The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-09-12
LOCAL NOTES.

yesterday.
James Gray and family, of Highwood,
are in the city.
Denis Halpin arrived from Barker on
Yesterdays coach.
The farmers of Highwood are not quite
done harvesting
A Joe STREET, of Highwood, expects to be-
gin threshing tomorrow.
Col. Donnelly and G. r. Norris left
i for Helena yesterday morning.
John La Mott qualified yesterday as
supervisor Of road district No. 4.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & Mani
tOba' railroad is a new one to US.
The Canadian Pacific railroad was ten
miles west of Calgary on the oath ult.
Chas. Peterson and d. J. Price arrived
from Little Pittsburg late last evening.
T. A. Cummings and wifet left for
Helena yesterday by private convey
ance.
Sam and Foster Moale arrived from
Fort Assinaboine yesterday, Ell route
home.
A son and heir was added to the
household of J. P. Dyas, of Sun River,
ON the 30th inst.
Lieut.. j. p. Story, signal service in
spector, arrived in the city yesterday on
the Billings coach.
Lieut.. Cabaniss arrived yesterday from
Fort Assinaboine, en- route to Rocky
Point to meet his family.
Gen. Hazen was at Fort Shaw Mon
day and returned to Helena yesterday.
He leaves to-day for Portland.
Sam Kelly, E. Peterson, J. i. Stuart
and MI. Early took their departure yes
terday for a visit to the falls of the Mis-
souri,.
Mr.. Geo. B. Parker has accepted a po-
sition temporarily in the Bank CT North
ern Montana, during the absence of Mr..
Collins.
w. S. Wetzel takes his departure for
Helena on this mornings coach to join
the Fort Benton delegation and help
boom the River City.
Not a wooden awning on Front street.
The sidewalks along that street are fast
nearing completion, and the improve
ment is a wonderful one.
Fort Benton takes the cake on wool
shipments this year as usual. The
amount of that product shipped from
this port the present season is l,12S,O 600
pounds.
Sex Genzberger will leave for Helena
this morning on a business trip and will
doubtless take occasion to pay his regards
to Hank Willard and the other boys OF
the party.
Mason &Lovell have concluded the
sale of 8, 900 head of cattle to the North
ern Pacific refrigerator car company.
These cattle are to be delivered to the
company at Billings.
Alex. Mckenzie, of Bismarck, is BOOM
ing the Missouri slope as a corn growing
country. He will import from Russia
a large quantity of seed corn this winter
and distribute it for experiment in the
spring.
Messrs. Stack & Fisher, who have a
sheep ranch on Wolf creek in charge Of
the former, have purchased the Porter
band of horses, one of the best lot of
equines ever brought to Benton. The
band was started yesterday toward the
Judith country, where they are to be.
kept.
Assessor Kennerly has about COM
pleted his work in the country. He goes
to Highwood to-day to make a general
cleanup and will be prepared to submit
his list in good shape by the 10th inst.
He will have, however, a supplementary
report, and will easily bring the assess
ment Of the county up to S., 5000 900.
The Bohemian Courier says: "The out
put of buffalo robes, from the Grow reser-
vation at least, will not be large this
season. Gordon & Ferguson at a recent
sale, bid in 5000, all that were stored at
Forts Assinaboine and Maginnis, and it
is not believed that Borup, post trader
at Fort Custer, has more than 1000. 1t
may be set down as certain tina robes
will be high this year.
Baron Salvador who was with the Ru-
1us Hatch party, had letters to Count
Demores, w~hofigured in the recent kill
ing of a cowboy. The count came to the
Little Missouri station protected by four
of his friends, while another n re-
manned a little distance away, mounted
and carrying a Winchester rifle. Frank
O'Donnell, who was leader Of the party
which opposed the count, and a friend
of the cowboy killed appeared at the
station at the same time. He was I'M
mediately covered by a rifle in the hands
Of the mounted man. O'Donnell APP
preached Demores, shook hands with
him, and said he had nothing against
him. His u~tterances We're scarcely be-
iieved, and every movement was close
ly watched. 1t is the opinion Of ranch
men that if Count DemoreS remain at