The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-17
THE RIVER E

sister OF J. Q. Hussey, of White Sulphur
springs, was for a year or two a highly
successful teacher at Helena, and won
throughout the territory no little popu-
Iarlty as a reader and elocutionist. The
RIVER PRESS extends to the happy
couple its best wishes for their happi-
ness.
c. E.Conrad, Tom Cummings and C.
q. Griffith have been circulating quite
a wolf story since their return from
Great Falls. Near 28-MiIe Springs they
surprised a band of eight large gray
wolves %devouring a calf which had been
recently killed by the brutes. The party
procured some strychnine at the springs
and put it in the carcass. In coming
back to what they supposed was the
bait, the next morning, they found two
wolves still chewing away. Closer in
spection, however, showed that this was
dead calf No. 2, and not the one they
had poisoned. The wolves will make
sad havoc with the calf crop if they are
not thinned out by hunting and poison
ing. Those interested should take con
certed action to rid the range Of these
marauders. One Of the calves killed
belonged to the Montana cattle COM
pany.
From Fridays Daily.
The Judith round up is now on Ross
Fork with about forty men.
Bob Blankenbaker, the authenticated
shepherd Of Box Elder, is in Helena.
Godfrey Brothers came in with a load
of lumber from the Big Casino mills.
l Frank Lepper is the happy father of a
brand new girl heavyweight unknown.
ACCEPT u congratulations.
The Marquis de Mores has fully decid-
ed to erect his slaughtering and canning
establishment at Miles City.
Rev. Father Ebersville, Lieutenant
LaPoint and George Mclaughlin leave
on this mornings coach for Fort ASSN
saboine.
! G.. B. Fowler, armed to the teeth with
the necessary artillery for such a peril
ous trip, started for his ranch on the
Missouri yesterday.
/ Charles Walker and Ben. Swigert's
teams started out Wednesday for ASSN
aboine to load the government freight
bound for Fort Shaw.
The Eastern Montana Live Stock
Association was organized at Miles
City on the 9th inst. It's object is for the
protection of the interests of the cattle
men of the section named.
Jake Medary, who spent several weeks
in Fort Benton the past summer, has
accepted the position of city editor of
the Butte Miner, and will no doubt
make a lively Faber pusher.
rao WY Cn4t1, 10. -,,ol,caoJ ID
Goes fine ranch, located on the Shonkin
just below Van Hale's. George reports
enough vegetables on the ranch to keep
a family of two persons at least.
Robert P%faendtner, u Jolly little CT
gar maker, is now in Maiden looking UP
a new location for his business. We can
heartily recommend him to the Maiden
ties as a nice MAI to do business with.
Benny Phillips reports his thresher at
.Clark's, OF HighWood. From there he
will go to Willow creek, and thence to
Wolf Greek where the ranchers are all
waiting for his machine. His men have
got away with 10000 bushels already
this season, and ought to thresh nearly
as much more before the winter sets in.
Tie pioneer barber and tonsorial ar
fist, Chas. Dryer, will be glad hereafter
to see his many customers at his new @.
x. barber shop in the old Overland par
lors. For a quick smooth shave or fine
artistic hair cutting Charley can not be
beat in the city. Come one, come all
and try our old barber at his new shop.
The Inter-Moamtuin is authority for
the statement that the new gold dig
gings in the Occur d'Alene mountains
was recently the scene of a shooting af-
fair IN which six men were killed and
wounded, some of the latter number be-
ing Montanians. The trouble original
ed over a claim that had been located in
the name of some person who had eve
seen the camp (many of them are en-
tered in that way and which had been
jumped by the Montanians. No partic-
ulars of the tragedy have been received.
Hereafter the Billings coach will come
clear through to Benton without change,
whereas before this passengers had to
change coaches at LaYina and Okla. The
time through to this point will be As Or
4B hours from Billings. A treasure box
was started out on the coach this norm
ing for the first time. This line is doing
everything possible to insure the COM
IOIU OF It's anu carrying eA-
press matter at very reasonable rates, as
we were informed at several stations
along the road. In consequence, travel
and freight on the line is constantly in
creasing.
Poker Brown reports that while
hunting through the Sweet Grass Hills
a few weeks since he ran across an In
dian camp which had not been deserted
long. From the frames standing
and scraps of meat and rawhide lying
around he could see that they had been
drying the meat Of a good many cattle.