The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-06-14

Owing to the numerous labor strikes in Il e
east there has been a general rise in the
price of hardware, especially nails and bar
iron.
Bourassa & Pichette's teams came in from
their trading post on Big Spring creek, yes
terday, with a load of robes which were sold
to /. G. Baker g Co.
twenty-five robes were sold yesterday at
Sheriff sale TO satisfy a judgment in favor
Of Bourassa & Pichette. L. G. Baker s. Co.
bought the lot for $176.
Wackerlin's new building is progressing
finely. Frank Coombs promises that by next
Sunday morning the brick work of the first
story will be. completed.
L. T. Marshall has put in q bid for the
erection of a So, 900 school house at Big
Spring Creek,or Reeds Fort, and thinks that
the same will be awarded him.
The land sales by the Northern Pacific for
May amounted to 2l,449 acres, which
is $75, $50. Of town lots besides 232 were
sold for $22, 429. Total, $97, sos.
The initial number Of the daily RIVER
PRESS, has reached US and is welcomed to
our exchange list. 1t is a small sheet but
bright and promising -Independent.
Twenty thousand pounds of potatoes from
the ranch Of Steve Stoner, Highwood, were
received at |. G. Baker & Co.'S yesterday.
They will be shipped down the river.
Helena had a little blaze Thursday morn
ing, a vacant house on Rodney street, the
property of James Ballard, being destroyed.
Loss, $500. Benton never has any fires.
1t rained %copiously on Highwood again
Yesterday. The weather clerk is not distrib-
uting his favors equally. He seems to have
overlooked the upper Missouri river valley.
Titus, the mar who shot and killed bis
companion, Edward Pagan, in Miles City
about ten months since, was sentenced to
thirty years imprisonment by Judge Conger
last week.
One Of our business men sent a message
involving some thousands of dollars to Sun
River via the telephone line, and received an
answer in two hours. The usefulness of the
Fort Shaw and Sun River line is just begin
ming to be appreciated by our citizens.
t. j. Todd & Co. will send a hundred bar
rel and a hundred cases of beer to Maiden
Monday. The immense shipment is con-
signed to Meadow s. Dexter and Balenger
& Boissonault.
Cameron & Fowler and Jacobs & Tressler,
sheep men from the Snowies, purchased a
large amount of builders hardware at
Wackerlin's yesterday. They propose to
improve their ranches.
Pat Donahue, one of Bsrker's rustling
miners, is now in the sMaginnis country"
and we learn has made a rich strike. If
there are any undiscovered leads in that
Pat can find them.
Later reports in reference to the killing of
Howard by Doyle, near Fort Maginnis, 60
to indicate that the deed was lone in self
defence. There was q witness of the affair
who completely exonerates Doyle.
A gentleman Of mathematical turn of mind
the following IF a paper with a
liberal number of dead ads. loses money at
fifty cents a week, how will its profits size
up at the end of a year whel it charges only
half that sum p We give it up. Perhaps
our highly esteemed neighbor can tell.
The leader Of the Benton brass band has
gone to Fort Walsh 10 reside. Can you toot
horn, Steve ?-HeraM.
Oh, Shaw! You are alto. gether foot too.
you suppose | would blow my own horn,
wen if | could? Ask ma something which
newspaper mans natural modesty will al
him to answer truthfully. Don't take
ne for a fiat. Look sharp, now, and drum
Up something else for that organ of yours.
A gentleman named Scott, who is sup
posed to be interested With Herman Clarke,
he Northern Pacific contractor, last week
purchased james Ennis ranch, and also one
Mr.. Thomas, adjoining the new town
'i'e near Benson's Landing, and we suppose
will lay it it out in town lots. The price
paid to Mr.. Ennis was So, 900, and that to
Mr.. Thomas $500. The embryo city will
'e duly christened, when, no doubt, it will
)e doomed proftably, as the intense excite
nent regarding Billings begins to subside.-
The first number of the DAILY RIVER
'REss is on our table this morning, and we
it as an enterprise worthy of CON-
nendation. In its prospectus it states that
With increase of patronage will come enlarg-