The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-03-19
LOCAL NOTES.
From Wednesdays Daily.

LOCAL NOTES.
From Wednesdays Daily.
Herman Brinkman has three teams
ready to work on the grade OF the Hell
era and Benton railroad.
w. Cowan a former stock grower OF
Reaverhead county, has located a ranch
an Froze-to-D Death creek, and will stock
his ranch with 1000 head Of native cat
tie.
The people of Big Timber want the
Montana lumber company to build a
toll bridge across the Yellowstone at that
place. The company have the project
Under consideration. J:
It is pretty hard to find anybody who
will acknowledge that he was taken IN
and done for" by the historical swindlers,
hut they got a good many thousand dol
lars out of this county, all the anne
Desert land filings are being made
now at a pretty lively rate, and 1T stands
in hand for those who desire to get land
in this way to make haste. The act is
certain to be repealed before many days.
Gus Senieur is getting ready to resume
work on the new court house, and with
in a week or two, if the weather per-
mits, a full force Of bricklayers will be
at work. The house will be finished be-
fore August lst.
The popular sheriff of Meagher coun-
! tv. William d. Cameron, arrived i'll the
CITY Yesterday from Barker on official
business. Sheriff Cameron reports Bar
ker quite lively and the smelter doing
better work than ever before,
J. E. Graham, of the Tuscarawas
(Ohio) Chronicle, accompanies Agent
Allen to the Blackfoot agency as clerk,
and hopes to derive in the territory ben
Gifts to his impaired health. He is a
pleasant gentleman whom we are glad
TO meet.-Herald.
All cash orders received at T. C. Power
& Bros from Clendenin for dry goods,
clothing, hats, caps, etc., are filled at
the lowest possible price, and the goods
forwarded to destination by express free
Of charge. This certainly is quite an
inducement to buyers.
A. M. VALLEY has leased Billy Yards
ranch in the Missouri valley, and will
operate the same on a large scale this
summer. The lease includes the horses,
farming implements, etc, everything
necessary to run the ranch.o MI.
VALLEY is a rustler ana will make farm
ing i'm the Missouri bottoms success, If
anybody can.
Some days ago it was reported that
the high water Of Tongue river carried
away an entire band of sheep owned by
Ole Johnson. By a card published In
the Miles City Press by Johnson, we see
there is no foundation for the statement,
and that it is all a .'josh,n or, as he ex-
plains. ia practical Joke" played by him
upon another. Mr.. johnson ought to
turn his talents as a funny man in some
other direction.
The Helena & Benton railroad is a
grand scheme, and the people OF Helena
and Benton can build it If they will. 1t
is estimated that a narrow guage to Ben
ton can be constructed for ST. 200, OO0. If
no one else will help to build the road,
re must have it, sven if we nave to
build it ourselves. Agitation of he
question is good, and it should not be
allowed to slumber. 1.-THE gods help
those who help themselves.''-I depen-
dent.
From Thursdays Daily:
There are twenty A. o. q. w. lodges
III the territory.
Dick Otey left yeste rday morning for
the Cnur d'Alenes.
M. S. Wearley proved up on his pre-
emption claim yesterday.
Work is to be resumed on the Canad-
ian Pacific railroad April 1st.
The wool growers of Miles City and
vicinity had a meeting at that place on
the Sth inst.
Black Killers are daily arriving in
large numbers at Miles City en- route
to the Cmur d'Aienes.
Judge Larkin, Mike Hendrickson and
P. Monyhan took their departure for
Barker yesterday morning.
Civil Engineer Deutsch, Of Bozeman,
has Just finished a neat plat Of the
White Sulphur Springs TOWNSHIP.
Maiden was without a single mail the
first week Of this month, the raging
streams keeping the coaches away
Morrow &c Miller have a full force of
men at work on their ferry boat, and
they propose to have it running just as
soon as possible. aassaa@a~a
r. p. Walker, of Sun River, manager
of the Montana Cattle company, has re-
| turned home after q visit or several
weeks in the east.
William Lyons, a soldier Of the fifth
infortry otatianad at Fort KeOph- was