The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-18

f M RYAN. the boss roundup cool Of
.n Iudith Basin, isintoWn from Utica.
rhas. Johnson, of Chicago, brother of
Law Johnson, came up on the Batche-
lor.
WIN Wamer will start in a few days
er Great Falls, where he intends open
INC livery stable and hotel,
Helena is lnakingi it hot for the tramps.
- being run in before Judge Sterling
IN u; one day on the charge Of vagrancy.
poIfe & Parker will move their law
.eicn today from their old quarters on
Sawpr Front street to Stockings build
mo on Bond street.
The Maiden Argus has a good word to
COW for Y. II. Dinsmore, the popular
oI99thing merchant of that camp. n. L.
was formerly with Cans q Klein, of
this place, and we know he well de-
serves his business success as. well as the
Argus praise.
The Helenaites were more scared
+bon hurt over a flood which came
%swppning down Main street about 4
|o,clock last Saturday afternoon from a
cloud burst in the mountains near
tT1nionville. The total damage was a
few cellars filled up and a Chinaman's
lcarden washed out.
l-Peter H Conniff's challenge to play
checkers with any opponent for 500 q
side and the championship Of Montana,
has been accepted by James B. Phelps
Of Neihart, who names White Sulphur
Strings as the place and the I'd Of July
AZ the time for deciding this momentous
nuestion of who is the best checker
player in Montana.
President Jim Hill Of the Manitoba
road and the Marquis de Mores passed
west Thursday morning en- route to
Helena, from which place they will in
spect the proposed railroad route to Fort
benton. 1t is understood that these
gentlemen will put their shoulders to
the work of constructing tho road, if
the route is satisfactory.-Bismarck Tri-
bune, 18th.
Harry Brown Of the Grand Union,
has on hand a large lot of souvenirs of
the Arthur presidential boom. AS these
were sent to him by T.. w. Peck, Fort
Benton's delegate to Chicago, they are
warranted genuine. Harry will be glad
to show them to any one who wishes to
INSPECT these relics of the most exciting
national convention that has ever been
held in America.
From Thursdays Daily:
Doctorville is the latest town on Eagle
creek.
The Squaw Gulch claim near Pioneer
has cleaned up So, 100 from a two weeks
run.
ClewelPs news store at Helena was
burglarized Sunday night to the tune of
5000 worth of goods.
H. c.. McIntire and. w. J. Minar left
by private conveyance yesterday for a
pleasure trip to Great Falls.
I. G. Baker & Co. loaded three teams
yesterday with merchandise for Hamil-
ton & Hazlett, Of Old Agency.
The big smelter at Anaconda is pay
out 81 900 a day now for freight on their
machinery and material, which arrives
daily.
AS an example of fast boating, John
Power says their firm has just received
a car load of sugar only 10 days out from
st. Louis.
The southern Montana Wool Growers
association have agreed to pay 10 cents
for shearing this year, the shearer to tie
his own WOOL.
Miles City is jubilant over the discov-
erv of a fine ledge of building stone just
across the Yellowstone, a short distance
from the town.
The freight and stage line from Me-
dora on the Northern Pacific to the
Black Hills has been abandoned on ac-t
count of the long stretches of adobe on
the road.
McBean's teams loaded at T. G. Power
& Bros Yesterday for Geo. STEEL & Co.,
Sun River. Ben Swigert loaded At the
same place $500 pounds for Tom O'Han-
Ion, of Belknap.
1t is reported on good authority that a
confederate flag was discovered floating
above the Duck creek church last Sun
day morning. 1t was promptly hauled
down. The parties who hoisted it are
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Helena graded school closed last
Friday for this school year. Professor
Howey and wife, who have been con-
nected with the school for the last five
years. announced their intention of re-
signing the positions they have held SO
long.
In the July Manhattan, Frank Vim
cent, Jr., whose travels in Burmah and
Siam make him an authority on the
subject, will have a paper on White
E~lephants,n maintaining that a white
elephant has never been allowed to leave
Asia.
G.. A. Hartman, a champion heel and
toe walker, writes from San Jose, Cal,
to the Helena DaDerS stating that the