The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-03-07

bic. A good many of our citizens are
catching the sidewalk fever, and we
hope helisease-wittsprea
}. r. Wilton takes his departure for
thee east tomorrow morning, to be gone
a few weeks. While away he will Sc
cure a numbe OF plans and specifications
OF school houses, and on his return will
submit the same for their selection to the
school
Z In attempting to cross the ice on horseA
back, yesterday afternoon, Joe Connolly,
OF the Shonkin, had quite a narrow
escape. His horse broke through and
went down to his ears in the water,
AWhlle Joe luckily landed on the ice. ByI
the assistance OF parties near at hand the
horse was gotten out in safetX-
We were pleased to see Don Quixote
Eastman astride his noble charger, Rosi-
mantle, n OF the lookers-on at the river
disaster yesterday. Had the life of a
human being been at stake he would
have boldly rushed to the rescue, but the
poor dumb brutes received his generous
sympathy and nothing more.
A private telegram received yesterday
brings the information that w. S. Wet
eel has secured the contract for the land
transportation of government supplies
in Montana. Hurrah for Scott! Kountz,
of the old Kountz line of steamers, has
the river contract, a fact over which we
are not SO ready to rejoice.
r John Lippard, of the Missouri valley,
three miles below town, commenced
wheat yesterday and will put out
quite a crop. We ask those Of the east
Iern readers of the RIVER PRESS who
~ w q rri ~ N that pa-tn. r., oa,4o ---a-
where in the immediate vicinity of the
north pole Is -make a note Of this 1fact.<
Charley Rowe will leave for his ranch
below town on Monday to prepare for
the work of turning over the sweet
scented soil. Nothing daunted by the
failure of last year Ton account Of the
Edrouth) he will SOW $50 acres Of oats and
lother crops on a smaller scale. Charley
will give his entire attention to farming
this year, and we want to bet that hey
will make a success of it. ~
Yesterday W. S. Stocking let the con-
tract for the erection of his brick bust
ness house-30XI00 feet and two stories
high-as follows: The brick work to
Wilton Il Coombs; carpenter work to w.
G. Jones, and the stone work to Dan
Dutro. The building will be commenced
at once, and it is proposed to have it
completed and ready for occupancy by
May 1st. It will be one of the hand
soonest buildings in the city.
Little BERTHE Robertson, son of S. A.
Robertson, met with quite a painful
accident yesterday afternoon. He was
playing with a couple Of boys Of his age
in Murphy, Neel & Co.'s corral, when a
pile of scantling fell upon him, beneath
which he was literally buried. J.. A.
4ore came to the rescue, and after re-
moving the lumber found he was pretty
badly cut and bruised about the face,
but fortunately no bones were broken.
The little fellow endured his sufferings
EeToicall,y.
ID. q. Brownies teams crossed the river
on the ice yesterday morning, and per-
formed the perilous feat in safety, al
through the trail wagon of the last team
broke through two or three times. The
tain is on its way to Little Belt creek
for lumber for the boom. Mr.. Browne
took q good many chances in crossing
the ice with SO large and valuable an
outfit, but when Dave determines to do
a thing he generally does it, and the
word failure does not frequently occur
in his bright lexicon"
T. A. Cummings has put up a hand
some sign bearing the legend, "Fire-
mans Fund ms. Co.. on his office on
Bond street. The Fireman's Fund is a
San Francisco company, and is by far
the lest kaoWn and most popular insur-
institution throughout this terrific
ry. Mr. 2. w Carpenter, its assistant
secretary, IS al old M%ontanian, having
been al one time deputy treasurer of
Lewis q Clarke county. Mr. Carpenter
became the first representative OF Fire
mans Fund n Montana, with headquar-
tiers at Helena, and 50 successful was he
in promoting the interests of the COM
to his present important position, and in
the neal future is likely to go up
higher Mr.. Cummings says the Fire
Fund IS popular at Benton as
we'll as elsewhere in the territory.
The Sioux City Journal Of the 21st
says: "Jno. FL. Charles, who may be
considered a veteran in river matters,
and whose Judgment is worth as much
as that of any other n man, made a
very cheering remark yesterday. He
said that he had no fear Of a river break
up. If the weather should keep as it
has been fortwo or three days for a week
there would be no danger. The ice is
out as far as the mouth of the Platte, and
is going out from the south. What has
always caused trouble is a thaW up river
and cold weather here. 1t was his opin-
ion that the whole would go out gradu-
ally. Commodore Kountz listened to
The opinion by MI. Charles with an APP
proving nod and said that he never re-
n,af, harad caninG fbp aamhoa Of fbi.