The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-11-07

With a large crop of oats n no demand
for them he, like the rest of the grain
sees the necessity of a moro di-
versified farming and is in fora Touring |
mill and the raising of some wheat next
year.
From Thursdays Daily:
Jesse Taylor, one of the Teton cattle
is in Helena.
G. R. Norris and Jim Wells started
down the river to Clagett yesterday.
Tt cost So, 800 to sink the Billings ar
tesian well the first $50 feet, or not quite
per foot.
1t seems that D. III. Cuthbert is the
Helena postmaster. He has
Gov. Crosby's support.
H. D. Burghardt, manager of the
mining and Smelling COM
pany, left for Barker yesterday.
We acknowledge the receipt Of a
Seattle daily, the Post-InteUigencer, from
our Benton rambler, John Green.
The Northern Pacific distributed $751;
600 among it's employees on the 18th of
October, at Mandan. We suppose the
boys made the village howl for the next
As hours. |
The contract was let for two fine brick
buildings, to be erected over the scene OF
the late fire at Miles City, before forty
eight hours had elapsed after the old
buildings were burned.
We learn at [. G.. Baker & Co.'s that
a good many loads of oats are coming
in every day, and that they have not
weakened vet in buying them. The
ruling price seems to be u cents.
A Beaverhead county grain crop of
10, 5 bushels was threshed at the rate
Of 400 bushels per hour. The best days
run was 5000 bushels. That beats the
stories that Dexter tells about his ma
chimes.
The fine $50 meerschaum pipe ratified
off at Wilson's, last night, was won by
Col. Delaney on a 43 throw. Tho pipe
was formerly the property of Jim Mas
sic, and was reckoned one of the finest
in the city.
Bob Bel! is not alone in his late
afiiction. Three hundred students at
Washington and Jefferson college, at
Washington city, were " crotoned " re-
Gently. In SEINE cases the aff1lctlon was
nearly fatal.
S~trychnine, without which the wolfer
is lost, has been a minus quantity in the
market until a fresh lot was received by
L. G.. Baker & Co., a few days since. 1t
is selling like hot cakes, as out OF fifty
a~ounces they received only a little is now
left.
Bismarck is booming. Over a million
dollars have been spent in putting up
buildings there this last season, and
about half a million more Oh the starter
for the capitol. The population is now
about 1900, an increase of | 900 in the
last six months.
Charley Kendall, proprietor of the
famous lob wagon, No. A. will leave
for his old home in New York about the
last Of November to spend the winter.
His many friends will wish him q pleas
ant journey and a safe return for the
spring campaign.
The law-abiding citizens of Glendive
are Justly indignant at the prospect OF
the murderous cowboys going scott free
and not being punished for their Late
devilment. 1t is said That some $4,000
fhas been raised and able Cheyenne coun-
sci employed to defend the criminals.
The police court docket of this
city Yesterday contained the entry OF
|City VS.. VIM. Jordan, alias Tex. AS
the gentleman could afford two names
he was supposed to be a little over aver
age, so was given three days, for his
drunk, in the county bastile to sober up
Steve Rice arrived in town last even
ing with a badly smashed hand. The
"A x-h ooI IF h;o vryapnn which woo lnQdnr
with coal weighing some 1000 pounds
seems have run over it and injured the
hand pretty badly. 1t is hard to tel
lust vet whether he will lose any of hi;
fingers Or not.
x. Beidler started back to Assinaboint
yesterday. He refused to give the ire
pressible reporter any further satisfac
ton than informing him that some
thing very important was on the tapis
and that later developments would Civ
the news gatherer something that wa
worth writing up.
We see that the county has bough
of the Bank Of Northern Montana thei
fine 6,4OO pound Herring'spatent Cham
pion safe. If our town should ever fall
prey to the fiery demon the count,
records will at least be saved. 1t wa
purchased by the county for $1,000, an
cost, when brought up the river thre
years ago, some 81 zoe.
The Northern Pacific company hay
again changed their timetable. No,
THE east bound passenger train will q
rive at Helena at TBS p. m. and leave
S:15. The train for the west arrives
Is a. M. and leaves at $50. So u He
} ena coach will make connections wit
{ the train going east, but any going wes
i will have to stop in Helena over night
Seventy-ive carloads of cattle . do,