The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-07-15
Local Brev,,les.

shJu te5Hpus.
What long tail our comets got.
Roll Of honor deferred till next week.
The Pembrrton estate sale began yesterday
valiton's ban OF sheep averaged nearly
81 pounds clip.
"olivette was produced last night by the
Katie Putnam Company, but too late for no
tice III this issue.
The daily Inter- Mountain has been enlarged
TO 2sx8k, the same sig. rs the weekly NEW
NORTH WEST.
Bass Bros. passed through Wednesday
from the terminus with fifteen wagons loaded
with agricultural machinery for Bitter Roo,
valley.
Mr. Michael Kelley still keeps faith that
there IL" hig money la river mining between
mouth Of Col Greek and Whitesiles Ii Is
worth trying.
There were about 100 per- ons at the Penn
berton sale yesterday, inciuling quite mum
Der of strangers. About forty horses were
sold during the day.
The Arlington Ministries, said TO he one OF
the best companies travelling, will soon ap.
pear IN the Montana towns. Entertainments
are plentiful this season.
Mussrs. Hugh O'Neill and III. s. Neal are
building sub. tantial residences. The latter Is
on the West Side, near the bridge. and the
former in the southern part Of town.
John Cravens, sentenced for twelve years
in November, 1918, from Lewis & Clarke
county. for rape, wa, pardoncd thi, week on
petition of number Of the judiciary.
The Mewade Company played 1.-THE
Knight of Arva" Wednesday evening. Ii Is
pretty Spani h com dy, AMI presented with
finer costume, than have been worn in Mon
tana 1t il new play, and the argument
should be set forth in the bills, As IL is not
readily OWNED.
Persons desiring to engage In sheen hus.
bahdry, or to aid 10 their tiocks, will find
TWO or three exc llent banl. advertised In
this issue-acclimated sheep, that will be old
low. The gazing in this valley is getting
limited owing to the rapi settlement anu
The demand for hay. Owners, therefore, are
generally dispos, d to sell.
A correspondent ks us "why Magazine
LEGATIONS sent To sub cribers, a. IL would be a
great cony-nirncs." That Il true; but the
magazines would b. Soiiel, AMI many sub
.cribrrs have their nj lgazincs bound after
they have beru accumulated. BY leaving
ia IN uncut uniii placed in the binder's
Ianl, q AN AMI y rfrct magazine is
secured fof the bound voIum..
A. - l.
rls, are getting up a,riies VI publications of
Montana vi W., towns, buildings, etc, with
l.:>criI tive matter, an will soon Issue the
first number, which will contain some sixty
rngraying,. principally view, in Bate. 1t
will be followed by "A number every two
months, until Montana i, done upin pictorial
history. These gentlemen will presently
visit Deer Lo igs, canva sing for their work,
making sketches, etc.
The NEW NoRTH-w EST entered its ''teens"
In week, having completed the twelfth year
Of it, existence W. are glad 10 that it,
healthin-sS of app -arance increases with Its
year>.-Had sJn,u.
W. had not thought in whist language, that
we were leading :. thirteener,o until notice
ing the above. Well, We hope every mothers
son of subscriber We have will trump IL
with tive-.ollar bill ami take it. Every
trick counts, you know.
The great Mckinney rape case which was
the occasion Of much virtuous indignation
last winter, has simmered down to trial at
Omaha and the discharge Of the prisoner.
The girl Shanks seem 10 have been so fire.
quenfly imposed upon in this manner, ac-
cording 10 the evi tcnce, that The jury. had to
boo { her Out Of court or fill up all the States
prisons out Wet. This l. one of the cases
where rrpitiiion Of ole iise diininishes the
crime. The girl seems 10 have been thor
uughly abandon Il In per-on and prime. Pile,
aud to have made iniL criminate charges Of
like character against nearly everybody but
her gran lmother.
Col. w. +. Wheeler has recently written
q valuable paper ON the physical geography
of Montana 10 accompany the map Ut Mon
tina now being prepared from the Land
Office surveys, 10 he .mbi &C, in Monteith's
q. ography-adoptrd a, one of the class
books by the Twelfth Legislature. Having
read Col. VS. MSS, we trurt il will be en-
bodied entire, n il "a contribution Of much
value and exc ptionall, free from error. The
publ hers are little late with their work,
but that will be rxcn able ii In ii il incorpor-
ate,l this d,s cripiion matter, ami a good map
Of Montana = omething that is not now TO
be- had.
vennor may be success as q weather
prophet IN the Eat, although the Nation pro-
nounces hi> predictions humbug. but they
do not hold good in Montana. Almo any
man living at cro>s-road, could make ~
good gnes.es n he does. Speaking of this
remind, u that many of those who are
weafher-wise Judge 20 some extent by
whether the moon IL "south OF " north rs
to neat, and the "point" of the horns Of q
new moon whether IL will be- dry or wet As
any one acquainted with astronomical calcu-
lations can calculate alb olutely for hundred
or naore years b, forchand the exact relative
location and point" of rhe moon at any
given hour, il world seem TO be good AL
manac feature 10 incorporate the positions
for the benefit OF these W ..ather prophets, who
may not rely on Her chefs tables. Up TO
present ,iafe, a. IL taxes human ingenuity
through cieniific oh ervaiion and research,
with the aid Of the Telegraph to foretell the
atmo pheric conditions Jingle day, II is not
10 be expected Of vennor or Tice or John
Smith that they can do much more year
ahead than predict that Anguf will be warm
and January cold, and gness in few snow
squalls or thunder storms n the season may
warrant.
Episc pa Matters,
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hi hop L. X. B,ew-r. having spent the