The Benton weekly record., 1882-08-24

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: At the auction sale advertised to Ia
. place o1 Wednesday morning the 5her
: will sell some valuable bar-roon furnitu
I and fixtures. The property is in good Q
: der and IS Of unusually good quality. !
4 one should fail to attend tho sale.
Operator Davis, Of the Government tel
0 graph line, left for Helena this morning
!, take charge of the office at that place. M
: Davis was one Of the most attentive an
? popular operators that the Benton ottid
! has had and his departure is regretted.
Mr.. VI. s. Stocking contemplates lettin
a contract for the erection Of . two-stor
) brick buidingon the ground adjoining Su!
) livan's aaddler shop. The building vii
be 24x10O feet ana will be used for bushes
purposes. The contract will be tlnishet
this fall
Trade, with some Of the firms, has beef
somewhat dull the past few days, but only
comparatively dull. Last week was unusu
ally brisk, and now the proprietors anC
clerks feel lonesome because they are moi
constantly rushed with business. Trade al.
ways tluctuates in Benton, but one season
is nearly as good as another the year
round.
The new building Of II. j. Wackerlin Il
Co. is rapidly approaching completion and
the firm has the cellar already stored with
goods. On the first or store floor the car
penters are putting up the shelves and the
painters are hard at work graining and
finishing. j. r. Wilton, who has erected
some OF the finest houses in town, has the
contract for the wood work and Messrs.
Payne & kcenan have the painting,
From Tuesdays Daily.
Tranum's wagon arrived to-day with
passengers from the steamer Butte.
A. s. Partridge arrived yesterday from
Martinsdale with 1000 lbs. of wool.
George Houk arrived to-day from the
Bow River country and Fort Calgary.
The steamer Butte arrived at the Coal
Banks on yesterday afternoon at 4 O'Clock.
j. r. Wilton has about three hundred
thousand bricks ready for the new school |
house.
On tomorrow the yenire will be issued |
or the Grand and Petit Juries for the Dis
rict Court.
Another auction sale is advertised to
AXE place in Benton on Thursday, when a
'aluable lot ofhou8ehold goods will be dis
,osod Of.
Mr.. Tom Cummings is improving his
lain street property by weather boarding
he walls and erecting a porch in front of
he building.
MI. Geo. Il, Farmer has been favorably
1enti0ned rs the Democratic nominee for
hcri1i. Mr. Farmer is the deputy sheriff
ow and he is Il good one.
Mr.. Famous Louis Real, of Red River
otoriety and a Canadian exile, is III town
n official business connected with the
Ealf-bTeed and Indian Interests. ;
The Arant Courier says that the alkali
nds Of Galjatin valley, Long the SCOT
us all, whatever that may mean, are
rowing to be good garden lands.
Prof. II. A. Foss arrived on this after
sons coach from Helena. He will de-
lrt for the Barker district Tomorrow rs
ere are important matters there requir-
E his immediate attention.
Billy Shanks Is now in town from Three
lands on the Missouri. Billy is purchas~
= supplies for his wood yard. lie ex-
cts to put up and Lave ready for next
ar's steamboats, ut least three hundred
rl9 Of wood.
Drunken tranps are again beginning to
in town and refuse to work
len good pay is offered them. They are
t aware probably that even sober va
ants are not permitted by the present
to infect this burg.
From information received from the u
strict. Attorney, we learn that the time
pointed for the meeting Of the District
urt has been changed by the Supreme
urt, which sits in Helena, from the first
the third Tuesday in September.
We learn from reliable sources that there
10 truth III the report that Major Walk
IS to be relieved from his position as SUI VI
Of the Cochran Ranch Com
". How such q report got out we are
able to say, but there was certainly no
ndatiOn for it whatever.
'or Interesting items Of news there is no
abliahment in town equal to that of Joe
liyan's harness shop. The derth Of
IS in the Rirer Press is probably due to
fact that the reporter Of our little CO. !,
lporarY docs not call upon the proprie- "
) Of that encyclopedia Of information.
oscph Sullivan has received an order
and will have ready for delivery in
days, 4 $3.50 saddle. Mr. suli-
also has ready for delivery two
saddles, made to order, for the Cochran
1ch Company, and a set Of harness for
editor Of the Husbandmun. The latter
probably the only newspaper man in
Territory that can afford q set Of har- ST,