The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-03

LOCAL VOTES.
r,om Wednesdays Daily.
Milf. Carothers came in from Barker
yesterday.
", r. Swope, of Dog creek. arrived
in the city yesterday.
los, K. Toole, Helena, arrived last
.,,onine and is at the GrandlUnien.
Ell. Morrison purchased a four-inch
cchnttler wagon of Murphy, Maclay &
Co. yesterday.
The Godfrey brothers, of Ubet, who
hod their horses stolen some time since,
are in the city.
Mart. Mitchell, of Mitchell's ranch.
upIena and Benton road, came in on
Yesterdays coach.
II. D. Burghardt, of the Clendenin
mining and smelling company, returned
to the city last evening--
lack Lee lost one of his mules on his
Hast trip from Fort Macleod. 1T is sup
inosed to have been poisoned.
Frank Strong is Oh Belly river, n. w.
r., with his band Of horses, and has not
vet succeeded in selling them.
f. J. Morrison loaded his teams at va
rious places in town yesterday with mer-
chandise for his store at Pnilbrook.
Att special election for city attorney
at Butte last Saturday, Smith, the re-
nublican candidate, was elected by 1852
majority.
Geo. Woods, Of Highwood, is lying
ouite i'll at the Grand Union hotel. We
hope that we can soon chronicle his
rapid improvement.
J. A. Adams and Tom Clary, promi-
nent Sun river cattle men, are among
the representatives of Sun river valley
i in attendance at court. 4
Thomas Lacy, of the Shonkin, sowed
fourteen bushels of wheat on fourteen
acres this year and secured a return of
( 500 bushels. Pretty hard to beat.
Geo. Samples train arrived from the
Big Casino mills with lumber yesterday.
He loads to-day with merchandise for
T. c.. Power 81 Bro, at ReedsfOrt.
Fine Canadian Pacific railroad was at
Morleyville, forty miles west of Calgary,
ten days ago, and will get to the summit
this season, if the weather is favorable.
Julian T. Burd, the merchant of Du-
puyer, is in the city, and yesterday load
ed two freighting outfits at /. G. Power
& Bros with merchandise for his store.
J. B. Smith, a former well known
Benton blacksmith, arrived in the city
Yesterday from the Northwest territory,
where he has been for a couple OF years.
He returns to Fort Benton to stay.
A band of five or six Indians crossed
the Missouri to the south side at John
Lippard's night before last, using the
~latter's boat for that purpose. They are
doubtless on a horse stealing expedition.
A. J, Vance, of the 28-Mile Springs,
is in the city, and will take out a big lot
of supplies to-day. Mr.. Vance reports
business good, and under his manage
ment the Springs is already becoming a
popular station.
Tom Clary'informs us that the north
of Sun river roundup will begin about
October 5. They expect to gather be-
tween 400 and 500 prime beeves, which
will be for sale to the party that pays
the most for them.
We learn from J. 3. Smith that j. J.
HeaIv and party's claims are in the Cas-
tie mountains. They claim to have
lodges seventy and eighty feet wide, car
rying copper-stained rock which they
think will assay from so to 200 ouncesl
silver. The Cochrane rancho company
has recently purchased a three-elghths
interest in McLaughlin's three claims,
in that region, for $3, 800. They are re-
ported to be very rich in silver and cop
per, the leads varying from twenty to
sixty feet i'm width. From all reports it
would seem that the Healy party have
for a verify struck it rich.
From Thursdays Daily:
Mart. Mitchell returns home on the
Helena coach this morning.
Father Guidi and Stephen Spitzley
leave for Helena this morning. -
Richard and Isaac Nee returned to
the city on yesterdays Helena coach.
ia. Yore and family arrived in the
city Yesterday from their Belt creek
ranch and are at the Grand Union.
Lieut.. H. d. Huntington and family,
ID cavalry, arrived in the city yesterday
from Fort Custer, en- route to ForG ASST
naboine.
DR.. J.. B. Newman arrived at Sun
River, returning from the east, yester-
Gay, and will make that town his head
quarters hereafter.
Within the last two weeks fire has
burned over a large section Of country
between Arrow creek and the Judith,
doing a great deal Of damage.
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