The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-06-02
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Waters are high
And fishing is bad.
Ladies' side saddles at Rockwelrs.
Rockwell keeps heavy stock saddles OF
hand.
The weather has been delightful durinl
the week.
Quartz sharps are making frequent visits +,
the Caribou district.
Kleinschmidt g. Co. advertise new good
In the special notice column.
Bishop Brewer win be here next sunda,
week and the Sunday following.
The Board Of County Commissioners will
meet next Monday in regular session.
An account of the suicide of James Boy,
will be found in our Philipsburg letter.
Rockwell has On hand a supply of nose
bags with patent ventilators-a new thing.
Three reporters for eastern journals are OF
their way to Montana to write up the coun
try.
To-day is the anniversary of the birth O
John Randolph, of Roanoke, who was borr
in TIA.
Mr.. ii. M. Thomas of New Chicago, adver
tises an auction s..e of horses to take plac,
June 10Th.
The Hartz property was not sold last Sat
urday, as advertised, owing to an error IL
description.
Now placer diggings have been struck IL
Poor Mans gulch, Nevada creek, said to pay
from s. to $40 per day.
The sheriff's sale of the Algonquin proper
ty, advertised to take place last Saturday
was postponed until June oath.
The first cleanup Of the Little Giant mine
of Kohrs, Irvine, Kelley & Co., at the head
Of squaw Gnlch, amounted to s2,1llko.
A communication in regard to the Difficult.
ty between the Warm Spring settlers ant
Mr. Mayberry was received yesterday even
ing too late for public alton.
The Public Schools will close for the sum
mer In two or three weeks. We understand
that the present corps of teachers have beer
selected to teach the schools next winter
and that all will probably accept
If Under Sheriff McTague walks toward
the jail in company with two or three men
there is immediate alarm among the ladies
who may see the party and who imagine the
burglars have come to town again.
Judge Knowles paid out $4,000 to the
creditors of the Algonquin Company at Phil
ipsburg, instead Of 5000 as mentioned las,
week. All the labor accounts were paid ex
cept those in which suit had been common
ced.
Intelligence reached here this week that
the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. George w
Irwin died suddenly in Anna, Ill, where Mrs
Irwin Is visiting, last Tuesday morning Of
pneumonia No further particulars have
been received.
The statement in a recent number of this
paper that burglars had attempted to enter
several houses here, has been converted BY
some Of the Territorial papers into the asser.
ton that seven houses had been actually en-.
tered, which Of course was not the case.
Miss Lincoln, of Butte, will be at the Nc.
Burney House on the 7th, 9Th, and 9th insts.,
and parties wishing to purchase musical in.
struments should give her a call. She is
agent for the Chickering and Vose pianos,
and also for organs, melodeons and SO forth
G. G. Housed, Esq, writing from Omaha,
May 9th, says: "There will be an excursion
Of business men from here to Butte and per.
haps other points in Montana July 10th. ]
will come along and take lsok at the coun.
try. Weather wet and cold and crops back.
ward al over the country"
The Comet mine in Poor Mans district,
this county, has been bonded by its. discov.
erer, VIM. Curran, to j. NJ. Burke, Of Salt
Lake City. The Comet, so far as developed,
shows seven-foot vein Of fine looking ore,
an average assay from which shows ITO
ounces in silver and sl3 in gold.
A number of persons entitled to that atten.
ton have recently been quietly notified tina,
their absence would be appreciated and they
have straightway departed. The burglar
boom has subsidized simultaneously. The av.
erage Deer Ledger has worked hard for what
little he has and don't propose to have 1t
yanked out of q rear door after dark IL he
can help IL.
Mr.. Bruen, engineer of the Utah & North
ern, having selected and laid off the depot
grounds on the west side Of the river, is now
engaged in laying Off the TOWNSHIP of West
Deer Lodge on the adjacent land, projec
inaugurated by several prominent citizens OF
Deer Lodge. As soon as the lots are plated
they will be offered for sale. Doubtless q
lively little town will spring up there.
Mr.. james H. Batterton yesterday complet.
ed the survey Of ditch to bring water out
Of the river down the east side. Starting
from point opposite the mouth Of Race
Track, water can be brought to points as high
as the caves Of the Catholic church. The
proposed ditch is to be large enough to bring
down a thousand inches of water. Messrs
Con Kohrs and Peter Walton are undertake
ing the enterprise.
The school entertainments last Friday and
Saturday evenings were fairly attended. The
exercises were generally interesting and the
little folks made some very creditable efforts
As an illustration Of the progress Of the
schools, they proved that the pupils were re.
ceiving excellent elocutionary training. II
might be well in future entertainments to
give examples of the progress in the cultiva'
tion of ideas, the true aim Of the schools.
Last November q Utah freighting outfit
contracted to transport from Ogden to the
Mullan tunnel some 5000 pounds of giant
powder, getting high winter rates for the
same. They stopped in Utah some four
en- route and the N. p. Co. felt that as
the bills Of lading read without unnecessary
delay" that its arrival here about the 10th of
May. 1882, was not in accordance with the
contract and rebate on freight was In order.
Col. Sanders came over to look after the
matter. The freighters were pretty stiff at
first and legal measures were commenced
Monday, but an amicable and equitable ad-
justment resulted and the powder moved on
to the tunnel the same evening
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