The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-07-02
LOCAL NOTES.

rrom Wednesday DAILY.
The first load of Henry McDonald's
wool arrived yesterday.
tadd & Seaton's wool, from Sand
ronlee, arrived yesterday.
The enterprising town of Choteau
will celebrate the Fourth in grand style.
A norton of the wool clip of Joseph
Ailin, of Sand Coulee, arrived yester-
day.
A millmen's union has been formed
at Butte with a membership already
of 700.
A norton of Turner & Cresap's big
wool clip was landed at the levee yes
terday.
6. c.. Burd, e~x-cattle king, arrived
from Choteau yesterday and is at the
Grand Union.
Work on the Townsend and White
sulphur Springs road is being prosecut-
ed vigorously.
Sam Kohlberg returned from Barker
Yesterday and reports everything very
11uiet at that camp.
w. G. Gillette will have 40, 900 pounds
of wool which he will ship from Helena
to the Boston market.
John Higgins loaded 1000 pounds of
Goods at T. C. Power & Bros yesterday
for Julian G.. Burd of Dupuyer.
The equestrienne match on the Fourth
at Butte will be for a purse Of 81, 900,
and it promises to be a most exciting
event.
A democratic paper is to be started at
Deer Lodge in a few days. The new
venture will be a five column semi
weekly.
Hon. James Fergus will deliver the
Fourth of July Grafton at Maiden, and
D. Hilger will read the immortal Decla-
ration of Independence.
Messrs. Edgar and Waite, with their
folks. left yesterday for the Judith. The
gentlemen will return with their wool
Gins in about two weeks.
Messrs. Baker & DeLorimier are still
sending out goods for their new store at
White Sulphur Springs, Of which Mr..
DeLorimier will have charge.
The soldier who was shot during tar
get practice, at Fort Assinaboine, on
tuesday, died from the effects Of his in
iuries yesterday evening at 5:l5 o'clock.
The sheep shearers of the MusselshelI
held a meeting "early in the campaign"
and resolved not to shear for less than
ten cents a head. Their demands were
acquiesced in, we believe.
The Benton did not get away yester-
day, as was expected, but will pull out
this afternoon. She will take down a
cargo of nearly $50 tons, consisting of
bullion, wool, oats and hides.
The First National Bank of Helena
received on Saturday from the Dream
gulch in the Coeur d'Alenes, gold dust
to the amount of 5 $500. This gulch
seems to be in the lead just now.
n. r. Dinsmore has been awarded
the contract for burning and delivering
the coal for the Maiden Reduction COM
pany, which is oon to commence oper-
atoms. His bid was 49, cents per bushel.
Major Dunno reports business fairly
rushing at tt. C.. Power & Bros, as
good as it has ever been, and from his
standpoint he can see no ground what
ever for the grumbling about hard
times.
A rams of confidencesmmen, followers
of Coles great circus, victimiZed unsO-
phisticated citizens of Deer Lodge,
Butte, Dillon and other towns of the
territory to the amount of thousands Of
dollars.
Mr.. Paris Gibson sets forth the merits
of Great Falls in an attractive adver-
vertisement published elsewhere. Those
who want to "catch onto' property at
the future great have now an oppor-d
tunity to do so.
Sam'l Wilkinson, the we'll known
San Francisco wool buyer, will arrive \
in the city on to-day's coach to remain
during the wool season. Mr.. w. is a
live, energetic buyer, and the wool
growers will be glad to know that he is
to be on hand again this year. 4
DR.. Kneedler is at Helena, from which
place he sent word to have his dog,
Sport forwarded to the capital. Al
frst-class passage on the coach has beenlI
engaged for "Sport,n and he leaves fort
the upper country this morning.
AT Fort Custer, on Saturday last, a
soldier named Bernard, of * company,
9th infantry, while attending to the tar
get during rifle practice, dropped dead
on the field. Heart disease was sup
posed to be the.cause of the trouble.
James Gray, Of P%hilipsourg, was acct
d~entally killed June 8th, in the Hope
mine. He was down the shaft when
the hosting rope broke while lifting
waste rock out of the shaft. The bucket
descended, and striking him, produced
instant
The court house will soon be covered, |
and the day of its completion is not very
lar oft. The contract requires that 1t
must be finished by the 18th of August,
and we have no doubt Mr.. Senieur will I