The river press., 1884-01-30

Mr.. Spencer, while in the east. will
select several plays, and the Travesty
company will produce some of them
shortly after Lent. .--------------------~-
Prof n A Foss is IN town from Bar
ker for few days. The professor thinks
without doubt the smelter will start
again very shortly. -----~
For fear the pre-emption act should be
repealed by the present congress, parties
are rapidly availing themselves of the
opportunity to secure land under that
law.
Evans g. Brennan will open up their
bowling alley about the 1st of February.
The opening ceremonies will be fine
free lunch, with music by the Benton
band
Sergt. Arthur G. Wood, of Assna-
boine, and Miss Alice A. Taylor, of this
city, were married last evening at the
residence of Mrs. Marston by Rev. Ja-
cob Mills.
We understand that several capitalists
are talking of laying off townsite at
the Sun River Leavings thus anticipat
ing the coming of the Helena and Fort
Benton railroad. ----~---------
Mr. Jno. Lepley, one of Choteau coun-
ty's prominent cattle kings, writes from
Helena that he would start for San Fran
cisco and the sunny south on the 18th
inst in company with Mr.. Seitern.
In few weeks all our merchants viii
have representatives in the east. 1t is
learned that there will be no diminution
in the amount of goods purchased, and
our next season will be as lively as the
last. ----~~--~----~~-- --~~-----------
Thos Coatsworth was in town to day.
His teams loaded at Fort Shaw with
20 900 pounds of commissary stores for
Fort Assinaboine. He will not bring
his teams into town, but keep right on
to his destination. --- II
Joe Pappillion, who was injured SO
seriously few weeks ago by cutting his
foot with an axe at his ranch on the |
Teton, is in town. Joe was laid up for
nearly eight weeks with his I'M ures, |
and is glad enough to be getting about
once more.
John Egan and VIM Ellis came in
yesterday afternoon from the Judith
Basin, where they have been to deliver
twenty-seven head Of horses to the Ju
dith cattle company. They report
plenty of snow in that section, but the |
stock is looking finely.
Major Clayton, U. s. A., and escort |
Aarrived from Assinaboine yesterday, and !
will leave for Helena to-day. The Major |
expresses himself as being very much |
pleased with northern Montana, and |
prefers it to Arizona, where he has been
stationed for several years past.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat says:
Unbiased lockers on say that before |
1890 Northern Pacific will be better |
property than any other transcontinent- |
al railroad. 1T passes through country |
which is far superior to that traversed
by the Central Pacific and Southern Pa
cific railroads."
A petition to congress is being circu- |
lated in Fort Benton, asking that the
ad valorem tariff Of 1867 on wool be
restored This is subject in |
which sheep men in particular are in
terested, the question affecting the pros |
perity of the whole OF northern Mon |
tana, and we are sure that all are willing |
to give the wool interest little lift.
4 Bozeman youth has responded to
leap year proposal in the following na-
thetic words: "Moly, will marry yoo
if 700 will seace Chawn Gum. Wo-
men what chaws Gum all the Time can't
have a phase in my Hart d Home. /
like your stile 81 tgger but as sayed
afore cant & wont stand you chawn
Gum ali the time People will think
you don't get moosh to eat. firmly yourn
in all other Respecks, WILL"
1t has been supposed for some time
that the military telegraph office would |
soon be removed TO the Grand Union 1
hotel In fact, three poles had been put
up to carry the wires from Main street
to the hotel. but yesterday a telegram
was received from the department at /
Washington ordering the office to stay 4
where it is. The telegram did not ar
/ rive much too soon, as another day
would have found the office transferred
to its new location. sssssrs
The n. P. r. Co.'s pay car arrived at
Billings Tuesday evening, and the boys
received the handsome looking orders
on the treasurer, commonly calledj
''checks,n fer the November pay. These
have heretofore passed current therei
and have been regarded as good as
wheat in the barn. but great was the +
disappointment of the holders Whenll
Mund's bank refused to cash them at
any price This was done in accordance
with telegram from st. Paul bank
that it did not honor these checks.-|
Miles City Journal. 4
From Sundays Daily II
The office hours of the deputy clerk
Of the district court will be from 8 a. MI
to II m., and from l:3O to p. m. II
Mai. "A. B. Rogers. chief engineer of
the Canadian Pacific, was in ST Paul
recently. Upon the adoption Of bis re-
port on the Kicking Horse pass, the
Tor hi a MIR