The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-10-08
NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
FROM wednesdays Daily
ffU rtonhen Spitzley left for Helena to-
o''in in charge of the remains o Dena
Murray
-,rax Reed, with Cans & Klein, Hell
'oorrived in the city yesterday and
el tpi rpmain seyeraLdays.
fo6n McKenna, Col. Donnelly's'
tDyJhnv. returned from the mines yes
pePlny" HIS says he enjoyed the trip
very much.
conrad is in Winnipeg, Mani
an his way 10 Fort Calgary. He
to 10 nrobably visit Fort Benton before
" - turn
Iohn Leplev arrived in the city yes,
Jaw from his ranch il the Big Sag,
leiu" no recently returned from a visit Of
ns ,ora71 weeks to White Sulphur Springs.
G-Btowne, assignee of w. S. Wet
GocIarpd another dividend Of five
~, cont, Yesterday, making 80 per cent.
PEI Gp entire Indebtedness of Mr.. Wet
eel paid to date.
pathdrum, like Belknap, seems fated
~ o Stand as a memento Of the Cpur
10S excitement. The entire town
o,as recently destroyed by fire, leaving
Inf a few outhouses standing.
THE relative of the late Dena Murray
orrivod from Germany to-day on the
IIoIona coach, a few hours too late, as
, n nartv started for Helena this norm
mo with the corpse, Ell route to Detroit:
rTrovanian Hale Of this city has been
onnninted chief peace officer of the
Trattional park, the appointment coming
from his brother, Governor Hale of
wyoming. Van ought to make q good
officer.
II G. Pound, of Martinsdale, has just
boodpd 1000 pounds of general mer-
ohandise at T. c. Power & Bros, and
today Ross d Scott and Jake Hoover,
of the Judith, rolled out with a big lot
of supplies from the same house.
Sheridan & Barker, merchant tailors,,
corner of Broadway and Jackson street
Helena. are in receipt Of the largest and
finest display ever brought to the terri
tory of foreign goods in all the latest
coJors and designs for fall and winter
wear. The public is invited to call and
examine.
Hjnhberg & Nathan are shipping to-
day 5000 pounds Of clothing, boots,
shoes and other merchandise to Wahl-
stadt Il Co., of Choteau. This new firm
are starting in business in n OF the
most tiourishing towns in northern
Montana, and are bound to do we'll
They make their purchases Of Hirsh-
Nathan.
The Montana Wool Grower is a neat
and able monthly devoted to the wool
interest of Montana and the country,
edited by l.. w. Peck, secretary OF the
! Montana Wool Growers association. 1t
is published at Fort Benton by the
RIVER PRESS Publishing company.
We extend the hand Of welcome to this
new evidence of Montana ability and
enterprise The wool interests OF our
territory are now very great, and WIZ
most certainly grow to much greater
proportions. Success to the Wool Grow
er.-Independent.
From Thursdays Daily:
j. Fl. Conrad is expected in the city
about the 18th Of the present month.
Sol Genzberger and Rev. q. :. Fack-
enthall returned from Fort A~ssinabolne
yesterday. ~
frank Coombs is putting the finishing
touches of mason work on the new
school house.
Mr.. r. F. Wilkinson starts to-day
with a company to the Little Rockies
Independent.
JOS. A. Baker and family will leave
for the east in about three weeks, where
they will probably spendthe-wfftef~
Rev. J. D. Phinney has been appoint
ed by the Methodist conference TO the
\ district of the Judith Basin and Fort
Benton.
Y We learn that the Alberta company1s
now making preparations for the snip
ment of ore to Chicago. 1t will all be
sacked before shipment.
w. B. Shanks left for the mines this
afternoon with a full supply OF mlnlng
implements and lumber for slulces. liz
is located on Peoples creek.
A party of Fort Benton gentlemen
will leave in a few days for an EXTENDED
hunt. They will probably confne thell