these days tom the summit Of Mou Il Helena 10 the
Mullan tunnel He Shout mike de mite ar ange-
menls for having his grave kept green before he sta ts.
Some parties are fencing tn reservation on this
side of the river with The exptt tation-ef gobbling up
something when the b II passes. A the portion they
have taken is to be townsited, it is a lit e didcult to
understand how they will succeed with the project on
foot.
Articles of Incorporation have been fled with the
Secretary of the Territory by the Anders onvillp.
Maiden and Fort Maginnis Telephone Can.pa y, the
purpose of which il to connect the towns mentioned
with the talking WIRE" Maiden liz putting on metro
politan airs.
Clark Ting'ey returned last week from Fit. Macleod
with his cattle t lain. He had inten ed goil g o Fort
Calgary, but could not cross Old Ma = river, which
was on a boom. He reports that a gr At many immi-
grants are going into the Northwest Terrltory-the
advance guard Of the crowd that VII follow the rail
road.
A force of mechanics, Uwenty-nine in number ere
en- route up the river on the Black FL liz to complete
the buildings now IN process Of construction st Fort
Assinaboine. There is yet an u~nexpend ID bllanc If
$40, 900 available for this work, wl.icl wilb sufficient
to render Fort Assinaboine the finest and b-st Gun.
structed fort on the frontier.
The noble red man is rapidly picking up the ways
of civilization. On Monday last q dough y ctliet wi b
his squaw and several of his relatives might have
been seen driving up Front street In a b aud new
wagon, with a spring seat, drawn by a good span of
horses with white mans" harness. Tn re was not a
single piece of fawhide ABOUT the turn out" nor a
badge of any kind to indicate that it belol ged to Mr..
Lo. They attracted general alta ntion.
The H1sbandman says the M alden boom has bust
ed" Our esteemed confem. has CIR al lily not taken
the pains to ascertain the facts in the Case, or il
would not be SO ready to pronounce the doom of this
fourishing mining district. So far fir, M he boom be-
ing t'busted, y it is bigger than ever, as may be fair y
inferred from the purchase by the Home take com
pany a few days ago. If the Husbandnaan lives az
long as Maiden is q fionrishi g mining camp it has
many years of usefulness before ii.
Major Patrick through his attorneys, Waterman &
Mcintyre, has commenced two sui 8 against the own
ers of the General Meade-one for dam ges sustaine
by being put off the boat aud the O her Tor medicines
furnished and services r, ndered in caring for the
smallpox patient on the boat. Ths total damages
claimed are 81, 900. Major Patrick c-rta inIy has 'an>e
for action, as he was shameful y treated by the officers
of that craft. We hope he VII receive every cent
called tor in the complaint.
The .traw recruits" that were landed here by the
General Sherman were not in Benton two hours unit
most of them got 'fuller'n q tick Failing to fd
other amusement, four of them INDUCED in y Rough
and-tumble ight among themselves, Oh F:oEt str. ct
with most satisfactory res Its as far az black eyes
disfigured faces, etc, are concerned. It seems tina
the bows had not been used to LAYING their stomacns
with as good an article of whisky ~ they found II
Benton, and a little of it had a very exhilerating effect
Eight acres of land adjoining he TOWNSHIP IA por
ton of the Fitzgerald claim) and owned by Fl. P
Rolte. A. w. Kingsbury. Cans s. Klen and Colone
!, Sanders, are being surveyed and p atted md will prob
by be annexed 70 the toWnsite. A limited umbe
of lots viii be sold to parties who will improve thu
same, and we understand it 10 the Intention OF Inc
company to erect u few neat and Substantial bulidi u
in the new addition. Th. land l. f%avorably located
: for residences, and we would not be surprised to se'
this latest addition to Benton enJ , q hrst-class Doom
Mr.. w. S. Stocking returned las: W ek from = triI
to the Montana mining district W lere ne is interesfa
in several of the crack leads. Mr.. S. rep ,rts that
large number of prospectors are pouring into the heV
camp and he fully expects. it to be a llvey pacs Ia
summer He s ates that he never saw m re encour
9 aging prospects in any camp. The lea g thai hav
. been developed to any extent are showing up finely
and their owners are as full Of hope aud encoura5 e
e ment as could be. The snow is 8 iii deep on tn
: north side of the mountains, and he prcspeetors VIII
Is are already on the ground are having by no means
pleasant time of it.
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