The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-21
LOCAL NOTES.
From Thursdays Dai >.

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tertained that the bridge at the Crossing
may be washed away.
The county clerk will receive bids for
$50 cords o. wood and ten tons of coal on
the 18th Of July. See ad. elsewhere.
The room formerly occupied by the
RIVER PRESS is used as q warehouse by
Mr.. w. s. Wetzel and is now Achoek
full" Of goods.
The new stage line TO Barker will be
put on the 1st Of July. Wetrust MI.
Power will make it a good line. The
boom warrants it.
Bismarck has undertaken the work of
closin2 Der business houses and beer
shops on Sunday. There is considerable
~"bucking" against the programme as
marked ont.
Several Of HeIena's prominent citi-
zens have taken the initial steps to es-
tlblish 1T the Capital IN institution
of learning, to be known as the Univer-
sity Of Montana.
Pete Mcdonald IS atout to BERN the
erection OF a neat brick residences OF
Washing ton street between Baker and
st. John. twill be very much like Mr.
w. B. Settles cottaoe.
ALdy Meal, whom the ", ". States
nan calls a chad man" from Montana,
was recently lynched by twenty citizens
at Rock ord, w. T. The lynching il
considered am outrage.
The records e Clloteau county are
cleaned up to date. Judge Tattan and
his gentlemanly aid-de-calnps, Messrs.
Murphy and Rasin, have been doing
some good work recently.
w. S. Evans, who is farming on the
bench lands near town, reports that his
vegetables are doing well, but the grain,
unless there is rain soon, will be a failure.
Ordinarily the bench lands yield well,
but this season has been exceptionally
dry.
A man who was stabbed by an Indian
at Carroll was brought up on the Benton
for medical treatment. For a time his
life was dispaired of, but he is now i'm
proving and will recover shortly. We
have not learned the particulars Of the
affair.
The vigilantees hung liars in those
DAYS. however, and it is fortunate for the
editor of the PRESS that he was not then
a member OF this COMMUNICATIONS.
1t is clear to Us that the vi s%ilantes liz
nothinr Of the kind or the editor Of the
Record, who was in the country az that
time, would not be with us in the flesh
to-day.
Frank Strong has purchased Howell
Harris interest in the Park stables, and
will hereafter Ego it alone in the man
aoement Of the stable business. Frank
il n of the most energetic rustiers III
this part Of the world, and will doubt
less meet with good success. He started
in by unloading at the stable yesterday
five tons of new hay, the first marketed
in Benton, and he proposes to spare no
efforts to make the Park stables popular
with all.
MI. George Samples informs Us that
his present trip to Dexter's mill for lum-
Der will probably be the last this year.
According to the agreement, the lumber
was to have been cut last winter, so that
it would be partially dry, but the de-
mand at the mill was SO great that
Messrs. Meadow & Dexter could not
possibly hold the lumber, and Mr.. Sam
pies has arrived at the conclusion that
green lumber is not good freight, and
this is the only kind he can now get. As
there is plenty of freight from Benton to
Maiden, we should think it could be 50
managed as to render merchandise out
and lumber back profitable freighting.
Benton certainly needs the lumber.
From Fridays Daily.
A new Episcopal church is to be erect
ut Dillon.
There are 80 prisoners in the Territor-
ial ~penitentiary,
The excavation for Cans & Klein's
new building is completed.
Benton is not just now a healthy
place for buns and vags. The old guard
is on duty.
Prof. Howey will visit the Yellow
stone country in his official capacity
next month.
Sheep pelts are a scarce article in the