The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-03-21
LOCAL NOTES.

ns0 Griffith has completed the survey
+ the new cemetery.
~ w Neville, of Limestone creek, is
Gistered at the Pacific.
7oba Evans was able to sit up yester-
,oy and is rapidly improving.
caorge A. Robertson and B. Sheehan
Fort Macleod, are at the Pacific.
SCARLET fever is prevailing among the
.hiiIdren at White Sulphur Springs.
Goodman, the tailor has moved into
.ho building opposite K~leinschmidt &
Bros.
1oe Dapper gives it as his opinion that
parker viii be a pretty lively camp this
summer.
The advent Of the Northern Pacific
.oad at Bozeman was celebrated on
Thursday last.
There are sixteen A. O. u. w. lodges
N Montana, and the number is con-
sanity growing.
ucBean's teams loaded at Murphy,
vepl & Co.'S yesterday, with goods for
Sun River parties.
spring has come. We know it because
clark Tingley has had his hair cut and
bis beard trimmed.
\. Paul, breeder of thoroughbred
horses, near 28-Mile Springs, has a new
9l. in to-day's paper.
Will Guthrie arrived from Barker yes
terday, having made the journey on
foot in a couple of days.
n. D. Burghardt, Clendenin; J. H.
Emery, Helena, and L. w. Peck, Belt
creek, are at the Grand Union. -
lW.-J. Minar viii take his departure
for the east Monday, going by way of
Helena, Bozeman and q. 2. railroad. +
William Woods, Of Highwood, has
inst returned from Bozeman, and he re-
nOrts that the boom has already struck
that burg.
At the Overland: Richard Maloney,
/ Judith City; William Young, High
| wood; B. D. Phillips and two men, Wolf
creek; Bobt. Syphert, Fort Conrad.
Messrs. Griffith & Caldwell have
| moved their office to the IN lower
| Front street formerly used by the board
Of trade, adjoining I'll. 2. Roles office.
J. A. Yore yesterdaypurchased two of
the horses brought down by L. b. Clark
both very fine mares. Jim will now
hold the ribbons I'VE as gay a team as
there is in the county.
Waterman & McIntire have rented an
office of T. A. Cummings, in his Bond
street block. They get the rooms just
vacated by Griffith & Caldwell, and will
transform it into q handsome law office.
The Regina Leader, published at the
capital of the Northwest territory, came
to hand by the last mail. 1t is a spright-
" sheet and full of news aboutthe north
west.
Van Hale fell from the roof of a house
he was building in the upper Missouri
valley, and sustained pretty severe inju-
! ries. He cut his leg with an ak he had
in his hand, and also received internal
| injuries.
\ Max Waterman leaves for Maiden on
| Wednesday for the purpose of instituting
| a lodge of United Workmen at that
\ place. He will go from Maiden to White
sulphur Springs to attend court and is
likely 20 be gone several weeks.
l. The passenger fare from Helena to ST..
| Paul has been fixed at S68, and to New
York it will be about q hundred. Pretty
steep figures. During the boating sea-
son a person can go from Benton to St.
Paul in four days for less than half the
money.
n The irrepressible Peg Leg was put in
Jail again yesterday. Deputy Sheriff
George Houk made the arrest. and had
to call for assistance to get the distin-
guished bum started towards the cooler.
The conflict between the officer and Peg
was rather spirited for a time, and quite
acrowd was attracted to the scene.
A few cases of typhoid fever have APP
peared in town, and our physicians say
that unless there is a. general cleaning
up Of Benton this disease is likely to
spread in an alarming way. There are
still a number of drains to be opened,
and the chain gang might be probably
Kept at work.
l., w. Peek, secretary of the Montana
wool growing association, came in from
the ranch in Belt creek yesterday. MI.
Peck viii probably be appointed sheep
commissioner for Choteau county, I'M
der the new law, and in that event it is
a certainty that the business will be
properly attended to.
Supt. 0dell, of the Dakota division OF
ihe Northern Pacific, reports that water
mas been struck in the arteSlan we'll IN
progress of sinking at Wheatland. The
volume of its flow is not reported, but 1t
clearly indicates that water al be OBJ
famed at all points along the prairie
region by simply sinking artesian wells.
Malcolm Morrow, ST., is making q
new house out Of the old one on Front,
directly across the street from John
GFeen's residence. The present struc-
MIe has been raised about two feet and
Will be sided anew, lathed and plastered
ana an extensive addition attached.
When completed it will be a handsome
esldenee and will be occupied by MI.