The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-08-06
1he Hen North=Wtsi
MILLS BROS, PUBLISHERS.
Gladstone II seriously Ill.


Gladstone Il seriously Ill.
--latest sdvices indicated DR.. Tanner |
would succeed In keeping his forty days
fast It 10 . remarkable case OF endurance.
If tho Democratic party has any re-
spect for its record which 1t hasu't-it |
will read Hancock out Of the party-which |
IL won't.
Did the sweet singer have any reference |
10 tho surrenderng Sioux at Miles City |
when he wrvte
.Lo, in the East the horizon sdorninsf'
1t II taking . wonderful amount OF
editorial ability for Democratic newspapers |
to hammer It into the country that Han
cock 10 statesman. They ought to label |
him.
The Black Hills Pioneer says that Mr.. |
z L. White Of the N. Y. Tribune, who
last year wrote up Montana, has again
started for four months tour in the min |
Ing regions.
Every Republican can conscientiously
subscribe to every word in Hsnoock's Let
tor except his oath OF allegiance 70 the
Cincinnati platform-and that don't
amount to anything.
The Yellowstone Journal editorislly
calls for Q Peoples Convention TO nominate
q ticket for county Officers. 1t does not ap-
pv~r ssssrfsed with scivoting ioczl ofnccS |
because Of their party Affiliations and scr
vices.
Tho Yellowstone Journal nodiBos its |
statement about the hostiiss ut Niles City |
skipping out after having surrendered BY
saying 1t 10 informed BY oncers OF tbs Fort
that they only 90 cut for buflAlo hast and
then return.
III Jerc. Black had only returned In
time to write Enghshs letter the Democrat
10 party could veil have afforded TO pay him
that SEQ, 600 they warped ont Of Tilden.
The cucumbsr season must b at its height
IN Indiana.
After that Letter II the Democracy do
not 20 back on HANCOCK by the Thousands
1t will prove they love the haHd that smitss
them. The only genuine expression Of
opinion on that letter frsm Democratic
sources win be Nasby'a
-"Politics make strange bedfellows."
And II English's letter ID indicative Of the
man what . lively bedmate he will be for
Hancock. The "superb will lose assh
enough before November to make another
better man than English.
The Boys IN Blue was organised as
political association In Philadelphia tn -.
General John A. Dix was st ono time Com
mander-in-C Chief, but the organization Was
not long influential owing TO the snpopH-
larity Of ss,ne Of its ofacsn.
And now, II Hancock should Be s,sstsd
We hope, trust and pray, out Of respect for
the United States at large, that he will live
ont bis term. The whole American people
would feel like cutting their own throats
rather than 30 ono OF English's Messages
70 abroad to the world.
-Rcadcrs OF current literature win no
tioe ~ the most notable pecsiiarity Of the
day the disposition TO sse ser and ''sst'
instead Of I" more" and "most" in def
ming the comparative and superlativo de-
Rrees. Mark Twain, In his Tramp Abroad,
10 IN extremist in pushing this idse. "
Il may b oorroctist, but IL 10 uoprotty.
Col. Ingersoll dedioates book 10 bis
Mr.. ciemen. might dsdisssss sSss- Y, Narn
Twain NJ - man without reverence" We
republish In this issue, from tho Atlassi.
Monthly. one OF hi sharaetsristio sketches
that 70 almost - sudssiously snoouventioD.
sl 10 . chapter ont Of Innosents Abroad
II will be appreciated In the outspokeu
West but 1t must have required an Twain''
celebrity 70 carry such . practical satire In
70 tho A:lsntss. -. ... ......r ..-
w. II. Hamilton, better known .,
wild Cat Bill" the groat sign talker o
the Rocky Mountains, paid Benton , visit
on Sunday. Bill hes been absent from Ben
ton for several years and the growth Of th
town quite surprised him.-Fsrt Bssts.
Record. . ..-.tn.. "n .,.t....... ..a-
The last tins We resollsct Of seeing tia
Aame-W. y. HAmilton-vas IN lsttsl
three feet long on tbs sandy margin of u
large boiling lake in the Lower Se,yssr b
Sin in september, 1917. Do ySu reoolls,
writing It, Williamf The p.ns Of /" IA
yJ. Norton" waa writtsa beneath II On
"P. p. GRO tha NAiAd Qussa Of tn
Grottos. 49,. .=.. N..#a .4s4s
-Incidsutal 70 little controversy gro,
ing out Of misapprehensiou, Frank
Sterling, Esq, Receiver Of the U. @. Lar
OfHos 1t Helena, makes the following II
tsresting statement in the Iadsps~ds.s
relation 10 surveyed public lands I: {" The
are In tho Helena land district 2st tovI
ships surveyed, covering about % 900 cor
each, or total OF q, COS. 900 sores, On Viii
there 10 not, under all acts OF Csogrsss,
single flins. This lani il principally on
side Of the limits Of the grant 70 the Mort
ern Pacific Railroad Company, and lying
some OF the finest valleys Of the Tsrritor
and NO better territory 10 opened TO occ
patton than can b found among the %
vsyed lands Of this district. This land
capable Of accommodating Ut least 800
familiss." 5@ f'.. D.'
"A dispatch TO the Indspsndsst dat
Miles City, Aug. %, Gays Dslsgass hagi
mis- arrived thsrs By boat last Friday; v
enthusiastically received and ssoortsd
the city By lssding cir,ssns; satsrtais
by olbosrs Oh tie Post; 'honored viii ANA
meeting and ssrsnadsd o. Saturday and
grand reception tsndsred hi. on Mood
By the oisosrs. = He win probably rec
Helena IN rs ooGrss Of week. WEI
mark ipcidsntaliy that y the cppositios
N.sinnis has not 1T IL Eoldsa opporsu'
" slip through it. fingers Il 10 strong
than 10 credit II with bsing. II TIL
weeks ago II had rallied 70 one OF more
several candidates and assumed positl
character Major MA@innis would have b
hard work 70 break IL But merely d
stivs opposision, such - bib hAs ossn
data, oarnes little snthusissn asd bot ~