The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1906-10-03
T AND STATE.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Send your watch and iewe.ry repair
work TO D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
Mrs. John Harris has returned from
q short visi. in ST. Paul and Fari-
bault, MINI.
W. J.. Minar and family have
moved into the Jas. Townsend resi-.
dence on upper Front street.
w. E. Hamilton, of Winona, Mimi.
who has been visiting in this city for
several days past, left tor his hone
this morning.
A suit for divorce has been com.
meuced in the district court by Mary
j. Maxwell against John S. Maxwell,
the complain: alleging desert!on.
Gus Foelster, an insane suspect
from Chinook, was received at the
county jail today to await examina.
tion as to his mental condition. The
un!ortuna ate is under the delusion that
he has inherited large suu Of money.
and that az attempt is being made to
deprive him OF his imaginary wealth.
Charles S.. Noblit was brought up
from Zortman today by Constable
Meiwald, and placed in Jail to serve
sentence for carrying concealed wea
pons. The defendant was found
guilty in Justice D. l.. Baird's court
at Zortman, and fined $3.50. Not be-
ing able to pay the fine, the offender
will serve time in Jail at the rate of a
day for each $500 of his assessment.
Miss Atkinson, county school SUI
perintendent, announces that the fol-
lowing were the successful applicants
at the recent teachers examin alton:
Third grade-Ruth Wood, Of War.
rick: Altha Arndt, of Chester: Jean.
nette Ward, of Fort Benton. Second
grade-Helen Peterson, 0 fTeton: Grace
Cowan, of Box Elder: Claudia Hoover,
of Fort Benton. First ~grade-Elva
Wilson, of Harlem. Professional
certifc ate-Edith Atkinson, Of Har-
lem.
From Thursdays Daily.
Miss Pratt has gone to Great Falls
for q short visit with friends.
Fred Browne left today for Boston,
Mass, where he will enter Harvard
college.
Miss z. B. Epperson, who has been
teaching school neal Malta for several
months past, arrived in the city this
morning on a visit with her brother,
J. f. Epperson.
c. w. Morrison aud Mrs. Jno. w
Tat,an returned today from Grea'
Falls. Mrs. Morrison, who is i'll a
Columbus hospital in that city, is re
ported to be improving.
Mrs. G. w. Frields and Mist
Frields, accompanied bv Miss Jean
ne.,e Morrow, left this morning for {
visi: of several days at the Fried.
ranch at Square Butte.
Judge Tattan returned today from
Glasgow, where district court ha,
been in session the past two weeks
The trial of several criminal and civil
cases was adjourned to the November
term.
Seven location notices for quart
claims ia the Little Rockies we're filed
today in the county clerks Office
Five of these were filed by John EN-
erson, one by L. NJ. Guthrie, and on,
by t. l.. Williams.
Secretary T. A. Cummings, Of tn,
Shonkin stock associ alton. has beer
advised that a shipment of Shonki,
beef was sold on the Chicago marke
yesterday. The steers brought So. 4
to 800. and the COWS 81. 80.
Advice- from Butte report tina
Judge Tattan was un animously reuom
mated as the democratic judicial can
didate for this district. by the iudicia
convention composed Of delegates fron
Chouteau and Valley counties.
D. G. Browne, Of this city, has beer
elected chairman OF the Democrat,
state committee, which vii! establish
headquarters in Helena. The Vale.
county member of the new commute
is L. d. Coleman: Teton county vii
be represented by S. +. Ralston.
A suit for divorce has been com
merced in the district court by GeOrg'
d. Hansen against Mary Hansen
The complaint alleges that the defend
an, was of unsound mind at the tim
of their marriage six years ago, an'
is a, present confined in the state in
sane asylum at Warm Springs.
Under Sheriff Merritt, Flanagan re
turned this morning from Havre witt
Archie Sampson, who was lodged il
the county Jail TO await tria! in tn