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

Judge COnger has Deen relnStated by
President Arthur. The citizens of Vir.
ginia City celebrated the event by sere-
nading the judge, and %partaking Of the
usual refreshments.
Belknap City is the latest aspirant for
being the nearest railroad station to the
Caur d'Alene mines. 1t claims to be
only % miles from the gold fields, and
a wagon road will be cut through in a
few days.
An elegant $75 bar mirror will soon
adorn the walls of the Phoenix saloon,
as Barney Tierney has been notified
that he drew the third prize in the gifts
presented to it's subscribers by the
Mirror, a weekly paper published at
Chicago.
The Blackfoot Horse and Cattle Com-
pany is the name of a new company
recently formed in Helena. Carl Klein
schmidt, sen., is president, and Carl
Kleinschmidt, jun, vice-president and
secretary. They start with a paid-up
capital Of $50, 900.
It was rumored upon the departure Of
Messrs. Brooks and Hilger for Helena
that a fair one would accompany them
on their return as mistress of the gov
ernor's new mansion. AS it proves to
be a myth, some old maid must have
been Observation-Disclosures Argus.
We acknowledge the receipt of the
Benton RIVER PRESS of January I'd,
containing a large amount of interesting
and useful information, finely printed
cuts of Benton's principal buildings.
1t came late in the day but is appre-
ciated Just the same.-Bozeman Chroni-
Gle.
Col. Guido Ilges arrived in st. Paul
from Helena January 23rd, and took
rooms at the Merchants. The hardy
soldier is Frustrated with inflammation
of the lungs, and was compelled to send
for a physician on his arrival. His ill
ness precluded him from giving lectures
in Butte and Deer Lodge, as be had in
tended.-Pioneer Press.
A copy of the holiday edition of the
Benton RIVER PRESS has reached this
office. 1t consists of twelve five-column
pages very neatly gotten up. 1t is de-
voted principally to a description OF the
Indian reservation north Of the Missouri
river which the people of Benton hope
will be opened for settlement during the
year.-Livingston Enterprise.
Robert Miller, of the upper ferry, met
with an accident yesterday, which it isl
fortunate did not terminate fatally. HeF
went to the river to get a pail OF water.
and ventured where parties had recently
been cutting ice He broke through,
but fortunately came up at a point
where he could grasp the solid ice, and
dragged himself out, none the worse
except for the ducklng.
From Thursdays Daily:
III. O. Lying is now the happy father
( of a bouncing boy, who was born at the
Grand Union hotel yesterday.
Nv. P. Wren left for Pittsburg yester-
day with Chs. Peterson, on business
connected with Murphy, Maclay d Go.
The Northern Pacific has made spe-
cial arrangements to carry 500 miners
from the Gunnison country to the Occur
d'Alenes.
There will be a sale of condemned
government animals at Fort Shaw on
February End, consisting Of thirteen
mules and one horse.
The Dawson county officials at Glen
7 dive will now have to saw their own
wood, and build their own fires these
frosty mornings, the county commits
sioners having made no provision for
the necessary janitor.
1t is reported that the president, at
the intercession of the Swedish cons u
general, has granted a reprieve in theI
case of Addison, convicted of the crimel
of murder and sentenced to be hangedk
February 7th.-Herald. ~
This lastsnow has put the quietus on
all ice boat races, and we understand
that the large sum of money which was
put up as a forfeit by the respective
hackers of the speed of the two boats has
been taken down, and the race declared
off.
Northern Pacific stocks have taken a
decided boom in the last few days, and
if the rise is to be permanent it will
mark a new era Of development along
the lire of that road. The building Of
the Fort Benton branch this year will
be one of the results.
The reinstatement of Judge Conger,
as stated by Washington dispatches,
means that the salary accumulated and
unpaid during the period OF his suspen-
sion is to be allowed him. There is no
prospect whatever that Judge Conger
will be reappointed.-Herald
We regret to hear that ]. w. Patrick
fell into a we'll near T. McCune's slaugh-
ter house last Tuesday. Mr.. Patrick
being quite an elderly gentleman was
somewhat demoralized by the accident, !
but escaped with no more serious dam
age than a sore knee and several other
From private letters it is learned that
Ed. Davidson reached the Arkansas hot
springs all right. A little collision by
which two engines were knocked to