The river press., 1882-08-23
LOCAL NOTES.


lin McDevitt is building residence
IN his ranch across the river.
The conference of the M. Il. Church,
South, will be held at Butte on the 30th
inst.
Wantcd-a Job printer. A first-class
man can have steady employment III
this office.
I. G. Baker & Co.'S teams, in charge of
Sol. Yates, came in yesterday from the
north, loaded with coal.
Sol Genzberger purchased DR.. Parber
RVS wool for L. Cans Jr. and had the
same shipped down on the Josephine.
Mr. Craig left for his northern ranch
last night, with five men and large lot
ofsupplies. They went out in two wag-
ons.
Joe CobelI, Of the Shonkin, has 10
acres Of the best oats III Montana. A fl
ner crop has never been raised in that
productive valley.
A Helena paper has made the discove-
ry that Arab Pasha, the Egyptian chief
tain is an old-time Montanian whose
real name is Pat Foley.
The citizens ofthe upper Shonkin want
q school district, and as they can muster
twenty-five children it seems to us they
are fully entitled to it.
George Wareham's saw mill is ready
for operation but the water Of the Shon
din is so low that he cannot run it. He
is anxious for the 2all rains to set in.
Last year the Rosebud was the last
boat to leave Benton, taking her depart
ure Oh the I'd Of this month. The Jo-
sephne is the last this year, making 8
better record by thirteen days.
The Record man says he is done with
the Wright & Edwards question for the
e present. He has lost all inclination to
investigate and thus advertises himself
to the public as malicious libeler.
The Josephine took down sixty tons of
wool yesterday, which, with what was
left at Grand Island on her return trip to
that point, will give her perh ps the lar
gest cargo of this product yet taken
down the Big Muddy.
S. c. Ashby, as agent for the insurance
company, has settled with [. G. Baker
& Co. the loss occasioned by the wreck
ing of the steamer Red Cloud The
owners received 0,O0O on the boat and
SIG, ,O0J on the cargo, total of $4,000.
p. lei. Hughes, Of Barker, has made
another rich find, something that he
wouldn't trade off for any lead in the
Belt mountains The discovery was To-
Gated on the 18th inst, and a sample as
say shows that is girl and weighs
ten pounds. The mother and baby are
doing well and Pat il the happiest man
in Hughesville.
The contract for excavating the cellar
for the Odd Fellows building has been
let TO Patrick & Atydt who will begin
work this morning. The work will be
pushed thrC ugh as rapidly as possible
and it will not lie MANY weeks until
there il another fine brick business house
in Benton. The enterprise Of Choteau
Lodge (. 90. +. il to be commended.
A colored man who was going down
on the JOSEF hine yesterday was arrested
by Constable Scott On the charge OF steal
ing gold watch and chain, and some
trinlsets, from co,ored woman. A search
among his baggage failed to disclose the
property, az as the evidence against
him was insufficit ut to hold him he was
diicharged and fetuIned TO the boat. Al
ter the steamer had leitinquiries elected
the in ormation that he had taken the
watch and chain to RingWald Bros. TO
be packed tor sending away, and MI
Eingwald. who had repaired it before,
recognized the time-piece Ii is supposed
that he sent it on by express or mail to
Bismarck. IF he was not rearrested at
the Coal Banks he will probably get
away with his pickup"
f ON Thu slays Daily.
Ground was broken yesterday for the
new Odd Fellows building.
Victor Content is the father of boy
bGby, born yesterday morning.
Y. Biedler writes card to the Herald
stating that he is not a candidate fos del
egate to congress this trip.