The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-03-03
THE WEST.

The Indebtedness of Nevada 10 @6jC, ,000
and drawing fifteen per cent interest
The Denver Tribune says that 1.-THE mea
sles are sweeping through that town."
The mother of Ex-Governor Woods died
at Buena Vista, Oregon, January 9th, aged
90 years.
An active opposition has been inaugura.
ted between Portland (Orcgon), and the
ports on the Columbia river.
The Mcrmons are preparing to build q
railroad from Great Salt Lake City to Pay.
son, which is 90 miles from that place.
Bishop Clsrkson, of Nebraska, reports
that of the 70, 900 Indians in the bounds of
his diocese, $1,000 attend religious services.
The Nevada Assembly has bill before it
to fix the salary Of the Governor at 10000
per yer, and Lieutenant Governor $4,000.
William Cornelius, accused of the mur-
der of John Browning some six months
since, has been acquitted ut Virginia City,
Nevada.
Steps are being taken for the organization
OF an English company, with $50O, 900 cap.
ita), for the erection of smelling works at
or near Denver.
Nearly 5000 tons of -four have accumu.
lated in the warehouses ut Oregon City. Il
is still coming down very lively from the
Upper Willamette.
1t Is said the reported sale of the Emma
mine, Utah for 81 ,25o, 900, was a deception
and snare, set up by San Francisco stock
brokers to bull the stock.
A. ]. Drury, convicted in Butte county,
Cal and sentenced to three years in the
State Prison for grand larceny, is pardoned
and restored to citizenship.
The Oregon Assessors return the taxable
values Of that State at only $29. .s2S, 900,
which is declared to be not more than one.
third what its aggregate wealth really is.
Doc. Wharton, formerly connected with
the Denver press in IN editorial capacity, Is
now in the business again In Kansas, q the
editor and proprietor of the Ottawa County
Lndependens
Kansas City boasts .. butcher shop which
has Brussels carpet on the floor, with OIL
cloth walks to the counter, and the walls
hung with fine mirrors and elegant paint.
ings and engravIngs. -
The jury, in the case Of VIM. Cornelius,
charged with the murder of John Brown.
ing, at Virginia. New, some six months
since, on trial in the District Court, brought
il verdict of not guilty. ...
Dr.. Geleich, of Los Angeles, has rife
ball, made of pure silver, rounded by ham.
mcring (not moulded). which WAS extracted
by him from the body of man wounded
by the Apachcs in Arizona.
A sale of resdy-made coflins At auction
took place at Lincoln, Neb., recently. A
black walnut article, with silver trimmings,
brought $25; the purchaser being man
whose wife Was very sick.
A man named Bad gcral, Of Nevada coun.
y, Cal, who died day or two ago, was
found to have expired of heart disease. The
heart weighed 241 ounces, instead of 03
ounces, tue ordinary weight.
Rain continues in California, affordIng
Ihc farmers In that State an opportunity to
anticipate, At least, . bountiful harvest
Whea: has already attained the height Of
four inches in many localities. -...
Joseph P. Kelly, the new Democratic
Senator from Oregon, is native of Penn.
,ylvaniA He has lived in Oregon since
1851, and has never visited the East since.
In person he is large and stout.
The population of Colorado has fallen off
very materially since 1881, owing to the
migration of tho miners to other States. It
was reported 10 be GO, 900 in 1861; but &C.
,ording to the recent census, 10 20, O,90o.
The Walla Walls Union says the small
BOX is now no joke here It IL not worth
while to call it the prevailing disease" or
my other pet name; for tho fact is that 1t 10
now pretty generally spread through the
settlements on the Walla Walla river near
Is mouth, and on the lower part of the
T0uchet.
Texas has territory enough to make one
hundred and eighty States like Rhode Isl
md, thirty like Massachusetts, and six like
New York; with climate, except in few
ocations in tho low lands, ss delightful and
lcalthy as any State in the Union, with fer
lie tillage and grazing plains, timber lands
md water powers. lands suitable for cotton |
ields, sugar plantations, and wheat and
,orn. ...r.-+- -......
Says the Leavcnworth Commercial: "Vin-
lie Rcam, whose statue of Lincoln was nm
,eiled the other day in Washington, is . |
1cavcnworth girl. Her father, Robert L.
3cam, kept the old Shawnee House here
Turing the years 1850 and 1890 Miss Vim.
ale, who ives then about twenty years Of |
sc. ard her sister lnow the widow Of the |
ate Perry Fuller. were then two Of the
'elles Of our young metropolis"
A Bill has been introduced In the Senate
t the Nevada Legislature 70 allow parents,
guardians, wives or Other relatives, 70 sue
or damages for injury sustained from IL
- of ialsxicaiias liquoss against parties |
q. sailing q giving. Ahw siniAs, W pce.
nm, - ~ 6as intea1ed y y farce II No.
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