The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-09
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Herman Brinkman and Edward Dunn were
reelected Trustees and John Murphy CLERK
of the Benton School Board.
A. NJ. Hotter has partly made arrangements
to put in saw and planning mill at Benton.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of this Terri
tory will meet in Helena October 4th.
A military telegraph line Is to be construct
ed from Fort Buford, ID. T., 10 Fort Maginnis,
NJ. T., the line following the Missouri river
to Carroll, 336 miles, and thence overland 10
Fort Maginnis, OIL miles. First-Lieutenant
George s. Grimes, Second Artillery, has
charge of the work.
The promenade concert of the Helena Art
Club, given last week, was quite successful
We will whisper 1t in the ears Of those who
are not artists that the affair was dance.
Bozeman is to have a brick Catholic Church
27x6o feet in size. .-
&c. O'Brien has made twenty-five loca-
tions in the Montana district, about twenty
miles south and west of the Barker district.
and he expects to make twenty more loca-
tons within two weeks. He will be quartz
poor all his life, probably.
The Good Templars of White Sulphur
Springs have raised $500 from the citizens to
build lodge room, which will also be used
as public hall.
The Husbandmaa says that 800 square miles
of the finest grass region in Montana has
been recently burned over, and that three
fourths of the cattle ranges of eastern Mea-
CHER county are blackened wastes.
The Husbandman thinks that stockmen
everywhere in Montana should array them
selves against the Indian movements, and not
leave the responsibility to one organization
at Benton.
The Missoula band gives a dance next FRI
day night, during the fair. The boys always
have good time down there.
A citizens purse of nearly $500 has been
made up at Missoula to be put up during the
fair next week for trotting race, best three
in five, mile heats.
Messrs Ryman and Wolf, Of Missoala,
during two weeks pleasure trip up the Bit
ter Root, caught over 300 pounds Of trout,
killed one bear and any quantity Of smaller
game, and had an immense time generally.
They hooked forty nine pounds Of trout in
three hours, and 100 pounds in nine hours
A man named Swan johnson was lately
drowned in the Yellowstone.
The Miles City postofiice is now money
order Office.
The poor-box of the Catholic Church, Hell
ena was robbed last week. The second time
within short period.
The Husbdndman wants cheaper stage fares
than twelve cents per mile.
A disgraceful mobbing affair took place at
Sun River Crossing Monday night of last
week According to the Record man had
lost fifty dollars, and two boys, or young men,
were suspected of committing the theft. Dur
ing the night mentioned mob took them
from their homes, ropes were put around
their necks, and they were choked, pistols
were pointed ut them and fired near them,
all to make them confess, but the boys de-
clared their innocence throughout. Finally
one of the boys escaped from the mob and
the other was turned loose.
Bill Conway, of Meagher county, has lately
lost two fine s150-colts from American mares.
1t Is thought that bears got away with them.
VIM. Sullivan, long time in Montana,
died recently at the New Agency, near Ben
ton. His death is supposed to have been from
heart disease.
Choteau county last week sold bonds for
$4,000 at l cent premium, Collins, Duer Il
Co. being the purchasers.
Mr.. J. Y. Stuart, of the Prickly Pear valley,
estimates his oat crop this year at 5000 bush
,.la he tb..
Agricultural Bureau four,pounds of variety
of white oats, and this year he raised 900
bushels of that variety. The stalk is long,
and the berry long and plump, and weighs
fifty pounds to the bushel The yield to the
acre will probably be seventy bushels. One
stool left in the Herald Office numbered
lightweight stalks.
j. @. Champion, the teamster injured In
the boiler explosion, near Butte, two weeks
ago, died Tuesday morning of last week. He
leaves wife aud two children in Virginia
City.
Louis johnson, Miles City barkeeper,
took eight ounces Of morphine one day last
week to ease the toothache, and after thirty
hours Of Inconsistencies died.
A. G. Kelly was fined fifty dollars and costs
at Virginia City last week, for firing the
grass and woods on Granite creek. The fire
resulted from his carelessness with camp
fire or it might have gone harder with him.
A camp fire left carelessly burning by
party Of Helena tourists in the Fire Hole
Basin, Yellowstone Park, couple of weeks
since, originated an extensive timber fire,
and at one time Marshall's Hotel was in
great danger of destruction. It caught fire
twice, but by hard work Of the proprietor
and guests 1t was saved.
Father Scollan, who has lately returned
from trip among the northern Indians, re-
CARDS the fears of the Choteau county stock
men as entirely groundless. He says the
northern Indians do not intend 10 cross the
line, AZ they expect buffalo to be sufficiently
plentiful in their own country.
Lieutenant Philip Reed, who has been en-
gagged in the signal service through Arizona,
New Mexico and Texas the past year, came
In from the East last evening and went TO
Salt Lake. He Is on his return to Fort Mis-
soula, Montana, to join his company Of the
Third United States Infantry.-Ogden Pilot,
Sept 1st.
The two Alice mills at Butte consume $3.50
tons of salt annually.
A barrel Of whisky weighing GAS pounds
was received in Butte last week from San
Francisco, the freight from that point to Og-
den being 1881 and from Ogden to Melrose
$3.50.
There were 134 entries in Montana last year
under the desert land law, embracing 5s,447
acres.
The railroad station below wunderlichs is
to be named Lavell, in honor of the Lavell
Bros, who are putting in saw mills there.
Howe q Clark have the contract for erect
ing Donnell, Clark g. Larabie's new bank
building in Butte; price, $4,000. They alss
have the contract for the Miners Union
building al 81, 400.