The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-09-17
NEW Noa'.wEsTEas.

Henry Clay's Kentucky homestead,
Ashland, has been rented at eight dollars
per acre. .s6stsa1a
The Great Eastern is $50 feet long. s2a
feet wide, exclusive of paddle boxes, and
So feet deep. a9 @s4 52azs I'd y71-1
-"The Bells OF Corneville" has at
length been withdrawn from the London
Olympic, after baving been played 7s7
times.
Judge Porter, the Republican cand'-
date for Governor of Indiana, has been
compelled to suspend his canvass, owing to
illness. -.~...---.-. .u
Each of the Presidential candidates is
Is ever six feet high and weighs over 16O
pounds, and each one 10 In the very best OF
health. }4r ffgEn .1.
t-Thirteeu mines disbursed dividends In
San Francisco during tbs past month.
This In more than paid In the month Of An
gust, 1879. -5aaa 81 -
"A Commercial Travellers Car Compa-
ny will be organized in Detroit to build
cars with restaurants and sleeping accom-
modations. ,#-I "@
General Sherman's son Thomas, who
is preparing for the priesthood. has return
ed from Europe and is visiting his father
at Washington. "
"A colony of 5000 German Mennonites
from Southern Russia is to settle in Della
ware, where SOD acres Of land fave been
purchased for 1t.
When "Dr." Buchanan, of Philadel-
phia. was shaken up the tremor extended
to about 5000 doctors who are killing peo-
pie on bis printed licenses. $50 .g s.
The Massachusetts, Society for the
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals recon-
mends that all kittens that cannot be pro-
vided for be killed at birth.
Jean Luie who was convicted of pei
Jury at the trial OF the TIchborne claimant,
and sentenced to seven years penal servi-
tude, has completed his term.
-Horsenen believe that Maud s. will
soon attain speed 30 terrific that straight
track will have to be built to prevent heI
running into the rear of her own sulky.
When Gambetta delivers speech be
pronouncss 230 to 240 words minute. Ar
ordinary speaker pronounces only about
lSO words In the same time. Lord Ma
cauley used to pronounce $50 words in Q
minute. -.
The Rev. Mr.. McAllister. Of the Litch
field Conn., Congregational Church, re-
Gently spoke in the pulpit Of the grand ole
old pines of Maine reaching up 20 high to.
ward heaven that the angels ~sre In th'
habit OF making nests in the branches.
What will Eliza say ?" is the last catcl
Of the campaign in Maine. Eliza is th'
wife Of Joshua r. Osgood, the Temperance
candidate for Governor, who withdrew be
cause she told him 1t was best. Whateve
Eliza says. Judging from experience,
will be something sensible. ...t...... ..
| A natural result Of hald times In Ire
land IL decrease In the number Of mar
riages. In 1879 the number was 23.313, Q
8, 500 below the average Of the twelve pre-
cediug years, aud 149 less than the total 70
Scotland, where the population Is belo'
that Of Scotland by 1,7O2, 29S. a.-sa1
The following easy method Of drillin
glass given In = technical journal Stick
piece of clay or putty on the part wher
you wish TO make the hole. Make a ho
in the putty the sizs you want the hol'
reaching to the glass, Of course. Into thi
hole pour little molten lead, when, III
less 1t is very thick glass, the piece wi
Immediately drop out. @4 aaa a
An admirable little "Manual of Ely
drulic Mining For the Use OF the Pract
Cal Miner" has been prepared BY T.
Van Wagenen, E. NJ, and published by !
Van Nostrand, New York. The design
the work in to supply . ready means Il
solving the minor, but important, problem
, which arise in the course Of ordinary pl
Ger mining, when consultation with an o.
. oineer may be impracticable, and to gi'
information which will qualify miners
some part to be their own engineers.
} "A penny paper called Truth was star
ed In New York while ago, whose nj
. sion, judging from the first numbers, vi
, to abuse that Journalistic cut-rhroat, Cha
, A. Dana, OF the Sun, in that city, who us
. to enjoy the reputation Of being the me
, persistent newspaper blackguard in Ame
0 ca. The Truth has the satisfaction
: knowing that it has reformed Dana, VI
r no longer uses his columns for the purpo
{ Of heaping his 81 sI,pbucketisms on the he
Of every respectable newspaper man. d
: ma, thug that he is, couldn't stands
. shots OF the fishmonger OF Truth, her
b the present decent, tone Of the New 70
: Sun. t 81 s =
: --Lonpfellow's sammer home at Naha
: ia described as two-story French TO
!. light brown house, with Q broad piazza
" ali sides Of IL. Looking from the piaa
: fupop the rocks one does not wonder b.
he vrote the q Wreck of the Hesperu
!. out OF his very heart:
% !. she struck where the white and feecy waves
10 Locked soft AZ carded wool,
!. Bns The cruel rocks they gored her side
u Like the horns Ut an angry ball.
1t At the fsot OF his grounds lies at ancf
y the small yacht in which his Oldest .
. Charles. fearlessly CROSSED the ocean. N
m him, the other day, - be sat on the piaz
V h,s white hair, blue eyes and kind face
70 familiar 70 III from bis piazza. stands
y baby carriage Of bis little grandson. '
DO links toeesher the noted names Of Dana
70 Longfeliow.
= -Wads Hampton gives II up In diag'
" He il 30 thoroughly torn up over the
sults Of that unfortunate trip to Staun
" that he has resolved 70 keep a far -
:. from tho North as possible, IN order
~ avoid Northern Newspaper reporters,
= ~ouh be surs TO misintsrpret hss pAtri'
'n m reuarks, - he wrote TO the late meet
!. IN Warrington. This j. truly lanei
=. - b,s state Of affairs and sree speech has
. eome : snare and delusien. Not only
=. b,, the 6osth Carolina leader y gr