The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1885-10-14
Territorial Tidings.

The "Paintin' the Town Red'' combina-
ton was stranded in Bozeman.
Cans & Klein's magnificent new store
at Butte was opened last Saturday even |
ing.
Helena is the only railroai city in the
territory that has not adopted standard
time.
One of the Helena hotels advertises 'Sa
good meal and half bottle Of wine for
30 cents.''
Competent judges estimate the value of
Montana beef, mutton and wool for 1885
at IS, ,OO0, 900.
A miner named Joe Mead was killed on
the I'd by an accident at the new Anaconda
concentrator.
The First National bank of Billings will
occupy their elegant new quarters after
the 1st of November.
A man named Nefas was held up by
two bold highwaymen near Helena few
nights ago and relieved him of 1925.
The Merchants National bank of Helena
received shipment of $4,000 worth of
coarse gold from the Ceur d Alenes few
days ago.
Viscount Stephen de Rouge, S. j., was
ordained priest by Bishop Brondel at
Helena Sunday. This was the first ordi-
nation in Montana.
VIM. Schultz, an old time and well
known Montana freighter, died at the
house of Henry Monroe, Prickly Pear
valley, last Friday.
The Inter Mountain of Butte will short
" remove to new office OH Main street,
and it is rnmored that after the removal it
will become morning paper.
The Inter Mountain announces at this
early date that it is going to publish the
finest and most comprehensive holiday
number ever issued in Montana.
The white cooks do not give he salts
faction the Cinnamon gave, either to the
restaurant proprietors or theiE patrons.
This is sad, but it's fact.-Miner.
Fred. A. Greenleaf, of Helena, who has
been connected with the assay office sew
eral years, is in precarious condition of
health and it is thought cannot recover.
A miner employed in the Alta mine at
Wickes was killed last Saturday while en-
gagged in preparing blast, by falling
rock that had been loosened by previous
shot.
Several hundred cords of wood were
set fire to near Butte last week, by sub
contractors who had furnished it but were
dissatisfied with the measurement allowed
them.
Livingston Enterprise: The force OF
workmen at the Northern Pacific coal
mines, Timberline, has been largely in
creased, and the output for September was
double that Of the month previous. Next
paw day about $50, 900 will be disbursed In
the camp.
Noah Gee, of Reese creek, threshed out
$50 bushels of oats from three acres OF
sod ground. Can any one beat this rec
ord? y x x VIM. Welch experimental
with one bushel of Saskatchewan Fife
wheat, and the yield was 1914 bushels O
we'll matured grain.-Avant Courier.
The Merchants National bank purchased
Yesterday from Ye Wau and brothers, tWt
thousand dollars worth of coarse golC
dust. taken from the. placers of Jefferson
Blackfoot and Confederate gulches. Thi'
Il would indicate that there is yet gold il
our territory to be had by digging for it
but there is more dirt and rocks mixed
with it now than in the days of '64.-In
dependent.
The large saw mill now under construc
ton by Henry Hammond on the Big
Blackfoot, near Missoula, is to be 162x4'
feet in size on the ground and two stories
high. 1t will be supplied with 500-hors'
power engine and facilities for turning
out over 100000 feet of lumber per day
The builder is under contract to furnish
the Montana improvement company Is,
900 900 feet of lumber per annum.
It gives us pain to chronicle the fact tina
a painful accident has befallen our worthy
and esteemed friend, Mr.. e. w. Toole
Upon returning from fishing excursion
to Wolf creek, in Meagher county, tn,
wagon in which were Mr.. T. and party
, upset, severely bruising leg and sprain
ing an ankle. The injuries, although
painful, we are informed are not seriou