The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-09-03

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,onse en- Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. w. HI. Hunt and Chas.
r Griffith are expected home to-day.
rbe thermometer at the r. S. signal
slice registered $3.50 yesterday at 2::3O
/ pm
One of our good citizens tried a loaded
oigar Yesterday. 1t went Off much to
his amazement.
Antoine Moesberger will take a little
trim into the country to-day to shoot rab-
hits and chickens.
Work has again commenced on the
idIv to completion.
Wilson E. C~aseadden made final proof
If his presumption claim before Deputy
Clerk Spencer yesterday.
w, r. Ralston, Frank Farmer and
r. Craig were among the arrivals on
Yesterdays Helena coach.
Gus Senieur will shortly commence
the erection of a new shop on Franklin.
street, opposite the court house.
Miss Rose Downing, who has been
spending a few days at Sun River visit
h ing friends, is expected home to-day.
Nick Neumeyer and son, of upper
Belt creek, were in town yesterday pur-
chasing supplies and agricultural nipple
mentS.
One member Of the party that went
TO Belt creek last week for a pleasure
trip reports having had a fine time,
good fishing and shooting.
It has long been known that gold and
silver are to be found in the Sweet G rass
hills. We were shown some fine look
ing quartz from that region a few weeks
ago.
We may thank heaven for cheap fuel
this fall. Wood is now selling for six
and seven dollars a cord and coal at ten
dollars a ton, and hard to sell at those
figures.
Word has been received from Neihart
to the effect that the parties represented
by b. g. K~ingsbury have decided not to
take the mines upon which they have
expended 5000.
There are two pieces of shaky side
walk on Main street, one in front of the
court house property and the other in
front OF DR.. Turner's property. 1t is
liable to break down at any time.
Mr.. Chas. III. Peters, Of Chicago, ar
rived on the Billings coach yesterday,
and LETT last evening in company with
w. ]. Minar for Messrs. Miner q
Boardman's ranch on the Shonkin.
The marble quarries of Montana will
be famous some day. The extent Of. the
,,,;n ~ ,,nrl1n -, tbn Sv,on /Nra GO hill,
far exceed anything eve known. One
vein is said to be SO feet in thickness.
Sam Klein met with a painful mishap
last evening. A bug craWled into his
ear and for a while he was nearly crazy.
A physician removed the insect. Sam
on describing his sensations said 1T
felt as if there vas a man in my ear,
trying to kick out my brains"
1t is learned that Mr.. John G. Major,
of Helena, will build a boat on the Mis-
souri,, near Helena, on which he will
take q trip to st. Louis, and perhaps to
New Orleans. He Will leave about
September 10th.
We acknowledge the receipt of a COM
plimentary ticket to the fifteenth annual
exhibition Of the Montana Agricultural,
Mineral and Mechanical association,
which will be held at Helena from Seq
TENDER 8th to 18th.
Mr.. Sidney McIntire will leave for the
National park on Wednesday, to take
in the wonders Of that region, and then
return to his home in New York city.
Mr.. McIntire has spent the last two
months very pleasantly in Montana.
The reports from all over the country
are to the effect that crops were never
better. We have heard of oats running
100 bushels to the acre and from that
down to rs bushels, but we will wait for
official figures before making q big
brag.
A contemporary having published the
statement that there will be no term Of
court at Fort Benton this fall, we are re-
quested to state for the benefit of those
concerned that the fall term Of court
will commence at Fort Benton on Mon
day, October 6.-Independent.
Col. A. M. Voolfolk, of the Helena
independent, has returned after a three
months s~ojourn in the east. An inter
view with the colonel by n OF the In
~"SPeHdeHb Slall, III HiCiI IL oto.cS = ~
not a candidate for delegate in congress,
occupies two columns OF that journal
The Grand Opera House association
object, to build an opera house at Butte
fled articles of incorporation with the
territorial secretary on the 22d inst. The
capital stock is $35, 900. divided into $50
shares of 500 each. The trustees are
John III. Curtis, Joseph A. Hyde, and
John +. Forbis.
People of Choteau county are begin