The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-12-09
NOTES OF THE DAY.
assessment in nearly s1oO,O0o,-

Colorados assessment in nearly 100000
600.
1t is reported that John Kelly intends to
retire from political life.
Hashes to ashes. The principal hotel at
Dubuque has been burned.
Short basques are even all around, those
pointed In front are longer.
Grecian bands for the hair are made Of
silver, inlaid with mock gems.
Wendell Phillips said the other day: 40
hang Guiteau would be blot upon civiliz.-
tion."
Surah Moire is the name Of raw material
designed for dress trimmings and millinery
purposes.
Heavy, double, x-plated ruchings adorn
the bottom Of the skirt of many handsome
costumes.
Some Of the theatrical wardrobe worn by
j. Wilkes Booth, the assassin, is Low used by
Denver sectors.
Large collars are worn by children, girls
in their teens, -oung ladies, matrons apd
elderly women.
Victoria Woodruff hes arrived in New
York with her daughter, vho vas lately re-
ported IS engaged 10 Lord Colin Campbell.
The Little Rock Argus s--s tb-t IN tho
dictionary Of The future tAc Uord " Colonel"
will be simply defined as San Arkansas
man."
f." Professor NordenskioId is going to Rus
STA, where the Government wishes to con-
suit him On the best method Of opening
North Siberia to European navigation.
Neissonjer, the artist, has given a soilee
in Paris in honor Of Muybridge, the Cali
fornia photographer who invented The pro-
cess by which photographs can be takeh Of
animals in tha swif.est molten.
An editor wIote head line, " = Horrible
Blunder," TO go over a Iailroad accident, but
thought it vas The printers fsrlt that it got
over the account Of = Wedding. The editor
was the man thnGshed ill the SANE.
The Londsn Truth says that tho Pope has
by no means played his last card, aud that
he bothers his advcrsaries By ne7er showing
his hand. That Paper Gays tb't tse clorica!s
are going more and more into politics.
Mr.. Pilistury, tie great Miuncapo'ig mil
Ter, recently visited Spokane Falls, Wsshing-
ton Territory. The water power at that
point, be says, is sufficient to grind ali the
wheat that can be grown within /. radius Of
$50 miles.
Dasiel Rice, ey-crcus clown, to Wheel
ing reporter "For nine years l received
1000 week, and was surrounded by fat
terers; now Pm too poor to get along, and
haven't one friend in the world. Iexclaim
is life worth living?"
Hrs. Sallie Trapnall, who for many yeas
was known as The "belle of Little Rock"
died in The Arkansas capital last week. Shs
was the daughter Of Sanford C. Faux
ner, the ORIGINATOR of the "Arkapsas Travel
ler." At New Orleans, Louisville and Wash
ington she attracted great attention thirty
years ago. During the LAST six years she has
lived life Of osscurity.
In every department The scarcity of labor
is keenly felt In British Columbia. Railway
hands cannot be obtained, farm hands could
not be got for love or money, and the conse-
quence is that very large amount of grain
could not be harvested in time. Wood cut
tiers cannot be had in ruficient numbe's to
supply the demand; and t5e result is great
scarcity of wood along the liver. In past
years it was favor 10 get : seamer 10
wood. Now it is o fsver to wood steamer.
Carrie Carr and ]. ]. Underwood met casu-
ally in store at Bear Creek, Tenn. A ~
morthat she was about 10 be married YVES
mentioned, and she said: "Oh, no nobody
will have me-" "I'll lake you he replied.
40 engagement was made TO meet at an ap-
pointed lime to bave the me- risge ceremony
performed. Underwood says It was all a
joke, neither party intedipg matrimony, and
did not make his appearance. Eut she
claims that they were both in sober earnest,
and has brought suit for $4,000 damages.
A photographers business was bad at
Crawfordville, MIMI, and he planned 10 bet
ter bis circumstances by producing some SUI
pernatural phenomena. First, hiring the
only tavern in the village, so that he might
be prepared to profit by the crowds which he
expected to draw, he used his came 20 SUI
rep,itisusly throw luminous figure of the
Virgin Mary on the front of Inc Roman
Catholic church. Thee was great excite
meut, but the priest discovered the trick, re-
fused 20 become a par, ne: in he enterprise,
and drove the operator out of town.