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

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in the last year.
Chas. Peterson, the rustling merchant
Of Little Pittsburg, came into town yes
terday on business.
Preparations are being mad for the
erection of a $500 Catholic church at
Livingston this year.
The Niobrara cattle company will
drive 5000 head of cattle this year from
the Indian territory to their range in
eastern Montana.
J. F. Murphy, county clerk, has been
called to Helena as a witness in the
alleged election frauds cases. and will
leave this morning for the capital.
The net proceeds of the late Firemen's
Ball were $132. This is a pretty big
showing for the first attempt, and will
encourage them to repeat the entertain
ment next year.
X. Biedler has been elected an "orne-
ryn member of the i. l.. A. society.
These letters, we suppose, stand for
Bozeman Liars, or Library, Association,
we are not sure which.
Considering the storm that prevailed
at the time of the funeral of VIM. Jones
Yesterday, it was well attended. But
had the weather been more favorable,
three times the number of people would
have been in attendance----~~-
j. Healy got in last night with Lit
tie Dogs son. a Piegan brave, whom
he captured at Joe Cobell's. This buck
belongs to the party which is now in
lail, and makes the tenth Indian pri-
soner now held here awaiting some de-
velopments about the murder of VIM.
Jones.
A big reduction on telegraph rates has
been made by the Western Union COM
pany, being a cutting down of about 3333
per cent. The rate for ten words to the
eastern states is reduced from $3.50 to ST,
and seven cents for each additional word
instead of ten cents. A night message
is rs cents, and five cents for each word
over ten.
The city authorities are to be COM
mended for clearing the huge blocks
from Front street SO as to make the road
passable for teams. Between Baker and
Power streets the ice had piled up SO
close to the sidewalk as to hardly leave
room for a wagon, but the men at work
have broken up the large cakes and piled
them back out Of the road. !
Befknap townsite scheme and
proposed wagon road to the mines are
denounced by the Inter Mountain as
being sWindling chemes OF the blacklist
dye and only gotten up for the purpose
of selling town lots at a speculative fig
ure to the suckers who flock in there
from the east. Tt is said by persons who
ought to know that the building Of a
road, Or even a trail, by that route is
rendered impossible by the roughness
of the mountain range to be crossed.
We see from a circular sent out by the
Sun River stock association that any
one wishing permission to skin dead
cattle in the country to the north and
west of the Missouri river and extend
ing out to Bulls Head, 1.-The Knees
and Kipp's. on the Marias, must get a
permit from Edward Kelly and John
Harris. All parties buying or selling
hides within this district not authorized
by this committee will be prosecuted.
All the general merchandise stores with
in the district are authorized to purchase
hides from the parties who have permits
to skin cattle. 4
A late encounter of Sheriff Wizards
posse with the desperadoesy Of the Little
Missouri (Axleby's gang resulted in the
killing of Deputy Sheriff O'Hara and
Cunningham, who was only a spectatorfi
of the fight. The outlaws all escaped,
though it is supposed that Axleby was
wounded in the fight. The sheriff's
party is now trailing up the desperadoes
and some more murders will probably
be heard of in a few days as the gang
do not propose to be taken alive, and
not at all if shooting will prevent it.
The Helena Herald, in an article olll
artesian wells, makes the following sem
sible suggestions: Again we urge the
propriety Of congress encouraging tie
sinking of these wells by giving abso-
lutte title to 100 acres, making it equiya-
lent to settlement INC other improves
ments contemplated under the home
stead law. Even should congress 90
further and give $40 acres, we believe it
would be wise liberality, and would pro-
mote the general interests Of the u
try. Though one flowing we'll could
only serve to irrigate but a few acres, it
would serve to utilize the whole country
to the utmost. The natural pasturage
that would grow on a whole section
would be little enough to encourage anyI
man to go into the stock business. Some
of our stockmen would think a whole
township too small. There are millions
of acres Of public domain that never cap
be utilized except by providing WateAt
and then selling in large bodies that can
be inclosed for pasturage."
From Thursdays Daily: II
Bismarck is now having a severe at
tack Of "Pinafore.D
A post office named Lewis has been
established in Meagher county. Where
is it,