The river press., 1888-02-01
LOCAL NOTES

po,,rasea & Dechamp, will leave Dy Che
noe ooe4l 4ra;n this evening for New York City,
Il . visit to his aged mother who IS very
sick.
uoreoId and Arthur, the two little boys
~ ond Mrs. w. G. Conrad, who have
haen suffering with Group, are very much
1,ot+or to-day, much to the qualification Of
H. onxious parents and their friends.
Mr. Jos. Conrad, who for some time past
has been confined at home from sickness,
i still too weak to attend to business,and,
for the first time in many days, was out
to-day enjoying the beautiful spring
weather.
Parties engaged in hauling freight and
coal and having business on the other
side of the river are this evening busily
engaged in crossing their wagons and
teams, expecting at any time to see the
icego out.
In letter received by MAJOR Lincoln
last evening he is informed that stock Of
alldiscription, and especially cattle, around
Fort Belknap are wintering we'll and in
fine condition. This same good news
comes from all over the country.
The work done by the Advance copying
house Of Minneapolis, for different parties
in town, arrived yesterday, giving general
satisfaction. Mr. Griffith, the Advance
agent, who has been at the Choteau House
for some time awaiting it's arrival, leaves
to-day at 2 o'clock ,. m. for the west
We are sorry to learn that Mr.. Ed.
Dunno, of the grocery department OF j. Y.
Power & Bro, has been attacked by cry
sipelas il the head and ear, and is to-day
unable to attend to the duties OF the store.
The Major is subject to it and has passed
through several attacks of the same kind
We hope to report his speedy recovery.
Mr.. j. H Dunlap, of Choteau, Montana,
came down on the east bound train last
evening and is stopping at the Choteau
House. Mr. Dunlap informs us that
Messrs. Samuel Burd and Gus Mumberg
have rented the store house formerly oc-
cupied by Hamilton and Hazlett, and will
in the near future open d saloon, to be
first class in every respect.
Among the lot of miscellaneous freight
Yesterday was a new set of ice tools con-
signed to parties here. This looks like
locking the stable door after the horse
has been stolen, as the ice to-day is about
three feet under water with all the ap-
Dearances of a general break up Ii the
present stage of weather continues it
would be pious idea to ship them to
Dakota and trade them off for fish hooks.
Mr.. T. J. O'Hanlan, the popular mana
GER of Messrs. Z. g. Power & Bros store
at Fort Belknap, and Mr.. L. d. Bogy, of
the same place, came in this morning on
the west-bound freight and are stopping
at the Choteau house. Mr.. O'Hanlon was
among those who suffered the inconven-
iences of the snow blockade and expresses
huge disgust for that cold, dreary
snow-clad country in comparison to the
beautiful warm spring weather we are
having here
Messrs. Oscar Johnson and Theo Rouse
who were employed by the Shonkin asso-
citation to poison wolves, have for the
present folded their tents and abandoned
the pursuit. They have been over the
Shonkin range twice and scattered poison
promiscuously, but from the effects of the
chinook the prairie is becoming SO wet
and soft that travel with a wagon is al
most impossible, and it will be difficult to
tell the number of cayotes and wolves
they have poisoned.
From Mr.. F. S. Kaiser, of the Star
Sheep company, whose ranch is located
on Eagle creek, near the foot of the Bear
Paw mountains, we learn that the snow
has been deeper there than anywhere else
this winter, as is generally the case, but
that even there his sheep have found a
sufficient quantity of feed to keep them
in fine condition. They have not been
bothered at all by the wolves, although
there are a great many around. Cattle
within the range of these mountains are
in fine condition
Sheriff w. Fl. Black and Deputy Sheriff
AL Rowe arrived by private conveyance
from Choteau where Mr.. Black has been
engaged in closing out the stock Of goods
of Messrs. L. J. Wilde & Co, and attend
lug to business interests connected with
that establishment. Mr.. Rowe was also
on business connected with the Office, but
the nature of which we did not learn.
They also brought with them man
named Graves, who has been in charge OF
band Of sheep belonging to Mr.. T. j.
Demer of Frenchtown. 1t appears that
Graves has been arrested charged with
selling Mr.. Demers' property and appro-
priating the proceeds to his own use.
Mr.. Frank P. Lloyd, Of Rochelle, ILL.,