The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-09-02
Local Brevities.

Ssose Wah sesAft bo-uay Win MS nofses Ioi
Butte.
"Fair, fair, with golden hair"-thc latter
on account Of the dust.
There are one or two cases of mild type
of scarlatina in Deer Lodge.
Old Time began yesterday raking up the
"embers" from the fires of summer.
The Missoula fair begins September 18th
and the Helena fair September 18th.
See proposals for Penitentiary supplies. II
offers good opportunity to market small
crop.
The streets Thursday were crowded with
teams bringing freights for our merchants
and stocks are full.
Billy Grant will be rallied off on the last
day of the Territorial Fair: Secure ticket,
of Samuel Scott.
See notice of meeting of Board of Equal
cation, before whom any person aggrieved
may appear and have their taxes increased
Mr.. Cockrell has started fast freight be
tween Melrose and Deer Lodge to bring nj
fruits, etc He proposes to make the triI
from the railroad in two days.
Genius IL always cratic, but that IL no suf
fcient reason why tx O'Clock" should tie,
unto the mountains and leave the peopl,
hungering for "The Chatter of Our Clock
Wonder ii that Idaho volcano Is not a sell
| The boys had one in the cliffs near Virgi
| City "A few years ago, but IL played out a.
soon rs they tired of chucking dry woot
down the crcyice I'm the rocks.
Gilmer, Salisbury s. Co. put on a four
horse coach on the 18th between Deer Lodg'
and Helena, running two and four-hors'
coaches on alternate days. 1t will require
four and six horses before long.
The Deadwood Driving Park Association
has favored us with a complimentary season
ticket TO its races Much obliged. If w
amt there please give our ticket to the pref
test girl In Deadwood and consider the cour
tesy appreciated.
James Chambers, in charge of the Klein
! schmidt Bros arastra, now crushing from
the Trapper lode, in Baudet District, Bil
Blackfoot, says twelve tons Of seeond-clas
| rock reduced last week yielded about $50 o
gold retort. They expect to work 81,
men steadily.
A few days since George Shields, n resi-
dent of Philipsburg, aged 10, was throw
| from u horse and had rib broken and othe
severe injuries inflicted. He was brought t.
the hospital in Deer Lodge by Richard Prime
and Thomas Kowbotham, and is doing a
well ~ could be expected.
| Samuel Word, Esq, attorney for the U. 4
| N. r.. X. Co., is Mt Melrose this week wher
he will meet President Sidney Dillon on hi
first trip TO Montana. 1t is probable import
ant movements will be determined upon dul
ing the visit Mr.. Dillon is accompanied b
several officers of the company and friend!
The Ideal Dramatic Company appeared /
Deer Lodge last Saturday evening TO n fai
house, in Frou Frou, and opened in Butt
on Monday evening. They did rs good
business As could be expected on the Mi
soula trip, and with Butte and Helena on th
reserve for the races and fair, will doubles
make profitable season.
We are informed quite n settlement &
English people is about being made in NJ
vada Creek Valley. -Four persons, name
Young, are locating ranches from Monitor
Creek to the North Fork, a distance of abot
five miles, aud expect to be joined by eigl
or ten English families from Wisconsin
The lands are said to be good.
Assessor James B. McMaster il doin
thorough and good work this year from a
we can learn. His assessment of town prof.
erty is the most systematic that has bee
done He thinks the assessment will rang
about 2,225, 900. Some of the placer cami
are falling OFF slightly, but there is an II
crease in the agricultural regions.
A Philadelphia Times reporter had quite
card in breakfasting with Barnharlt befoi
she sailed away from America and now
New York Sun man ambles into public vie
with an account of breakfast he took r
Gently with Mile Christine, the two-heade
nulatto girl, who was In Montana last yea
and il now on exhibition at Bunnelfs NJ
scum, New York.
Friday afternoon was the worst ever see
on the road. The movement In real esta
was unprecedented. The wind blew furiousi
Dust-laden roads were swept to the han
ground, while the binding clouds of vexe
air and earth reminded one of the picture
sana-storms on Sahara, where the ships
the desert" are stranded down. Still, we
not credit the story that several teams wei
blown through their collars.
Lou Il. Daugen met with quite severe a
cident Monday while en- route to Butte. i
an accident near Hoyt's store be was throw
from the buggy with violence. Mr.. Ho.
ran out and carried him into the stsre whel
| ha Law an hour and n half ingensible, an
was brought back to Deer Lodge. He
badly cut and bruised about the eyes, no'
and forehead. The team ran a mile or 81
but did only slight damage to the buggy.
The writer had occasion a few days stint
to subscribe his name to paper in Donnel
Clark & Larabie's Bank, Butte, and the Gu
todian of the ducats required him to bring
a third party to tell what his name wa
There may have been "style" about Oh;
kind of thing or the gentlemaniy cashi'
may have been little off," But to expo:
An editor to the suspicion of not havir
sense enough to know his own name strue
us ms rather thin attempt to get even
some old "division" grudge. However,
the cashier was an entire stranger, alone al
probably unaccustomed to the ways OF th
country, we mention the fact that Others m;
not feel aggrieved at like treatment. Jokir
aside, it did strike us rs somewhat cornical
have to be identified" Mt Donnell, Clark
Larabie's Bank-an institution at which
have borrowed money until our face shou
be A. familiar M three-cent postage STAN