The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-31
THE RIV PRESS.


Phil. Whaley says he will shoot the
next man who asks what luck he and
Dennis Halpin had on their late wolfng
expedition, or asks how many pelts they
brought in to dispose of. He empati-
cally denies ever having been out wolf
ing,n unless one can call killing three
%cotton-tails and one rat by that name.
The fishing and hunting expedition
to the great falls is at home again. Even
Pete Macdonald is back from his extern
sive Canadian tour of three days dura-
ton. They report some one on the road
as giving them plenty Of !" gait" which
they naturally swallowed in chunks. 1t
was not Dennis Halpin either that gave
them the game by which they were SO
badly taken in. Dennis has a first-class
reputation for telling whoppers, but the
party declare they will believe him if
he tells them the is made out of
green cheese after this. They were not
so cruel as to kill any black-tail deer,
ducks or geese, and two little fish was
all they could boast Of in the. piscatorial
line. Their failure to bag any game
seems to have cast a blur over even the
fine natural scenery by which they were
surrounded, as Gus. Senieur says be takes
more pleasure in watching Mike Lynch's
ferry boat come across the river than in
viewing the water of the greatfalls tum-
BILE over that 80 loot precipice. They
think, too, q very serious mistake has
been made by all explorers and geo
graphers, from Lewis and Clarke down,
in locating the smaller falls above the
great falls, as they are quite positive
they ran over them all in their boat trip
down the river, to the imminent danger
of their lives, as itseemed to them.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Dan Carpenter is in town from the
mines.
f Chas. Black went to Barker on the
last coach.
Dick Maloney and S. w. Adams are
in from Assinaboine.
| Trains on the Park branch only run
2 two days in the week now.
+. C. Allen is in from the log drive,
! which is now just above the falls.
9 Ed. Smiths bull teams were loading
yesterday at w. S. Wetzels for Barker.
DR.. G.. S. Cline has returned from
Maginnis on his way back to Assina'
! boine.
Mrs. James Massie and boy started
out for Maginnis, yesterday, on the
Billings
) /E. e. Parsons brought in from the
l IShonkin a 2200 pound load of onions fol
: Murphy, Maclay & Co.
observation-disclosures returned to his
b old stamping ground from a summer
t work on the Collar mill, at Maiden.
Walter Cooper, of Bozeman, is tn
democratic candidate for delegate a
large to the constitutional convention
for that district.
n Louis Bellanger, a prominent mer
chant of Maiden, is with us for a few
days. He reports business as boemin!
Y with him, and the camp lively.
!, The Rev. Jacob Mills left yesterda,
for Sun River. He will be absent
u week, but will be back in time for tn
d Methodist conference, which convene
i in this city Sunday Nov. 4th.
d -Benfon society will be pleased to hea
r THAT Mrs. E. G. Maclay, her mother
l. Mrs. Jos. Murphy, and sister, Miss Jodi
Murphy, are again at the Grand Uniol
for the winter. They arrived Sunday
1NChas. A.. Kerr, the artist for the com
ing history of Montana, is off for
IL Highwood trip-a trip which will com
bipe business and chickens, we shoul'
t. judge from his inquiries after a shotgun
q The infant child of Malcolm Morrow
I. yr., was buried yesterday afternoon from
n the residence of Mr.. John Green. TIL
many friends of the mourning parent
l. will sympathize with them in THEN al
Fiction.
s Col. Leaning and G. w. Settle ar
back from their HighWood CHECKER
,r hunt. They were so lucky as to ba;
sixty-five, and in consequence were bus,
!. for quite a while distributing these shot
u gun-trophiesa among their friends.
10 i The veteran baker, L. p. Rogron, ha
Iopened up a new bakery in the buildin
:, at the corner of Main and st. JOIN
It streets. AS he will bake every day
these hungry ones in search of nice
~ fresh bread or good pies and cake shout
- give him a call. ~mum
The report comes from the Montan
u district that placer ground has beer
:, gstruck on Snow creek. There would b
q. nothing surprising in this, as the lead
y of that vicinity all carry more or les
gold. We will try and learn the PAL
" culars of this new find for our mex
id
q Mr.. Rufus Payne and daughter, MrE