The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-08
Local Brevitles.
Go for the hawks, boys.

Go for the hawks, boys.
See notice of Race Track Ball.
District Court convenes next Monday.
The DIN property will be sold May LIST.
The Roll of Honor will be resumed after
this issue.
Thursdays kilograms excluded portion
of Territorial items.
Morgan Evans II putting 200 acres In grain
this season on his Race Track farm.
John McDe,mott, formerly deputy sheriff
of this county, Is in town visiting among old
friends.
A brisk April thunder shower on Tuesday
evening was succeeded by decided snow
storm Wednesday morning.
ID. 8. Heron has bought T. II. Morse's
blacksmith shop at Pioneer and leased it to
7. H. Hunsucker, a skillful workman.
An Anniversary Ball will be given under
the auspices of the Odd Fellows Lodge Of
this place April 18th. Particulars next week.
The steam wood saw outfit, In transit from
Butte to Helena, was in town this week and
shortened up few racks Of wood as pastime.
Mrs. C. G. Curtis is this week closing out
her stock of millinery, fancy goods, etc, at
very low prices and expects to go east in a
few days.
The rite of baptism by immersion was al
ministered to young lady In Deer Lodge
river last Sunday by Elder Wiley Mountjoy
of the Christian Church.
Gardening and tree planting in all styles Of
the horticultural, Horticultural and arboricutu-
raj sciences has been progressing the past
week in Deer Lodge.
The Nddison,aa Of the al inst. announces
that the jury before whom Douglass was tiled
for the murder of Mrs. carp found verdict
Of murder in the first degree.
The Husbandman denies having spoken of
1.-THE trumped-up charge against Han Bo,
and the Dillon Tribune thinks perhaps one OF
Freeman's papers didn't. "Check." Next
The Deaaiwood Press says that j. Al. Saw
telle has again made a failure in the theaiii-
cal business at that place and has left for Bis
marck. The Press bears down pretty heavy
on the late manager.
Thomas Stang, ED, qualified rs coroner
this week and hollis that he L. entitled 10 the
Office of Sheriff on the expiration of the
term of Sheriff Smith, April 10. The d'vis-
ion busipe is going to develop some fine
legal poiDis yeS.
The associated thunder shatps of Deer
Lodge, who have kept the record, furnish the
following AZ the day thunder was first heard
In the several years In 1876, Mays; 1877.
March Is; 1873, March "a; 9,April -; 1880,
May ., and in 1881, ApIil5.
The railroad shops were TO have been re-
moved from Logan to Eagl" Rock the day
after the fire. For this reason the work j.
supposed 10 have been done by an inceudia-
nv. The loss of five locomotives just at .bIs
tim" Is likely to retard extension Of the road.
a, all were needed. Four of the five were,
however, old engines.
We are in receipt of advices from New
Chicago that couple Of the huskiest miner
in the lower country settled the merits Of Ger
tain mining property, or some incidental IL
sue thereto few evenings ago by closing eaci
Others eyes at arms length. Whenever thu
fighting begins over n mine it is a good indi
cation IL Is a valuable one.
The present tel mi mates, until the next SEES
sion of Congress, the very readable se' les o.
Washington Letters which have Appealed
over the initials -. NJ. s." The wri.er Is
resident Of Shreveport, La, and has gone T.
his /" southern sunny home to remain unti
: the next session Of Congress, when we hop
, 20 again welcome him to these columns.
The aboriginees from the Jocko Agenc,
have been vending their way home "fror
, buffalo this week. As they are not likely :
e abandon their traditional haunts for man.
{ wears and the railroads are pushing on Owe
, their trails, the Indian camps along the He
r Gate will be interesting and picturesqu
= sights for travellers along the valley route i
, the next year or two.
! The tony mercantile Celestial with the "
, tI.-foot wife has introduced Sunday afternoo
balcony concerts for the diversion Of b
: wife. The stridulous Chinese guitars an
4 banios are discarded on these occasions an
J., a number Of drums. ,ymbals. etc., subsrit'
{ ted. H. IL presumed IL is Chinese for brat
p hand. but the ciamor of boiler shop h u
h essence of sweet sounds In comparison wit
! IL.
~ James Wells was building couple
mackinaws at Fort Benton 10 fioat hid
- down the river and was ready to load whe
- returning from up town In the morning,
:" fonni they were missing. A search warra'
:" was got out and little three-year old ri
:, was found RAINING around In them, calli'
- attention to her nice Htting wooden shoe
. She said the local Of the Riper Press had pr
'o sented them to her when he was calling @
= on her big sister the evening before. We
Immediately presented the load Of hides
the big sister TO make a pair of gloves, al
=, tn local Is short girl.
-. Mr. Lou p Smith. Shecif, came dow
Ia from Butte Tuesday with the intention
;, removing the Silver Bow prisoners--elev
=, in number-in the Deer Lodge jail IN Butt
-. where they were TO be put to work on {
~, highways. On examination Of the comm
~ m.nts. however, II was WIS found that OF
H., six of the eleven were committed for mis-
h.. maanors aud The commitments OF the 9th
n. ara Of such nature thai they viii have
:. r.main here until their cases are consider
n bv the @, and Jury. We believe are also 4
!, Others of that CO UNITY here under indictme
=, Mr.. Smith started back with his six prison
m. on Thursday.
a. PICKED UP.