The Benton weekly record. [volume] (Benton, Mont.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-22
and extensive, and their business con-
stantly on the increase.

ana extensive, and their business CT
stantly on the increase.
f H. Il. BALE co.,
wholesale and retail druggists, have j
moved into the Masonic building, a
have one of the largest and best furnish
drug houses have seen in the Territor
They are just opening out an immen
stock received a few days ago from tt
East, and claim they will have the large
and most complete line of goods carried
any drug house in Montana.
s. II. ERWIN's
exclusive wholesale liquor house, on Mon
| tana avenue, does big business in liquor
cigars and bar fixtures. The Hon. Sid.
well known and extremely popular, an
handles none but A No. goods. Hi
trade is extensive, notonly on the line Q
the railroad, but in Wyoming and the Ju
dith Basin country.
sTEBBINs, MURD & CO.,
are the banking firm OF Billings and d,
large banking business. They adyanc,
money on wool and other securities OF
most favorable terms. The Headquarters
Hotel.
THE RAILROAD EATING HOUSE
is a handsome new building at the
depot. 1t is strictly first
class house, and furnishes the best of ac-
commodations for guests, and the proprie-
tors, Messrs. Green & Peck, are genial and
popular gentleman.
ED. WEsTBROOK,
the livery man, keeps an excellent stable.
He thoroughly understan the care of
a horse, and consequently enjoys large
patronage. There are numerous
OTHER BUSINESS HOUSES.
z. w. McAdams, grocer, who does an
extensive retail business; the Windsor
and Magnolia hotels, both of which do
large business; Tommy Mullen, the popu-
ar saloon and lunch counter man, who
extends the right hand Of fellowship to the
hungry and dry. Mckee Bros., genial pro-
orietors of the Bank Exchange; J. III. Will
on, the tonsorial artist and professor of
NJ. B. Bademaker, proprietor
# the Blue Grass sample rooms, and many
thers.
NEW BUILDINGS.
Billings is about to erect $12 900 school
otlSe. Eight thousand dollars in bonds |
ave been issued and the balance, $4,000,
as been subscribed by the Hon. Frederick
'illings. Many new and substantial brick
uilding are taking the place of the hastily
INSTRUCTED shacks put up in the first
lsh of business, when the railroad reached
ere. The Wheatly Brothers are erecting
livery barn 341100 to accommodate
le increase Of trade. The new depot, a
andsome and commodious building, is al
ost completed. The railroad company is
lilding more new stalls at the round
ouse and it is expected they will soon
lild extensive machine shops. The stock |
srds are extensive and will be built still ,
rger. The work on the Benton branch ,
Bull mountain will help materially to s
lie the town over the long winter months, |
ID Billings has a prosperous outlook /
ead as one of the important towns on ]
e line of the Northern Pacific. I met
ute number of d
BENTON NoTABLES +
nile here-Dr. Kneedler and Asa Sam '
as, who We're on flying visit to Helena; /
end Overfield, of I. G.. Baker & Co; t
+. Burghardt, of the Clendenin Mining
d Smelling company Ed. Smith, the 8
lighter, and others. Ed. Smiths bull and v
1le teams are loading freight for Ben t,
/, and Bishop Lewis and his running n
'te, AL. Hutchinson, loaded their teams n
|. G. Baker & Co. and Wackerlin, and c
led out the day after arrived.
A FAILURE h
J been recorded in Billings, Marks & n
ale of the ''Blue Front" having made as
assignment to j. A. Church for the te
lefit of their creditors. did not learn pl
If liabilities, but they are somewhere al
IT $25 900, it is rumored. The firm have b,
N enlarging and extending their busi- B
S and selling goods at extremely low f..
ces, on time payments, and claim to :,
'e outstanding more than will cover th
il Indebtedness. 81
THE CATTLE INTERESTS w
Billings are large, and it is the head
Irters for a number of cattle men whose
tx range in the Yellowstone and Mus
hell valleys. A great number of pill
N cattle have been shipped from the ed
tes this summer and all are being dis W
'uted over Montana's ranges. 1t is an .tif
'eriment, and it is hoped the winter will :,
be severe, and the new stock do well. -
which case an immense amount of east WI
capital will come to Montana next co
son for investment in stock. M
/. F. r. no
A severe Accident. al
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