The new North-west., 1881-10-07
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Butte had q hard freeze last Thursday night.
Ten inches of snow Is reportedat Lion City.
Choteau county's taxable wealth Is sl,so3,-

900.
James Burke died in the Custer County
Hospital last week.
A dozen fine mules have been stolen lately
from near Miles City. lraH ..
NJ. C. Larkin has been elected Justice OF
the Peace in Meagher City.
An infant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. A.
Hoag died at Stevensville last week.
There were thirty-seven quartz locations
made in Madison county In September.
Mr.. Herman Cans and Miss Alice Marks,
of Helena, are 70 be married on the 18th inst.
Bishop Kavanaugh, Of the Methodist
Church South, breaches in Butte next Sunday.
Col }. G. Grayson has returned to Helena,
proposing to face the charges brought against |
him.
Meagher county assessment rolls foot up ,
over 81, 900, 600, an increase Of over s4OO,O0O
over last year.
The Journal says that H. j. Miller, bar
tender, lately "left Miles City TO the tune
of $500 or more.
The NEW NORTH WEST is about the only
paper In the Territory that spells Paul Boy
toms surname correctly.
John Henniburry, Of Belmont, advertises
in the Helena Herald that he won't pay any
debts co ntracted by his wife.
man named Charley Morris was killed
| one day last week near Fort Maginnis by the
upsetting of load Of lumber
Silver Bow county pays her Assessor one
| mill on the dollar for his official compensa-
/ 4; a pf
A gambler named Clarke died at Glendale
last Friday from exposure and bad whisky.
He was from Helena, and bound for Idaho.
| Judge Thomas NJ. Pomeroy, OF hissoula,
carried of the first premium for the best ex-
hibition of Montana apples at the Territorial
fair.
Josephine Benson secured q divorce from
August Benson in the Butte court this week.
NJ did also Amanda Brooks from Ed. A.
Brooks.
Mrs. Wilkins, a weak-minded woman, last
week tramped from Benton to the Barker
mines, carrying her blankets and camp outht
on her back.
| A race came off at Helena Tuesday be-
tween Little Dick and Sally -Come-Up, 600
| yaru QaSU, SSoVb ~hiSh "t~' "S-> ~ ~
Dick in .3Ol seconds.
J. H. b. Foster, of Butte, became the
father of triplets, all girls, last Saturday.
They weighed six, seven and eight pounds
respectively, and at last accounts were all
doing well.
John Ryan and VIM. Cullen were jailed in
Butte last Saturday on a charge of highway
robbery. They are said to have knocked a
man down near Melrose and robbed him in
broad daylight.
John Solomon while on his way to the
graders camp near Fort Keogh, was thrown
from q wagon and the wheels passed over an
arm, tearing the flesh completely away from
the elbow down, and breaking the wrist
joint.
Anna Parker, a frail damsel Of Butte
charged with stealing $500 from Dominic
Pinney, took heavy dose Of laudanun
Wednesday, but her act was discovered be-
| fore the poison conld work and physicians
I brought her thr ugh safely.
! Last Saturday the bank building of s.
Hauser g. Co., in Butte, collapsed and be
came a total wreck, its foundations having
I been undermined in digging for the founda
ton of the Coleman-Bowes new building
: The loss is estimated At 5000.
DR.. Hill accidentiy shot youRg buck a
the Blackfoot Agency last week, inhicting
D wound that will probably prove fatal. Con
siderable excitement exists among the In
! dians. Not month since an Indian was &C
cidently killed by the agency hatcher.
Tuesday of last week cabin near Dillor
was burned down, and James Tuily, the oc
!, cupant, was burned to death with IL, as wa
: also a mule in shed adjoining. Tuily hat
:, been drunk during the day and threatened u
make away with himself, and 1t Is supposed
:, he took this means of carrying out his vows
n A number Of Crees made raid on the cat
= tie ranch Of C. w. Price s. Co., on the Ma
d rias, and ran off seventy head of horses, on
night last week. They were followed mex
r day by ranchmen and all but twenty head o
the horses recaptured. The Crees are com
mitting numerous depredations in that coun
try.
Ira C. Green was descending the shaft Q
the Mountain Chief mine, in Butte, last Sun
e day morning, when the rope broke and h
d was precipitated to the bottom, a distance Q
lc sixty.iye feet His skull was slightly frat
{, tured. and he received other serious wound.
V. but at last accounts he was getting alon
~ fairly.
- On the third day Of the fair at Helen'
. there were but two races, the first being
" three-auarter mile dash, for $500 and el
trance fees. 1t was won by Lady Pruitt
l:21,, Peedee second, Alice d. third an
Monroe fourth The second race was mil
and-a-auarter dash for $500, which was wo
by Sorrel Mike in 2:17i, with Boulis secon
and Turf Gallery third.
~ John Dunn was found dead in front of
;el Chinese wash-house in Jefferson City, IL
Is, Saturday morning, and 1t is thought he can
Y, to his death from an excessive use OF opiur
The owners Of the wash house admitted thi
he smoked two pipes there the night befor
&C 1t il surmised that he intended to comm
A. suicide, a. he had attempted to buy morphil
w the previous day, but IL had been refused hir
=. On the fourth day of the fair at Helen
oF the first race was one and three-quart
ln' mile dash, for s40O, won by Fusilade IN 81
a. with sorrel Mike half length behind a,
'ta Turf Gallery distanced. Next came q 2:
'p- trotting race, for $500, but the race was
TN clared off, owing to evident jockeying In g
'e' entries. This was followed by 60O-ya
INT dash, for 500, which was won by Little ci
Al in Is, Sally -Come-Up second, Steambo
mel third and Little Turf and Sleepy Pete som
where in the woods.
A.. The races at the Helena fair Saturday
30. cluded mile dash for two-year-olds, won
~. Mart Boorhem In 1854, with Peedee seco
~. and Australight third; handicapped m
=. and half dash, won by Peekaboo in p.
"a with Carrie ". second and Judge Buckn
-. third handicapped race, mile heats, W
y. by sorrel Mike, who took the second .
=. third beats in 1:46i and 1:51, Boulis getti
-. the first heat in 1:44i, the best time ev
made in the Territory. over $500 we
= INTO the pool-box on this race.