The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-05-06
A CITY CHARTER NEEDED.
The DANCE of TraversniJ the Streets ~
Deer Lodge After NiJhtfalI.

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Deer Lodge After NigntfalI.
Virginia. Butte and Helena all have city
governments of more or less unlimited pow
crs, and police systems of less or more efh- |
cheney in force. In those favored places |
city char ters, the palladium Of liberty CON
trolled by brnrtccnt law, wave gorlously
over the heads of delighted tax payers and
tiaunt in TIL, pallid faces of premeditated
wrong doors, while burly policemen
and vigila nj watchmrn hover around
and about thein like a cloud by day or pillar
vi lire by might ~ the case may be-. But
STILL notwithstanding Montana has gener-
al incorporation act, with the town limits
generously expanded to go acres and the
town ,aA judici"il>ly contracted to two per
crntum on the assessed valuation of all prop
rrty, many Montana towns are cropping on in
the gluom and wandering among the SHARES
and pitfalls of unincOrporation. In such
| places even absolute safety has the elemeni OF
po>>ibl. danger and nocturnal palpItati"n of
| the heart is prevalent aud increasing. ms
condition of affairs is especially noticed by,
| and obnoxious to, those who live under The
| benign influences of Mayoral protection ami
Aldcrmanic supervision, and are OCCASIONAL
| ~ called by business into the country viii
lagos and compelled 10 carry considerable
| sums of money. As an instance in point: n
few DAYS since Il couple of gentlemen came
over from Helena to Deer Lodge. Helena is
All incorporated city. Deer Lodge revelS in
primitive liberty under the sole control of
| Providence, "A couple of County Cominision-
pervisor The gentlemen had occasion, after
| tea, to Scparate-the one to call on an Invalid
gentleman with whom he hal business trans
actions, the other to make a social visit. The
first found his call protracted until the twi-
light hal faded out, the children hal disap-
pc;lred from the streets, the dwelling lights
were being extin -uished one by one and the
hour hand ON the Seth Thomas Clocks had
reached the point made poetic in that mellit'
huo,ls and once popular ballad now RELOCATED
to organ grinders
"Oh. Willie, we have missed you"
At length, in the mellow light of the hal
lamp, M was ushered to the vcstit ule, said
r Good night, and turned down Second st
D tow ard his hotel. The balmy breath of spring
was in his face and his hands were plunge
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lc>sly chinkcd the silver dollars accumulated
T. by honest industry and the results of severe
=, winter on stock. What happy schcinc
4 chased each other through his brain will per
r hap< never be- known. From his well-knowI
, character it Is safe to assume they were onl.
:. such ~ Abou Ben Adhcm treasured AM
George Washington would have been prou'
, Of But suddenly form emerged from tn
, | shadows of Il cross street, and came rapldl
but at.alfhly toward him. 1t was aperson q
gigantic stature, ami even the Cat-l like stealth
illness of the tread could not disguise his her
culcan proportions. He had evidently hear
the cIink Of the silver and was intent upo
securing it however desperate might bc til
deed The gentleman FASTENED his steps; tn
purSurr quickrncd his, and the distance ID
1t tween them was rapidly |, ssening as the pa
= TALLY unocrupird frontage of square, dee
in the shadows of Geneva Nursery trees Va
II To be travrr>rd. The gentleman was unarn
- ed, while an occasional CLEAN like that I
II steel showed in front of tn" on" following
y Slll trusting he might b" mistaken in the II
tent of his pur>urr, he hastily determined
r cross the street, and did 81 with uulck"nt
n steps. Thrn all doubt vanished The band
l. followed rapidly; but "A t''w feet Intervene
d between them; the deed "f darkness ";
!" about to be- committed within stones thro
rs of the Court House and in the very shade
X OF n law office. With one supsrhuman "ffo
II the gentleman turned quickly around al
Il yelled in strutorian tones, Halo HAL
/" yourself. Why tn" dickens don't you wa
TIL catch up
n The calls hal been made At nrighhori'
r ,,,s and trrml mated STINT
" tlnrou,ly. The supposed gar:"t"r had rec"
IT. nizrd his friend and not having hal mn
al fun since h. left Paris, took chances on =
H. ting a boulder bounced off his head just
IL cause there are II" Night watchm"n III ID"
n Lodge to yank up practical i"kers and n" +
al lice Courts tu send him up for dollar II
"s costs" Deer Lndsr will hav" To incorpora
~ build an elevated railroad on Second stree
a. or hav" less frequent visits from one OF o
a. plr:l>anteSt nrighbor~ i'll the Capital city.