-:a Thursday's daily.
' o the Patrons of the Record.
11 are compelled to reduce the size of
:(' t) 'I.IYi and WEEKLY RECORD 'Until an
* o. of paper ordered some months ago,
V . II)ppose(d to be at Billings, reach
u I. It is a greater loss and incon
:ew,' to ourselves, perhaps, than to our
S.i:: s, whose indulgence we ask for a
:- ,.iks, probably only a few days. We
'c been shipping paper by coach from
elna lbfor the past month at an almost
:tiJous cost for freight, but we are unable
::ow to secure paper that will work the
',.ruiar size of TIlE RECOIn). The moment
'I.' pipe' arrive, from Billings the DAILY
::d WV:,.., ir will be restored to their orig
,J, i.'. left for hove to-day.
; ,ak i arurs is at Arkansas I-lot Springs.
l'at C(,illoily is stopping at the Choteau
,'ull lose at the (lrand Union last
ight.
I larg'e C'leti Olln. of coic valentines at
. W. Craines.
Geo. D. Patterson, from the Shonkin, is
:,f the (Cioteau House.
Free liunch was easy last night and
iroved a comfort to the boys.
Benton street crossings are suggestive
.f an early fall and late spring.
i}ecorder John F. Murphy is still con
tined to his bed, but is convalescent.
l)an Jelly, one of Fort Benton's sports,
cft on the Billings coach this morning for
a)ka.
Joe Sullivan is d(aily in receipt of orders
from the North for sadlles and cowboy
oitilits.
The sitow on HIighwoo(d is reported so 1
Icep that rauchlnen are unable to do any (
hiauling. c
Mr. T'ravers, Of the Grand Union, who I
has been seriou( lv ill, is recovering rapid
;v and(l will soon be around again as usual.
'The Bentoin and IIelena stage driver
-ta:tes that several mule I Tcais are stuck t
('n lthe Bird-tail dlivide, ow,i;g to the great e
J F. . ,ia:,c, representing the creditors a
Sthei Smnelti;g. Company, arrived on the n
Shelen'a coach last evening and is stopping
: 5 tue 'ra'l union ii
Messrs 'Patrick Murphy and James o
IlDotglass contemipiate a southern tour at
::r earlly date. Tihey will take in the New a
(Jrlkans Exposition before returning, a
Messrs. Auntlicr and iRussman are to be h
olmpllimente(d , i the tasty manner in
which they have decorateu the dry goods it
,.partment of T'. C. P'ower & Bro. ID
O)ur friend Joe Ethier is the happy own- is
,rt of a line daughter who registered her e'
:irst. appearance in this world last night.
Mlother and daughter we learn are doing is
well. tr
(G. W. Settle will leave for his home in tr
\irginia on Wednesday , xt. We shall hI
i e sorry to lose Mr. Settle, and trust that
1be near applroach of Valentine's day has ft
.,t caused hIis ldeparture. m
. lot stoves may be the attraction which
;ives an apl)earance of bustle to the saloons,
blut there is not a saloon in town that
dioes not aplpear to be doing more business
than some of the largest stores.
Mr. Morgan, ot the Signal Service, in
t.rms us that the thermometer showed 22
(degrees below zero last night; 24 below
is the coldest we have had it this winter.
The opening of the river further south,
ehowever, seggests an early spring.
We desire to apologize for the meagre
.tuntottl of reading matter in THE RECORD
:tc-day. By to-morrow or next day we
hall have the advertisements re-arranged
in such shape that we can furnish more
composition. We have also been obliged
to leave out a number of ads. which will
!,e in erted again to-morrow.
Ed. Flint left on the Macleod coach this
or )ing fo r vr City, Bow River Pass.
i essrs. Flint and John Hunsberger are
,iwners of a fine location in the Alberta
(opper and silver mining district, owned
principally by Messrs. IIealy and Dennims
hBros. Ed. is tmaking an early start in or
der to commence oper:tions the moment
t H, weather will permit.
i.l ysters brought to this market this
-easoni are of an unusually fine quality.
'The lhooth brand seems to have been aban
.,one fe'r New York Counts and what are
i. t:oW 1i a .alt OySsters, the finest in the
.New York fmamket and the favorite of eli
a °res. Messrs. Higgins & Ayers keep a
constant supply.
The stage companies have done remark- 1
ably well this season considering the se
verity of the weather and the amount of
snow that has fallen. Freight teams are
reported stalled on the Birdtail divide and
on the Billings road, but the coaches come
f right along and are rarely very much be
i hind time. The stock must be unusually
good and the superintendents unusually
energetic.
Thfe indefatigable efforts of Mr. Jere
Sullivan to give entire satisfaction to the
guests of the Choteau House are commend
able and deserve recognition. The open
ing of the Grand Union with every advan
t:igc for accommodattion has deprived the
smaller, but no less desirable hotels, of a
large amount of local and transient patron
age. The Choteau [House, however, has
held its own in spite of this overwhelming
competition, and is to-day one of the best
managed, neatest and altogether attractive
houses in Montana and rank superior to
a majority of them. We cordially recom
mend it to the traveling and local public.
Charley Sheridan's teanms are getting
altogether too frisky. They are in the
habit of running off whenever they feel
like it, and sometimes they get so far away
that the teamster has ditfficulty in running
them down. They started away yesterday
and the driver was quite out of breath
when he caught up to them. This same
team nearly cost Charley his life once.
They started suddenly and lie was precip
itated to the bottom of the wagon, and but
for the timely aid of a number of citizens
the whole outfit might have been going yet.
The Ilasonic Sociable.
The Masonic lodge at Benton gave a so
cial entertainment at their hall on Front
street last evening. The entertainment
was a success in every respect and will
compare favorably with anything of the
kind that has yet occurred in this city.
Quite a number of ladies were present,
and there were at least thirty couplcs.oni
the floor. The music and supper were ex- l
cellent and the aflhir throughout was evi
dently enjoyed by all present. I).ncilng
began early and ended at a late hour.
From Monday's Daily.
Henry Averill camne in from the fiar::,s
this morning and is 'quartered at the i'a
cific.
The only busy people in town just now
are the woodsawyers anti the scandal
mongers.
ilike ZWurley, who was injured by be
ing thrown from a brontoi:, i, able to be
out on the street to-day.
Six below, last night. Tilu indications,
as we go to press, are in favor of aa chinook,
also of a snow storm. Altogether we are
having a rather hard winter.
Mr. Wetzel's bu.siness i.k now said to be
in a flourishing condition. Mr. D. G.
Browne has completed the inventory and
is prepared to otfer Ygcodrs at the very low
est cash prices.
Mr. W. A. Shepardson, ofut'l L R:ccln.
is still seriously ill and is coiteminplating a
trip to California, -as soon as he is able to
travel, in order if possible to recover his
health permanently.
The ice boat sports contemplate lots of
fun as soon as the chinook springs up. The
most interested spectators will be the
resident surgeons, who have sharpened up
their instruments and laid in a full supply
of bandages.
An interesting letter from the northern
country will be found on the local page of
this issue. One item strikes us as being
unusually attractive--"money is abund
ant." No man. in Fort Benton can realize
that money is abundant any where in the
whole world, just now.
The selection by President Klein
schmidt of the Blackfoot for his large horse
and cattle iaterests was very wise. Cattle
are said to winter in that vicinity better
than in any other part of the territory.
The grass though not more abundant, is
said to be in places of a much more nutri
tive quality.
The representative of the Montana Ar
gus, J. Otto Hitz, paid us a pleasant visit
this afternoon and told a most flattering
tale of his success with the German people
and merchants of Fort Benton. Our busi
ness people are the most liberal on earth.
and Mr. Iitz had no difficulty in talking
them into a large advertising patronage.
Rumor says there is a scheme on foot to
fix up the bear Paw country so as to bring
a line of Indian reservation between Fort
Benton and that section, and even to fence
a line of Indian reserve completely around
the land that is wanted for settlement. We
have not been able to trace the rumor and
trust there is no land grabbing scheme int
it.
As the contract for the Maclcod mail is
up the coach will not leave on schedule
time as formerly. We trust that this very
important mail service will be continued at
an early date. As soon as spring opens
e theire will be an interesting budget of
d news from our sister territory, and we
e trust a large commercial trade.
The appointment of Commndore T. C.
Y Power to represent Montana at the River
Y convention was a wise selection of the
part of Gov. Crosby. We trust Mr. I. G.
e Baker, one of the first navigators on the
e Missouri, will also attend. These gentle
[- men can give more information about that
stream than the oldest pilots can.
rThe arrival of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Ken
3 nedy, whose marriage was reported in
a TlE RECORD some time since, is another
acceptable addition to the le.ading families
s of this community. We have urged John
so often to marry and congratulated him
- so4frequently since the happy event occur
" red, that it woulid be superfluous to add
anything here.
Benton, after all, hasn't much cause to
complain of hard times. A correspondent
writing from Bozeinan, a town whose very
existence has seemed to depend upon rail
i road connections, says : "I want to leave
this dead, dead burg and go to Benton. I
know Benton is (dull, but it has some pros
pect of mending, but Bozeman and Deer
Lodge are gone beyond redemption."
Mr. P. II. Donovan, who has been on a
collecting tour down the Missouri, return
ed last evening after a successful trip of
three weeks. He reports that there are
no Indians to speak of this side of Milk
river. Win. l)owncs had twenty-five head
of horses stolen by three Crow Indians.
Trading is very dull, there being only a
light business in small hides.
LIST OF LETTERS.
Letters renmilning in tile post-office for
week ending Febuary 2d, 1884:
Basheville J A Ilutchinson Al
Bullard W F McMell Pat
Bull Clias 1: )Ia Lain M~ ret'n
Buichler .J no 3Mclin J V
But.n Cihas C MicC('on,ell Edw
Cutowollt Joe Millis I A
Chute (,has W Morris A F
Clark Wm Reid Geo W
Sopechayer !n il hiiners Pt1
(rjow!xy D Smnith C' It
G(oo(hnaun 3f Snyder Jh.(
Gray Wm Smith )an 1T. 2
Grafl" Mirs A Stewart MI!ss M- ::ie t
Higgins Thos The manis Jno c
Towniiseiid ,ames.
Persons callings for the above letters will
.le.ic sea say "advertised." t
M. A. FLANA.AN, P. M. t
From Tuestday's Daily.
Wmin. Yard has found it necessary to in
crease his force of table waiters.
Jake Graft loaded at 1. G. Baker & Co.'s
and left for the Coal Banks this afternoon.
Notwithstanditng the I-w price of wootl
outside parties contiiie to haul it into
town.
Legal documtents are coming into the
.recorder's office faster than they can be re
corded.
Assessor Kennerlv is confined to his
room at his home on the Teton with a bad
attack of rheumatism.
The County Clerk's devil started out on
a collecting tour to-day. IHe returned
without serious injury.
The Assinaboine coach arrived on time
this afternoon with a full passenger list,
including a number of soldiers.
The county recorder informs us that
hereafter no instruments will be accepted
at the office unaccompanied by the record
ing fees.
Since the arrival of Carl Kleinschmidt
thestore has taken on quite a boom, and
now seems to have a monopoly of the up
town business.
Buy your valentines from Frank Buck
sen. He has by far the finest assortment in
town. Some of them are too, too, and oth
ers are just too mean for anything.
One of our city warblers proposes to
send for some copies of that good old song,
"Hard Times Come Again No More." to
be sung in all the churches, on some day
appointed for the purpose.
It is really no trouble to show goods in
any of the stores just now. One of our
leading salesmen assured us confidentially
that he did not at the end of his day's
,work,- experience the least fatigue.
I' ra;k McCuski, T. C. Power & Bro's.
c;'tiie herder, came in last evening. He
!.ep(."Irs the cattle a short distance below
the :.!outil of the Marias. The animals
are in good shape and no losses have oc
curred as vet.
The backibone of winter is broken. We
have this upon authority of several well
known liars, therefore it can be depend
ed upon. But we believe, however, the
present is the time to lay in a new stock of
flannels anf wood.--Miner
The Masons, we believe, contemplate
having a social something on Wednesday
evening next, but whether it is to be a
)f social talk, or a social ball, we are not in
'e formed. It will doubtless be an enjoya
ble affair, however.
The Overland hotel, under the able man
r agement of Billy Yard, is doing a land
e office business in spite of hard times and a
stringent state of the currency. He fur
e nishes excellent board for six dollors per
week, and rooms reasonable.
t W. O. Dexter left for Hlighwood a few
days ago, to make arrangements for haul
ing grain to Fort Benton, but had to aban
2 don the project for the present, as the
r depth of snow in that locality renders the
s transportation of heavy loads impractable.
1 The plentiful 'supply of rich cream no w
2 furnished the Choteau House by Paddy
SMurphy,the enterprising dispenser of cow
1 juice, speaks well for the nutritive quality
of the grasses in this vicinity and p. "yes
) the excellence of Paddy's thoroughbred
t stock.
' After mature deliberation we have con
cluded not to publish a Holiday Edition of
'ITHE RECORD this year, not wishing to
impoverish our patrons, but we haye on
hand a few of last year's books, which may
be bought cheap for cash or negotiable pa
per. City warrants not accepted.
We don't wish to assert that ice-boat
sailing on the Missouri is the least bit
dangerous, but accidents will happen, and
we should like to have the gentlemen who
intend engaging. in the sport to call at Tmij:
Ricoxn oifice and correct their obituaries
before starting out. Pete Smith will be
on hand with hearse and coffins.
Archie Campbell, from the logging camp
on the Shonkin, arrived in town yester
day. Campbell states that Wm. Embleton,
the contractor for furnishing logs.to the
Kanouse mill, has 300 logs delivered and
has 300 additional in the mountains, but
owing to deep snow and scarcity of tim
ber he lproposer; to throw up the contract
rather than incur further 0loss.
A handsome wreath made of Berlin
avools, will be raffled at the Atlantic sa
loon on S:°turday evening for the benefit of
Mrs. Ulrick, a poor, but very deserving
woman. The wreath was manufactured
by Mrs. IUlrick herself and is worth sixty
dollars. There will be ti''rv chances at
two dollars ter chance. TVertil-t-hree
chances have irbe :_ taken.
Work on the sisters' ihospital, we are
pleased to learn, will be resumed in about
two weeks. At le:ast we are so informed by
the contractor. . II \Wilton. Work on
the court hlousc; will lprobatly be res-umed
in April. T'iie sooner thes.e enterpiris ara
carried through the better" for tile conm
munity. Carpenters, bricklayers andl
plasters have idle:l all winter and much in
convenience., if not aCtlli disltress is tlhe
result.
Wim. Winchetl arrived il tow,. last
night from Spring statinn. lie states that
notwithstanding the fact that the stage
route has been changed, leaving him out
in the cold, he was making as much hard
cash and having as much excitement us of I
old. He is organizing a stock cempany to I
start in the sheep business, with every
chance of auccess. His ranch is well t
adapted for sheep farming and with the <
means at his command there is no reason t
why the enterprise should not pay big. I
A Horrible Feast.
The fearful straits to which the Piegan
Indians, many of whom are constantly
roaming about this town, are reduced to
sustain their miserable lives may be im
agined from the fact that five head of cattle,
the property of Herman Brinkman, and
which recently died with a disease known
as black tongue, were devoured by the In
dians almost before life became extinct.
The Teton settlers are complaining bit
terly of the depredations .committ
ed by these starving wretches
and many families in town have been an
noyed and frightened by them. But what
is still more serious, contagious diseases
are liable to break out among them at any
moment and spread through the city. No
human being cant long exist in such a coil
dition without becoming diseased and the
result is fearful to contemplate. Measures
should be taken at once to keep the Indi
ans out of town and if necessary the ti
thorities at Assinahoine should be .(o.n
;niý.' Bated with.
Wedding d ti hinles.
-We take pleasure in the annlounceineit
that our valued friend and fellow citizenl,
Jacob Odenwidd, formerly of Stadler &
Odenwald, Helena, and now foreman of
the Centre Market. will be ainrried this
evening at the residence of Mr. Jos. Iirshi
berg, to Miss Maggie Zimmerman of this
city. Miss Zimmerman is a most engag
ing lady and has certainly made no mis
take selecting Jake, while our friend seems
to have chosen with unusual good judg
ment.
Fine or.
Joe Sullivan, the leading ia
h marness maker of Montana, sold to 1 o
J. J. lDonn llc (,'1.e of the hanlIsoIrnst ond
a most v:.lur bi, sel- of l)un-a- ]I;irness and;
turned out in Iili1ntcf or any otler tow:
Sin the teriitory. It wil be emnibere
that Joe made the $200 set of Chirnfe
which was raffled in Beyton some tw0
years ago. The set (sold to the (-olonel,
at least equal if not su)perior.
From Wednesday's i)aily.
Sergeant Hard left for Assinal)oire ti,
morning.
Invitations for th,. tire;i1en' Al, w1, 1
issued to-morrow. '
Otto Ilitz, traveling agent o.,r the 3,:
t(n.za ArTgas, will le'avr e t;-l')or:.'O lri' to1e
Judith.
bioighin, i1 the stree of ( ort I
and on the roads leading r .,n ,a
evcr beotter.
Mr. Dyer. of the i§imelti/g topany, :
rived on lBast night's coaclh and is stepl)p)in;
at the G;rand iUnion.
Mr. John F. Mur[vhy. 'ouniity ('lerk: ani
recorder is still confined to his hiciise, Vbei'.)
ill with a serious sickness.
I. C. Iler, O0. R. Kinney, Jim Stoevwa:,
John G..rnley, and 3. F. Brown loft ::
the Helena coach this morning.
Jere Sullivan is negotiating for two
more waiters to accommodate his up-tow:;
hoarders when tihe swallowers hoýmewar,
We were called to task last night for
mentioning the richness of the cream fur
nished by I'addy Murphy. The boarders at,'
afraid that the quality will be reduced,
but Paddy is too honest for that. Besides
the river is not open yet.
There apl;pears to ete li:tle or no iarket
for hay or gr;:in in Fort emnioin tiis iye:
althongh both are otffred at eXtremueiv
low prices. it is the first year in the history
of the town, we, believc,that wood tnas bee :
offered as low as live dollars per cord, and
coal at nine and ten dollars per ton. I' an
onle had the money to invest h)ig' roli.
)fight Le made iii bu j in up iall the coal
wood and hay now offerCd for sate.
Saui Barbean comrrpleted tiLe fountain to:
tie Catholic chiurch yesterday. It is a tie
piece of work1nn ship ati is .,, fo.i the
Ibecst sandstontl. Th ti iildtoue,. t,
way, if' it in of the .a.nw' Eature and dur:
bilit y as that takem I rota the quarry no a
For't Shaw, Is poculiarily ada:ptedw 1o serlp
ture. It cuts easily, wili bear line edgces,
but hardetis w tli ag, ad CX, ure. SoE
very fine monum1ents now in the cemetery
at the fort were cut frollm it oeumt ten y"ears
agO and ar1 stil as handsomie as ever.
If a city oranizationl is goo(1 ifor any '
thing it should look after the sanitary con
dition of the city. The Indians who have
been feasting uipon diseaset antd putrid
lfesh should not be allowed to roam the
streets spreading contagion throughou:
the tow m. If the city council has no:
energy enough to attend to the matte:'.
the county authorities should see tha~t the
Indians are driven from the town. If w'
had no city government the sheriff would
have taken it upon himself to drive then:
out.
Mr. C. S. Bnennett, the operator an~
signal sergeant who is to succeed Mr. Mor
gan, now manager of the Fort Benton o'
fice, is stopDing at the Grand Union and
we believe assumed his duties to
day. Mr. Bennett came directly
from Washington where he graduated fromr
the Signal Service school with high hor,
ers. We are exceedingly sorry to 1o0`
Mr. Morgan, who has been uniformly one
of the most obliging and painstaimng oper
ators that has managed the Fort Bento:
office since its first cr;tablishment, bu>t
believe Mr Bennett will make an :1,:celen'
substitute.
--ql.- . . .. .
The ~inel ter.
VWe learn from good fit llhO1 ita ll:a th:
smelter at Barker belonging to the Uihn
denin Mining and Smelting Company wi
certainly start up on the 25.th aiid th
Barkerite w;ill be happ'y onc more. W,
understanid that F. W. Recd'. ai'airs ar:
also satisfactorily adjustedC and that thos
who hold checks againlt lthe firm will lo-:
nothing. IThis is chelering news, not oIl
for Barker, but lBeuton.. Ouir merchain
have r'ive\d no little revenue fro" t0'
camp and tlh shlUttin down Oi the O n"!
er is one of the c:tLues :. f the hard tiUte
The only thing to regret uow is that tl'
affairs of the company could not have be
adjusted at an earlier date, but every eff
in that direction has been conducted
wisdom and energy and there remari
cause for complaint.