The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-12-13

tract I0l lOOAlA1S 49,
Tba new court house at White Sulphur
Springs will be opened with q grand
ball.
A ball was given at Fort A~ssinaboine
on Thursday evening liz honor Of Miss
Nellie Kelly.
Mr.. Schotield will turn out his bullsat
this place instead of returning to south
ern Montana.
Henry Rowles, Of Sun River, who has
boen quite sick with rheumatism at the
Grand Union, is out again.
We regret to learn that Mrs. Jake
Odenwald is quite i'll. Her trouble IS a
serio S form of heart disease.
This is q good time to haul coal. All
available teams should be sent to the
mines. Plenty of coal cal be secured.
Work will be commenced on several
fine brick structures next spring. A
handsome school edifice will be among
the number.
Joe Pickett has turned his bulls out
on the Marias where they will be per-
mitted to nip bunch grass at their own
sweet pleasure until spring.
Missouri Bill who had his leg amputa-
ted two weeks ago is getting along nice
". The stump is nearly healed, ana
Bill exnects TO make q trip soon to White
su!pher Springs to regain his strength.
4 letter received from Prof. Foss yes
terday states that the rumor that he had
resigned his position as superintendent
of the C~lendenin Mining and Smelling
company is entirely without foundation.
We are glad to so report.
Col. Ben. Stone, of Ncz Perces fame,
is delighting his countrymen in Benton
with q vivid description Of his adven-
lures in the Yellowstone Park at the
time Chief Joseph came SO near getting
his scalp. Ben's description Of an In
dian is said to he the original Of chow it
looks to q man up a tree"
The following from the Butte Inter
Nountdin will, perhaps, be interesting
to some Of the young men OF Benton, as
the lady spoken Of was formerly Is resi-
dent here:
On Sunday Rev. J. J. Garvin united
IN the holy and blissfu' bonds of matri-
mony Or. Francis MatlaW and Miss
Kitty McDonough. The inter Mountain
extends cordial congratulations.
The Benton, of the D. G. Browne line,
Commodore Morrow, master, left for st.
Louis in q hurried II yesterday
morning and now lies stranded OF PAD
DIV Whalen's Island awaiting further
DEVELOPMENTS. The hasty departure OF
the boat, in fact without crew or cargo,
was occasioned by the rapid rise OF the
river and the swapping OF some stays
that held her in place. She VIII be
brought back to her old "posish'' as soon
as practicable, and will again do good
ferry service. A small boat from some
point above also sailed down the stream,
but did not land SO close as the ferry
boat.
From Sundays Daily.
J. J. BoWles is about well again.
Ii. q. Sanborn has located q ranch on
Wolf creek.
The brick work on the Masonic tenn
pie was completed yesterday.
Butte is now lighted by the electric
ray, and the papers pronounce it a grand
success.
The railroad and road bed in Dawson
county is assessed at the rate of 81 900
permile.
Jerry Tweed's teams arrived from
Highwood yesterday loaded with oats
for w. S. Wetzel.
The plasterers commenced work on L.
A. Cummings new brick building on
Front street yesterday.
Gen. Hazen, chief of the signal service
bureau, gives it us his opinion hat the
present winter will be an exceedingly
mild ne.
w. A. Kelly's teams arrived yesterday
with lumber from w. I'll. Watsons mill
on Big Casino creek, consigned to Muir
ply, Neel & Co.
Benton is becoming quite q place for
secret societies. We understand a sec
ond lodge of Odd Fellows is about to be
organized here.
Dont4 for~o4 4laf tho Grand Cnnfrai