The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-03-11
Local Brevities.

Local. 6reVlIlcS.
Mr.. Z. II. Irvine has for sale number Of
horses.
Murphy, Higgins g. Co. have large In
voice of the best brand of Utah -four due here
to-day.
Messrs. w. T. Allison and Gus Sherman ex-
pect to start furniture store in Phihpsburg
this season.
Col A. NJ. Voolfolk viii erect atwo-story
brick building on the site Of the cid st. LOUIS
Hotel, Helena.
DIR. Hanks will move his Office today to
the rear of j. L. Dickey's drug store, and |
next door to the bank on Main street.
The Inter- Mou ntaina company contemplate
the purchase of q penecting press, the nrst
OF the kind ever brought TO Montana.
Smallpox il prevailing in Columbia, Mo.
There are three pupils from Deer Lodge at
tending the State University at that place.
+. C. Mather, artists agent, is in Deer
Lodge delivering the work for which he took
orders some time since. He has some fine
pictures.
Orren Emerson, Esq, has been appointed
Justice of the Peace to fill the vacancy caused
by the departure of +. Z. Gleason. good
appointment.
The Ogden daily Pilot has made its appear
ance. 1t IL newsv little five column sheet,
anti NJ ormon in its proclivities, and has our
best wishes for success.
Helena il now properly called the City OF
Helena At the charter election on Monday
$50 votes were polled-62o for the adoption OF
| the charter and 262 against.
Thirteen gentlemen resident In Silver Bow
| county have announced themselves as cahdi-
dates for office, subject to the decision OF the
Democratic nominating convention
| By an order of the Supreme Court Silver
Bow county has been retained in the same
Judicial district as when attached to Deer
Lodge county, with w. j. Galbraith as
Judge.
Mr.. r. s. Kelley, administrator Of the es-
tate of John s. Pemberton, deceased, In
forms us that portion of the estate in Mon
tana inventory's about $4,000, with no debts
against it.
A number of estray animals are advertised
this week. Read the descriptions, and IL you
know where the animals are, send word TO
the owners. They may sometime do you a
like service.
JOB, Butte, will find areply TO his query
as to when the first steamboat reached Ben
ton IN " Territorial Items" There is evident
" an error in the date, else twenty years
elapsed between the time OF the arrival oil
steamboats,.
r. S. Jones, ESD, of Butte, advertises in
this issue the mining and other machinery
manufactured by the Pacific Iron Works
, also. Lords boiler cleansing compound Par
ties desiring to purchase will do well to con
fer with Mr.. Jones. The machinery now In
use il perfectly satisfactory.
Some two weeks since Hugh Kirkendall's
teams started from Missoula loaded for this
point. Coming the river road, they have
been camped for several days few mile
. below town, the high water preventing
crossing. Mr.. Kirkendall came over iron
: Helena on Tuesday and will endeavor to pi
, lot the outfit to its destination.
e The wrath of the advertising agents ha
1 been invoked by the article published few
l.. weeks since a. a reply TO their propositions
r In response to all offers the same subjec
|, | matter is sent them. In instances they re
ply, but are again sent the postal card cor
n veniently at hand, and the second sendin
e has proven effective to date.
r Through the courtesy of friend we hav
d been favored with copies of the Helena Nj,
d stree Programme, edited by Samuel ii. Speci
p 1t contains biographical" sketches of Oh
Y. several performers, written in style some
E, what different to the usual. Mr.. Speck i-ur
1t doubtedly large for his name. May his shat
J. ow never grow less on acloudy day
The cssss new On trial in the District Con
u and Gilmer, Salisbury & Co defendants. tn
'' suit was brought by Mr.. Kennon to recov'
o S25. 600 damages for an accident happenir
le in 1879, whereby he was SO seriously in1urt
"a ~ 20 necessitate having his foot amputafe
~ Messrs. Robinson and Napton are for u
~ plaintiff and Messrs. Mayhem and DeWol
=. appear for the defense.
ct A gentleman in search OF information W
mt ting from San Jose, California, requests
Ct three-column article. or thereabouts, OF inf
il nation relative to Montana, As he /" inten
III coming here in the spring" Such reques
are frequent and our advice to all such p
sons IN to come and find ont for themselv
what sort of country this Is. little
tual experience IL more valuable than u
page paper Of facts and figures.
ct The Independent reports that on Frid
evening last man named A. L. Shipley,
vt; in charge of George Richards saloon at
ew mont, stole $500 and escaped. He was sc
in Helena on Saturday but his present whe
es abouts is unknown. Shipley, the suspec
rri- man, is described as about feet z Incl
for high, no whiskers, reddish mustache, h
-, cheek bones and Is about 3 years OF a
on When last seen he had on gray sui
shoddy clothes and a black hat.
J OF A modest tax levy Is that made In
Black Hills. We quote from the Pioneer
ng' February 26: The county tai Is IS mills;
Da- one mill for fire fund and i've mills sch
. to tax i'm Deanwood, making total OF d m
=. for Deadwood. The school fund at Lead
seven mills, thus making the tax 5s mills.
A C.dtral the school fund Is 10 mills, max
the tax there 56 mills At Spearfsh, CT
am CITY and sturgis City the school fund
,un- mills, making the tax at that point 20 M