The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-04-11
I George Patterson is making one of his
regular visits to the city.

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regular visits to the city.
John Fisher was fined Yesterday for
INDUCING IN a plain drunk.
Capt. Maratta is the democratic cant
didate Tor mayor Of Bismarck.
W. H. Todd has taken up his quarters
again at his residence on the levee.
Three discharged soldiers came in on
the Fort A~ssinaboine coach yesterday.
J. A. Yore and S. n. Dickey came in
yesterday from their ranch on Belt creek.
Bob Blankenbaker, the genial shep-
herd of Box Elder, arrived in the city.
Pete Mcdonald, the school clerk-elect, |
does not take the reins until next Au-
gust.
A society of the Independent Order
of Red Men has been organized ia Bill
ings.
Mr.. Sellew, Of the Junction House, on
the Barker road, was in Billings last
week.
On Friday last Major Lincoln, the
agent at Fort Belknap, purchased two
lots at the head Of Main street, from VIM.
Rowe.
David Marks, late chief clerk of the
council, is now travelling for the hide
pendent, and ought to make a good can
vasser.
1t is not expected that work on the
Canadian Pacific in the vicinity of Fort
Walsh will begin before the first Of May
or later.
The school election yesterday resulted
in the reelection OF T.. E. Collins for
trustee, and Pete Mcdonald was elected
as clerk.
Capt. John Belk will have command
Of the Josephine this summer, and Billy
Gould will walk the quarter deck of the
Rosebud.
Bob Blankenbaker, We gentle shepherd
of Box Elder, came in town yesterday
and made the hearts Of his young lady
friends happy.
John B. Read, local editor of the Butte
inter Mountain, has been appointed as
hMontana's commissioner to the Denver
Mining Exposition. ~
Judge Tattan~has-been getting the
ITdeeds to the lots in the new addition
ready the past week, and they will be
.Aissued to-claimants this week..
1T The newly elected officers qualified
YESTERDAY. The t~reasurer's bond was
Hfixed at 5000 and those of the police
magistrate and marshal-at- s. 900
+. HI. Blackaby, of the Teton, was ar
rested night before last by Constable
Il Scott for carrying concealed weapons
Judge Tattan let him of with a lecture
4 number of fnterna1 improve
ments'' have been going on at W.
WetzeTs the past week, and the store Il
taking on a bright and pleasant appear
ance.
George Kelly, charged with stealing
cattle on Sun river, was tried Iuesda.
in Helena before Justice B%atenlan ant
cleared, but was Immediately re-arrestet
on the same charge by a warrant from
: the Probate Court.
/ Burglars attempted to rob the Firs
: National Bank of Butte the other night
. but were scared off after they had nearl,
f worked through an eight-inch bricl
wall around the vault.
~ The city officers and the board of alder
. Imen were sworn in yesterday. In tn
| drawing of lots for the long and shor
Iterms, by a singular circumstance til
E 1republican members all drew the shor
: term.
! The stage company now operates
daily baggage coach between Helen
) and Deer Lodge, in addition to the dali.
! passenger coach. The same strength {
= team is used on the baggage coach as O
! the passenger, and it makes the trip il
: the same M
AS soon as MI. Wilton returns froI
the East and plans and specification
J, for the new school building are adopted
u work on the same will be common zee
Tt is needless to say it will be a hand
some structure, and it is hoped to hay
; it completed this season.
We have not heard anything abor
q 1.-THE new court house for some time. TW
o Iof the three county commissioners al
. absent at this time, but as soon as the
II return. or one of them does, we hope |
) See active preparations for the work
leo on. The new court house ought
|Ebe put under roof this season-
O. The last verse of the splendid mer
e t~ality's'' doggerel Friday night has bee
published in nearly every plper IN I'll
United States, and some Of the othe
It were written originally IN connectio
with an advertisement for st. Jacob
d Oil. Well take that S25 if you pleas
e. naistefs-
q Mr.. n. T.. Chemidlin, an old-tin
e Helena typo, came to Benton last IhuI
u Iday to take cases on the RIVER PRES
q aSmedn finds many old friends in Be
4. ton who will welcome him and his ian
90 nilv to a home among us. Mrs. Cheml