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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1877-11-30
NEWSPAPER DEcIsIoNs.
EvE-ANGELIcAL CORNER.
Old maids are prim roses.

Old maids are prim roses.
Dead-leaf brown is trimmed with dead.
| leaf green. .a
Mixtures of velvet and silk will continue
to be worn.
There isn't much difference between a
grasshopper and a grass-widow, after all.
Either will jump at the first chance.
The Examiner shows that if Bltebeard's
wife had been true to him in regard to the
key he might have lived happily with her
in his old age.
A correspondent wishes to know at what
age girl should no longer be kissed by her
male friends. A lady suggest the age when
she puts on long dresses.
A Richmond paper reports that Miss
Lizzie Van Lew, late Postmaster of that
city, has associated herself with business
man in the manufacture of plow- points and
castings.
English papers state that young ladies
who wear what is sometimes called deer
stalker hats are beginning to raise them in
ackn ,wledgement of the salutation of their
male friends.
A Madrid paper states that titled lady
of that city is collecting photographs of the
prettiest women she can fad, to be sent to
the Paris Exhibition of 1878 as specimens
Spanish beauty.
Did you ever notice how sensitive are the
ears of a woman in church to the crying of
some other woman's baby, and how deafer
than post the is when her own offspring
sets up its piercing squall? - Church
Union.
Mrs. Morton is preparing to leave Indian
apolis for New Haven, where she will live
until her youngest son has finished his COL
lege course, After that the two will return
to Indianapolis and make that city their
permanent home. Mrs. Morton willsretain
her house there. @ -..-
1t is eighteen hundred and odd years
since Christian gentleman named. PAU
wrote to one Timothy, II suffer not a
woman to teach, nor TO usIrp authority.
over the man, but 70 be in silence. '.rsA And
now as many as twenty y-nine women are
advertised in the Chicago papers as con-
Quoting religious services and preaching On
a single Sunday.
They we're what the world calls " en- )
gagged" and they were going to visit some
OF her relatives thirty miles distant. Two
railroads ran to the home of the litter, and
the lovers were undecided which one to
take. ''There is a long. dark tunnel on
the O. road, isn't there p she ipnocen-
tly asked. Tie said there was. "s.And none
On the B. lip, ." she further inquired.
He said there 8 as not. s'Then let us go
by way of tbs O. road she softly muir
INJURED. Aud they went. .-Norrtston Her
aid. -.
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Salaries Of Army Officers.

From the Boston Gazette.
For man who has no salary himself
there is nothing more interesting than to
if you have enjoyed total income of about
50 for the past twelve months, it will be al
most as good as a clam bake to read of the
pay which the bold officers in our gallant
army receive. The yearly salary of colo
mel until five years of service, is So, 800.
After five years his monthly stipend is in
creased to $320.S3; after ten years to $3.50;
after fifteen years S375, when the maximum
salary for the grade, as fixed by Congress,
is reached. A lieutenant colonel receives
in yearly salary, $4,000. His monthly pay
is increased after five years to $275; after
ten years to $500; after fifteen years to
1926; and after twenty years to $333. 80.
For major the salary up to five years is
$4,000. After this period he receives
monthly $229.i7; after ten years $3.50; at o.
fifteen years. SO; after twenty years,
$291.67. A mounted captain receives $2,-
600 until five years have passed in the SER
vice. After that his monthly salary is
$183. 33; after ten years $500; after fifteen
years $216.67; after twenty years $3.50. SO.
For a captain not mounted, the regimental
adjutant and quartermaster. the salary up
to five years is $500. Monthly pay is in
creased after that period to $l65; after ten
years to $3.50; after fifteen years to $195;
after twenty years to $21O. For first
lieutenant not mounted, second lieuten-
ant mounted, and a chaplain, the salary
up to five years is 81 500. After that time
the months stipend is increased to $137.50;
after ten years to $3.50; after fifteen years
to $1625 so: after twenty years to $1T5. A
first lieutenant mounted receives 81, 600 sal
larry for five years service. After that time
he receives each month S14667; after ten
years $160; after fifteen years, S173.33; af-
ter twenty years $1s6.67. A second lieu
tenant, not mounted, receives 81, 400 yearly
for five years. After FIVE years his month
ly salary is s12s.33, after ten years $40;
after fifteen years, $151.67; after twenty
years, s163.33.
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A WILD woEAN.
Dwelling IN Desert with Beasts only :sr
Companions.
Virginia Chronicle, 18th.


Last Friday a wood teamster named Nc
Causland, who was hauling wood in the
mountains about 20 miles northeast of this
city, saw a woman riding astride Of goat
on the side of mountain. She seemed
quite at ease on her improvised courser, and
was riding along at fast gait, but as soox
as she saw she was observed she jumped off
the goat and ran out of sight on the other
side of the mountain, Nanny following in
her tracks. The teamster is at a loss to
account for the presence of the woman in
that neighborhood, as he is sure there are
no families residing there. 1t was probably
sold Mother Dildine," an eccentric woman
who has kept a goat and sheep ranch, for
the past 13 or Is years, on the eastern edge
of Twenty -one-Mlle Desert, whose peculiar
tiles are well known to the residents in that
part of Carson valley. She lives alone IN a
small cabin, with her goats, sheep and fowls
for her only companions, invariably avoid
ing all intercourse with white people as
long as she can. When the stock of the
necessaries of life is exhausted, she visits
the towns of Sutro and Dayton to sell few
dozen of eggs and chickens, with the pro-
duct of which she replenishes her store.
She is quite sociable to the Indians who
wander in that direction, and treats them
kindly always, but especially when they are
i'll. At such times'she prepares from noun
tain plants, beverages that the Piutes be-
lieve to be all-potential in restoring them
to health. Her nearest white neighbor
lives probably Is miles away, but she not
only does not regret her isolation. but she
rather likes it, and the chances are that she
prefers her mode of life in her wretched
hovel to residence on Comstock Row, OF
in more civilized vicinage. She is said
TO be the wife of Samuel z. Dildine, Sur
veyor of Lyon county, from whom she has
lived apart for years. ~ =.
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A Tough Duck Story.

The ioyial and venerable hunter, Mi.
Sam Alling, of Homer, was in town the
other day with fine lot of ducks, and was
congratulating himself on making one OF
the most remarkable shots ever made on
the Mississippi bottoms, bringing down
forty-two birds, namely: forty-one teal
dnclx and a mud-hen in double shot.
When he first ran across the flock he brought
down eight the first shot. Following them
up he found them strung along low bar
that ran out into the slough. presenting to
the hunter chance to cover them with a
raking fire. He fired first sitting, and then
as the ducks arose he emptied the other
barrel. "Why," said Sam sit fairly rained
ducks, and I'd ave given S. to have some
fellow there to see the shot. The dog was
half an hour in bringing them in, and when
he got them all I found forty y-one ducks and
a mud-hen. The latter was in a flock be-
yond the ducks, out in the water" After
bagging his game, Mr.. Alling hunted the
flock and drew bead on them again, bring
ing down ten ducks at single shot. Ills
work at this one flock was, therefore,
summed up in total Of sixty birds-nity
nine ducks and mud-hen-in a double and
two single shots. Mr.. Alling has hunted
for thirty-five years, and his veracity is be-
yond question. The shot is truly . re.
markable one, and challenges an equal.
We are happy to record the fact that Sam
belongs I'd the American Team WsnonG
(M.aa.) Republican.
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CANADA BILLS FUNERAL.
the Career OF Western Train Gambler
Who Won Money by Thousands.

s'Canada Bill" died of consumption in
the County Hospital. His funeral was
probably the strangest ever seen in the
Charles Evans Cemetery, for there were
neither tears nor women nor minister at
the grave that now holds the remains of a
man who died penniless in strange land,
but had the name one time Of having won
nearly half million dollars at three-card
monte.
His body was brought to the undertak-
ers room in this city, and thence taken to
the cemetery, VIII ere a dozen or more rep
resentatives of the sporting fraternity of
Reading had congregated about the grave
to do the last honors for the ''old SPORT
who had w,n money on nearly every rail
road in the United States, east of the Rocky
| Mountains
| After the hearse approached the grave
and the walnut coffin had been taken ont
and placed on bier, the question was
asked whether the remains we're in it. The
undertaken guessed that they were still
there. "Unscrew the ld," the master of
ceremonies ordered. 'sRill was in many a
| tight box and he worked himself out some
| how or other, and there's no dead sure
| thing that he hasn't got out ON the trip TO
the cemetery" While they were taking
off the lid it was found that the screws
were not solid silver. One of the mourn
ers remarked that Bill's game had not been
| one of the squarest, but he guessed there
| were tricks at all trades as well as the
monte players. The corpse was found in
the coffin The men had made arrange
meuts with one Of their acquaintances to
read prayer, or Il short burial service at
the grave, but he came not. The wind
was raw and chilly, and after the lid had
been again screwed on, orders were given
tliJt the interment should be made.
Canada i5ih's proper name was William
Jones. He was an English gypsy, aud
came to this country seventeen years ago
lie was a horse trader, and finally began
to i,lay at tdree-card monte. He drlsrt,
inJo Kingston, Canada, where he got the
name Of Canada Bill. He operated all
over the North during the war, and after
the war closed he was on the Red river and
the Mississippi. He was always dressed
in yery.slouchy manner, and cared moth
ing for good clothes or jewelry of any kind.
He won thousands of dollars on the Mis-
sissippi in the disguise of a planter At
one time he bad a livery stable, and kept
200 negroes at work clearing swamp land
at the mouth Of the Red river Subsequent
ly he operated at monte on the Kansas Pa
c'fc and Union Pacific railroads running
ont from Kansas City and Omaha. He be-
came infamously known all over the coun-
rIy. All The tricks and new points in monte
were invented by Canada Bill He always
Travelled as countryman. He is said to
have won thousands of dollars ON the
trains, and as soon as he had won it he lost |
it playing at faro. His friends say that In
Chicago alone, in 1874, he won $4,000 in
three months, and yet he died penniless,
and had to be buried at the expense of an
old friend. He was about forty years of
age.-Rsadsng Eagle.
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Senator Sharon.

The Daily EreAaaae says Senator Sha-
ron regrets he ever entered the political
arena. He despises the place-he despises
Washington-he despises himself for ever
going there. Said a gentleman the other
day, an intimate friend of the Senator:
s'Sharon will resign as soon as new Leg
islature is elected in Nevada--that is. pro-
yided it is Republican. He will not resign
now, because Bradley would appoint q
Democrat in his place. But Oh how he
hates himself for making that fight. He
regards it rs the greatest mistake of his
life.. Had it,not been for that campaign
and the distraction Of his attention from
his business, you would have seen one Of
the biggest fights for the control Of what
are now the bonanza mines that You ever
saw on this coast. And Sharon would have
won, for then he had the capital and the
power to wage war OF annihilation. What
increases bis bitterness of regret all the
more ID the discovery that Flood and Mac
keys active support Of him in that cam
paign was given with the sole purpose Of
keeping him just then away from tbs Com
stock. / don't believe Sharon will go to
Washington at AL this winter.
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4 Royal Romance.

A story has been floating around IN the
newspapers of the East concerning the
infatuation of Russian prince with for
eiGn singer now in America. No names
were gwen, but it being SO palpably evil
dent that the fair one was none other than
one of the Swedish lady quartet now giving
series of concerts in Chicago represent
ative of the Inter- Ocean called upon MI.
Mishler, the manager Of the troupe, at the
fremont House yesterday, to authenticate
the tale and obtain any further particulars
which might add new zest to the story.
"The heroine of this affair.", said Mr.
Mishler, with q warmth that is excusaIle
in manager, g is Miss Bertha Erixon.
She has all the striking characteristics Of
manner that attract susceptible a men.
While she is beautiful in person she has
has those attractions Of mind and manner
which do more than fascinate."
The first time they met this stranger was
in Batavia, New Yolk. He stopped at, the
same hotel the singers did. He attended
the concerts given by the troupe in various
parts Of the United States, followed them
to Canada, and even followed the ladies
when they went out shopping. A. Toron-
to, Canada, he sent to Miss Erixon, an
elegant boquet on which was an inscription
with the words, "From an ardent but nm
known lover" When the troupe We're in
Buffalo, he sent her a valuable present,
which she refused because there was no
name attached to it.
Miss Erixson confessed that he had said
to her that it was foolish for her to travel
about the country as she did. when she
could enjoy life of royal splendor, with
all the pleasures of royal life, in which she
could have carriages, attendants and all she
could wish for. Speaking of the ladies
composing the quartet, Mr.. Mishler said
that they had been together five years;
that during that time they had made $75,-
900. Each of the ladies had had quite
number of good of offers of matrimonial
type made to them from wealthy and well
known men, among whom was mentioned
wealthy jeweler of Chestnut street, Phila-
delphia. Like good many people, the
stranger had been struck with the blonde.
Miss Erixon had received number of let
ters from his unknown prince, on the paper
of which was the royal monogram of the
Russian Imperial family. The manager,
on being asked, confessed that he knew the
princes full name, but explained as rea-
son for not giving it that the ladies propose
t. return to Europe next year, and should
they visit St. Petersburg. Moscow or any
other part of Russia the publication of the
name might cause them trouble.
This stranger who so persistently fol-
lowed ,ha troupe during its wanderings
admitted to Mr.. Mishler that he was the
of Russian prince who be-
came smitten with the charms of Miss
Ericsson during an engagement at-st. re-
tersburg. Miss Ericsson is the member of
the quartet with the phenomenal alto voice. |
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Mechanical Wa {

Gale, the pedestrian, has achieved the
feat OF walking 1900 miles In 1000 hours,
Looking at the matter purely from a physi-
cal point of view, it is a marvellous exhibi-
ton of human endurance. A steady walk
OF thirty-sx miles a day for forty-two DAYS
is. no mean task, but when each ,lay is
broken up into sets of mile and half to
be accomplished III each hour-day and
night the wonder is that any man can be
found possessing the stamina requisite to
accomplish the work. But it must have
been pitiable sight to have seen Gale
walking during the last half Of his allotted
time. Walking had become a mechanical
matter--all the functions of mind and body
beyond those necessary to keep him moy
ing on the track would be suspended In a
CONSTANT drowsiness. Want of sleep in
these cases is the great opponent of the Pc
destrlan, and twice in the course of the
match Gale fell asleep while walking. and
tumbled over on the course. Still looking
at 1t as feat, this walk of 1,510 miles in
.Oo0 hours, far trancends that of Captain
Barclay, whose distance was confined to
LOCO miles, and who, by walking one mile
IN the last quarter of an hour and another
IN the first quarter of the. next, really had
rests OF an hour and half each. But, af-
ter all, it may be asked, what possible good
can accrue from such performances? They
are not pleasing, they are most emphatical-
iy detrimental to health, and can only satisfy
a morbid desire to do something out of the
common. Gale is now able to say that he
has accomplished something which man
never did before, and in the interest of hu-
m"nity and of society the wish may be ex- |
pressed that no pedestrian will arise to at
tempt to wrest from him what trumpery
glory he has attained. -Glasgop Neacs,
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WHAT THE WITS SAY.
The fashionable fall color in tom cats is
ralIar NJ Y UaoIJu

The fashionable fall color in tom cats is
yeller.-N. 7. Weekly.
Napoleon's campaign against Austria is
the first recorded instance of "didn't know
it was Lodi'd. '-Commercia1 Adrertiser.
Somebody has likened the President to
''Old Hickory" but We fear that Hazelnut
appreciate the compliment.-N. Y. Weeklg.
''Obelsk'' in Greek tongue means a
skewer. Probably this is the reason New
York wants to skewer one.-Norysstown
Herald
New York fox-hunting could be matched
if men would make a pasteboaid whale
and chase it about Lake Erie.-Readsnq
Despatch.
A sign on Rochester street reads, "Joseph
Ainborn." We do not wish to deny the
assertion. but we object to the grammar of
it.--R0cAester Democrat.
The N. 7. World asks: OF what use are
the legs of a pair of trousers below the
knee9 Not much use, we confesss but
the trouble can be remedied by putting on
a pair of suspenders and hauling them up
to where they belong. En-
Quirer.
For thirty years woman has peddled
newspapers at Fulton Ferry, New York
City. A few days since she died, leaving
an estate valued at S5e, 600 In rain and
cold she has stood at her little stand, and
by her pleasant manner and kind address
she has made many friends, and when she
commenced failing they advised her 10 give
up her place. But the habits of a lifetime
had become too strong and she kept it un-
tt! the last. Her husband has been equally
prudent and hard working, and they have
always kept their children in luxury.
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POETRY
A PERFECT DAY.

Go, glorious day!
Here while you pass make this sign;
Earth swinging on her silent way
Will bear me back unto this hour divine,
And will softly say Once thol wers mine.
Vert mine. o perfect dayi
The light unknown, soaring ffom sea to shore,
The forests eager blaze,
The flaming torches that the autumn bore,
The fusing sunset, seas, when storms were Ger.
''Were mine the brooding airs,
The pusing music of the weedy brooks
The jeweledf shes and the mossy lairs
Wherein shy creatures with their free bright looks,
Taught blessed lessons never found in books.
"All mine the peace of God,
When it was JOY enough to breathe and be
The peace of Nature oozing from her sod,
When face to face with her the soul was free.
And far the false wild strife it faint would fee
Stay, beauteous day!
Yet why pray i? Thy lot, like mine, to fade;
Thy light, like yonder mountains golden haze,
Must merge into the morrow's misty shade,
And l. an exile in the alien street,
Still gazing back, yearn towards the vision fleet
Once thou vert MINER I'll say,
And comfort 20 my heart as with old wine.
Poor pilgrims of we walk the self-same way,
To weep it's change, to kneel before the shine;
The heart once buided to happy day.
Whc.. dear it died. I'll say Thou day divine
Life presses sore, but once, once thou vert mine"
-Mary CIensuaer, in National Union.
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ELEPHAETINE VocALIsM. - A recent
traveller states that the elephant emits four
distinct sounds, each Of which expresses Q
certain state of feeling or thought. The
first Is an acute and whistling CRY, produced
by blast sent through the trunk; the ami
NAL thus shows his ccgtentment. TO In
aiicate surprise or alarm he makes noise
with his mouth, which Is like s'pr-ruf,
nr-rnt.,, A sound like that Of q trumpe =
and given with force, indicates anger.
When the elephant is furious, or When ne
PUSHES on an assailant, the sound changes
so,rtb sonnd denotes discontentment or
distress: It is frequently repeated by toe
animal 81 hem separated from the rest OF
the herd, tired. famished or too EeaYity
loaded; il may be initiated by nrmpn,
urgnph.n
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Gluves are bound 10 be enlarged, % make
room for the buttons on them R0e1sstsr
DemoerGt,
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DESIGNATED DEPOSITORY OF TEE
UNITED STATES.
Authorized Cepital. $500, 900.
Paid Up Capital OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1OO, 900.
Permanent Surplus Fund ................ $b0,tw0O0
Dividend paid March 4, 1874, 10000 90
Average Deposits proceeding six months, 4s5.0000 90
Invested in U. s. Bonds ............... $4,000 90
We transact general Banking business. and buy at
highest rates Gold Dust, Coin, Gold and Silver Rul
lioD and Local Securities: Sell Exchange and Tele-
graphic Transfers available in all parts of the United
States the Canadas. Great Britain, Ireland and the
Continent COLLECTIONS made and proceeds remitted
promptly Our facilities for handling
SILVER ORES particularly good, and this
branch of business will receive special attention
Cash advances made Ores, and same shipped for
account Of owners. OR WE WILL BUY FOR
CASH at the very best rates allowable. Owners of
mines will consult their interests by calling upon
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intellectual Boston paid Lydia Thomp-
son sl6,o 600. 1t worships the golden calf.
N. r Herdla.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-27
FOUR DAYS FROM OMAHA
TO SACRAMENTO.
onnection= Made

With the Chicago L. Northwestern, Chicago
Rock Island q Pacific and st. Joseph & Coun-
ell Bluffs Railroads and Missouri river iineTof
Packets to and from all the principal Eastern
ard Southern cities.
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Miles
Cheyenne to Lodge Pole Creek ................. 10
Lodge Pole Creek to Bear Springs.............. %
Bear Springs to Chugwater..-................. IA
Chugwater to Hunton's Rsnch................ &c. 10
Hunton's Ranch to Phillips Ranch. ........... -
Phillips Ranch to Cottonwood Ranch. %
Ranch to %
Elkhorn to Wagon Hound. Is
Wagon Hound to Fort Fetterman.. ............. 10
Fort Fetterman to Sage Creek t-............. 10
Sage Creek to South Fork Cheyenne River is
South Fork Cheyenne to Antelope Springst 81
Antelope Springs TO Dry Fork of Powder
hiyer.;....;;.... -:..', y
Fort Reno TO base OF Big Horn Range. 40
-
sNo wood and but little water
I Water poor and scarce.
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AT CORLNNE

With stages for Helena, Virginia City and fill
points In Montana.