The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-20
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Inc Sawteile company IL paying III
Butte this week.
Preparations are being made by Z. L.
Bonner s. Co. for spring building.
Miss Lncolu's music class will meet in
the rooms of Mrs. Mills on next Monday
evening.
p. Hoyt, Race Track House, announces
turkey shoot" on Saturday. February
IS; free to all.
Patriotic citizens will bear in mind that
next Sunday will be the anniversary OF
Washington's Birthday.
1t is expected the Sawtelle Company will
present Pinafore in Butte. They will pre-
sent it to the editor of the Butte Miner.
The Sheridan Messenger is the biggest
little paper in the Territories. II we I'M
derstood French we would say lit is nal
tum in parvo."
From the number of quartz blanks Or
dered by residents of New Chicago and
Stone Station, it seems o quartz stampede
is impending.
The amateur dramatic entertainment in
April will be frst-class. DIR. A. X. Ives Is
manager aud the cast for the principal
parts has already been made.
Advices to the Helena papers state that
the old Pick and Ploso material has been
shipped from Bozeman to that place with
view to establishing another paper.
James D. Finley, who became deranged
about financial matter in which he was
badly heated, was adjudgcd insane on last
Saturday and conveyed to the Territorial
Asylum.
The Choral Club has decided to give
solos DUETS trios, quartettes and cha
russes at the concert and confne practice
to them instead Of attempting an elaborate
operetta.
The Muscular and Frontier Inder ex-
hibit good poetic taste. The former pus-
fishes worthy reply to Bret Harte's "Her
Letter." and the latter "The Old Canoe"
one of the prettiest of poems.
Mr.. c. A. B. Halvorson on Monday
opened a fine display Of silverware and
jewelry at John O'NeilPs. The class of
goods is fiue and many of the articles ele-
CANT. Call and examine them. He will
remain but few days.
To those who do not believe that Mon
tana is on the banana belt, greeting: be
it remembered that on the 18th day Of Feb
ruary, fuchsias, tulips and hyacintbs are in
bloom and snow drops and crocussss are in
bud in the room in which this paragraph
was written.
The Land Office at Washington has ap-
proved the following applications for pat
ent Hope Mining Co., Bay Horse, Take
Ali and Durango lodos; Charles Clark,
None Such lode Frank Farrell ct al, ka'
nawha lode Joel w. Ransom, Modoc Ex-
tension lode.
An urgent need Of Deer Lodg, is good
public hall adapted for assemblaees and
dramatic observation-disclosures about 35x9o
feet with good stage and 16 feet ceiling.
Bailey & Lavelle have 800 600 feet OF lum-
Der. If We cannot have brick building
let's have a wooden one. The O'Neill
Hall is not fit for the purposes it is used
for, but it is the best we have. Will not
some Of our philosophical, moneyed men
take the matter in hand I?
The Yankee Fork Herald of February
thus explains it's appearance on brown pa
per " Owing to the non-arrival of our
printing paper, which was shipped six
weeks ago, we are obliged to issue about
half of this weeks edition of the Herald
on tinted paper, which We were fortunate
enough to get from Pfeiffer s. Co. We fear
some hungry mule has "chawed up" cur
supply of paper, and Ia that case we may
yet be compelled to issue on striped calico"
Some one having sent Edison copy Of
the Butte Miner, he wrote an acquaintance
at Butte to send the editor of that paper to
him by fourth class mail at once. He
adds: eff | cannot ind an absolute vacu-
um in that EDITORS head with which to
demonstrate the success of my electric
| light carbons under that condition, then l
might as well give up the experiment.
think see my way clear at last. l had
only expected to find platinum in Montana,
but, thank Heaven, have found perfect
vacuum there also. Don't let him get
away"
The Reading Room, of which mention
was made recently. has been established
and is supported by citizen contributions.
1t is situated in the brick building directly
opposite the McBurney House, is kept
comfortably warmed and lighted during
the evenings and furnishes pleasant re,
sort for young men who would otherwise
seek less approvable places. Some $50 per
month are contributed. Leading maya
zines and newspapers have been ordered
and an effort will be made to render the
place attractive. The managers desire ui
to make acknowledgment to the Helena
Independent and Butte Miner for copies Of
their daily editions.
In 1866 we commenced making upa sum
mary of Montana news from our Terrific
rial exchanges. At that time ir was no
! much of task. Now there are the Inde
pendent and Herald, Helena Miner ant
Indez, Butte Madisonian and Messenge'
: In Madison county; Atlantis in Glendale
Missoulian in Missoula Record in Benton
/ Courier in Gallatin; Husbandmdn il
Meagher and Journal in Custer. To ex'
I tract from all summary Of the local new
A necessitates us now to resort to nonparei
/ type. In fourteen years more at this rat
{ we will have to print sheet as large as CHI
Benton Record or relapse into purely 10
, cal paper. There is still "room for on
( more"
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