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

Correspondence Solicited. M
HI. O. Wareham, one of the wool grow
ers of Wolf creek, is in the city buying
Esupplies. -
Andrew Okerman, O. A. Parsons and
G. S. Roth, of the Shonkin, were in.
town yesterday.
k Gus Senieur evidently proposes to
have the court house finished on time.
He is making fine progress.
Mrs. Mike Healy arrived in the city
from Sun River Sunday, en- route to
Fort Assinaboine to join her husband.
Gus Senieur has let the contract for
plastering the court house to Higgins &
Ayres and the painting to John Keenan,.
Sam Kohlberg and w. S.. Wetzel re-
turned Sunday from a trip through the
Judith country. They report having
had a ccessful-trip.
John E. Patterson is in town. John
| and George will have their sheep shear
ed at one place this year, and their COM
l bined bands will run up to about 13, 900
head.
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r. t. Riddesbarger, of Gardenland,
in the Judith valley, has sold his stock
of general merchandise to E. J. Morrison
of Philbrook, and the former retires
from business.
MI. n. S%weetland, who is in the city,
is looking over the field with reference
to the proposed project of establishing
a stage line between points on the North
orn ond Canadian paoifn railroads
Duke, who is laid up on account of a
lame leg, got a new barber Sunday, w.
E. Collum, lately of Leadville, and one
of the returning Occur d'Aleners. MI.
Cellum is master of the art tonsorial.
DR.. A. G. Ladd of Sand Coulee is in
the city to remain a few days. He re-
ports that the late rains have helped the
country out wonderfully and that the
grass and crops are nov looking nicely.
The Northern Pacific has just listed
200, 900 acres in the Miles City land Of
flee. These lands are all in the forty
mile limit, mostly in the Yellowstone
valley, a portion in the vicinity Of
O'Fallon and Keith.
One of the cowboys went to a leading
establishment of the city yesterday, to
buy a revolver, and as he could not get
one silver mounted with pearl handle
he refused to invest. No Jim crow
shooter would do him.,
Benz. Webster and George Westevelt
returned by their own conveyance yes
terday from a trip to the Judith country.
| They had a complete outfit and came
back as bronzed as if they had been
"roughing it" for some time.
HIP. Rolfe returned last evening
IIfrom Great Falls. He says that the. coal
lmines being opened in Sand Coulee
Eshow up finely. Some new openings
Hare being made and all go to prove the
permanency and wonderful extent~ef
the
IA fine boy baby was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Coombs Sunday morning,
but we regret to say the joy that such an
event brings to parents is taken away
by the death Of the little one. Mr.. and
Mrs. Coombs have the sympathy of all
in their bereavement.
The regular June session Of the coun-
ty commissioners commenced yesterday,
the three members of the board-Messrs.
Conrad, Wetzel and Arnoux- being
present. The board did nothing but
i duulL dGCOuIJS y NoLO1ANy AAo uey VAAA
probably take up other matters.
Miss Sadie Fergus, of Port Huron,
Mich. has leased a room at I. @. Baker
Co.'s, and will now undertake dress
making, hat trimming, and all kinds OF
sewing. Miss Fergus well re-
commended, and the work that she has
done since her arrival in Fort Benton
has given general satisfaction.
Hon. A. B. Hamilton arrived in the
CITY Yesterday from Choteau and is on
his way to Silver City, in the Northwest
territory, to look after his mining inter-
ests in that section. He will go by rail,
around by Winnipeg, and can step off
the cars within a few moments walk OF
his bonanzas. With this great advan-
tage in the matter of transportation the
property in which MI. Hamilton is in
terested ought to be, and doubtless is,
valuable.
District Attorney w. Y. Pemberton
returned from Eagle City last evening.
The gentleman has been absent several
DAYS and during the time has secured
some valuable interests III the new FL
Dorado. Mr.. Pemberton speaks in the
highest terms of praise Of the Cnur
d'Alene country, and regards it as one
Of the richest gold bearing sections ever
discovered in the west. The gentleman
showed us some fine specimens OF mug
get gold which were recently aiken out
of one of the gulches there. He saw a
large number of old time Montanlans
and Californians, who unite in pro-
nouncing the new mines as among the
best they have ever seen.-Miner.