The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-06

ii. Is. NOW lNS NJ 1AlA lslNSA -
GIendive is to have a building a~ssocia-
ton. (
The front Of the ODD Fellows building
is about finished, and it presents q very
handsome appearance.
A train load Of coal arrived from Cast
ner's Yesterday, most Of which was UNI
loaded at the Grand Union hotel, y
Steve Stoner, Of Highwood, raised
4 270 pounds Of winter red chaft wheat
from 1l6 pounds of seed, which is a rec
ord pretty hard to beat.
r. A. Cummings new building on
Front street will be completed IN a lew
DAYS. Duke expects to open his barber
shop in the same by the 10th prox.
The grand opening in the dry goods
department at T. G. Power & Bros is
announced for Monday and Tuesday
evenings, and doubtless it will be a gala
affair.
Daniel Auchard, of Montana. who lost
a number Of horses by the wreck re-
Gently, at Hersey, Wis, was promptly
settled with by the Omaha line. He
went north with forty-six horses saved.
Two car loads Of Montana horses were
delivered at st. Paul by the n. 2. rail
road recently, for sale in that market.
This is a new thing for Montana. AS a
rule horses are shipped the other way.
George Montague and John Miles
broke Jail at Helena yesterday n made
their escape. Sheriff Jeffries offers a
liberal reward for theirarrest. Both, we
believe, had been sentenced to the peni-
tertiary.
Skating Is all the rage at Fort Assina-
boine now. They have a rink and the
ice is in fine condition. The ladies of the
post as well as the gentlemen indulge in
the healthful exercise, and are quite en-
thusiastic on the subject Of skating.
. Hereafter and until further notice there
will be services every Sunday at the
Catholic church, Rev. Father Camp,
pastor. First mass is celebrated at s
o'clock, and high mass at 10; Sunday
school at 2 D.. M, and evening service at
7 o'clock.
Rev. Blackiston returned from Fort
A~ssinaboine last evening, and reports
everything quieJatth that post. Col. llges,
he saws, has at once become a favorite as
commander of the post, and on every
hand only words of praise are heard in
reference to him.
T. a. Cummings has Just been ap-
pointed agent at Benton for the South
British 81 National fire and marine and
the City of London fire insurance COM
panies, each with a capital stock OF
so, 000, goo. These are among the solid
est companies in the world.
Rev. Mr.. Blackiston received q teie-
gram from Mrs. B. yesterday, conveying
the sad intelligence that their youngest
child had been badly scalded. That the
injuries are of a serious nature is shown
by the concluding portion of the mes
q prepare to come at any moment
We trust it may not be as bad as that
Last Monday week five new refrigera-
tor cars for the Northern Pacific arrived
in st. Paul. They will be used in CON
veying fruits and other p%erishable prop
10 Montana, and return with dressed
beef, that business having been already
started.
Duke Dutreueille has leased T. A.
Cummings brick building on Front
street, and will establish there an elegant
barber shop and general bath rooms.
Everything will be new and neat, and
as the location is in all respects an excel
lent one, he will doubtless do q thriving
business. ~
Judge Streyell, of Miles City, appeared
before the canvassing board OF Dawson
county in the interest of Botkin, and
served notice that at the proper time he
would file a protest against the vote OF
Dawson county being counted for Ma
ginnis. The election i'll thai county was
u free-for-everybody-v aC-wants-to-vot
affair, and should not be recognized.
Montana cattle are arriving in large
herds by rail, and all destined for the
Chicago market. Fourteen car loads ar
rived at the Union stock yards on Fri
day, twenty-five yesterday, and thirty
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