The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-12-03
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
MISsouLA COUNTY.
Missoulian.

M iSsOuudu.
7. J. Demers is reported improving, though
he will not be out again for several days. His
bruises were many and severe, and his limbs
were sorely wrenched.
James Osborne last week purchased of
Frank Morrell the canon road property
known as Bakers Station. Jimmy takes
possession next week and will move up there
with his family in the near future.
DIR. r.. NJ. Whitefoot, for a year past first
assistant surgeon at Fort Missoula, expects
to 90 to Europe soon. He will spend the
winter in Washington and in the spring goes
to Paris.
Mr.. John Caplice last week purchased the
one-half interest of Mr.. james Osborne in
the property on the corner Of Front street
and Higgins avenue, now used as livery
stable. -
MADISON COUNTY.
Madisonian.
Last week o. w. Jay, with Mood & jays
threshing machine, threshed ZOO bushels of
grain in one day, moving twice during the
work. Insix days he threshed 5000 bushels,
making nine settings of the machine to do 1t.
Good work.
On Wednesday morning Sergeant j. NJ.
Clifford, oil yAs. packed up the parapher-
MALTA of the = al Office here and started
with it to Eagle Rock, where the new station
is to be established. The removal has been
made on the recommendation of Lieutenant
Powell and other examining officers Of the
Bureau, who have reported in favor of Eagle
Rock as amore eligible point for taking OBJ
servations than Virginia City, on account of
its greater exposure, its lying in the direct
course of eastern and western currents OF air
and other climatic advantages which Virgin
La, in its sheltered locality, does not possess
The jury in the case of Albert Chadsey,
charged with the shooting of J. J. Richards
at Salisbury, after being out two days and
three nights, brought In verdict Sunday
morning acquitting the prisoner on the
ground Of insanity. The accused left Tues
day, accompanied by his brother, for the
West. The popular sentiment Is that the YER
dict was just one as the fact of the prisoner
being subject to fits of mental arrangement
was clearly established.
cHoTEAU COUNTY.
River Press, Nov. "a.
A.. H. Bell, manager of the signal and tele-
graphic department at this place, informs us
that 30 below zero Is the coolest weather we
have yet had. -
]. G. Baker g. Co.'s train, In charge Of Har-
| nv Roberts, wagon boss, rolled in Monday
| with thirty-six tons of Whoop-Up coal Mr.
Roberts reports very cold weather on the trips
which occupied 16 days.
The cold snap has prevented our issuing
promptly, as 1t was impossible to do clean
press work with less than ten hours hard
| work on the part of two coal stoves In warm
| ing the printing machinery.
Record, Is.
| The hook and ladder truck ordered by the
Board of Trade is still at Cow Island, where
/ 1t will remain this winter.
Major Ilges has been sent by General Miles
| to the mouth of the Musselshell to await the
action of the hostile Indian camp near Wood
| Mountain.
/ Tuesday at noon an adventm aus spirit
crossed the river on ice. At night the ice
| had become so thich that teams even might
have crossed with safety.
-.H MEAGHER COUNTY.
| Husbandman.
The thermometer reached 81 below zero
| last week.
Oats in the Missouri valley are worth 2 and
81 cents per pound, and, it is said, are worth
Q cents per pound in the. Musselshel and Ju
dith country.
Flour is retailing here at $3.50 per sack. 1t
can be laid down here from Helena by coach
at that figure; hence, there is little danger Of
any further advance.
The government reservation at the new
post has not been laid out yet, but settlers are
forbid cutting timber within two miles OF the
new post, which would indicate that -four
miles square will be the extent Of the reser
walton. 20
| oALLArIN COUNTY.
| Courier.