The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-08-06
LOCAL NOTES.

LOCAL NOTES.
from saturdays Daily.
s., wedding is soon to take place on
Highwood.
M. Rowles loaded yesterday for
narties in Sun River.
Ncounty Clerk j. F. Murphy is serious
H., III and confined to his bed. ,
1obn Lepley contemplates a visit to
N~ontana's health resort shortly.
Ntudge Wade has returned to bis home
~ Helena after spending a vacation OF
months east.
The Anaconda company shipped near
" 5000 tons of copper ore last month,
averaging between 30 and 80 per cent.
Dr, Fairfield is said to be very success
| fnI in his practice, and is gaining many
friends by his geniality and sociability.
Sheriff McDevilt and Under Sheriff
Asnling left Thursday evening for a
trim north, and will be absent about two
weeks.
/The game season opened yesterday and
f~om this on the festive hunter can shoot
| all the prairie chickens he may wish
and by the way chickens are plenty
little scrimmage took place on Front
ktreet Yesterday afternoon between two
well known citizens. No damage was
done save a skinned knuckle Of n and
IA SLIGHT scratch on the other.
Several Observation-Disclosures and
H., ,x =, fI,o;r - 49, L.-- =
taking their wheat to the Sun River
mill this fall, as an experiment, to see
what kind of flour can be made.
NJ /Messrs. Rondfn and Weipert should
he made honorary members of the old
timers association. The former came
here in 1928, the later in 1885, and they
certainly are entitled to some consid-
Grafton.
The authorities at Fort Macleod have
been looking for Tom Purcell for some
time. There are now four indictments
against him there, and Col. Macleod,
stipendiary magistrate, will handle Mr..
Purcell without gloves.
A gentleman called at one of the
prominent grocery stores yesterday and
asked if they had any cedar pals.
That's what we have" said the store
keeper; ''can't you see der pails?" The
purchaser was paralyzed.
Mr.. Ira Myers is now at Great Falls
completing arrangements for the cree
ton of a saw mill at that point. Three
RATS of logs are now on the ground, and
others are to come. The demand for
lumber exceeds the supply.
The residents of the upper Highwood
are very much Inconvenience for want
of mail facilities, and an application for
service has been sem to Washington.
There are over one hundred adults, bondI
tide residents, now in that locality.
The republicans must expect to carry
Missoula county this year. Eight
gentlemen announce themselves,
through the columns of the Times, as
candidates for office, subject to the dici-
sion of the republican nominating coh-
vention.
The Indian police at the new agency
do not like the idea Of having their hair
cut to conform 10 the regulations. Still
it is expected most of them will come to
time rather than lose the five dollars
per month which they draw in addition
to their rations.
Capt. Charles Bird, assistant quarter
master United States army, has been
ordered relieved from duty at Spokane
Falls, Wash, and instructed to report at
Helena, Mont, there to relieve Major
and Quartermaster Theodore j. Ecker
son. Maj. Eckerson will proceed to his
home and settle his accounts preparatory
to retirement.
AS soon as the postmaster at Cashier
qualities, Mr.. Gorham, postmaster at
Ulidia, will commence the carrying Of
mails, the same being chargeable to the
contractor, who resides in Kansas City.
He has taken the contract for $40, for
two round trips per week, and as the
distance cannot be less than fifty miles,
he is liable to be out of pocket.
From Sundays Daily.
Fishing is reported good on Belt
creek.
Joseph Dempsey, a cowboy, was shot
by a negro at Miles City a few days ago.
J. Griffin and Duke Dutrieulle were
passengers on the Helena coach yester-
day.
julius Hirshberg of Sun River is
doing a fine business, and is generally
liked.
Mrs. A. j. Vance and daughter will
depart for the states on the steamer
Bachelor.
Jonas Higgins new brick hotel at
White Sulphur Springs will be three
stories in height.