The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-08-08
NEW NOR -wEsTERs.

--Lesseps will not start for America un
til December
One gets great deal of credit for pay
ing very small eebt. h .
Minneapolis, directory count, has 9
population of over $4,000.
These Germans do mix things up
They refer to a man as herr.
The first iron works in America were
established near jamestown, Virginia, Il
1919. 'a# st @
A New Yorker is suing his wife for tli.
vorce because she goes to sleep before be
ooes' =a=ssesvze-,ss sszzss-zsg5ssls5 5s ~ =
The frog is the only animal that gives
up tale-bearing after its period OF adoles-
cence. -zs s..s- .-
--Philadelphia comes strolling along be-
hind New York in search of an elevated
railroad. ID
The Pioneer Press demands the i'm
parchment of Judge Flint. of st. Paul, for
drunkenness.
Gen. Fremont has made a magnificent
stake out of Arizona mining operations and
is again wealthy.
"A new brand of cigars is called "The
lottery ticket because only one in o
thousands draws. .......
MIR. Robert G.. Ingersoll is about to
publish third book, "The religion Of
sword and fame"
Six thousand carrier pigeons are now
maintained at the various fortified towns in
France at the public expense.
Queen Victoria has 80, 600, 900 worth of
royal plate in her casket at Windsor, but
this does not keep her awake nights.
1t is strange that it wearies mans
legs SO much less to stand in front of q
bar than it does to stand by work bench.
John B. Cough once remarked that
taking alcohol is like sitting down on q
hornets nest-stimulating but not nourish-
ing. tHt ts ga F
The life of Albert Gallatin has just
been issued by J. B. Lippincott s. Co. in a
large volume Of 700 pages aud printed in
the best style.
The world was never intended for a
house Of mourning. The flowers are not
painted black, nor is every bird CROW
Hartford Journal. s
Thirty years ago the English House of
Commons sustained an objection that q
railroad ought not to run to Oxford, be-
cause it might scare cattle and prevent them
from getting fat
Bugs are an important article of trade
of Rio Janeiro, the wings being made into
flowers, and the more brilliant ones dried
and snid in natural condition as orna-
ments to foreigners.
The season is at hand, says the Boston
Courier. when whole family viii carry
their dinner for miles into the woods, and
sit down among the bugs and ants and
snakes to eat it. They call it a picnic.
--GadshilI Place, Higham, the residence
of the late Charles Dickens, and which has
been for a long time in the markets has at
length found purchaser in Captain Aus
tin BudGen, of the Twelfth Kent Artil-
lery. s&H
-" Why" asked a goYernress of her
little charge, edo we pray God to give US
our daily bread? Why don't We ask for
four days or five days, or week ~ /" Be-
cause we want it fresh," replied the ingeni-
ous child.
An old woman who went into the poul-
try business, thinking she could make for
tune by selling eggs. gave it mp in disgust.
because, as she said, "the hens'll never lay
when eggs is dear, but allus begins as soon
as they're cheap"
-Winnemucca has Justice of the Peace
who beats them all in the way of doing up
of matrimonial splicing with neatness and
dispatch. This is his formula "Haye
'er2' "Yes.'' Have i'm p'' "Yes. !"
!" Married. Five dollars"
Thomas Moran, the distinguished ar
tist, whose family are spending the summer
in Easton, has just left them for San Fran
cisco, whcRcs he will plunge some hum
dreds of miles northward into Idaho to
make study of new scenery.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, in q lecture at
Amiens, stated that che first sod of the Pan.
anna canal would be turned on January l.,
1880, and that with 40, 600 navvies, includ-
ing some Chinese and $4,000 Brazilian ne
groes, the work would be completed in eight
years. saaa II a3s s
~. 8. Grant, Jr., who is visiting his rel
satives at Little Washington, near Pittsburg,
has been interviewed about the third term
question. Speaking of bis father the son
of the same remarked 60 Well, if his friends
urge him, he will most likely let matters
take their natural course"
Recently at Reno, New, some unknown
parties took Tom Rogers to the Virginia
and Truckes bridge. spread tar Oh his head
literally. smeared . little on bis face, and
scattered few feathers over him. He was
horsewhipped and driven out of town before
for giving squaws whisky, and for other in
decent practices. He threatens to return
and kill citizens.
| For long time there has bean feud
between Alex. H. Stephens and Senator
Ben Hill. the distinguished Georgian. Be.
| fore the war the result Of personalities on
| the stump led to the sending Of challenge
/ by Mr.. Stephens but Hill declined to resort
to mortal combat. A few days ago mu'
/ tual friend in Washington brought the two
together and they shook hands.
A sword of Ethan Allen, the hero o.
Ticonderoga, has lately been presented e
the Kentucky Historical Society. This in
teresting weapon is dirk-edged; the hilt =
surrounded By lions head encirclad %
tbs British crown, and the whole work Z
/ English. Il was sold to relic hunter Dy =
/ kinsman OF Cen. Allen. and finally came
;ntn tbe rossession of Mr.. Il. A H0rlsey