The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-04

= 49, -" 'nice VI iour miles beyond Boze
nian, ana moving on towards Helena .
e a. ~ ilveiy rate. The denizens of the cani
| "a Mill near the whistle of the locomo
: tive before the 4th of July. - 80
a daughter was born to Mr.. and Mrs n
81. churchill, Of Sun river valley. on th.
14tn INST, their first born. The methe,
w are getting along nicely
a a y Is hardly necessary to add that q
ley. - vie val
Inc RIVER PRESS is indebted TO Gov
CROSBY Tor q pamphlet confainino tha
pills passed by the 18th legislative assem-
ply OF Montana, and which were return
co with objections thereto by the execn-
i've, also the special message of the pow
efnof IN reference to custer county
a!ialrs. The governor vetoed twelve
Dllls, and for the most part his obiec-
tons We're we'll timed.
80; Dunno is kept as busy as he can
DE nlllng orders for seeds. He informs
US that the demand for seeds of all kinds
this spring is three times greater than
ever before (such is the experience of r.
=. Power & Bro, hoWever) from which
tIe inference can readily be drawn that
there will be much more farming done
IN Choteau county this season than ever
before. The unusual demand for farm
ers' implements also points to the same
fact.
From Fridays Daily
The splendid mentality has got 'em
again.
Dan Lombard returned from Maiden
yesterday.
Mike Lynch is about ready to launch
his ferry boat.
u. +. Wilson, of Ulidia, returned
home yesterday.
.Robt. Edgar arrived from Fort Ma
glnnls yesterday, and is at the Grand
Union.
Gus Shaffer, the Barker driver.
brought MS coach in on time yesterday.
as usual.
Gov. Murray, of Utah, and Gen. Nc
Cook, ~corn1nandant at Fort Douglas. are
in Helena.
Gen. Meade is at Maiden and will
probably remain some time superintend-
ing the erection Of the mill for the Col
lar company.
j.. A. Yore and family returned yes
terday from the ranch. They had q.
pretty hard trip of it through the storm.
but were not more than six or seven
hou on the road. Good time for a dis
lance OF nearly forty miles.
William Nee received a letter yester-
day from his brother Isaac, who is So
journing at Hot Spridgs, Ark, for his
health. Mr.. Nee reports that he is inn
proving rapidly, and expects to be all
right again before many weeks.
We understand that the committee of
safety are seriously contemplating run
ming Fred M. Wilson, of the Herald. ont
Of town before he succeeds in raking in
all the loose cash Of our citizens for sub
scription to the leading paper of the ter
]
0. B. Batten, late representative of
county in the legislature, left ]
or Portland on Monday. While Mr.. ]
is expected back, it is not I'M !
likely that he may conclude to make .
his future abiding place.-Mis- )
q
w. J. Mccormick returned last week |
ron a trip to his cattle range in the vi +
Unity Of Benton, and took in the head
# navigation en- route. He says Benton q
$ a good town, with better buildings !.
han M~issoula, and about the same pop-' !.
#
Clark, the Fort Assinaboine stage drill :
,er, is laid up at the Overland hotel, as v
he result of his last trip. HIS became g
and had quite a rough a
ime of it, and az ordinary tussle with :
snow storm would make Clark surren- =
er. He will be all right again in a day1 &
r two. "
UTdery-Sergeant George G. Diggs, f.
oncluded that five years in Uncle Sam p
els service was all he wanted in his,
ence was Ell route to-day to his old
and home in Baltimore, carrying
18th him ar honorable discharge. He -
as been stationed at Forts Benton and
haw, in Montana.-Ogden Pilot. In
The hard glove contest between Ar I
lur and Cussick last night was a hotly tt
battle, and a smuggling match to
the shying of the castor to the ele- 70
alton OF. the sponge. The fight lasted =
yenty-seven minutes, in which fifteen AZ
were fought and Cussick was OF
the winner. Both men were st
punished, and at a late hour it fl
as reported that Cussick had sustained 2
serious injuries. p
Warren Evans, for the last six years -
INJECTED with the quartermaster's de- -
,rtment at Forts Ellis and Maginnis, M
rived per ambulance from the latter
,st yesterday. Warren meets many
lends here who were boys with him in
elena years ago, and the warm greet