The new North-west., 1873-09-06
Saturday Morning, Sept. 6, 1873.

Morning, Sept. 6, 1873.
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-Haydcn's Measurement of the Tetons
gives their altitude st 1855 feet.
The Danbury Nees must be ranked -
class journal. 1t is devoted reliyiousIy to
fun.
No Aeans Courier last week: We learn
the ONCE was short Of paper. Send 'em
along, Joe.
The telegraph line has been down or
working baily nearly oil week. There have
been heavy and steady rains on Snake river.
1T Is alleged that since mo II" shook
the Lion of the Lord she wears the stun,
ningcst of dresses and has the whole harem
on the verge OF revolt.
General GRAFT 1t last defines his posi-.
ton on the subject of CHsarism. Like his
great prototype, he mentally exclaims:
"who I. It IN the press that calls on nc?
hear q tongue shriller than oil the music,
Cry, Cesar speak; Cesar is turned TO hear.
Tourists down in Colorado leave such
mcmcntocs as this written on the trees:
oh, want to be Al Indian,
AModoc or Ute;
I'm tired Of being whitcman,
An unprotected brute
The daylight Governor" is what Mis-.
souri's chief executive 10 called, out in the
country, since the publication of his letter
announcing that it vas inconvenient for
him 70 20 out after sundown" 10 take
measures to prevent the Galloway lynching.
So says the Democrat.
.-"Tbc portrait Of General Scott on the
twenty four cent stamp IN purple. is after
bust by Coffee "-Er.
Coffee is little too thin 10 play In for q
bust on old Chippewa, but then NJ . kind
Of polite deception punstcrs are requested to
pass II.
1T is a noticeable fact that few ncwspa.
pcrs attain TO the age Of hundred years.
there are. in fact, 1t present only nineteen
ncwspapcrs Ia the world That have existed
over a hundred years; and. s'nguIaSly
enough, nearly one half Of these arc in the
United States.
Our old Blackfoot friends, Mcsscgc &
Robins, appear TO have located quickly at
Tacoma, the Terminus. We arc In receipt
from them of package Of the Daily Pacific
Tribune, the first Tacoma paper. 1t is .
pretty good little paper and carries the
rather high toned motto:
Here shn!l the Press the Peoples Rights maintain.
Inaw,d by influence md unbribcd by gain.
Every town in Colorado Is excited over
the marrow gauge" and voting bonds with
reckless extravaganza. There was cOnsid>
crablc opposition manifested by the people
of Canyon City. over granting subsidy to
railroad. and they have gone Into court to
try and prevent the city authorities from
issuing tho bonds. Orr0sntan.
Col. Forney has written some interesting
"reminiscences In his Anecdotes OF Public
Men," We think the recent death Of Hon.
Wm. N. Meredith, Of Philidelphis, would
afford him an excellent and proper oppor'
luni,y to relate how, through Mr.. Mcredith's
acceptance OF the Office Of Attorney OF
State In 1851, tho tide of Governor Curtin's
administration wss turned from tho lowest
cbb Of failure into the most popular one
thst ever existed IN the Keystone State. II
was not Curtlns fault that II Wa In dis
gracc-bc was In tho tolls of powerful
scoundrcls- but iM disgrace It was, and that
disgrace fearfully impcrilled the Union
cause. It's to 10 hoped that the secret h's>
tory of that one cventful day 10 81 will be
made public at last.
Capt. Dan. Buck, who he's had charge
Of the Gros Ventrcs distributing post-Ft
Bslknap--on MIX River, has becn super.
ceded by some appointee from the East
Capt. Buck served through the war In the
gallant Seventh Illinois Cavalry, hes man.
aged bis Indians efficiently. and only been
absent from tho post once since appointed.
Who his successor 10, nobody In Montana
appears tn know. Mr.. Simmons successor,
Rev. Anderson, Is good man. We do not,
however, believe there Is another man In
Montana will manage the Sioux % Ell.
ciently as A. J. Simmons did. The two
gentlemen named who have been super
ceded may not have como up to the prayer
fol standard of the orthodox churches, bat
II circumstances do not demonstrate It
would have been better to have retained
them In charge Of tho Missouri River Agen.
cics, va miss our guess on the management
Of Indians.