The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-11-25

Freight Is hauled from Dillon to Helena at
$3.50 per hundred pounds. There Is pros
pect of freight blockade at the former point
on account Of the Mormon freighters having
gone home for the winter.
An unusual number of boats will winter at
Bismarck, viz: Dacotah and Josephine of
the Coulson line, Nellie Peck. Gem. Mead
and Peninah Of the Peck line, Benton, Butte
and Black Hills of the Benton line, Batche
lor and Eclipse of the Yellowstone line, the
Government steamer Emily, Niobrara, Gen.
Tompkins and the two transfers.
Mrs. Henry Wells and two children were
thrown from a wagon near Missoula last
week, and Mrs. Wells had two ribs fractured.
The children escaped unhurt. 'er'
Alex. Profit, of Bozeman, drove 1900
sheep east this summer. shipping to Chicago
from Fort Pierre over the Chicago q North
western. The venture was not very profita-
ble.s
The Bozeman people are somewhat alarmed
over a rumor that the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company intend to prevent the cutting
Of any timber on government land, the OBJ
ject being to save the timber for railroad pur-
poses.
The Sheridan Gold aud Silver Mining Co.
has been incorporated at Butte, Joseph La
caff, Robert Fenner, John Hauswirth, John
Guglielmo, and Charles Andrieux being the
incorporators. The capital stock is 81 600 900,
divided into two hundred thousand shares.
VIM. Flynn and VIM. Devine have been
sentenced to one years imprisonment in the
Penitentiary and Edward Donnelly to three
months in the same place. inrthe Helena
court, they being the parties who hung up
and otherwise abused two boys at Sun River
to elicit a confession of robbery.
Miss Minnie Belle Lathrop, daughter of
Rev. s. G. Lathrsp, formerly pastor of the
Broadway NJ. E. Church, Helena, was mar
ried on the 9Th inst, at Chicago, to Mr.. Mer-
& Pacific Railway. The ceremony took place
at the Farwell House.
John Maxwell Saunders, Scotchman, left
Canada in 1867, and went to California and
Nevada. When last heard from was near
Ogden. Is tailor by trade, about 40 years
Of age, with brown hair, reddish mustaehe,
grayish blue eyes, is well built, height about
feet 10 inches. Any information OF him
will be thankfully received by his daughter,
Isabella Hamilton Saunders, Cleveland post
Office, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
The mammoth hot sulphur springs discov-
cred few years ago near White Sulphur
Springs, have been located by Jas. Brewer,
the original locator Of the lasr mentioned
springs. The Husbdndman says: Profting
by his experience here, Mr.. Brewer will no
doubt make his new location success. I'm
mense quantities of timber are to be had
within mile of the springs, and the location
is represented ~ being beautifully pictnr-
esque, and we predict that in few years
there will be a daily stage from this point to
the new resort. a large hotel will grace the
grounds and visitors be numerous.
Col Sellers, . noted bear hunter Of the
Rocky Mountains, leaves ip a few days for
his old home in the east. The Colonel has
had many adventures, of which he is pre-
pared to give interesting sketches. He takes
with him very interesting cluster oftrophies
in the shape of charm string, consisting of
the claws taken from three kinds of bear Gin
namon, wolverine and black bear, large elk
teeth, fox claws and teeth, and variety of
bones, the membranes OF the inner parts OF
wild animals, etc.-Husbandman.
The boating season was quite short this
year, yet on the Yellowstone river alone
there were carried $40 900 pounds of freight
from Bismarck. On both rivers there were
transported 1900 passengers. the boats also
carried during the season 400 Indians, 1850
head Of horses and cattle, and 600 head oil
sheep. There were received for shipment
! east 16O, 900 buffalo hides, $50 tons Of wool
and a large number of other hides and pelts
The number of steamboats, employed was q
the largest boat being the Dacotah, of the
Coulson line, with freight capacity of 14Ot
tons, a nd the smallest being Gen. Tonpkins
with freight capacity of go tons. Over 43,
OOo, 900 pounds freight were shipped by river
| rom Bismarck.