The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-06-23
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Helena wants a city park.

fifty cents pound.
H. G. Crowell, of Bozeman, will burn 300,-
600 brick this season.
The new Baptist chapel at Butte is to be
dedicated next Sunday.
DIR. Burleigh has been appointed county
attorney of Custer county.
Some hereto is trying to start theological
discussion in the River Press.
Work on the new Helena Baptist church
will be commenced this week..
Ninety-four in the shade was the warmth
they had in Miles City last week.
Thomas Wright, has been appointed post
master at Woodville, in the Park.
il. Bennett will soon move his photo
graph gallery from Bozemtn to Helena.
A number of hard cases were ordered ont
of Benton last week and left promptly.
The Big Horn tunnel is within thirty-fve
miles Of the scene of the Custer massacre.
1t is thought that Montana's taxable prop
erty will increase fifty per cent. this year.
r. Pumpelly, superintendent of the North
ern Pacific geological survey, is now IN Boze-
man.
The RiUcr Press daily has enlarged one
column to the page and has donned new
dress.
Nick Sheron, proprietor of the Whoop-Up
ferry, Belly river, was drowned one day last
week.
Rev. w. b. Reed of Helena, will visit Ben
ton shortly to organize Presbyterian church
| there.
A Mullen tunnel laborer had a leg crushed
last Saturday by the fall of mass of earth
and rocks.
Johnny Simpson, of Butte, was thrown
from horse last Sunday and his shoulder
blade broken.
George Furlong was thrown from a horse
at Butte last Saturday and his right leg broken
below The knee.
The are six white men and about fifty Chi
namen at Nine Mile camp, Missoula county,
all busy mining.
Twelve saloons were recently built in one
! day at Russellville, Northern Pacific grade
town over Elk Creek.
w. A. Clark has resigned the Chairman
ship of the Democratic Central Committee
OF Silver Bow county
Forsythe, the station to which The Yellow
stcne division was opened June 1st, is 126
miles west of Glendive.
After the LIST of July the stage time be-
tween Silver Bow Junction and Missoula
will DE reduced to % hours,
| Hasenwinkle has dishanded the company
he was bringing to Montana, and is recnper-
ating his health In Minnesota.
An exchange says that Tom Campbell the
old Montanian, who died at Benton few
days ago, had AZ Assinaboine wives.
The Central Pacific is offering to ship
Montana goods by Keltou at as low rates as
those offeted by the Utah and Northern.
A man pamed Gleason sustai aed fracture
of the leg, in the Liquidator mine, Butte,
FROM large body of ore falling upon him.
Butte had a prize fight last Friday between
meu named Murray and McAndI ews. A
deputy sheriff interfered before the fight was
decided.
Lillian Edgingson, of Butte, was wounded
in the ankle Tuesday evening by the acciden
ial discharge of pistol she was carelessly
examining.
The Miner wants match arranged be
, tween the Helena aud Butte base ball club:
on the Fourth, the game to be played at tn,
latter place.
j. G. Slavery and wife, while crossing
Warm Springs creek, Wednesday week very
narrowly escaped being washed down stream
team and all.
Billy p 'esson, well known on the line
having followed the grade of the n. p. fol
years, was murdered at Coulson by mar
named Flaharty.
The armless aud headless trunk of an in
FAINT was found in q covered fiume running
through the corral of farmers Stables il
Helena a few DAYS ago.
laid up for a couple Of weeXs from The eject
of poison oak on She system, is now moral
iziag on the beadties of heath.
The Miles City JJpraal thinks the North
ern Pacific soulless corporation because i
does not care for its sick and wounded bu
throws them uDon the counties
Ed. Hanson, of Carroll, was fatally stabbed
last week By Cree Indian whom HausoI
was trying TO prevent from killing his squaw
The wounds will not prove fatal.
A man with $40 bogus draft on Sal
Lake and bogus letter of credit on Eilin,
g. Co., of Virginia City, bilked Bozemal
several hundred dollars worth last week.
, G. Z. f. buffet has challenged C. e. Kes
, ter to five hours go-as-you-please at Butt
for 500 side and gate money. Kester wa
winner in the recent match, with buffet sec
ond.
James Madden, of Billings, was jerked by
his frightened horse and thrown to tn
ground with such force that his left hand wa
crushed and the thumb of his right han,
broken.
Joel f., four-year-old son OF Mr.. aud Mrs
Peter v. Jackson, of Sterling, Montana, die,
last week, being the third land last) child O
the family who have died within few
mouths.
The amateur walking match at Butte Wed
, nesday of last week, was woa by G. E. Kes
ter, job printer in the Inter Mountain office
who made thirty-four miles and eleven lap
: in six hours.
, The arabic land between Middle and Boze
man creeks is to be irrigated by means of
, large irrigating canal which will bring waite
from the West Gallatin-that is If the stoc
. company can be formed.
An Indian named Calf Shirt, attempted t
kiln Omar Gregg at Eight Mile Springs, inca
BentonI last Friday. He shot at Gregg Ell
teen times with a Winchester, and, failing +
hit his man, lefs in disgust.
I John Shean, Of tho Bitter Root Valley
while on his way from Sun River to Helen
The other day, was bucked from his cayus
. and then kicked in the face by the ANNA
His injuries are quite painful.
The corpse Of an unknown young man wa
. found in the Yellowstone, near Pompeyi
Pillar, last week. The finder tied the bod,
to snag and notified the coroner, but hig
! waters carried snag and body away.
Hiram Faris, of Lewis, recently sold to A