The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-12-21

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Msix. 80 - i Jsss ", 81 u. -''A'
III, ..s3s %, s II &: sss:ly.;y II
pse1dgn11s6g. sook plGce Saturday sfefl
noon, q two O'Clock.
n hstisg been assSodsesd thSoagh tks
pspss that The Cotlssm woald b soM q
auction Il thu ums smnlttluds tpt psop&.
consisting Of some 100 boys, = men, and !
lsdla-aS near w ccald b ascestained
without counting assembled In the mails
room.
/ The sncsionecrr ~ - Lewis Bird. Of he
drm If Henry G. Bird 4 Co.. No ~ Trs.
mont street. Shortly. after two O'Clock, xr.
Bird posted himself upon 4 chair ~ the
platform. in front Of the roslrun, ocespisd
BY The leaders daring the Jubllse, and n,
nouacsd tbas the sale would Dow oonsmcncs
with The building itself, and stated the terms
which were that the building should be, re-.
moved By tse 6rss Of Juae next He then
called for bid. and altar . noments' hesi>
satioa some one in the crowd bid ''eight
thoesond dollans."on 20 So ii Yas.gssr.,,l Bid
Having got the ball n rolling, che ase-
tiooeer. with ksack osly known 10 men.
bess Of that profssssoa, kept iacrsasisg tho
velocity to nine thousand, ten thousand, and
lsstly, IN thousand Avn rhundred. Here
the hail stopped. and aii The persuasive elo.
quence of the auctioneef could not start Il
again, even v a additioual hundred, and
with long drawn ont ''Go,ng- going
two, !" and third aud last sold to Mr..
Cushing, d Winterport. Maine, for ten
thousand ave hundred dollars" The sale ~,
made.
NJ Cushing was Immediately surround ed
by reporters ana ,would>be wAtchmen who
wanted the job Of watching the structure
The remainder u IT. days. NJ. Cushing, the
purchaser Of the building, d lumber dealer
on the st. Lawrence, and slso on the Pcuob.
sent River. ana resides In waterproof. Ne. !
Heis , man about sixty years old. 'l,-
} The general opinion IL that there ore three
ami = half million feet Of lumber and abost
ten scss of sails and bolts In the building.
Mr.. Cushing HIS made On advsatageous pur.
chase. i.
b All hands took . Ioug breath, and then
Mr. Bird said the services" wcaid be con.
tinucd ~ the sale Of tho decorations, which
cost $ls.o0o The first bid was 800, and
The Others gradually nm up TO $3.50, when
tbsdscosaiions were knocked down To-. NJ.
Scslly for the last nan,sd sum. .ia 4, .aur
The next In order wsre the sestses 2.ao7
IN numbsr, Or $4,000 fsst., They xess star.
led . - cents apiscs, and dds's gss any
further. and were therefore turned over IT,.
the care OF A. L. Lash At that price-a total
Of e19l q. cssh. aa u,4f8 u.a a. ~
Next came 1851 chain, some with four
leg, some with three legs, and some without
any. They were sold Ut II cents apiece TO
J. L. Bailey, WIN t,ok I, 800 to NJ. Quig
Icy, who took 800; J., W. ,Cochrsne, 100;
Rev. A. l. Grimes, 100; Written. Bird md
Yousg, 100 and 81 wess thrown In ''fres
gratis for nothing" amounting, oil told, 70
435s. .4 \, - " ~.
According 70 the terms Of Contact, the
Oollssa0 en- renain upsn ID present siss
untl The l7sh Of June next. unless removed
BY order OF the city or Htase 0overnment
i II understood that the lumber Of the Col.
iseum cost about e3O, 900 and the impress.
sion u, therefore, that Mr.. The0philus
thing.