The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-11-26
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
MrsSouLA COUNTY.
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MIssouLA COUNTY. Ea &AAl
Missoulian.
The Missoulidn publishes the names OF "
ssolid men" who pay 500 taxes and over.
Missoula gossips have eight weddings nxeo
up. ,o.,
Major Roman In next week to take the ioth
census of the various Indians for whom ne s
agent, comprising the Flatheads, Kootenais
and Pen dOreilles. .g
TT. Demers and wife had runaway OF
their team and smash-up of buggy last MON
day in O'Keefe's Canon, but fortunately c.
capped without fatal injuries. Mr.. ID. was &C.
rionsly hurt. sa- v.-aa
L.F. Keim, of Nine Mile, came up Wed
nesday He reports that the camp Is frozen
up and mining operations for the season
about complete. He says the camp has pam
ned out reasonably well aud the boys gene
rally expect to return in the spring.
MADISON COUNTY. ii
Madisonian.
F;rewood has taken an upward bound In
price since the cold snap. 1t Is now worth
81 a cord in this market a.- .-......- --a
The Signal Service Bureau has ordered the
removal of the Virginia City station to Eagle
Rock, Idaho. The last observations were
taken in this city on Thursday night.
The thermometer registered 15a below zero
last Tuesday.
The verdict is not yet returned in the Chad
sey case. ...a .... ....... lrm. .,..... LA :.
Mr.H.H. Hathaway, the boss fisherman of
Montana, caught, last week, in couple OF
days, about four bushels Of trout and grey
ling in the bayous of the Madison. 4-#
MEAoHER COUNTY. '5
Husbandman. ..a
The mania for land in the vicinity Of the
Springs Is increasing rapidly.
There are no less than 5000 Indians In the
eastern portion Of Montana.
Every article of merchandise seems to have
| an upward tendency, owing to the probability
of the supply giving out before spring.
DR.. Parberry viii leave for Hot Springs,
Arkansas, Monday next, where he willspend
| the winter In examining the various modes
of treatment in vogue there. Mrs. Parberry
| will accompany him as far as Sedalia, Mo.
A party of immigrants, seventeen in num-
| Der, arrived in our valley this week from
| Window, Minnesota They come to make
permanent homes, and have at once engaged
| in industries. A portion of them have taken
n logging contract from Sherman & Carter
and the remainder will locate here.
| oALLATIN COUNTY.
sd 49, Courier, IL. .s.5
| Bozeman il equipping with fire ladder
| and bucket brigade.
| The school building, Of which some Tears
were entertained. has been securely anchored
| and tied with iron rods.
| Lieutenant Doane arrived from his Arctic
I.explorations on Thursday and will spend the
| winter at Fo Ellis. The Lieutenant failed
| 70 find the North Pole, but it is reported that
he learned TO repeat his prayers In the Es-
quimaux language. His many ~irlenos are
pleased to see him all the same
| The total number Of votes cast mt the vari-
Gus precincts in Gallatin county at the cleo
ton held Tuesday, November ID, was 134s.
| CUSTER COUNTY.
Yellowstone Journal, Is.
| The People's ticket was the winning one.
All the hostile Indians are supplied daily
with meat by the Meyer Bros, who have the
contract for furnishing Fort Keogn.. - &.
Toohey still sticks to the "Theatriea
ranch on Tongue river, and it is said to be
good one. ..r -a.-.-.--..
Three children of Mrs. Ryan, of FtKeogh
died in one week Of scarlet fever The dis
ease has abated and no danger is feared OF IL
further spread. NJ T..
cHoTEAU COUNTY.
River Press, Nov. II.
The demand for supplies generally has in
: creased nearly three hundred per cent with
in the past two years. - .-=sa lss
: The Indians in the entire Northwest in tn
l British Possessions are receiving daily "a
ton of one pound Of beef and one pound G
+ -four. Buffalo and other game Is very scarce
anil this action of the Dominion Indian De
: partment comes In good time, and has salt
r tary effect on the Indian. -...-
: Mr.. Clarke, who drives the stage betwee
v Benton and Twenty-eight Miles Springs, wa
severely frost-bitten about the face on ID
i drive of Tuesday last. .-e--
We are informed Col Macleod has aske
= to be relieved from further duty rs Comm
sioner of Fort Macleod district, and that 1t
= rrmored that Major Irvine will succeed hir
: The Colonel is one of the most popular OF
- cars in the service, and his resignation
A. viewed with regret by his many friends
a. - ~~ Record. 10.
n Lieutenant Krause and wife are at last I
~ tahlished in their new house on Main stree
II Major C. G. Irvine is now Commissioner
', the Northwest Mounted Police, with the raj
"A of Lieutenant-ColoneL -.. s-..
r. Some of our citizens are bargaining !
N whoop-Up coal, undeterred by the fact n
lie il costs SIC a ton
The floating ieein the river has stopped
running of the ferry. Parties wishing 20 CT
must make use Of skiff.
We are pleased to welcome Mr. Daniel L
tro and family, formerly Of Helena, to
manent residence among US. Mr.. Dutro con
to Benton to engage inthe furnishing Of SIC
-, for building purposes, from his quarry on
Missouri about fourteen miles above
town. He win build dat boat this win'
d. and in the spring will float II down loaa
with stone rs often rs il Is required