The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-02-01
CITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

sale al all t~irst.class places.
Advices from Big Sandy report a
large attendance at the public ball
given there last evening. Excellent
music was present from Fort Assinni.
boine.
The dance at Oddfellows' hall last
night was attended by a large number
OF people of this city and vicinity,
and all those present report an en-
joyable time.
According to the report of j. w.
Speer, receiver Of the Montana Co.
operative Ranch company, the assets
OF the concern are valued at S244 1923
aud its liabilities amount to $3.50, 44S.
Suit has been commenced in the dis.
trict court by the Plano Manufacture
ing Company VS.. G. w. Hanson, to
recover 1874 with interest and cost,
judgment for which was given by a
Dakota court.
Charles Ryan, sentenced to ten days
W L O4lCC " dS1S ave CIV Uus
is a recent arrival at the county Jail.
There are now - persons in the Jail,
most of them serving short terms for
misdemeanors.
A dispatch from Washington an.
ounce the appointment of Albert
Pfaus as postmaster at Lewistown. to
succeed A. j. Stephens, removed.
MIR. Pfaus was formerly Presbyterian
minister at Lewistown.
Miss Lottie Walton, who has been
the guest of relatives in this city for
several months past, returned to her
home in St. Paul, MINI. She was ac-
companied by her sister, Mrs. A. L.
Lewis, who will visit with her parents
in that city.
1t is reported from Choteau that the
local board of health is taking action
to prevent a possible outbreak of
smallpox. All persons who attended
a banquet last week will be quaran-
tined in their homes for five days, be.
cause one of the guests is a victim of
the disease.
A dispatch from Washington an.
nounces that the house claims com.
mittee has incorporated in the omni-
bus war claims bill an IS, 900 appro-
priation for Jean Louis Legare, for
merly of Montana, who secured the
return of Sitting Bull from Canada in
1881, aud has had a claim pending for
many years.
Jailer Haigler arrived this morning
from Big Sandy with Frank Rockford
who is charged with burglarizing q
storeroom at that place, and who was
caught in the act of attempting &c
break into the saloon of l.. NJ. Rogers
The accused was taken before Justice
Sullivan this afternoon, but owing tc
the absence of necessary Witnesses
the hearing of the case was postponed
until Tuesday afternoon at , O'Clock
a dispatch from ST. Paul says p
Cornet, a Montana ranchman, lost {
grip containing S12, 500 worth of secu'
rites and two suits of clothes in the
union depot Thursday morning. He
was going to the stock yards at South
st. Paul, and had the grip in the de
pot, and does not believe he took 1t OF
the train with him, although he is no
certain about this. When he arrived
at South St. Paul he missed the griI
and the police were notified, but nt
trace could be found.
From Mondays Daily.
People who know, drink Cyrus No
BILE, the purest and best American
whiskey. Il
a postotfice bulletin announces tina
n. f.. MILESTONE has been appointed
TO succeed w. E. Wells as postmaster
a, Hays, south of Harlem.
Charles Crepcau has "a crew of mel
at work marking of the ice for cut
ting and expects TO begin harvesting
the ice in a few days.
Chas. Schilling. charged with gran.
larceny, appeared in the district cour
this morning and pleaded not guilty
His trial was set for February 70.
In the cases of Grady and Johnson
charged with fraudulently obtaining
property, demurrers were filed in tn
district court today by Downing 8
Roote, attorneys for the defend ants.
a. D. Gill, the we'll known stockmal
of Landusky, is among the bushes
visitors in town today. Mr.. Gill re
ports considerable mining activity il
Ruby gulch, in the Zortman district
Thirteen additional notices of OF
placer locations, covering about 200
acres in the Teton district, have beef
filed ia the county clerks Office. Tn
locators are Chas. Bannatyne, Rober
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