The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-19

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from the profession and engage in out
door pursuits, on account of Deafness
malady that has been growing on him
in the last year or two.
The victims, in their letters to friends,
/ now call it the Occur d'Alene blk"
There is a gradual abatement of the
fever in Montana, and the same is
doubtless the case in other sections. We
are afraid the $4,000 people before the
LIST of June" will not materialize.
"The myth known as the Collar Gem
| pany,n is the way the Minneapolis
Journal puts it. Col. Broadwater, Z. C.
Power, Paul Mccormick and others, tt
seems, have been making a persistent
search for the ''myth" at st. Paul, but
without avail. The responsible individ-
uals are hard to find.
There is more truth than poetry in the
following suggestive verse:
Little drops OF printers ink.
Alittle type ''displayed."
Make our merchant bosses
And all their big parade.
Little bits Of stinginese,
Discarding printers ink,
Busts the man of business.
And sees his credit sink.
The Sun River Canal company, of
which s. r. Hauser, A. M. Hotter, John
e. Mcintyre, Henry Klein and Ihos.
.,..cles are incorporators, has filed arti-
a1os !, incorporation in the county
cIerk,s ofaca Its capital stock is placed q
at s3oo 600. divided into 5000 shares.
Its corporate existence commenced or
the 7th Of March, and is to continue for
twenty years.-Independent.
A "slick and glib cockney from Butte"
named Ralph Artingstall, played him
self off as a mining expert over in Mis-
soula county, and negotiated for prop
erty to the amount Of $4,000. While
waiting for the funds to arrive he Dor
rowed about $500 from the delighted
lead owners and then tried to skip. He
was not slick enough to get away, how
ever. and is now in durance vile at Mis-
scuba.
The Knights Of Pythias sociable and
ball last evening, like all of those given
by Crescent lodge this season, was very
largely attended, and proved a most
ENJOYABLE affair. The hall was crowded
with Knights and their guests, and
every one present seemed to be enjoying
himself to the fullest extent. The
Knights know no such word as fail,
when it comes to getting up a social
affair Of this kind.
A telegram received at a late hour last
night states that Paymaster Blaine and
his escort were obliged to camp out near
24-mile springs last night. They were
delayed by the bad road, and finally
stopped by the deep water OF a coulee.
One wagon crossed it, but came near
going down with the flood, and it was
concluded to wait with the remainder
of the outfit until the passage could be
made with more safety. I
Jere Sullivan, mine host of the Cho-l
teau house, is preparing for the coming
boom, and yesterday mechanics We're
busy making extensive improvements.
The office will be enlarged and other
wise improved, and direct communica-
ton established between it and the bar
room. or Choteau exchange. These,
however. are but the beginning of the
improvements, as Mr. Sullivan proposes
to have the house thoroughly overhaul
ed and put in ship shape before the rush
comes.
Fire town Of Calgary is being 0
On to section Is, the e. T. K. town
aplot. The buildings are moved bodily,
and SO rapidly is the work accomplished
that a person entering a store on the old
location to make a purchase the other
day was surprised or leaving the store
to find himself in a different part OF the
town. The Ell. B. Co. intend erecting
buildings during the coming summer at
a cost of $4,000, and Lieut.. Gev. DeWd-
new and Capt. Boynton are also building
large houses.-Regina Leader.
Messrs. Power and Baker, OF the Fort
Benton Transportation company, oper-
ating a line Of boats running between
Bismarck and Fort Benton, were III st.
Paul a few days ago, to make arrange
ments with The Northern Pacific for the
ensuing season. Mr.. Power expects
navigation to open about the 1st OF next
month. All the conpany's boats have
been repaired and put in proper order to
begin the seasons work as soon as the
Missouri opens. The company will have
no new boats this year.-Pioneer Press,
18th inst.