The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

tends to import some fine blooded stall
lions and mares in the spring and go
into the horse business on a large scale.
The police court was enlivened yester-
day by the trial of two women of color
for defiling the pure Sunday air with
obscene language while engaged in a
Wordy fight over some personal dispute.
They were both found guilty of the of
Tense charged and each given a fine of
81 and costs.
The boys on Front street were amused
yesterday afternoon by a scrimmage be-
tween Duke and of his employees.
in which Duke got a hard blow on the
side Of his head from a stick in the
hands of his assailant and the other fell
low wound up in the cooler. To-day we
will probably hear the sequel to the
police4eeurt.
+ w. H. Todd and family left for a visit
to the states yesterday morning. They
go by priyat conveyance to Helena and
then to their old homein the south. Mr..
Todd was for several years the resident
partner of Murphy, Neel & Co., and is
counted as n Of our shrewd business
men. The good wishes of their many
friends will follow them with the hope
Of their return in the spring.
2 We areainformed~py an eye witness
that at Z o'clock last Sunday morning.
the high water came booming down in5l
the Teton, carrying away Henry Hep7
Ier's water wheel, Embleton's ditch
Hume and lumber, also wood, logs and
all the small row boats in the river. We
suppose 1T is due to nOW melted by the
late chinook, as it would take the water
several days to get down from the coun4
try on the upper tributaries. The WA
ter still continues as high in the Teton
as the June rise
Dan Carpenter exhibited to us some
fine rock from the Belt mountains yes
terday. It is from the Anna lead, which
is located on the ridge between Carpeter
and Snow creek. well up toward the
head Of those streams. This lead was
Dams last discovery before the deep
snow drove him out of the hills, and he
thinks it is a good n as there are five
feet Of quartz, some of it very rich. The
piece he showed us was sprinkled with
small glebules of silver Cor blisters, as
the miners call them), after being
burned.
Frank Gaugler, who had the misfor-
tune to get his shoulder dislocated eight
weeks ago, is improving. He came here
some six weeks after the accident. not
having discovered what had happened,
and was much surprised when the doe |
tor showed him his right arm was out
OF the socket at the shoulder joint. Ev-
cry effort was made to break up the adj
hesion and replace the arm, but all in
vain. The strength of five men with
rope and tackle failed, as it had been out
too long. The operation was severe, but
he will soon be owe its effects.-Hus-
bandman.
Milton Shearer, who has been sick for |
some months, died Tuesday afternoon,
and was buried yesterday. He was
afflicted with that very fatal disease,
consumption, and death was brought on
by hemorrhage of the bowels. He had
every attention that could be furnished
and attended by the best skill in the
country, but all in vain. Deceased came
to Montana last summer from Monroe
county. Mo-, where he has q wife and
two children. He was % years of age. |
His Montana home was Barker, where
he III connection with his brother,
Thomas, was engaged in mining.-Hus-
bandman.
Mr.. D. J. Price, of the enterprising
firm OF Peterson 6 Price, Little Pitts
burg, is in town. He reports a good
business all fall at their stand. Cashier |
and Willard are both taking out coal from
their banks for the Fort Benton market, |
and Graham is at work opening up his
coal mine. Phil. Gibson has a good pros
pect for a large coal lead on his ranch,
and further developments will no doubt
show the coal to be as abundant as at
the other places, where tunnels have
been run on the coal banks. 1t is said
good coal has also been found at
%coulee, near where the road
crosses going to the Deep creek mine.