The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-06-09
LOCAL BREYITIEs.

Our Butte letter Ii unayoidabiy deferred
this week.
The barometer index passed below rain
point Thursday noon.
The Deer Lodge public school will close
for the term next week.
District Court begins III Missouia two
weeks from next Monday.
New Chicago leads of A. the patriotic
town Of The county See festivities an
nounced
shearing season u nearly on and flock
masters say good shearers could make paying
contracts here.
Bien has b car load Of elegant furniture,
just arrived--now IL the time to huy-see
special business notices.
The new arrangement Of railroad and
coach schedules again makes the time day
and night between Deer Lodge and Butte.
The Utah AMI Northern passenger train
now leaves Butte at six o'clock in the morn
ing and arrives Of half past eight in the even
ing.
The comet SO far II n magnificent failure,
not perhaps SO mneh with intent to defraud
ms because, iec the story Of tramp,its tale is
TOO thin.
Last Saturday H. Il. Baker sold the fine
mare, Miss Ella, by Inquirer, dam Mateila,
by Australian, TO Con Kohrs for s939.--Tn-
dependent.
Assessor !. d. McMaster Is on his annual
campaign. He says the increase Of taxable
property in the valleys SO far is about 10 or %
per cent over last year.
The Utah and Northern will give three
tend the Salt Lake races and one-half rates
to parties of twenty-five.
Foot ball Is the National Game here. One
Of the boys sent IL so high the other day that
New England clergyman coming into town
thought 1t was the sun in eclipse.
Mr.. G. Il. Thompson and others brought
the body Of Albert NARROW, who died at Me.
Clellanl Gulch, to Deer Lodge for interment
in the cemetery. He was buried on Tuesday
Donnell, Clark & Larabie have coin
holder that is very convenient for rapid pay
ments Check Oh them for Sl3.79, coin, and
see Reed put the machine through Its PAGES.
The tributary waters of the Deer Lodge
river are very high. 1t was reported this
week that BaiIey's bridge, below Gold Greek
had gone out but the report was not con-
Hrmed
Potts & Harrison say their losses from
Pink eye this season will not fall short of
Sl,000 and we'll informed stock growers place
the loss in the Territory at $4,000 or over
The loss is principally in foals.
The e. & n. II. II. Co. has been granted
conditional right of way on A street, Deer
Lodge. This ii the street next the river and
trains will be less annoying there than on
any other north and south street
Miss G. p. Lincoln win be in town to-day.
She is agent for the best pianos made and
will be pleased to give prices to those d6sir-
ing good instruments. Two Chickering's pur-
chased from her can be seen in Deer Lodge
and one instrument IL the standard for all.
Virgins, Howcy & Co are employing
twenty-five men at their mine and mill in
Mcclellan Gulch. The mill brushes five tons
of rock every twenty-four hours, and al
though there has been no full cieaR.np yet,
the results indicated are satisfactory. 1t il
believed the enterprise will be success.
j. ii. Mcfarland, Of Helena, this week
captured horse thief named Schutler at
Warm Springs and took him to Helena. lie
had stolen the horse at the Maginnis mines,
rede through here and traded him of up the
valley, but the horse was also captured. Ne.
made flying pursuit and caught his man
just In time.
The Commissioners have ordered y general
clean up Of the streets and alleys. Good.
There should be penalty for permitting the
accumulation of rubbish about premises,
otherwise we all get negligent, and are more
liable to kill our neighbors' children than TO
get Justice ourselves. In the absence of cor
porate powers Supervisors should have ample
authority in this matter in towns AMI viii
lagos.
The Northern Pacific Company publishes
an important notice this week, Withdrawing
forty-five townships Of unsettled and unap-
piled TOR lands in this county from sale. This
Ii little less than two-thirds Of the surveyed
lands Of the county and from thlocatio Of
these townships we are unable TO divine the
object of the Company. The reservation is
only temporary stop applications
uatil the method Of disposal terms, etc, can
b. Formulated and systematized. Mr.. Stone
viii return in few days and information
will be asked for.
In the Warm Spring case Frank stephens
was interrogated BY the prosecution a. to
what occurred In Vineyards Enclosure and
the drifs Of conversation
"WeiI, the talk was about temporal matters
mostly
"Did you have any conversation with Mr.
Mayberry about the obstruction in the
creek ~
"No. sir; we did not approach the dam
subject at all"
Not 30 much for the way II looks IL print
but the way 1t sounded II court, We think If
Frank belongs TO an orthodox church that be
ought to be sessioned for incipient profanity.