The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-07-04

ueisn.lp, Messrs. Hirshoerg & Nathan
retiring.
Ihe first lot Of wool from the Teton
portlon~of Richter & Hunts clip
came IN yesterday consigned to T. G
Power & Bro.
John &. Tut can now be found behint
the counter at w. III. Burgess. where
he will be pleased to attend to the wants
Of 1he purchasing public. -.----.-.~-.
4 purse of 5000 in gold was presented
VITO Father Camp last Sunday by some O.
fhls Benton friends. The presentation
was made by Judge Tattan
TIE time has come for an excursion
Esteamer to ply the waters of the upper
/ Missouri above the falls. An enterprise
of this kind would prove paying in
Z. vestnlent.-Herdld.
JOSH. Mcknight is in the city, hav-
ing returned from Governor Brooks do
main in the Judith Basin, where he
turned over the cattle purchased by the
Wolrond ranch company.
J. r. Craig had valuable horse badly
cut by barbed wire yesterday. The ami
nal is SO severely injured that Mr.
Craig gave him away rather than under
take the task of curing him.
Mr.. Maurer, proprietor of the Phoenix
saloon, on Bond street, has moved his
saloon to the building on Front street
formerly occupied as drug store by w.
j. Minar, and where he will be pleased
to meet his friends.~.a.@.--...-..- ...-..,...-.
Z The trustees of the Sisters hospital
Eheld q meeting last evening at the office
of L. A. Cummings and decided to .ad-
vertise for bids at once for the erection
of the building according to the plans
and specifications in the possession of
kthe trustees.
A letter received from JOS. S. Hill a
few days ago contains the welcome in
telligence that he is improving and is
gaining avoirdupoissat the rate of about
a pound week. Mr.. Hill is probably
in Boston now and will take in New
York and other eastern cities. We hope
to hear of his complete recovery soon.
A dispatch from Washington says that
Quartermaster General ingalls, has re-
quested to be placed upon the retired
list Of the army from the lst OF july.
He will then be forty years in the ser
vice. There is considerable speculation
asad Berry are the raost promi-
A railway from Livingston to Great
Falls would pass up Shields and down
Smith river valleys, would be easily
constructed, inexpensive, and with only
one divide, the grade of which would
be very light The route would lay
through a rich country and would be
the shortest and best railroad connec-
ton the manufacturing city could have
from he south.-HusbQ2ed7 ..-....
John Green was in town Sunday after
a load of supplies for the Shonkin round
up party. The boys have moved up to-
wards Deep creek, from which point
they will work down. They will reach
Deep creek tonight, and will have
regular cow-puhchers' picnic on the 4th.
John Green will deliver the oration,
and the festivities will be brought to a
close with grand stag dance in the,
evening. --.,..-,za4--~=.-.l
The advance band Of cattle belonging
Ito the Walrond ranch company, andf
over 1000 head, arrived att
the river Sunday and about 800 Of them
were crossed at the upper ferry yester-E
day. When that number had beent
crossed the boat was found to be sprung
and it was necessary to stop for repairs.
These cattle are in charge Of Diamond
RI Brown, and another band of over
L 900 head, in charge of Doc Frields,
are but three or four days behind. +
Herman Brinkman, Pete Mcdonald
and Charley Merrill went down the
river in boat Sunday to meet the Da-
cotah, on a special invitation from Capt.
Simms when here last. They met the
Bachelor at the Coal Banks, however,
and finding Capt. Simms in command
returned on that boat. Mr.. Brinkman
is an old Mississippi steamboat man,
and took his first lessons in the business
under Capt Simms. Naturally enough
the old time friends are always glad to
see each other.
A telegram signed by number Of our
citizens was sent to Gen. Terry yester-
day requesting a postponement of the
court martial in the case of Col. IIges,
as that officer is in the field in command
of most important expedition. We
sincerely trust that Gen. Terry will act
favorably on this request, as the peace
and security of the northern frontier
would be hazarded by withdrawing Col.
Ilges from the field at this time. He IS
lust the person to give the hostile Crees,
who are coming into our territory, just
such lesson as they need.
We have heard rumor that the Ca
madam Pacific railroad had changed its
route near Calgary, leaving that town