The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-21

council a few Gays apO, tHao ooLiPonJ
is organizing for the purpose OF con-
structing a railroad from Miles City to
Fort A~ssinaboine and the British Pos
sessions, and another from Miles City to
Deadwood.-MNes City Press.
Capt. Voolfolk, who WENT to st. Louis
to see if there would be any sale IN the
spring for the two transfer boats belong
ING to the railroad company, has re-
turned. He finds they can be sold to
good advantage, and will therefore take
them down as soon as the river breaks.
bismarck Tribune.
We are pleased to report that MI. Jos.
S. Hill and family have at last got
started from Sun River and are now en-
route to the sunny south. Ii hey con-
tinue to make as rapid progress as they
Ehave thus far, we may confidently ex-
| beet to hear Of their arrival at Charles-
| ton, S. c., by the Fourth OF July.
A recent order from General Terry's
HEADQUARTERS announces that Second
Lieut.. J. F. Bell, 18th cavalry, Fort Bu-
| ford. after leave OF absence has returned
as far as ST. Paul, and will q all
| the recruits and casuals now at Smelling
to Fort Buford, they having been as
signed to that post and Forts Custer and
| Keogh.
A general knock down occurred in the
court house at Glendive, on Thursday.
The Judge of the probate court and a
young attorney by the name OF Irum-
fbul, recently from Mandan, were the
belligerents. The difficulty arose over
a point Of law, in a case that was being
tried before his honor. The judge came
out best, but now has one of his fingers
shingled. He says the dignity OF the
court must be protected.
Saws a Miles City dispatch: Already
several car loads of dressed beet n
dressed sheep have been slaughtered
here and shipped in refrigerator cars. A
stock company is also organized VINO
: will, in the spring, build large slaughter
I houses here, and go into the business on
a large scale. tits claimed that this way
} of shipping meat to market is 70 per
cent. more profitable to stock men than
shipping cattle on hoof.
: Superintendent Conger Of the National
: park has been instructed by Secretary
Teller to prevent the killing, wounding
N or capturing at any time in the park OF
: the following list of animals and BIRDS
, Buffalo, bison, moose, elk, white talleo
or black tailed deer, mountain sheep
y Rocky mountain goat, antelope, beaver
= otter, martin, fisher, grouse, prairie
chicken, pheasant, wild goose, duck
robin, meadow lark, thrush, gold-finch
a flicker or yellow-hammer, blackblrd
Is oriole. iay, snowbird, or any of the sinai
birds commonly known as singing blrds
In a lengthy article on the Mussel
a shell, the Billings Herald says: "Parl
l. Gibson, one of the leading wool grower
# of the territory, has described this reglol
a as being better adapted for sheep farm
es ing than any country he has ever seer
Tn q few wears the Musselshell range
will support immense focks OF sheer
while the ranches along the river bo
tom will produce crops sufficient for To
~s1stenance of the settlers, with, pc
Il haps..a certain amount OF grain to SUI
plement the vast exports of mutton an
KS wool.
" From Tuesdays Daily.
Billy Claggett was in Deer Lodge La
ISL week.
Y. H. P. Rolfe reports that investment
ranch property about Benton is pref
on lively just now.
US Col. j.. Donnelly took his departu
*. for Barker yesterday morning to gl'
as legal support to the Jumpers OF t
to Silver Belle.
81 Griffith & Caldwell commence Wo
on the boom to-day with a full force
he men. They will have six or eight teal
hauling rock, and expect to make raj
progress with the work.
James DeWoTf IS making arran'
ice ments to open up a brick yard back
les the butte, on J. J. Kennedy's grour
bu- The work of manufacturing brick W
begin as soon as possible. Mr.. Dew
to has already contracted to make 4oo,'
nty for w. S. Stocking. -
tile VS.. Wetze1, John w. Power n
ing G.. Maclay took their departure lof 2