The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-11-05

Frank Coombs will leave for the cas-
about the middle Of November.
The cornerstone for the new Odd
Fellows hall at Butte was laid last Sat.
urday.
Mrs. George w. Samples. Of the Ju-
,dith, is in the city, the guest of Mrs.
tChas. E. Duer. ~
Mr.. John Athey, with Broadwater,
Mcnamara & CO., Fort Maginnis, ar
rived in the city last evening.
A fire at Glendive on the 23d destroy
ed a livery stable and two small dwell
ing houses. The loss is about $4,000.
There will not be less than a thousand
Montanians visit New Orleans this
winter. Several Bentonites will be of
the number.
The fare for the trip from St. Paul to
New Orleans and return, from the 1st of
December to the 1st Of May, has been
fixed at $1,000.
Frank Bosworth, the old time Mon
tana actor, left for the east recently to
ioin the Katie Putnam company at Chi
cago for a winters engagement.
A party of five or six persons QUILTED
at T. C. Power & Bros and H.. J. Wack-
erlin's to-day and will leave tomorrow
for Rocky Point, en- route to the Little
Rockies. They expect to spend the
winter in the mines.
The RIVER PRESS acknowledges with
thanks the receipt of q nice lot Of apples
and Siberian crabs, grown IN the or
chard of VIM. J. Kennedy, Of Missoula,
and presented by his brother, Mr.. J. j.
Kennedy, OF this city.
A prominent and we'll posted mining
man Of Butte informed a Helena man a
day or two ago that it was a fair estimate
to put the total output of Butte at ST.
250, 900 lin value) per month. Over half
a million per month is paid out for
wages, wood and other expenses.
The assessment of Beaverhead county
for the year 1884 foots up $2,648, 094.
This is an increase over 1883 Of owe
$3.50, 900. The increase for tn 9 past year
is mainly due to property in Dillon and
to the increase in the value of the prop
erty of the Hecla Consolidated Mining
cnmpany at Glendale. The increase in
the assessment roll Of the county within
the past two years has been 1854 SOB.
Messrs. Dunton and Wilson arrived
from Maiden last evening. They report
that camp enjoying a fair degree of
prosperity, with very bright prospects
for the future. MI. Dunton has inter
terests in Little Rocky gulch, in the
Little Rockies, represented by his broth
or, that he thinks q great deal of-both
placer and quartz claims. They pro-
pose to develop their property there this
winter and be ready to reap a harvest
while the water lasts next spring and
summer.
The steamer Bachelor was launched
Wednesday at 4 o'clock p. m, and the
work Of repairing the hull will be com
pleted to-day. 1t is considered that
since her extensive repairs this boat
draws less water than any steamboat on
the upper Missouri, drawing exactly !
thirteen inches. She will leave for
Poplar creek this evening loaded with
government freight and Indian supplies.
Captain, Dick Talbot; engineer, E. M.
Waite; pilot, Benjamin Jewell carpen-
ter, A. Gorham.-Bismarck Tribune,
Oct. Gath.
From Thursdays Daily:
Mrs. G. E. Duer will shortly leave for
the east to spend the winter.
Gen. Hazen, hiefo Of the signal service,
was in Helena a few days ago-
Jos. Hirshberg and family are con-
templating a-2isiteast this winter:
The assessment Of Lewis and Clarke
county this year reaches $6,991, $50.
The Sun River Sun says the liabilities
of the firm of George Steel & Co. will
exceed 500, 900. 7
c. s. Gibson returned to the city a
day or two ago and is now at his ranch1-
the mouth of Otter creek. 4
Several Fort Benton families will
spend the winter in the east, and take
IN the New Orleans Exposition.
Our contractors must have had some
STAT takes this summer as they are all
going south to spend the winter.