The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-20

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Our dispatches announce that Judge
Coburn, Of Indiana, has been nominated
associate justice of the supreme court OF
Montana, Uicc Conger, bounced. The
change will be a very agreeable one. II
it is Gen. Coburn OF the Hoosier state
he is a good lawyer and a MAI full
worthy of the position.
Frank Newman. the expert telegraph
operator hitherto stationed at Assina-
boine, is now i'm town on his way to
Fort Myer, three miles from Washing
ton and across the Potomac, in Virginia.
He will there take the regular six
months course Of instruction which is
given to every member of the signal
service.
From tuesdays. -@
HI Geo. D. Patterson is in town from
1.-THE Shonkin. -
The wife Of DR.. Geo. Kumpe, SEN, Of
White Sulphur Springs, died on the 8th
inst.
Harry Boyle and VIM. Young, of
| Highwood, are stopping at the Pacific
hotel.
! N. II. Burd and James Deaner, Old
Agency, Mike Hendrickson and Dun
a Mcleod are registered at the Over
land.
Bozenan had a $500 fire last We'd
nesday, two residences being destroyed.
There was 30 insurance on the property
burned.
We are glad to see hat Jos. Hirshberg'
is able to be around again. He has been
confined to the house for some time
with a severe cold in his head.
D. G.. Browne has secured the con-
tract for hauling Kleinschmidt & Bro 81
stock OF goods to Helena, which will be
done as soon as the roads are clear from
snow agaln.
h Ira Mott, the well known stage driver
|On the line between Helena and White
Sulphur Springs, was thrown from his
seat recently, and suffered a dislocation
of his arm.
M. HI. Burd arrived from Dupuyer
with his teams, Sunday, and is loading
5000 pounds of merchandise at L. G.
| Power & Bros for Julian +. Burd, the
| enterprising merchant Of Dupuyer.
A dispatch of the 18th from Miles City
states that it is understood that the 6,OOG
| sheep owned by the Marquis de Mores
on the Little Missouri were poisoned by
the enemies of the French nobleman,
growing out of the killing Of ODonnell
last year.
We regret to learn that Ed. Murphy,
| of the firm of Holland & Murphy, prom
| inent stockmen of the Smith river val
lev, is lying dangerously i'll at White
Sulphur Springs. Mr.. Murphy has
done a good deal of freighting to and
from Benton, and is well known here.
We see by the Husbandman that W.
E.. Sayre, the prosperous wool grower
| of the Musselshell, has joined the ranks
| of the b%enedicts. Miss Nellie u. Orr, a
| sister Of Mrs. George Lyn Of that valley,
is the lucky lady OF his choice. The
| RIVER PRESS offers it's congratulations.
The Judith correspondent Of the Hus-
bandman reports that Tillotson, who
formerly drove stage on the Martins
| dale line, from Benton to Arrow creek,
has gone east to secure a "Wlndfall' IN
the shape of several thousand dollars.
Til. is to be congratulated on his good
fortune.
The arrangements for starting the Bar
ker smelter were concluded yesterday
and operations will be resumed at that
camp iust as soon as it is possible to get
started, within a week or two, but a
number of men will be put to work at
once, getting ready 1t is go this time,
and no mistake.
Yesterday at moo the thermometer
stood at 20 above at Helena, So below at
IBenton, and lie below at Assinaboine.
lat 8 o'clock last night it was 110 above
at Helena, 60 below at Benton, and 19o
below at Assinaboine. It keeps warmer
alt Helena, with a westerly wind, which
indicates warmer weather.
The criminal courts were unusually
busy yesterday, as an old offender was
up for getting drunk, and Williams,
claims to have the rich placer mine
near Barker, was arraigned before the
probate Judge, but had to be discharged
for want of jurisdiction, as the offense
was committed in Silver Bow county.
The Masens are raising q fund to start
a library for their exclusive benefit.
With a good public library, and several
smaller ones like the foregoing. Fort
Benton will soon become quite a literary
center. This is a move i'm the right di-
~rection. as we can never get too many
books in the town for the towns good.
The Missouri river delegates to the re-
cent River improvement convention at
Washington held q conference to adj