The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-12-07
NEW NOR -WEsTERs.
-Terre Haute now has two u. s. Ser

If 4teW LUSld
q -Paganini used to give music lessons
only $4oO sitting.
Gen. Skobeleff went into the battle
: Plevna with white kid gloves.
, Arnold, the ink man, lives ia viii
house and drives white horses.
Two barons are setting type in the q
+ fice OF the San Francisco Mail.
Mobile has three times the populatic
it had at the outbreak of the war.
-Mr. Darwin is to receive the degree I
Doctor of Laws from Cambridge.
-Cheerfulness in a-jacket is bette
than contrition in eonyct's clothes.
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1t is estimated that 100, 900 childre
have been made orphans by the famine il
india. T
The Courjer-JournaE recognizes on
section of the party in Indiana as the bare
footed Democrats.
Friendship is the medicine for all mis-
fortune; but ingratitude dries up the foun
tain Of all goodness.
Gen. Howard is going to describe il
the Chicago Ad0ance his march of 1,60(
miles in pursuit of Chief Joseph.
The gondolas of Vencie are all right il
| romance, but an American says the cush
ions are full Of bugs and worse.
Joe Jefferson gets 500 night, anc
surely that ought to enable him to dress
better than he does on tie stage.
Twenty five hundred dollars have been
awarded u Philadelphia boy WHO lost his
hand i'll cogwheol. The hanA still remains
jncog. -..-s
Two months ago they hung over the
gate for an hour Such nights as these
they smack shiver and away be goes on a
dog tloc.
Petroleum V. Nashby Cd. II Loese)
has sold the Toledo weekly Blade to A. P.
Miier, the present editor, and j. w. Hay
me, tor $40, 600.
-Robberies of county treasures have Le-
come SO numerous in Ohio that citizens feel
like paying their taxes direct to robbers,
and thus save damage to safes.
English is the court language of Ger
many. 1t is proud moment when Brit
on or American, visiting the Palace. is salu-
ted with "Dot vas pooty schplentit morn
ing, amt it ?''
"A sick mau in New Orleans was told
by the doctor that nothing would save him
except quart of catnip tea. ''Then must
die" said the poor man, g for I don't hold
bat pint"
MIR. Norman Taylor ran in his stocking
feet from Carlisle, Mass, to Lowell, to car
ry the latest election returns. The distance
is nine miles, which he made in one hour
and ten minutes.
was BaIasn asstfd Tstfda,apsas+ pa+ eRs asy The
other man gave it up, Of course. "Shu,e,"
said Pat, "twas because he had NO trouble
in finding an ass to roid."
Peter C. Storm, the designer and man.
ufacturer of the Bear Flag" Is in power
ty, want and suffering at Calistoga, Cali
fornia. The San Jose Pioneer will receive
contributions for his relief.
in 1868 the postoffiee delivery at the
town of Pithole was the third largest in
Pennsyl Vania. Last November it cast six
votes, and the survivors of the great Oil
have now petitioned for dis
solution of its charter.
Senator Morton's full name was Oliver
Hazard Perry Throck Morton. and he used
TO be fond of prefxing all these initials to
his surname. 1t was his legal preceptor,
John Newman, who persuaded him to leave
,ut some of these names.
Senator Norton will gives the whole
of his property absolutely to his widow,
eaving her to use her own Judgment and
discretion as to what aid she shall give their
children in their education and otherwise.
The estate is valued at about $50, 600.
Mr. A. H. Stephens lives at the Ma
iouai Hotel, and, despite his desperate
physical condition, is q CHEEKY invalid. He
wears gloves on hands rs small as those of
j 10-year-old child, ,relishes rich food, though |
,utter and eggs are forbidden him; takes
N occasional Whit of tobacco, and when in
health has two ounces Of whisky or brandy |
sfter dinner. eeeaaa
Gen. Sherman's official salary, it is
tated, amounts to about $1s, 600 year, in
lusive of the usual Communication for sup |
,lies. lie lives at present at the Ebbitt
House, in Washington. he is said to en-
oy Washington gayeties greatly, and to
eel aggrieved when there is MOTTO use his
,wn words" some sort Of fandango'' y
very evening. o
Speaking Of Philip Deidesheimer's pc
ition in bankruptcy, the San Francisco
says: g The above has reference
o failure which occurred some eighteen
aonths ago, being merely renewal Of the
etition for admission to bankruptcy, which
5 not likely to be contested by the credit
RS. Two years ago Deidesheimer could
ave retired cool million, but embarking
argely in stock speculations, his luck turned
nd he vas quickly reduced from opulence
0 poverty
Within ten years no less than IL, 600,
90 acres of forest have been cut down or
urned over in the United States. Much
4 the timber is used for fuel, % cities
eing on record as consuming from 5000 |
0 10000 acres each. Fences use up much
imber, and railway sleepers require the
roduct of 10000 acres per annum. The
mount Of pine and lumber timber yet
tanding in the forests Of the timber
tates is estimated at 225, ,000, 600 feet
he sum Of $l44, O00, geo is invested in the
imber industry, employing 200. 600 men.
-ss That reminds me of Ben Hill" said
enator Gonkling in a recent interview :