The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-08-20
Local Brevities.


ry in Jail at present.
The Priest Pass road ID now flushed and
open for travel. MIR. Priest invites trial
and Judgment Of 1t.
The Sheriff and U. s. Marshal will prob
ably excuse jurors in few days until sec
cond Monday of September.
The Putnam Company terminated very
successful engagement here last Saturday
aud left for Missoula.
One of the most skillful artizans in Mon
tana knitted an officer of the law this week
but he had not found ir out at last &C
counts.
Mr.. John Murphy, sentenced to the coun'
ty Jail for one year for some trouble al
Georgetown, concluded bis term of sell
tence this week.
Mr.. p. Birmingham will give House
Warming at his new Station, Bear Mouth.
Saturday, August 2stn, and extends Y
general invitation to all to attend.
Lieut.. Grimes, officer in charge Of the
u. 5. Military Telegraph Line, offers 500
reward for evidence conyicting any one of
maliciously destroying the poles or line.
From Mr.. Hyde's account our Philips
burg neighbors have pleasant mountain
summit resort at Race Track Lake only
eight or ten miles from them, and requir-
ing only little clearing Of the trail to be
easily accessible.
A heavy hail storm CLOSED the valley
above Race Track last Saturday Destroy
ing large portion of the crops Of Morgan
Evans and John a. Nelson. Some three
weeks ago James Mallory had his crop de-
stIoyed in like manner.
Advices received here state that four Of
fcers of the TeleRraphic Signal Service
Messrs. Ashby, Sinclair, CLARK and Bos-
well-were killed by Sioux about % miles
from Fl. Custer last Friday, while repair
ing line. Sinclair was scalped.
The Territorial Fair commencing at Hell
ena Sept. 9th promises to be the most in
teresting and largely attended of any ever
held in Montana. The date almost assures
good weather and every arrangement is
made to insure satisfaction. Engage your
rooms.
Col. Wheeler, General Agent Of the NEW
NcrRH- WEST, got the Park fever at the
Terminus and carried his Bannack, Watson
and Edgerton Notes to the Geysers before
writing them up. Per consequence our
friends in that portion of Montana will not
get mention " until next week.
Mr.. Ed. J. Dickey who returned from
Philipsburg this week says the camp ID
prosperous, everybody at work and EN-
ployment at the mines, mills and ranches
for more men than can be obtained. All
the companies pay up employees and the
camp Is "solid" and satisfied.
Our Representative in the Park wants to
know why San editorial excursion for the
"entire fraternity in Montana to visit the
"Park cannot be gotten up" What On
earth would become Of the rest u the PEG.
ole if the editors would all leavep 1t is
part of our duty to
Learn to labor and to wait"
Mr.. Robert Shaw, skilled workman
who plastered the fine government build
ings at Vancouver, and has no superior in
Montana with the hawk and trowel, hal
just completed plastefing the Collegiate
Institute building. IL is the best work
manship in his line we have seen In Mon.
taua. .@--
Mayor Walton OF Butte was In town this
week. He made large purchases OF hay In
the valley the rate running at $40 to I'll
per ton iu stack. Messrs. Walton & Lowry
design building the largest and best brick
livery stable in Montana soon and will stock
it correspondingly. They are doing
splendid business.
Charley Schafft, formerly OF Jockt
Agency, is now in Washington City and Il
an interesting contributor to the Council
Fire. What Charlie didn't find out abou
Indian Agencies during his Is or 20 year
employment in that service is not wortl
knowing, and he possesses retentiv
memory and the trick of good writing.
There is great demand among ranchme
for harvssters. When 10 all that "surplu
of people" we heard Of three months ago
Montana has absorbed into it's iDdustrie
all the immigration that came to work an
still has not enough. And so 1t Will .
year after year, each enabling greater %
sorption the next until Montana number
it's people by the hundreds Of thousand
Mr.. J. FL. Pottle, who has been mimi
fer the past Eve years on Harvey Creel
about IS miles from the mouth, picked U
this season one gold nugget, almost pur
weighing 252 ozs. and one containing son
quartz weighing over 40 ozs. Mr.. Z.
rived here with them last evening. ASH
from their value they are remarkable \
their beauty and have attracted much
ton.
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