The Benton weekly record., 1883-08-25

about six thousand bushels OF wheat
raised at this time in this vicinity, but tar
mers hereabouts will agree to furnish 70
the first mill built in Benton ten times as
much. or sixty thousand bushels, and local
merchants will buy its produce. Such
guarantee as this should be sufficient IN
ducement 10 any mill man. The RECORD
h opes the subject will be agitated still fur
ther, and that those citizens who have
friends In the mill business in other pia-
ces will take upon themselves the task OF
informing them Of the superior advanta-
ges offered by Benton to an enterprls1ng
party with the necessary capital. Almost
every little town that is springlng up IN
this vicinity has the same yearning for
mill that is 80 noticeable here, and unless
some decided action IS taken at this point,
who knows but what one Of them may
slip in and capture the prize?
The mud has dried up very consider
ably to-day, and the effects of the recent
rain are more than ever appreciated
The telegraph line between Benton ana
Helena was blown down yesterday alter
noon about three o'clock and no word has
been received from the Capital since. A
repairer has been sent out from Fort Shaw
| and Mr.. Morgan, the operator in charge
| here, thinks the damage will be repaired
this week. The line to Assinaboine is
working all right and no trouble is anticl-
pated in that direction. In speaking OF
telegraph matters in general way to-day,
Mr.. Morgan stated that there Is something
in the soil of Montana that rots timber
very rapidly, and that the only way to
make telegraph poles last any length of
| time is to have them well charred before
being placed in the ground. This was
| never done on the military lines. The
careless way in which the lines were erec-
| ted has been the cause of much annoyance.
and the end is not yet, it seems.
A resident of Neihart stated to RECORD
| reporter last evening that mail directed to
| that place now stops at Clendenin, and
that mail route between the two places is
much needed. Some action should be TAX
en- by the post office department at once to
help the Neihart people out of their diff
Guilty.
A resident of Old Agency, in converse
ing, related some new facts in connection
with the murder of James C. Grant, on
the 9TH inst. THE RECORDS informant
states that ON the date mentioned, a Piegan
Indian called at Grants house and was
paying rather more attention to his squaw
than the husband thought consistent with
etiquette, and Mr.. Grant, in the hilari-
BUSINESS of his ire, emptied rifle into the
Piegan interloper, giving him quite a bad
flesh wound. The Indian returned the
fire, sending two balls into Mr.. Grant, one
of which entered his right side just below
the arm, emerging at the left hip, and
causing death almost instantly. The muir
derer Immediately left, but was pursued,
it is presumed, by a party of Grants
friends from across the range, as his body
was found next day on the prairie few
miles away riddled with bullets. The
Piegan Indians in the vicinity immediate
ly became frightened, fearing general
war against them, and went over the
range out of the way of possible harm.
The whites were very bitter against the
Indian murderer and their revenge was
ample, but they had no intention of HARM
ing the main body of the Piegans, and the
flight was wholly unnecessary. Every
thing Is quiet now, however, and the In,
dians can return whenever they see fit.
Professor White and party left in their
new boat this morning to make the descent
of the Missouri. They have accumulated
much information concerning the Terri
the Territory's advantage.