The river press., 1882-03-08
IN TOWN AND OUT.
Plant trees.

Trade 10 picking up.
The Barker boom will soon manifest itself.
Friday week is 81. Patr cA's day in the
morning.
Frank Bucksin 10 fitting up his club room
In good style.
Mrs. Max Waterman 10 convalescing from
a serious illness.
T. c. Power & Bro. g mule train pulled out
for the Capital Monday.
Treasurer Hunsberger will submit his an
nual report to the commissioners this term.
The post flee at Power, on the Helena
road, hos been dispensed with by Uuclt Sam.
MIR. L. Ell Rosencrans, Benton's pioneer
harness man, will bring home bes.er-hslf,
90 rumor says.
Landre,h's fresh garden seeds and the
finest onion sets in the Territory at DR. Tur-
ner's drup store. 1885,
The prospects are that Benton will have
an unusually large trade from the Maginnis
mining country as we'll rs Barker.
eagle bird on the starry fisld} from hand
some siafnf st his place Of business ON Main
street. .r#"
Frank Hughes had eight chickens gtolen
from his roost last night He has George
scott and the strong arm of the law on the
trail Of the thief.
MIR. Paris Gis9on mads the trip from Hell
ena by coach to Miles City where he will take
the Northern Pacific for minneapolis. He
left the Capital on the lat inst.
Miss Ticknor's school on Belt creek closed
last Friday. The ''last day" exercises were
of very pleasant character, many OF the
patrons Of the school being IN attendance,
Will Brinkman's team ran away yesterday,
demorslizing the wagon TO which they were
attached. Will fell upon the tongue between
the horses. ard by scratch escaped without
serious injury.
The ies in The Missouri at this place went
out quietly and without accident OF any kind
on Thursday and the river has been open
since. The terrv boats resumed business
Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. w. s Stocking has commenced the
erection Of frame building, 2Ox45 IN d.
mensions, ON Main street, adjoining the
building occupied BY Bnlett 4 Martin, OF the
Grand Central restaurant. The building will
be occupied by the latter.
Score another one for the RIVER PRESS
All the rooms in the Record building are
rented-or at least the familiar item about
the ssnicey furnished rooms, ETC." has been
left blythe wayside. This is as great VIC
tory as the finding of Andy johnson.
The boom edition of the Glendive Times
contains two long articles from the HOLIDAY
RIVER Press. one on s'Our Cattle Interests, y
by M. e. Milner, and the other, ''Our Sheep
Interests" by George D. Patterson. The
latter article is credited to the st. Paul
Ps0netT-P Press.
MIR. James Rowe, of the Missouri valley,
near Benton, tskes the palm. During the
month of February he sowed fifteen acres o.
grain and big crop of onions. and has be-
sides several acres ready to receive the seed
James evidently believes in the theory that
the early bird catches on to the worm.
Messrs. Alex G johnson, with T. G. Pow
er & Bro, and William Ford, of Sun River
expect to open an extensive grocery estab
lishment at Barker and are now visiting th'
camp for the purpose of perfecting arrange
ments to that end There is certainly al
opening for this branch of business at th'
camp and we know of no gentlemen mor'
capable of conducting it.
Max Waterman telegraphed from Helen'
yesterday that the Indictment against Parker
Rowles for larceny, the charge being that b
was implicated in stealing government store
near the mouth of the MuEselshell about
wear ago, has been quashed and the prisone
discharged. Waterman & McIntire Wer
counsel for Rowles, and they are inclined t
look upon this result as 9 big-sized vctorl
tor them. Max left Helena for Benton thi
morning. Is
The news reached here by telegraph yes
terday that Mrs. Thoroughman, wife OF 9
lei. P. Thoroughman, of Butte, had died il
Butte yesterday morning The deceased AM
her husband were at one time residents Q
this city, and have many friends here. Sine
removing to Butte MIR. Thoroughman ha
1ost Ave memhers 0f his famiIy-a brother