The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1879-09-05
NEW NOR -wEsTERs.
is nearly out Of debt.

old. @.t.g
/ Only 35 men are now employed in th
i Sutra tunnel.
4 Since 1859 the Colorado mines hav
yielded $s2, ,OO0, 900. a.
/ schuyler Colfax win reappear as le'
turer during the coming seasod.
I The library Of the late Caleb Cushin
will be sold at Boston this month.
Chicago is said to waste 40, ,000, 90
gallons of water per day, and Cincinna'
5000, 900. ..- ~
Paris has 65, 900 houses, London AGO,
900 more than Paris, New York and Bel
lin combined. Isl ..t..z s,,s.
The Southern States received 5000,
900 in charitable contributions from th
North last year. $40
Georgetown College, Kentucky, offer
free tuitien to three young men from eacl
county of the State. 445a
-Talmage gets 500 apiece for his let
ters to story paper, and the paper ism
published in an insane asylum. .
The great farmer is not the person VIII
owns the most land, but the one wht
grows the biggest crop per acre. -
Etiquette no longer requires man Il
tip his hat on meeting ladies on the street
A polite bow, not too profound, is the la
test. g r-Es..a=s -'.4 & o-a. gs5a
-In ninety years the number Of postof
fees in the United States has increased
from rs to 4O,s7O. The number has doub
led since 1852. @3 -5 s1 @ 4
Bismarck reads, writes and lies awake
all night, and when daylight comes and
the noises of the day begin, he falls asleeI
until noon or later.
A Nevada bedbug bit a man on the
upper lip, and both man and bug died from
the effects of it. The doctors don't know
which to post mortem. ..-.....s...
y AN exchange says =" There is no roy
al road to matrimony." Correct both
king and paupers have to walk right up TO
the captains. Office and interview the old
man. e4at5zs3 l4 g-ss3Bi
=, "A boy will fight like fury for his place
at the first table, bat when it comes to
turning the grindstone after dinner he's
harder to find than five aces in . pack of
cards. 's3i7s' '5@ @"
The American Bible society has dis
.tributed SO, 226 copies of the Scriptures in
Texas during the last twelve months. The
Texans love the Bible. they use it for
gun wads. ...5.
General E. B. Tyler, postmaster Of
Baltimore, deserves renown as a horticul-
turalist. He has plncked in bis garden sim
gle tomato weighing two pounds and thir-
teen ounces. E5'
Tho term of convict in the Illinois
State Prison was not to expire till the first
of September; but, in order that he might
geS to Sweden In time to share in the di-
vision of an estate, he was pardoned ON the
1st nit. a#t
An ex- Federal soldier, who has been
reading General Longstreet's account of
the battle of Gettysburg, says that he must
be excused, but that he was there and al
ways had slight impression that q Fede-
raj victory was won there.
When one reads the head line "Truth
is mighty and will prevail in religious
journal, and then glances down the article
only to find it is quack DOCTORS adyer-
tisement, his faith in UNCONVENTIONAL jour-
mails is considerably shaken.
Mr.. A. z. Mcclure delivered a lecture
on ".The Mormons and Life in the Rocky
- at Piatt's hall, Tunkhannock,
on Tuesday evening, August 25. The
proceeds went to the public school for the
purchase of educational apparatus.
The National educational Association
has called upon Congress- to appropriate
public lands to maintain system of tech
meal education for young women, as it has
done for young men. 1t will probably be
> long time before Congress does anything
Df the sort. r u
A Florida man who owns 10000 cat
lie and is richer than anybody else In the
State, ia a recluse, living in shanty which
has neither fireplace nor chimney. He
,ells his surplus cattle in Cuba seldom
sees men and hides his money on cans on
his land.-N r. Herald.
oliver omerville, of near Jackson,
Mich, Is a lad who likes fun, and in order
t he caught young pig and made off
With it. The fun came in when the old
'ow caught him. She broke, the bones of
lis arm, chewed his neck and arm, and
hook him up as . terrier shakes rat.
r G. Woodville, q rising young
english painter, is engaged upon q large
,icture Of the Prince Louis Napoleon in
,uluiand. The Prince is represented on
horseback at the head OF reoonnoitering
'arty, halfturning in the saddle. field glass
a hand, and scanning the surrounding
ountry. An escort Of the Seventeenth
4ancers is seen in the middle distance.
The great map Of the moon upon
Ehich DR.. julius Schmidt, Of Athens. has
'een at work SINCE 1867, shows 80, $50 era
raters and ring-like formations on the |
anar surface, and 34s rills or clefts. The
lumber of craters would be increased to |
$1,000, according to Schmidt's estimate
n a complete chart representing the moon |
8 it appeared when seen with q magnify
SO power of 600.
MIR. ID. Hanchet, OF indianapolis, is
ne of ths oldsst actors in the United |
tates, ii not the Oldest. He went on the |
tage in 1846, aud iaring his long career |
as known most Of the great actors of the
eriod, and played with many of them. |
10 was leading man at the old Broadway
'heatre in 1854. has supported Edwin |
tooth, travelled with Charlotte Cushman,
nd played with the elder Booth. Mr.
Ianehett, though temporarily retired from
be stage, has good work In him yet.
IA niae-year old daughter OF Henry
Ioldeman, of San Antonio, Texas, died a