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

NOTES.
FrCb Wednesdays Daily.
there is some wood coming into town
eyey day.
ST.. Morse has reopened the Gaugler
Hose at Martinsdale.
IHere are quite a number Of drum
meTsln the city at present.
Three wagon loads of wool arrived
tronthe upper country yesterday.
NO. Dexter has another large steam
engIe on the Ievee, received on the ,Jo-
lsephae:
VS.. Wetze1 Shipped 125 sacks of
flourto M. Foley & Co., of Clendenin,
~yesteday.
Thewool clip of Mr.. Seiben, of Chest
nut, arIyed yesterday, consigned to r.
G. P0rer & Bro.
Bo1nan will have races on the 4th,
9TH, 61 and 1th Of July. The purses
aggregate 81, 900.
Wotcreek's first instalment of wool
for theseason arrived yesterday. It is a
portioIof Dan Thomas clip.
TIE Dacotah left Bismarck with 679
tons otfreight for Fort Benton and the
hatcher y bringing up 298 tons.
Mr.. Griffith yesterday established the
corners and lines of the court house
square, preparatory to surveying the site
for thatbuilding.
There is already quite a lot Of wool
piled uTon the levee below t. G. Power
IL Bro..sWarehouse. Most Of it is from
the sheaing sheds on the Shonkin.
w. BlSettle received a letter last
eveningffom Judge Gray stating that
work onthe Pittsburg mine had been
commenced and was progressing favor
ably.
Geo. f. Mullery yesterday purchased
q handsome double-seated Balm spring
wagon fDm A. J., Davidson, and now
cuts Quit a dash with his nobby turn
out.
Jones, he sheep@king at the mouth Of
che Rattkiake, says that the men who
hire QUITO shave sheep are putting or
style tlsi season. Sheep BARRIERS are
scarce AL independent.-DWon Tr5-
June.
A. BeAer, superintendent of the
Moore Mining and Smelling Co., Colo
RADIO, passd this week for Maiden, where
he will tke charge of the reduction
works to be put on the Collar NINE
Hus6andn0n.
The ground floor Of the Odd Fellows
building will hereafter be the skating
rink. Theskaters made such a racket
at Stockings hall as to render life a bur-
den for thoe in the room beneath, and
hence the Change.
The real state transfers at Bismarck
for the pat month will appear in the
daily of next Sunday, and in the follow
ing copy Of the weekly. They aggre-
gate over one thousand and will fill II
page of thepaper. Tribune.
We were shown yesterday by 7. A.
Cuamings he plans fort the Sisters hos
pital, and judging by the representation
made on paper, it will be a most hand
some building. The building will be
commenced nst as soon as possible.
A man named Clark shot and killed
II. Rogers las week about twenty miles
up the Yellowstone from Livingston, in
order to secure a small sum Of money he
was known 10 carry. The murderer
was capturedmd lodged in the Bozeman
Jail.
G.. NJ. Laming & co. have received
quite an extensive and varied stock OF
goods-includng stationery Of all kinds,
tobacco, cigar. candies, nuts, etc.-and
it makes quite a formidable display on
one side Of bis store. He is now busy
unpacking AMI arranging the goods.
Gus Senieul informs us that he will
commence theexcavation for the court
house to-day aldsfrom this time forward
continue the work with all possible
haste. The building will be situated to-
ward the NORTHEAST corner OF the square,
with the main mtrance on. Bond street.
Frank, the oil fellow who was roll
ed' some time ance, was arrested yes
terday by Policeman Healy for supposed
drunkenness. It afterwards turned out
he was sober enmgh and that his actions
were simply theresult Of his lot being
fright in the he'd y as he expressed it.
Judge Spencer dismissed him with a
lecture.
We notice thai our former fellow citl-
zen, Geo. r. Chate, will deliver an ora
ton at Barker olthe Fourth. The fame
of his celebrated speech in this city in
favor of equal mirage has doubtless
spread to that caln, prompting the peo-
pie out there to ecure his services on
fbic ulorioIc onoaSo, We fr1lSt how