The river press., 1883-08-15
LOCAL NOTES.

william Mulcahy and Tom Cla"y re-
", to Sun river this morning.
commodore T. C. Power is expected
- BENTON Tuesday next. HIS hosts OF
I'll teniends here will be glad to see hlm.
uouston & Mckay have just opened
-, Of 10000 brick, as good as was ev-
KILL kln,ade in the territory. These will go
q 20 the new court house.
THE Bank of Northern Montana has
Lived and is now putting in place,
Ieo lar0e fire and burglar proof safe.
Thev The' viii have it encased by vault.
TT Crounse, of Helena, and Miss
rote Stewart Bray were married at tne
lnaSidence of VIM. Mulcahy, Sun river.
hv Rev. Mr.. Mills, on the evening OF
the Sth inst.
1f the Renton boom and lumber COM |
~ cannot drive cord wood from the |
pn,;ytb of Sun river to Benton, how can
steamboat run from Benton TO the
@roat falls? Does anybody know?
The new paper at Barker starts out
under favorable auspices. 1t has secured
tho onposition of the lower Main street
sheot which, as the RIVER PRESS can
boar testimony, will be decided advan-
tage to the Gazette.
c.ooroe Kanouse, who returned Thurs
doU from the Snow creek mining dis
tr;1ct where he has been at work the
nast month with Dan Dutro, looks as
PPrown IS a chestnut and has gained sew
oro1 nounds in avoirdupois. The rare
air At the top of Old Baldy agrees with
him.
The lively lightning yesterday morn.
ing killed an OK on the bencn Wes1 VI
the city. An old Indian passing saw
the dead animal and getting permission
If the owner soon had it skinned ana
Tho meat appropriated. The dwellers IN
tho tpenes on the Teton had feast yes
terday.
WRIGHT & McDevitt are putting up
an immense lot of hay. They nave al az
ready delivered to Chas. CRAWFORD ooV
IONS, most of which is stacked IN Roose-
yelt's field, near the river, anu nase
come 300 tons to deliver to j. A. Massle,
% tba Penton stables. In addition they
oro stacking q large amount on the hay
fields. and will cut and put up TINS sea,
son not far from 1000 tons OF as gooo
hav as horse ever eat. They are run
ninu four teams and haul between thirty
five and thirty-seven tons each Trip
making the round trip in three Gays
One of their teams that unloaded at tne a
Ranton stables yesterday had on 1922;
s1onnda or nearly ten tons, divided
pnonp the three wagons as felloWs
lead Wagon, $3.50 lbs; swing, Z, loo los
traiI A S45 lbs. Sheriff McDevltt IS IN
lined to think that bigger load OF na.
than this has never been hauled IN Mon
tana.
From Sundays Daily.
Col. J. J. Donnelly and F. M. East
man have dissolved partnership.
f1harlav Rowe finished harvesting
Yesterday and thinks be will have oil
yield.
John Largent has sold his band of cal
tie to Tom Clary. We have not learne
the consideration.
RoWles. Bros, of Sun river, have sol
their herd of cattle to r. S. Ford. In
price is said to be $35 head.
The sale of a mine in the 4ego Oil
trict for big sum is reported, put I'd
transaction is not yet made public
7. G. Browne returned yesterday frol
the hav fields. He informs us they haV
their contract about half completed.
James Davis was discharged from til
county Jail yesterday, after serving TIL
ty days, by order of Justice kanouse.
Our correspondent writes us that Su
river is lust booming, and that there Al
i fen houses in course of erection at u
|. present time
Adam Hamilton fell down tWent
foot shaft in the Montana district q re
days ago and was pretty badly inJure
but we are glad to learn not seriously.
0. W. Kelly received fine shepheIl
| dog by coach yesterday. All that M
|, Kelly now lacks to go into the busine
] of wool growing is ranch ana oal
ofsheep.
Rowe Bros. are among the first to na,
\ their rsidewalks-under the order OF u
council-constructe The new wa
\ makes 2 decided improvement at q
1. Overland hotel.
Y Mr.. Applegarth, who reported on u
4 Drum Tilmmund mine, is in the MO
|. fana district in the interest OF capl'
\ that will be put in some Of these MIN
IL If he reports favorably.
Prof. Lewis, the travelling slelght-
II hand performer who was Ill Delllpl ~ - :
4 year IS now in Jail at Dillon, charg
i with the murder OF Eva Clafk, gi1l
II sixteen, who travelled with nun ln, allu
sisted in the performances. lhe ~ " ~ -
top of the girls head was shoC on, q
Lewis was seen carrying the Douy ~
river when he was stopped ana tah
II yYc al