The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-08-12
THE VEST.

Senator J. W. Nys Is at Virginia City,
Nevada
There are 60 convicts in the Nevada State
Prison.
Wyoming's first silver wedding occurred
in Cheyenne on the 5th.
The machinery If the Washington mill
Georgetown, Colombo. was totally destroy
I'd by fir. recently.
Portland. Oregon, will soon rcj"icc in AL
omnibur line.
A carriage has lccn packed on mule hack
into Yosemite Valley.
A Wasloe zephyr waited = railroal train
twenty feet from the track.
California will harvest $4,000 gallons OF
castor oil.
There are 400 Cinnamon in Florence,
Idaho, and eleven stores.
Corinne Post.ofllcc is made q money order
Office.
But two daily papers in California sup
port Haight. and one If those has al inter.
est in the State printing.
A California farmer has set out so DOC
almond trees because Que tree yielded 80
worth of nuts last year.
Washington Territory Is going to erect "
Pcnitenti"ry on. AcNeil's Island, at c'ss
of $250, 600.
The Indians about Pyramid Lake rcscrva
ton. Nevada. are said to be starving. and
General Ord recommends that they liz fed
by the Government.
C. w. Kendall. member of Congress from
Nevada. is putting in his spare time during
the recess explaining the mineral resources
If his State to Eastern capitalists.
A daughter Of John B,hm living ab"u,
three miles from Denver, was bitten ty II
ra,tlcsnake an Sunday evening and died
from the effects Of the bite.
A Mrs. DIR and daughter lave been ar.
rested ut Truckee, charged with setting fire
IL that town. They gave bail in $1,000 I"
appear before the Grand Jury.
l.. p. Mckenzie was fund dead near
Glen br,wk rancho. in Elko county. New.
tic was from jamestown, Pa, an engineer
aged 40ycars.
A young child of David Hun ter. living
near Dallcs. Oregon, crawlcd up stairs, fell
through the boards. struck the stove. upset
u kettle If boiling water and scaldcd itself
to death.
An epidemic prevails among the cattle on
the Truckee meadows. They arc attacked
with bloating and Inflammation of the throat
that speedily closes tho windpipe ind pr"
duces death by strangulation.
All Sing. All Hay, All Fat. All Y"ucy.
All Tuck, All Yonck. All Kuey and All
King. cigar manufacturers 1T San Fran
cisco. have Nil been fined and imprisoned
for violating the revenue laws.
A preliminary survey Of the Columbia and
Wallamet Valley railr'ad is now being made
by Gen. TiltOn. The line runs from tn.
C,'!un,h:a river, by way Of Salem. to Eu.
gene city.
Mr.. e. G. Nuntlcy. who purchased the
interest of Mr.. Taller in the Northwestern"
Stage Company, and who is now General
Superintendent Of the firm, is in town
on business connected thcrcwilh-ldahu
S;ate~nnn.
The O:cgon harvest may Ike summarized
thus: The late sown grain is nearly a failure;
early spring sown. a middIing crop and fal!
sown very fine. The aggregate yield Of tho
State will he Iu'ly Up to that Of last year.
though l.'ss per acre.
. Ben Ellsworth, q we'll known and highly
respected citizen Of Carson. New, says the
R<gister. was shot with rifle on Tuesday.
July 25th. in Pine Nut Valley. Douglas
county, by Mexican named Edouard"
Rodrigoe.
Santa Clara County, Cal is irrigated from
innumersble nrtesian wells. This year over
800 acres were devoted t" strawberry cul
,urc. and from 4 600 to 5000 pounds If Der
RIGS were prsiuccd to the acre. which, sold
ut nm average of five cents u pound. San
Franciscs, alone. during the season, CON.
sumed over 10000 pounds n day, and the
strawberry men are growing rich.
Mr.. Joseph Teal If Portland. received
adviccs m tho 2lst inst that all his beef
ca,tlc-G10 head Of fine steers-were stolen.
and all the provision 1T the hcrter burned.
by lrdians, on the 18Th Of July. The local.
ity ut which the raid took place, is about 1856
miles southeast Of the Dallcs. The Indians
arc supposed to be the Muriocs. whom Gen.
Crook whipped into obedience few years
ago.
BIO WoRK-The Suffer Canal is ono Of
the big enterprises of the present time 1,
is intended to convey the waters If the
North Fork of the Mokelumnc river to
Suffer Creek mines. q distance of A miles.
Thir'y.six miles are already finished and 500
Cinnamon are At work on the balance. The
ditch thus far has cost $l75, 600, and will
require $50 OQ0 more.
A disastrous fire occurred in San Fran.
cisco on the ED inst, which burned up
some 1T the hest manufacturing establish.
n,ents Of that city. 1t broke out in 4 par,