The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-12-05

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ice and crusted snow but there is not
much danger of that. IF this warm
westerly wind continues until the the
snow disappears we will probably then
be favored with fine, open, dry weather
until the holidays.
The Marquis de Mores has bought sew
en- lots of Messrs. Cannon, Hoback &
Fisk, paying for them So, 900. The proper
ty is in the vicinity of the depot grounds
! and next to the railroad. De Mores,
nwho is president Of the Northern Pacific
refrigerator car company, will erect
warehouses for his company upon the
ground purchased.-Independent.
The Bank of Meagher county has lust
opened its doors at White Sulphur
Springs for the transaction of a general
banking and collection business. John
Potter, J. I'll. Moe and Jonas Higgins are
interested in the new venture, and will
undoubtedly make a success of the un-
dertaking, besides being a great accom-
mediation to the business men of Meagh-
er county.
There was lots of fun yesterday at
Evans shooting gallery among the good
shots. Itonly cost Is cents for a show
of procuring a fine fowl, and some that
had the requisite two bits, a true eye,
and steady nerve got away with the
feathered bipeds. Jack O'Brien, M.
Donovan and John Evans had each
scored one when we dropped in during
the afternoon.
The postmaster at Birney, Custer
county, as he is a notary public, swears
himself when he makes out his quarter
ly reports. The authorities at Wash
ington kicked at this before unheard of
innovation, but as Birney stood pat
and averred he was not going to travel
one hundred miles for the purpose of
finding another notary public, he was
allowed to solemnly swear himself as Of
ten as he wished.
Since the daring robbery at T. G. Pow
er & Bros everybody is furnishing up
their old navy or pricing a Colt or Rem
ington at the gun store. Some parties
are thus getting heeled whom we never
suspected of having as much as $500 i'll
are inclined to believe that the cry of
hard times and scarcity of money is on
ly a blind-at least we will play it that
way on our usual monthly ramble next
Saturday.
w dlIdCO Dell was LII Hull NCIIdiG Ills
week. He reports work progressing
steadily on the Montana Belle and Mas
sachusetts mines. Both mines are de-
veloping s%plendidly. A remarkably
rich body Of ore has recently been struck
in the tunnel of the Montana Belle,
while in the Massachusetts, the ore chute
keeps up IN strength and quality to
what has heretofore been reported. The
camp is not having a boom, but it is in
a fair way to get more development done
this winter than ever before. Mr. Bell
also reports the road good with the ex-
ception of a few places that need bridg-
ng.-HusbandmAn.
The warm wind yesterday weakened
the ice in the river very fast. McCune,
the butcher, drove his steers safely across
but in the afternoon a team went in
horses, wagon, and all. Luckily it was
not far from this bank and not sc deep
but what the horses could touch bottom.
They were unhitched and 500 broke
their way through the ice to the shore.
Toward evening some venturesome In
dams were seen picking their way
across the fragile bridge. Even they
seemed to feel the insecurity Of their sit
uation as they moved with a great deal
of caution and were only too glad to eel
citrate their arrival on the town side of
the river.
~~~Tnere are four companies at Neihart
making preparations to take out ore dur
ing the winter. This will be sorted and
the best grade will be brought to the
Springs for shipment east in the spring.
Sleds have been constructed to bring the
ore across the mountain, and it is believ-
ed that the road will be kept open all
winter. Wallace Bell arrived a few
days ago with 1000 pounds of ore from
the Montana Belle, which samples from
$4Oo to $500 per ton, and is expected ia
with a load Of Massachusetts, ore in a
few days. Anderson Bros. & Co. are
receiving the ore and when they have
accumulated a sufficient amount for
shipment will send it to the Omaha
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
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