The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-03
LOCAL NOTES.
IRON Saturdays Daily

Yesterday mornings cOach.
VIM. Morton, one Of the good-sized
boys of Stanford, is in town.
Mrs. Geo. Patterson is in town from
the SAonkin, visiting her many friends.
BillyWinchell leaves to-day for his
station with a good team, bought while
here.
DeXter's two machines have threshed
about 50 1000 bushels Of grain up to date
this season.
Chas. Richter, the gentle shepherd
from the Teton, leaves tomorrow for his
pastoral home.
Jack Hammond rolls out for Barker
to-day with a miscellaneous lot of freight
for various parties.
A number of the legal gentlemen con-
template going to Highwood on a fish-1
ing excursion to-day. 4
Louis Riel, Of Winnipeg and Rocky
Point notoriety, left last night for his
home at st. Peters mission.
Jack Purnell left yesterday for Belt
creek, to be loaded back with black dia-
monds for home consumption.
Mr.. J. D. McIntire, of Helena, and
Mrs. DR.. Gillette, of Butte, arrived on
yesterdays coach at Sun River.
J. w. Luke, Jr., is now the first class
salesman and right hand bower of Mr..
Theo. Fuhrken, at Kleinschmidt's.
W. }. Minar is getting to be quite a
horseman. If practice makes perfect
he ought to be soon perfectionitself-
Thos. Jeffer and family, lately of
fCrookston, Mimi, left town yesterday
for the Teton, where they expect to,
make their home.
Evans and Stanton have about $500
bushels Of oats to sell-thought they
had them sold for &C., but the bargain
seems to hang fire.
Joseph K. Toole seems to have a wide
reputation as a lawyer in this part OF
Montana, as we never fail OF seeing him
here at q term OF court.
w. H. Burgess men seemed to be
busy Yesterday afternoon putting up
good sized orders Of first class grub Tor
different parties in Clendenln.
The express business of the Benton
and Helena stage line shows a decided
increase over that of last year, notWlth-
standing the competition OF the Billings
line.
Dexter claims by common consent TO
have the finest team in Choteau county.
He thinks they ought to be pretty good
as they cost him $4OO wild, out of the
band.
Mrs. J. M. Bird, of Clendenin, bought
q big bill of goods yesterday, consisting
principally of hardware and china, at
Wackerlin's for the use of their hotel at
Barker.
All who nave had the least business
in court this term agree that Chas. >.
hence makes not only an efficient but
a most agreeable and cbliging clerk OF
the district court.
James Armstrong has given up IN De
snair his original idea of charming the
Grand Jury with that French harp OF
his, and leaves in disgust to-day for bis
home at the city of Cheteau.
Tom Davidson reports the wagon trade
lively the past few days. He sold one
to the Shonkin roundup, to be used by
the wolfers this winter, n to Rosenl'
Grams and one to 0. W. Kelly. +
Mfr q Parsons arrived in the city last
evening with q fine lot OF vegetables
He had also q lot of handsome bouquets
hut as the frost has got in it's work or
the flower beds he will bring no more O.
these this season.
p IT. Rowles, the fortunate owner o
the finest brick house in the sun rive
valley. has ordered his furniture IRON
Roosevelt and his carpets, lace curtains
etc. from Baker & DeLorlmler. N
small bills, either.
Rob Main and Jim Massie leave o,
private conveyance for Rocky Point 20
day. The kind wishes OF their man.
friends follow them, II we nope the.
will have as pleasant a ride as q party 9
us had at Jim's expense not ong g
Mrs. Dorchester and daughter leay
tbis morning for their home in Dillon
Mrs. ID. is a sister OF MIS-. W. =. nul
cess. They AVE had a very pieasan
visit here of about three montns, an
their going is regretted by many 1rlends
There arel o, 700 bushels Of grain O
wolf creek. 10000 on the Judith, an
g n0n nm Beaver and Cottonwood creeks
besides that on Big Spring, war;
spring and other smaller streams III III
.Innditb. waiting the coming OF q thresn
ing machine.
Col Johnston, the able prosecutlnga
tornev for the third judicial dlstrlc
starts this morning for home sWee
home.n and prophesies that a sno'
storm, will catch him, sure, on the Bro
fail divide. Such is his faith IN a
own good luck.
ia Rice. the rustling boss of BE
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