The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-08-22
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" The Denver News claims populatio
of 40, 600 for that city. s6
~ Marshal MacMahon has been ofere
"A the Governorship of Paris.
D. The Hutchinson family of vocalists hs
is decided 10 settle In Leadville.
Of The Bishop of London has $50, 900
ID year and the use Of two houses.
lt -GeneIal Garfield may be found on hi
% farm these days, hard at work.
: "A son of Louis Kossuth is the chief en-
:. gineer of one of the Italian railroads.
). according to an official return, ~ per
A sons died of starvation in London las
0 year. 5a f
! Senator Blaine has family of 81,
a children. Gail Hamilton, however, is no
b one of his sons. She is his cousin.
0 King Rumbert Of Italy, according to
= the London Truth, has foot in the grave
j His spine is diseased and he spits blood.
There are 90 barber shops in Leadville
and every one seems to have q good run o.
4 custom. Not less than 70 BARRIERS are EN-
ployed.
; "A simple block of granite, bearing only
the record of his birth and death, lis all that
marks the grave Of Chief Justice Chase al
Oak Hill, near Washington.
"A new steamer, the largest the Pacific
coast has seen, is to be built at once for
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany. 1t will be completed by February
John Russell Young receives $5, 600 per
annum, and all his expenses paid, for his
services as correspondent of the New York
; Herald, during his trip around the world
with Gen. Grant. ."t
1t is becoming fashionable among intel
ligent men to send card instead Of going
to party. Being out all night dancing
ami eating an indigestible supper while
standing up does not hurt the card.
The clergyman in certain town, as the
custom is, reading the banns of matrlmony
between two persons, was followed by the
clerks reading hymn beginning with the
words, 'Deuded souls, that dream of
heaven ~ -
I'm reply to person who asked him the
derivation of the word restaurant" Bay
ard Taylor replied, jokingly, with merry
twinkle in his eye, " Restaurant il derived
from rest, "a thing, and taurus, "a bull -
bully thing"
An old bachelor being i'll, his sister
presented him with cup of medicine
"What is it % he asked. She answered,
SIT is elixir asthmatic it is very aromatic
and will make you feel ecstatic.'' "Nan
cy," he replied with o smile, "you are very
sister-matic.'
-Moncure D. Conway writes to Harpsr's
Weekly that the talisman left by the Zulus
on the neck of Prince Napoleon rs quite
certainly the once famous charm owned by
Charlemagne, and has history more in
teresting than any other gem In Europe, il
not in the world
james NJ. Porter, son Of the late J.
NJ. Porter, who was appointed Secretary of
War by John Tyler, but rejected by the
Senate, is on his death-bed at Easton, Pa.
Mr.. Porter has been Grand Masonic Master
of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and
is a Mason of the highest rank known in
this country.
Paper is now substituted for wood in |
Germany in the manufacture of lead pencils. |
1t is stepped in an adhesive liquid, and roll |
led round the core of lead to the requisite |
thickness. After drying, it is colored, and
resembles an ordinary cedar pencil. The |
pencils sell in London to retailers at about |
66 cents gross.
The enormous increase OF the wheat
areas and the splendid crop along the |
Northern Pacific will add very largely to
the demands upon its rolling stock, which
is accordingly to be increased by the pur-
chase of 100 box cars and four powerful |
freight eng ines, which latter are being now
built at the Baldwin Locomotive Works,
Pennsylvania. st
Bob Toombs, of Georgia, is said to be
worth half q million. He bought 100000
acres of Texan lands in the infancy OF that
State at IL or Is cents an acre. They are
now worth from "a to $40 an acre, but be
has sold $4,000 or 10000 acres Toombs'
income from his practice has reached $1O,-
600 year. He is a princely liver but caro-.
full financier.
Here are some queer names of postof-
fees in this country South Toe, N. c.;
Congruity, Pa; Nance's Shop, Va; Cut
Shins, KY; Democrat, Buncombe county,
N. O.; Mutual Love. N. c.; Dismal, N. c.; /
Difficult, Tenn; DIRT Town, Ca, and Tar
Heel, N. G. There are eight Alphas in
the country and the same number OF Ome-
gas. ohtla. Bulletin.
Iowa has divided the railroads of the
State into three classes, and allows those
earning 80, 900 per mile of road to charge
three cents : mile for passenger fare, those
earning between So, 900 and $4,000, three
and half cents, and those earning less
than %, 600 q mile four cents. The classi-
fication has just gone into effect and will
continue year as an experiment. E
Prince Victor, son of the head of the
is described as "seyenteen /
years of age, TALL handsome, and straight
Is dart, with dark hair and large dark
eyes, full lips and the Napoleonic nose.
His features are regular, and his hair
trained over his forehead and cropped, but
too short to be cut IN the pre-
vailing boyish style. He is very high
spirited and rash to APPOINT that gives his
friends much anxiety on his account.
While the postal route agent on the
Boston and Providence railroad was asaor-
ting the mail, he was horror-struck by the
address: Mr.. James Burns,
alias John M. Finn, in care of Mike Duffy
or his slater Lizzie Duffy. or her cousin
Moll McCarthy, corner of Cross street and
Jerry Ragan's hill, North Main street,
Taunton, Mass, wholesale fish-peddler and .