The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-04-07
NEW NOE WESTERs.

| Governor Hayes can draw his check for
$780, OOo ~
Millions of trees are being planted in
Minnesota.
What letter of the alphabet, if lost,
would soon make you sick Of music? The
letter N.
John Fulton, the coachman of Presi-
dent Andrew Jackson, died recently at
Nashville.
! Daniel Drew's assets show $3.50 worth
/ of watch and chain for time and only $3.50
worth of Bibles and hymn books for etern-
ity.
The tunnel, as projected under the
English Channel, will be sixteen miles long
and two hundred and fifty feet below the
bed of the sea.
An extensive vein of amethyst has
been found near Monticello, Ga. Some Of
the stones are very large and brilliant, and
sell for 500 pound.
The Reoue Scsentifq1e maintains that
| the tolling of church bell during thun-
der storm is a better protection against
electricity than lightning rods.
-Josephus wants us to tell if ]. Proctor
Knott, the Democrat Chairman OF the
House Committee on the Judiciary, is
relative of the sJudge Not" mentioned in
Holy Writ.
The late Rev. Daniel Isaac was great
smoker. "Ra there you are, said a lady
who surprised him one day with pipe in
his mouth, Sat your idol again! Yes,
ma'am," )" replied he, cody, "burning it,"
Just year ago Norwegian, when
drunk, froze his feet so badly near Deco
rah, Iowa, that they had to be amputated.
His wife last week got Judgment for So
500 against the druggist that sold him the
liquor.
"A grand winter garden is being erected
by the King of the Belgians close by his
palace at Lacken. 1t will have roof 12O
feet high, SO constructed as to require no
support in the center, and permit the lar
gest tree to branch out freely.
AT collection made at charity fair a
lady offered the plate to a rich man who
was we'll known for his stinginess, have
nothing" was the curt reply. "Then take
something, sir," said the lady; "you know
am begging for the poor"
Robertson (Ky.) Tribune "John N.
Henson says that within the last two years,
on the farm of Miles Case, two twin girls
have been born a eve had six twin lambs;
another eve gave birth to two pair of
twins, and an old mare capped the climax
by bringing forth two twin mules, and the
farm is not very productive either"
The mammoth telescope just erected
in Paris has occupied twenty years in max
ing and mounting. The tube is twenty
three feet four inches long and weighs
5,29t pounds, and the mirror is 1924
inches in diameter. For strength and
nicely the machinery and other appurte-
nances are unriva1led.
"A Glen Falls man has invented and
patented machine for sharpening horses
shoes without removing them from their
feet. The main part of the machine is an
emery wheel revolving rapidly on flexible
rod, SO that it can be readily turned in any
direction and brought to bear upon every
side of the foot, and any desired place on
the shoe, by which the calks can be repeat
edly sharpened until entirely worn down.
The price of admission to the Exhibi-
tion in Philadelphia will be fifty cents. pay
able in one note. The receivers at the re-
cording turnstiles will have nothing to do
with the notes except to decide whether
they are good or bad, and to drop them in
the boxes, where each one will register it.
self. An exchange office of the Centennial
National Bank will be established near
each entrance, to change money for visitors
not having ffty-cent notes. This money
changer win be expected to have no more
and no less money when his work is done
than when he began. The Centennial
Commission after much inquiry and care
full consideration, concluded that the whole
system-abs of season tickets and all
was cheaperand more secure from fraud
than any other known. In order that the
cash in the boxes may correspond with the
indicators, dollar note will not be receiv-
"a r. oF Arup