The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1876-11-17
NEW NOR -wEsTERs.

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The youngest son of Gen. Garfield died
in Washington recently. z#
Attorney General Williams and wife
will hereafter live in Oregon.
-Tilton and Beecher are both turning
gray. Now they ought to commence be-
having themselves. , z.-..+,s.e....
Two enterprising Californians will net
over $3.50, 900 this year from 1000 acres OF
walnuts and almonds planted four years
ago. se..s1F f.s.~as-rzE >, 5ss,ag.5.. IL.
| Montpelier, VT, has "a gold mine, and
| seventy-five men are working their sluices
making FIVE cents per bushel from the
yield. sa#s .ssas F
-Scribner's Magazine says that Mark
Twain does most of his writing in barn.
The baneful hum Of the horse-fy is what
| quickens his pulses. r i =, .t.a5
Tho corner stone of Solomon's Temple,
which has been discovered, lies ninety feet
below the present surface of the ground.
In niche Of it is found a PhGnician jar OF
clay.
1t is said that there is noble New
foundland dog in Toronto who wears around
his neck three gold medals, each Of which
was given him for saving human life.
| The following notice is posted conspic-
uously in Scotch Office "Shut the door
and when you have done talking on busi-
ness serve your mouth the same way"
"A farmer had twenty sick sheep, one
died how many had he left? The 'tsick -
sounds like "six " and the result is con-
| undrum "that no fellow can find out" @
The N. P. r. r. people have officially
announced that the Dakota Division will be
operated this winter. Local freights and
passenger tariffs will be increased, how
| ever.
| Joaquin Miller has written play en-
| titled "The Shadow of Nauvoo,' - expressly
for Mr.. Mckee Rankin. The leading incl
dents are taken from Mr.. Miller's brief
story of g The First Families of the Sier-
| ras." .f=.. s.@
The other day man was hung at Tan
ma F Fort, near Bombay, for the horrible crime
of murder, and made rather a notable b.
servation in Gujerati. Standing under the
drop, he whispered to the executioner, SIN
one minute what lot shall know ~
The heirs of William Penn still re-
ceive $4,000 year in compensation for
their proprietary rights in Pennsylvania.
England's good faith in such matters helps
her national credit more than the sum
paid. ...a ~.
-" Citizens" exclaimed long-winded
political orator, the other evening, "under
the present condition of affairs where are
you going?" "Home, by thunder r. an
swered retreating sovereign, and the
house came down with yell. a-5t
"A negro about dying, was told by his
minister that he must forgive certain
darkey against whom he seemed to enter
tain very bitter feelings. ayes, sab, he
replied, "if dies l forgive dat nigga; but
if gets well, dat nigga must take look
| out p f4 -
"A Chinaman, arrested in San Francis
co the other day, was found to have on a
coat of mail made of cloth, cotton batting
and paper, thick enough to turn bullet or
| knife It also had pockets for knives and
hatchets, and rings to hang an iron bar on.
| John has more true inwardness than he
gets credit for.
"A black whale went ashore in Chesa-
| peake Bay not long ago, and it's struggles
| to free itself soon attracted number of
people. Being unable to stir, 1T spouted
huge volumes OF water into the air, and
lashed the sea in helpless fury. It was
soon killed and towed away by the crowd
| for the bone and oil which its huge body
contained. It weighed nearly two tons, and
! measured thirty-seyen and half feet in
| length. ai@. III. Vi
3. The body of soldier, buried in 1865
| in village cemetery in New Hampshire,
was taken up few days ago. for the pur.
pose of removal and was found to be turned
to stone. At the time ofthe interment the
| body weighed something over one hundred
pounds, but when dug up it weighed be-
tween six and seven hundred. The fea
lures, clothing, and even a wreath of flow
ers in the coffin were all as perfect as wher
buried. sss.T 81, azrsz,z.~
Rev. /. S. Kalloch, of the metropolitan
Baptist Church, San Francisco, formerly
| of Boston, was recently arrested for debt
and when brought into Court, swore tina
he did not own property to the value of teI
cents outside the clothes he wore. He dit
not own any of the furniture in his dwell
ing. He received salary of $1,000 pc
annum, and usually drew several month
I in advance His debts amounted to some
where between $50, 600 and $40, 900, princi
| pally to creditors in Kansas. a se2
-Buenos Ayres has 250, 600 inhabitants
and all its houses are made of brick, wit
fiat roofs, supported by posts of wood
Across these are laid rails, and the space
between them are bridged over by thi
i bricks something over a foot in length an
other layer OF bricks finished by tiles, an
the roof is completed, having usually &
slope of one foot in thirty or thirty-fve
All the wood used is hard, except that fo
the doors and shutters, which is cedar, an
the houses are fira-proof. 8 a
/ How TO Dry Flowers With Sand.
i The Floral Cabinet says: There al
i many Of our brilliant fowers-such .
dahlias, pansies, pinks, geraniuins, swee