The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-05-10
IN TOWN AND OUT.
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EIlanO Jim Is one Vi Tic lAlc QiStlngulSn-
ed arrivals in Benton.
The stage of water in the Big Muddy is
now all that could be desired.
Chas. Eaton has taken up his residence on
his Teton ranch and turned granger.
John Fisher gave the requisite bond in the
sum of So, 900 and is a free man again.
The name. of the postofice at Gold Run
has been changed to Clendenin and F. w.
Reed is the new postmaster.
The first boat brought Hirshberg & Nathan
a stack of new goods, as can be seen by the
array of boxes in front of their store.
Frank Lepper is preparing to build him a
neat and substantial blacksmith and wagon
shop on the corner of Baker and Franklin
streets.
Blessings are not showered down sipgly on
the Helena editors. r. E. Fisk, of the Her
aid, is now the father of twins, a son and
daughter.
Geo. Houk has entered the employ of the
C0chrane ranch company and will have
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country. They will start north in a few
days.
Mr., Henry Klein is expected from Helena
this evening and while here will make COM
nlete arrangements for the erection of the
new brick block contemplated by Cans &
Klein.
The remains Of Major Morris, late Com
manding officer at Fort Assinaboine, were
taken down the river on the Butte and will
be inferred at the home of the deceased on
Staten Island.
About half of the lot Of thoroughbred
Hereford bulls brought to Benton by the
Cochrane ranch company have been sold to
different parties. We would like to see every
one of them owned by Choteau county stock
men.
Asa Samples shipped forty head of cattle
on the Josephine lightweight head on the
Key West and will send down one hundred
on the Black Hills-all destined for Bis
marck, where the people crave for the grass
fed beef of Montana.
The RIVER PRESS received on The Gen.
Terry the finest lot of job stock Of all kinds
ever brought to Benton, We expect our
new material in a few weeks, when we will
be prepared to compete with any Office in
the Territory on job work.
The Husbandnean states that Drs. Par
berry and Kumpe intend to build up q medi
Cal asylum at White Sulphur Spring, seconc
to none in America. Such it should be. The
healing waters Of the Springs should not b.
permitted to waste their virtues on the deser
sir.
Messrs. Holland s. Murphy, who last jun
bought a herd of stock cattle, now have th'
satisfaction of knowing that they can dis
pose Of the same for an advance Of SO, 0O'
over the cost price. AS they have been t
no expense with the herd this advance woul'
be all roft.-Husbandnaan.
Surveyor Marsh has completed the work 0
surveying Deletralz' addition to the town 0
Fort Benton and will next proceed to ma
and plat an addition for Herman Brinkman
Although town lots are going off like he
cakes there will be plenty left for parte
who wish to catch on to the Benton boom.
The Bismarck Tribune republishes "Ne
vada's' letter to the Independent, styling tn
fellow IAN old Nevada MINER" whose opin
ion should have very great weight. "Nevs
da's" identity is not known here, but it is tn
general belief that he ia one of the deaG
beats who was recently fired out" of BARI
er.
The report from Barker last evening a
to the effect that the tunnel is about con
pleted as the water from the lead is fndin
it's way into the tunnel and the character G
the rock is such as to indicate the close PROF.
unity of the lead. Next week we will doub
less have the pleasure of reporting a rc
find.
Benton has another paper-the "Clothin
Gazette" published by Messrs. Hirshberg
Nathan. 1t is illustrated in the best style
the wood cut art and contains q fair porto
of reading matter. Messrs. 81. & N. ~
more liberal than the average publishers as
shown by the fact that they distribute th
Gazette s'free gratis" to all.
The Key West brought up for the Cocl
rane Ranch Co., two Clydesdale horses
tfty-nine herd of Hereford cattle, four hes,
of Pole Angus, and forty EIGHT head o
Shropshiredown sleep, the finest lot Of stoc
throughout ever seen In this part of Ii
country. They are destined for the stoc