The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-02-22
WESTERN lTEMs

Gold quartz. worth tl0o to the ton is now
claimed for Silka.
Nevatls makes 4l5 900 a year by licensing 9
gambling bells. g" -O.
Oregon has the horse disease and yet ID
discontentcd.
Large quantities Of flour are being stored
At Walia Walls.
They cali il burroscootic and mulay.ctic
ID New Mexico
Kansas has shipped more cattle East than
any Western State this year. a.. vi
The Denver smelling works are to have a
capacity OF 1000 tons per day. u,.
Il Oregon hath Post,nistress- Mrs. Jean.
nette Cooley Of Curry county. s
A man named Charles Bonner died nat.
ursl death in Piochc last week.
One California orchard has yielded l ,00o
gallons Of olive oil.
Washington Territory has only ni.c con
vic,s in her territorial prison.
J. T. Goodman of the Virginia Enterprisl
is named as q candidate in 1874 for U. 3.
Senator.
The bonded debt of Idaho Territory is
~, 7,255, and her floating debt Is $5S, ,23a
more.
There arc eighty pupils in the public
school Ut Albuquerque. aud "rvcry mothers
son" Of them arc boys.
In Santa Barbara, Cal, cucumbers and
tomatoes have already been picked from the
vines this season.
Two United States officers were shot dead
recently in Nebraska while trying to arrest
party of mail robbers.
In consequence of the unearthly noise
produced by John China'nan in Stockton,
his New Year lasted but one night.
Out Of 2,3G7 applications for marriage
licenses in San Francisco in 1872, 81 coup
les changed their minds before getting
married.
In Colorado when > young Lady wears
diamond Jcwclry to any extent, she is al
luded to by the local gusher as being well
''saltcd." =,
In Phoebe man named Williams put =
keg Of powder ON hot stove 10 dry. He
has sent into the adjoining counties to have
his legs brought back ss soon ~ found.
A smart young capper for = Denver faro
hank recently inveigled the Chief Of Police
into the tigers den under the supposiiion be
had q countryman in tow.
An Oregon man Is said TO remove warts by
simply passing his hand over them. There
are men who can remove almost anything
II they can get their hands over 1t.
The Utah Kinisg I0urnnl says that Brig,
ham Young, Jr., has publicly advised the
Mormons 10 resist all attempts At serving
processes from Judge McKeans Court
The busineaa Of the shrcc towns II Black
hawk. Central and Nevada, Col. for thu
past year aggregates $9,l7o,Goe. including
10000. 900 bullion shipments and %, ,000, ,0O(
deposits. ~. 'f
Milton 8. Latham drove his splendid pail
OF blAck mares -CAllf,rnia bred-ovcr the
San Francisco Agricultural Park track late
ly. making the mile in 23c. Budd Doblt
offered him 5000 for the team.
Oregon wheat never looked better II
growing than now. II is growing finely,
having suffered nothing from either frost Of
tho much rain. As one farmer put 1t, "A
rabbit can hide II it now; it locks like ih.
first Of May. at 0T: g@.
Over seventy British subjects on San Juar
island took the oath of allegiance to III,
United States in one day recently before Mr.
Seaycy clerk of the United States district
court, =. Port Townsend.
In Powelrs Valley. OREGON, courting !,
getting to be rather aprecarious amusement
Is the old gent has custom Of entering sh,
room suddenly in company with shot, gur
and parson, there has to be wedding o.
funeral. o''
The Cimmarron Neps of January 25tt
says: Twenty-Five days and only one frac
li0n of mail from the East We are get
ting used to i and don't mind It much nov
a the frcigh;ers from Carson and Pueblo
will doubtless bring some news Of the world
dOings ...n.......... r....r. ...f,
The total property valuation in Washing
ton Tertiary y 81, see, ,2sa 81. The snouo
II tax due for the fiscal year l. ~, ,Sl7. %
Walla Wslla pays $l3, ,6l3. Is Of the tax, b.
l1eing more than, twice - much - II pai,
l,y any other county. Wahkisnm count,
only pays $20. -. l- 4it 81. Nv
'Tnc Puget Sound Csssier Gays: Hon
W. s., King, who y largely interested b
the contract for the grading Of three hun
dred miles Of the N. p. Il. r. track, com
mencing " s0mo poiuts tsOnthe Columbia
river, ai,d running eastward. IS The prsssn
Postmaster Of the House Of Representative
10 Washington. and u also one Of the Di
roctOss of the P0get Sound aud Lake Su
Tior Land Company. He resides in Mime
sOta, and was with the party Of Direci0r
who visited thus coast last 0 ci0ber. E4I