The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-06-20

promise 70 90 Well. Tom Curtis has en-
= as apple crop at q dollar q pound.
w. {. Swope, of MartinsdaIe, return
ed 70 the city yesterday after a trip I'd
SAND Coulee and the Deep creek count
Ify, where he had gone in search Of d
good sheep location. Mr.. Swope has
sheep on the Musselshell and expects TO
move them to II portion Of the coun-
try tributary to Fort Benton.
Sanford Allen, manager OF the Belt
creek sheep company, arrived yesterday
at the Shonkin shearing sheds with 1000
head OF sheep from Belt creek. He in
forms us he had considerable difficulty
IN getting his band across Highwood,
Which is on a little boom Just now. He
returns to the ranch to bring through
1000 more.
Efforts are being made, Bob Vaughn
tells us, to have postoffices established
at the mouth of Sun river and on Deep
creek, and both are needed. There is
also talk Of starting a store at the ferry
near the mouth of Sun river. The first
thing we know jim Matkin will be lay
ing out a town up there and selling cor
ner lots at 81, 900 apiece.
Capt. James FL. Baldwin, 18th infan-
try, i'll charge of a detachment, arrived
in the city from Assinaboine yesterday.
They are inspecting the telegraph line,
and will proceed as far as the 2S-Mile
Springs station, making any minor re-
pairs that may be necessary. A general
o~verhauling of this line, from Fort AS
sinaboine to Helena, will be had ere
long, and it certainly needs it.
Richard Baldwin arrived from Boze-
man last evening. Mr.. Baldwin is one
of four buffalo hunters arrested last
winter by Capt. Reed, Of Poplar river,
all their property being confiscated.
They were Jailed at Bozeman, but were
bailed out by friends, and at the recent
session of the u. S. court the grand jury
failed to find indictments against them.
They will now recover their property.
Wm. Glassman, formerly a member Of
the firm of Roberts & Glassman, Of this
city, has bought out the harness and sad
dlery business Of l.. III. Rosencrans at
Benton, and will leave with his wife for
that city Saturday. Mr.. Glassman has
been in Helena for the past three years,
and besides being away up in artistic
saddle and harness work, is also a wide
awake business man who is sure to sue
coed. His many friends. in this city
will join us in wishing him the best Of
good luck.-Independent.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Max Waterman is at Helena.
An important mining transfer at Bar
ker is on the tapis.
William Norris yesterday sold tot. G..
Baker & Co. thirty-one picked robes for
$3.50.
Miss Frances E. Willard, a celebrated
temperance lecturer and organizer, will
visit Montana soon.
It is not probable that the National
Park branch will be in running order
before the latter part Of October.
Passenger trains are now running into
Helena. The time from st. Paul to
that place is two days and hall:
L. S. Tranum has just returned from
a trip to the Deep creek coal mine, and
is quite enthusiastic over that property.
In the criminal libel suit at Butte
against e. S. Thompson-W. |. Lip
pincott being the complaining witness
the prisoner plead guilty and was fined
$3.50 and costs.
I. o. Proctor and Miss Louisa Klaue
were marriedat White Sulphur Springs
last wednesday, the 18th inst, by Rev.
M. J. Hall.
Miss Nellie p. Clark, county superin-
tendent of public schools for Lewis and
Clarke. is expected in Benton soon. She
comes to visit her sisters and brother on
Highwood.
John K. Cashier and Henry M. Mil
lard are enjoying the pleasures arising
from a land contest. The evidence will
be taken before Judge Spencer, the dep
<uty district clerk.
The owners Of the Deep creek coal
mine expect to have a "big thing" when
the metropolis of the Great Falls is
built up, and we are slightly inclined to
think that time is not very far.
Dan Costello's circus has left Duluth
via the Northern Pacific route for the
Pacific coast. They will travel by spe-
cial to Mandan, by regular train to Hell
ena, and thence across the country III
their wv wagons.
Joe Meningitis new team was given
an airing about town yesterday, and at
tracted general admiration. We doubt
If even "Broad,sn cracked TIP steppers
can show any better p9iata
Il. w. Peck, secretary Of the Montana
wool growers association, arrived yesr
terday from his ranch on Belt creek and
will probably remain some days in the
city on business connected with the as
ISOLATION. He tells us that there will be
q big Greg Of wool this year. The AVER
ana y;eId will he much greater than last