The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1888-12-05
Territorial Items.

M1QOG RuSbl0r-If1Dun0: MlnOG mas a
representative in the legislature. She
wants land Office and any thing else that
she can get.
Rising Sun: E. B. Largent is now in
Butte negotiating a sale of 300 tons of
baled hay for his brother, Joseph T.. Lar
gent, near Ulm.
Fergus County Argus: Think Of mos
quitoes the latter part of November. One
was killed Tuesday night while in the act
of presenting his bill.
Conrad & Co.'S store at Miles City was
burglarized one day last week. The value
of the amount of articles taken is not
great. It is supposed to be the work of
hoodlums.
Mlssoulian: When the Union Pacific
invades the upper Bitter Root valley it
will continue on straight down the river
to Missoula. The only question is, when
will it invade?
Livingston formed vigilance commit
tee and ordered a number Of toughs in
the town to leave. The committee es-
corted several to the depot with the ad
monition to make themselves scarce.
A tunnel is to be driven through the
Diamond range at Montana gulch by A.
McGregor. He owns an old river bed
there that is rich and cuts through the
mountain to GET drainape
It is expected that Sheriff Hathaway
will arrive at Helena with the escaped
murderer, Godas, next Friday. Mr.. Hath
away had to go to Ottawa to get the nee
essary papers before he could get his pris-
oner.
Northwest Tribune: If all the railroads
are to be built into the Bitter Root valley
that rumor con templates, there will not
be a full claim of 100 acres in the valley
that won't have a railroad across it in
some direction.
Miss Flora Sedgewick dropped dead in
ball room at Stevensville last Wednes-
day evening. She had been dancing and
was on the floor to join in a quadrille
when death overlook her. Heart disease
is the supposed cause.
New Northwest: One man got licked
by an outsider for disturbing the Saliva
tion Army meeting the other night, and
another was fined by a jury III Judge En-
erson's court, 81 and costs 1855 in all
for putting pepper on the stove.
p. E. Maher fatally stabbed James
Thompson at Granite last Tuesday night.
They quarrelled over game Of cards and
settled it in an agreed fight with the re-
suit as stated. Maher gave himself up
and is now in jail at Deer Lodge.
Husbandman: The village corporation
of White. Sulphur Springs has actually
becouIe living, moving, thinking, acting
body aid we look forward with bright an
ticipations to great improvement in our
town within the next ninety days.
North West Tribune: There is scarce
ly enough pork left in the valley for home
consumption. Buyers from Helena,
Butte, Anaconda and Philipsburg have
cleaned up the fattening pens Of this val
ley and have paid as high as eight cents
delivered at the railroad
It is announced that Daniel j. Heyfron
has filed notice of his intention to contest
the election for sheriff of this county.
There seems to be no doubt but what
there is abundant ground for contests in
several of the county Offices, but the
amount Of work involved in collecting
sufficient evidence for a successful con
test is almost incalculable.
Husbandman: Mr.. Manville, of this
place, who has been large smelter oper-
ator of Leadyille, Colo, says he will put
up {. smelter at Smiths camp if he can
contract for 10000 tons of ore. The Cas-
tie Mountain Mining company is now pre-
pared to contract one third of this amount
and before spring may be able to contract
for the entire tonnage required.
Missoulian: A. J. Urlin through his
attorneys, Woody & Webster, has com
menced proceedings against the Northern
Pacific Railroad Co. for $4,000 damages.
Mr.. Urlin was in the Gold creek wreck
last summer and was probably more Sc
riously injured than any of the other pas
sengers. He was confined at the hospital
over two months, we believe, and although
able to be about now, is in feeble health.
It is feared he was hurt internally SO Sc
verely as to preclude the hope of complete
The suit will come up at the
next term of the district court.
Burns, "the confessor' to the Rom
oaugh murder, was acquitted at the
examination. Judge Sloane committed
nim for the costs, he being the complain
mt, and informed him that when he had
'emained ia jail sufficient time to salts