The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-03-11
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
MADISON COUNTY.
From the Mddisonidn.
The mining outlook is encouraging.


Thirteen persons mostly from Canada pass
ed through the city on "Wednesday on their
way TO Gallatin county, where they Will To-
cate. Another party of about the same num-
Der is following them; They wall take up
their residence on the West Galiatin.
Mr.. Marshall, who came down from the
Fire Hole on Thursday confirms the opinion
we expressed last fall of the grandeur OF the
winter scene among the geysers. de says the
beauties displayed to view IN the ciear'
frosty air of winter are utterly beyond ae-
scription,
On the It'll ult., Iro Harder, the mail car
,ier between Fire Hole and Henry's Lake,
became snow-blind while making the jour
new from Riverside to Fire Hole. He was so
badly blinded that he was compelled 10 lay
in the timber for three nights ana DAYS pc
fore he was able TO make his way 10 tne . s.ao
tion His only subsistence during this time
was a small piece of bi ad and meat, and ne
was q ute exhausted and his feet badly fro-
zen when he reached the Fire Hole. He mas
80 far recovered as to be able TO resume MS
Journeys.
BEAvERhEAD COUNTY.
From the Atlantis.
Dillon is iubilant over the prospec. OF .ne
county seat being transferred from Bannack
to her about May by the Suffrage OF the Vo-
tiers of Beaverhead county.
The new NJ. K. Church at Dillon Is being
enclosed and will soon be under roof, and !,
il expected the religious services VIII DE helu
in 1t by the LIST of July.
From the Dillon Tribune.
Several ears of freight arrived from the
south yesterday, being the first arrival for
several days.
Coaches from the north are arriving and
depar.ing on time. crowded with passengers
and and express, and the Fa'lons are happy.
Major Blickensderfer, chief engineer OF
construction, left foT for Eagle Rock yester-
day, presumably TO get his force ready TOT
| early spijDg operations.
Prospectors and miners from McCarty
Mountain are coming in daily for supplies
| TLey report wonderful changes for the bet
| Tar in several locations and anticipate a big
yield ef the precious metals Within the neH'
| three mou.bs.
SILVER BOW COUNTY.
| From the Miner.
Ground was broken ON Sunday for Sis
| ters' Ho .pital near the Catholic Church.
Both the Alice mills are kept pounding
| AWAY necessarily oi Alice rock anu are
| crushing about so tons daily.
| Freight ra,es between Butte and Dillon
are 2 20 q cents per pound, and the roads are
heavy.
| 1t required the running of a heavy dead
| axe wagon on the last trip from the terminus
to bring express freight from the Alice CON
pany.
We are Informed that Mr.. w. Fl. H. Bow
| ers who Is now in Butte, Is making arrange
ments for the erection of forty-stamp mill
TO be erected during the coming season,
The tbree.compartmen shaft of the Moul
ton II gang down at hvelv rate. The shai
t dn sGs to depth 81 aiepsh .. 20 'se' anu
.ruIs AND CLARKE COUNTY - -
sr nsq 1a s II end Filing rate 70
freight between Helena and Sun River, an
, | NJ the wheels go deeper down in the mua TN
freight will probably be higher than IL
| now.
: Hon T.. Wilson sold his -four at Bedford
amounting to nearly 500 SACKS, gl bs ra.e -"
$50 per sack, which IN considered mucn DC
ter than the Helena murket
A letter from Hollywood states that shee
a | in that vicinity are rapidly gaining strengtl
There l. an abundance of good grass unco'
cred ON the bench lands. No recent iosse
are reported
: Montana Il pretty well, though indirectly
= r.nrese ntrd among tbs new dignitaries wi
. | were iuducted into Office at Washington o
, the 4th and 9th insts. The Vice-President al
; Secretary of State each have brother res
l. ding in Helena. and the Secretary OF the NAV
has n SON practicing law and editing q pap
at Fort Benton.
" From the Herald
# Hav is $50 per ton and wood SO per 10;
j. | on our streets.
N For the four and half months endir
.. February d, 1881, there were AZ deaths
), Helena
"a The DEVELOPMENT of the quartz interes
es adjacent to Helena will begin this summer
IN little nearer than Belmont or Wickes.
=. sc. Ashby sold to Il. M. Dunphy 10 A-o
~ acres. near Helena for 81 800. 1t Is the pre-
erty known as the Wing Race Track.
A good many sheep pelts are offered
he sale In Helena. Fallen pelts average abt
- Ave pounds each, and bring from IL to
., cents per pound butchercd, 10 cents
~ pound.
oi oALLATIN COUNTY.
lis From the Courier.
is Major Lincoln, of the Fort Belknap az
Al cy, wants to purchase $50 milk cows.
ng The snow is disappearing rapidly and
ok there Is but little frost IN the ground,
% prospect is favorable for early pioughing,'
Ia planting of crops.
Walter Cooper, who has been in Gu
county during the past seven or eight wet
purchasing furs, robes, ana peltriss, .e t,I
ed on Saturday without showing any Wis
effects of the severe winter. Mr.. cooper
wo the stock ranges on the Lower Yeliowst
and Tongue River have been so heavily
cred with snow ~ to cause considerable al
among stockmen, hut thinks the losses wil
me confined principally to the herds which y
II. drivenint the county during the past sea
his From Sweetgrass up, the show mas me
!. disappeared, and stockmen, whose losses
far have not been severe, are juhliant {
lrb- the prospects of an abrupt termination OF
ted severe winter, and the promise OF an e
the spring.
ASSAULTED -corrNry