The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-10-17
LOCAL NOTES.
r.om Saturdays DAILY

rom Saturdays DAILY
w O. Dextor is in town from Belt
oroak where his thresher is.
The stockmen and others neal Glen
1.-Two are having trouble with the Indians.
The Park branch railroad warehouse
Of livingston burned on the 9Th. Loss
$1,000.
The late snow and rain storm has
,iven Barker freight a jump from Il to
q cents
Five thousand pounds of freight were
,oaded at II. C. Power & Bros yesterday
for phil. Gibson's ranch on Belt.
Several loads of Cashiers coal came
N to-day and sold readily for S16, Or
s15 for that contracted some time ago.
Major J.. G. Tilford, of the Seventh
cavalry. in command at Fort Buford,
has been promoted to Lieut.. Colonel of
his regiment.
las. Humphrey, veterinary surgeon
stationed at Custer, left for Assinaboine
Yesterday morning, where he goes to in
sspect the cavalry horses.
VIII Kennedy and Geo. w. Settle
start this morning with gun and rod for
the game haunts of the upper Shonkin.
All kinds of fish, flesh and fowl had
better give them a wide berth.
The republicans of Helena have set
fled upon Ex-Governor Potts, Colonel
Sanders, 3. FL. Tatem, and Judge
Hedges as their candidates for delegates
to the constitutional convention. That
would be a strong delegation.
As soon as this bad spell Of weather
is over the Shonkin stock association
will start OF a supplementary round up,
as it is ascertained that a great many
calves have come since the former
roundup, which was commenced good
deal earlier than usual.
Horace Buck tells about bringing in
sixteen ducks from his recent pleasure
excursion. He reports the water as
black with this toothsome fowl at the
Harwood lakes, and Tom as ~obligingsas
man could be to the wandering sports
men who comes his way.
MI. Duffin, proprietor of the photo
graph gallery on Main street and nearly
opposite T. G. Baker & Co.'s store, is in
tending to close out his business by the
10th of November. All parties wishing
good, first class work done in his line
had better call on him 0
w. S. BAKER and wife are expected
back this evening on the Helena coach
from their bridal our in the east. They
made quite a stay in st. Louis, to visit
Mr.. Bakers friends, and stayed longer
than they expected in order to be there
at the carnival of the "Veiled Proph'
ets.n
The steamboats, are still doing service
down below. The Rosebud left Bis
the Black Hills returned to the former
place yesterday from Poplar. The
Eclipse, Capt. Mariner at the helm
leaves Bismarck for a trip to Poplar.
Monday.
f. G.. Roosevelt and FL. j. Wackerlin
start early this morning to make a terri
bic slaughtering among the feathered
bipeds of the "lakes.n They take out
the new sheet iron boat with them. We
may expect them back in q few days
loaded down with the victims of their
unerring shotguns.
Frank p. Brown, ex-collector of rev.
niue for northern Montana, has been
appointed and accepted the position OF
cashier of one of the dining cars, run
ming on the Northern Pacific. Frank is
we'll known and popular and will do the
host act in an agreeable and pleasant
manner,-Bism0rck Tribune.
1t seems that Secretary Teller, who
was one of the golden spike excursion
lists, had two trunks stolen from the bag
gage car at Livingston, the same con-
tanning clothing and jeWelry to the val
ne of $4,000, belonging to himself and
daughters. On Wednesday last the
thieves-sporting men named Staples
and Shannon-Were arrested at st. Paul
with some of the stolen property in their
possession.
Ed. Dunno informs us that they will
soon start in to lay the floor in the new
hospital, as all the flooring that could bf
procured, some $4,000 feet, has been
bought. The doors and windows will
be put in, the outside work on the build
ing painted and two coats of plastering
put on this fall before the cold weather
stops work for the year.
J. P. Thomas, the oWner Of q band OF
2,400 sheep OLE Wolf creek, leaves for his
tine ranch to-day. He takes with him
So bucks from Gibson & Sons splendid
band of Campbell merinos. Some OF
these SO are for other parties in Mr..
Thomas neighborhood. They cost on
an average, he informs IS, about $50
and he thinks them very cheap at that
price, as they are all large, fne-Wooled
animals.
Tbs city assessor, S. l.. Kelly, informs
Us that the taxable property IN the city
now runs up to 100000 and probably
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