The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-14
LOCAL NOTES..

saloon,
Deep creek coal stock promises to take
a boom.
Lee Smith has so far improved as to
he able to appear on the streets again.
Col. Brown, at n time in command
at Fort Assinaboine, is dangerously i'll
at Philadelphia.
William J. Edwards, Of Chestnut, ar
rived yesterday with a band of horses
for T. c.. Power & Bro.
William MCGOWAN, who shot and
killed his brother, Archie, has been adj
mitted to bail in the sum of 81, 1000.
Lieut.. Harden, of Fort A~ssinaboine,
has gone out with seventy-iye men to
drive all white men off Of the reserva-
ton.
Our legislators should move in the
matter of securing the passage Of an in
corporation act for Benton. This is the
speediest and best way to attain the de-
sired end.
r. J. Davidson, who is to take charge
of the saddIery establishment of the late
firm of Davidson & Moffitt, arrived on
last nights coach and is registered at
the Grand Union.
We have received the holiday number
of the RIVER PRESS. 1t is a beauty and
shows the enterprise of its publishers,
who are always up with the times. Tt
contains "a PIP. in book form.-Gleadive
Times.
Col. William w. Sanders, Major Sth
Infantry, and acting inspector general
Of the department Of Dakota, died at st.
Paul on the 9th ult. Col. Sanders fire.
quently visited the posts in Montana,
officially, and his death will be sincerely
regretted by many of our readers.
Capt. O. B. Read, Eleventh infantry,
commanding at Camp Poplar River,
Montana, returned from his scout on the
18th inst, bringing four white hunters,
who were captured by him within the
limits of the Indian reservation, slaught-
ering buffalo, and who were at once
turned over to the civil authorities for
trial and punishment under the law as
trespassers. The teanf, arms and outfit
belonging to the hunters were also Sc
cured.
From Thursdays Daily.
Bob B~lankenbaker arrived in the city
yesterday from his ranch on Box Elder.
Ell. I'll. Barnes, Of White Sulphur
Springs, has started for Alaska. He is a
victim of the gold fever.
The managers of the reading room
project realized $40, net, from the enter
tainment Tuesday night.
There were two or three knock-doWns
on Front street last evening, but without
any very damaging results.
Md. Chambers VIII take his depart
ure for the east about the 18th inst, in
the interest of Mr.. Roosevelt.
1t seems that we have a new storm ev-
cry day. About the time a chinook is
anticipated a Dakota a comes along
and plays the deuceawith the weather.
It IS estimated by Northern Pacific
official that lbs additional locomotives,
100 passenger, baggage and express cars,
and 1000 freight cars, of which 1900
should be box cars, will be required for
1889.
John H. Evans & Co., proprietors OF
the Benton brewery, propose to operate
that establishment on an extensive scale
this season, and they guarantee to make
as good a quality Of beer as can be got
anywhere.
A. T. Hummer, formerly connected
with the Benton postoffice, and now with
GREENWOOD & Bohm, vas married last
Monday evening, at Helena, to Miss
Isabel Holgate. The RIVER PRESS ex-
tends its congratulations.
l.. w. Peck, secretary of the Montana
Wool Growers association, took his de-
parture for Helena yesterday morning.
He accompanied Mr.. Warner as far as
Flat creek, from which point he will
take the coach to the capital.
Jeff Talbert and Tuck Lambertstarted
Tor Fort Belknap yesterday with a band
of horses for r. G.. Power & Bro. They
VIII have a stormy drive of it, but both
being old-timers and used to such busl-
ness we guess they will stand It.
Payne & keenan, have purchased q