The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-03

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wrist was sprained and he was other
wise bruised, but his injuries are not
as severe as at first thought.
NJ. S. Richard, Of Fort Benton, ar
rived here to-day from Dubuque county, |
Iowa, with sixteen fine young Durham
cows and two calves. The cattle are
thoroughbred. and will make a valuable
addition to the stock on his dairy farm
at Benton.-BiUmgs Herald, 25h.
Good coal oil seems to be scarce even
now, just at the beginning of the win
ter season. A prominent merchant IN
formed us to-day that he. experienced
considerable trouble in getting hold of
twenty-five cases. He explained this
by the loss of 700 cases last summer on
the Big Horn and Butte.
Tuck Lambert leaves on to-morrow's
Barker coach for his bonanzas O. Snow
creek. He says he is going to winter
and work on his claims, IT there
lis not another man in the gulch. The
owners of other rich prospects in the
Vicinity ought to take steps to do some
developing the coming winter.
Bob Jackson was arrested yesterday
for supposed completely in the horse
stealing on the Teton. He went from
the Judith country to the north, and
thence to this city. 1t is said that on
| Depuyer creek he was a suspected char
acter, and was given a certain time, not
very long either, to leave the country.
soon after he left there some horses
were missing. It is supposed they cross
ed the Missouri at the mouth of Sun
river. headed for the Judith.
J. JohnSHarris, with the st. Louis cattle
company, is in town. He reports the
roundup finished on the Marlas, a
now commencing on the Teton. Inc
upper Teton roundup is at Dry Fork,
/ with Sam Burd as captain. The sun
River roundup will start about the 10th
of October. The range was never better
at this time of the year. The smoKlness
of the atmosphere has delayed the work
1 considerably, it being so dark that the
men could not readily distinguish the
cattle.
A recent letter from the region the
"crank Pritchard' infests conveys the
Intelligence that some of the Gallatin
valley stampeders have remained there
and are being remunerated handsomely
for their labors. Chas. Hoff wrote to q
friend, two weeks since, thatln ADDITION
to the $3.50 per day in running a TUNE
to bed rock, and $3.50 per day after i
was reached, he and his partner picked
up in one day $40 in nuggets. There is
every indication, he wrote, that the
diggings will prove remunerative.-
BOzen1On Courier.
Tom Martin, of the Big Sag, reports
the Judith roundup at the head OF ARROW
creek on the 9th. They will work cas-
from there by way Of Wolf creek ant
i Ross Fork to the Gap. They hav'
: about forty men in the saddle, witt
, Horace Brewster for captain. The rang
is better this fall than it was ever seer
) before, on account Of the absence O
, heavy frosts and rains in September
the heavy growth of grass being wei
ripened and not bleached out. rms VII
be good news to the cattle men, as it /
rot the summer range but a good W1nte
range they are solicitous about.
: Capt. Durage, engineer in charge G
the work Of improving the upper Mis-
= souri,, arrived in the city last evening O
the Fort Assinaboine coach, the Emil.
7 having brought him up to the Goa
Banks. The captain informs US tina
the Emily will turn her nose dow
stream within ten days, bound for Slou
E City, where preparations for next ses
sons work will be made this winter
3 and it is expected to return to Fort Be1
ton with a dredge boat early in tn
spring. Excellent work has been don
i by Captain Durage this season. III
: necessary improvements have been con
pleted at Kipp's, Pablois' Island, Hol
e in the Wall, McGarry's bar, Bird
RAPIDS. and at the shoal q mile and
n half above Birds, as we'll as at othe
r. points. At the close of another seaso
q the upper Missouri will be in excelle1
r condition, for which Capt. Durage is Ell
titled to due thanks. He will return
the Coal Banks Monday.
: From Tuesdays Daily.
Castner's and Dave Thompson's team
pulled in to-day with Belt creek coal.
At Wetzel's they report business tt
;, last week the besti has been for month
% Mrs. Bird, Mrs. Dapper and Tue
Lambert left for Barker on Monday
2 coach.
- C. C. Albright, Singer sewing III
chine agent, and E. L. Fenkle are re
n istered at the Pacific.
y Lieut.. r. ". Griffith, Capt. Dura
and John Mcdonald left the city on Il
9 Assinaboine coach yesterday mornin
Phil. A. Manix, the rustling ne
u chant of Florence, is the happy dad,
q of a twelve pound boy. Congratul
- tons.
The new firm of Brown & Donav;
are doing a nice business, as they MI
le do with two such popular fellows at
q head Of it.
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