The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-15
MONTANA MATTERS.
Items Of Interest Cleaned from Our Terri
toria1 Exchanges.

There are 80 prisoners in the Silver Bow
bastile.
Col. WI. Sanders is en- route home from
the East.
Miles City manages to have a fire about
once a week.
Gov. Potts has appointed ffty-four notaries
public this year.
Robert Timpany, Forage Master at Fort
Keogh, died last week.
The Democrats of Butte talk of running
J. 81. Curtis for Mayor.
Newman Burchard has been appointed
postmaster at Miles City.
The Butte police force recently made sew
enteen arrests in one night, and Sunday
night at that.
Moon, who was arrested for the murder of
Sin zee at Bohemian, has been bound over to
await the action of the Grand Jury.
Geo. w. Carlton, of San Jose, California,
has leased the Butte Daily Inter. Mountains,
the Weekly being retained by Freeman.
Coulson is 165 miles west of Miles City
and 155 miles from Bozeman. The railroad
is expected to reach the former place next
fall.
A Washington dispatch is authority for the
statement that an Iowan named Conger has
been appointed Superintendent of the Ma
tional Park.
Cattle thieves have been raiding the herds
on the Yellowstone ranges. John T. Muir
pip and Dan. FloweTree of Helena are
among the losers.
Bozeman voted in favor of issuing $15, 900
or less, for the purpose of building a school
house. Bozeman is one of the progressive
towns of Montana.
"Broncho Tom," who escaped from the
Helena Jail some weeks ago, has been cap
tured by Sheriff RAIDER, of Meagher county,
and returned to his quarters in the bastile.
Butte Is again agitatipg the question of
lighting the city with the electric ray. The
Brush company has made a proposition to
the city and the Miner urges it's acceptance.
The residence of Prof. r. B. Hassell, of
Butte, was burglarized on the night of Sun
day, the 9Th inst, while the family were at
tending divine service. The burglars made
a good haul.
The School Board of Helena decided to
lengthen the school hours from five and a
half to six hours, but On account of the op-
position of parents and teachers concluded
to conform to the old rule.
al. Grove who was shot by Ledingham at
Butte some days ago died on the 18th inst. at
the Sisters Hospital. His murderer has not
been found. On the night proceeding Joseph
Bosancho, who was struck on the head with
a drill by Mike Carroll, died at the same
place.
Dispatches have been sent by General Ter
~ to Col. Hatch at Fort Custer, directing
that officer to remove all tie cutters from the
Crow reservation. The Indians have assum-
ed a hostile attitude and do not propose to
have their bailiwick invaded by the lawless
tie-cutter.
The Courier announces its purpose to
a tri-weekly, or perhaps daily, as soon
as reliable arrangements Can be made to Sc
cure the press dispatches. The Courier is q
model newspaper, and if Mr.. Anderson con-
cludes to issue a daily it is safe to say it will
be a bright, newsy sheet.
A Deputy U. s. Marshal went to the Grow
reservation recently to arrest four cattle
thieves and succeeded in finding his
men, but one of them, named Charles Luse,
defeated the ends of justice in q very expe-
ditiOus manner. AS soon as the warrant
read to him he drew his pistol and shot
himself through the head, causing death in
G. w. Savage, of Miles City, has revoked
the assignment given to Alex. Harding IS
assignee of A. K. N'ninger & Co., the busted
firm, and taken possession of the store him.
self. As Harding refused to give up the
combination and keys OF the safe, Savage
proceeded to open it by drilling and succeed
ed in securing So, 600 in cash and other COL
What the outcome of this revolu-
proceeding will be is difficult to fore
The Miners Union Hall, at Butte. tum-
bled down last week, en,ailing a loss, as es,i-
mated by the Inter Mountain, of $40, 900.