The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-03-14

af p7 peeh looking after the interests
- Tue sheep men before the late leeisla-
eufe, returned on the Helena coach last
nasn.. ne IS happy in thinking he
h he went up for.
DOC. trields swan a lot of work cattle
acIoss the river yesterday morning. The
cattle belonged to t. G. Power & Bro
ana Frields q Niehoff, and were some 81
those strays which Doe. has been LOOKING
lor. lie found all but five head. and
VII d1ve them down to where the rest
OF thelr cattle are, below the Coal Banks.
Thomas Golf, the efficient hardware
clerk In Murphy, Neel & Co.'s who has
peen on a trip to Helena and other
points,, returned on the Martinsda]e
coach last night. He left Helena laa
sunday and came around through the
Judith, stopping on the way at Miller i
Goffs sheep ranch on Rock creek. /
tributary OF the MusselsheIl. and abo1Int
seven miles from Martinsdale. He ra
ports the stock of all kinds in that narf
OF the cou1 try doing extremely we'll
There was a little snow on the Missouri
valley, a good deal of snow and ice on
Smith river valley, but none whatever
on the Musselshell and Judith.
From Tuesdays Daily.
We regret to learn thatJohn II. Evans
is quite i'll.
Judge Tattan and J. J. Healy are ex-
peeted is on Thursday.
Frank Aldrich and Pete May came in
yesterday from the Barker.
Sundays coach did not get in until S
O'Clock yesterday morning.
Supt. Powers, of the Benton and Hell
ena Stage line, is in the city again.
Mr.. Fisher, a ranchman seyen miles
from Barker, has twenty acres OF grain
in already.
Joe Lessard is in town from his ranch
near Barker. He has broken ground
and put in some seed grain already.
/. G. Baker & Co. are raising the floor
OF their warehouse Oh Baker street so as
to give them more room in the cellar.
Our merchants report business beccm-
ing better, one OF them reporting heavier
cash sales than at any time since last fall
Major Blaine, paymaster, and Majors
Robinson, quarterlnaster, are on their
way from Helena to Shaw and Assina-.
bOine.
We wonder if Nose Solomon will tell
the q. S. grand jury all about his $500
bill against the democratic central COM
mittee.
Receiver Ballou, of the Helena land
office, will be in Sun River to-day to
hear final proof in eight presumption
land
. TheSstring band were out last night
serenading some Of our citizens. We
understand thatthe boys will repeat this
every now and then.
Capt. Windar, Denis Nelson and G..
King, arrived from the north Sunday,
route to the east and Canada. Capt.
Windar goes to Montreal.
ST.. Kelly has accept a position with
w. J. Mjnar, and will SUI charge OF
the prescription desk this week. Mr.. |
Minar expects to leave. on Saturday for
the-east to purchase his stock Of drugs.
I'll. ?. RoIfe Is bui1ding a neat house on
addition to the toWnsite near the
Helena road. We expect this will be
only the first Of a good many residences
put up in that partof town this summer.
It is rumored in Utah papers that the
u. 7. company has offered to sell the TT.
. n. railroad to the Denver g. Rio
Grande company. This would make the
north and south railroad line on
the continent.
A j. Davidson, the harness and saddle
manufacturer, yesterday sold several big
bills of goods to different parties. This
house is working up a most excellent
which, from the good work it turns
Out, will surely stay with it.
The attention of our readers is called
to the new advertisement Of the Ford
Bros, who have recently entered the
mercantile field at Sun River. They are
big bargains between now and
5he arrival Of their new goods, and the
Of that vicinity would do well to
give them a call.
We have received the February num-
Der of the West Shore, containing views
Of the prominent buildings OF Missoula
and Deer Lodge, with a general view of
he latter town. The e~ngravings are
very fine, and are worthy OF preserva-
ion. The views of other points in Mon
ana will appear in the next number.
Major Edwards received a letter last
from Bill Conway, who is now III
Augusta, Ga. Bill says that he arrived
here in very poor health, and was con-
ined to his room for some time, but is
aoW improving. Bills friends here will
'eceive with pleasure the news of his
complete recovery, and hope to hear of
t soon. I'll. X. says it is quite lonesome
without Bill.
David p. Lake was yesterday morn
ne found dead in his bed at his residence
~, jackson street He had hann cann