The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-23
LOCAL NOTES.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Judge Wade arrived on the coach last
evening.
J. II. Mcknight, OF Fort Shaw, is at
Washington.
Milt. Carothers, Of Neihart, is in the
city to attend court.
J.. N. Arnoux of Highwood came in
on the coach last evening.
The Helena coach arrived about half
past nine o'clock last evening.
A post of the Grand Army of the Re-
public is about to be established at
Maiden.
District court was convened Yesterday
and adjourned by the clerk until this
morning at nine o'clock.
Duncan Mcdonald came ia from Nei-
hart yesterday. He says everything is
lively in the boom camp.
There are 1876 cases on the docket Of
the district court in Miles City, and the
list is not yet ceHapfeted.~
George D. Patterson, of the SEonkir,
will put in l25 acres of grain this season
and has already got most of it in the
ground.
Robt. Vaughn and John Spencer
prominent stockmen Of the Sun river
valley, were among yesterdays arrivals
in the city.
The new county of Yellowstone pre-
sents a good showing for the first year.
It's Indebtedness is only nominal, a good
comparison for the ring county of Daw-
son.
Young Logan, who was arrested for
horse stealing at the Lake station by a
Maiden constable and taken to White
Sulphur Springs, was discharged after
all the trouble in getting him.
A train arrived yesterday from Reeds
fort, n is loading at L. G. Power 81
Bros for their store at that point. Mr.
Erichsen must be disposing Of immenses
quantities Of goods at Reedsfort.
Mr.. b. G.. Kingsbury, who returned a
few days ago from the Neihart district,
speaks very highly of the strength of
ledge and great productive capacity Of
the mines which he bonded while there.
Inter Mountain.
LAS we come further east,n said Chief
Charles to Major Roman on his late trip,
Il see the whites are better dressed, andE
all seem to be wealthy. I think thei
Great Father sends all the scrubs out
west to steal our notwithstanding.
An exchange says that it is an open
secret that the Union Pacific has in
vested $l50, 900 in the Gallatin county
coal lands, and will push its branch line
through as rapidly as possible to Living
ston, White Sulphur Springs and Ben
to-. Chronicle.
"a Myers has purchased w. S.. Wet !
Zffs stock in the Fort Benton Boom and |
Lumber cOmpany-a o~ne-seventh inter-
est. Mr.. Myers is taking quite an in
terest in this enterprise and shows his
confidence in it by investments in hard
cash. We trust that he will reap a big
harvest.
Excavation has begun at the Bozeman
Coal Company's mines for two of the
coke ovens, to be built as rapidly as
possible. A full force of employees for
the purpose was secured at Livingston.
When the two ovens now under wayd
are finished, work will be pushed ON
with others, till sufficientare erected to
supply the demand for coke for the
smelters at Butte, Anaconda, and other
points in Montana and Idaho.-Courier.
Inc LlVluPStOu Enterprise LAS Lie
following in reference to the bonding OIL
the Queen of the Hills and other mines
in the Montana district by Mr.. b. c.. ]
Kingsbury: This bonding possesses a
superior interest from the fact that
Kingsbury represents Haggin & Tevis,
the owners of the great Anaconda mine
and smelter on the west side, and many
other paying mining prospects in the
west, besides holding a controlling in
terest in the Wells, Fargo & Co. express
company. Such a firm in a mining dis
trict augurs well for it's ultimate pros
perity."
From Thursdays Daily:
Calamity Jane is in Helena.
Thompson's Falls has grown in a
month to be a town of about 1000 in
habitants.
Henry A. Fullberg and Robert Coats
worth were made full fiedged citizens
in the district court to-day.
S. G.. Edgerton snow in Helena. and
it is needless to add that the current re-
port in regard to him is untrue.
Premium. an oldFort Benton horse, /
won the Hearst stakes, three quarter
mile dash, at San Francisco, on the 18th.
Time, 1:21.
The democratic central committee of I
the territory will select the two dele
gates to the Chicago convention, with