The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-08-22
MON TAN A MATTERS.

Donaldson, the latest sma]l-nox na-
uent at Butte, will be discharged this
| week 7ee' 'i'ie
1t is estimated that it will take five
months yet to complete the Boyeman
tunnel. i''''iA
All kee was hung at Missoula on the
10th for the murder of one Of his oonr-
trymen.
/ carpenters have commenced putting
up the frame work of the SIC, 900 hotel at
| Townsend 60
/ Bishop Wiley and wife, of Cincinnati.
are IN attendance at the Methodist Com
ference at Butte.
Hon. O. B. Baton, member Of tha
last Montana Legislature, has moved to
Baker City, Oregon
/ Geo. Savage, of Beaverhead county
| got one OF his fingers cut off by a now
ing machine last Monday.
| Jack Hazleton, of Glendale. was rob
oed or S3oO last week. He had been on
a booze and had his pockets rifled while
in that state.
| The Billings stampeders to the Little
Big Horn gold mines have returned
WIN the usual report that there was no
gold to be found
The Indian Bureau awarded Strange
Bros;;,of Sioux City, Ia, the contract for
supplying stock cattle to the Grow Indi-
an agency at $50, ,0O0
Professor Lewis, who murdered the
girl Eva, waived preliminary exami-
nation and has been committed to iail
TO await the action Of the grand jury.
jim Stanley, who was shot at Living
ston by n. c. Mcfarland, died on the
lotn, and the latter has been held in the
sum Of $1,000 to await the action of tbe
grand jury.
Col. B. f. Thyng is actively engaged
IN the vicinity of Miles City in gather
ing buffalo bones, as we'll as the skele-
TONS OF other animals, for shipment to
Detroit, where they are worked up into
various products.
After Mullan tunnel is completed and
the overhead line abandoned if will
make the boss wagon road across tho
mountain. The grade is easier and more
regular than that of the present wagon
road and the route is shorter.
Jim Stanley was shot by w. C. Nc
at dance house in Livingston
on the 18th. The bullet entered the alb
domen and lodged in the thigh. The
WOUND is not a fatal one. 1t is claimed
oy McFarlane the shooting was acci-
dental.
John Van Anda, a resident of Phil
psburg and an employe of the Hope
mining company, was killed on the 11th
nst. by VIM. Queener, with whom he
lad an alteration: The latter has skip
oed and the affair is pretty badly in
'olved in mystery.
Henry Golfer, young man from, Mis-
oula county, eloped with and married
Jhrlstene German of the same county
ND who was a miss of only thirteen
ender years. Golfer and his infant
ride went west on the train for Missou-
a ana have not been heard from
The Helena Herald is evidently one
t the prosperous newspapers of the
and. The Fisk Bros. have lust added
third story to their building, giving
hem one Of the handsomest structures
Q the capital city. Following upon
lis improvement they have put in
omplete ruling and binding outfit and
ave now one Of the most extensive and
est appointed printing establishments
I the northwest
The Ha1sb0nd1aan says: We learn from
Proctor, who has just returned from a
lslt to Townsend, that company has
lst been formed consisting of Townsend
40 Helena capitalists for the purpose of
llldlng toll road from Townsend to
1hlte Sulphur Springs. Twelve thou
nd dollars worth of stock has already
zen subscribed. A line of six horse
'aches is to be put on Immediately on
e completion of the road.
The Helena & jefferson railroad will
J twenty miles long. The plats in t
eeted in the office of Engineer Dodge
oW that about one mile of the line /
III be built in Lewis and Clarke county I
ID nineteen and a fraction in Jefferson
unity. This is case which illustrates
tn unusual force the old saw, 1.-THE
udal extremity Wags the canine" -
9rdld.
A Chicago dispatch of August 10th in
ference to the girl killed by Prof. Lew
says: The mother of the girl, Mrs.
G. Clark, lives at 4O6 Madison street.
e says that last May, Eva, who is a
ted young girl Is years Of age, went
til Lewis to travel as his assistant ON
[ecturing tour. The entertainment
luded lectures on psychology, mes
rism and sleight of hand tricks. The
ther received letters frequently both
N Lewis and her daughter, and had
sons to believe she was being well
ated. She refuses to believe that
Wis is guilty, and thinks her daugh- n
has committed suicide The only
ng that could have induced the Girl
axe her own life was brooding over
brutal treatment rncaivad frnn, ,,o,.