The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1872-09-28
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COJOuy III AVV UoWsssco - oOOOs W sSovS
Kansas for Washington Territory.
More corn will be raised In Kansas this
year than has been IN the past three yearaL
Forty Chinamen are prospecting for gold
on the Wyns.chc creek, in the Yakima
oDuntry.
The Alaska cod fisheries have increased
In importance 40 per cent. within the past
four years. ..
Forty thousand acres Of swamp land have
been selected In klamath Lake country BY
J. N. T. Miller.
The deposits Of gold and silver At the
Denver mint, during the month Of August,
reached @116. 6.473.N ~
Billy Besxhes, for murder In ths secood
degree. hss been sentenced st Fan jose to
the States prison for twenty years.
Rather satisfactory intelligence has been
received of the result of the season's wash
ing in the Gulf and provincial waters.
A white man and cohred girl, both citi>
Gems of Olympia, went over to British Col
umhia . few days ago and were married.
A Ford cpuniy (Illinoisj farmer has 60O.'
600 bushels OF corn on hand. and employs
Is teams in hauling It to the railroad depot.
The ladies' Of Wyoming scem disgustcd
with the use Of the ballot. Al the late elec
ton In that Territory but few of them voted.
In Oregon man hos becu sentenced ny
the United States District Court tn ten Jears
in the Peniscntinry for selling liquor to the
Indians.
Those who profess N be authority are
confident that the Peace River diggings will
pruduce rorc geld this year than last, but
that The treasure will now be in fewer hands.
Tho corn crop Of Central Illinois this year
will ,,e the lsrxcss grown in that section.
The yield in Morgan cou"ty alone Is es''
mated ri 6,00o, 900 bushels.
The funeral of the late Colonel D. E Ave
~, took place .. the Presbyterian Church,
Vireinia, Nevada, ON the l4tl', under the
auspices of the First Division Of the State
militia
The farmers on the west side of the San
joaquin are clubbing together for the pur-
pose of building several grain warehouses
wherein to house their grain through the
winter.
A good supply Of water hos been obtained
at San Diego at . depth Of seventy feet.
Seven thousand gsllOus Of water were taken
from Captain shermsn's we'll in Ave hours,
without effecting the dow.
Farmers oil over the State of California
are sinking srtesian wells fer water. With
this never-faiIioG supply. tho stock raiser
fruit.grower, and even the manufacturer
are 10 be greatly benefited and aided.
Sheep. .rsisess In Colombo have Of ii.
been importing large numbers of superior
class Of sheep from the States, and THU
matter Of line stock has Lecoms subject o
considerable pride among the wool-grower
OF the Territory.
There srs surprisingly large numbers o
stock being driven over the mountain 4
Eastern Oregon. Il b estimated that 1000
head OF cattle have been driven over tn
Lebanon and Ocl,oco road this season al
ready.
George Herbert . few days since killed
panther measuring six feet and two inche
In length, within two or three hundred yard
Of John Kcndall's barn. In Benton county
Oregon. 1t was exceedingly fat, and ha'
Just killed Two sheep for Ito dinner.
Mn. Files and Mrs. Watson were drowne
in Kitchsa Slough, Coos couasy. Oregon
BY the upse,ting IF bs'as. on the sSsh oil
The bmt wss in charge Ut hny about
years old. who succesdsd In saving the live
of three or four others who wcrs In it st IL
time. .....-
Tho A,chisou, Topeks and Santa Fs Raj
rosd--which 10 largely owned by Ne
Euglsud men-rcached Fort Larned on u
s7th ult., and Il now open for 2el mile
; The track 10 being laid q the rate of b
tween two and three miles day.
Winiered Texan sicers. averaging fro
$50 10 100 pounds, cell from - % 10 ~;
nj Kansas City, while thorough Texan stccl
averaging the same weight sell 1t from a.:
10 92.5O. Choice native steers. aversyin
fsum 1880 to I. 40 pounds. are worth 1t Il
a.me point. fron ESQ 10 es7s.
The Inhabitants Of certain islands lyi,
!. 06 Al.sks ore rcp0r,ed " be In destitu
cs,ndision. IN accurl.nce with this siats
affairs tue 0overnment Il Washington b
forwarded instructions to the Alaska autho
tiles 10 issue necessary stores 10 ~ sulRs
y err.
j There y . nan in Boise city who =
!. luck has bssu axains: him siscs childboc
= and that Il would have been money In
|. pockse if hs had never I,sen b0rr. Ago
i many ~ his friends 1sy that had 10 died
. bio early yoa.h, they, ,oo. woald hsvs sav
sosncthisg.
" The Rspablicsn primary election held
= Cssson city ihs llsh was very exciting .
= holly costessed BY TIE friends Of Nye .
y Jones. The t,,sl vote pollsd was 81. Jor
Z has majority Of u In The city. and psu
= ably $50 In The coaoty, foe Unitsd Ste
= oeaalnr.
The Olympia Tttbsse sslb - thas Msas
A oos Of thsmose gifled young astisas of An
!. ica. whoss eslshsassd pictass OF ~ lalls
!. Minsehahs ~ given him aaaional reps
~ sh,u. has eons N M coass with eo0s
q sion fson psominess cilissa e Nsw Il
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