The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1883-11-14

Tribune, a few days since, that he passed
through there going east was a mistake.
in that it should have been west instead
of east.
c.. G. Griffith returned last evening
from an extended surveying expedition
on Little Belt, Box Elder, and Sand
Coulee.
Milt. Endsley's four teams are load
ing with general merchandise from T.
G. Baker & Co. for Joe Kipp, at Fort
Conrad.
Dennis Halpin has had a severe attack
Of bleeding at the lungs. All his old
friends will be glad TO hear that he is
now much better.
Six men fell from the third floor of
the capitol at Bismarck, a distance of
fifty feet, OF the 9Th. One man was in
stantly killed and the other five serious
ly injured.
We learn from DIR. Wheelock that the
injured man at Arnoux's, Dave Thomp-
son, had only his shoulder dislocated.
That has been set and the patient is
now doing well.
GeorgeP. Reeves & Co, of Helena,
keep only irst-class watch ~repairers.
All watches sent them by mail will re-
ceive prompt attention, and skilled
workmen will fix them up in good form.
Pres. Lewis and Al. Hutchinson
came in from Billings yesterday with
two teams, each loaded with freight for
T. C. Power & Bro. and III. J. Wackerlin
& Co. They had on a load of 10000
pounds.
A complete assortment of jewelry Of
all descriptions can be found at Geo. p.
Reeves & Co., Helena. Rings, gold
chains, watches (both gold and silver,
~silverware, ETC., in fact everything to be
found in a first-class jewelry store is kept
by them. ~-
Fort Benton IS fast putting on metro
Epolitan airs. John Breen has Just re-
Iceived from st. Louis a fine two-horse
city dray. 1t has a carrying capacity of
about 5000 pounds. John will soon
have it rolling on III streets, and then
Charley Sheridan and job wagon No.
"A will have to look out for their laurels.
are glad to see That the Rev. J. J..
Garvin was yesterday circulating q pa
per for the purpose of raising a salary
for the Rev. Jacob Mills, resident pastor
of the Methodist church at this place.
Rev. Mills has peer very faithful in the
discharge of his clerical duties at this
place, and it is only justice that the cit
liens should assist in making up his
salary.
The following pleasing "puffn of a
brother Of our fellow-townsman, A. A.
DeLorimier, we copy from the James
town Oak Alert:: "E. w. DeLori-
mier, northwestern representative Of the
great fruit and fancy goods house of
Smith Bros. & Erskine, st. Paul, is in
metropolis on his first visit. He has
recently assumed his present field and
is most highly pleased with the country
i'm general and jamestown in particular.
He will go to Bismarck Monday.
From Tuesdays Daily. -
Sanford Allen, the sheep man from
Little Belt, is in town. -
VII. Burgess will return to-day from
Helena, where he has been on a business
trip.
We see the teams loading at Cans &
Klein's for Dinsmore's new clothing
| store at Maiden.
McMann and Reynolds are loading
Houston & McKay's big bill of goods for
the upper Teton, at Wetzel's.
Joe Kipp, the merchant prince of
Fort Conrad, leaves for home to-day,
taking plenty of goods for the winters
trade.
A stack of hardware is at Wacker-
Inns waiting the pleasure of teams that
are soon to roll towards the Judith
country.
Pres.LeWis, more Familiarity known
as "Bishop," will roll out with his teams
for Clendenin to-day. He there loads
with silver bricks for the railroad.
L. S. Tranum, who IS IN from the
Teton, about forty miles above Fort
Benton, says that he and Blackaby are
quite busy this fall taking out the big
ditch which is to irrigate their lands.
All the gold and silver jewelry sold by
Geo. p. Reeves 81 Co., Of Helena, is war
ranted exactly as represented. They are
an old established firm and cannot afford
to lose their reputation by misrepresent.
ing their goods.
SS.J.-Howe11 is in from the Judith
with 800 pounds of choice Montana but
ter, nicely packed in alright soldered
Itin cans. Those in search of this essen
| tial article for winter use had better in
vest, as butter will be butter by the time
Santa Claus makes us his annual visit.
Mr. II has manufactured ahlut 100