The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1871-02-17
THE WEST.

A paper mill is projected A Reno, Ne.
vada.
Robert Cute, Grass Valley, Cal, fell down
stairs and died.
The good Templars are havin. good sue.
cess in Prescott, Arizona.
The Stockton Ind. pendent has entered
upon its twentieth volume.
Ridgely Greathouse, of Boise is going to
Mexico to cure bis rheumatism.
Mathew Orr, an old citizen of Siskiyou
county, Cal, was found dead in his bed
Jan. 30
The ladies of Rushton, Kansas, have or.
ganized = vigilance committee, and hung
three men.
Fifty-nine miles of iron for the Copper.
opolis railroad, are on their way to San
Francisco.
The Sacramento Valley Beet Sugar Asso.
citation arc preparing over 400 acres of land
for beet raising.
William Donovan, sentenced to be hung
at Martinez on the 18th of February, has
been respited until April.
Sam Hing was sentenced by Judge Nc.
Kec, at San Jose, CAL, to be hanged on the
23d of March for the crime of murder.
Charles Smith, recently pardoned out Of
the States prison, was the man burned to
death in Virginia, New, the other day.
The Land sales of the Pacific railroad
company in 1870 will exceed 81, ESQ, 900, the
average rate of sales being 81 AZ per acre.
The deposits in the Branch Mint at Carson
for the week ending January 2s.h, aggre-
gate 25,9 900 % ounces, valued at $23, ,0G6 ~.
Ex-Governor George L. Wood of Oregon,
is now Governor of Utah Territory, having
been confirmed by the United States Senate.
Elko, Nevada, has 1000 population, 100
business houses, and a tip top little paper
the Independent, published by Geo. G. Ber.
ry & Go.
Mrs. Justice-of-the-P Peace Morris, of tho
Wyoming, for weighty personal reason,
has retired to private life 1t weighed about
ten pounds.
One ton and half of ore lately taken
from the Pluribus Unum lode, Sherman
mountain, Colorado, gave net profit of
$35S per ton.
The reisnins belle Of party, recently
given at Provo, is described as having "a
fetlock like the big end Of churn fastened
to the bed of q wagon"
The Nevada Senate has passed bill au-
thorizing the county of White Pine and the
town of Elko to grant $500, 900 toward
railway from Elko to Hamilton.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Company
commenced the sale of town lots at Kalama,
Oregon, Feb. 81; the aggregate sales reach.
ed twenty-five thousand dollars.
Isaac G. Wickham, found guilty Of mur.
der in the second degree at Woodland,
Yolo county, CAL, was sentenced to serve
term of fifteen years in the States Prison.
On Wednesday last the sale was consum-
mated of the first South Extension of the
Hidden Treasure to the Silver Wave Mining
Co. Price paid, 500, O,o0o.- White Pine Nsw,
Jan 2SM.
''Siera Nevada Lotta" is the name of the
name of late neavenworth wedding. In
process of time, when she gets her full
growth, she will probably be called Sierra
Madre.
The first large mining decd in Utah Ter
ritory and novelty worth chronicling, was
Mr. Wooiiman's deed to Warren Hussey,
for his interest in the Emma Mine, cover.
ing onc-fourth of said mine, for which Mr..
Hussey paid $110,0 in U. s. gold coin.
The following beautiful extract is taken
from poem published in recent number
of the Deseret Necs.
Rwy all 1aswT;, %!';, T1orss ors, G.sS ym'
Dawnrio ydyw rhwyd yr arian:
Dyna ddaw ar dyn heb fwdan.
The Indianapolis Journa! says: I'VE
low believe in the doctrine of total deprav.
ty. Some one has stolen the only pair of
ooots owned by the editor of the Lcaven-
worth Independent, thus confining him to
he house till the opening of the barefoot
eason."
Frank Bret Harte left San Francisco for
New York Feb. I'd. Rev. VIM. c. Bartlett,
Who succeeds Mr.. Harte as editor of the
is well-known as contributor to
he magazine. He is an elegant and ready
writer, and his articles are always charsc-
erized by hearty, wholesome tone.
The Idaho Democrat names James s.
Reynolds as proper person for Governor
# Idaho. From what we have heard of
Reynolds he deserves this compliment from
lis political opponents and the gift from
he President. However Governors don't
row in Territories, and good wishes are
lowers without fruit.
The borax deposits In Nevada are At
rscting considerable attention. We see it
tated that they are thickly distributed over
n area of 100, 900 acres also, that a New
FORK House is about to erect works, Under
ease, on one of the deposits, and that
gents from London are coming in the
pring for exploration.
The first golden wedding ever celebrated
n Crawford county, Kansas, took place at
he residence of Mr. Oliver Leavenworth,