The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-12-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.
Christmas, a week from next Sunday.

The Ogden Pilot has an artist in advertise
ing rule work.
The public school win remain closed until
after the holidays.
A. L. Buell., City Hotel, will build fiues or
do other brick work. If.
The destruction of tea in the Boston Har-
Dor took place this day Of 1878.
The great fire which destroyed nearly half
Of New York City occurred December 16,
1885.
Two runaways the past week-one 2-horse
team TO load of wood; one 6-horse team TO
freight wagon and trail. Complete failures.
The Rev. III. G. Hrtchings will offciate in
New Chicago on Sunday next, the 18th of
December, instead of his regular Sunday for
this month.
Treasurer Coleman Is paying all Deer
Lodge county warrants registered to Dec. IA,
1880. He has SAT 900 in hand to extinguish
the registered debt.
The Episcopal and Presbyterian Sunday
school Christmas Trees will be at their re-
spective churches. The Catholic Sunday
Treasurer Coleman collected up 10 Dec. list
81 per cent. Of the taxes due the county.
With the exception Of one large assessment
unpaid the collection would have reached 30
per cent.
Sheriff Chas. Jeffries, of Lewis and Clarke
county, who is also administrator of the es-
tate of the late Chas. Thoroughman, was in
town since last issue and paid off the bills
against the said estate.
DR.. Mussigbrod, of Warm Springs, had up
TO Monday vaccinated some 200 of his neigh
bors in the valley. He makes no charge.
The Doctor is entitled to the gratitude Of the
community for his generous service.
Alice stock which bad sold as b;gh as $3.50
went 10 $3.50 per share few DAYS ago. just
what ,bs occasion of this deci:oe IS we can
not asce. .a;u. Jt Is also lepor, led Iha: Nj odl-
ton has declined in nes.ly The same Ia.io.
Phil E. Evans is delivering 10 Sam Scot
the finest ice we have seen in Deer Lodge.
1t is cut from an ice pond flooded with pure
water and is in huge cubes as clear as glass.
The rate is $3.50 per ton delivered, which is
cheap enough.
Mr.. S. C. Ashby, Helena, wishes 10 know
the address of any relatives Of j. Mc1u.y"e,
who died at Fort Mcleod Dec. ID. NJ. Nc
IJtyre was resident of Monvaua for tbe past
zen OF twelve years and was worth, in Jeans
aud money, some 5000 or s7:cCo when be
died.
But one genuine love and one genuine
light running New Home sewing machine.
CAT 81
George whiteield, the famous Methodist
evangelist to America, was born iust l6I
years ago, while Blucher, Marshal Fs'-
wards" whose appearance on The field of
Waterloo w,th his army decided he Dale
and broke the power Of Napoleon, was bora
eighteen years later.
Home Home! Sweet, Sweet Home there
is none can equal the light running "New
Home" 6f 81
1t seems the "beaver almanac is proving
good. The winter so far has not got It's work
in and is fairly ''open." Even IL we do have
some hard weather now it will be short as
compared wi,h last. So far we have practi-
calIy had no bad weather, and much of The
past three mooths has been verv mild.
Only eighey-nine New Home sewing ma
chiues sold in Butte during the last seven
weeks. CAT St
The cistern committee of Fire Co. No.
were examining the cisterns Tuesday and
found them to contain from two and half to
five feet of water. The traps were then re.
laid in salt Some Of the cisterns are found
q. L.
year to replace them, which should be done
with substantial material in cement.
Buy only the Fight running and genuine
New Home sewing machine. 6i7 st
DIG. M. Fo. Of The United workmeu lef,
this week for Missoula 10 be gone two oil
three weeks. While be,e nomber of per
sons became Interested in The Order and is il
not unlikely Lodge will be established on
his re.drD. There are several persons here
who belonged to the order in the S ates and
without exception ,5ey speak aOp' ovingig OF
il.
The largest stock Of sewing machines ever
seen in this valley can be seen at the City
Hotel. 647 81
Complaint is made that papers mailed from
ibis oifice % Fort Mag nnis, as well as oGhel
Te'' 20. ial pape+s, a'e not delivered but are
lost or taken out on the road. The fault il
believed 70 be beyond While Sulphur
Springs 1.-THE party who abstracts tbe New
! NoRrH-WEsT win send his address to this of
fee we will send him a copy free on condi
Jon that papers 10 o.her subscribers are no
10 be molested.
The light runring New Home sewing ma
chire lakes like wi fir e he,e ia Deer Lodge
CAT 81
Mr.. Ed. II. Irvine is burning the lime fol
his house from the calcareous deposit just
below McCarty's Bridge. There is al im
mense deposis of lime at that point from
thermal springs and the lime is said 20 bs
absolutely pure. Mr.. w. Z. Bass, of Bit.el
Root valley, used the same material for plas
| tering his house and il worked fIstIa,e.
number OF gentlemen have located The de
post with view 20 working it ex.ensivel,
when the railroad reaches that point.
A fine Christmas present for your wife OF
lady friends would be light RAINING "Nev
Home" CAT ST
Tue Independent OF Wednesday says tba
"W. w. Jones, who owns sio.e peae Black
fost," fell DOT OF bis wagon while in Helep'
| and oae OF be wheels passed over bis body
iujo"iug him so Dangerously .has his fap;iy
| were scot for. His rios were c. t'sbed ia ant
Il is .hought there weie seuoos io.eroal in
10 les. he IS az he hospital a. Heisoa. Jo"e
had been dr'osing heav;'s wsea be fell 90
of sbe wagoo. We preso.ne This rese's 20 toe
owner OF ,he s.asion just .s;s side Of Biz
| ney's.
The New Home sewing machine Is the
most perfect piece Of sewing mechanism we
ever saw. CIT 3t
The New NoRrs-WEsr lost q subscribe
this week-au old, valued, es.eeDed subscri
bel--because tMg wife is discarded about III
smallpox" Well, all right; but sorry q