The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-05

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Tor the present season are very extern
slVe. heal estate is in active demand
both for business and residence pur-
poses. The territory to be released is
200 miles long, east and west, and 120
miles wide, containing Is, 900, 900 acres,
and embraces vast tracts Of fine agri-
culturaland grazing land.-West Shore.
From Fridays Daily.
The blasts in the Drum Lummon tun-
mel are all fired off by electricity.
John Gilkerson arrived from an east
ern visit on last nights Helena coach.
It will be several days before the up
per ferry boat is in a condition to cross
teams.
William III. Clagett is recorder of the
Summit mining district in the CnurI
d'Alenes.
NThe mail from Billings and Barker'
is liable to be very Irregular for a
few weeks.
Bids for transporting military stores
by land in Montana will be opened on
the 10th inst.
Hamilton, who escaped from the Deer
Lodge penitentiary a few days ago, has
been recaptured.
Sam Dickey, from Box Elder, reports
his sheep as doing well and no losses
during the late cold weather.
A man named John Devine fell down
a tramway at Glendale on the night Of
the 10Th inst, and wa killed.
Highwood got on a bigger boom than
it has for several years. but no particular
damage was done by the flood.
At the novelty store Geo. Crane has
largest and best map of the new Coeur
d'Alene district that we have seen as
yet.
JAS. M. Parks, a clerk in the employ
Of Kleinschmidt & Bro, at Helena, de-
camped last Monday with $500 of the
firms funds.
A well directed effort is being made
to r%eorganize the brass band, and in a
few weeks the boys will be ready to give
open air concerts.
The celebrated hard hitter, Herbert
Slade, is registered at the Grand Union.
We are not informed whether he will
give an exhibition of the pugilistic art.
Owing to the expected appearance of
a little pamphlet tomorrow, Mr.. Beid-
Ter is silently making preparations to-
day for a hasty departure on the NOR
ning's coach.
At Fort Assinaboine the booming
water Of Beaver creek has run every
body out of Sam Pepins camp, and
the creek bottom there is covered with
water and ice.
An advance of fifty per cent. in Fort
Benton real estate in the next month is
predicted. The 'dead sureo railroad of
the RIVER PRESS has already stiffened
up the market.
Kennedy & Kelly bought $50 sacks of
wet corn Of I. G.. Baker 6 CO., and are
drying the same in Stockings building
on Bond street. We will now be treated
to some corn fed pork:
The bids Tor furnishing the Montana
Indians with bacon, beef, and flour will
Me opened tomorrow. There is an alarm
ing demand for these articles just now at
the several agencies within the terri
tory.
We would like to see some movement
made at Washington looking to the
opening of the Blackfoot reservation. Tt
is about time that the first step was
|taken-the introduction of a bill to that
effect.
All of the Barker bullion, $3.50 bars,
was taken out to. Sellew's ranch by Ed.
ESmith's teams. From there it will be
brought to Fort Benton for shipment
by boat. Two teams are on their way
here now, loaded with this valuable
freight.
M. Larkin, who is just in from Bar
how rarnrtr,& Inal 1nadc&nf f1n and q
dance every other night in the camp.
THE boys had nothing else to do this
winter except to laugh and grow fat, so
they put in their time that way to good
advantage.
There seems to be a suspicion creep
ing upon the minds of many hat the
new town Of Belknapi is a colossal fraud.
| Tt is said to be almost impossible to get
to the mines from that point. But then,
the chances are that the whole Occur
d'Alene excitement is only a scheme in
the interest of the Northern Pacific rail-
road, and that the bottom will soon drop
out of it.
If the remains of Minister Hunt are
brought home for interment, as will
| doubtless be the case, w. H. Hunt, of
this city will leave for the east in time
to participate in the last sad rites. The
wires having been down yesterday he
was unable to learn what arrangements
had been made.
John Green showed us a paper last
evening giving an ccount of a disas-
trous fire at Prescott, Arizona, where
| his mother resides. The. block adjoin-
ing her property was burned out, but
fortunately she escaped without loss.
The editor Of the Arizona Miner lost his
life in the flames.