The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-05-21
NEW NOR -'WEsTERs.

1
A new town in Kansas has been chrisc-
ened Blaine.
st. Paul needs thousand new dwell
ling houses at once. a
The first steel rail was rolled &C Chicago
In 1865 by Capt. e. B. Ward.
-"The laurelled hero OF the world n
Col. Ingersol's name for Gen. Grant.
The Arab who invented alcohol died
900 years ago, but his spirit stifl lives.
southern California papers are agita-
sipg the project of forming new State.
-Bodie, California, is the only town Of
8, 900 inhabitants in the world which has no
church.
The LeMoyne crematory in Washing
ton, Pa, refuses to incinsrate the bodies Of
suicides.
Thomas A Scott has resigned the
Presidency of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company.
"A year OF pleasure passes like fiaat-
ing breeze, but moment Of misfortune
seems an age Of pain.
The Cincinnati Commercial says sen-
ator WindJm has the dark horse malady.
There are rumors that the attack is very
| severe.
The population of spokane Falls, w.
T., is about 400, and is rapidly increasing.
Lots are worth from $3.50 to $500, according
to location.
Charles De Young, the San Francisco
Chronicle editor, was buried with Hebrew
ceremonies. = rabbi preaching the sermon
a. the grave.
Two hundred and fifty RATS, the lar
gest number in one day for many years,
p .ssed down the Delaware river recently,
requiring l 900 men to manage them.
--Colonel Bob Ingersoll offers one hun
dred dollars to any Boston clergyman who
will read to hrs congregation such chap
ter ip the Old Testament as In gersoll may
pick. ...-....
-" Maybe there isn't any God for the
United States" said Canadian mayor to
Boo Ingersoll, but there's one for Cana
da, and yo1 can't have any hall in the town
to defams him."
AT the recent Republican Convention
in Iowa the opening prayer was interrupted
at one point by loud applause, when the
officiating clergyman made an unusually
"stalwart allusion.
1t was the late Tom Marshall who,
speaking one day OF the Keystone State
said: "P-nnsyivania has produced two
able men-Benj amin Franklin, of Boston,
and Albert Gallatin. of Geneva"
-"I say, Glenn" said two disputing dar-
kies, appealing for decision to q sable um-
pirs, which IL right--dez .ctly or dizact-
lye" The sable umpire reflected a mo-
ment and then, With look Of wisdom,
said. 81 can't tell perzactly." #...
Thor has photographed the Coral trib-
utes to the memory OF Charles De Youns
that were displ syed at his funeral, including
the large aud beautiful pillow with the
words, "Died for bis Mother" The group
ing IL artistically done and the whole work
reflects credit on the photographer.
When a reputable professor of anato-
my fires rifle balls at short range through
the hea ds of dead women In ms disseotsag
room by way OF qualifying himself to give
expert testimony in murder case, a non
scientific public may be excused for won
dering where this sort of thing will stop.
The Pullman Palace Car Company are
using paper wheels on steel tires on all
nev cars which they build. This company
have paper wheels which have run over 500,
600 mil-s and are still good. After running
100, 900 miles the tire becomes slightly
worn, but few minutes in lathe brings
them out az good as new.
The police Of Denver made system
attic raid on the opium dens. There are 10
Of them which are kept by Cinnamon and
patronlzed by American men and women
During the past year two tons of opium,
valued at 800, 900, were smoked in these
places. The evil is spreading to all classes
OF society, and young people are fast falling |
victims.
Cambria county, Penna., has a monster |
apple tree. There are on it's various
branches one hundred and ninetytwo |
CRAFTS. One foot above the ground it |
measures SIX feet five and half iucb4s In
circumference. The first limb, which |
branches out five feet above the ground. Is
four feet Gig inches In circumference
The next limb higher up is four feet three
inches In circumference the third limb
girths four feet one inch, and another |
measures two feet around.