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

2. Role, OF UEea1 ! alio, aIilseu VI
yesterdays coach.
Whytal's restaurant at Great Falls is
largely ~patronlzeo.
I'd Smiths teams arriyed-yestefday
~ q loaa~of~Barker bullion.
~wn Rowe and family 60 out to their
n"eh at the Highwood gap to-day to re-
lain a month or SO.
.N-cns Senieur is building bridge on
o"ft the new court house 1t seems to
top Howe truss, and is very nearly
completed.
Couoral PARTIES who were about to go
o1' derivation to hold down some
Uin,o have postponed the trip. Recent
Chats ntS have slightly discouraged them.
n Goodrich. formerly with Il. G.
nNmor Bro, at Wolf Point, is now on
5u tv in their office at this place. Mr..
10i = returned Caur d'Alene stam-
RI z. Murphy purchased Of Murphy,
MALAY Il Co., yesterday, a fine yaWl
nnat Which he sent down to his ranch
~ the mouth of the Marias, loaded with
grub, ETC.
cbarlev Rowe came up from his ranch
..oStnrdav. and is not yet done talking
1S6omt that great water wheel OF his. He
hoo fonnd it very serviceable during the
dry spell.
r w Whitman and family, of Penn
/sv~Ivania. old friends Of u toWnsman,
I I'd. Smith, arrived on the Benton with
the view of permanent mere.
They are at the Paclhc
Donuties Healy and Caldwell went
dourn her river a short distance yester-
d in search of a boat and the thieves
Who made away with it. They are like
W. to bring back the whole outfit.
THE Benton left for Bismarck last
ovanino. taking down quite a cargo, in
cl,Sding bullion, sheep pelts, hides,
otc also a miscellaneous assortment OF
o oon for Judith and LeWistOWn.
w TT. Todd, who is disposing Of his
household goods at private sale, SOLD
mite a number of articles yesterday.
Moral. IF YOU have anything to sell, let
tho npople know it through the columns
of the RIVER PPEss.
Sergeant Fl. w. Newman Of Fort As
sinab0ine has Just returned from Fort
Smelling, where he went to be examined
for nromotion. Tt will be i'll order soon
to call him Lieut.. Newman, and he
fully merits the honor.
The Northern Pacific yesterday took
ouf 500 head of cattle, 500 for a. Z.
SAMPLES and j. r. Carter, from the Min
nesota Transfer to Billings, and 300
head for John Bishop, from Sank Rap
ids to>Glendive.-Pionee Press, BID.
J. w. Shultz, Of the upper Marias, IS
in the city. He reports that the Indians
are again indulging in the pleasant pas
time of stealing horses, a that q party
recentlv passed his place with thirteen
animals branded J3 on the left thlgh,
and AM on the left shoulder. These
are supposed to be northern horses. A
large war party passed Sol Abbotts
lately, IN route north after Cree scalps
or horses.
Anew road the other side Of the river
will soon be made, which will greatly
shorten the distance from Fort Benton
to Great Falls. 1t will cross Red coulee
further down, and will make the dis
lance to Belt creek bridge five miles
| shorter than by the present route.
VIM. Archer, SEN, and wife, MIS-. >.
F. Murphy,'s parents, Of st. Louis, are
' en- route to Fort Benton, or soon VIII
be, with the view of making this thelr
permanent abiding place. The boys are
fttino nm q comfortable home for them
on their fine ranch at the mouth OF the
Marias.
Mr.. M. II. Crane, a brother Of George
W., of the novelty store, arrived on the
Benton Yesterday and will remain some
months in Montana, we trust perma-
nently. It has been nineteen years
since the brothers parted, n their
meeting after such a lapse OF m was
of course a pleasant one.
The Benton's time from the Coal
Banks to this city-just nine hours-ls q
little the best on record. Capt. Labarge,
who has been on the upper river since
the navigation of that creek commenced
SAYS it beats all the records OF the past.
And the Benton has been pronounced
the slowest boat on the river! what a
SANDER!
We had a pleasant call yesterday from
Mr.. E. w. Wright, one Of the pilots OF
the Benton. and an old timer on the
upper Missouri. He says that Fort
Benton seems a little dull, but, II he had
one, he wouldn't trade q corner lot In
this city for n in any other town ia
the west. Fort Benton is sure TO be
great city, is Mr.. Wright's verdict. His
head is level.
A letter received from Charley CraW.
ford, who has been in attendance at the
Grand Lodge, A. O. u. W., states thai
J.. w. Kingsley has been reelected
grand master; DR.. Billiard, Of Wlckes,
grand foreman; d. Thorburn, grand
recorder; and Jas. Sullivan, OF Helena,
grand financier. The next grand lodge