iti A'L tLU I110G4.i, No. 11, 1, O 0. F .

A retlila' m i' l. of he above Loi• e will behtld oni 1' !:it"'i eWvening of each wee•k at theiriLg room iOn li- city. SUojoulrna ing brothers are

ardluly in 'ited to attend.. I. iT, • xr. , Se•r tary.

JIOIHN F. MURPHY N. G.

C hu1 rcih ,eryices.

KPI •OPiAL CUItRC n.

' euil the ,:hurch is linished, the Episcopal ser-S1,s will he hold in the Coiurt House on every Sun-dy at 11 l. to. iland 7 p. m. Sunday-school at 2:30

S r ial in ,,itation is extended to all.REV. S. C. BILACKISTON,

l.sildent Pastor.

CA'Tiiii.ti' CnlrRCl.ialltl' c1 -'ricv:es will be hield at the Catholic

hurthe as folIows:Fort HIeraton-First -ni d last Sundays of the

ltn! I. -,sun iiver--second Sunda:ty cof the month.Faort A=inain and Fort Shlaw--(Alternately)

,Third '!i nl:V of the imoolih.1i~ " ', •k 4 . n.. 1 i-r:.t u11 ; 10:30, tUgh imass

ti Ii 2:30 . In., u nday-Sechool; p.m.,-o miil invitlin ii extendil d to a .

IEV. 1.J.. (A 1 . .

NOTIC[l TOl ALL.

Ii Jtl • ) hl'i diu ly co oitriLted ilider

Il,- 11ii11ing law to do all the legal adver-:ii i, l ])i1blh' printing for which Cho-

,:(il ,;oii' !\ty is i1ciargeable, and hi:18 filedthe i5;1t re; ulirt'd itv 'law.

N'(TICE.

iTl'" Il illy l•i;C>, will )e dOelivered byitri " i at l1,11;1 in town for 50

LOCAL NEWS'6'ro0f' FIQ EN AITE'NTlON !

, Utlc gIrow '- of the lHighwood, Shoukin andArr•w C'reek ra:lnes. ali all stockmen desirous of IiJll tlke ihlki A\ssociation are requested tollct .\Agut U7. 18bl, at 2 ). in., in the club rooms,f the lrCai, t btlligiil in Benton., for the purpose

'f il'tc:inPg )aermalnon oiceris, uand to lmnatgo forthe tall to mt-lilt.

SJACK iiARRIS. , Pl'e. iten t.

A g.2,itti.

Nl l'lers in the tlail of last night.

.tiln lFwol and Tloim lealy left Benton

for Sun liviir to-day.

l!. xvin, prolpietior of the first-rate

hoHnl at the .Judlith 1 ap is in town.

lhIut. a:imipbell, with his escort, pulled

ola.) fotr' A•.-nin boitie this lilori!g.

Sini;c 1lhe, epa:ltl.re o the Red Cloud

the t(,town his rstlnled its wvonted quietness.

lliialil lt & Ilazlott, of Old Agency,

ha\v receivel ala Irge invoice of goods on

theI RoI (loutd.

Tip, lealis of Maj:t. Wailice and M1r.

Wootl.onl, bringing Ia lar1ge quantity ofwool, :arrived to-day.

T'he lown: Cattle (Conlpanly, range, Judith

I:sinl, wiil stalit :a drive of catttle, number-

iig ,l)hout 1,000 hOld, e:a;tward about the

tirst of Augu:st.

Tonm lHarwood, who haits been in jail for

ithe laast two months or more, to await the

aotion of the Glrand Jury oil the clthargef shooting Major II. K. K. Edwrds, has

futrnishedl thie necessary bonds :tnl isagainh at liberty.

.les1crs. Wal:ace tandt HItch arle makinigthe tirst large eastern shipment of mullttonwveathers wi lch we have yet heard of in

this pnar of the Territory. Upwards of

3,500 head are now on their way toward

Miles (Ciy to take tie Union Pacific R'ail-

rt -t I.

There is :t chlntlll ' is it nlOw :aptlpears,that E. Ing(ersoll, better knowln as "Tapi-

orat0" 1' iy ricovol. •ie wits somewhat

better this l milol'iltg thoughlt at noonhe was

again in great pain. Still "Tappy" is a

man of iron constitution antd from thisfact hifsfriends hope for his recovery. Ile

himself is not at all despondent, but says

tmolt iontidently that he will recover.

In the oum'se of a few weeks travelers

bet CeenI the Judith Gap and AMartinsdalewill litl mid way, at Ifopley's Hole, a eon-veniint stoppingi place, with hotel and feed

stables. ''The drive of thirty-five miles

,tweenO the two places mentioned is long-

er in nililtv ist1ances tIhtan travelers would

make it they (could stop on the road eon-

veniently. Messrs. Severance & IHadley,

wilho have located at flopley's hole and

built the tavern there, will also raise horses

on that ratge.

It has been stuggested to the RECORDii: in tmany instanlces stock mIen travel-

i;:g abot l the country see horses that have I:

,vidently strayed :iway from their herds,and that although they would gladly noti-'

Iy owners by descrilin g their brands or

markl they are deterred from doing so by

the cost o !advertising. The RECORD ful-

1i alpreciates the import:ance of the stock

iicltrests ii this Section, in fact, rather F

prids itself on the nick-name it has fi

gained ii the "Short-horn Pictorial"-

:11 its c(onstantllU endeavors is to devote a Bi

lart of its coluimns to stock items. To any 11

i!nfoaltion for1" thel benefit or conlvenience M

(iI c:lik men it always extends a hearty b

t.e:!,homie. Therefore, in all cases where st

stray animals are seen by parties who do o

tnot propo)s to charge owners for indiica-

ti!lg where they can be found, any commtint- l

ninction on the subject addressed the REe- l wolin, tcontaining a description of brands or Iael:rks, will lhe promptly noticed in its a,

pages. tl

From 'ttrsidayi's DaLit .

"Tapioca"'' is doing very w\ell, not suffer-ing muich pain, and feeling bright and iTcheerful. is

A pair of oxen harnessed-not yoked--

o0 a \Wagonl, attracted sole Iattention on

Our slreets to-day. c.

The steam:er Butte passed Buford on the d'2;thl inst. and the steamer Black Hills oleaves Biismarnek for Benton to-nlorrow. v

The riveir now stands at a trifle less than ot22 inches above low water mark. It has 1I

keen falling lately at the rate of about one hInch per day. ti

Mr. George Fisk is in town fora few n

dlays to make rrrangements for improving

at sheep ran:ch he and Ford Cald well have

taken up on Warm Spring creek, Judithl:akin.

Peirhaps people do not know that it is lthrioughm the kindness of Col. Clendenin iithat the Katie Putnam troupe will have so ,

good anl ilstrtument at their entertainment ato-night. t

At a recent meeting of the 1. 0. O. F. c-that of July 20th, 1881,-Sam. L. Kelly 0

was elected N. G., J. P. McCabe V. G.,Gus. Senieur Treasurer, and Geo. B. Par-ker Secretary.

Professor Sutinwr,, says he has trainedabout forty bandsi in his life and he neverknew one of them to make such progressas this one has. in two weeks they willgive a street performance.

Mr. Wm. Thomas, of High wood, cameto town last night. lie tells us that theJudith round-up has finished its work forthis season and has disbanded. The partybroke up at Matt. Price's ranch on ArrowCreek.

We understand that Mr. Starr, the mateof the Red Cloud, who is now in jail forshooting "Tapioca" expresses much re-gret for the wounded man's suffering andsays that lie will gladly pay all the ex-penses of his sickness and dainties thatcould add to his comfort.

Will some one who reads this item pleaseinform Mr. iV. Allen Cunningham, bet- 1ter known as "Sandy" that by communi- tcating with B. F. Crail, of Fairfield, Iowa,he will 1ind himself in rare good luck."'Sandy" Cunninghamn is now somewhereabout the new discoveries in the MoccasinMountains.

The boat of Keilhauer & Standley wasbrought into requisition to-day, in string-ing the new ferry cable of Lynch & Flin.tacross the Missouri. The cable wasbrought up by the Red Cloud, is thirteenhundred feet long, of wire one and one-eighth inches in diameter, and weighs over2000 pounds--a good strong cable.

Last Sunday the prominent cattle own-ers of Chotean county and this vicinitysmet at Milner & Boaeldman's ranch, on theShonkin, and perfected an organization Isimilar to to that now existing among theassociated stockmen of Sun River. Weunderstand that the constitution has manyof the excellent provisions in regard to thenu mnher of bulls which each owner shalli)put on the ranige, the replresentation onround-ups, pirotection of cattle from the Idelpredations of Indians, etc., which arecontained in that of its sister associationat Suni River. About twenty cattle ownerswere present and the meeting was charac- Iterized by the greatest harmony. The tgreatest good will come from this organiz- tat ion, and it must not be forgotten that it iis greatly to elfort-s of Mr. Milner that it thas come about.

From Friday's Daily.

Get seats for the play to-night. ti

i. J. Kennedy has a ftne.lot of beef cat-

Stle for sale.

Mr. '. A. Cummings is building an ad- stdition to his residence.

IA tew lead has been struck by the iWr light & Ed wards men.

Katie Putnam sings a beautiful song in b"Meg's Diversion" to-night. at

George Wells' wool-cli l came to town tit

to-day from Sun River; also Mr. Strong's w

clip from Chestnut. st

The Board of Trade will meet next Mon-

flay night at the Court House. Let every d'ote be there for the directors are going to tO

strike for incorporation. t

Parties coming in from the N. W. Ter- fo

ritory say that Crowfoot, chief of the

SBlackfeet, intends returning this side of

the line as soon as his nation have been

paid their annuities. Look out for him. o

It looks extremely doubtful whether the Tnew jail will be done in time for occupan- t0cy this winter. A large portion of the lbiron necessary for its completion is still ly- ccin.,r at Bismarck and the greatest difficultyis experienced in getting it shipped. t

The wind blew great guns yesterday af- st

ternoon, attaining at one time a velocity ofsixty-five miles per hour. It was disas- h

trous to signs insecurely fixed. One from tiB iker's store sailed through the elements itand made kindling wood of itself on the

ground below. a1

If you want to see what the Missouri f(

v:alley can do in the way of producing ce- h

reals, drop in at the Overland Hotel and si

look at the samples of wheat and oats on Iexhibition there. They are from the rancjl wof M r. James Rowe where the grain is now a

nearly ready for the harvest. Is:

The moving of the terminus from Dillon T

to Melrose is said to have had less effect 01upon the town thant was expected. It is

surrounded by a good agricultural and

grazing region, and is now the county seat B

of Beaverhead county, and on the line of

a good railroad, and why should not Dil-lon prosper ?-Independent, July 25.

Richard Brennan has bought out Mr. ti.Fisher in the Etrreka Saloon and will in

Sfuture run the business in his own name. rDick has as many friends as any man in

Benton, and the RECORD wishes him the

9success his popularity will insure him. h

e Mr. Brennan will keep nothing but the

best of wines, liquors and cigars in his ft

stock and asks the fellows to give him a

call."Tapioca," the man who was wounded

hv the mate of the Red Cloud, is doing very 11well. Every hope is entertained for his

i.recovery, and if he continues to improve

a as rapidly as at present. a preliminary ex-

amination will be held in a few day. It is

understood that Starr's counsel-Messrs.

Settle & Stevenson and Buck & Hunt-will

demand a full preliminary, and that Col. C

Donnelly will be named by Judge Tattan

to prosecute.

MIr. H. B. Hill met with quite a narrow

escape last night. While walking to the

residence of Mr:. Power, the night was so

e dark that it was impossible to see the

hs opening to Mr. Power's cellar and Mr. Hill C

without any warning pitched into a hole t

.n of seven feet in depth. However, beyond

Slaming his shoulder a little, he escaped un- 1

ie hurt. One main advantage of incorpora-

tion would be to enable just such little

w matters as this man-trap to be a, ended to. i

gi Tihe great firm of 1. G. Baker & Co.7de-e termined not to be outdone in the line of

cigars and tobaccos, offer to the public of

Fort Benton their choice firom one of the

is largest assortments of cigars ever brought

n into this 'narket. Pheir new stocekcdn-

5 sists of such famous brands as "Principe,"

t "Cartridge,""Statton,'"'Storm'sQtucen,"

tie fitvorite "'After Dinier" teigar, and a

P. complete stock of 1. G.'s fa.voritesi. None

y of the brauds are poor-ail are ofotex ell

quality, and range in price from $75 to $100per thousand. Cigar buyers should re-member this before making pti rh+ses else-where.

Samuel Iliinman, Esq., supl)rviser of theIndian Census, for department No. 2. isnow in Benton. lie is just from Belknapand will leave to-morrow for the Black- ifoot Agency. His tlistrict embraces Min- 1nesota, Dakota, Montana, Southern Idaho,Wyoming, Nebraska and Kansas. Mr.Hinman informs us that ere fall under thepresent system thorougly reliable statis- 1tics will have been gathered in referenceto the Indians of the United States. Aclerk is appointed at every agency, who isrequired to prepare a list of the names of, all the Indians, male and female, re!)ort-ing to an Indian Agent. As a result of his

i observation in Montana, Mr. Ilinmanthinks that the Indian reservations here areentirely too extensive and that the peopleand press of the Territory should earnestly 1bestir themselves to have Congress curtailtheir area.

From Saturday's daily. lScythes at Wackerlin's.

Wood and iron rakes at Waekerlian' s. i

Ice cream freezers and wsater coolers atWackerlin's. (

Men wanted, at good wages, to work onKeilhauer & Stamdley's boat.

Some of the prisoners in the jail are .ick sfrom the heat and close confinement.

The cattle men of the Teton range are Ibranding about five miles above Mr. cMr. Stocking's ranch.

At Baker& Co.'s a full line of tents,from the size of the A. tent to that of acircus. Also wagon sheets.

The metre of the Old Agency "I:mnp tAdjuster's" effusion is a little out of joint. fiThere is more truth than poetry in the fnotice and that's what they are after. h

Let no one borrow trouble about a means .1of conveyance to the boats in case theydo not come to Benton. Howell Harriswill run enough teams to amply aceommo-dats all passengers for the boats.

The stringing of the ferry cable takes dplace to-day. One end of it is anchored cten feet under ground on this side of the t1river, and on the other the cable runs over na drum, which when it revolves takes up vthe slack. hI hThe bull train in charge of its owners, fo

Messrs. Frields x Niehoff, arrived last F,night from Helena. It was two weeks onthe road, and is loaded with 18,000 fee't of to

lumber for Power & Bro. from the mill of

Sanford & Co., IIelen'a. It is the first in-Sstalment of 75,000 feet coming to Benton.

A singular accident, fortunately with-out serious results, occurrefl on Monday I'

evening. James B. How was sitting on abench in front of the California bakery, itabout eight o'clock on the evening men-

tioned, when George Gohn's wagon, which w:was coming down the opposite side of the

street, laden with a ton of ice, ran over a st

44 calibre pistol cartridge which had been

dropped in the road, causing the missile ihto explode, and sending the bullet within

an inch of Jim's head. So great was the

force with which it was buried, that one tr

side of the bullet, one-eighth of an inch

thick, was cut off in its passage through (

the glass; and, had its course been three

or four inches lower, there is little doubt A

that it would have inflicted a serious, if

not fatal wound. After passing through F

the window it struck the desk, and re-

bounded about five feet, falling under the iicounter. It was thrown at least fortyyards before striking the desk. It is said

that guns are dangerous "without lock,

stock or barrel," and this incident shows hthat even loose cartiridges are not the

harmless explosives which many imagine

them to be, and that people cannot be too e

careful with such dangerous missiles. It tc

was lucky for Jim that his constitutional

lassitude induced him to enjoy his dolce ls

(far niente in a reclining position, or his chandsome face might not now be in fit

shape for his girl to expend her kisses S

upon, and we know what a loss that Cwould he to him. The event also conveysa moral: Never sit upright in front of a r:saloon if you can get a chance to lie down.

The latter is safer, if not quite as elegant

or dignified.-Madisonian, July 22d. i)

From Monday's daily. f

The Far West is disabled near the Coal

Banks.

The RECORD extends congratulations to g

Mr. Heitman.

Judge Tattan has returned from a short t,trip to Belt Creek. u

Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Davie, oftFargo,D. T., are at the Overland. o

M. A. Flanagan, and Miss McQuillan, lohis niece, returned to Benton to-day.

John Healy, of San Francisco, will leave I bfor New York on the Helena. c

Lieut. Floyd, U. S. A., stationed at

Rocky Point, passed Sunday in town. v

Horace R. Buck, Editor of the RECORD, e

has gone to thle East, to be absent two

months. s

The initial number of the Weekly Inter e

.Mountain is on our table. It is a paper for

the City of Butte to be proud of. bMr. Chas. L. Spencer, Special Deputy I

Collector of Customs, left for the Coal I

Banks this mor[ning on official business.

The Iowa Cattle Company will start in 1a few days to drive a thousand head of t

cattle to Bismarck for Eastern shipment. ci

Mr. A. W. Kingsbury commences -to-

morrow to gather five hundred head of f

cattle to be driven to the Terminus, to be c

thence shipped to the Chicago Stock Yards. (

Frank Gauthier, after an extended pros-

pecting tour has returned to Benton. His Ienthusiasm is very g1reat over a lead he has (

staked outon Deep Creek, near Jesse Tay-

I or's ranch.

Saturday evening the services at the Cath-

f olic Church were appropriate to the occa-

sion of the reception by the church of a

Sseries of pictures representing the four-

t teen stations of tihe wa~y to Cailv ary.

-Mr. Leo Guiterman trafvelilg agent for

the siubstantial house of Greenhood, Bohm

& Co., r'eturned o Helenat :yesterday.

Mr. Guitermian i , aipopular nan, an:d a

e faithful and successful servnt of the house

t which lIi o well pt at d here.

The following are among the arrivals atthe Overland Hotel: J. D. Gildart, Dear-born; T. Maddock, C. L. Strattan, A. W.Kingsbury, M. E. Milner, Jno. WV. Bell,

C. W. Bayliss, E. I). Morse, Woolf Creek :Geo. L. Hamnmont. 'l'eton.

Mr. Oscar Weigle called on us this morn-ing. Mr. Weigle is from Chicago, but hasbeen living in JMontana a year among thecow boys to obtain an insight into thepractical workings of cattle raising inwhich hbuinoss he will ultimately enl-bark.

As we go to press we are advised, thatwithin two weeks, the Northern PacificCompany will be placed in position to de-cide for or against Bozeman in the matterof location of its-line. We can merelyurge people not to lose any sleep over it-that is all we are permitted to say.-Arant Courier, July ?8t1,.

Miss Putnam and her company willleave Benton on the steamer Josephine.Miss Katie and the ladies and gentlemenaccompanying her, carry with them themost pleasing recollections of our people,and we of the RECORD wish them all, bonvoyage and a return to Montana ere long.

We notice the following arrivals at theChoteau House: G. A1. Stafford, H. E.Jones, E. F. Iacdoneil and R. T. Mac-donnell, Scotland; Angus and A. Mac-donell Scotland ; A. G. Carson, Mrs. Car-son, Sioux Falls, D. T.; B. O'Rourke,Michiganm; Rev. E. Van Slyke and wife,Syracuse: G. B. B. eonard and wifi, Syra-cuse.

Francis Cassidy languishes in the hbas-tile. Tom Healy caught the gentlemanon a ranch near Sun River and broughthim to Benton. He is wanted here for thetheft of a horse, saddle and bridle, twenty-five dollars and sundry other valuablesfrom Griffith & Ingersoll. lie had changedhis name and had obtained employent asJames Wilson.

Yesterday night the brass hand made itsfirst public appearance. From the balconyof the RECORD building its sweet strainswere heard for half an hour or more to thedelight and surprise of the large audiencecollected below. Everyone will concedethat the performance was a good one,much better than persons not acquaintedwith the faithful way in which the bandhas labored expected. As an argumentfor the future; it was immense.

From Tueday'ss Daily.

There re are goaood many tourists in Ben-ton1. -

The Benton hotels are crowded withstrangers.

John Fisher opens Fisher's Iallll tomor-row evening.

Mr. George Steell, of Sun River, has re-turned home.

Strangers are very favorably imprIiessedvith Benton.

Any live citizens can take the initiativesteps towards incorporation.

A bi-weekly mail route from Benton toWalsh and Macleod is talked of.

G ..Norris & Co., have estaliushed a ditrading post on the Missouri river. TI

The contractors are rushing Kennedy's no

new brick building on Main street.The stockmen's meeting on the 15th of

August promises to be an important event. inMir. J. H. McKnight, Post trader at de

Fort Shaw, is visiting the river metropolis. l.Of twenty-three cars of Montana cattle, 1'

lifteen sold at $4.25 in Chicago on July ye20th. pm

Matt. IDunuin, stock grower of the Marias

has gone to meet Price & Co.'.s cattledrive.

Harris & Strong have bought the Gov-ernment hay on the reservation adjoiningtown.

1. G. Baker & Co. received on Monday a

large lot of dry meat from the Judith i mcountry.

Sam I'iplpen is unving his stock fromSand Coulee range to the eastern end of giChoteau county.

Nicely furnished rooms at reasonablerates, for rent in the RECORD building.

Apply at office.

Magazines bound in first-class stock at dEprices to suit, $1.25 upward, by Gee. E. ii:

i Boos, Helena, Montana. [ jy20-(2w] toHon. James M. Arnoux, formerly of the te

Territorial House of Representatives, is

greeting his Benton friends.' o

The Plunketts will play in Benton for to

two nights of this week-Friday and Sat- tt

I urday-at the school house. ol

Kleinschmidt * Bro. have now a full line1 SI

of general merchandise, which feitman is uoffering at remarkably low figures. ii

Messrs. Hughey, Abbott and Tyler, oC

business men of Carroll, are in town pur-

chasing goods for their winter trade. s:

P. R. Starr, the mate of the Red Cloud, riwho shot Ingersoll, will probably be grant-

ed a preliminary hearing on Friday. tiLynch & Flint have their new cable

stretched opposite Baker street, and have ncommenced running their ferry boat. ti

We understand that a weekly express is ato be established 'between Benton and the bBarker mines. It is a much needed enter- tl

prise.

The owners of the Wright & Edwards nmine are arranging for the working of the s5

tunnel which will tap the mine 175 feet lii

deep.

Charley Buckman has the hay contract ef for Broad water & Co.'s stage line; also the n

contract for the Benton & Helena Stage

Company.Books ruled, bound and printed to order t

more durable than Eastern stock work, at

corresponding figures, at Geo. E. Boos', tIHelena, Montana.

F. C. Roosevelt & Co. are selling furni-

ture at bottom prices. They have on hand

several elegant parlor sets, which are oi- ta ered at low figures.

A' rumor is current that one of the Bar- .ker mines, ar;iied with a Winchester rifle, _:r was looking for a man in the camp then other day fo4kill him. . I

., ,r. atthan Bell, of :Sun River, return- 4a ed home this morning. Mrs. Bellhas ta- I

e ken passage on the Josephine and wvll reill

main East during the wbter. 1.~-

T The Cochrane Ranch Company received- another lot of thoroughbred bulls persteamer Helena directly from Engflnd.They are being driven to the North.

A man tnnmed Win. Farral fell down onthe street last night in front of Brennan's asaloon and cut an artery in his lower jaw. Ilie received medical attention and is nowbetter.

Rev. lr. lBlackiston begs aus to annoneethat on Sunday next, the 7th inst., morn-ing services will be held for the first timein the beautiful, new Episcopal churchjust completed in Benton.

A large number of Gros Ventres havecrossed the Missouri river oil their waysouth to the 3Iusselshell range. The Ju-dith and Musselshell stock men are pre-paring to receive them.The Helena left the Coal Banks this

morning for Glendive and Bismarck." TheJosephine leaves Benton to-night or to- imorrow morning, and the Far Wet willtry to come to the Marias. 1

Miss Hussey writes from White Sulphur ISprings that, owing to her engagements, Ishe cannot reach Benton before the 24th of !August, at which time she will favor the tpeople by a public reading. iFrank Hughes, Power & Bro.'s efficient I

shipping clerk, will start down the river in Ia few days to look after the freighting in- rt(rests of the Power Line of steamers. tFrank will report for the REcoRD while (absent. I

We acknowledge a pleasant call fromRev. Mr. Van Slyck and Mr. Leonard, of 2Syracuse, N. Y. These gentlemen are inMontana on a visit and start to-morrowfor Major Wallace's sheep ranch in theJudith.

Unider the incorporation law county tax-es could hie reduced if the finances are well 4administered, to 14 mills on the dollar.Benton people alone would have to payan extra mill or two in annual taxes whichwould be devoted to improving the town.

Several parties whose reputations as ex-

pert miners are high, have been in townrecently with specimens from some hid- cden mines unknown to all but themselves. cThey decline to say anything about the sdiscoveries except that they are very big, oand will soon be made known. f"Big Bear'n s ccamp - Cree Indians, t

nuibhering one hundred and fifty lodges rare now camped on Squaw Creek, a few t

miles below the mouth of Musselshell. tGame is plenty and the Indians intend re- vmaining on American soil next winter. t"Big Bear" is the Cree chief who refused (to treat with the Canadians. s

The Piegan chief called "The General,"accompanied by one of his warriors named"Bunch of Snakes," visited Benton onSunday in search of some horses whichwere stolen from them by white men last tspring. The Indians received informationabout the horses, which will lead to theirrecovery or the punishment of those whogot away with them.

It is reported that our up town mer-chants are going ahead with a big hotel. rThis is commendable and we are glad to cnote the enterprise. The RECORD has al-ways favored one central hotel and does astill, but if through lack of public spiritour merchants cannot agree on one build-

ing ini tile middle of the town, why, we in-(dorse the men who have pluck enough togo ahead and build a hotel at either end.I Well done gentlemen, the RxconD wishesi you the success that always accompanies

public (enterprise.I

THIE SNIIONKIN STOCK ASSOCIA-

TION. th

Report of the tleeting For Its Or- j1ganization. I

Pursuant to announcement a Stockmen's omeeting was held at the ranch of Messrs. tlMilner & Boardman, on the 28th ult., at e,which were present the leading cattle ogrowers of that district. p

Mr. Jack Harris presided, and a secre- bStary was appointed to make an informal eiI report of the proceedings for publication pin the Benton RECORD. U

The subject under discussion was the Adesirability of forming an Association sim- r,ilar to those existing in parts of our Terri-tory for the advancement of the cattle in- .terest of this region.

It being generally admitted that morecattle were lost on this range the past win-ter through Indian depredations than fromthe severity of the weather,.the necessityof taking restrictive measures is apparent.

1Such can best be applied by effecting aunion of all parties who have cattle orhorses ranging at large, whereby con-certed action will be insured, and strengthand respectability imparted to any neces-sary movement.

Through an Association, equitable rep-

resentation on round-ups and all neces-

sary handling of cattle at any season of 1the year will be insured.

It is vitally important that the propernumber of bulls should be maintained onthe range to render adequate service, and

a just system can easily be devised where-

by each cattle grower will be required to

turn out his proportion.Heretofore the burden of building and

maintaining corrals has fallen heavily on

some parties, while others have incurredi little or no expense.,

These matters were discussed in a gen-eral_ way, but it was thought best to take f

Ino general action until the next meeting. eAll the stockmen present, including j

Messrs. Lepley, Kingsbury, Harris, Win.

Morrow, Milner & Boardman and others 1then signed the articles of the Shonkint Stock Association, whichl are similar to

those of the Sun River Association, where

the plan has been tested and found to work 1Sadmirably.

'I The document can be found for signa-tures by stock growers of the Highwood,:Shonkin and Arrow Creek ranges, at the

- store of Mr. John Green, in Benton. 0 A

, meeting 'vas appointedfor; the 27•Th of Alu-ei gustat 2 p. mn, in airoom of the REcoRDn

Sbuilding,, in Benton7 at which time otheSelecGtion of officers will take place, iand ar-•.:.rangements made foir the usual fall round-

s.E. .Mnan, Sec'y. pro tem.

i From Monday's Daily:;Arrival of the Jo.sephine.

CAPT. GO"LD, Mastlr. I. S. (COaION. Chlerk.

With the arrival of the Josephine, wichhtied up here yestcrda'y afternoon about4o'clock, we have seen the last boat to arriveiat Benton this year. The Joseplhine wastaken off the Yellowstone. on which ri\veshe haIs bee rtlunning this year, and wtili

for the remainder of the season devote her-self to the Missoi'i river Iranspaorta Iiln.Her cargo this trip is fromi l tlhe sit:iletDacotah which unloaded at Grandi 1-!:d.The following is her manifest:R. H. Clendeniin, iMartinsdale. 31 pack-

ages; Charles Sherg''hl, Sun River, 10;Hamilton & IHazlett, i. ( Agency, 2; Wol..folk & LaCroix, Helena, 4 : .. C. McJlure,IIelena, 1; Guthrie & Co., loeltna:, : IM.Bien, Deer Lodge, 25; .Miss Lewis. Boze-man, 2; II. A. West, Dearborn, 4; JohnO'Neil, Deer Lodge, 19; J. W. O'Neil,Helena, 1 A. Birkenfield, Helena, 7; C.

W. Cannon, Helena, 16; J. P. Woolman,Helena, 7: Paynter, B. & (Co., Helena,132; A. '. Curtin, Helena, 102; FrankWells, Radersburg, 310; T. Murdoch, Ben- 0iton, 88; H. P. Rolfe, Benton, 5; O. II.Churchill, Sun River, 4; Hlirshberg & N.,Benton, 40; Crane & Green, Benton, 5;First National Bank, Benton, 25; F. Dee-man, Missoula, 2; Duke Dutrueille, Ben-ton, 21; Geo. Clendenin, Benton, 15; F.C. Roosevelt, Benton, 6; Leroy F. Leirtt, aBenton, 18; R. S. Price, Benton, 1 II. S. aHale, Helena, 223; W. G. Bailey, Helena, h2; N. Kessler, Helena, 1; G. P. Reeves & h

Co., Helena, 1; N. Gamer, Helena, 1; IH. PA. Schultz, Helena, 1; A. A. Q.-3I., Fort tlShaw, 7; W. S. Wetzel, Benton, 8G8; Mur-

phy, Neel & Co., Benton, 1,471; Klein-schmidt & Bro., Benton, 1,502. Total,4,980 packages.

At the Catholic Church.

To the Editor of the Record,:

Last Sunday when entering the Catholic IChurch, on Baker street, we felt no small Itsurprise at the great improvements latelymade on the interior of this church. After aconsiderable delay Rev. Father Camp re- cceived, last week, with the steamer Benton

some of his long expected articles. Besidesother very handsome and valuable objectsfor the immediate use of the altar, we no- pticed particularly two large paintings with 'rich and heavy gilt frames for the decora- ztion of the sanctuary, and for the nave of athe church 14 ehromos in tasteful black t:

walnut frames, representing what is called 8the fourteen stations on the way of the v

Cross. All these articles came, we under-stand, from the well known art establish-ment of Messrs. Benringer Bros. in Cin-cinnati, Ohio, who have branch houses inSt. Louis and New York. As it would betoo much here to explain the subjects of vall these pieces of art, the Reverend gen-tleman promised to give a full explanationof them in a lecture next Sunday night atthe usual evening services at 7 :30 p. m. nShould the Rev. Father succeed in gettingup, this season, the new altar and pews,fine pieces of carved work, made in Illi-nois and shipped long since, this littlechurch will be a real honor to our city andafford a true edification and enjoyment for I

all who come and worship in it. He alsocongratulates the congregation of saidchurch upon the acquisition of so accom-

plished and expert a musician as 3Mrs.Raisin as organist. RENTONIAN.

Fire at Barker,

From Mr. Wilson Cascadden, who ar- 'r

rived in town from the mines last night,we learn that the day before yesterday, in liithe morxiing, as he left Barker, a lire broke 'c

out in the woods in a locality which he tr:

judged to be near the Wright & Edwardsmine. In what direction the fire ran and Ciwhat damage has been done there is no

one from the mines as yet to tell us, but Itthe fire was burning fiercely yesterday m

evening and the cloud of smoke hangingover that portion of the Belt mountains II

prove that it is as yet unsubdued. The 1e

buildings of the town may have been burn- c1

ed and damage done to the smelter, for the st'

place where the fire originated is in the camidst of the timber and close to the houses.At any rate, much valuable timber has al- L;

ready been destroyed and there are pros- y(

pects for still further loss. It will be a se-vere blow to the camp. V,

1From Monday's Daily.]An Accident. W

Last night Mrs. Ellen Sowers was tbrought to town, her leg severely broken.

Sunday morning Mrs. Sowers accompanied '

by Mrs. Lester started off with Bill Yard'se rteam to drive down to one of the river

bottoms and pass a quiet Sunday pic-

nicing. When near the foot of the Cracon

du Nez hill, the horses became unmanage-able. Mrs. Lester who was driving heldon until the rein broke when she was

was thrown out, but sustained no injuries. R

Mrs, Sowers, however, made an attempt

to spring from the wagon, and fell directly Jtunder the horses one of which stepped on

her leg with the above result., The team

was finally stopped by a colored man ri-ding behind, though in so doing the poleof the wagon drawn by the runawaysstruck the horse he was riding in the eye

and put it out.

Katie U tnanms "Olivette."i

It was highly gratifying to Miss Katie'sfriends to note the large and select audi-

ence that greeted her last. evening's per-formance. Every chair in the hall was ej

taken and many people were standing up. t,No other troupe has ever drawn so well in

Benton and none has ever better deserved o

P itspatronage. "Olivette" was very nicelyrendered arid the music sounded muchbetter than on Tuesday night, for Profes- o

son had his notes. Particularly worthy of 0

mention was Valentine's good-night song 0t, in the first act. Miss Putnam's and -Miss tMurdoch's duet in the second act was very dsweetly sung, and in the musical dialogue fbetween Mr. Ferris and the Countess both 1

D1 won great praise. Mr.; urdoch was bet-e•-ter last night than, weh ave seen himn. iHe

r-- and his: cotnterpartexeeuted "in language I'

-- syllogistic" with great effect. Nor would

we be -doial jusieeto the music wit]iit.complimenting; Mes Kennicott upon bher

Ssolo. Sh'e Ihas: a swtt't, tenider voice :land is

a gr"ateftul 1:tri'--s, no in Miss Alex.taler,alst,. It would only be repetiition to sayall kitrls of niie things of "Olivette" her-self. Mis Katie klnows what our people

think of her. In the universal opinion of

the commuiity, sh,( is IBentoi's favorite

4,D1 .AG ,NCY-.

.t Fcr'w ILemis for the l•ecor4,.

A war !arty (f l'icians recently went

o Dari airn litntutain and ;tole upwairdsft 3tC hadl ,f horses flrom somlte half-breeds

avlh 'ao r i tlPig taed there. The h:df-hrd.- d oll IIeir to thdie BlakfoioIl

.Atiig ant \" ith the ;assitaitre (of' Dr.

Hilt, frto. ti' ;:',.'ea 'r, one officer, and aprivx:te' from Cul t

)p Garfield, near tht,

a1gein s', srttc'oeded in r',?cN+Ver'ImI about .?3

hItad. The Iudiatns were vary saucy, one

in parrticllar, who was most insulting in

his wo'rds and get1 t-lres.

Hlow tbu' t thei gnoose in the REwcorD

,ltlice' ?Mr. 31artineat l shl a small band of cat-

tle to WV. L. Ralston, at $20, per head.MIr. Amell sold a simall band of cnttle to

S. C. Third, at $22, per" head.,Jack Miller sold his stock cattle to S. C.

third, for Mlr. Johnson, at $20, per head.

Main & Dennis, lately pur'chasetl ofiliggins & 3c('lain, on Dupuyer Creek,

about 400 head of 3, 4, and 5, year old

steers, at $30, per head. l'art, of thethave already been driven to lacleod to

fill M ain & Dennis' beef contract at thatplatc and the balance are now en ;' rout

there.Somrte enterprising mniai withi :a good

thri-eshing machiiine will do well here this

tfall as the grain crops are looking well.Dexter, "put this in your pipe and

Silaoke it.''

Another old resident gone. I. Choate

tdied on the 23d inst., at or near Fortshaw. lie ihad been suflering for somentime with dropsy, and( had gone over toget nledical asmistance at Shiaw. lie leaves

a wife and two or three children in needy

cirelmstances.

-A iIGNII'IC ANT EPITAPH.

.Julging fromn the following few linees

painted on ai board and nailed on the treewhere Stewart was lately hung, the citi-

zens of Old Agency give fair warning toall evil disposed persons to give that por-

tion of Choteau county a wide berth.

Skulls and cross-bones adorned the notice

which r'us as follows:

W\'ARNING :

iTO( ALL •l'auJiDEtiRS, THIEVES, A ND WOI',ID-

liE DESPERADOES.

Iteineath the sod just under this tree,Lies the carcass of Stewart, Bracket E.W ho gave up christianity to become a beast.And was hang to the lower limb that points to the

east.li,: was elevated by the boys, on July the 1r".,t,For deeds unrivalled, by the bloodiest and worst,Murder. arson, rape, and robbing,Were the crimes that subjected this fiend to snob-

bilng,

And if there's any more of .hi. ct!iq ue around this.Valley,

Whlo don't wish to meet him in ,death's dark alley,

They'd better take a hint that's meant for the hest,And go farther East, or else farther West.For they're not fit brutes on earth to dwell,And if they stay around Ilere we'll soon land thienm

in hell.[Signed.]OLD AGENCY liIEMI' ADJI8TERS Assoc I A'rON.

Sun River Items.

r'arm!.r arel busy at1l exliect bountiful

urops.John Ia rgent is about to commence fil-

ling htis Government h:y contract. IHe has(ctt 300 tons. ite boughlt Bob fHamiltoni's

train and will do quick work.

IMr. IHaskeil has moved: to Sun River

Crossinig arid will reside there in fututre.The Montana Cattle (Comlany, located

at the mouth of Sun River, are emakingmany valuable improvements npon their

ranich this season. The Comp:any's busi-ness is managed by Mr. Walker. A nunm-

ber of thoroughbred bulls have bect pur-

chased and every care is takeni of the newstock. This organizalion is a prosperous

cattle company.The Sun River ronnd-up is now at the

-Lakes, branding. It will be some veeksyet before their labors are completed.

3Mrs. Reinicke, who has been ill, is con-

valeseent.

BORN.

WOLVERTON.-Ncar Bozeman. M. T., Wednes-dcay. July 20, 1881, to the wife of Wiles W. WVol-verton, a son.

HEITMAN.-In Benton, July 31, 1881, to the wifeof Louis Heitman, a daughter

JACKSON.-Near Bozeman, M. T., July 20, 1881,to the wife of Marshall Jackson, a daughter.

STOLTE.-ln Butte, July 21st, 1881, to the wife ofMr. Stolte, a son.

DIED.

CHAMBERS.-At Mathews' Springs, West Gal-latin, M. T., July 16, 1S81, John J. Chahbers,aged about 60 years.

FLY.-At East Gallatin, H. T., July 18, 1881, ofconsumption, John Fly, aged 43 years.

ROACH.-In Helena, M. T., at the Sisters' tios-pital. July 26. 1881, of hemorrage of the stom-ach, John Roach, aged 40 years.

JACKSON.-Near Bozeman, H. T. July 24, 1881,infant daughter of Marshall ant Elizabeth Dl.Jackson

VITANO.--At Deer Lodge Crossing M. T., cunFriday, July 22d, 1. 81, Mr. Sivan V itano, aged68 years.

SHERWOOD.-In Butte, July 21st, 1831. infantdaughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. Sherwood.

MILLS.-In Deer Lodge, Wedniuesday, July 20th1881, Thomas Ioward, infant son of H. 1. andSallie B. Mills.

SALE OF BONDS OF CHOTEAU COIUN-TY, 1ONTANA TERRITORY,'

Pursuant to an act of the Legislative Assemblyof the Territory of Montana, entitled "An Act toprovide for the funding of the outstanding indebt-edness of Choteau County, Montana Territory,"Approved February 23, 1881. The Boardof Coun-ty Commissioners of said County will offer for saleat public auction, at the County Clerk's office, atFort Benton. Choteau county, 23ontana Territory,on the first day of September, A. 1). 1881, at 11 o'-clock a. m., ten thousand dollarsof Choteau Countycoupon bonds. Said bonds are due at the pleasure ofthe county after five years, and redeemable andtipayable in ten years, and bear interest at the rateof seven per cent, per annum; the interest payablesemi-annually.on the presentation of the propercoupon, at the office of the Treasurer of said countyor at some designated bank in New York City.at the option of the holder. Said bonds shall be ofthe denomination of one hundred dollars and onethousand dollars, and will be issued upon the 10thday of September, A. D. 1881. but wilt not be soldfor less than par.

By order of the Board this 11th day of July, A. D.1 1881.

Attest: JOHLt W. TATTAIN,Ex-offieio Clerk of Board.

JOstipr S. HILL, Chairman [Jyl3wtf.

FOR RIENT.

t -DWELING HOCSUSE with two rooms, conveit. gtgoca ted. O LL; AHpp lyto

I ,r H,:OWELL Hm•aTir.!