The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-10
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
From wednesdays Daily
f'v W. z. Peterson has taken the gold
.rer aud gone~to-the mines.
lCbas. Lepley, of White Sulphur
Enrinos. is registered at the Grand
A Union.
co, Donnelly moved into his new Of
I'm cummings block, on Bond street,
Yesterday.
About 50 tons Of freight We're recently
hinnpd from Livingston for White Sui
nhur Springss
rbo maximum velocity of the wind
Ltardav was 3S miles an hour, and
YET regular at that rate for thirteen
hours.
calIeaning and w. H. Hunt will
tt~nd the fall term of court at White
aninhnr Springs, and wilIleave in about
week
woman known as Mrs. Stout COM
..itted suicide in Helena by taking an
nrerdose Of arsenic, which she purchased
to kill mice.
lbs II. Cutting, who formerly kept a
s+orp at Utica, in the Judith Basin,
% vs. been taken to the insane asylum
from Glendive.
Trombly has as usual publicly IN
oounced himself as a candidate for the
nfice of sheriff, subject 10 the action Of
either convention.
Thos. O,Hanlon, of Fort Belknap, has
aono 70 the mines. Thomas was always
firm believer Of the stories Of gold in
the Little Rockies.
The Shonkin roundup meet at the
Lone Tree corral this morning and start
ant tomorrow under the direction of
cant. Thos. Martin.
Mr.. James Doneven, the new princi-
nal of the Fort Benton graded school,
arrived last evening. School will prob
ahly commence on the 18th inst.
Ore from Neihart is being taken to
Livingston, 10000 pounds being rec
emily received there. 1t will be sent to
the Omaha smelter for shipment.
W, Fl. Green, Of Townsend, has the
contract for cutting eight miles of the
canal for the Sun River Canal company.
He will shortly begin the work With
sixty men.
A letter received from l.. T. Marshall,
states that a Touring mill Is now u
course of erection on Big Spring creek
~opposite Lewistown,a and that severaI
other buildings are being Quilt.
Messrs. Wright & Hendry, publishers
of the Livingston Enter prise, have pur-
.chased the Livingston Tribune of Nee
han d Eberman.
An undertaking firm in Butte have
purchased a fine hearse costing $4,000.
The Miner says it has all the trappings.
necessary for a first class funeral, and to
be appreciated it must be seen.
Oliver Pichette, of Reedsfort, arrived
Yesterday. Mr.. Pichette has been absent
several months. He visited Canada and
and CUur d,Alenes, and is content after
his wanderings to settle down in Mon
tana.
From the Tranchant we learn that
Mrs, J.. A. Kanouse left Townsend for
Helena a few days ago with her eldest
son George. whose health is falling
rapidly. and whose chances for recovery
are considered doubtful.e~~~-~nu~-
a Deadwood mining company wants
to send an exhibit of gold bullion to the
New Orleans exposition in one solid
piece worth $500, 600, providing the var
ious counties Of the territory will sub
scribe to detray the expenses OF trans
Iportation.
Jere Sullivan and t. 3. Collins have
been appointed by Messrs. Clark and
Harris Montana's commissioners to the
New Orleans exposition, as assistants to
collect the mineral and agricultural pro-
ducts of Choteau county for the worlds
fair.
Nothing has recently been heard OF
the engineer party who were coming to
commence the removal of instructions
from the Missouri river below Fort Ben
ton. A liberal appropriation was made
for the improvement Of the river, and 1t
was promised that the work would De
done this fall.
The county commissioners paid a visit
to the court house yesterday afternoon
to see what work would be required be-
fore the building could be occupied.
They found the building complete IN
every respect, and expressed themselves
ypryr ,a,Iob nInacad with the