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The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
ORTF1-WEST DEER LODGE MONTANA FRIDAY APRIL 49, 1884,
mo. SS9.]
Application for Patent.
u. 5. LAND OFF CE,
uprrn NJ r March q 1881

.. 5, LAND UFFTUE,
HELENA, NJ. T.. March 9, 1881.
Notice is hereby given that Andrew j. Arnold has
this day filed application for patent under the min
ing laws or Congress for 1900 linear feet of the Ar
mold copper lode designated lot No 40, situated
in no organized mining district, Deer odge county
Montana Territory, in unsurveyed township H.
north range 7 west, which claim is recorded in the
Office of the county recorder of said county, and de-
scrbed as follows in the official plat and field notes
on file in this onice-Bcginnng at corner number one
Dir tree inches diameter, from which the northeast
corner of section township 10 north range west
and rnnning;thence north IS degrees east 1860 feet
thence north 314 feet thence south IS degrees west
1900 feet thence south 3l4 feet
to the place of beginning, EN-
bracing tl017l ten and 77-100 acres upon which
notice of said application posted the 2ith day OF
February, 1881. The nearest claimants to these
premises are John Quigey ct al, placer claim lot NO
% on the west.
6101Ot j. II MOE, Register.
GEO. & FoOrE Attorney for AppIicant.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15

DEADwooD, d. T., October 3D., 1879,
JOHN W. NORRIS, Vice President Chicago, Ill.,:
Dear Sir-0n the 26th of September, when the
city of Deadwood almost totally destroyed by
Fire VIC had in our Office No. 80 Diebod Safe the
contents of which were found TO be in as good con-
dtion rs when placed In the Safe.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
FRANK WEIGH, Hotel.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-04-15
Wood, Coal, Hay, Straw, Corn, Oats
and Bran.

as may be required during sud fiscal year at st. Paul
and Fort Smelling, Mimi Posts and Headquarters
of Department.; Yanktou, Forts Pembna, Sisseton
FOtten, Buford Stevenson. Abraham Lincoln, Meade,
Yates, Bennett, Hale, Randall, Sully Cantonement Bad
Lands and Bismarck, d. T., [Quartermaster's Depot
Forts Keogh, Custer, Ellis, SHAW, Mssoula Benton
Assinnlholne. Maginns, and Camps Poplar River and
Porter, NJ. Il.
Delivery of such supplies-grain and bran-as the
Government may need before June Both, 1881 Ito be
paid for from current appropratons will be required
Proposals for either class OF the stores mentioned
for quantities less than the whole required will be
received. Separate proposals lin implicated
CURED for each pest.
The government reserves the right to reject any or
all proposals.
preference will be given to articles of domestic
prOpuction.
In bidding for grain bidders are requested to state
the rate per hur dred pounds and per bushe and
in all where is to be delivered in sacks suct
grain will not be received II the sacks contain great
quantity than 100 pounds,
Blank proposals and printed circulars stating the
kind and estimated quantities required at each post
and giving full instructions to the manner of bid
ding, conditions to be observed by bidders of bonds
to accompany proposals, and terms Of contract and
payment, will be furnished on application to this Of
flee or to the Quartermasters at the various posts
named.
Envelopes containing proposals should be marked
" Proposals for --at ----." and adj
dressed to the undersigned to the respective
or Depot Quartermasters.
z. B. GIBBS.
Captain and Assistant Quar.ermaster
In charge of Office Chief Quartermaster,
6l3-4t Department of Dakota.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04
OLD JERRY.
What He Thinks in Regard 10
Certain National Affairs,

Little Rock Gazette.l
"Gen'men," said old Jerry, step.
ping from his skiffand stationing him
selfupon the head of a whiskey barrel,
Il haint opened my mouf fur some
time, an | had thought that | would
let yer all alone fur a while, but
de country has tuck SIGH a turn dat
| think dat Is morally called
upon to open desc heah lips. Use a
common man widout any education,
but fur ter save my life | can't hep
openin' my eyes ter facts dat is scan.
lous ter de human eyes. Mr.. Garfield
is dead. Yer all know dat fack.
He was one OBJ de smartest an best
men what cher sot in dat cheer, but he
is gone ter dat Ian whar dar aiut no
Presidents an Generals. Oar amt
no usen me talkin' bout dis man. He
was lubed by cherry true American
citizen. But dar's one thing what |
does wanter talk about, an dat is
dc man what tuck de life OBJ dis 'bodi-
ment of patriotism.
"Gen'lmen, ter day | heard a lot OBJ
lawyers talkin'' One OBJ dem said de
law couldn't hang de man. flour law
is so weak, what is de use OBJ habin
any law? We all know dat Mr.. Gar
field was a well man, an dat Chateau
shot him. Den we all know dat he
died. Now who is ter blame fur his
death? Eff dat nan hadenter shot him,
he would a ben Twin ter day. Den
how ken yer 'ouse dat man wild as
sault? What kinder law is dat? Eff
yer shoot a man, an he doan die on de
spot, it is one OBJ desc heah second
class crimes, Ell? Dat might do for
de white folks, but a sensible Niger
looks at it wild a mighty curis eye, An
yer say dat de nan was crazy. Now
dat is a fine dodge. | suppose den
dat a man can kill ANYBODY, fling up
his hands and clare dat he's crazy.
Lemmy tell yer, dis crazy dodge is so
slim dat a half-starved man can't hide
behind it. Why, gentlemen, if de
man is crazy hang him. Oar amt but
mighty little Difference 'twixt a
mad dog and a crazy man. Bot of
EN- wanster kill yer. Talk to me
bout crazy men. De uddsr day a man
cum up ter me an ganter santer RUN.
| tole him ter Leah me, but he keeper
foolin' 'roun. | spoke to seberal
parties an da tole me not ter pay ten
ton ter de man-dat he was crazy,
Wall, l let him alone, but de fust
thing l knowed he lit inter me wild a
pole and gin me de wust deal | ever
got from any libin man. | axed de
men standin' aroun ter take de man
and make him habe hisself, but dey
didn't do noting, case as he said, de
man was crazy. De nexed day de
crazy man cum aroun'. | seed him
comm, and fore he got dare | gather
ed a pole, and when he got dar l give
him a diff. | knocked him down and
whaled him till he couldn't turn
ober. Obi | wolloped him. He want
ed mussy, but he didn't get hit. In
sane; why | warmed him till he
couldn't see. Since den when dat
man met me, he has been the plitest
man | ever seed. Doan talk ter me.
A crazy man knows the difference
'tTixt a slur an a hoop pole"
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04

cavalry, who fred OF him. Tho bullet
took effect in General Morgan's right
side, and ranging upward on account
of his stopping position, passed out
near the heart. he fell and died in
stantly.
Meantime the balance Of the officers
in and about the house, a few order
lies and a squad from Dick Morgan's
command were captured and rushed
off toward the eastern portion OF the
town. Campbell dismounted from his
horse, took a look atthe man he killed,
recognized him-he was a deserter
from Morgan's first communicated
the body, threw it over his saddle bow,
remounted and rode away with his
companions. They went pell-mell
through the town, filed to the right,
passed out to the north, bore 10 the
right round the high hill, where the
remains Of Andrew johnson are
buried, and, though pretty hOtly pur-
sued by a portion of Dukes men, they
reached the Bulls Gap road near the
point where they had charged the
rebel picket O half hour before.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04
AN INNOCENT P%ICKPOCKET.
How a Nan OF Science Became
the Accidental Thief Of Time.
Cincinnati conmsrsial.l

Cincinnati Commsreial.l
No less a gentleman than young
Prof. Springer, Of this city, chairman
Of the subsection Of chemistry at the
recent meeting of the American As
ISOLATION for the Advancement OF
Science, lost his valuable watch yes
terday afternoon in the exposition.
and what added p0ignsney to the loss
was the manner in which it was taken
from him. TWAS snatched," byWhich
process a portion Of the chain was left
dangling 10 bis vest The alarm vas
given at once, aud Captain Wise, Chief
Of the exposition police, put all his
machinery into operation, set bis most
expert and aGroit minioBs to work
to recover the lost treasure and to
crown himself with glory BY capturing
the ~picpOcket. The experts peeled
of uniforms and seeled into plain
citizens attire in . jihy and went TO
work.
"The wicked fee when no man pur-
Eueth was never more clearly demon
strsted. Several suspicious per
sons" as Dogbarry calls them. we're
eomprehended. and they broke for
the turnstiles Ike rats with ferrets on
the scent Then ensued a chase and
capture, but without results.
Meantime an eminent local scientist
strolliDg down one Of the aisles was
gazsd after By dozens Of people blythe
very eccentric fashion IN which be
wore his watch. Finally he vas
stopped and asked about it, but he re-
gardsd and resented the Inquiry as 81
impertinence, but il was a fact that
his watch was dangling from one Of
bis back buttons Curious plaza
truly, 10 wear ones watch, but there
II was, and it suggested the missing
inmate OF LoDgvieE, who escaped
from his keepers during the visit TO
the Exposition a short time ago. Il
50 happened, however, that Captain
Wise and the owner Of the lost watch
came along and took in the situstion
like a fash. Il was the lost watch.
but al the parties concerned are
their brains ever since TO
satisfactorily account for the way in
which the transfer was made.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04

the Narrows. The French man-of.war
Magicienne, also now anchored in the
North river, will remain in the bay TO
welcome the representatives Of the
French government. The reception
committee will probably be offered
the Tennessee with which to meet its
guests. Thus far only two States have
invited the delegates to meet them
New York and Rhode Island. Balti-
moro is to have an entertainment of
some kind on October 10th, and has
requested the New York committee
not to arrange any plans for the
visitors to prevent their being in
baltimore on that date. Mr.. Wander
bilt last week offered the committee a
special train to convey the party over
the New York Central railroad, and
last Friday, Mr.. Jewett, on behalf the
Erie road. made a similar offer.
Neither offer has yet been accepted.
1t has not yet been decided whether
the ball and reception to be given in
this city and the excursion to West
Point and Niagara Falls shall take
place before or after the party has
visited Yorktown. A meeting of the
committee will be held next Wednes-
day afternoon.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04
THE STORM SEERS.
GlimPses of the Future Through
the SPectacIes OF VennOr and
sold PrObs."

The Canadian Seer makes the fol
lowing predictions about the weather
OF the ensuing two months:
0ctober-Entering cold and wet;
heavy rains during the first week, with
probably snowhlls in many sections
between the 9Th aud 10th. Cold and
wintry weather on the 14th. 18th and
10Th. Warmer weather on the 18th,
18th and 9th. Wet every other day
for the rest OF the month.
November-Not much fine weather
again until the 4th and 9th, when a
very fine and open tenn is probable.
MIR. Venno- directs attention in
particular to the storms Of the 18th
and 9Th OF the present month in the
st. Lawrence valley and Britain, and
thinks he gets a peg or two ahead OF
the Government Weather Bureau in
this prediction.
Gen. w. b. Hazeu, the head Of the
Signal Service Department Of the
country, is in Cincinnati, a guest of
his father-in-law, Washington Nc
Lean, and Mr.. John Mclean, the
brother ofhis charming wife. Gen.
Hazen has a beautiful country home
near Cleveland, but since his appoint
ment as head Of the Signal Service
Department he spends most of his
time in Washington.
A Times-Star reporter invaded the
ssnetum-sanctOrum Of the Enquirer
Office and found Gen. Hazen in eom-
pany with Messrs. Mclean, senior
and junior, and begged for two min
utes talk by the watch.
Are you enjoying your new work
quite well, General?" asked the T. S.
r., after the usual salutations and in
qulries after the gentleman's personal
health.
Quite Bell-yes, quito well" said
the General, pleasantly. Il find the
position a very agreeable one, as /
take a great interest in the work"
How does the weather service of
this country now compare with those
Of other countries, General?'
well. ours is still the model after
which other countries are arranging
theirs. / am glad to say the systems in
use here are being put in operation in
many other parts Of the world, to the
general advantage of all concerned. "
And you will doubtless have an in
terchange Of information which will
cause the systems TO work together as
one in some senseY
Yes; we are already exchanging in.
formation 80 far as is practicable, and
| presume we shall do still morein
that line as the work goes further
on
by the way, General. how is the
project getting on for making the Sig.
nal Service Telegraph a basis for a
Postal Telegraph system2"
We'll, that has been talked of a
good while, but does not seem to
make much progress. Our depart
ment, you know, is not very favorable
TO that project. Our lines are for
meteorological uses, and ought to be
kept for that purpose. Besides, they
would not be Of much value to the
commercial or letter writing world"
why not?"
Because our 1000 miles of line are
not SO located hat they would be val
liable. There is a line running along
che Atlantic coast, but the bulk Of.
the system, aside from this, is in the
far West, where few people live and
thrive, and where there would be
little business. We have had to have
these, Of course, but they would be
worth but little for any purpose ex-
cept that for which they were con-
structed.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04
A A
Sweet ROsalind, 0fPitcairn, Who
Has Never Worn Sock Nor
in San Franciaco Call.l

Letter in San Francisco CALL
/ wish William Black could have
seen Rosalind Young, who supplied
the interesting article on the Pitcairn
Island, published in Scribner's for
May, as | saw her four years ago. A
tall, straight, black-haired black-eyed
brown. skinned young woman, with
bare head, and bare feet and ankles,
standing on the beach Of her native
island waiting for our boat to make a
landing in the surf. Her long hair
was tossed and tangled by the wind,
which swept her short calico skirt
lightly against her 1.-THE, graceful form
| knew Just as much about her history
as any one else, and that, | thought,
was all there was to know. She was
the descendant Of an English sailor,
one of the mutineers Of the ship
Bounty, and his Otaheitean wife.
She was about twenty years old, and
had lived all her life on Pitcairn
Island, excepting the two years
passed on Norfolk Island, to which all
Of the Pitcairn Islanders had immi-
grated when she was a baby. This
was about all the history told Of hor
and her strange people, but / knew
more. The captain Of our ship had
visited the island once and told me
that this Rosalind Young was very
clever-was teacher Of music and the
ordinary grammar school branch
es to the island children.
that she had never seen 0
white young lady. just as our boat
touched the beach and a stalwart
islander had lifted me in his arms
beyond the line of wet sand, Rosa
lind stepped behind some of the older
women with exactly the expression Of
doubling wonder a young child will
suddenly turn from the approach of a
man whose friendly relations are not
quite understood. All of the women
embraced and kissed our captain,
whom they had seen once before, and
after | had told my name and been
cordially welcomed by the others,
Rosalind, too, greeted me, and from
that moment talked freely and unaf-
fectedly with me. | had intended to
ask her a thousand questions that
had occurred to me while | watched
her across the surf. Did she want to
see the world? Had she any loDgings
for the joys of shopping? Il thought
to establish by this last question the
fact that the desire for shopping was
a natural and not a cultivated one.)
Had she formed any idea, Independent
Of her reading, of what people in
great cities were like? But somehow
there was an air about her that
repealed any thought of such ques-
ton. | soon began to realize that
here was a woman of education and
refinement who had only such notions
Of the world as children have of
firyland-a place in whose existence
they firmly believe, but never expect
or even hope to see, the wonders of
which possess only such abstract in
terest as lies in the fact that they fur
nish material for beautiful and strange
stories. The children Of the island
are taught to swim and walk at the
same time, and do each equally well.
Rosalind, indeed, for an afternoon
exercise after dismissing her little
school, sometimes plunges through
the surf and refreshes herself with
a four or five mile swim over the
breakers.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04

In response to the question as to
what the country may expect from
President Arthur's administration,
Senator Harris says: He is a bold,
frank man, Of decided opinions, and
has courage enough to act upon his
convictions. He is an ultra Republic
can, who will administer the govern
ment upon Republican principles, but
will mislead or deceive no one by any
act or utterance of his. The great
interests OF the country are and will
be as safe under his administration as
they could be under the administra-
ton of any Republican"
Senator Harris and President
Arthur are warm, personal friends
the former having been a guest al
Arthur's home in New York.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04
NORTHWEST ARKANSAW.
Peter Mankins Celebrates His 1llth,
Anniversary,
His Grand Child, Aged 05 Years,
Present.

FAYETTEVILLE, Sept. "a.
Editor Arkansaw Democrat;
On Monday, the 10Th instant, | in
company with several others, called on
my grandfather, Peter Mankins, to
congratulate him on having reached
his l1lth birthday, he being that day
Ill years old, and is now in his 18th
year. We found him more feeble than
| had aver seer him before, and was
complaining of a pain in his back.
He walked from his room 20 the
dining room on that day and ate a
hearty dinner. He was very glad to
see us all, as he expressed it, though
he could only feel and hear us, the
light Of day being now not visible to
him. He talked pleasantly, and
seemed somewhat amused when | told
him that the same old horse that |
rode there on his one hundredth ami
versary-eleven years ago to. day
land was then called "Old Jack")
was yet a lively, spirited horse and had
drawn the buggy in which | and an
other man had come in that day to
see him. He informed us that he had
that morning invested one dollar in
chewing tobacco which he thought in
all probability would last him through
to the end cf his life's jour
ney, which he felt was now
not far distant. He had been sitting
for several minutesi in deep study when
suddenly he spoke as follows We'll,
| am old enough to start to school. /
am eleven years old to-day" There
were present that day four persons
whose combined ages were 366 years
all in good health. They all live in
the same neighbOrhood and have lived
there for 40 or as years.
They we're Peter Mankins, aged
Ill,
George Lewis, his stepson, sc.
John VanHoose, his son. in law
SO.
Polly YanHoose, his daughter-in-
law, so. Total, 1866.
Then there lives on an adjoining
farm and in sight of his home Mrs.
Hanna, the mother of his sons wife,
and also the mother of Major John
Crawford's wife, is about IS years old.
0n&of his grandchildren, who lives
within mile Of him, will be s. years
old the 9th of November, 1881. She
also called to see him. Who will dare
to say that Arkansaw is not a healthy
country?
Notwithstanding the drought, l find
that riding through the country corn
is plentiful and there will be plenty
to supply our home demand and d.
vide with those who may feel inclined
to seek homes in our high mountain
Gus region-which many are doing
now since we have a railroad through
our country.
Our people very deeply deplore the
loss of our President. We feel it is
truly a great national loss. Yours
truly, ]. H.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04
The BODY Of BILLY the Hid Kid.
mapped.

Las Vegas On. M Optic.l
Scarcely has the news Of the killing
OF William Bonney. alias Mccarthy,
but known the wide world over as
Billy the Kid, faded from the public
mind before we are again to be startled
by the second chapter in the bloody
romance Of his eventful lIfe-the dis
pOsal Of the body. Billy was killed
on July 18th, aud was buried on the
10th in an almost abandoned cemetery
at Fort Sumner-a long neglected
burying ground, we believe it was.
When the rude and comely ceremo-
MES were completed, and the last cold
clod had been heaped upon the rough
sand mound, then should have ended
the thrilling romance. But the fifth
day after the burial of the notorious
young desperate a fearless skelologist
OF this county proceeded to Sumner.
and in the night, with the assistance
OF a comrade, dug up the remains and
carried them off in a wagon. The
stiff was brought TO Las Vegas, ar
irving here at 2 O'Clock in the morn
ing, and was slipped quietly into the
private Office ola ''sawbones,' who, by
dint of diligent labor and careful
watching to prevent detection, boiled
and scraped the skin off the pate, SO
as to secure tho skull. The body, or
remains proper, was covered in the
dirt in a corral, where it will remain
until decomposition shall have robbed
the frame Of lis meat. when the body
will no dur mp again md the skeleton
'hked up hung together by wires
aud yargishei with shellac to make it
presentable,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-10-04
A Talk With Senator Harris


Washington Special Cincinnati Commercial
Senator Harris, of Tennessee. give,
the facts as to the failure to elect a
President pro TEN. Of the Senate last
spring. He says: 1T was reported
whether true or not, | don't know
that the Republican Senate had in
caucus determined, when We had 4
majority because Of the resignation Of
Messrs. CODkling and Platt, that they
would vote for me, or consent TO INV
election to the position Of President
pro TEN. Of the Senate. At all event,
l was approached by a number d
Senators, among who were Democrat,
and Republicans, with the proposition
TO elect me President pro TEN. said
TO the Democrats that Mr.. Bayard be.
ing the senior Senator of the thor
majority party, was by the uniform
usages OF the Senate entitled to The
position, and that before any action
could be taken in the premises.
would consult Senator Bayard. "A i
recognized and respected his rights in
the matter. went to Senator BayarG
and told him that | had been an.
preached by a number Of Senator,
with the proposition 10 make me
President pro TEN. Of the Senate, but
that | recognized his rights as the
senior Democratic member, and would
not allow my name to be used in that
connection except with his full con-
sent and approval. He said to me.
i must think about it before | can
give a decisive answer to which l
responded, Very well, think of it,
nd from that time to this the subject
las not been mentioned between US.
3ut the chair was never, as some have
vacated, therefore. the right
o elect never deyolyed on the Senate.