The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-04

drive of cattle from that point to the
range Of the Benton & st. Louis Cattle
company on the Marias.
George MCGEE and George S. Heron,
both of st. Paul, who have been stop
ping in Livingston during several weeks
past. have bought one-half of the Iron
clad mine at Cooke City. They buy the
mine to work it, and will invest $50, 600
In the property, including the purchase
money. The Ironclad adjoins the Great
Republic gold and silver mines, and is
regarded as presenting prospects equal
to any lead in the district.
From Sundays Daily.
Maiden will celebrate the Fourth.
John Lepley arrived in the city last
evening.
IS. A. Beachley, of Great Falls, was in
the city yesterday.
We regret to learn that Sheriff Nc
Dewitt is quite i'll.
White Sulphur Springs will have
Fourth of July racing.
The Redwater gold excitement seems
to have died a bornin'.
] The post office at Brassey, Meagher
county, has been discontinued.
S. N. Dickey and Charley Turner,
prosperous wool growers of Box Elder,
are in the city.
Two six-horse outfits loaded at the
levee yesterday for J. I'll. Mcknight &
Co., Of Fort Shaw.
r. G. Power & Bros mule train. load
ed with oats for Fort Maginnis, camped
at Arrow creek night before last.
Duncan Mcdonald, who was defeated
by Pete Mccoy at Butte last week, is
now able to be on the streets again.
The latest news from Clendenin is to
the effect that everything is running
smoothly and the smelter doing fine
work.
The Standing Rock Indians will Gull
tivate about $4,000 acres of land this
year, and their grain is looking splen-
Howell Harris and a number of good
cowboys left yesterday for Maple Creek,
to receive and drive through the young
cattle shipped by I. G. Baker& Co.
The Fort Assinaboine stage driver in
forms us that there are quite a number
of teams now on the road transporting
freight from the Coal Banks to the post.
r. E. Morgan arrived from Stanford
yesterday. He informs us that his build
ings will be completed within a week,
when he will at nee prepare to put in
a stock of goods.
G.. H. Austin, J. J. Allen, G. III.
w. G.. Allen, Chestnut, and
August Wadsworth and G.. T.. Johnson,
Ulidia, of the Chestnut roundup party,
were among those in the city yesterday.
+. Gentlemen from the Black Hills say
that squatters are focking into the
Sioux reservation and locating along
the streams. In one days travel they
met over forty teams going in with lum-
Der and household goods.
We desire to call the attention of wool
growers to the advertisement Of F. w.
Hall & CO., of Chicago, wool dealers.
This is the first time that Chicago has
made an effort to get Montana wool and
Messrs. Hall & Co. may make it inter
esting for our growers.
III. G.. Slaven, who has the contract for
carrying the mails on the Ulidia and
Cashier route, resides in Kansas City.
His programme seems to be to sublet
mail contracts received, at least that is
what he is trying to do with the route up
Clark's fork from Billings.
The RIVER PRESS rustling trav cling
man, e. r. Clingan, made the Springs
a very successful and pleasant visit last
week. He is very much Of a gentleman
and wins the esteem Of the people
wherever he goes, and the journal he
represents is growing in popularity
Husbandman.
Commodore Wheeler's Missouri river
exploring party returned last evening.
They went down only to the upper falls,
and instead Of going on to Fory Benton
went out and explored the coal fields.
The beds of coal they report as being
from ten to fifteen feet thick, and cover
ing miles of territory. The party met
with no mishaps, had a pleasant trip,
and returned in excellent health.-ln-
dependent.
Speaking Of Baker & DeLorimier,
who are about to start a branch house at
White Sulphur Springs, the Husband
man says: The new firm are young men
who have spent their lives in the dry
goods business and fully understand it.
They will carry a full line of dry goods,
notions and carpets, and will have
things fitted up in most excellent shape.
Besides being professional dry goods
merchants they are gentlemen of energy
and enterprise and enjoy the complete
confidence of the people Of Benton, with
whom they have done business for q
number Of years. We extend to them q
cordial welcome and trust the business
interests of our town may so flourish
that they will never have cause to regret
having cast their fortunes among the
enterprising people of the young and