The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-04-16

IN the new mineEalfe4ds
From Sundays Daily.
MI. Paris Gibson returned Yesterday
: as
IL Col. Leaning returned yesterday
from a trip to Great Falls. -
Mr. higgins, OF the produce market,
has a fine girl baby at his house.
Seven passengers left Billings on the
coach that arrived yesterday, w COM
ing through.
w. d. Burgess returned on the Bill
lngs coach yesterday after a VISIT OF
several months east.
The Boom company are making ready
Tor the big drive that will be commences
ed within a few weeks. /
There are quite a number "fguring'
on the proposed seWers. The election
for the bonds occurs next Wednesday.
1t is estimated that there are at least
seven hundred passengers On each west
bound passenger train that passes Miles.
City.
There will be no quartermaster's agent
at Fort Benton this season, as all freight
r1OA LII PhdW Will NC oAippOu VIA
The preferred creditors of F. w. Reed
& Co. received a dividend of five per
cent. yesterday from the assignee, MI.
Mcqueen.
Delegate Maginnis has introduced a
bill in the house creating the Idaho and
Montana railroad company. Its objects
are not set forth.
MI. and Mrs. Horace r. Buck re-
turned from Highwood yesterday after
noon. We regret to learn that Mrs.
Buck is quite i'll.
The Peoples ticket, headed by John
p. Dunn Tor mayor, was Successful in
Bismarck. The Tribune's candidates
were dewned in good shape.
Sheriff McDevitt is getting the court
room stockings hall ready for the
work Of next week. The jury will oc-
cupy rooms in Stockings frame build
ing on Bond street.
Henry Willard has proved up on his
coal claim on Belt creek, which, by the
way, is one Of the best developed and
most promising mines Of ''black dia-
monds'' in Montana
I We understand that "Uncle Jesse''
Taylor of the upper Teton contemplates
taking up his residence in Fort Benton
soon, to make this his permanent head
quarters. HeWillbe-welcomed
Chas. Dryer had a hearing yesterday
before Judge Kanouse for assaulting
Jerry Sexton with a deadly Weapon-a
stone tied up in a handkerchief-and
was bound over in the sum of $500 to
await the action of the grand jury next
week.
III. r. Morgan, formely a typo in the
RIVER PRESS office, arrived IN the city
Yesterdays Billings coach. Hugh
west since he left here and has come to
the conclusion that Montana is the best
country to stay by. i
I C. M. tanning received correct timel
by telegraph yesterday, from George FL
Reeves & co. of Helena. The new
is twenty minutes slower THANH
that in vogue heretofore, and he recom1
mends that all urn back their time7
pieces to correspond.
{ John J. Kennedy was the only coun-
who was not present at the
conncil meeting last highland installed.
By his failure to qualify T. E. Collins
continues as one Of the cOuncilmen of
the fourth ward until the next meeting
or such time as Mr.. Kennedy qualities.
A telegram was sent yesterday to the
& Fort Benton r. r. incorpora-
tors, at Helena, in reference to the coal
developments on Sand Coulee, and in
viting them to send an expert to exam
inc the mines and report on their
We trust that action Of this
nature will be taken.
We notice in the list of unclaimed ex-
press and baggage. advertised for sale at
Helena yesterday, packages for the fol-
Fort Benton parties: }. M.
w. Barrett, J. Heller, Jim
J. A. Mattas, r. w. Sim
mons. Lulu Stocking, Nathan White
and John-J.-Young. 1
A brother Of Mr.. James Stanford ar4
in this city a few days ago to visitl
his relatives, from whom he had been /
separated some ten or twelve years. Mr..
Stanford is a very pleasant gentleman
and has travelled over a goodly portion
of the globe, having come from Mel !
bourne, Australia, recently.~-~-~~~
The contract for the bridge at Big
Timber has been awarded to Harvey
Bliss. The bridge will cost, when COM
about 81, 900, being an iron and
structure, on the Howe truss plan.
Mr.. Bliss is to perform the labor only,
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