The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-02-08
Benton, Montana, Wednesday, February s, 1882.

''enterprise" in the last issue.
The Courier states that Col. Norris will be
removed from the superintendency of the
National Park, and the editor does not pro-
pose to shed any tears in consequence.
Lewis Clarke and Ed Stacy. residents of
Miles City, have been arrested for stealing q
number of horses from the range below the
mouth of Tongue river. They are likely to
make the trip to Deer Lodge.
During the month of January there were
three deaths at the Insane Asylum at Warm
Spring, viz: Philip Hipp, R. H. Williams
and Mrs. Paulina Neubert. Two new pa
tients were admitted during the month.
The small pox scare has just reached Boze-
man ard the papers call on the citizens to
go into the vaccination business on a whole
sale scale. The fact that the dreaded disease is
reported at Miles City gives rise to the alarm.
When Silver Bow county was cut off from
Deer Lodge no provision was made for al
lowing the new county a representative in
the Legislature. An effort will be made by
Congressional enactment to give Silver Bow
voice in the next General Assembly.
Several of our exchanges have been misled
by an article in the Record on Indian depre-
dations The Indians are not in the depreda-
ting business very extensively this year. AS
far as is known but two calves have been
killed by the reds on the ranges of Choteau
county this winter.
Major Maginnis telegraphs to s. w. Lang
horne and othors on Monday that the
Crow Indian treaty is in good shape
and progressing finely. The telegram bore
the signature Of Mr.. Maginnis and also that
of Mr.. Joseph Jorgensen, Member of Con-
gress from Virginia. - GaNatin Neus.
Information has been received that Tex, q
we'll known contraband horse dealer, has
been killed by Vigilantes upon the banks Of
the Musselshell. They are supposed to have
been party which started from Bozeman in
pursuit of the before mentioned Tex, he hav-
ing stolen stock in that vicinity. A rope col
lar caused his death - Yellowstone Journal
We are informed by Mr.. Angeline that the
uncertainty heretofore existing about the
final location of that portion Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad between Huntley and Coul-
son has been removed, by the final location
of the road on the south side, and a determi-
nation to cross the Yellowstone River at
Coulson.-Courier.
There is not at present an artesian well
within the boundary lines of Montana.
Messrs. Lehman and Wilson, of this city,
have determined TO purchase machinery for
the purpose Of testing the question as to
whether or not the boring Of artesian wells
can be made successful here. These gentle
men think, and doubtless with good>cause,
that if sufficient water can be obtained in
this manner to be useful for irrigation the
benefits 10 be derived ,herefrom would be
incalculable. Their machinery will be Or
dered Immediately and they expect with the
earliest opening of spring to be ready for
business. INDEPENDENT
On the 3Oth ult. William Busch, proprie-
tor of boarding house at the Colorado
smelter, near Butte fired his house, murdered
his seven-year-old boy and wound up the
gala proceedings by killing himself. Several
boarders asleep in the house at the time q
o'clock in the morning) narrowly escaped
being burned to death and many OF them lost
their valuables. Domestic troubles led to
the terrible deed. Busch formerelg lived at
Helena and other points in the Territory
where he was we'll known. He has always
been considered cranky. But four we"l $
before the murder and suicide his wife IL t
him, taking two of the three children, and
she had applied to the District court at Butte
for divorce.
A terrible accident occurred at GUf. Chest
nuts coal mine near Bozeman on Tuesday
Of last week. Two miners named Bill
Langston and John E. Smith prepared two
blasts with giant powder, ignited the fuse
and retired to safe distance. A report fol
lowed in due time and believing both blasts
had gone off simultaneously they returned to
the mine and just as they reached the face
Of the drift the second explosion occurred.
Smith, who was in the lead, was struck on
the breast with 9 fragment of coal but was
not dangerously hurt; Langston was struck
on the head and received injuries that will
prove fatal. The Courier says the latter is
An old mountaineer well known and highly
respected, and that Smith has a brother re-