The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-12-17
LOCAL NOTES.

Sheriff McDevitt has appointed
Henry Wright under sheriff.
The Teton is frozen over and in some
places teams can cross on the ice.
Agent Powers is having the office of
the Helena & Benton stage company re-
fitted in fine style.
A choice of twenty-five different
routes is offered purchasers of tickets
from Montana points to New Orleans.
The Bluebird lode, at Butte, owned
by Henry Gassert and Jacob Reding,
has been sold to San Francisco parties
for 100000.
The stock Of holiday goods at I. G.
Baker & Co.'s is complete in every line,
and Mr.. Churchill reports an active
trade already.
The supplemental tax list Of Silver
Bow county is now in. It aggregates
$27S, 800 and increases the county's total
assessment to &c. $40, 1873.
James Tweed, an old time Montanian,
left for Keokuk, Iowa, this morning,
via the Benton & Billings line, to pay a
visit to friends and relatives.
Dan. Bile vens came in from Sun
River to-day. He has been playing
pretty lucky at that burg and is about
$500 ahead, according to report.
The United States grand jury at Deer
Lodge found indictments against w. t.
Gwin. B. Mckinley and T. Rogan for
unlawfully influencing voters at the late
election.
HI. G. McTntire, n Of the past chan
cellors of Crescent lodge No. 4 K. of P,
otthis city, will 60 to Butte next month
to assist in the organization of the grand
lodge of the order.
A Butte arithmetician has figured it,
out that the sticks of cord wood in the
anaconda wood contract 900, 900 cords)
would, if stretched out end to end, reach
once and a half around the earth.
Hon. J. C. Kerley and John Walker,
of Meagher county, ate some canned
corned beef last week which had drawn
poison from the tin. Both suffered a
good deal, and Walker came near dying.
Joe Lessard of Kibbey is in town.
He report that Postmaster Larkin has
grown ambitious since the election Of
Cleveland and will not be satisfied for
the next four years with anything less
an Indian agency.
Clark and Robert Tingley arrived in
the city last evening, coming by he
Canadian Pacific as far as Maple creek
and thence across the 'sboundless," via
Fort Assinaboine, home. Clark is in
his usual good health and has lost none
of that dry humor for which he is fam
Gus.
Robt. Tinqlev infor~as rs that most of
the Montana cattle are bought by Ham
mond Bros, of Kalamet., Ind, where
they are slaughtered and the beef ship
ped to Liverpool. Only prime beeves
are thus disposed of, showing that Mon
tanas stand high in the estimation of
exporters.
A choice brand of -four is being man
ufactured in the Missouri and Gallatin
valleys from Montana wheat. 1t is
claimed to be equal if not superior to
four made at the Minneapolis mills.
Our merchants should give it a trial. Ii
good it can be handled at a better mar
gin than eastern four.-Mandan Argus.
DR.. Hunter, of Hunters springs,
~Springdale, Mont, on the line OF the
Northern Pacific, is at Hot Springs,
Ark. The object Of his visit there is to
complete negotiations for large improve
ments at the Montana springs. The in
tention is to build a large hotel and sew.
eral bath houses. The medicinal prop
critics Of the Montana springs have been
tested for a dozen years, and the water
was recently subjected to a most careful
analysis. The result was all that was
expected. Experts say there IS no
choice between the two places.-Pioneer
Press.
From Thursdays Daily:
Il. G. Power and AL. Hamilton ar
rived in the city on to-day's coach.
Our dealers report fair sales of holiday
goods, rather better than they expected.
The number of tons of freight receiWed
at Helena during the present year is es-
timated at 40, 06O tons.
Hon. Jesse f. Taylor, member-elect
of the legislature from this county, IS at
Helena on his way home.
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