The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-02-01
Territorial News.

no attention to it.
Hon. Cornelius Hedges has resigned the
office of supreme court reporter and Mr..
H. Il. Buck, formerly of this city, was ap-
pointed to I'LL the vacancy. There is any
amount of hard work connected with the
position.
Hon. Morrow ?. Lowry, brother Of the
late Thos. J. Lowry, of Helena, died of
pneumonia at that place Friday. He
came to Montana with the Fisk expedi-
tion of 1866, and was member of the
legislature from Choteau
Hon. G. w Hoffman, who for one year
has been tunneling his Timberline coal
mine for the purpose of exposing another
vein, has at last reached the coal he sought.
and the Queally & Hoffman mine will soon
be getting out large lot of coking coal.
Mr.. Fred. E. Hoss, for two or three
years on the New North West force, and
now assistant postmaster at Helena, was
married IN Helena Tuesday evening to
Miss Anna J. Bell Of Stockton, Cal. The
lady is cousin of Mr. George FL. Bell, of
Deer Lodge.
Mr.. George F. Woolston has sent in his
orders for pipe and other material needed
to construct the Bozeman water works.
He has secured . supply of water from
the western part Of the city and it will
not be many months until he has the
works in operation
Boulder City is progressing. It has
nine saloons, two hotels, restaurant
three butcher shops and several stores.
A corner lot was recently purchased for
building thereon next season Of a Cruise
savings bank, and vote is about to be
taken on the erection Of a $4,000 public
school house
Owing to the regent snow blockades the
Northern Pacific almost out OF fuel
along its line th Montana. Freight
business ON taa count had to be in
tirely suspended the Rocky Mountain
division. Since .ae mild weather, coal
has commenced to arrive, and it IS to be
hoped the trouble is over.
Gust Sanders, the man who was out
deer hunting near Georgetown and was
reported lost, has never been found. al
though thorough search of the surround
ing country was made 1t is now feared
that his remains may never be discovered,
as the mountains are very rugged and in
places almost inaccessible.
There is every assurance that the Gal
latin valley is to have an abundance of
water for irrigating purposes next year.
The snow in the mountains is of immense
depth and this is assurance enough that
water is to be plentiful, and that crops
are to be good, as upon this the crops of /
Gallatin mainly depend
It is stated that the projected reduction
works, at the head Of which are Messrs.
Broadwater, Eilers, Child and others, have
been definitely located at the head of /
Black Eagle falls, sufficiently near Great
Falls to satisfy most of the citizens of the
upper river metropolis. The purpose is
to construct the works and put them in
operation this year.
Judging from the manner in which the
Utah & Northern trains have been run
since New Years, it is evident that the
new management of the Union Pacific
railway is totally incompetent to cope with
Idaho or Montana snow storms. A furry
Of snow stops all traffic until Providence
sends Chinook to open the line for
Review.
The Montana Central railroad grade
rom Helena to Butte is nearly finished.
The scrapers were used every day up to
he first of January, and the cars may be
'unning into Butte by overhead line In
Tune, although the tunnel at Wickes will
lot be completed before October. The
,alena ore lode found in the tunnel is |
TX feet wide, but they have not yet reach
d the hanging wall
Major William P. Lyman, one of the old
and marks of the lower and upper Yellow
tone, who for the past few months has !
cen in charge of the saw mill at Red
lodge for the Rocky Fork Coal company,
led of pneumonia on the 18th inst, at ! !
30. Major Lyman was one of the early :
raiders Of the upper Missouri river and 2 2
as Well-known throughout the whole :
-orthWest, from st. Paul to the British =
olumbia line.
Missoula's small hydrants commenced :.
eezing up sone time ago, followed by ];
osing of the principal water mains and !,
re plugs, and now not drop Of water !,
In be had out Of the works from one end :,
, the other. Missoula ought to haye had ),
eo. E. Woolston put in it's plant. He :
nows enough about water works to get =
lem below the frost line, and it's safe !, :
ager that the Fort Benton works will !. :
aver freeze up. !,