The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-13

The steamer Bafchelor took 35 QUO fbS.
of oats from Churchill's ranch on the
Missouri, and delivered them at the
Coal Banks.
coyote has been seen at the lower
end OF town. He is fond of spring
chicken and is ravaging the hen roosts
in that vicinity.
First class TICKETS for the following
eastern points can be procured at Il. G..
Power d Bros: New York, $106. 40;
Boston, $107; Chicago, $83. Is.
i Charles w. Bayliss and Mrs. Mary S.
Levitt, Of Ubet, Meagher county, were
married at the TIBET hotel by Justice
Harrington on the 3lst ult. Congratu-
lations.
After the 10Th Of the present month
owners of dogs had better corral their
pets or pay tax, as on that date the city
marshal will commence the work of de-
struction.
A horse belonging to Edward Kelly
had his leg broken a day or two ago.
He was standing in the river and some
of the logs or the wood drive ran against
him with the above result.
Frank Shepherd came in with Oregon
Rube a few days since for the purpose of
running Charlie Ross, but found that
Charlie was too lame for a race. He has
now gOne to Benton, hoping to find
something to run Observation-Disclosures
man.
People are very careless in mailingI
letters, in that they forget to stamps
them. The following are 0 in the
Fort Benton office held for postage: M.
M. Young, New York city Miss Lila
Martin, Darlington, Pa; John Graham,
West Troy, New York Charles Camp
bell, Virginia City, M. T.
From Lewis Clark, who has just ar
rived from Belknap, it is learned that
the crops at the agency are now looking
splendidly, and on the Indian farms at
Clear creek they AVE some Of the finest
potatoes he has yet seen. Tom O'Han-
Ion is putting up 100 tons of hay, and
Major Lincoln will have 800 tons.
VIM. Warner dug a we'll forty feet
deep on his property at Great Falls. At
that distance only a little water could
be seen, but in a few hours there was
tWenty-six feet Of water in the we'll. AS
he neglected to put in cribs while dig
ging, it caved in. He has commenced
another, which will be shortly finished.
There has been a change in the man
agement of the Grand Central hotel at
White Sulphur Springs, MI. J. 3.
Sprague retiring in favor of Mrs. S. j.
Wiltse. The Grand Central was a pop
ular hostelrie under Mr.. S%prague's
management, and it's reputation will
doubtless be maintained by his sue
cessor.
The civilian teamsters in the quarter
masters department at Fort Assina-
boine are being discharged, in COM
pliance with instructions from depart
meat headquarters. The contract for
hay has been cut down to 800 tons, and
81 mules are to be sold on Tuesday at
public auction This is a sudden move
towards economy on the part Of the
government.
DR.. Long, who has been employed by
the Montana Stock association to exam
inc Texas stock coming into the terri
tory, left Helena for Billings yesterday
to inspect a herd of ! 500 which reached
that place a few days ago by rail and
are now on the range about fifteen miles
north Of that town. If the disease is
found among them every effort will be
put forth to prevent its spread.
Hugh McQuaid and Henry Bratnober
sailed for England from New York on
the It'll. Mr.. B. is the gentleman who
in a large part negotiated the sale OF the
Drum Lummon mine, and the object Of
their visit to England is to endeavor to
effect a sale Of the mining property in
the Northwest territory owned by j.. j..
Heaiy, Al. Hamilton and others. We
trust their mission will be a successful
one.
The road down the Benton coulee, on
the Assinaboine road, is in a very dam
gerous condition. The road at present
barely misses a deep Washout, and SER
ious accidents are liable to occur at any
time. A fence should be built for the
protection of the public. The washout
is getting worse all the time, and has
heightened fifty feet in eight years.
Unless something is done to remedy
this, a new road will have to be built
to reach the bench north OF us. Only q
few years ago IL road was surveyed to
avoid this dangerous coulee, but for
some reason or other was never com
pleted.