The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-03-21
CITY AND STATE.

Send your watch and jewelry repair
work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Among the births reported by Great
Falls newspapers is that Of a son to
the wife Of NJ. Kane, Of Big Sandy.
A recent real estate deal is the pur.
chase of the Jos. Connolly property,
on lower Main street, by John Ward.
The purchaser, it is understood, pro.
poses to build a residence on the pro.
perry at az early date.
The recent cold snap reminds old
time residents Of former winters in
which March was the coolest month
of the season. The weather bureau
records state that Al below zero, on
March 13, 1897, is the lowest March
temperature of which official know
ledge exists.
The Fort Benton Amateurs, under
the leadership of MIR. John c. Sulli-
van, have begun rehearsals for a
minstrel performance which it is pro.
posed to give on the evening Of Easter
Monday, April 16. The entertainment
will be for the benefit of the Catholic
church building fund.
The Winnie Davis Chapter of the
United Daughters Of Confederacy is
soliciting contributions for a memori-
al fund. 1t has issued a circular let
ter which says: There are buried 10
Montana many soldiers who served in
the Confederate army, but they are so
scattered that it is not practicable TO
erect a monument over each. The
Daughters of Confederacy in the south
are placing monuments on the various
battlefelds made sacred by the sacra-
flee of the men Of the south from 1861
to 1865. The Winnie Davis Chapter
Z. D. G. is very anxious to erect a
fountain in a park in the city Of Hell.
ena, and dedicate it to "The Southern
Soldier" History has never yet told
the true story of the devotion to the
south and the courage on the battle
field displayed by the Confederate SOL
der, and we esteem it a high privilege
to be able to work for a memorial 10
such men.
From Thursdays Daily.
Last night was one of the coolest
experienced here this winter, the gov
ernment thermometer registering 294
degrees below zero.
Edward Crepeau, of Newport,
WASH, arrived in the city this morn.
ing on a visit with his brother, Chas.
Crepeau, and family.
1t is reported that Prot. j. w. Len.
ming has purchased the Richard Smith
residence property on upper Front
street. The consideration is said to
have been about $500.
A crew of men and teams in charge
of Charles Crepeau are engaged this
afternoon in cutting and hauling the
first ice crop of the season for the
large ice house of the Center Meat
Market.
Articles of incorporation have been
filed 10 the county clerks Office by the
MILESTONE Mercantile company, the
incorporators being N. E. MILESTONE,
L. K. Devl;n aud j. G. Pancoast.
The concern has a capital stock Of
$1,000, and will operate a store at
Hays, on the Fort Belknap reserva-
ton.
Patrick La Fromboise, who "a the
principal witness for the prosecution
against Claude Wallace on a charge
of mayhem in the trial of the latter at
the recent term of district court, has
been convicted at Glasgow on a charge
of grand larceny. 1t was proved that
the accused borrowed a horse from
his brother, and sold it to John n.
Smith, Of Nashua.
Jacob Myers has filed in the Great
Falls land office a contest against the
homestead entry of John Dassome,
made on 100 acres near Landu.ky.
Contest is made upon the alleged
grounds that the claimant has wholly
abandoned the land for more than six
months last past, and that he has
failed to reside thereon or to improve
or cultivate the land as required by
law. Hearing will be held before B.
w. Brockway, United States commits
sioner at Malta, April "a.
from Fridays Daily
Have you bought anything from
Mike today:
Two rigs for sale-One a new two
seated Surrey, and one a new light
single buggy. Green Bros.
The first and final account of John
c. Sullivan, executor Of the estate OF
\. W. Gurley, deceased, has been
filed in the district Dur