The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-01-07
NEW Noa'.W-sTERs.

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There are 1000 Cinnamon at Walla Wal
IL, w. T. iii .a.....-sa.-s aa 1nsearI
--Colorado has 100000 sheep and 1,oO0,-
0f0 head Of cattle, .n..- ?. IL p. r-a. fte5tf'
While Comptroller, John Kelly disburs-
ed $50, 600 900 per annum. } ea~..' 1's+ ''.'
1t is thought in England that Lord Lorne
will shortly resign his position In Canada.
The unsurveyed portion of Montana is
greater than the area of Great Britain and
Ireland. .,..,... ,..,-.r
There will soon be new string to w.
A. Harp, of Georgia, who has been convicted
| of muIder. .r-fsf4u ..-s.H.a~ '.a E.Hf3
"A French priest Is raising subscription
to aid I'm dredging for the remains of Phara-
ohis band in the Red Sea- sl5 @.#h"ase@@7
al The difference between dancing and
card playing Is just exactly the difference be-
tween the reel and the Ideal. q" ''''' '...
John C. Calhoun, nephew of the late
Senator from North Carolina, committed su-
icide In California on the 10th of Decem-
ber..
The earnings of the Northern Pacific
road for November were $265, ,000-an in
crease for the same month last year Of over
$4,000. ...... ..t.s.....
In barroom argument 1t appears to be
necessary for one to make q blackguard of
himself TO prove that he rs a gentleman
Picdyune.
General Miles predicts that within ten
years there will be city Of $4,000 inlabi-
tants at the head of navigation of the Mis-
souri, river.
Thomas A. Edison will now light the
City of New York with electricity at cost
of$2,ooO,0O0. So Edison says. More light
on the subject later. .
A country doctor on being asked what
was the best way to cure ham, remarked
that before answering that question he should
like to know what allied the ham. ..r.. .
Secretary Eyarts Is quoted as saying that
our Government will make no objection to
the building of the Panama canal by ae
A<0SoCpof "a uhdSltAnihS 10 . "0s~
ter of private capital. f.. a.." ..s~ .s.r ". 3D.
--Governor-elect Porter of Indiana has q
very handsome home IN that State, which Is
now being refitted to serve as the Guberna-
torial mansion. His only daughter, a tall
blonde girl, will act as hostess.
The Ogden light will be in operation
about the 10Th Of January, and the company
is now having built tower Of iron pipe for
that purpose. The tower will be 100 feet
high and have base 20x20 feet. ~.
OF the late Governor william family of
seven children, but two remain-John Ma.
thias, farmer of Knox county, Indiana, and
Mrs. Dunn, widow, who kept house for
him at the homestead near .Wheatland, In
diana. ,..r 49,. ..--..tg.,t
A lawyer of Brooklyn has been investi-f
eating in Vermont to see If Chester A. Ar
thur was not really hors, on Canadian soil,
and left apparently pleased with his discoy-
cry. Old residents say there is no question
about Arthur being citizen.
The proposed Panama Canal will have
a length of s0,926 yards between the deep
waters of the two oceans; the Suez Canal
has lib, 716 yards length; the latter has ten
lccks, three double and seven single; the
former will have five locks, all double. - h..1
The executors of the late A. T. Stewart
will erect theological seninaries at Garden
City, L. L., for male and female, and endeav-
or to make that suburban city the theological
centre Of the world. Money TO the amount
of 1900, 600 has been appropriated to endow
the institutions. .'f'0.I ."" GLE
w. II. Vanderbilt has done one act that
deserves special notice. He has forbidden
the sale or exhibition i'm depots or trains Of
the New York Central railway of the So
called flash" literature. and, SO there will
be no mistake, gives the names of the objec-
tionable papers in full. &. G......-..-.....
with thunderous applause during recent
lecture before Norfolk audience, and . few
day ago the Constitution claimed that the
people Of the South have keener apprecia-
tion of his genius and many excellencies
than the people Of the North. AZ ..g. sasf tag.
Habit is q cable. We weave the thread
of It every day, and at length. we cannot
break il. The chains Of habit are generally
too small to be felt, until they are too strong
to be broken. To one who murmured be
cause he rebuked him for q small matter,
Plato replied: "Custom Is no small matter.
A custom or habit Of life does frequently al
ter the natural inclination for good or eyil.y
/ The following disposition of the guard
for the construction parties Of the Northern
Pacific Railroad has been made for the win
ter: There will be maintained for the win
ter Cantonment bad Lands, Dakota, garri-
soned by Company ID. 7th infantry Camp
Porter, Montana, garriscned by Company A,
11th infantry, and Company b, nth infantry,
aud Sentinel Butte Station, Dakota, TO be
garri,oned by . lieutenant and twelve men.
---Mr. Malone, the new Senator from vir-
ginia, was poor Irish boy educated ON q
free scholarship Mt the military institute
wherein Stonewall Jackson taught. He be-
gan his career by carrying surveyors chain
on railroad, and was known as skillful
General in the Confederate army. A CORE
spondent Of the. Troy Times says that Ma
homes division was the snly one which ap.
peared on the final scene at Appomattoz
Court House intact and unbroken in spirit
and discipline.
An Englishman travelling In the east ,pol
being quite SATISFIED With the appearance ol
the mare he rode, asked his Arab servant Y
he was sure she got her allowance "Oh
yes,"n he replied. .My counfrymen otter
steal from one another and rob their friends