The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-07-18

Inc Benton, of the Power line, was at
the Coal Banks yesterday. She was
entirely for that point. and will
not come to the head of navigation.
Gen. Terry will probably leave the
sherman party at Fort Missoula and
proceed to Forts Shaw and Assinaboine
1or the purpose Of inspecting those forts.
About 8 o'clock last night the trans
parency in front of Maurer's saloon. on
Front street, took fire from defective
lamp trimming, and came pretty near
getting np- a nfiagfation.~
John w. Power will receive to-day.
via Billings, a horse that can %easiiyI
throw dust in the eyes of any of the fy-
ers now here. He is a PAGER, and can
SO like a streak of lightningv
TT. A. Wall, the Clendenin partner of
Perron, Wall & Co., has been in the city
some days and left this morning for the
Barker district. He reports things
booming in hat section.-Niner.
The Black Hills left yesterday morn
dng at daybreak, and the Butte will get
away early this morning. Each took
down quite a cargo of wool, and the
Butte had q good passenger list.
The fellow, Davis, who was arrested
for disturbing the peace, but who should
have been held for a more serious of
fence, was arraigned before Esquire
kanouse yesterday and fined S75, with
costs. A few lashes ought to have been
thrown in, or, better still, a thorough
coat of tar and feathers.
The Bozeman Chronicle, which may
or may not know all about it, says: Bill
ings is about to reap the reward Of pa
thence. The Benton branch, SO long de-
layed, is to be built at once. It is ex-
pected that forty miles of the road will
be completed by snow fall and ingress
made to the vast coal fields, where the
Northern Pacific road expects to obtain
the greater part of their fuel supply.
News was received last night that
Shepherd, why lives at the lower cross
ing OF Highwood, had refused to allow
Geo. H. Mullery's sheep, now being
driven to their range from the sheds on
the Shonkin where they were sheared,
to pass his place, and enforced the re-
fusal with the assistance of a shot gun.
Mr., nj. has consulted an attorney, and
will see whether or not he can thus be
stopped on a public highway.
No. II has mounted the tripod in the
office of contemporary, and the fol-
lowing is his brilliant introduction to
the reader: "Anybody not liking our
style of writing will please not blame
us, hut so back to nature and inquire Of
her why she did not endoW us with
capacity equal to the emergency" 1t is
aot fc;. r. hold 1,atY1rn .aonnpcih1n
Some men she endows with capacity to
direct the destinies Of nations, and 9TH
ers to manipulate the useful buck saw.
Tt may be simply a case of missed call
ing, you know.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Strawberries IS cents a quart.
The Grand Union received a fine new
15-ball pool table on the Josephine.
+ Joe Caldwell started for Warm Springs
with the "dude" yesterday morning.
Geo. w. Crane received a nice lot Of
new goods on the steamer Josephine.
The Josephine leaves for Bismarck
this morning. She is good for another
trip to Benton.
Severance & Co.'s teams will be load
ed down with goods for different parties
on the Judith and Musselshell.
The skating rink was we'll p%atronized
last night by ladies and children. The
exercise is a very healthful one.
J. J. Kennedy writes from Medicine
Hat that he got through to the railroad
all right with his mutton band. They
had no trouble whatever.
New concord stages were sent out on
the Billings and Barker lines yesterday
tmorning. The Billings coach was drawn
by four splendid horses and made quite
q display.
One of Benton's most prominent mer-
chants informed u reporter yesterday
that his house had sold more goods in
the past three weeks than ever before in
that time. He says they have orders
enough on the book now to keep every
body about the establishment busy for a
week. This is the general experience
Of our merchants.
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