LOCAL NOTES.

r,, SatturdaY'b Daily.

hart the Jefferson county murderer,

as found guilty at the late term of court

.::d the sentence of death will be executed

,uht 24th.

Iuring the first three days of this week

.,\,,i.Owas paid out by the territorial

:,a5surer for bounties. The drain is a

retty heavy one on that boasted surplus.

The marriage ot Ella May Morton to

i:St ergeant Isidtore Crone, company A,f::iru in•lantry, is :,announced to take place

:;,xt 3'Monday evt'einiu, May 16th, at 8* R,,,.--Risig Mn

W\. Pt eck wa- in to-day from his: !.o•:,'i ranieL at Nine Mile coulee.

iie relrts that the lambs are cominghic(k td t ast" and that the harvest

•0 e' '~ be a os: t t Obuteous one.

,Ir. Louis Viliemaire. manager of the

•yluirt coniimpa:Y. inlforms us that he isr wel !eased with the liberal patron-

S:,f Wi* ,eople of Benton and that on.return from Fort Assinaboine he will

,- ,)or th•re' nights.

.' w,'-,' !sown to-day a copy of the:.. S er n Pacific folder, just receiv-

irorn the,: east. The tracing of the roadtre a1tnl the proposed branch from

lena to Fort Bentom, :s given in the;,:re colr. showing conclusively that the:fipany h;Ls this branch in view just now.

"ter Smith has purchased of the FirstNiionlti Bank several thousand feet of

a:b:•er which has been held by the bank:,ome tim(. It is now being hauled

a:r)r Murp'hy, Maclay & Co's yards to Mr.-iith's pIlae of business on lower Main

:ert. This includes only a portion ofl:trge quantity or lumber stacked up

:;Murphy, Maclay & Co's.

,rrt will begin next week and there is*.,nise of a session of probably two,ks. do far but little criminal businessIA developed but there are a goodly num-

:,: of civil cases, some of them of consid-,:able importance, to be disposed of. Our

::wcers are all busy preparing for the:rrmn's work. Judge McConnell, the new

lef justice, will preside, and most favor-: reports in regard to the gentleman::ve come in advance of his arrival. At

;lder he made a very favorable Impres-.ion and will doubtless do the same here.

There is an unexpected and rather dis-::e,sing boom in real estate at Helena.Snme more or less enterp:ising citizenshave started in to "jump" every unoccu-lied lot in the original townsite, claimingthat the parties who entered them did not

namply with the law by any act of im-provement or settlement. There is not aiittle excitement over this phase of the"'oom" and the Independent denouncestheeauthors o-f it as undisguised black-mailersand fit subjiects for ,th• Vigilance

committee. The questions of title involv-ed will probably be settled in the courtsa;id the results watched with interest.From Monlav's Daily.

Another lot of Sweet Grass gold dustwas sold to the Bank of Northern Mon-:ana to-day.

W. F. Parker, formerly of this city, haslocated at Great Falls where he will openan insurance office.

MIr. and Mrs.. J. J. Kennedy of this cityire now at Wamic, Wasco, Co., Oregon.'hey spent the winter in California.

Col. C. A. Btoadwater, president of theMontana Central railroad company, will'e at Great Falls this week and will prob-Ibly pay a visit to this city.

One of Benton's old residents, Mr.Barney Tierney, arrived last night from

White Sulphur Springs, his present place

f residence, and will rermain during theession of court.

'Thos. Jeffers of the Teton was arrested:Lst week on the charge of forgery andi on,turdlay was bound over by Judge Lukei,,await the action of the grand jury. Iti;alleged that Mr. Jeffers issued school'arrants to which the names of the trus-Ies were forged.

It reminds us of old times to see Jno.e iey around town once more; though it

'Larcely looks natural not to see him pilot-in seven or eig'.:t yoke of cattle attachedtofreight wagons. John is now a pros-Pi'rous granger near Kibbey. For thelast .month he has been suffering with the:'beumatism, but is now 'nproving rapidly.

Mr. H. 1 Forbes. representing the old"riablished boot and shoe house of' C.;olzian & (o., of St. Paul. and Mr. H.klCinley, representing Forwell, Ozinun,

(irk & Co., hardware denters of the samei:y,aIrivel by private conveyance Satur-la.' everiing and are dominciled at ther:and Inion Hotel. They will return toIelcna via Judith Basin and White Sul-

1iI Springs.

Robert Vaughn, of Stan Rver, was in Iv this week. Hie says that he and the

orth Montana Cattle Co. have beeniunding up horses for the past two weeks.ey have overhauled 2,000 head without

tiding a single dead horse on the, range. Ie says the loss in cattle is less than hase reported. Cattle are picking up.

le loss of sheep in Choteau county does-t amount to ten per cent. Grain isSling up nicely. The rain will ilrt useery fine crops.--Great Falls T'ribune. uMajor Heary Carroll, 1st U. S. Cavalry, irived in the city S.iturday evening and I1mained over Sunday. He is ena route PoW Fort Custer to Fort Assinabolne to kSuome command of that post in pJace of tiajor Geo. G. Huntt, who has been trans-red to Fort Apache, Arizona. Major "

llenjoys the di.stl of h"flkSprivate, corpt';rl Reant and ftirt toi at n Es 3pr' t A'Dtle to frn Ie 9 tia

M:d, WAS was Pr,,mtottedi to, 2n,! lt'erniVtI A

3rd Cavalry May 18th, 1864, to Ist lieu-tenant April 14th, 1866, captain of 9thCavalry June 22nd, 1867, and major of 1stCavalry July 3rd, 1885. Major Carrollmade.a most favorable impression on allof our citizens who had the pleasure ofmeeting him, and we trust that he willvisit Benton often.From Tuesday's Daily.

On and aftef July 1st, Lewistown willbe a money order post office.

Mr. N. T. Dinsmore announces that heexpects to close his business in Maidensoon.

Jeff Talbott, we learn, was set afoot byBloods at Red river, north of the line, afew weeks ago.

The Brewery at Maidet was destroyedby fire on Friday of last week. Loss $5,-000, wholly covered by insurance.

The body is more susceptible to benefitfrom Hood's Sarsaparilla now than at anyother season. Therefore, take it now.

Mrs. Frank Lepper and children willleave on Thursday, going by way of Hel-ena, for Cheyenne, Wyoming, on a visit ofa few months. Her lather is in delicatehealth.

The county commissioners are having afew hundred loads of soil placed aroundthe court house in order to afford betterdrainage and also for the purpose of plant-ing grass seed and shrubbery.

Winm. McIlhenny, who is in from theTeton to-day, and who keeps his eyes andears open for anything that is news, re-ports all quiet i4a that section and no far-ther depredations by Bloods or other In-dians.

F. A. Kennedy, a painter, who had beenresiding at Lewistown for the past* threeyears, committed suicide on the 7th, inst.,by shooting himself through the head.For some days he had manifested evidenceof insanity.

Wm. Glassman formerly of this city hasbloomed out as a real estate agent andboomer in the saintly city of Salt Lake.The RIVER PRESS received yesterday apaper issued by him and devoted whollyto the real estate business.

Two fine stallions were sold in Bentonwithin the last few days which were im-ported from Canada by Mr. Ed. Henry;one a bay English Shire horse to Mr. Ed.Kelley for $800, and the other, a Norman,to Mr. David Morrow for $600.

Sergeant Chas Allen and a policemanfrom the summer camp on Milk river, inthe Northwest territory, arrived in thecity to-day. They are on the trail of afine horse stolen from the force and whichthey have traced in this direction.

Sherman & Anderson Bro's expressline from Neihart via Belt ta Great Falls,sstarted last Sunday. Trl-weekly trips willbe made. This gives Fort Benton directand quick communication with Neihart, asthe BUling$.daily stage conneets with. the'line at Belt.

Major Baldwin of the Blackfoot agencyexpects to send twenty-two Piegan chil-dren to the Indian school at Fort Steven-son this summer. A number of childrenfrom this agency are now at St. IgnatiusMission and a few, we believe, at St. Pe-ter's Mission, where they are making goodprogress.

We are informed that Mr. Frank Mc-Clish arrived on the, Shonkin last weekwith thirty-six head of Minnesota gradecattle which had been shipped over theNorthern Pacific to Billings and drivenfrom that point. The range is reported tobe in fine conditionfor driving-plenty ofgrass and water.

A gentleman from White SulphurSprings tells us that the snow in the tim-ber on the range between that place-andNeihart is still five or six feet deep andthat the mail has to be taken over on run-ners in the night whilte the snow is crus-ted. On the other hand the road out toBenton is entirely clear.

The Maginnis mill is dropping ten stampson ore which, after being pulped and runover the plates, leaves a trail of the "gen-uline truck." Superintendent Paxton isconfident of an unprecedeatedly successfulyear's work. The properties recently pur-ehasep by the Maginnis company are beingrapid2y opened up by skilled nminers and

look most promising.-Argus.

Mr. P. s hannon of Bofx -lder has just,received a nice bunch of cattle from theeast, driven through troin Billings by Mr.Erwin, and is preparing to go into thestock fi~rtning business itn good style. Wenote with pleasure that a good many smalloutfits of this character will be establishedin this section the pre-ent year and in-variably it will prove a profitable invest-ment.

All is activity at the U. S. navy yard.Under the direction of Capt. Tvimple thedredge boat, barges and smaller boats arebeing put in thorough repair. The card-age, tackle and machinery are being et.i-cally examined to see that eterttiin~,iein the best of order. In order to give thesteamers alittle more room at Power'swarehouse the dredge was pulled furtherup the river.

The Mafiltoba road has commenced con-.strulcting railroad eh.,ps at Mtiuot, and hatup the frameof one section of the build-ing, 98z55. The machinery, consistingoflarge double boilers and hurdred-hoipower engine, has already been shipped,and will be there in a feW days. In addi-tion to the shopa the company will addfive stalls to the roatpd house, affordingaccommodation lor tb ne .9~ll.

Mr.g B a,,We l, na r' sl yr re-tur'ngi t, tells us

'$ omn petty 4i#t PeCurre d noteun ag... During hti4 au uni, Frogy'4

(Blevin's) house at Pen d'Oreille couleewas entered, the window having beenbroken in, a trunk was forcibly openedand the house generally plundered. Asaddle was stolen from O'Herron and alsoone from Charles Richter. No clue to thethieves.

The Knights of Pythias, always leadersin the entertainment line, will give one oftheir regular sociables, invariably of thepleasant kind, on Friday evening at theirhall. Invitations will be issued to-dayand those who receive them should notfail of attendance if they wish to spend anenjoyable evening. A number of visitingKnights are in the city and the entertain-ment is arranged at this time for theirspecial benefit.

Several persons who are traveling overthe road constantly have called our atten-tion to the fact that there is an alkali mudhole on the road leading up the coulee onthe opposite side of the river which isgiving a great deal of trouble. A coupleof days ago a freight team stuck in it andhad to be unloaded before it could pullout. It is only with great difficulty thatthe coach and light teams pull through it.We are informed that a very small andinexpensive bridge is almost an absolutenecessity there. Will our road supervisorgive this place his attention ?

The RIVER PRESS respectfully suggeststhat it would be a very sensible plan toenlist about one company of Gros Ventreand Assinaboine Indians as scouts andfighters for the purpose of giving them achance at the northern Bloods whom theyseem very anxious to get at. If theBloods persist ia their raids on the reser-vation of those Indians and in stealinghorses from and occasionally murdering apeacable white man, it would be advisableto give them some of their own medicine.Gen. Crook in Arizona, and other officersin various parts of the country, have usedfriendly Indians in this capacity withgreat success. Indians enlisted in thisway can be kept under controlthe same as soldiers. They are familiarwith Indian warfare and the tricks anddodges of their wily foes. If the Bloodsmust have a lesson let their natural ene-mies•have a hand in the business.

Sweet Grass Notes.

J. M. Christopher was in yesterdayfrom the Sweet Grass hills and informs us

I that work in that camp is progressing1 most favorably and with the best of re-; sults. Water is abundant and promises to

I hold out for a long time. All who are at1 work are making money and in, the case

of a few parties, the results are about on aSpar with early day placer mining in Mcn-tana.

The Blood Indians have been a greatannoyance to the miners, who have beenset afoot by them. Hardly a horse hasbeen. eft out of a few hundned., Fourhead belonging to Mr. Mr. Christopherwere stolen twice and each time he fol-lowed them to the Blood camp and suc-ceeded. in recoveriaoghis animals. Whilein the camp he saw two head belongingto Mr. Rickards, the Cora creek horseman,and three head belonging to Charley Roth.

There seems to be a great lnumber ofAmerican horses in the camp, and ofcourse only a few arein sight, the mainband being safely cached..

Mischievous Bloods.

Not being content with stealing horsesfrom settlers on this side of the line, theBlood Indians, we are reliably informed,have a number of emissaries at the Black-foot agency who are urging the Piegansto join them (the Bloods) and take thewar path against`'the Gros Ventres andthe whites. Henry Kennerly, who knowsthe Indian thoroughly and has in a largedegree the confidence of the Piegans, hasbeen told this by a number of the latter.Kennerly advised the Piegans to "fire"their northern cousins as quickly as pos-sible or they would get them into ,trouble.If this excellent advice is not followed itwould be the proper thing for Major Bald-win to do the "firing" act and see to itthat the mischievous Bloods make them-selves scarce about the agency.

Stolen Horses Recovered.

On one of their recent-pleasure excur-sions into Montana the British Bloodsstole thirteen head of horses from SamSpencer, the stockman of the upper Marl-as. Mr. S. followed t.hem up and suc-ceededl il' recovering ,-test head but theother three they refused to give up, evenon the demand of the policemen. Upontheir refu.-al,a corporal was dispatched forreinforcements and the Indians found itnecessary to give up the coveted animals.Mr. Spencer lost no time in following tupthe thieves and was thus, with the aid ofthe police, enilbled'to recover his prop-erty.

Letteir L.st.

The following is a list Of letters remnaiing int the post office at • Fort Benton, M.T., for the week endipa y 14g , 1887:Allin biss Bettie -KeDrar Cbhrlie L ...Briar Chas Lowt.ller Jessie 2Hilledu- Sevirr MlcD-, *(M Duniau

Vurly Mr e....J..•dl DvDunbsham lobt . pP.. ,, L fIel Dave -Dunham Geo McthetieChnaDojle'John: NI ain AdolfrDews.Thus J gron LPEames Brigham Roberts WmGi lIge' er asle Rw'des E I

Bobby J " r Jo ha i Voi eacock J i" " Mrs Mary

HmtbG Oo . b e.

.rer will please I M.

e DISTRICT COURT.

The Docket as it Now Stands Presented inFull With the Status of the Cases.

CIVIL CASES.

459. John J Murphy vs William HWright; appeal from justice court.

479. James McDevitt vs William Hf Wright; for dissolution of partnership

and accounting.r 480. George Rickards vs Francis E Har-r vey; appeal from justice court.

t 483. I G Baker et al vs P W McAdow et

al; action for debt.494. Maggie Roth vs Chas S Roth; di-

vorce, on demurrer.498. 1 G Baker et at Vs John Forgey.499"(. I G Baker et al vs T C Power etr al; on demurrer to portion of answer.

500. I G Baker et al vs Gans & Klein etI al; on demurrer to portion of answer.

503. John B Terhnue vs David Ga Browne; appeal from justice court.

506. George Robinson vs Walter BrownI et al appeal from justice court.

512. George N Kneisly et al vs AaronChandler et al; for service.

514. George Callary vs Edward W Lew-is; appeal from justice court.

515. John B. Turton vs the RockyMountain Telegraph company; appealfrom justice court.

516. John Gordon vs Anna Maria Gor-don; divorce.

517. Louisa Beckman vs August Beck-man; divorce.

518. Mary Hart vs Daniel Hart; di-vorce, default.

519. T E Collins et al vs Board of Com-missioners; appeal.from an= order disal-lowing mileage account of Judge Bich.

520. Esther Sakolski vs Benton lodgeNo. 25 A. F. & A. M. and William andCharles Rowe; foreclosure of mortgage,on motion.

521. Joseph Cobell vs Thomas Connellyand Patrick Connelly at issue; action forconverting water, etc.

522. H lI Horton vs Jenkins & Chi-chester; appeal from justice court.

523. Ella Ward vs Barney Ward; di-vorce, default.

524. T E Collins et al vs Oscar Johnson;debt, default.

525. T E Collins et al vs Frank Aldrich;debt, no service.

526. J J Donnelly vs William H Can-non; ejectment.

527. John Lepley et al vs Clark Tingleyet al; on demurrer.

528. E J Price vs Board ot Commission-ers; action for debt.

529. Joseph C Bourrassa vs Board ofCommissioners; on breach of contract.

530. Paris Gibson et al vs Edward Hill;Replevin. ,

CRIMINAL CASES.

445. TertLtory vs Thomas Lacy et al;assault, etc.

507. Territory vs Thomas Connelly; di-verting .water, etc.--ppeal from justicecourt.

508. Territory vs William Young; as-sault, etc.

Territory vs Daniel Holland; assault,etc.-appeal from justice court.

Bloody Knife who is the principal figurein the lot jumping business at Helenaformerly headquartered in this city andwas a typical dead beat and bummer.The name Bloody Knife was won by hisabject cowardice and not by any deed thatwould warrant the. bestowing of such atitle, except in irony.

e COMPouM EXTRACTSD

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The importance of purifying the blood can.not be overestimated, for without pure bloodyou cannot enjoy good health.

At this season nearly every' one needs agooidmedicine to putify,'vitalize;,nd enrichthe, blood, .a•we aahk :yo~'to try Hood's

Pe l Sar saparila. It strengthensa and: builds up the system,

creates an appetite, and tones tteidigestion,while it ;eradliates 'disease. 'The peculiareombination, proportion, and preparationof the vegetable remedies used give toHood's Sarsaparilla pecul-iar curative powers. No Itselfother mnedicine has such a record of wonderfulcures. If you have made up your mind tobuy Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced totake any other instead, It is a PeculiarMedicine, and is worthy your confidence.

Hood's Sarsaparilla is sold by all druggists.Prepared by C. L Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.

100 Doses One Dollar

J. G. BENJAIIN,DENTIIST.

Deait Parlo1t Over First NationallBaik,

Fort Renton,. - S. T-

ror, c e 'o Opereastive e Mee hanr ne

GFJWer, cure fZrlWAD PilSI, tort lie 4Ua').-T.

GANS KLEINGANS -AND- KLEINGANS KLEIN

The largest stock of NEW SPRING1OODS, and the Lowest Prices in theCity.

CLOTHING! CLOTHING!This Department contains more BARGAINS than can be found else-

where. EXAMINE AND COMPARE. Goods purchased of us can bereturned if not satisfactory.

CANS & KLEIN,The Clothiers of Montana,

FRONT STREET - - - FORT BENTON.

JNO. T. MURPHY & CO., Helena. MURPHY, HIGGINS & CO., Deer Lodge.

MURPHY, MACLAY & CO.,FORT BENTON and GREAT FALLS, M. T.

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN

GROCERIES, WINES and LIQUORS,CIGARS and TOBACCO,

HEAVY and SHELF HARDWARE,Cooking, Heating and Camp Stoves, Miners', Freighters' and Farmers' supplies,

Sheep Dips, Wool Sacks and Twine, Tents and Wagon Covers.

Schuttler Wagons, Agricultural Implements,PORTER IRON ROOFINC,

Tin Roofing put on to order. We have a well equipped Tin Shop. All kinds ofTin Goods manufactured to order or repaired.

Will receive and forward WOOL, SHEEP PELTS and HIDES,or any kind of merchandise, Fire-proof storage warehouse.

MURPHY,_ M'ACLAY & CO.,COR. FRONT AND BENTON STS. FORT BENTON, M. T.

Manning, Harding & Martin,132, Federal Street,

O -S T - - M[.A. $ F.

Liberal Advances made on Consignments. Sight Draftwith original Bill of Lading attache!.

GRAND UNION HOTEL,FOR r BENTON - - MONTANA.

Leading Hotel of Largest FireproofSFort Benton. Hotel in City.

BEST TABLE Sample Booms-POR-in the City. Commrcial Travelers.

Charges Reasonable. All Coaches arrive at anddepart from the door.

First-class Accommodations for the Traveling Public.

SAM KOHLBERC, Proprietor.

of

F. W.., BIJOK8ENq A gent.Contract to Let.-

$oaks 4oh f'rhut n * a is Lt s

KEENAN & SMITHHave just received a fine selection of

WALL PAPERIn new and handsome designs, and

respectfully invite inspectionof the same.

House and Sign Painting, PaperHanging, Kalsomining, Etc.,

Executed in a workmanlike manner, at reasonableprices. 13V Satisfaction guaranteed.

Cor. Bond and Franklin streets, Fort Bent)n, M.T.

DR. H. H. WYNNE,Helena, Montana,

Eye. Ear and Throat Surgeon.Recently attendant upon the large Eye, Ear anThroat hepitals of Euo.pe-. vie_- a• , Pa.,ris, London and Edinoursh. The eye, ear andthreat a special and eataf)e prae*teek. iipeta-else saeletlAcaluv ftted to b ee. Ca•h ofhe'nose and throat sifCkU ti•-t.

Between 2t-Mileasprl'gi x Wlder. asmallbAysmy, abaded JO an ; Oyercan hive same by provin' props. br'Apa Rie+4lrr . . -. t.-. ... "At o.n

'. 1. LO. T4ort setoa.