The Benton weekly record., 1882-12-21
LOCAL NEWS :.

FROM Wednesdays daily
4 nice new stock Of boys caps a
Wetzel's.
English walking and hunting boots fol
sale at Wetzel's.
Col. Guido IIges is expected i'll town IN
week or ten days.
4 fine assortment Of ladies WOODEN gooos
att. C. Power & Bros. """"
Mr.. |. P. Baker, General Agent OF the
Benton Line, will be in Benton next Sat-
urday.
+ G. Baker & Co. are offering decidedly
low bargains in dolmans, circulars anu
cloaks, Call and see them.
There was throng of ladies out this at
tcrnoon inspecting the immense stock OF
holiday goods at T. G. Power & Bros.
In Yesterdays report of the weather we
inadvertently gave the thermometer as pe-
ing 900 below zero the night before lt
should have read 80 below.
From dispatch received from Helena
to-day, we learn that the official canvass
of votes has beer completed, and that Ma
ginnis' majority in the Territory is l484.
The RECORD office have legal blanks of
all kinds for sale, such as quit claim deeds,
warranty deeds, real and chattle mortgages
and al kinds of mining deeds, etc.
Mr.. Joseph Sullivan has just completed
a fine saddle bride and martingales for
Judge Tattan. 1t will be used to ride the
old "gray horse'' of election fame.
The Odd Fellows are making prepara-
tons to plaster their building by putting
wagon sheets in the windows and closing
up the doors. The work will be continued
until 1t is completed, and the Lodge room
wi probably be ready for occupancy this
winter. M" ....=.
The confidence that people nthe OUT
side have in of the future Of Benton is GER
tainlY dsttering. Scarcely a day passes. that
our attorneys or business men do not have
orders from non-residents to take up or
buy lots. Transfers have been made al
ready in the addition at prices ranging
from $50 to $100 per lot, and before many
days the whole of the new townsite will
be taken up. We have reasons to be proud
0Ethe rapid manner In which every avail
able piece of land in this vicinity has been
bought up. It shows an undying conf
dence in the future Of Benton and in Its
continued prosperity and growth.
Mr.. James McDevitt has taken the con-
tract and commenced work on the Shon-
kin tunnel. He is encountering some
difficulty In excavating the bluff as he has
struck bed of slate which is not easy to
work through. The work will be pushed
to completion as rapidly as possible. The
total length of the tunnel and ditch will
be 1000 feet, 450 feet through the tunnel
and $50 feet from the tunnel to where the
ditch will strike the Shonkin. The adyan-
tages that will accrue to the parties inter-
esteu in this scheme are not to be calcu-
lated, and it is not too much to say few
years will see one or more mills built there
10 use the immense water power that can
Degot, and in the course Of time the
Town Of east Benton will spring up with
that magical activity that the West is fam
ed for.
An enterprise that would be fortune
loF some man would be the bridging of
tne Narias at any point below the mouth
ol the Teton. Several attempts have been
made to bridge this stream, but unsuc-
cesstully. There is only few months, or
you might say weeks II the year, that this
sSfeam is fordable and with the antieipa-
ted large settlement Of the country around
'ne Bear Paw, and Oh Milk River III the
advent Of the reservation being thrown
open' And we are assured that every eff
!oft will be made this winter to get the
pIll through. A large travel would ne
eessarlly ensue from this country to Ben
son, for purposes Of trade, ETC., and the
Dfldge would pay largely. This is only
ohe Vt the many opportunities for money.
MAKING investments in this vicinity, and
whoever has the enterprise to take the
shlng In hand will make fortune iii 4 few
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