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

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MIssoULA COUNTY.
From the Missoulian.
A band of mountain sheep have recently been seen
from Missoula to the right of the canyon.
Bass & Co., of stevensyilie have cut up during the
past three months over 1890 hogs-not q bad record
for the first season.
T. NJ Pomersy informs us that our county fair for /
iSso will probably open Sept 2115 daye later than
the Helena fair
Frank Morrill, has taken Bakers Station.
Dick Richards, the original foref1ther OF Wallace
district came down on Sunday. He is quite enthusi-
astic over his present prospects. and thinks Wallace
viii be better and favoraby known shortly. He
expects the mining boom from Bear will strike all
along the line this summer.
CUSTER COUNTY.
Yellowstone journal.
Recently u s. Mail Contractor j. Maxwell shot and |
instantly killed deserter named VIM Behrmar from
Fort Keogh, at his mail station on the Little Mis-
souri,.
Gen. Miles arrived early on Wednesday morning |
He has been absent since before Thanksgiving,
Bureiga sold all his "buf " in Deadwood at ten
cents per pound and could have sold more It he had
had it.
The buffalo have all gone north.
The Northern Pacific people seem TO be in earnest
about their intentions for 1850. It. Long, 9th Infant
ry started yesterday for Powder river to escort Mr.
Dodge an engineer of the read who is detailed to lay
out from that point route 200 miles further up the
Yellowstone valley.
SOUTHERN DEER LODGE COUNTY.
From the Index.
The jumpers will receive particular attention next
issue.
seventy-fve men are said to be out of employment
at Lion City.
Parchen & D'Acheal aud DR.. Hough recently pur-
chased a lot on Quartz street near Main, aud viii
eject a business building thereon in the spring. The
price paid has not been ascertained.
There's small round hole in the front door Of Dol
fingers hardware store, just about big enough for
bullet to 20 through, and bullet did go through, II
went after burglar and missed his leg about an inch
and half, we should judge. He hasn't been around
since-guess he didn't like the way he was treated.
Terminus Letter-The Railroad Company started
10 men shoveling off the track last week, over
Pleasant Valley Divide north of town. but gave it up
after two days work account of heavy drifts en-
countered, and everybody anticipates that we will not
u
MEAGHER COUNTY.
From the Husbandman.
CIV. Cook drove 200 head of mutton sheep to Hell
ena last week and sold them to VIM. Guthrie the
butcher, for "a per head.
letter from the GaatIu dated the 9Th inst, says
that Martin Myers OF that county have recently sold
their entire cattle herd-numbering 1900 head-to
the Montana Cattle Company. The price Is not
given.
plat of the new town has just been completed and
persons DESTROYS of seeing 1t can do by calling at
this office, at the residence of Dr. Parberry. There
are 100 lots included In the plat which many
have been staked out, but there Is room for much
more. 1t lie In the form Of large hollow square and
the ground slopes gently toward the Springs, which
are the center. There only eight lots in block
and the lots fronting on the main square to have
frontage Of so feet and 100 feet deept Those front
ing other streets contain the same number Of square
feet but have only Do feet frontage and depth 100 feet
| Alleys % feet, streets 90 feet wide.
The firm of Davenport, Ray & Co. have recently
purchased 500 head of stock cattle of Mark Shelly, Of
the Missouri valley, paying SIG per head.
| GALLATIN COUNTY.
| From the Courier
The mail route from Iiozeman to Chico has been re
established and let at s57O per annum.
The celebrated Fort Ellis racer, Moonshine, wal
| sold last week to E, NJ Keeney for $780,
The AuGnt Courier Annual is ready for distribu
ton.
Last week r. X. Edwards, ESD, took mp sub
scription in town for the benefit of Major John
Bruce and family. As the generous people of Mon
taua appear to be acting in this matter solely on tn
representations of the Major, whose mi nd In doubt
less considerably shattered 1t is barely possible tha
| the sad picture OF his destituton may be somewha
| overdrawn.
We have received direct and accurate statement
from all the .hreshers in the comfy, except two
have indirect information of their work, in regard
the amount of grain threshed since last harvest
we find that the wheat crop of The county. not in
Guiding lower Madison and lower Willow crees, to
but little IN of estimate made several weel
ago. The actual amount of wheat threshed, Ia roun
numbers is 1856 600 bushels oats, 2s5 00 barley, 10
600: buckwheat, rye, and peas, 900 bushels. Tota
Al, 600 bushels.
SOUTHERN DEER LODGE COUNTY.
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