The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1884-02-06

From Saturdays Daily.

emption yesterday before A. B. Keller
acting deputy district clerk.
We are very glad to see that VIM.
Roe has so far recovered from his late
serious accident as ID be out riding yes
terday.
Read Kleinschmidt & Bros an
nOuncement elsewhere in this paper.
They are offering bargains in every line
to close out.
Judging by its paper, the Courier,
Rathdrum is booming at present. 1t is
the principal outfitting point to the
Cpur d'Alenes.
We understand that a neWand strange
disease has already killed four COWS be-
longing to Herman Brinkman, and that
the remaining two are attacked with the
same symptoms. -
T~he-dispatcnes Of the last two or three
DAYS show that Northern Pacific stocks
are booming in a way, and also indicate
that Jay Gould is now, or soon will be,
at the head of that enterprise.
The members of the constitutional
convention will make the excursion to
Wickes tomorrow. on invitation of S.
T. Hauser, of Helena, president of the
Helena & Jefferson railroad.
We sac by the Kootenai Courier that
VIM. Shelton has applied for a franchise
to build a toll road fifteen miles long
from the Occur d'Alene mines at Eagle
City eastward to the MOUNTAINEERING.
4 Carl Kleinschmidt, one of Helena's
wholesale merchants, came in on last
nights coach. We understand he Isl
here looking after the interests of the
Benton house of Kleinschmidt & Bro. /
There mur d1A1ene Miner has been
received. It is now published at Spo-
zane Falls, but the outfit will be moved
into the mountains as soon as possible.
It is full of news about the new mining
country.
Col. Guido Ilges hopes to be suffi-
GENTLY recovered next week to comply
with the expressed wishes of many
friends, and deliver in St. Paul his in
teresting lecture on Life and Services
among the Apaches."
Passengers from the west say that
Rathdrum is thronged with men who
are waiting for an opportunity to go
into the Cueur d'Alene mines. When
the train draws up at the depot, a
crowd Of four or five hundred men
4dlllGI dlOuHu u.
Ed. Flint leaves on the first north
bound coach for Silver City, In the
Northwest territory. Ed. is interested
in several promising leads near the fam
Gus Alberta mine, and all his friends
hope he will strike rich rock and plenty
of it in the new mining camp OF the
north.
The Independent of the Goth says:
A dispatch from Washington, received
Yesterday by the governor, says that a
successor to Judge Conger will be APP
pointed within a week, and that Con-
gers reinstatement was only for the
purpose Of letting him draw salary for
the time he has been suspended.
\ beautiful holy water fountain has
been presented to the Catholic church
by Mr.. A. DeLorimier. 1t was made
here from native sandstone, n shows
some fine workmanship. This foun-
tain will be an ornament to the church
for many years to come, n is a work
of which the generous donor may well
feel proud.
The many customers of Murphy, Ma
clay & Co. will be glad to hear that w.
p. Wren has returned safe and sound
from a business trip to Little Pittsburg.
He reports a good deal Of snow in that
vicinity before this hlnoOk commenced
to lick it up Peterson d Price are do
inc a good business at their store not
. outstanding the dull times.
4 good many cruel stories have been
told of the treatment Willard received
from his supposed riends since the
hammering set in against his stocks last
August. Positively the worst is that
among his guests On the gold spike ex-
curSiOn were a score of fellows who used
the wires at Helena and Portland to send
cipher dispatches to New York alarming
the market, and at the same lime sent
orders to sell and take the benefit OF
consequences.
Fl r. pascoe obtained several num-
bers Of the Holiday RIVER PRESS and
sent them to friends of his who are en-
plOyed in the Anaconda mine at Butte.
Pascoe has already received answers
from the parties, who are enthusiastic
in their praise of the paper, and say
they will be in Fort Benton sure IN the
spring with a full prospecting outfit,
ready to take in the Bears Paw and
Sweet Grass hills in good shape. Ii all
our good citizens would initiate the Wor-
thy example Of Mr.. Pascoe in getting
outsiders interested in this great country
we would have a stampede of our own
in the spring.
There came near being a funeral in
the Tingley family a few days since.
Johnny had been out shooting sage
hens and brought the gun home loaded.
One of the younger brothers during the
evening, not knowing the gun was
loaded, picked it up and went through
the motions of shooting. Fortunately