The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-08-26
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


The church bell rang in Benton, Sunday.
Aug. 18th, for the first time.
"Tapioca" is recovering. Fort Benton
surgery is ahead Of Washington.
The sale of the Broadway mine, at Silver
Star, was perfected Monday. The amount
paid for 1t was $4,000.
A fire in Helena, August oath, destroyed
Major Davenport's stable, buggy, harness,
etc. Loss about 81 ,0O0
County Treasurer ID. j. welch states that
his collections for licenses during the current
year will amount to S30,00O.-Inter Mountain
Mr.. Elijah NJ. Dunphy has purchased of
w. NJ. Force, of Newark, New Jersey, the
Diamond City, or Harvey, quartz mill, To-
Gated in Park City.
Corporal Mahan accidently killed an un-
known man at Fort Missoula, Monday by
the discharge of q pistol which he was exam
lining.
Since the law went into effect in July, 1877,
six thousand dollars have been collected in
Lewis & Clarke county for licenses to COM
mercial travellers.
Benton is growing more rapidly than any
town In the Territory. The 1881 boom is a
little late, but 1t is big one.-Ricer Press.
Senator Harrison and Judge Miller. his
law partner, Gov. Potts, Russell b. Harrison,
of the U. s. Assay Office, Cashier L. W.
Knight and the Messrs. Sharpe reached Hell
ena yesterday afternoon from the National
Park.-Independent 2lst.
The steamboat men on the 10Th expected
| to make six or eight more trips between
Glendive and Miles City.
The Miners Union is about to erect hall
in Butte 5OxS0 feet at cost of about eight
| thousand dollars.
E. ii. Bly,, of the Sherman House, Bis
marck, is building q hotel at Glendive.
Sheriff Tom Irvine has a tame frog whose
nose he paints with molasses to entice the
| flies.- Yellowstone Journal. Et5aU
Judge Orr expects to reach Montana next
season with 5000 head of sheep, and thinks
of locating in Eastern Northumberland
Eaan. s. s.- ..'
| Mr.. Venable has given bonds as CITY Mar
shall of Butte, but Mr.. Warfield refuses to re-
linquish the office.
The Noyes addition to the Butte town-site
contains 140 lots.
A dividend of Is per cent. is now being
paid on the suspended National bank stock.
Mr.. Con Bray's daughter is recovering
from her injuries.
The Cashier coal vein near Benton is seven
feet thick, in which coal and slate alternate
Two men mine from to tons a day and the
Record says 800 tons have already been ia
ken out.
Three saloons have already gone up in the
town of Jacksonville, six miles from Fort
| Maginnis.
A party of tourists consisting of Mr.. w.
A. Chapman, President of the National I'm
ion Bank, New London, Conn. Mrs. Chap
man, Mrs. T. s. Parvin, Grand Recorder Of
| Knights Templar; Mr.. s. b. Griffin, editor
| of the Springfield, Mass, r Republican; Mr.. j.
w. Lyle, of Pittsburg, Pa; Mr.. Thomas
Dennison, OF Coal Bluff, Pa; Mr.. w. y. Ca
| dy, of New London, Conn, and Mr.. w. /.
Marshall arrived in Virginia last week and
went to the Park.
| The Utah g. Northern took north yester-
day for Louis Brakeman, Butte, IA tons of
| -four; for Butte Hardware Company, 200
kegs of horse shoes for Caplice, Smith &
Co., Missoula, go cases of oil for Pomona
Cooperation, Twin Bridges, 5,2lO lbs. grocer
les for L. w. Foster & Co. Butte, 40 cases
canned goods.-Ogden Pilot, 10Th.
M. d. Hathaway, while out bunting on the
Boulder q week ago, had desperate encoun-
ter with cinnamon bear. The animal was
exceedingly ferocious, and although Hatha-
| wav brayply defended bimself IL succeeded
in getting him down, decorating his body in
various parts in frightful manner and
breaking his arm.