The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-24

Tom I0dQ ana Joe BAKER anu Wlle
are in from Highwood.
Toe Kipp's teams have unloaded their |
Iumber at T. @. Baker & Co.'s and start
ed back home.
We noticed a beautiful bunch Of pam
sizes Yesterday from the flower bed of
Tom Cummings.
THE Snow Creek Mining Company
will send out parties next week to do
representation work on the Black Chief
mine, near Neihart.
r. A. Cummings leaves this morning
ON the coach for Helena to attend the
republican district convention as Cho-
teau's representative.
Uncle Van, from Beaver creek, near
Helena, is in the city. He says Benton
has grown SO in the last six years that
he could not recognize the place.
The Helena coach Ca dead ak wagon
goes out this morning well loaded with
passengers. The mud is so bad it is i'm
possible to run a large coach at present.
The LET us have Peace" sign is post
ed in a conspicuous place in several of
our public resorts. We have not heard
of any bones being broken yet from the
use of the steam bouncer, but expect to
soon.
n award Ball of the Seventh cav
alry-Iornerly of the Second cavalry
and at one time stationed in Montana
has been directed to appear before a re-
firing board convened at Fort Smelling,
Minnesota.
Capt. Mcintosh, of Neihart, is circu-
lating a petition at Barker to have the
town site Of Neihart surveyed, SO that
they can get a title from the government
to their town property. We hope sue
cess will crown his efforts in that direc-
ton.
Hank Jennings, the former boss hunt
ser and trout fisher of Montana, but now
Z a steady rancher on Willow creek, is in
the city. He says that the rumor that
~he~has been recently married to a lady
of that vicinity is totally without foun-
dalton.
Jerry Collins and r. p. Walker, SUI
perintendent of the Montana cattle COM
pany, left yesterday morning by private
conveyance for Sun River. MI. Collins
will be absent several days, and will
combine business with pleasure on his
visit to the Sun river metropolis.
We see by a telegram received yester-
day that by a recent decision of the
q quartermaster at Helena all the govern
ment freighting from Fort Benton to
Fort Shaw belongs to Conrad and not
to Power. This is in accordance with.
the previous decision of Col. Delaney,
we believe. /
An eastern sporting journal says that
Noah armstrong, owner of Lord Rag
Ian, Monarch and other racers, has re-
tired from the turf. He mas returned to
Montana. where he has q breeding es-
t~ablishn.enqf,f nd ford Raglan, who was
so badly cut down at Saratoga, will be
placed ia the stud.
Ed. Maclay started up the river yes
terday afternoon to where the boom
party are at work on the drive. The
late rains raising the river has facili-
tated the work of driving greatly.
About 500 logs had been put in the riv-
er at the latest report, and Mr.. Allen,
the contractor, was quite confident the
drive would prove a success.
Some Of our influential citizens are
making q strong ''kicku against the
bean shooter" Of the Fort Benton bad
boy. This weapon in the skillful hands
of a practiced juvenile is sure destruc-
ton to window glass at either long or
short range. These injured ones, who
have had their window lights knocked
out, will lmplore the city council to pass
an ordnance restraining the aforesaid
bad boy from practicing hereafter with
his little bean shooter OF the most sus-
ceptible part of their buildings.
Butter is reported very scarce in our
4. ctrpoc Of 40 aontc a ,.pr1p1 (thac Eo%cpA
from the Teton, says he will make 1000
pounds this season, and is now selling
and pacing for winter use for 20 cents.
This wo Id look like a big figure to the
old ladi s back east. Butter has not
sold for ess than fifty cents at any time
q the past summer, and there is now more
demand for that article than there is
butter il the market.
Al Yesterday made us think that the
clerk ot the weather had not entirely
forgottel us, and that once more we
could blsk in the soft sunshine of a
Montans Indian summer. AS parties
dfHect finn the eastern states often say,
when W. do have fine weather in Mon
tana it leafs the world-neither too hot
{ nor too old, with a clear, invigorating
a~tmosplere that goes ahead Of all nerve
tonics d elixirs of the drug stores.
The lew through rates ofthe North
em Padfc, which went into effect the
LIST instnt, are: To Portland, sos, q
redu~ti,n of S25; to Tacoma, 500, a re-
ducti0nof $12; to Victoria, $101, reduc-
lion ofl2. East of Portland rates haye
been reeuced and graded back to Aims
worth. Rates south Of Portland OF the
Oregon Railway s. Navigation Co, are
based Oh the reduced rates to Portland.