The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-11-03
CITY AND STATE.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
A. l.. Lewis, of Leedy, is among the
visitors in town.
jos. A. Baker and wife, of high
wood, left today for Hunters Hot
Springs.
Charles Thompson returned yester.
day from a visit with relatives in
Wisconsin.
Wallace E. Chase, who is on his
way to the Pacific coast, was among
the arrivals today.
Herman Evers, who is engaged in
the sheep business near Big Sandy,
was among the arriva ls today.
c. II. Merrill and wife, and G. E.
Libby and wife, Of Bangor. Me-, ar.
rived from the east this morning on q
few days visit.
Rev. Father Molyneux, OF Great
Falls, arrived last evening and will
hold services at the Catholic church
tomorrow at 7:30 and 10 q. u. and
1880 p. N.
The high school literary society
will meet at 8 O'Clock this evening, in
the assembly room. A debate be.
tween married and single men will be
q featurelof the program.
Postmaster 6. W. Crane announces
that, owing to the change of time in
the arrival of mail from the west, the
postoface will be open Sundays from
1890 q. m. to noon. There will be
no general delivery Sunday evenings.
Attorney John g. Duff, of Chinook,
who is among the visitors in town,
reports %thesarrival of large numbers
of new settlers at Chinook. Home
stead filings aggregating about 7 1000
acres have been made in that vicinity
during thejpast two months.
Bert Orr, as administrator of the
estate of M. E. Cox, deceased, has
brought suit in the district court
against Levi Cox, to secure an &C.
counting in co.partnership business
between defendant and M. E. Cox,
prior to the death of the latter.
A sheriff's sale of mining property
In the Little Rockies, consisting Of
six quartz claims and one placer
claim, was held at the court house
today to satisfy q Judgment in the
suit Of the French Trading company
vs.. the Harlem Mining and Invest
ment company. The property was
bought by the plaintiff in the suit, for
q, 1853. 85.
Helena Independent: The State
Historical library's collection OF
relics was augmented yesterday by
the receipt of a string of beads sen,
in from Fort Benton. The beads are
Of varied designs and colors and
we're found by children playing
around what is left of the old fort.
The high waters last spring washed
around the walls of the old stockade
and uncovered the beads which may
have been buried with the remains OF
some gaudily bedecked chief. who
knows.
The young men of this city were
very pleasantly entertained last even
ing at a ''ghost party given by the
young ladies in Odd Fellows hall
The guests and hostesses we're all
arrayed in sheets and pillow cases,
and there were several dances before
they unmarked. The hall was DECOR
ated with red; yellow and white
streamers and Jack-o-lanterns, and g
twilight illumin alton from shaded
electric lamps added to its weird ap'
pearance. A fortune teller was pres
ent, and was consulted by most of the
eighty or more youug people who
took part in the festivities.
From Mondays Daily.
G. w. Lovinger, of Vireelle, il
among the business visitors in town
c. W. Morrison and wife left yes
terday on a visit to Mr.. Morrison's
old home at Granger, Mo.
George Crane, Jr., who has beer
located on the Pacific coas the pas
three years, was among the arrival.
yesterday.
A marriage license vas issued b,
the clerk of the district court today tt
Ernest A. Hayes and Nora v. Healy
both of Havre.
Judge Tattan and E. r, Russell
court stenographer, left yesterday fol
Glasgow, where a jury term of distric
court will open tomorrow.
Among the departures yesterday
we're Col. j. H. Rice and wife, James
Rice and Harry Rice, who will spend
the winter at Honolulu, Hawaii.
E. K. Preuitt, of Helena, and John
Works, of Bozeman, who were among
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