The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-04-12
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MONTANA MATTERS.

MONTANA MATTERS.
Items of Interest Cleaned from Our Terri
torial Exchanges.
Court commences at Bozeman next mon
day.
1.-The Helena editors have Smoked the pipe
of peace.
The I. o. O. T. Grand Lodge convenes at
Butte on the Goth inst.
An opium den was raided at Missoula rec
emily and nine smokers arrested
The police force of Butte recently made
twenty arrests in twenty four hours.
The mail route between Miles City and
Deadwood has been re-established.
Henry J. Armstrong has been re-appointed
and confirmed as agent OF the Crows.
The debt of Beaverhead county was re-
duced $1,510.22 during the past year.
The Catholics of Butte will erect hand
some brick chnrch building this season.
Five new and handsome coaches have rec
emily been put on the Utah and Northern
road
The Northern Pacific engineering force IS
completing the final survey of the route near
Helena
The Independent trotted out its chanticleer
on the 4th to crow over the redemption of
Helena.
VIM. Morgan, quarter breed, was arres-
ted at Helena last week on the charge of
horse stealing.
Jacob Loeb's majority for Treasurer of
Helena was 378 handsome compliment to
that gentleman.
Missoula has taken the preliminary steps
| towards incorporation and the scheme bids
fair TO be successful.
Ground has been broken for q Catholic
church al Walkervile and the structure will
be erected forth with.
Freight traffic on Union Pacific and Utah
and Northern viii be practically at the same
rate this year as last.
The net proceeds of the recent ball given
| by the Helena branch of the Land League
were $478. Pretty good.
| The Butte Stock Board will soon be ready
| for business, and the gullible investor will be
taken in with neatness and dispatch.
Governor Potts has decided that it does not
come within the scope of Notarys little
brief authority to solemnize marriages.
Three inches of snow fell at Helena las,
Thursday. On the same day Benton had a
warm April shower and not flake of the
beautiful.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. g. Sarter, of Meaghe1
county, who have been doing Europe fol-
some months, have returned to their noun.
tain home
The Mjner is crying out against the pilgrim.
1t seems that Butte at the present writing il
overrun with this particular species of the
genus homo.
Butte has too many tenderfeet-of the
class that have come with the expectation oil
picking up Fortunatus' purse somewhere in
| the mountains.
R. w. Reeves, who was resident of Mon
tana several years, having located on Willow
creek in 1865, died in San Bernardino, CAL
on the 22nd ult.
Albert Schmidt had the Boulder gold anl
silver mining country all to himself during
the winter. He was the only man in th,
district for several months.
R. w. Smith, recently with Raleigh
Clark, Helena, has established a dry good
and boot and shoe store at Centreville unde
the firm name Of r. w. Smith q Co.
A Butte firm sold 6OO,00O feet of lumber
during March. It would be no trick to ge
rid of twice that amount in Benton in weel
If we only had the lumber. That's the rub
| On April 1st the Utah and Northern trail
brought north 165 immigrants for Montana
AT that rate, considering the number enterinl
| by ether avenues, it will rot take long T