The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-12-30
NEW NOR-WESTERS.
1t Is quite safe to reason that the back

bone of summer In broken.
The late VIM. r. Weld, Of Boston, left
al estate valued al $4,000, 900.
Prince Bismarck Is again an invalid
from Inflammation of the veins.
Satire lies about men of letters during
their lives, and eule'gy after their death.
The deep-s. insult that can be given In
Deadwood Is To say: ..You ain't worth lynch
ing"
Speaker Keifer Is the owner of many
thousands Of acres Of valuable land In Ne
braska.
--"Plnafore'' Is to be given in German at
Berlin under the title of .Amor ali Bord -
s.Love on Shipboard."
A New Jersey man .couldnt see any
danger in smoking wuile weighing powder.p
He can't see anything now.
Africa, according to reports, shipped l..
500 pounds of diamonds to London last year.
Seems as If any kind Of man could wear at
least one.
They won't need only 2,l00 miles OF
snowsheds on the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Some folks thought the thing would be
shingled over from end to end and lighted
by windows.
The Queen Of England has the dressing
room of the Prince Consort at Balmoral ar
ranged as he left IL. His hat aud gloves are
on the table. There is in addition an eihgy
of him On the bed.
The Vatican will not sanction confes'
sions by telephone. This reminds of an at
tempt to repeat by telephone an old-fashion'
ed orthodox sermon, which had so much
uades In il as to melt the wire.
Some Of the Catholic priests of Canad'
do not obey the Pope's express command
aud Archbishop Tascaereau's express injunc'
tion not to interfere with the elections
Cases are mentioned where, despite these
orders, priests instruct their congregations
to vote for the Catholic candidates.
j. C. Bancroft Davis, who has been con
frined Assistant Secretary of State, begar
his career in diplomacy as Secretary of th'
Legation in London in 1S4G. He becam'
Assistant Secretary of State under Mr.. Fisl
In 1860. In 1874 he was appointed Ministe
to Berlin. He was until confirmed Judg
of he Court Of Claims.
Edward Mcpherson has already beer
been for twelve years Clerk of the House O
| II ha 1sua IN
term for which he has now been elected h
will have had the longest service as Clerk o
| the House of any incumbent of that offic
| from the foundation of the Government. Al
ready he has had the longest continuous ser
vice.
SAYS the London Truth: "To realiz
the terrible infections that bores are in tn
House Of Commons, party has only to i'm
agine large dinner party at which the stu
pidest ass who could catch the eye of th
host was allowed to prose on upon som
subject respecting which he knew nothing
without fear of interruption, as long as b
pleased"
Truth, one of the brightest of all tn
London weeklies, tells the whole story Q
Guiteau and finds the right name for him !
two sentences, as follows: "As for his sein
mad, this Is nonsense. He Is pernicion
fool, and If he were acquitted on the groun
Of insanity, the life OF no President In Amel
lea would be safe against the endeayors {
pernicious fools like him, seeking to thrus
themselves into notoriety."
| Emma Abbott says that miser whoi
she knew In London, died Of hunger and le
f20.000 to all Irishman, on condition that b
would bury f1,00O with the corpse. 81
London lawyers sat on the case, and til
coroner on the corpse, and it was decide
that to get the bequest he must comply viii
the condition. But the legate went TO Dublin
and found a real irish lawyer, who told hin
to draw check to the order Of the decease
and bury it with the body, which he did, al
lived happy on the whole bequest, minus d
Dublin lawyers fee.