The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-02-28

charge IS false Imprisonment, the action
beingbrought by the Silver Belle "iump-
ers." There will probably be some fun
when the next move on the board is
made.
Messrs. w. g. Conrad, T. T.. Collins,
j. III. Rice and f. c.. Roosevelt, mem
bers OF he boom company, paid a visit
to the Island yesterday to determine
several points as to the location of the
booms and ether preliminary matters.
The plans are now fully arranged, we
believe, and the work will progress as
rapidly as possible.
On Saturday, the upper works of the
steamer Josephine, IN the waysat Yank-
| ton, were burned, and the Rosebud was
slightly scorched by a fire which broke
out in the cabin of the former boat.
ECapt. Wheeler, of the Josephine, had
1 his hair and beard badly singed. Loss !
on the Josephine, ST 900; insured.-Bis-
mdrck Tribune, 18th inst.
Miss Pink Duer, sister of MI. c. E.
Duer, after a visit Of several months at
Benton, takes her departure tomorrow
morning for Omaha, to visit a sister at
that place. During her ~sojourn in Ben
ton Miss Duer made hosts of friends who
will not be pleased to learn OF her going
away. We trust this is not TO be her
last visit to the river metropolis.
~SsE% ~
The Alaska expedition has made out
a bill supplies needed for the trip.
1.-THE principal items are: One coulee bull,
quartered; five barrels of whisky, in
demiiohns; a dozen cases of tobacco, and
two sacks Of flour. We can hardly I'M
derstand why they want to spend so
much money for flour, and we have no
doubt the boys before starting will reduce
the amount to n sack and increase cor
respondingly the number of demijohns.%
Mr.. A. J.. Burrus, representing the
mercantile agency of r. G. Dun & Co.,
is in the city, interviewing our 1ner-
chants. Mr.. B. is a pleasant gentleman
and has the knack of making himself,
in a short time, very familiar with your
business standing-but this is the object
of his visit among us. The agency he
represents is acknowledged to be the
best in the country and is a far more
important institution in the commercial
: world than many might suppose at first
t thought
{ = The advantage of being situated at the
, head of navigation and SO near the great
falls will be apparent before many days.
! While towns and valleys on the lower
river will probably be washed out, Ben
ton stands in no peril whatever, owing
j to our proximity to the falls and rapids.
In the recollection of the oldest inhabl-
. tant-and it extends back q period OF
more than fifty years-this beautiful val
| lev has not been washed over by the
ri Missouri-the maddest, most eccentric
river afthem
| The following from the Husbdndnadn
4 of the 22d inst. would seem to indicate
that u friend, Sam Kelly, is a little too
late for a drug store at White Sulphur
= Springs: 'John Conner, of Helena, and
Henry Seiben, of lower Smith river,
have formed 8 c~opartnership for the pur-
s pose of entering into the drug business
at White Sulphur Springs. They are
y now making out their acquisitions FOL
S goods. which will arrive early in the
spring. In the meantime they will pro
L coed to erect a building Of either brick
or stone, 24x9O, two stories high, with q
s basement. Work will be commenced
It upon the building at the earliest possible
= moment
Clark. the A~ssinaboine stage driver
informs us that the ice in the Missouri
commenced going out at the Coal Banks
? Yesterday morning and that great cakes
of it were piling up on the bars ano
: shores. The water, however, is not very
high and the breakup is slow and grad
e ual, with no probability Of damaging re
suits. There is nearly three feet OF wa
ter running over the ice on the Marlas
and if the mild weather continues J
II will not be long until that stream Il
It open. The opening of the river belo"
makes it pretty certain that he ce
bridge at Benton will not stay mucf
Ionoer-in fact, it is now considered
little dangerous to cross Oh with teams
The indications are that the ice will g
y out here without any overflow Whatevel