The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-05-06

Local Brevitles.

The Inter Mountain reaches Deer Lodge
very irrcgularly. There must be- some Gaze
lessness in mailing.
Mrs. Neubert, midtlle-aged lady of Hrle-
ma, adjudgcd insane, has been committed to |
the Asylum.
M"ssrs. 4. j. Davidson and Charles Cannon
of Helena, were in town this week en- route |
from Helena to Butte.
Mr.. j. +. Stevens. of the Rrer Press, il in
town on his returnt to Benton, having enjoyed
a prosperous visit to Butte.
1t is stated Col w. F. Sanders has been re-
tanned in Washington a. counsel for contract
ors In the Star route Investigations.
Mr.. Chenowcth's party of engineers il pro
cecding up the Little BIackfoot. 1t is antiri-
pated it will take five or six weeks to reach
Helena.
Mr. CON Kuhrs returned last Friday from Il
winters visit to Germany and has grown
trshy during his absence. Mrs. kohrs and
family will remain abroad another year.
Passengers who came up on the Utah and
Northern last week report the water so
high along the track in Port Neuf Canon in
some places ~ to almost exiingush the loco
motive fires.
Two HartZ that formerly heat ~ one have
been cruelty severed by the divorce court at
Deer Lodge MmiSOntdn.
That's pretty good. And it was probably
the heating" that made the trouble.
II looks ~ though the Star rout" investiga
ton has already made clean swcep-sw"pt
on all the contractors. We only get mail
Low enthusiastically. 1t is fair to say, how
ever, the delay has been on the railways
Mr.. W. T.. Bass was in town Wednesday
with six teams laden with 1900 pounds of
bacon, flour. corn meal and potatoes, bound
for Butte and the Terminus. He reports
some portions of tho road in the Flint Creek
| Hills very bad.
In the bids for furnishing military supplies
at Fort Ellis, opened April q, the following
were according to the Courier, tn" lowest
figures Oats, Sl.24 r. 100 fbs. hay, $3.50 r
ton; straw, S4H5 r. ton charcoal, lie. b
bu.; wood, s4| r ton.
The barometer of Col. Dodge showed til,
altitude Of O'Donnell'S Cabin above D"eI
Lodge to he 400 feet; Peterson Pass, :, IN
feet aud Dry Cottonwood Pass, 2,2l5 feet
The latter would be- % miles from Dee
Lodge a. a line of road would run.
MILE. Van Gundy has purchased thu
half interest Of Mr.. Robert Fenn"r in tn
Western Brewery, including all tn" real an'
personal property of the late firm of Fem"
& Van Gundy. Mr.. Frnn"r expects TO K" t.
Switzerland, his native country, during tn
summer.
. The Dillon Tribune contains an account "
a violent. uuprovokrd and cowardly assault
with pistols upon &. +. Hawkes., prophet"
of the Valley House ut Dillon by BSh Fo>t"
and Wise Osborn employees of Gilm"r, Sali'
bury < Co. at that place. They were arrest
ed, placed under 500 bonds TO Keep the peac
and 800 bonds to answer to the Grand Jur!
Mr.. Con KohrS recently stated 10 "A Chicag
1 reporter that the losses in his herds the pa
, winter would not exceed serenp"r cent sine
= hi, return home he has heard from the SIEVE
= raj superintrndents of his herds, and IN
= highest figures named by either is f"ur or NJ
= per cent, with probability the av"rag" wi
h.. below four That is n good showing t,
Montana ranges.
u Mr. John {. WiSSrll, the popular forin'
proprietor Of the Race Track Hou>" Wa |
town Thursday. Mrs. VS. continued II
health necesSitates their return t" France al
Mr. w. therefore offers for sale at r";l>on;th
. price that very desirable property, eight mli'
from Deer Lodge, known ~ tn" Race lrac
House. This is the most popular drive III III
vicinity of Deer Lolg", is convenient ~
| 4 Ii
- ut bargain.
The paper famine prevails in Montat
and several newspapers ar" receiving the
supply from Salt Lake by express. Tn" NJ
SoRTtI-WEsr has been for six weeks patlri
" awaiting the arrival of an lnrotr" OF zoe
paper that is probably tied up III the thou
AMI car blockade nj Omaha, and in Tia" inca
time is paying three prices for the very
different stock now being used. BE ind'
= gent. Publishers thought with only lWmII
u, of wagon transportation they could get ear
Il suppli,, in th. spring, and did not carry
" heavy stocks a~ formerly. We learn more
"" grow Older.
w. ar. indebted to Peter Walton, ESD t
,, lat, numbers Of L. LmtrWIsiyend, OF Will
Henri RorhrfOrt is R"tnt""r en- cI''J. '
49,. have not had time to prrn$c 1t carefully 4
-. are free to LAY that newspaper publish
;, who will allow a plea, shaded cut on ri
. across the entire editorial page OF his pap
is an unsafe man to trust in any matter
government ar good taste. The French In
- pride and discrimination, and Paris sets I
mould of fashion for the world, but the +
i<ianS journals are the mca>lieSt specimens
the art topographic that the world produc
- The average American wouldn't accept IL
~ different work on poster job for the sale
Texas cattle.