The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-02-06

sion vi the city.
brisk business in building will be done
In helena this year. Preliminary work has
already begun two months in advance of
the regular season.
| MADISON COUNTY
From the Madisonian
On Wednesday George Thexton tapped
the Alameda lode with the tunnel which he
has been running. The mine shows a I2-
inch vein Of 5000 rock. Twenty-Five hun
dred pounds of ore which was shipped to
Glendale last summer and then reshipped
to Salt Lake for reduction yielded over 800
net, or $50 Per ton over all running ex-
pense.
The Social City, true to its traditions, ia
beguiling the winter evenings with phan-
tom parties and musical entertainments by
the Meteor Club. Virginia can come near
or dispensing with professional entertain
merts without regrets than any other town
In the mountains.
Miss @. j. Robertson mas assumed charge
OF the the public schools at Glendale.
From the Messenger.
The drummers continue to pass through
Sheridan IN squad, and must be making it
lively for hotel keepers.
The Mill Creek Mills are running day and
night and the demand is so great that the
only stock on hand is wheat.
Hon. Samuel Word, of Virginia City,
passed through this place on the Goth ult.,
bound for st. Joseph, No., to visit friends.
He viii extend his visit far east IA New
York.
CUSTER COUNTY.
Yellowstone Jtu al" tn.
Cahu has sold his wbita baffalo calf skin
for $50.
A great many new houses for dwellings
are being built in re dine ] for the spring
influx Of immigrant'.
Mr.. A. J. Maxwell, the mail contractor
on the Black Hills route, had five horses
taken from his mail riders between here
and Deadwood, by road agents, the latter
part of this week. 1t is thought that the
partner of Sam, lately brought in by Sheriff
Billiard, was the thief.
Old Miles town is location Of the past.
A few temperance fossils still reside there.
It will make good place for our citizens
to sober up this summer, as the J; st saloon
has left it. Once Baden Baden, now q
bad an worse.
General Miles is now on his way to st. |
Paul en- route for the Yellowstone. and is |
expected here about tue latter part of this
month.
eALLATIN COUNTY.
From the Courier.
Hon. II. N. Blaie will RI su ne the prac-
tice of the law as soon as his successor al.
rives.
We are informed by a friend that Fs It
ern Montana will, in all probability, receive
quite colony of immigrants from Canada
next srason.
Mr.. G. L. Clark, who is just from below,
US that the lower Yellowstone is
literally black with large heids of buffalo,
and that many of the citizens are slaughter
ing them by wholesale for their hides,
which find ready sale in Miles City. One
party had secured over 100 hides and an
c thsr over 1900 hundred. The Gre W. will
have more robes this year than they have
taken any other season sincs the settlement
Df the country.
nlssouLA COUNTY.
From the Misso ;nn.
An extension of the military telegraph
inc from Fort Missoula to Fort Occur
fAlene 10 cont mplated.
Major R,nan brought over from the
Agency on Thursday mountain goat which
lad been shot by an Indian on the reserva-
ion. For some time past Col. Gibson has
,een anxiou to secure one to stuff for the
Institute, and it is intended to
Onward this specimen to the East for pres
rvation.
We are informed John B. CatlIn b. pur-
hased of Bell Bros. the Stevensville hotel {
property, and proposes to pursue the hotel
BUSINESS hereafter.
Among the recent real tate tr .nsfers
70 notice that Mr.. James Mi,esiuger has
transferred his well-known ranch below
iissoula to Mr.. William Kennedy, and VIM.
Dickinson has become the poss sssor of the
property on the southeast corner of Main
treet and Higgins Avenue, lately owned
y William Kennedy. We understand
ir. Dicl nson will soon eject Substantial
usinsss honse nm this corner