The Benton weekly record., 1883-08-25
LOCAL NEWS:

Monday for $3.50, 90.
Butte has butcher who proposes to
dress steer in eight minutes, for money
or marbles.
The saloon of Ellis & Lee, at Walker
Vile was burned Monday morning. Loss,
$4,000. Insurance, $4,000.
The assessors of Lewis and Clark coun-
ty have decided to assess the Northern Pa
cific road (rails and ties) at 81, 800 per
mile, Improvements, rolling stock and
buildings to be assessed extra.
The tri-weekly express running between
Butte and Anaconda, ran away last Mon
day. Cornelius Kennedy, the driver, was
thrown under the horses and trampled to
death. Mrs. Eagan, passenger. had an
arm broken.
4 water spout on Trail creek, on the
Yellowstone, Aug. 5th, deluged the coun-
try for radius of ten miles. In the ra-
vines, boulders of 500 tons in weight were
torn from their beds and dashed to the
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soil, gravel and smaller rocks.
The following gentlemen are the stock
holders of the new bank at White Sui
phur: Charles Mayne, j. j. Mayne, Louis
Heitman, Almon Spencer, VIM. Parberry,
W. I. Ford, John Potter, Jonas Higgins,
Z. Fl. Maloney, B. r. Sherman, A. Liu-
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Hershfield, Aaron Hershfield and John III.
Moe.
From Fridays daily
Assessor Henry Kennerly arrived this
afternoon from the Hlghwood country.
He reports large increase in the revenue
Of the county from that region.
All Kee, the Mongolian murderer, was
jerked into the arms of his beloved Joss at
Missoula yesterday. He is said to have
taken the matter very philosophically,
having no fear for his future welfare.
The RECORD is now very excellent
trim. Mr.. Eastman will, us hitherto, have
joint charge with the editor of the editorial
column, while Mr.. Shepardson will look
out for the local columns, a task for which
his experience and versatility we'll qualities
him.
Beecher's lecture at Helena Wednesday
evening was attended by fully one thous-
and people. The Brooklyn divine is at
tracing large houses everywhere and his
remarks on 1.-THE Reign of the Common
People, are receiving much favorable
comment from the western and eastern
press.
City Engineer Griffith is busy at work
drawing plat of the town site for the city
authorities. Those who know Mr.. Griff-
this superior engineering ability will
never question the correctness of the work,
and as specimen of the draftsman's art it
is certainly without equal. Benton is for
tunate in her choice OF a city engineer.
Fl. T. Pasco, brother-in-law of Wm.
Glassman, the enterprising saddler, has
arrived in the city and will hereafter be
found in Mr.. Glassman's shop, he being a
saddler of more than ordinary ability. The
RECORD welcomes Mr.. Pascoe to Benton,
and hopes be may never conclude to
leave us.
Company F, Third infantry, Captain
Page and Lieutenants Stouch and Thies,
have been ordered to Ft. Missoula, and
company Fl, Third infantry, Captain Ho-
bart and Lieutenants Reed and Fremont,
have been assigned to Ft. Shaw. Lieu
tenant Fremont, by the way, is a son of
General John c. Fremont, the first repub-
lican candidate for president, in 1856.
The RECORD is informed that the Pie
gan and Gros Ventre indians are desirous
that the commission, now on it's way to the
Territory, will visit them. They are anx-
ious that their reservations shall be cut
down. They have been told of the sue
cess of other Indians who have received
| assistance from the Government, to ena-
BILE them to become self-supporting, and
| wish to make the experiment themselves.
A fat man came over the range yester-
day. He brought his gall with him, to-
gether with a few dollars in currency and
set up s'Leadville fish-trap" on the cor
ner of Front and st. John streets, last even
ing. He angled for suckers quite sue
cessfully, and it is safe to presume he was
no looser in his little game. Benton,
however, is very poor town to introduce
such antequated styles of gambling.
Mr.. w. S. Wetzel left for Coal Banks
this morning to meet the steamer Rose
bud. He was accompanied by Mr.. G. L..
2ickard and his niece, Miss Hunt. Mr..
Wetzel, as is generally known, is agent
| for the Coulson line of stemers and goes to
meet the Rosebud in order to have the
freight consigned to Benton parties trans
ferred to freighters at Clagett for shipment
to this point by wagon. Under Mr.. Wet
zal's superintendent there will be no de-
lay nor trouble of any kind
j. A. Manly, representing the J. NJ. W.
Jones Lithograph Company, has COM
pleted his work in this city and leaves for
Helena tomorrow. Mr.. Manly finds that
the patents Oh hotel registers held by the
J. NJ. W. Jones Company, for which they
paid $50, 900, are being infringed on by Hell
ena parties and others in the Territory. and