The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-07-30

mares (the same that he drove to his
carriage last year,, paying for the span
500.
Ell. d. Burghardt and VIM. Mcqueen,
Of Barker, arrived in the city yesterday
by private conveyance. They bring no
news of special interest from the noun
tains.
The Frontier Index, at Thompson's
Falls, has yielded to the inevitable. AS
this was the noted Freeman's paper. the
fence to the proprietor.
The stock convention at Helena con-
yenes next Monday. The meeting
ought to give the lie i'll emphatic terms
to the Canadian report that the foot and
mouth disease exists in Montana.
J.. 1. Underwood, of Richmond Ind,
who is in the city, is special agent and
adiuster for the Commercial Union in
susance company of London. He will
establish an agency for this company
here.
The several parties who went down
on the Bachelor to meet the Helena,
and return on the latter, expecting to be
absent two or three days, are 10 likely
to see Fort Benton again for a week or
ten days.
w. B. Edgar and J. D. Waite left for
their homes on the Judith yesterday.
We trust they will get through without
accident this time, as the boys have had
a pretty hard deal in the way Of mis-
haps the past ten days.
Dave Hilger left for Judith yesterday
in HI. J.. Wackerlin's sheet iron boat,
which will be brought back by the first
steamer. Brooks u Hilger, who have
been associated in the wool growing
business for some time, have dissolved
partnership, and Mr.. Hilger has asso-
eiated himself with Mr.. S. X. Swende-
man, Of Helena, the firm name being
Hilger & SWendeman.
tLieut. GreeIy, who was lecently res
cued in the Arctic regions. was formerly
stationed at Bismarck, d. T., in charge
of the signal service office at that place.
Several of his men were soldiers from
this department and a few Of them from
Montana posts.
On his recent trip up Deep creek to
the logging camp MI. Ira Meyers in
spected the coal mine owned by the
Great Falls Coal company, and he pro-
nounces it the best coal prospect he has
seen in the west. He thinks this will
be a very valuable property in the near
future.
An idea Of the rapid growth of the
railroad business of St. Paul may be OBJ
tanned from the fact that the fine large
union depot built there two or three
years ago, and recently burned, is now
to be made 300 feet longer in rebuilding
to accommodate the $1,000 passengers
daily arriving and departing by 152
+,ainc
Thos. LETTERS, a ranchman of the Te-
ton, has left at the Overland hotel a
specimen Of White Russian oats which
attracted a good deal OF attention yes
terday. 1t is a new variety here, and
Judging by the specimen on exhibition,
must yield largely, as the heads are fully
leighteen inches long and the grain very
large. Mr.. LETTERS has forty acres of this
variety and he expects a big yield.
.A-bet Of was made yester-
day by a prominent wool grower with
one OF our merchants that Blaine and
Hogan will be the next president and
vice president. 1t is big odds, but OF
course a man who has almost a sure
thing can take such chances. The
money HAS Uceu uGpOSlUCu III vain oho
the wool grower will be entitled to
check against it after the November
election.
Duncan Mcdonald arrived from Mel
hart yesterday. He says the camp is
somewhat duller than it has been on &C
count of B. G.. Kingsbury disseminating
work on the Queen of the Hills. The
Hudson company, however, is going
right along with their work and have
already established the fact that the
Mountain Chief is a valuable property.
The boys expect this company to do a
good deal towards advancing the welfare
of the camp.
From Fridays Daily.
E. D. HASTE, of Sun River, is in the
city.
Dan Blevins is training horses on Bob
Vaughn's race track.
A young mems republican committee
for the campaign has been organized at
Dillon.
D. f. Wilson,. one Of the prominent
stockmen of the Chestnut valley, is my
the
Helena was visited by a hailstorm on
Tuesday night. that broke about all the
in the city.
Major John i. Blaine returned from
Fort Assinaboine yesterday, and will