The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-08-16
THE RIVER PRESS

eleValOF III IneIf new DulIdfng Ilat Is III
all respects Just the thing. It IS the sec
ond institution Of the kind in Benton,
T. C. Power & Bro. having the first.
Work is progressing rapidly Oh Cul-
bertson and Cummings new brick block
on Front street. The buildings together
will have frontage Of sixty-si1 feet, and
present o handsome appearance. Mr..
Culbertson's new hotel will be a credit
to Benton, while Mr.. Cummings will
have oneyof the neatest and best bust
ness houses in the city.
AS We anticipated, the Record crank
is trying to "eTawfsh.n He doesn't
want toinyesHgate as much Is he did,
and now says he didn't intend to accuse
anybody 81 wrong. IN o~therswords he
was just ii fun when he toldT. G. Pow
er, Jos. s.. Hill, Col. Donnelly and 9TH
ers that they are svindlers and beats.
The latter, however, fail to see the joke.
The sheet that styles half q dozen of
our most prominent business me sUind-
lers says tho Baker street ferry il the
only good and reliable one ii Benton.
Messrs. Lynch Il Ilinth have h good ferry,
and We are glad Of it. but thesstalement
lisa disparsgeinent ron I'D. G. Brownies
upper ferry which has moi been idle a
day since tho ice went out Of ihe river
last spring.
The Grants that presides over the even
ing organ says the RIVER Press con-
sists Of 4 lot Of old material which was
worn out by the Horo1d, The old mate
rial referred to has been ssdunpedn long
ago and replaced throughout with new.
Excepting the presses Tie RIVER Press
outfit is entirely new, and rs the crank
was ii Il office yesterday and
saw the conpositors setting new type It,
is evident that he lied willfully and ma
~Iiciously.
Mr.. Tweedy il. getting upa plan for q
brick dwelling for Kennedy u Kelly, to
be erected on franklin street, opposite
the school house, and as soon as they are
perfected and approved the building will
be commenced. 1T is proposed 70 brick
I'D the present frame house on the lot
and build 81 Brick addition 20x3o feet.
The building when completed will be q
double house, one story and d half high.
Nj. Kelly will occupy one-haIf and Dir.
Kennedy the other. Benton's building
boom is just getting under good head
way.
About noo q n Sunday two gentle
business ma from Meagher county.
/, were sitting cut on the sidewalk on
Front street, talking together, when 4
huge rat-one Of them sEyears he was q
foot long-ran by them. The wool man
made a kick at him, while Meagher
county jumped for u stick, but tie raj
escaped them both and ran through I
a picket fence into the yard 81
q private residence. Wool pursued the
rodent into the yard, Meagher county
following with.a huge club, aud Mr..
Rat, i'll his terror, made dash for The
: open door and into the parlor. With
= murdarous thought intent, Wool bolted
! into the hallway, but, recolleeting him
self in time, backed out again Neaghel
: county wanted to So LID, anyway, and
: kill him he just wanted enc show q,
l him with that club, but While Wool was
. holding him back, the lady OF the house
Q appeared and closed the front door, t
/. keep out what she must have considered
two drunken men. We take this oppor
tunity Of explaining the seeming very
. suspicious actions Of these gentlemen
who are ordinarily very well behaved
What became Of the rat, and whether
6 he still remains in the house. we know
/ not.
Personal
+ From Saturday Dailf.
Will Higgins arrived from White
Sulphur Springs yesterday n charge Q
Spencer Bros.' teams.
j Miss Nellie p. Clark arrived on til
!, coach from Helena yesterday, ca rout
to Highwood to meet her sisters ane
brother.
From Sundays Daily.
Col. ngesi IS i passenger On the Hel
!. ena and will probably reach here abou
the Goth.
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