The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-07-30
Local Brevities.

The bad roads mentioned last week hav
been repaired.
Tom Rutter IL photographinc in the Nj
tional Park. He 10 an excellent vie ' y
tist.
The race between scott's Black Joe IN
Val,ton's Tempest at Butte last Sa'urda
was won Easily by thu latter in 800. 81
aud 3:l2.
A ne~ paper-pr. sumahly Max Niue
grove's-to be called the Western Atnsn
Gazetteer. 10 to be started 10 SAlt Lake Cit
about August 7th.
BY Act Of the Tenth Session the gam
law allows the killing Of grouse, prairi
chickens, pheasants and fool hens after Jul
3lst. Now for birds.
Judge Mayhem, Chairman Of the Dee
Lodge County Democratic Central Com
mittee, has called the Comm ittee to NEE
at his Off % next Saturday.
Largey's telegraph repair party Is report
ed to be now working from Helena to Dee
Lodge. The branch has been doing bette
this month than the main line.
Some excellent groupings Of cinnabar ar'
reported to have been found few day.
ago in a gulch north Of Tin Cup joe Canon
A lead such as the groupings would be val
liable.
Mr.. z. Girard has turned draughtsmar
and kindly furnished sour Artist /" with 9
map Of the upper valley that would be
good supplement to the census report
Thanks.
O'Ne,ll has his Theatre nearly completed.
Parsons stage painting slicits the highest
compliments from Managers and the Tnea-
TIRE entire is now doubtless the best 10 the
Territory.
Snow fell. and laid for some hours, clear
down to the foot hills Wednesday. Ten
days before the thermometer stood l0Oo in
the shade Yos can have any climate you
want in Montana il you stay few days in
one place.
A Young man of the Upper Valley who
would probably know and do better II he
were sober. ginned up Monday evening,
pulled knife on bystauder and was fined
$50 and costs.
Kennon h Zsnor have sold this year S9
Mowers and Reapers and II Sulky RAkes.
This 10 a larger number than sold last year
aud shows the country is being settled up
with prosperous farmers.
Judge GalbraIth has granted Pierce alias
Connolly, sentenced to be hung at Ban
mack Aug. 9th, respite until Aug 10th In
order to give the Supreme Court time to
consider the appeal made to it.
Messrs. N. Dickinson and Ben Venof
came in q few days ago from Thuuderbolt
Cliff, east Of Deer Lodge, where they had
been prospecting. They expect to return
and continue prospecting this fall.
The Montana Conference OF the NJ. E.
Church held in Virginia City decided to
break up the Conference system 10 MOD
tana and make the Montana preachers mis-
sionaries with . Superintendent. Rev. F.
A. Riggin was appointed Superintendent.
As the Atlantis doubts the denial Of the
Herald that Dick Riddle IL in the Pen
d'Oreille country hunting connecting
rou o between the Northern Pacific termini,
We add our testimony that Dick 10 not, has
not been, and IL not likely for year or
two to be on that business.
Division Agent Riddle, after having gone
over the Priest Pass road, says the Gilmer,
& Co. stages will not be changed
from the present route. He does not think
Ms we'll Of the new road a. he had antici-
pated he would. There Is considerable
NO, K OF TO be done on IL. The construc-
ton Of the road Is hrst-class.
Mr.. H. Bruckmann representing the New
York Mutual Life Insurance Company,
which stands among the FIRST Of the solid
CON panies Of the world. was here this week
and appointed Mr.. II. b. Reed resident
agent. Any person wishing 70 insure viii
fiud the New York Mutual good Com
papy to secure policy In.
Several wagons loaded with immense
tim beers for the new Alice mill At Walker
vile passed through town this week. The
To the miuing camps Of an ex
tension Ut the Utah Northern railr,si TO
the Mlssoula county forests ia evidenced
by the fact that these tint beers are being
hauled sixty mlles by OK teams. And even
At that distance the supply Of adequate
timber Is quite limited.
The cave in Castle Mountain, near White
Sulphur Springs. AZ related by Prof Lewis,
In no joke, although an occasional one las
sl,pped into the letter. The HusbGndman
recently published an elaborate description
OF 1t and vouches for its correctness. The
Indspendent doubts, but that 10 attributable
to the sell 1t published some years ago from
the pm OF Cal Clawson about the cave in
Ophir gulch, etc. Meagher county appears
to have the genuine cavity.
On Tuesday Mr.. Thes. Gallagher OF Bea-
verbead county drove 1900 head Of cattle
through town. He 10 bound for Square
Butte in the Judith country. Thursday
morning Morgan Evans and VIM. N. James
drove through /, 900 head Of cattle and some
2O0 or 800 calves. They also 20 to the Ju-
dirh country. The distance IL about 2UO
miles and the drives average about ten
miles per day. The driving out Of 80 many
cattle and sheep viii b rough on tie As
SCISSORS returns next year. but 1t will be
more than compenss ed Tor BY increase in
other property.
MAJ. Z @. Brooke. OF Montana, who came
here last February, purchased VI Mr.. Fisk
4 band or fine cattle. also Hoon Bros.
stock and several other select lots 10 I'll
about 1900 mead Of the finest stock found 10
Any country. One thousand head are for
Judge Davis and Mr.. hsuser Of Helena
Mr.. Brooke also bought about ten Ang0ra
goats Tor which he paid $l6 head. For
cow he paid I'll, and for ysarlings " per
head. The Major 10 nov on his way 70
Montans we'll sAtis6ed With bis summers
work. but he deserves to succeed II SUCCESS
II tho "a ward ar iudOmitablo energy and 0n-