The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-07-23
LOCAL NOTES.

o.om saturdays Daily.
The railroad from Stuart to Anaconda
is completeo'
". Peck left for his ranch on Belt
creek yesterday.
1oo Todd, the Missouri river r~ustler,
aon,mands the Bachelor.
= E. Peterson won the 500 saddle
LLnIght on Il throw Of Al. "Pete" is
in luck
Mr. BeIcher, the Canadian Pacific
unrnsentAtive, left for Sun River and
Th5oteau
Mr. and Mrs. TIC. Power, and Charley,
Din route from Helenaand will be here
in W or three days.
.phnTeton wood driye has reached the
hoon, and this magnificent lot OF timber
.rjn soon be banked and ready for sale.
Richard Smith, a miner working in
,hu (olusa, at Butte, was killed last
Monday by the bucket falling upon him
If the 5OO-1oot level.
Parties who returned from the upper
Teton and Dupuyer country yesterday
rpnort that ducks are thick on the nu-
'uprous small streams and lakes in that
section.
Messrs. Cochrane, Kerfoot, A. G..
Irnhnson, G. ID. Patterson, w. J.. Minar
and John Hackshaw went out to the
Teton yesterday, to the sheep ranch of
Richter d Hunt. D
~ NJ. Henry will return to Neihart
to-day. Mr.. Henry together with r. w.
Wight. the surveyor OF Meagher county,
will at once open a surveyors and assay
or,s office at Nelhart.
Billy Yard brought in from his ranch
Yesterday a sheaf Of oats which he has
IN exhibition at the Overland bar. 1t
il wonderful grain, and Billy claims to
have seventy acres of the same kind.
The assessors of the several counties
are called to meet at Helena on the 23d
for the purpose of adopting a universal
rate on railroad property and the consid-
Grafton Of other matters of importance.
Dr. w. Z. Turner has returned from
Npihart and Snow creek and is full of
enthusiasm over that mining region.
He is well pleased with his recent pur-
chase of mining property at that place,
The parties who undertook to dig a
well for Major Dunno, on his upland
farm near the cemetery, guaranteeing
to get living water for a certain sum,
did not succeed. They have not given
up the Job, however, and are now boring
for water with w. O. Dexter's machine.
They expect to strike it" in about so
feet.
An effort will be made to arrange a
Montana excursion to Mammoth Hot
Springs, to include Helena, Miles City
and ali intermediate towns. Special re-
duced rates could be obtained on the
railroad and at the hotel. 1t the arrange
ments are completed the excursion will
probably be on Saturday next, returning
on the following Monday.
In q few days Perry Aspling will take
the position of under sheriff and will
assist Sheriff McDevitt until the close
of his term in maintaining the peace
and dignity of the county OF Choteau.
Perry will be in the democratic field as
candidate for the nomination tor his
office, and if the other boys are not eX-
ceedingly careful be will get there, too.
Several men packed up on Monday
morning and started for the Bull river
gold d~iggings. 1t is said a mar return-
ed from there a few days ago and report
ed paying prospects. 1t is also reported
that a number have started from Tnomp-
son Falls for the diggings, and il reports
continue favorable there may be some
thing of a stampede. The Bull river
d~iggings are about $50 miles from Mis-
soula, reached by the Kootenai trail
Missoula Times.
From Sundays Daily.
Z. c. Sweet and G. w. Barrow of
Utica are in the
The finest potatoes we have seen yet
{ were brought to town yesterday by VIM.
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