The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-01-02
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Court adjourned at 1890 p. m. Saturday
last. a F All. E-ar NJ fE 4 6@
The Miner issued splendid Holiday
number. .E ~ a
The County Commissioners have been
| in session this week.
"New Years Calling was not popular
| ly observed here this year.
The ATLANTIS of January 4th is an eight
pager and written up in Freeman's best
| vein. "
John Klnnomep, former resident of
Deer Lodge, died in Butte Of pneumonia,
Dec. 3lst.
After a vacation OF seven weeks the Deer
Lodge public schools opened again on
Monday last.
Fishing through the ice is o popular
pastime. Mr.. Nick Bielenberg is the cham
pion fisherman to date. '..-s.'
About three o'clock next Sunday Mon
tanians can put on their smoked glasses
and look out for pretty stiff eclipse Of
the sun.
The five persons sentenced to the Peni-
Tertiary at this term Of court were conveyed
to that institution on Monday. There are
now A prisoners confined there.
A neatly printed calendar, the work Of
Brown, the clean" job artist, Is now on
our table. 1t is printed for gratuitous dis
tr;k,,;n, o., tha IT;1sr,e nm trnna
Mr.. P. Lansing has disposed Of the resi-
dence on ID street, north Of the Presbyte-
rian Church, TO Mr.. Geo. Cockrell. One
thousand dollars was the price paid for the
property.
The Yankee Fork Herald of December
90 says d" Bud Brown is expected over on
the next coach. His wounded arm is rap
idly assuming its wonted strength" Glad
to hear it.
Ye who delight in holidays will be DIS
appointed to learn that Washington's
Birthday, Decoration Day and the Fourth
of July all fall on Sunday this year. Yet
such is the fact.
A laborer engaged in some surgery on
his own account Monday-on his own per-
son, too. By some means or other he
managed to amputate one Of the fingers Of
his left hand at the first joint.
Priests road was not completed when
the weather compelled cessation Of work.
1t will take some time in the spring to
render it ready for travel, but 1t will be
splendid road when it is in order.
| The Helena Holiday Herald, sixteen
page sheet, neatly printed and containing
choice selection Of matter on interesting
topics, was issued on 1st. We are indebt-
ed t, the publishers for copy Of their ex-
cellent publication.
Capt. Trufant, A. Hagan, John Bowling
and others have been very successful hum
| tiers to date. The deep SHOWS have driven
the game out of the mountains and the
sportsmen have to kill deer just to keep the
animals from taking possession of their
cabin.
In conformity to a hitherto established
custom, and one which is generally adopt
ed, we have this week sent out statements
| Of accounts to those indebted to US. We
trust our friends thus favored will prompt
ly comply with the request to send as the
amount Of their arrearages.
John Kelly, the violinist, who was last
in Montana with his Indian boy, "Willie,"
some twelve years ago, II again In the field
with his magic violin aud ID playing through
Washington and Idaho Territories. 1t IL
not improbable be will visit Montana be-
| fore long.
Mr.. d. L. Mcfarland having resi- gned
the Office Of county surveyor, the Commits
sioners ut the December meeting appoint
ed in his stead Mr.. g. A. Kellogg. We
neglected to mention the appointment at
the time, but it is not yet too late to say
that Mr.. Kellogg is No. I surveyor in all
its branches and will make good officer.
/ Bill Crosby, the driver Of the Missoula
coach, started out Monday night about
1890. He managed to get as far a. that
classic spot known as "Skaggs' Hollow "
when his team disappeared from sight and
the sled was treated to bath in about 10
| feet Of snow. He unhitched the horses
contrived to get them out by shoveling 2
path around the sled and returned to Deel
Lodge. Another start was made Tuesday
: and we trust with better luck.
A gentleman who rejoiced exceedingly
at the turn of political affairs in Maine,
caused some msrriment for the otherwise
. informed Monday night. He had private
advices from the "seat of war;" and aftel
seating the new State offic ers, q host to b
reinforced by 1880, GOO MORE" were to
! proceed from Augusta and seat Tilden
"Is that sop But it was rather cruel II
take advantage thus of man welded u
. his profession, and whose legal duties hav'
, not permitted him to read mp fully tho 10
D test dispatches. ( + Is
BENZ. Thompson, aged IS years, wa
q pardoned out Of the Penitentiary Dec. 81
Q . nice New Years gift. The pardon wa
s granted on petition Of over two hundre'
k residents of Madison county and the rec
y ommendation of the prison officers.
& appears he killed a man who slandered hi
/. wife and then took the first shot at him
i Unless the circumstances are misstated L
d us the pardon comes none too soon, If b
= should ever have been convicted. We be
% lieve he had served the larger portion Of
10 six years. sentence. -..
N Under the beading An Heroic SHOW
r. man." the Austin (Nev.) Reosilh say
John Thompson was arrested and fine
500 for whipping his wifs-Dottie Nagl'
The heroic individual gill be remembers
ID AZ the manager Of the company whic
travelled through Montana last fall. A
ID though the pager stated that Fthe thrasl
inc was very light" we cannot refrai
xv / "a hoI r,sod In, Ran