The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-12-23
FROM PHILIPSBURG.
Sand Bar Puts Some QUAINT
Touches on Judicial
Matters.
And Sails Into Things Gener-
ally.

lSpfTtW correspondence &stO Avoft' " S"t-I
PBILrpsBuRG, December II, 1ss1.--If there
il anything upon earth that will make
Flint Creeker profoundly, exqnisitely happy
it IL to have the Sheriff in person serve upon
him some legal missive, the substance of
which, Invested of all unnecessary verbiage,
demands his presence in Deer Lodge City
upon certain date, and before "the Honor
able District Court This simple official act
excites in our worthy citizen grave and
dgnifed sense of his own importance.
Meet HIM anywhere, it viii, a. 1t were, In
cidentally occur to him that you Should
know that the Sheriff Is in town. You will
observe from his conversation degree OF
familiarity with the duties of witness or
Juror, that his isolation of probably four
years from the world in this district, renders
altogether unexplainable. He damns Tom
Strang. on general principles, and speaks OF
aGalbraith" as If that gentleman had gone
out of his way to purposely annoy him. If
you are an attentive listener, he will refer at
great length to his intimacy with KNOWLES,
Napton, Robinson and Mayhem" he will
hurl points of law at you, sustaining the
same by quoting authorities which never ax-
listed outside of his imagination, which
would have probably altered the legal COM
plexion of some case wherein one or more
Of the gentlemen named had, through ignor-
ance, the andacity to lose.
This, coupled with the fact that Sam Scott
charges him nothing for board, and that he
doesn't know how long he'll be gone, and
that Johnny Gerber can out-hold any living
man playing whist makes him undoubtedly
person of more Importance than any one
had hereto imagined. You feel that 10 know
this man is decidedly an honor, and as he
moves away from you enveloped in mist Of
lies, self-consequence and tobacco smoke,
you realize more fully than ever before
the benefits of republican form of govern
ment-and the blessings of smallpox when
properly distributed in small community.
During Mr.. Strang's recent sojourn with
us he cheerfully extraditea for the Reed case,
on trial before the District Court, about one
quarter Of the people of this place. He pur-
posely, and believe maliciously, overlooked
me. He was aware of my desire to visit the
county seat, also Of my Discrimination TO pay
anything for doing 80. To witness others dis
counting county scrip where could not fig
ure in any for myself, was to me very humiI
iating. / have the satisfaction OF knowing,
however, that the bulk of my townsinen re-
turned home broke. My condition exactly.
And now, in calmer moments, have deter
mined TO visit Deer Lodge CITY only at such
times when there is possibility of discount
ing the scrip of the county instead Of my
own.
L. 10 . raxw -
our party,'in visiting the sights Of your city,
to learn that such houses rs 4. L. Bonner s.
Co., Kleinschmidt & Co. and Coleman Bros.
could exist outside of Butte. Such immense
stocks OF notions, dry goods and groceries
seemed to be quite out of place in the quiet
village on the trail to Bear" Others of us
had travelled, and of course knew better, and
know that the people of Flint Greek valley
will hereafter consult their own interests by
purchasing from these well known houses
Anything one In the rural districts feels the
| need OF can be procured here cheaper than
| elsewhere in the Territory. Messrs. Kennon
& Zenor have in stock the most complete
| line OF hardware. stoves and agricultural i'm
| plemenss ever brought to the country. A
more courteous and pleasant set Of men II
would be hard TO find anywhere.
Ranchers and stock-growers along our
route, via Chicago, are enjoying the blessings
| Of prosperous year. All appear happy and
ontented--evrnthe hotel men seem TO enjoy
an immunity from future care and trouble
not noticeable elsewhere. Such villianous
meals, such execrable table service have
never seen rxcelled In the earliest days Of
this country. Tough beefsteak, greasy and
cold, watery potatoes, rancid butter, and
such coffee How men can, for the sake d
getting few meals for no.hing. 81 down
and wrife-up such houses SURPRISES my nm
derstandiag Still there are many who "a
10, and m such merit the condemnation d
| al good Hvers.
New Chicago i improving greatly. New
buildings are going up On every hand. Ding
win Il co. ars doing good business 20 ars
| Fea&heFman, McPhail, and others.
Phihpaburgi II quiet. No mining news thi,
week, SAND Bar.