The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
NEW NcR'-wEsTEgs.

jay Gould controls 1000 miles OF rail-
road, valued ut sl40,000,000. es
There are five hundred. men In New
York worth S,,QOO,000 or more.
The late Ex-Governor Salisbury, of Del
aware, left an estate valued at $50,00U.
General Stoneman's friends are trying To
nominate him for Governor of California.
There have peen more than fifty attempts
to assassinate heads of nations since 1850.
Germany has $1,000 soldiers and 523
cannon more than France. Bismarck istak-
ing rest.
The first census Of the United States
was taken 10 1790. The population then
was 1924, 1928.
Three different Arkansas men have lately
died while standing up. Even the fashion
of dying changes. -.s@5.-.
A South Bend, Indiana, merchant adver-
tises " bulldog revolvefs, such as the Presi-
dent was shot with"
Peter Cooper has spent $1,500,0O0 on
the Cooper Institute In New York, and will
put 100000 more into 1t this year.
Sitting Bull curls his thin lip when Buff
falo Bill Is mentioned, and says: have
killed twenty seven Indians myself" "a
The greatest breadth of the United States
from east TO west is $40 miles. The great
est length from north TO south, 1000 miles
Thomas JefIerson's autograph sells for
| $3.50 aud Sitting Bulls for So. Thomas
lost by not being up In the scalp:ng business.
The term " Limited" used by individu-
ais IN stock company, signifies that they are
responsible, In law, to the extent OF their
pecuniary interests only. -.
j. Kerns, wealthy citizen of East Port
land, has invented machine the propeiling
force uf which is dynamite. which explodes
| continuously and noiselessly.
The Chinese mix tobacco. molasses, GIN
ger and salt together, let 1t dry, and then
break from the cake as they want to smoke.
Can't mix any sail cloth with theirs.
Ayirginian guilty ofthrse murders called
| the Governor Of the State hog because he
would not grant a stay of execution. Some
folks don't know when they ars well used.
The newest reproach cast upon Cincin-
natl by Chicago is that the Ohio city uses
| half its water supply In making beer aud the
other half in scalding the bristles OF hogs.
A visitor to Washington Irving's grave
| writes to the New York Epening Post that
vandalism has defaced the tombstone $50
that all the corners have been utterly de-
| faced"
Indians have a strong way Of putting
things. ~ never" said Sitting Bull, picking
| up little dust from the tent noor, letting u
fall and blowing 1t away, :" sold that much
| land !" ....
| Ex-senator Conkling denies, over bis
| own signature, that he over uttered the Ia.
nous saying: "The President has forced
me TO commit suicide or murder. prefer
| murder"
So many buffaloes are reported between
| Fort Fetterman and Fort Mckinney and
through the Little Big Horn Valley, as to
cause serious apprehension among the cattle
men in regard to the grazing.
| The Sprague property at Augusta, Me.
which was recently sold to Wright, Bliss q
Fabyan, OF Boston, for $350,OO0, as is said
cost the Messrs. Sprague about Sl,40o,Ooo
and was considered very great bargain al
| that. .s.s
The height Of the earth's atmosphere
| according to the result arrived al by M. Lau.
dier, from his various investigate ons, Is %.
600 miles, instead of $50, as previously
named This jump Is equal TO the other star
route figures.
| According to official statements. l5,OU
Spaniards have left Algeria since January
| The common people there firmly believe thai
| the comet presages the landing OF the Span
| ish army In Algeria and war against the
| French and Moors. ...
y. B. Grinnell writes to the Iowa Stat,
| Register that General Fiiz Henry Warren, ol
| Burlington, originated the newspaper phrase
uOn TO Richmond" Ii has been SAID fire.
quently that ex-Secretary Stanton first made
| use Of the expression. @H
| Sitting Bull says that Spotted Tall:
| death was n fit ending for q fool. B. Il. adds
that q. 7. surrendered when he should have
stuck to the war-path. Sitting Bull 10 the
| Carlyle Of the plains, the scolding philoso
pher of the Aborigines.
| Professor Fairchild, of Jersey City, offer
$1,000 for parrot which can plainly SPEAK
one single word. He has seen hundred:
| which cawed and gabbled, but never one
which talked. and he says the bird was moi
born to get the right twist on the tongue.
| Peter Joubert, the Boer General. ]:
called In the Trailsvaal "Slim Piet" tha
Is, I'm English, "Cleyer Peter y; also, Pie
Advocate, because he can talk very much
and has been not only rich Boer, but alst
for some time an agent In the lower Courts
what In England Is called pettifogger.
| --Henry Murat, Count Of Colorado, at on,
time millionaire and the leader Of fashion
I'm the West, and who spent 100000 In ont
brief visit 10 Europe, slep, last night ON thu
floor Of Blake-street barber shop, because
the proprietor could not find it In his hear
to reject the now shattered old man.-Den
ger Times July 10th.
i General Sherman is quoted as sayin.
during his recent visit to Canada: hav'
ALWAYS wanted to see the Canadian penin
sula annexed--tnat is, that part Of Canadi
from Montreal TO Georgian Bay westward t
the lakes. II would make splendid State
1t II the only part OF Canada | would like u
to get they could keep the rest"
j --Quang Long, an Erie Chinese laundry
man, has just returned TO his iowery lan'
home. Altogether his six years sojonrn II
that city has been most satisfactory. lie ha
saved over s2,500, can speak fair English 70
4 Chinaman, can play euchre, has acquires
cal ar,h, and goes back Free Will Baptist
Could an American In China hope TO accom-
plish more In the same time?
/ IT takes eleven pounds Of milk to adj
one pprnd Of live weight to calf, and al
or that weighs 1900 pounds will c0nslm
TWENTY-FIVE pounds of hay In twenty-fou
hours to keep fiom losing weight. II he !
to fatten he must have just twice tha
amount. when he will gain two pounds
day. This Ia one pound live weight TO elevel
pounds good hay. To obtain fifty cents
hundred for his hay, farmer must sell ia
steers a. $3.50 per hundred pounds.
i A carload Is nominslly 10000 pounds
II il also 10 barrels OF salt, 10 Of lime, 30 o
flour, 60 of whisky, zoo sacks OF -four,
cords of aoft wood, lS TO 20 head of cattle
81 or 10 head Of hoks, 100 sheep, 1900 fee
OF solid boards. 1900 feet Of siding, 1900
feet OF flooring, 10000 Of shingles, one
half less hard lumber, one-fourth less Q
jojst. scantiing and other large timbers. "a
bushels Of wheat, 400 Of corn, $50 of oats
400 Of barley, 500 OF faxseed, 800 Of apples
$50 Of Irish potatoes, 100 Of bran.
II Facts About Fog.