The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1911-08-16
CITY N STATE.

work to D. G. Lockwood's jewelry
store.
]. L. Peacock, the we'll known Can.
adian horse buyer, accompanied by
Mrs. Peacock, are VISITORS ia the city.
G. NJ. Sedgw;ck, OF Ada, arrived
this morning, havi0g peer summoned
by the serious illness Of Mrs. Sedg.
wick.
A marriage license vas issued by
the clerk of the district court today to
Homer F. S%paulding and Emma B.
Miller, both of Kremliu.
A petition for admission to citizen.
ship was filed in the district court to.
day by Hector Mckenzie, a native OF
Scotland, residing in the western part
of the county.
M. J. Haley, the Chester real es.
tate man, arrived this morning with
Peter Hurts, q ranch hand, who sus.
tanned a fracture of the knee cap by q
kick from q horse. Hurts was taken
to the S~anitarium for treatment.
A deal in Fort Benton property was
contaminated yesterday by the sale of
the Max Waterman property. on the
corner of Front and Arnoux S,s., to
Mrs. Minnie Ludtke, possession to be
given on the 18th of September. Con.
sideration, $4,000.
An action was commenced ia the
district court today by the Rogers
Lumber Co. against Dick Laswell ct
al, of Galata, to recover a balance Of
423.7 Is due on lumber and other build
ing material purchased by defend ants.
The plaintiffs also ask for 800 attor.
neys fees and costs Of suit.
Reports are coming in of the des-
truction caused by the hail storm
which passed over the upper Shonkin
and Big Sag sections Monday even
ing. The crops On the ranches Of
John Jacoby aud r. S. Culbert.
SON, on Nine Mile, were completely
destroyed. Among those who suffered
damage we're Col. j. H. Rice. who
had 14O acres of grain destroyed, Geo.
w. Sample, j. o. Patterson, and the
Lost Lake Livestock company. The
path of the storm was about three
miles in width.
From Thursdays Daily.
The county commissioners, previous
to adjournment, appointed Monday,
August IA, as the day for making the
tax levy for the present year.
Marriage licenses have been issued
at Great Falls to Alonzo L. Riffen-
burg and Mrs. Emma Bellingham, of
Highwood; William L. Fitzpatrick, of
Chester, and Miss Ida Thompson, of
Lothair, Mont: Thomas P. Stokes
and Miss Edna Armstrong, both Of
Waller.
Inquiry at the Grand Union hotel
this afternoon elected the inform alton
that the reported sale Of til at property,
as telegraphed from this city to a
Great Falls paper, was entirely with
out found alton. Propositions have
been made by certain parties looking
to the purchase of the property. but
as yet nothing has been accomplished.
The number of automobiles owned
by persons residing in Fort Benton
and vicinity is rapidly increasing.
Three handsome new "Oakland'
autos we're received today by Dr.. w.
M. Williams, who is the agent for
these machines. One Of these, q 30.
horsepower, was purchased by Chas.
H. Green; another, q 40. horse power,
by James Townsend, and the third, a
3O.horsepower is for r, n. Buckland,
Of Highwood.
The adjourned session of the cor
oner's jury investig ating the sudden
death of Marshal Hulder, which oc,
Cured about ten days ago, met this
afternoon in the city council room &c
receive the report of the state chemist
at Helena, to whom was sent the stom
ach of the deceased for analysis. The
chemist reports the finding of one
quarter of a grain of s%trychnine ir
the stomach. After deliberating or
the matter, the jury adjourned unit
10 o'clock tomorrow morning, wher
several witdesses will be examined il
order to arrive at q probable caus
for the presence of the poison.
Lewistown Democrat: The Power
Mercantile company celebrated theil
twenty. eighth annivers airy, which oc
cured the first part of this month, by
consummating one of the biggest sin.
gle.handed -four deals yer made il
this state. The deal vas made will
the local -four mill and involves tn
transfer to the Power company o
500, 600 pounds of -four, at an outla.
of some twelve thousand dollars
The -four purchased by the Power
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