The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-08-26
THE WEST.

San Rafael, Cal. is to he lighted with gas.
George 8. Kennedy, Of Helena, 10 in
Corinne.
Wheat is selling at 81 in Portland.
Flour 60
Five murders were committed in Colorado
in one week.
There ART 1000 sheep in the mountain.
near Calaveras.
Many artesian wells arc being sunk in
Los Angeles county. Cal.
Sewers and Nicolson pavemcnts are being
called for in C"rinne, Utah.
Quimpcr peninsula, Puget Sound, Is now
said to be the best place tor terminus.
The great Gold Hill telescope was de.
stroyed during the recent fire in that city.
The farmers Of Marion county. Oregon,
pay bounty Of $35 each for wolf scalps.
Mail robheries in the vicinity of South
Pass. Wyoming. are greatly complained of
by the Neu&
Richhnd u the name Of 4 new town mt,
out on the Santa Anna ranch, Los Angeles
county, Cal.
The Grar Register ot LIS Angeles. CAL
c'nta'ns the name of an Egyptian. lately
naturalized.
W. II. Presbury, Of California, has been
promoted 10 he Minute Clerk Of the Senate.
vice Burch, deceased.
Matches thrown among the rubbish sc,
fire to the Court. house at Austin, a few
days since. No damage.
Major Sam D. Johns is confined tn his
r"m hy an attack Of erysipelas, hut the all.
ment is fast disappearing.-Corinne Rep.
Joseph Knight, a native Of Corn nwnll.
England. aged IS years, was killed by a
&C in the South Aurora mine. at Treasure
Hill. White Pine, few days ago.
The product of the principal mines Of the
White Pine District, rs returned to the As.
sessor Of Internal Revenue, for the quarter
ending June 30'h. 1871, was $3.50, ,40S o.
Mr.. James Kenting. one Of the oldest res.
idents of Centrcville. Idaho. and who has
been engaged in mining there for more than
eight ycara past, left II few days ago for the
Peace River mines.
The Stockton Zndependent tells of a wa
tcrme'on, from near the mouth of the Mer.
ced river, in St"nislaus county, and sent to
Stockton, which weighed seventy three
pounds, nine and one. half ounces.
The Portland. DaIlcs and Salt Lake Com.
pany have commenced suit against tho O.
8. N. Company, for the right Of way through
the pass Of the Columbia ut the Cascades.
This pass is the only one through which the
Company can build their rad.
The thrcsling season in Boise Valley il
now fairly under way, and enough is known
Z" assure US that the wheat crop is an unu.
suslly light yield. It is probably the light.
est average crop ever raised in Boise Valley.
-Id"h0 Slatesmnn.
Bishop Dcmars, first Bishop of Vancouver
Island. and missionary If the Pacific coast.
died recently Of paraly,ic dr"psy. aged G5
years Bishop Dcmars left Quebec as a
missionary in 1887. arrived at Fort Vnn-
c"nvcr on the Columbia, in 1883, and in
Victoria, " l., 1913.
On the evening Of the q, Of July the Popc
was seized with sickness. followed by u
fainting fit. and on the 10th Of July he be-
came seriously III, and was insensiale for
more than half m hour. The sickness and
fainting fits have become very serious, and
the least observant Of the courtiers are now
alarmed.
A New York letter says; zone Of the
Presbyterian churches Of San Francisco
have committee on here in search of a
They want a genuine sensation
man, and to such a ons they are willing
to pay the round sum Of $4,000 No cler-
gvman that g"es to California wants to stay.
Eminent men who have been alluretl to the
Land Of Gold. have embraced the first op.
portunity to get back"
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