The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-03-14

from Fort Assinaboine and are chartered
at the Grand Onion.
Tuesdays Helena coaoih did not arrive
until yesterday morning, five O'clock
1here IS some mud up the road
DICK Maloney arrived yesterday from
jim Wells baliWick, Clagett. The
macklnaW season is near at hand.
j. M. Arnoux informs us that the his
men on the ranch commenced turning
over the soil in full force last Monday.
Delegate Maginnis antagonized the
nomination and confirmation Of w. II.
Dewitt as district attorney, but got beau
tifully left.
The Governor has signed the bill pro-
fviding for the erection Of a court house
lat Benton and for the completion of our
Jail. Good.
The ball players broke a large window
pane in w. j. Minar's store yesterday.
Charlie Rowe will foot the GLACIERS bill,
Webelieye.
TRed Buckland slept at the Grand I'm
Jon night before last, and in the morning
Ehe remarked that it was the biggest
|tepee be had ever occupied.
Mr.. w. G. Conrad is authority for the
statement that most of the freight for
Northwest territory will be shipped via
Benton this year, as heretofore.
Henry Kennerly has already COM
menced the work of assessing, and he
promises to make a good showing when
| he has concluded. Guess he will do it.
t. Broadwater, Mcnamara & Co., at Fort
Maginnis, are again fitted up for business
ia the post restaurant building, and are
selling just as many goods as il there
Lhad been no fire.
Bob. Blankenbaker came in from
Kingsbury'5 ranch, III the Big Sag, yes
terday, and will leave for Box Elder to-
day-that is, if the young ladies will let
him depart SC soon.
George Houk had the Jail birds out
yesterday cleaning out the drains. Some
good results have already been accom-
plished and it is proposed to keep the
boys at work right along.
1.-The Dakota territorial prison has been
located at Bismarck, and an apprOprl-
fation of $50, 900 made for it's construc-
ton. The object of this move is to cut
Idown the expenses Of transportation
One Of tie men VINO are looking after
MI. Schofield's cattle came in from the
Milk river country yesterday, and re-
ports that there is still plenty OF snow
below the Sandy. Winter has by no
means let 60 his grip in that section.
Lieut.. J. M. r. Particle, 9Th infantry,
Fort Keogh, is to receive a gold medal
value S1OO-from the chief OF ordinance,
u. S. A., as a reward for champion mark
manship in the department Of Dakota
w. HI. Dewitt, Esq, Of Butte, has
been confirmed u. S. district attorney
i for Montana. Mr.. Dewitt is a lawyer
of fine attachments and will most ac-
ceptabIy perform the duties Of his office.
+ W. S. Wetzel and wife, of Benton,
came down by Sundays stage, and hav-
ing a curiosity to see Billings spent q day
in town, before passing on eastward. Nj.
Wetzel had nothing but agreeable words
for whar he saw.-Baings Herald
An election will be held the second
Monday in April in the new county. o.
Yellowstone, for the purpose of choosing
county officers. f. FL. Foster, J. f. Gar
rish and Paul Mccormick are now, by
appointment, acting as commissioners.
Col. J. III. Rice received yesterday a
nice specimen lot Of coal from the Deer
creek mine, showing the character Of
the coal at 80 feet from the opening. L
is certainly a little the best article Of
black diamonds that has ever appeared
in Benton.
The Northern Pacific land department
sold last week 10000 acres OF and II
Dakota. around Houston station, that Is
100 miles west Of the Missouri river. Ihe
sale was made to Messrs. LIE Moyne and
McBirnie, Of Chicago, WhoW will establish
a large colony of settlers at that POM
early in the spring.
Tough Cuss: You have won. Miss
Damon is not the Massachusetts CIR
who has been itemized in all the papers
} as having travelled all over Montana II
} search Of a husband. She merely resides
in the same state.-Mddisonian.
Had that been her mission she neet
not have gone further than Benton.
Assessor Kennerly informs Us that tn
I Teton valley is settling up rapidly, ant
! that quite a number OF locations hav'
: |Ibeen made this spring. There IS still
room for more, and he expects to see
settlement boom there this summer ,.
! it will be in every valley tributary 4
/ Benton. -&