The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-11-05

From Saturdays DAILY

From Saturdays Daily
e. r. Clingan. the merchant prince OF
Belt creek, is in the city buying sup
plies.
Jack Faucet returned from the Little
Rockies to-day. Jack believes it will be
a good camp.
Meagher county's assessment roll foots
up s. 1929, 14O this year-a slight increase
over that of last year.
VIM. Jones Of South Fork of Sun
river has been declared insane and sent
to the asylum at Warm Springs.
Mr.. J. Fl. Emery has purchased a
large portion Of the stock of F. W. Reed
d Co, stored in this city. He will take.
the goods to Martinsdale:
Mr.. VIM. Witt, of the Shonkin, has a
nice crop Of White Russian oats this
year, a variety that is coming into gen,
eral favor, and will have several thous<
and pounds to sell for seed. N
Miss May Senieur will return home
I on Tuesday from a long visit with the
ldItllIS u LIZ 1O8CIlIIAIf vi lin AS1N
ings. Miss Ida Rienicke will accom-
pany her, and remain in the city sey-
-eral days.
Geo. r. Choate, who has recently re-
turned from Snow creek, Montana
district, where he had been representing
his interests there, says the properties of
the Snow creek mining company are
bonanzas and no mistake. He thinks
there is no better showing in the noun
tains.
A shooting scrape occurred on Little
Elk, Musselshell valley, last week, be-
tween Fred Miller, a wool grower Of
that region, and q man in charge of Ell.
c., Pounds flock. Miller received a
bullet in the shoulder which passed into
the chest, and he is considered in a dan
gerous condition. A bad feeling in re-
gard to range was the cause of the diff
Guilty.
Alex. Fabian, foreman at the ranch
of the Judith Cattle company, Warm
Spring creek, had the misfortune to
have his leg broken one day last week.
He was branding some young cattle
when one Of them struck his leg with
its head, breaking the limb below the
knee. Mr.. Fabian was taken to Fort
Maginnis where the best surgical service
could be had.
A. M. Henry, of the firm Of Wright
g. w xy er, ~ o,.S at Naihape hos aa-
copied the position of book-keeper for
the Winterin Spencer, Mayn &Heitman's
store. We are glad to welcome Mr..
Henry to our town. His position is
such that he can consult persons on
matters connected with his office Of
deputy mineral surveyor, while Mr..
Wright will attend to business at Mel
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Attention is called to the advertise
company, which will be found elsewhere
in this issue. The company has ust
put on three new Concord coaches which
with those already on the line gives
them a full equipment Of coaches all the
way through. Rates have been reduced
so that the fare from here to Billings is
but $40, reducing the fare to eastern
points to a very moderate sum. Parties
going east this fall should see the agents,
T. G. Power & Bro, before purchasing
tickets.
The Calgary Herald has the following
rather discouraging reference to the
mines of the Alberta company in which
some of our citizens are largely interest
ed: The apparent want Of success OF
the Alberta or Healy mine has not.
tended to encourage copper. a few
weeks ago this mine abandoned the
tunnel it had been working in 1884
and transferred operations to an adjoin-
ing claims. This claim has now proved
itself TO be merely Il pocket" and
work on the tunnel is to be resumed.
This is not cheerful, but may be only q
stock manipulation. Of which there has
been q umlor In the Queen Of the
Hills, which lies about four miles north
east of the Heaiy mine, and which was
closed in the spring. work is TO be re-
sumed again by Captain Stewart and a
stronger company. The He~therington
seems to have been completely abandon
ed, and the Home Stake will probably
not be heard Of again.
From Mondays Daily.
William Mcqueen, assignee Of i. ".