The Benton weekly record., 1883-09-01

on Walkers teams by Murphy. Maclay C
Co. this morning, consigned to parties in
Barker.
/. G. Baker & Co. loaded Jack Miller's
teams this morning with 10000 pounds of
freight for Hamilton & Hazlet, of Old
Agency.
I, G.. Baker & Co. have sold sixty-seren
wagons during this year, but still have
large stock on hand from which customers
can select.
Yesterday morning large freight outfit
came in from Whoop-Up with cargo of
dusky diamonds. The Whoop-Up is the
'bosso coal.
w. s. Wetzel is unpaeking stock of
$4,000 worth of California clothing which
he proposes to dispose of at once at prices
that will suit all comers.
Wanted-to learn the whereabouts OF
John Mcdonald. When last heard from
he was ut Saltwater, Mont. Any infor-
nation sent to James T. Mcdonald, Joliet.
H., viii be thankfully received. Terrific
rial papers please copy.
/. G.. Baker & Co. received quite large
sack of gold dust from Maiden yesterday
which is consigned to them for shipment
to Helena. It's weight is not remembered,
but the quality is said to be very rich.
Montana mines and plaeers produce moth
ing else but rich mineral,
The morning print says that j. Z. Stew
ems left for Helena yesterday. While this
information will somewhat startle the
public, Benton will doubtless be able to
struggle along for one brief week without
the presence of the lurid liar thrifty thief
and perjured pill referred to-
Those farmers who have raised grain in
Choteau county this year report excellent
growth and large yields. The buildingof
a mill here would encourage grain pro-
duction and afford splendid income to
the miller. There is chance at Benton for
practical mill man to strike it rich.
Higgins s. Ayres, the enterprising Main
street merchants, received seventeen boxes
of fruit to-day on the Helena stage and
Wednesday got in eleven by the same line,
The fruit was ordered by telegraph and
each shipment reached Benton in just six
days from the time of ordering. 1t arrived
in splendid condition and will doubtless
be disposed OF in very short time.
F. C. Roosevelt, the furniture dealer on
Main street, takes great pride i'll his stock
of wall paper, dados, corner pieces, center
pieces, statuary designs, etc., and an
nounces that prices will be made so low
that none can compete with them. In ad-
dtion to this, better stock of furniture
would be hard to find, and intended buy
ers will consult their interest by examin-
ig Roosevelt's store before making pur-
chases.
Jack O'Brieu, of the Montana district,
has agreed to send in a number of speei-
mems to be taken to Helena by Messrs.
Sullivan and Hirshberg with the exhibits
for the fair. AS Mr. O'Brien was the dis
coverer of the district he knows where the
best can be found and the specimens he
gives the commission will undoubtedly be
of such rich quality as to astonish all who
examine them. There will be much inter
est manifested by the outside mining men
in the Montana after the fair.
The best marksmen of the six companies
of the Eighteenth infantry, now stationed
at Assinnaboine, arrived in the city to-
dav. The names of the rifle experts are
Charles F. Miller, Charles B. Hodge, John
Meyer, John Dyar, Abrah Perkins and
James Duke. They leave in the morning
for Fort Smelling, where they take part In
the annual shooting contest of the depart
ment. The Eighteenth has never been be-
hind in previous contests and unless THE
RECORD is much mistaken the present year
will find them still to the front.
VIM. Embleton, who resides Oh the
Teton, has just furnished a practical illus
tration Of what man can accomplish In
Montana with a small amount Of capital
Late this spring he purchased reaper,
which he has kept almost constantly at
work, aud has, III addition TO cutting his
own grain, done sufficient work among his
neighbors 10 pay the cost of the machine
and the wages Of one man to run it. lie
has, therefore, made about six hundred
dollars i'm two or three months, which is
much better than II working man can do IN
any other quarter Of the globe.
A brace of squaWs attempted to get
away with quite large amount OF tin
ware, etc, from behind Robertson's bakery
yesterday noon. They were caught in the
act by Johnny Guthrie, but he was unable
to leave the store to pursue them. In con-
sequence, they carried the plunder for
several blocks, and it was not until Mr..
Robertson went to dinner that the pur-
loning Piegans were captured. On learn
ing of the theft Mr.. Il. pursued them "A
long distance toward the hills, where they
were finally oyerhauled and made to dis
gorge. The female takers were not at
rested.
4 passenger who came in OH the Bill
lings coach this morning reports that
night before last number OF horses be-
longing to a Government surveying
party, were stolen from Caruthers' stable,
on Arrow Creek, where they had been