The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-06-04

LOCAL NOTES..
fru m.o court house will soon be ready to
receive the roof.
DILL Gibson and family returned to
palt creek yesterday. =
THE Nor Wester is the name of a new
amer started at Calgary.
Kvle Price and Mr.. Hubord left for
+ba upper Marias yesterday.
1ohn Churchill is in from his. ranch
~ The Missouri below the Marias. ~
Nznr John Harris; foreman of the Ben
Zonm& St. Louis Cattle company, is in
The cavalry troops leave Fort Assina-
Lime next Tuesday, en- route to the
west side.
-p,ra united Sun river, Teton and Ma
L.:oa round-up will be at the Elbow on
the I'd prox.
Nate Vestal gives the Occur d'Alenes
b;r send-off, and expresses his utmost
""onfdence in their richness.
district court is now in session at
pnzeman, Judge Coburn presiding.
mere are $50 cases on-the-deeket-
II cans, jr., the wool buyer, will
bpadouarter at Fort Benton again this
wear, and may be expected soon:
Jf
rhas, Crawford has been appointed
district deputy grand master for this
county by the grand lodge A. o. U. w.
The Batchelor left Bismarck for Ben
ton last Tuesday. She had 800 tons Of
frpioht and fifty-three recruits for Fort
Assinaboine.
Docoration day was not observed in
Fort Benton. The only indication OF it
was the flag on the Grand Union hotel
being at half mast. "
Al. Scott, lately of this city, but
now residing at Fort Macleod, has taken
the contract to build the Episcopal
church at Pincher creek.
The Billings street railroad has passed
info the hands of a receiver. This is
the result of building a street railroad
first and a town afterwards.
The prospecting party destined for the
head of the Teton and Marias will start
off to-day. They will. do thorough
work, and if there is any gold in that
region they will find it.
Acting-Governor Tooker has pardon
ed John Davitt, who was sentenced to
confinement ia the Jail at Billings for a
long term last fall on the charge of
selling meat without exhibiting the
hides.
The Smith river and Missouri drive
was started some days ago and Will be
here within a month. The boom is in
good shape to catch it and the prospects
of the success of the enterprise are flat
tering.
w. Fl. Watson, an old-time journalist,
and formerly one of the prOprletors or
the Milwaukee Sentinel, but now OF
Montana, was in the city yesterday, en-
route to his western home.-Bismarck
Tribune.
Joe Jedlica and Mel. Keith are Dlas-
tering the hospital, and keenan, and
Gauvreau are busy painting the same.
This structure will soon be ready TO be
dedicated to the good purposes for which
it is intended.
Gus Shaffer, the veteran and popular
stage driver, has taken a vacation OF
few weeks, and left yesterday tor Bill
lings, whence he will 60 to Helena,
Butte and other points in the territory,
returning in about a month.
We are informed by a gentleman just
returned from Barker that the smelter
is running smoothly, and doing very
successful work. The managers will be
able to make a good report thxs run, ana
can now set their stakes to run right
along and make money.
MI. G. r. Davies, who started last
Monday for Montana from Plncher
creek. was obliged to return to Macleod
owing to high water. He made a fresh
start on Thursday morning via the Coal
Banks and Benton trail. He had a
man with him this time.-Gazette.
The Healy brothers have rented the
Montana Exchange for a dwelling house
and office. Joe Healy expects to have q
large number of men at work in August
and is only waiting till the trail dries to
build a tramway from the G.. T. K.
track to the mine.-Silver City Cor. Cal
gary Herald.
Attention is called to f. G.. Roose-
velt's new advertisement in this issue.
Mr.. r. has received a nice line of furni-
ture of all kinds on the boats. and has
now a complete stock in that line, in
Guiding all the latest styles and novel
ties. It is unquestionably the largest
and finest stock of furniture in the terri
tory.
w. F. Parker, Esq, a young lawyer
of fine ability and lots Of energy, left
this week for Benton, where he will
tack up his single and go to work to