The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-27
LOCAL NOTES.

cant Thos. III. Martin, of the Shon-
lin round-up, is registered at the Grand
Union
T-nas r. Conrad and Jos. A. Baker
will leave to-day for the latter's ranch
an Highwood.
Goo Scott came in from the roundup
yesterday. The party will be at Capt.
NeIse's tomorrow.
fim McDevitt's horse, "Bulger,o was
soen on the streets yesterday, harnessed
to buggy for the first time.
Ton, McDevitt arrived home on yes
.ordav,s Helena coach. We are inform
C od that he has not a very high opinion,
Of the Coeur d,Alene mining region
/Tbe Macleod coach will leave to-day
Z Nth lack Lee at the helm. Tom Todd
ond Iobn Glass are passengers. 1t will
also have a full load of-express matter
Mr. John Glass has determined to To-
ootn in Fort Benton. He is satisfied,
sfter looking the field over, that Fort
BENTON will yet be m of the best towns
in the territory.
Mr.. Ira Myers will be in Fort Benton
IN few DAYS. The mill at Great Falls
i turning out lumber in good shape,
and as that article is needed the resi-
dents of that town are gratitied.
I'd. Lewis had Jos. A. Bakers stallion
and his own mare on the race track last
evening. They made good time, con-
sidering they were both new to harness.
Il is SAID with training the stallion will
trot in about 2:oO.
Nothing definite is yet known relative
70 the whereabouts OF Pete McDermott.
One report states that he was going to
White Sulphur Springs to give himself
nm and another that he was seen at the
mouth of the Yellowstone.
A fracas took place last evening i'll
Coon alley between Aunt Leah Ward
and Rachel Gibbs. Aunt Leah had the
best of the fight, and by vigorous use OF
a club made Rachel toe the mark. They
were finally separated by some OF the
bystanders, who enjoyed the fun inn
mensely.
Messrs. Higgins & Ayres are conten-
Mating the running of a weekly express,
to Great Falls. They will carry passen-
gers and freight, and ii necessity re-
Guires. will make trips semi-weekly.
This will be a great convenience, and
the line will be well p~atronized from
the beginning.
Constable Finnegan arrested a man
last evening for being drunk II dlsOr-
DERBY. He visited the residence OF n
of our citizens and frightened the fam
ily and raised ned generally. Another
man bv the name Of Michael Lewis ac-
companied him, but could not be found
when Deputy Sheriff Aspiring went to
look for him.
Bob Tingiey has On exhibition a pistol
with a history. The weapon looks as II
covered with rust or gore. Q says
some years ago a party Of Indians came
to town, and for some reason he was
suspected of supplying them with
whisky, and a warrant was issued Tor
his arrest. He eluded the officers and
ran into Carroll & Steell's office, and
finally jumped through a window, when
he met Rock Colbert with a club. Rock
made a pass at him with the club, and a
man by the name of Lance came to as
sist Colbert, and leveled a pistol at him.
Bob kicked the pistol GU Of his hand,
obtained possession of it, and blazed
away, shooting Lance through the neck.
1t cost Tingley about $500 to fix the man
up, but he never went to Jail for selling
whisky to Indians.
The Mineral Argus, in its issue OF the
l4th inst, in an article entitled Our
Mail Service" attempts to throw the
blame for the discOntinuance OF the
Junction line upon parties whom it does
not name, presumably the proprietors OF
the Benton & Billings stage line. ms
is an injustice to them. The
uance Of that particular line was a mat
ter of SUNRISE to them, as they knew
nothing about it until officially notified
Of the fact. The blame, il any, should
be laid where it belongs, and the IN
preston should not be allowed to get
abroad that r. G.. Power & Bro. are ia
any way working for the injury of the
country adjacent to Maiden and Fort
Maginnis. In fact, they have too many
interests at stake in that section to WORK
against it. An inquiry on the part OF
The proprietors of the Argus Wou nave
resulted in an explanation which Would
have dlsabused their minds Of the idea
Of ''scheming to bring about this change
on the part Of some influential parties"
From Sundays Daily.
The residence of Hon. Joseph A. Ba-
ker is about completed.
Joe Conrad's house will be ready for
occupancy in a few days.
The thermometer in the RIVER PRESS
sanctum registered 930 yesterday.
Col. Rice left yesterday afternoon for
Richter & Hunts ranch OF the Teton.
We are glad to hear that Daniel Dutro
has nearly recovered from his recent
illness
E. D. HASTE, of Sun River. and A.
W. Kingsbury, of Big Sag, arrived
Yesterday.