The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
Local Brevities.

III you don't know what causes the haze In
the mountains these days, just attribute 1t to
the Idaho volcano.
The stable Of Dennis Leary, Butte, burned
Sunday morning. Loss from eight hundred
to one tn ousand dollars.
The Northern Pacific engineers estimate
the number Of ties required to the mile, in
Guiding switches, at nearly 5000.
A valuable hunting dog belonging to
Charley Mcwhirk was poisoned few nights
ago, evidently by poison set for cats.
The Little Missouri country liz said to be
rapidly settling Upwards of forty thousand
head Of cattle are now In tina. neighborhood.
Z. L. shipley, the unfortunate victim of
SATURDAYS explosion, died at the Sisters
Hospital, Helena, at 8 O'Clock Sunday morn
ing. @
The First National Bank Of Helena did
fairly good business, the TRANSACTIONS for the
day footing up nearly million dollars
Herald, 10th. ..-@ -@
Tom Cover, formerly of Bozeman, has a
lime orchard containing a thousand trees at
Riverside, Cal, and estimates the value of
this years crop at $4,000. $685.
Bass Bros wagons were In town Tuesday
with load of standard and transcendent
crab apples. The former sold at % cents and
the latter at 16i cents per pound.
The Union Pacific Express Company has
again made reduction Of about 20 per cent.
on express rates between Deer Lodge and
Eastern points. Table next week.
Two young chaps, who hired carriage in
Helena to ride to Ten Mile, pursued their
way to Deer Lodge. They went back next
day under escort of Sheriff Jefferis.
The ties for the Utah & Northern are six
feet long and 6x6 inches square. The ties of
the Northern Pacific are 6x6 inches square
Tor to face that much) and eight feet long.
proaches, 1t behooves those who wish tickets
in the Billy Grant rattle to be ordering them.
Mr.. Scott announces the rattle as positive.
Take a look at the comet 1t shows up In
the evening under the Dipper. Astronomers
calculated 1t would be nearest the earth Au-
gust Goth, so what little glory it has is waning
Mr.. George d. Peters, of the Deer Lodge
Crossing Hotel, Is prepared to entertain COM
fortably travellers between Butte and Deer
Lodge. The house is situated about midway
between the two places. Good stabling and
attention to teams. 633-2t.
Andy Whitesides, the champion gardener
of Harvey creek rancho, sent up this week
the finest cabbages and caulifiower we have
seen this season. A couple Of years hence
we expect to hear Of Andy chartering cars
and supplying Bntte, Helena and Deer
Lodge with garden products.
K. l.. Bonner says he has had ample demon
stration Of the value of advertising in the
number OF applications he has had to cut
railroad ties since he inserted q notice In the
NEW NoRTH-WEsT last week. Contracts
will be made allowing the cutters to begin
| after the rush of summer work Ii ended.
MP. III. Poindexter, of the firm OF Poin
dexter & Orr, informs us that their wool clip
this season will average over seven pounds
to the fleece. This will give them seven tons
from their Beaverhead fiocks and nearly
eleven tons from those on the Yellowstone
They are offered q cents per pound for the
product Aadisonidn
Horses are going thick and fast to Butte
Within the past three days NJ g. Morris, Of
Helena, in charge of Nate vestals five run
ners Il. r. Dunphy, with Black Diamond
and w. III. Teboy, with Maid Of Chicago
both trotters, and H. r. Baker, with five
, runners, have arrived here en- route to Butte
Sam Scott's Ave head will 60 mp September
LIST.
Mr.. Mcclellan, advance agent of the Hasen
| Wrinkle Dramatic Company, has billed Dee
| Lodge for Frou Frou on Saturday evening
positively for one night only. Our town ha'
had little rest on theatricals, and this tai
ented company viii doubtless draw crowd
ed house on this occasion. They go hence Il
Butte and open on Monday evening, and viii
| be in Helena Fair week
Col Morse, who was in town this week
| says the crops of the Flint Creek and Hell
| Gate Valleys are excellent this year. There
| has been no hail to devastate this season ant
the prospects are favorable for harvesting
the grain in fine condition. In addition
the railroad construction insures good HON.
market for much of the product, and alto
gether there is prosperity and content.
The fatality from cerebro spinal meningitis
| recorded in this issue is the first well defined
case OF that disease which has appeared here
since April, 1875. Warden English, the
| child of William Stevens and two other chill
dren had it, The lad who died Sunday had,
we understand, just come from Utah to where
| two OF his brothers are working In the Upper
Valley. They brought him to the Hospital
Friday and he died on the Sunday following
| Here liz the way rhymster tells how they
60 a-berrying:
Into the sweet September weather,
Under the searching harvest fres,
Lads and lasses 60 out together,
Eager to strip the bending briers;
Boys of the mountains, one by ONE,
Girls of the uplands wild and sweet,
Gypsy-brown i'm the ardent sun,
Scariet-cheeked In the autumn sun.
Mother Symptoms prophecy has only foul
more months to run. Isn't 1t about time t.
hunt mp the original manuscript and see i
there wasn't an error Of transcription? Thu
| Millerites had three or four whacks at the
Second Advent In overhauling their calcula
lions and the Shipton prophecy win conn
out all right IL 1t can be renewed otter
enough The only person we know Of whit
wants the world to come to an end Is Les
Hartmann. He Lis hunting place to jumJ
| of from.
Mr.C. @. Housed, Omaha, writing undel
date of August 18th, says There has ha'
been fearful cutting In railroad passenger
rates east lately, and no telling when !. viii
end. Tickets for the round trip, Omaha to
Chicago and return, 900 miles, are selling q
sl8. The rate from Kansas City TO Chicago
Is So. Nebraska crops are excellent and
prices away up Corn sells on the street In
Omaha Mt 50 cts. per bu oats, 10 cts. Cattle and
hogs are commanding high prices and farm
ers are In fine spirits.
Forty acres OF land belonging to one Jones
Of Montana, went over on another man.
farm one night in landslide, and Jones
actually being sued for trespass.-Free Pres
Correction: Smith, who brought the suit
was demurred out Of Court on the afidavi
| OF Jones that Smith had no ground In sigh
L C...sth fa sinking a prospect