The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-12-02

TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Sneak thieves are troubling Butte.

Sneak thieves are troubling Butte.
The Butte and Helena dailies took a holi'
day on Thanksgiving Day.
1t is probable that a lodge of A. o. u. w.
| will be established in Benton.
| Montana sent about $1,000 to the Garfield
Monument Fund at Cleveland.
Fl. G. Fullerton, of Hampton, Illinois, wants
to establish pottery at Benton.
The public school at Pony has twenty
scholars, managed by Miss Cora Styles. :
1t is stated that Mrs. j. p. woolman's
health is improving since she went east.
The new hotel of Catlin & slocam ut Ste
vensville has house-warming tonight.
| Minar & Robinson have opened drug
store at Gold Run, in the Barker district
DIR. +. S. Caldwell, formerly of TT. Benton,
is now practieing medicine in Philadelphia.
Bullion shipments from Butte for the week
ending November Goth aggregated s57 ,2lo.2o.
4 nephew of John T. Murphy, of Helena,
was drowned recently nj Leavenworth, KaE-
| sas
A dispute as to the ownership Of the town
@
suit.
The Helena Herald was the only Terrific
rial paper that published Thanksgiving ser
| mon.
ID. Mclean, formerly of Butte, will start a
| new furniture store at Missoula in a month
| or two.
The postofice at Clagget, Jefferson county,
| is to be re-established, with Henry Howard
in charge.
Felix Dumouchel, of the Frenchtown
Hotel, announces dances on Christmas and
| New Years.
A Calathpmpian Combination has been Or
ganized at Jefferson City to make fun during
the winter.
Meagher county expects to ship as many
As $4,000 sheep next year to the Eastern NUT
| ton market.
Somebody has warned the editor of the
Husbo"dma" to prepare for clicking" An
other crank.
The Auaat Courier brought out half-sheet
supplement- last week. Big advertisements
| did the business.
| seventy-two 81 subscriptions toward the Gar
field Monument fund.
The Miner asserts the presence of three
cases of smallpox in Butte. There are said
| to be six cases AT Divide.
The Helena correspondent of the Araat
Courier says: "a newly-appointed Federal
official is said to be good faro-player.
George Grayson has completed his flour
and grain depot at White Sulphur Springs
and is receiving them in large quantities.
II. s. Price announces through the columns
of the Husbaadn,n, that he will remember
the Sabbath day" by keeping his store closed.
The school trustees of Butte have leased
seven rooms in the new Caplice building for
! school purposes at rental of sloo per month.
The Northern Pacific supply store near the
mouth of the Missoula river was burglarized
recently, but the thieves were caught next
day.
Mrs. Shodair, of Butte, received a com
pound fracture of the ankle last Thank
giving by slip of the foot while crossing a
ditch
The Husbdadmaa thinks humanitarian So
eiety would find a broad field for labor in
Meagher county especially among the mule
| ski nners."
On Sunday week the new Benton Jail COM
| menced business with two offenders fncarce-
| rated by constable Scott for being drunk and
disorderly.
John Ford, of Sun River, had an ankle
| hone cracked the other day by being thrown
| FROM skittish animal while engaged in las
soing cattle.
Bozeman is agitated over the renting of a
house to two damsels of easy virtue. They
| are probably couple that left Deer Lodge
not long since.
All Wah and All Yen, the two Cinnamon
under indictment at Virginia City for muir
uor, iI.su TIfeIr secoHu trIaI last week ana
| were acquitted
The trial of H. G. Powers for the Ruby
valley homicide has been postponed till the
| next term Of the district court. Powers has
been released on 5000 bail.
The firm of T. G. Power & Co., with its
| branches, pay taxes in five counties-Lewis
| 81 Clarke, Chotesu, Meaghef, Gallatin and
| Beaverhead-in all amounting to about 3d.
| 900.
In the Missoula court week before last
| Milton p. Chaffin was granted divorce from
Martha L. Chaffin; Mar,ena Brunette from
Narc;sse Brunette; and Caroline Price from
Joseph b. Price.
Jimmy ODay froze his feet severely, last
week, by getting lost in the storm in Beaver
head valley. 1t was feared that amputation
would be necessary, but it is now hoped it
| may be averted.
The Methodist Episcopal church (South}of
Helena, has been consigned to the charge Of
Rev. J. b. Whitcford, recently of Butte. MIR
Whitford was compelled to leave Butte be-
cause of i'll health.
The pupils of the Helena schools VIII con-
test on December ed for the GREENWOOD
prize Of a handsome gold watch, to be given
to the best deciaimer. Fifty pupils are pre-
pairing for the contest.
The United States gcand jury at Helena
declined to bring indictments against the
Nee brothers of Benton, who we've bound
over last summer on the charge of buying
stolen government properly.
Inirty-Iour neau OF caitie were drowned In
the Missouri ut Canon Ferry last week, the
ice having given way beneath them while
they were crossing. They belonged to Stad-
Ter & Kaufman, and We're valued at $40 each.
William Kennedy, Missoula's old hotel
keeper, proposes to put up two-stoly br'ck
building, 3ox70 feet in size, with basement,
tire lower part of the building to be used for
restaurant and she upper part as publi
hall.
The County Commissioners of Silver Bow
county have taken legal advice in regard TO
their power and duty to act in the matter of
quarantine, and have been informed that
they have no legal authority to take any ac-
ton.
1t is said that old man Davis with his clark
horse" Sorrel Mike, has been playing the