The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-12

the bids for fixing the bridge on Belt
creek. There were no bids put in,
though several parties have informed us
that they did not know that bids were
asked for the work, and that they would
yet put in estimates if allowed to do SO
by the commissioners. Next time they
had better advertise i'm a paper that is
read.
From Sundays Daily.
Johnny Kleeber is to open a restaurant
at Sun River.
S. Cohen has opened a new store at
Choteau, the boom town of the upper
Teton.
e. T. Broadwater arrived from Fort
Assinaboine yesterday on his way to
Helena.
Al. Rogers has been quite sick at
Barker for some weeks, but is now con-
valescent.
The Sun River Sun reports that Sam
Getz has only 500 sheep left out of a
band Of $500.
[. G. Baker & Co. loaded two teams
yesterday with merchandise for Hamil-
ton & Hazlett, of Choteau.
George Steell's teams have arrived at
the Blackfoot agency with -four, so that
the danger of starvation at that agency
is over for the present.
R. L. McCulloch and family, en- route
to the east, arrived yesterday on the
Fort Assinaboine coach, and are quar-
tered at the Grand Union.
Jefferson county, the only one in the
the territory without a newspaper, is
soon to have that "long felt want sup
piled. It will be published atBnuldeE-
p. P. Baker, general rustler of the
Benton "P" line of steamboats,, has ar
rived at Bismarck to prepare for the
seasons EHeh-tAe-uppeF-Big~Mudd
H. J. Wackerlin & Co. sold a camp
outfit to two parties yesterday, who are
on their way t othe Occur d'Alenes, and
probably. across the mountains into
Washington territory.
Mr.. Beal, the prosperous wool grower
of Box Elder creek, was in the city yes
terday, and purchased large lot of sup
plies for his ranch. He got his purchases
across the river in good season.
Jesse Williams, the negro who MUIR
dered JAS. Ell. Adams at Calgary for a
small sun of money, has been found
guilty and the death sentence imposed.
The execution will take place on the
29th~inst.
tom Coatsworth will load with mer-
chandise at Kleinschmidt & Bros on
Monday, for Helena; and D. q. Brownies
teams will ONE pretty near making a
clean up of the stock during the week,
SO that the Benton house will be closed.
within ten or fifteen lays
Thos. Clary and his team took a bath
in the cool waters of Sun river last week
and all came very near going under the
ice. Tom says he has experienced a
good many hair-breadth escapes and ac-
cidents by flood and field, but this was
just a little the closest call he eyer-had.
The road from BeIknap to the mines
is completed to the summit, a distance
of nineteen miles, and it is claimed that
in ten days it will be finished to Eagle
City. But these claims are not al
Ways made good, and it would be we'll
for those who contemplate going to the
mines to delay their departure several
weeks yet. \
IT. G. Power & Bro. have been award
ed the special contract for supplying
flour, beef and bacon to the Blackfoot
and Belknap agencies, and yesterday
they loaded Ed. Lewis teams with flour
and bacon for the former agency and
their own teams with the same articles
for Belknap. There is a feast in store
for the half famished redskins.
Who says tie not a
good order to join for a man who has a
q, Ya,i ~ "A n.aanIaY ,1onn hic nvartinYAc for
a livelihood? A good many people liz
town were acquainted with Isaac Young,
OF Marysville. near Helena, who died
February 3d., He only joined the order
last September, buthis wife has received
S., 900 on account of his being a member
Of the soclety.
Y John w. Luke, jun, who has been in
the employ of Kleinschmlidt & Bro. OF
this CITY for several months as book
keeper, has accepted a position OF Klein
will take his departure tomorrow norm
rnar ON has Been ferurrarl position
i'm the parent house shows that his ser
vices here have been very acceptable.
and that the firm appreciate a faithful
when they find one. The
RIVER PRESS can ch%eerfuily recommend
MI. Luke to the good graces OF the Hell
ena house and all its patrons.
David Graham, who is in town from
Belt creek, reports nothing doing now
in the coal mines, but it will be lively
enough as soon as the teams are put on
the road again to haul coal. The Gra-
ham Bros coal bank is now developed
by d large double track tunnel II feet
wide, and running into the bluff 125 feet.
As the coal lead pitches upward a little,
is insured at nc expense, and the mine