The new North-west., 1880-01-09
TERRITORIAL.
GALLATIN COUNTY
From the Courier,

aALLATIN COUNTY.
From the Courier.
GallatIn county has no delinquent tax
list this year. This Is little rough on
the local newspaper, but it speaks volumes
for the thrift and general prosperity Of our
people, and we are excusable for feeling
proud of the record.
Total tax collected for the year
ending Dec. l, lS79..-.."." $50, ,00032
Collected for License for quar-
ter ending Dec. /, lS79..".-.. 10000
The charter and books having been re-
ceived, a Lodge of Knights of Pythias was
organized in town on Tuesday evening.
1t is the second lodge of the character in
the Territory.
The Courier annual for 1880 will be is
sued sorue time during the present month.
MEAaHER COUNTY.
From the Husbandman.
The mail carrier on the lower end Of the
Martin, dale and COulson route got his feet
and one leg badly frozen during the late
cold SD ap.
No mining camp of te days ever had
more tia:tering prospects Of brightiu,ure
than Yago and vicinity.
The town-plat Of the White Sulphur
Springs will be out in n few weeks.
Samuel Anderson, who is spending the
winter months In prospecting, showed us q
certificate Of an assay ON ore taken from n
recent discovery near Thompson gulch.
which assayed respectively 3S, 81 and llG
ounces in silver TO the ton.
SOUTHERN DEER LODGE COUNTY.
FROM the Index.
Tht present milling capacity at the Alice
is not near up TO the necessities of that
bonanza, SO u new 40-stamp mill is soon to
be added.
The Gem and Mountain Spring East, two
promising claims which were sold Wednes-
day at Administrators sale, only brought
altogether $575. They belonged to the
Reagan property.
The best record that we've heard of for
the thermometer in this vicinity during
the cold snap was at the Colorado Smeter.
There the spirit thermometer got down to-
$50 below zero the day before Christmas.
Rather low spirits, that, SO close TO the
holidays.
| From the Miner.
An interest in the Mantel mine, of Boul-
| der, has been sold to Mr.. s. r. Hauser, of
| He lena.
The final shipment of the Alice for 1879
foo ted up $4,000.
The building of 40-stamp mill to reduce
the ore which abounds in the Alice bonanza
in such unmeasured abundance and to treat
VIII ich the present milling facilities are to-
| tally inadequate, is now an assured fact
which we obtained yesterday from the high
est possible authority.
| CHoTTAU COUNTY.
From the Benton Record.
The Missouri Is frozen solid and is likely
to remain SO until spring.
A coal mine has been discover red about
10 or IA miles from Fort Benton on the
North side of the Missouri river.
La Pine, made famous by the Manitoba
rebellion few years since, was seen pass
ing through town last week. Reel, the
noted leader Of the Northern Half-breeds,
is said 70 be at, or nea<, Fort Assina boine,
awaiting the termination of his exile.
MIssoULA COUNTY.
From the Missouan.
Wednesday was the oldest day known
| in Mssoula for years. The mercury regis
tered $50 below zero at 8 O'Clock in the
morning. and we are told that it indicated
close on to 400 an hour earlier.
BEAvERHEAD COUNTY.
From the Atlantis.
Glendale ne DIS, must have, and will soon
get. the telegraph, money order postal
Office, and bank. The demands Of rapid
| ly increasing business necessitate these ap-
pliances of modern civilization.
Glendale is the first town in Montana to-
be tapped by railroad.
Lion City has "a families during these
slack times at the mines. There are two.
stores, five hotels and boarding houses, be-.
! sides the Hecla Company's boarding house..
one livery stable, three billiard nails andi
saloons, two butcher shops, etc.
| SHERIDAN ITEMS.
| From the Messenger
Sheridan, on the banks Of Mill creek. il
one of the most pleasant l.btle villages to
be found in the Territory, though unimpor-
tant IN number of buildings or business
houses, dOes an amount Of business with
| the surrounding country that would scarce
be credited by one unacquainted with the
facts. The place is slowly but steadily
growing in numbers and prosperity and at
no distant day will be the centre of trade
for the agricultural and mining districts
surrounding it.
The snow at Beaver Canon is said to be ,
four or five feet on level. and drifted
badly at many points along the line, and it
IL only by keeping n snow plow with several
engines attached, moving back and forth ,
on the line that trains can be kept running
MADISON COUNTY.
From the Madisonan.
| Alex MetZei informs us that Sc yeral
head of cattle have recently died on the
uppei Ruby winter range, and it is thought
that blackleg has reappeared among the
herds of that section.
The Commissioners Of jefferson conney
have discovered a discrepancy of S22. 1885,
81 between It's actual indebted ness and the
reported liabilities as shown IL. the last II.
nancial report.
Simon Motts, miner, became fntoxica--
ted. started to make a visit in the valley
and was frozen to death few days before
Christmas.
LEwIs CLARKE COUNTY.
| From the Herald.
Helena had fire New Years dag. The
loss is estimated Mt $l750,
Fred. Gilmer, brother of Jack Gi,mer
OF the overland stage line. was killed in the
/ stewart mine at Bingham, Utah, on Sarur-
day last, Explosion of giant powder was
| the cause. ""'
,oo, o. NJ. nan, n resident of Montana 81 nee
looo' was fodnd dead in his bed in Helena.
Chr'stmas morning.
From the Independent
khe Independent has been awarded the
sondract soo Tor printing the pamphlet for the
vestel, Deer Lodge county, wants daily
Brief kilograms.