The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-10-04

Various Items of interest Culled From Our
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up again.
Missoula's assessment list will foot up
nearly 50, SOC 900.
y An Odd Fellows lodge Is TO be organ
lied on Bitter Root. fa
There are twelve prisoners IN the
Silver Bow county jail
The eolored voters OF Helena have or
ganized O Botkin club.
A young mems republican ! U h;as
been organized at Helena.
Madame Cappiani's concert ut Butte
was quite o success. I'll affair.
It is expected that the trains Of the
Utah & Northern will enter Deer Lodge
next week.
The Custer county democratic con-
ventione will be held at Miles City on
Oct. 9th.
An average of about tWenty-oile car
loads oil cattle are shipped daily from
Billings.
On Thursday last the track OF the
Northern Pacific was laid q mile and 8
half west of Countryman'a.
Passenger trains on the Northern Paci-
fc make the run from st. Paul to Bill
lings in forty-eight hours.
The drawing Of the piano offered by
GREENWOOD BONN & CO., of Helena, will
take place next Friday, Oct. 9Th.
Dan Flowerree's herd of cattle, shipped
east some days since, averaged 1,4oO
pounds and brought 1894 per head In
the Chicago markets.
Geo. III. Mullery, one of the prosperous
young wool growers of Meagher county,
near Chestnut, purchased recently a
thoroughbred Jersey bull Of Governor
Potts.
The Hecla mining company at Glen
dale paid their employees for the month
Of August sA, coo. The company en-
| ploys $50 men and over 800 horses. mules
| and oxen to carry on their extensive OPP
| erations.
4i1C 4IItCDt|tIt5 tl puOA451dtS SSSLJ "
the discovery Of "a mountain gorge
where the atmosphere is absolutely q
non-conductor OF sound That will be
an excellent place to hold the democratic
territorial convention Decentralization
Mountain.
MI. Tussler, OF Tussler Bros, OF Chey-
orra o.xI S;dpatr roportS fhof in q fayU
days about 10000 head of cattle will
reach here, having been transferred to
this point for wintering from the Wash
ington territory ranges. They are in
three bands, and will range on the upper
Tongue river, and its tributaries.-MIes
City Press.
The end Of the Utah & Northern track
is at Dempsey creek, and Deer Lodge
was first sighted from a locomotive a few
days ago. 1t was expected the road
would be completed by Saturday, but
the storms for the past few days have in
q measure retarded the operations of the
track-layers, and it will probably occupy
most of next week to get the track down
to the crossing Of the Deer Lodge river
the terminal point Of the road, for this
winter.-Infer-MoautGin.
Word reaches us from Boulder that al
old man named Golph, who started
prospecting from there q couple Of weeks
ago, is believed to have died or beer
killed somewhere in the mountains
He took with him q pack animal, ano
on search being made this was found
but no trace can be discovered Of Mr.
Golph. We understand that . party has
been organized and is now searching fol
the missing man.-Independent.
Judging by the number OF votes poll
ed at the republican primary election
for Billings and Coulson, the republican
element must be very strong in oul
midst. Three hundred and twenty votes
polled at such an election indicates
either strength or something "rotten il
the state of Denmark The election
was a closely contested one, there being
several tickets in the field; the tickle
which was headed by FL. Clark howevet
won the day.-BiUings Herald.
Saturday night Frenchman who's,
name we are not able to learn, wa.
robbed in the southwestern part 0
Butte. He had taken from him q watcl
and chain, $50 in greenbacks and a golt
nugget. He was not able to identify tn