The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-01-06
LOCAL BREvITIES.

ne enemy are occupying Silver Bow
canon"
Charles Sumner was born seventy one years
| ago to-day.
Richard the Second, of England, was born
January 6, 1866
Joan of Arc, the famous French heroine,
was born this day of the year 14l2
Surprise parties are the order of the tiay In
Deer Lodge. Ii Ii surprising how few we
have.
A, l.. Buell., City Hotel, will build fiues OF
do other brick work; also first-ciass kalso.
mining. NJ
The singing school, which has been given
vacation during the holidays, will Resume
operations tonight.
Now that the schools are re-opened aud the
smallpox has abated, isn't IL time TO name a
date for the Teachers Convention AMI Coun.
~ Institute? II would be- well to break the
middle of the long term.
The health fthe prisoners In the peniten.
fiary II better now than ever before. There
are Sixty-three prisoners and at present NO
one lever misses a meal" and 1t might be
added ''or pays a cent"
The New NORTH WEST this week sent on.
its calendars for Iss2-not pretentious OF
snowy. but bristling with chronological facts
in solid colors. Somehow they seem TO .'fill
n long felt want" and we send them out ~ q
holiday number for every dav in the year
New Years Day was " watched In" by sew.
eral associations of young people, and grner.
ally conceded TO have made its debut in good
shape. The watchers ut the Metropolitan
Billiard Rooms say they run out the game
on Mother Shipton and had points to spare.
Miss c. p. Lincoln, agent for Knabe and
Chickering pianos, and for the New England
and George Wood organs, Will be at the Nc
Rurney House on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, January 9th, 10th and 18th, and
will be happy to ill orders for any of the
above instruments.
The amateur dramatic company of this
place are making good progress In preparing
the play selected for their performance and
atre In about two weeks. The proceeds of
the entertainment will be for the benefit OF
the Collegiate Institute.
This Is so far the finest weather since the
settlement of Montana. Even Washington
Dunn, ESD, railroad contractor, and hence
disposed to find fault with any little meteoro.
logical freaks, felt constrained to say the
other day: "Well, you newspaper folks do
tell the truth sometimes. / never expected
TO see such weather as this in Montana"
Ole johnson, who has in the past few years
served two terms under an inquest of insani.
ty was brought down from Blackfoot Wed.
nesday, and on Thursday subjected to an.
other examination before Probate Judge
Emerson and found entitled to third term
Among other. freaks he attempted to open a
business house in Blackfoot with an axe, but
only succeeded in demolishing the shutters.
He seems adapted to a permanent residence
at the asylum.
Mr.. N. Contancin, who some fifteen
months ago had the misfortune TO have his
Brewery burn down, succumbed on the Isl
inst to circumstances, and decided his prop
erty to two of his securities on paper in
hank. The brewery and saloon have been
at least temporarily closed. We believe he
has six weeks in which to redeem. "Bonas'
many friends regret that he could not see his
way OUT of his financial embarrassments. II
h~ had been m good business manager as he
was a clever one, he need never have gone
to the wall.