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

IT p ROlfe came in from the High
GOOD country last night, where he has
t"oen suryeying. He will 90 out again
to-day
The editor of the Benton Record de-
,fps he was cowhided by a minister.
mis- is a matter OF general regret
CQALjsL.
Carpenters were busy yesterday laying
. new floor Oh JOS. S~ullivan's shop
which, by the new addition has bee1g
Greatly enlarged.
~The p0stot1ice department is now adj
vertising for tenders for the transporter
tfou of mail from junction City to Fort
Taojnnis and Maiden.
number Of the aborigines have
hnpn i'm town for a number OF days. One
buck made a little stir in the quiet por-
fions of town Monday night, shooting
at cats.
Howell Harris is at present lou at Har-
rio * ROwe's ranch looking after their
stock. We wouldn't be surprised to see
Howell bring in several teams to supply
their increasing custom.
w. s. Stocking is getting ready to be-
pfn work on his new building. Brick is
6eing hauled, and Mr.. Co0nlbs has the
sand and lime on the ground and every
thing ready to begin work.
The republicans OF Helena have nomi-
mated the following city ticket: For
mayor, L. II. Kleinschmidt; for assessor
and treasurer, II. II. Guthrie; for police
magistrate, John w. Eddy.
John keenan, is putting upa very neat
little house on Washington street, near
Power. John evidently intends to make
himself comfortable hereafter, and Is
making a step in the right direction.
1t is announced, says the Courier, that
Fort Ellis is to be made a five company
post, also that one company OF cavalry
and II of infantry will be detailed tor
service in the National Park this sum
mer.
The GOOD work done by the holiday
edition Of the RIVER PRESS is already
annarent, as parties are beginning to
arrive iii Benton who say they were IN
duced to come by reading Of its advant-
aces and in that edition.
Paymaster Blaine and MI. Riley, his
clerk. Major Robinson, district quarter
master. and Lieut.. q. w. Stouch arrived
Yesterday about noon and went out with
an escort for AssinabOine I u the alter
noon. The party are expected Dack on
Saturday, and will remain over IN Ben
ton one day at least.
Only four subscribers quit the "splen-
did mentalityn last Monday. Hardly
M to the average. The RIVER PRESS
the same day received three weekly and
two daily subscriptions. That IS the
way things are going just now, ana the
wav they will continue to go. Every
week adds to both daily and weekly list
O. G. Cooper, who is in town from
Depuyer creek, has recently soid nls
band of cattle to J. h. Craig, recelvlne
therefor the nice little sum or S2b,ooO,
He still has an interest III some ll,oo'
head of sheep, and will probably be aole
to buy his clothes out OF the proItS o
this little band.
Our friend b. w. Murray, OF SUI
River, has decided after many years o
waiting, to enlist in the grand army o
Benedicts. Miss Nellie Price is the for
tunate Young lady, and the knot will be
tied by the Rev. MI. Mills, at the resi-
dence of the brides mother, this even
ing. b. WIS hosts of friends in Bentoi
will ioin with the RIVER PRESS III ofieT
ing congratulations.
J.. f. Cole and James callahan cam
in from Maiden yesterday, where the.
are both interested in the mines or ina
district. They report bright prospect
iOr that camp this summer, several heaV.
eastern capitalists having invested re
Gently in some of the richest leads OF til
district. The former has been a prospei
tor since the early days oftallfornla
and is about visiting relatives III NILSSON
II whom he has not seen lor tWeLl.
years.-Julcs CITY Press.
The clerk of Custer county resigned III
office at the March meeting OF the boar
of commissioners, because he would nc
be associated with the mob VINO Wer
running the affairs of that county. IN
commissioners appointed another maj
and the daily Press, which says that
number Of the leading citizens We're !
attendance. close observers OF the pre
ceedings, adds that the appointment wa
learned of with unqualified dlsapprops
ton by the general public.
the fraud manipulators down below ~
reaping the harvest they soWed last TAI
Coy. Crosby was waited upon I'd
morning by Mayor II. w. knight, Y.
Murphy and III. H. Hershfield, who pr
sented To him an invitation from "
citizens If Fort Benton, who desired "a
governor to pay them Y visit. Ihe mi
ernor thanked the gentlemen 100 VI
invitation, and said that he would I'll.
the citizens Of the River Metropoil
M~ontana's seaport town, Fort Benton,
call, bit just when he was unable ~ po