The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-07-19

Inc Fdf vest lett BISMARCK 1Of Ran-
ton on Thursday.
The Butte is loaded with 5000 pounds
OF freight for Fort Shaw.
The family Of James McDeyitt has
moved to their ranch across the river.
w. s. Wetzel's new and handsome
residence on the hillside is beginning to
loom up.
The freight at Bismarck is pretty well
cleanedup None Of it, as last season,
will lay there over winter.
The Big Horn left Bismarck for up
the river yesterday, cleaning up every
pound of freight for points above.
Clerk Coulson thinks the Josephine
will be able to make another trip to
Benton and have q little time to spare.
Tom Hamilton's teams arrived from
Fort Macleod yesterday, and Tingley's
train will show up in about three days.
Hirshherg & Nathan received a large
Marvin safe on the Josephine, and the
same was put in place at their store to-
day.
w. J. Minar, the druggist, has re-
ceived a handsome perfume case which
has been given a prominent place on his
counters.
The Josephine will leave for down the
stream this morning with a fair passen-
list, and in the n~eighborhood of 100, 900
pounds Of wool.
Asa Samples is conducting a drive of
about 500 head of steers to the Northern
Pacific railroad, and will go on through
to Chicago with them.
The river is still ~receding. Wool men
should be quick about getting their
clips to the head Of Navigation if they
want to catch the boats.
Only one bid was received by the clerk
for furnishing wood for the county,.
G. Bourassa, who offers to furnish
cottonwood for $9.9 80 u cord.
The raising Of corn at the Belknap
agency has proved quite a success. Last
year about six hundred bushels were
gathered-an average Of probably forty
bushels to the acre-but the present sea-
son the prospect is not very promising
on account Of the drouth.
The. Shed has been admitted to bail in
the sum Of Sc 900 and is again at liberty.
Judge Davis in making his decision said
there was no evidence of malice or pre-
meditation on Sheds part, as far as the
testimony set forth, and he would there
fore bind the defendant over, but admit
him to bail.
Charles ID. LaBreche, Of Dearborn,
writes that he is now prepared to supply
the Benton market with a tirst-class
quality of lime. Dearborn is on the Ben
ton and Helena road, and freighters
down can secure Il load at any time-a
consideration that ought to bring the
price of lime down d little.
Chas. G. Fish, who came i'll from Fort
Belknap yesterday, reports everything
quiet in that vicinity. All of the In
dams in that section with the exception
river indulglng their fondness for the
chase. The crops at the agency are not
very fiattering, owing to the dry wealth
er, end the copper-colored grangcrs are
somewhat disa ppointed.
JOS. III. Mcknight and Col. Donnelly
returned last night from a trip to the
Judith and Maiden. Neither of the
gentlemen were very enthusiastic over
the latter town, and say that Maiden is
suffering from a surplus Of boom, that
there are very few people there except
the few who are working Oh two or
three leads, and those who have all their
means invested in the town and are un-
able to leave. There are not more than
one hundred people in the whole camp.
They give it as their opinion that there
arc q few good mines there, but that the
district is not large enough to make a
very big camp, ven it these few mines
are all they are claimed to be. Maiden
is not a marker to the Barker or Mon
tana districts. The gentlemen met the
Northern Pacific surveying party about
four miles beyond Arrow creek, on the
half-breed road. They were trying to
find a route by which they could de-
scend the hill.
From Sundays Daily.
Dennis Maloney's teams are loaded
for Sun River.