The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-22

Judith, and they will doubtless take ad-
vantage Of it. When they order goods
at Benton now they can count on them
being delivered with the least possible
delay.
The contract of Acting Assistant Sur
geon J. H. Willard will be annulled by
the commanding officer at Fort Magin-
mis-, Montana, on the 31st inst, on ac-
count Of the further reduction in the
number of medical officers in the depart
ment of Dakota.
The %coroner's jury in the case of John
Jaynes, who was killed by L. S. Leavitt,
after hearing the evidence that was of
fered, pronounced it a case of j%ustifiable
and it is highly probable that no action
will be taken in the premises unless the
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IN Churchill Bros. have purchased of M.
| S. Richard, of the Teton, sixty-six head
of thoroughbred Durham cattle, as fine
animals of that breed as can be found
anywhere. The stock will be taken to
their ranch on the Missouri, a few miles
below the city, which, judging by the
way the boys are stocking it, will soon
be one of the best thoroughbred ranches
in Chcleau county.
Engineer Grant IS now thfrty-fve
miles from Billings. He has found an
excellent grade to the mountains, such
as will insure the construction of the
road from here. Not being hampered
with instructions to find tunnels, his
success in that line has been Indifferent.
He will have the line located by the
time work on the main line is completed,
which will be inside of thirty days, when
a large force will be transferred to the
Bull Mountain branch.-BiUings Her.
aid.
The new editor of the evening paper
seems to have sized up the calbre of the
former writer's on that sheet pretty cor
rectly, and does not hesitate to give his
opinion thereon. He says, in his salut-
atory last night, that the history of his
predecessors is not very encouraging,
and in this he but echoes public senti-
ment. It certainly is not very encour-
aging to tackle a sheet on which no less
than twelve so-called editors have come
to grief in less than three years, but the
new man, to use his own words, pro-
poses to s'dash into the gulf that sWal-
lowed them," with apparently a firm
conviction that he can do better. Well,
we will not prophecy, but we sincerely
hope, for the good of its readers and the
morals Of the community, that he will
succeed. He can hardly do worse.
An order has been issued by the Sec
rotary Of war reducing the allowance of
| public animals for the service of the
quartermaster's department at all the
military forts and stations throughout
the country, which will materially effect
the convenience of officers and men.
West of the Mississippi the number of
public animals shall not exceed one-third
Of the aggregate strength present of the
command in each division and depart
ment. The use of horses for draft pur-
poses is also forbidden, except in special
cases, to be reported to the war depart
ment. The allowance of spring wagons
Of all kinds, except the ambulances for
the sick, is fixed at the rate of one at
each military post and two at each di-
vision, department and district head
quarters. The cause Of this wholesale
reduction is the lack of sufficient appro-
priation by congress to provide forage
for the animals now on hand in the
quartermaster's department, and used
for the purpose of transportation, and
as a consequence, the transportation OF
supplies from place of purchase, or from
supply depots to military posts, or from
one post to another, will have to be done
under contract.