The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-11
rromWednesday's Daily.

Harris & Rowe sold six head Of horses
to different parties yesterday.
Lock Hammond loaded at Murphy,
uaelay & Co.'S yesterday for Barker.
Tbeo. Gibson was a passenger on yes
terdav's coach, bound tor Deer Lodge.
Fidelity Lodge /. o. @. E. of Butte are
about to to erect q fine building and hall.
w. FL. Babcock loaded at Murphy,
Maclay & Co.'s yesterday for parties in
the Judith Basin.
It is said that G. w. Fowler has applied
10 Judge Spencer for the position ct
'Biiah in his court.
"A. DeLorimier is expected to arrive
in Benton from his eastern trip the early
mart Of next week.
The sawmill on the Judith, owned by
the Clendenin LAUNDERING company, has
been removed to Barker.
The crop of pilgrims III Fort Benton
and tributary country promises to be
much larger than last year.
J. p. Ford expects to start for Sun
River this morning. He has made ex-
tensive purchases of our wholesale mer-
chants.
Joe Hirshberg who has been trust
lingu for Hirshberg & Nathan the past
month, is expected back the latter part
Of the week.
The Glendive Times is about to begin
the publication of an "all honlen paper.
One by one the patent innards' Of the
Yellowstone publications are dropping
out.
John Black and Alex. Fabian, Hele-
ma; John. Johnston, st. John, n. b., and
Chas. Brian, Bozeman, arrived on the
coach last evening. All are atthe Grand
Union.
We dropped i'll at Barney Tierney's
last night and found five or six games
running and the house full of people.
Barney is doing a land office business
Just now
Paris Gibson informs our reporter that
he will ship a fine lot Of thoroughbred
sheep to Fort Benton this season, and
that they will be passengers up on the
first boats.
Rev. Father Dolls, Of Butte, has re-
ceiyed official information that the mat
ter Of nominating n vicar apostolic Tor
Montana is now under discussion before
the Holy See at Rome.
W.. S. Wetzel was at Bismarck Oh the
1st inst. He will probably tarry
along the Yellowstone for some
time making arrangements for transpor-
tation Of government freight.
The Fort Macleod coach that left here
a few days ago about the 18th ult. y
arrived at Joe Kipp's post day before yes
terday. Ordinarily this distance would
have beer made in two days.
Helena has the roller skating craze the
worst kind, and we expect Fort Benton
to catch it before long. In fact, negotla-
tions are now pending to secure Stock
ing's hall, when completed, for that pur-
pose.
John LaMott brought in an extra from
Arrow creek yesterday, arriving late last
evening. The Benton Southern folks
have had q pretty rough deal the past
two weeks, but they are about caught uI
with the mail.
Notwithstanding his recent attack Of
snow blindness Clark brought in the AS
kinaboine mail in good time yesterday
He saws the snow is nearly eighteen
inches deep on the level between For
Benton and the Goa Banks. 4
r. f. Doyle, Of Fort Calgary, arrived
in the city yesterday and is registered a
the Pacific. MI. Doyle heard OF extern
sive cattle losses on Bow river, and hls
estimate Of the number lost by the 20
chrane Ranch company up to the time
he left is 500 head.
An excursion to Alaska, 1.-The land o
the midnight sun" is advertised. here
is an opportunity for the Benton gentle
men who are troubled with the Alaska
fever. The trip up the coast in an elegan
steamer is much better than cutting
acFossthe country on horseback.
We wrote it Yesterday that Mr.. F.C
Roosevelt purchased the Austin rancn
but the ''intelligent composltor' got
that L. G.. Alderman was the lucky puf
chaser. The j. c. was probably thlnkInf
about the contest in the bloody Fourth q
the time he put the item in type.
Barker merchants are preparing TO ou.
large stocks of goods this spring in ante
ipation of the coming boom, which ]
bound to come There will be twice a
much work done in the camp this yea
as has been in the past three years, an
the result must be a lively "A prosper
Gus season.. --
You must write it Fort Benton now
as that is the name in the charter. l
might have been more convenient Z
drop the aFort,' but we have the salts
faction Of knowing that while propapi.
every state in the union has It's BenIon
town or county, there is but one For
Benton ia the whole wide world.