The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-09-27
CITY AND STATE.

A marriage license was issued to.
day to William Lambert, of Chinook,
and Nellie McGrew. of Havre.
1t is reported that Robert Harper,
OF this city, and Miss Maggie House
were married in Great Falls yester.
day.
Malcolm Morrow, who has been to
Chicago attending the cattle ship.
ments. returned home this morning.
He reports a demoralized beef m arket.
The fiat boat which was built here,
and of which Messrs. Goddard, Hal.
lock and Bevan, of Butte, were pas
sengers. left its mOOrings yesterd ay
afternoon at $3.50 on its downward trip
TO St. Louis and New Orleans.
Dave Thomas was in town yesterday
trying to ascertain the whereabouts OF
one Frank Blair who is said to have
converted to his own use about 49,. 90,
money collected for the sale of hay
which rightly belonged to Mr.. Thorn.
as.
Mrs. Geo. L. Overtield, who recently
left here for her old home in Kansas,
underwent an operation 10 a Wichita
hospital a few days ago. \ telegram
received today reports that the patient
Is making good progress toward re.
covery.
William Harrison and Frank Col.
gate, who have been camping on the
Shonkin and Highwood creeks for
about two weeks returned home last
evening bringing with them quite a
number of prairie chickens, grouse
and mountain trout.
c. c. Chambers, who has leased an
extensive sheep feeding plant at Ire.
vor, Wis, is among the business Wis.
itors in town. The Bower Bros. weth-
ers, which were loaded at the stock.
yards yesterday, will be fed at Trevor
before going on the market.
Word vas received from Havre last
evening stating that another fire broke
out in hat city yesterd ay, but no de-.
tails were given. Later advices state
that four or five frame buildings near
the scene of the fire Of two weeks ago
We're destroyed, and it is believed the
fire was of ~incendiary origin. The
citizens OF Havre, it is reported, have
decided to organize a vigilante com.
mittee, and certain suspected firebugs
will be requested to leave town.
Great Falls Leader: All of the
sheep remaining in the hands of the
receiver of the defunct Montana Co.
Operative Ranch company have been
disposed of by sale, Receiver j. w.
Speer having returned to the city last
night from Galata, after having de-.
livered the sheep at that place to the
purchaser, John Willis of Glasgow.
The sale included 1854 old sheep,
which were sold at s2.75 per head, and
LOSS lambs, which brought s.. O5. The
balance of the stock and farming i'm.
plements and other movable property
OF the company will be sold al public
auction at the ranch Sept. 3Oth.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. Peasley, of Havre, arrived in
the city this morning and is looking
over the field with a view to starting
a hand laundry here.
Miss Gets, Miss Locke, Mrs. Cline
and Genie Butch, Of the Fort Shaw
Industrial school, have been selected
as the relay riders at the Cascade
county fair.
1t is announced that Charles Nj.
Ziebach, clerk at Fort Belknap agen.
cy, has been appointed superintendent
Of the kickapoo Indian training school
at Horton, kas.
Advices from Culber,son report q
shooting >crapc in which Stubb Mann
and John Sandvig We're the partici-
pants. Each man was wounded, but
there were no serious results.
A telegram from Chicago to a prom
inent cattle man of this city, received
"O 0AAS C1oS GeC q
tie market is 10 such bad shape that
it would not be advisable to ship any
more beef at present.
Notice of appeal has been filed ia
the district court by A. D.. Gill. OF
Landusky. who was recently tried be.
fore a jury ia Justice Baird's court
at Zortmau, on a charge of taking
out a headgats' owned by j. e, Nor.
rison. The jury returned a verdict of
guilty, and Justice Baird imposed a
sentence of sixty days in Jail, which
the defendant appeals to the district
court to set aside.
Wanted, a game warden" was re.
Gently phOned to Game Warden Scott,
at Helena, from this city. \ deputy
game warden was promptly dispatched