The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-08-11
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

tured last week ny Oeihs IL" w. |
lessly driven team. The driver mas oeo"
rested.
Tn the address of welcome to the Territoir
., Taacbers' Association in Helena last week.
Hon Cornelius Hedges advised the teachers
to lose no time looking or waiting ~. somo
,o,v process of instruction that would prove
universally successful. Rather queer ad-
vice.
TIL. dividend this year declared by the say
req cattle company is over 50 per cent. OF 'he
or;oirol investment In the four years dur
inc which the company has been N existence
Il has maid 90 SO per cent. in dividends. IhiS
"a =, fair sample of the sheep business in NON
tana.
While Tom Ward, of Martinsdaie' was
bindirg a load Of poles on his wagon one e,"
of the binding pole flew out from unoer 'no
chain and struck HIM or the oack VI 'he
bead knocking him senseless. His right arm
WAS also broken near the wrist joint, pn' just
no " is not known.
The following are the officers OF the err'
torial Teachers Association for the ensuing
wear: President, r. IL. Howey; vice
dent. J. H. Meyers; Recording Secretary, u
r Englrhorn; Corresponding Secretary MsS
NJ C. Wheeler; Executive Committee, MIS-
| T.. c. Ballou and A. j. Baker
The Commission consisting of Major Jor-
dan. Agent Roman and a gentleman conhec''
cd with the Interior Department at WASH
| ;,g,oo, tn treat with the Flathead Indians
reoardipp the crossing of their reservation py
the Northern Pacific railroad, will arrive III
Missoula on or about the 22d of this month
The following teachers for the ensuing
y;ntar have been selected in Helena: frih-
c;nal r. II. Howey a. j. Baker, ii. L. Eh-
oIahnrn. Miss Sarah Bouton, Miss Emma "
Rrownson. Miss Julia Rumley, Mrs. NeIne
Groshop. Miss Ella Slocum, Miss Neihe
Clark. Miss Mary C. Wheeler, Mrs Mary
Kinna.
The engiueeriug party which has been en-
Gagged for several weeks in running preilm-
;,arv branch line of the Northern Pacihc 10
Rsnton. reached the town last Tuesday Ihey
. st once commenced the survey OF another
ropte back to the main line, returning ny
wav of Belt creek and the foothills oil the
, Belt mountains to the Judith Basin.
A Frenchman out at Highland is though.
IN he GRAVY. Some time since he was offered
6 per cord for his lot of 900 cords OF woou
lint refused it, since which time he could only
o.t a hid of 75c. per cord. This so incenseo
s him that he has since commenced to burn Il
u up and Tuesday evening his bonfire couio "
nlainlv seen from Butte. He is evidentl,
II crazy.
o At TYLER & Massie's store, Carroll, las
week. n man named cold joe" while in
o drunken fit, attacked n young man nance
'e Fred Carroll with knife. Mr.. Massie RAJ
between them and received cut eight lnch
r es long in the leg Carroll was unihJure
N The old man then jumped into the Missouri
which was near by, and disappeared, and
- is supposed he was drowned.
is Robert J. Casey, well known as the youtl
who for ten DAYS in the winter of 1879 was eS
posed to the fury of terrific blizzard on tn
mains between Sun River and Benton, an
no who was so badly frozen that both legs had I
be amputated, is back in the Territory an
Ill has located permanently in Benton. For wv
~ wears he has been attending school In his nj
tive State, Wisconsin. He Is now the pc
OF SCISSOR of 200 head of stock on the shonki
is range, q pair of good artificial legs and II
tends taking life easy.
ey At the Territorial Teachers Associatio
us h-ld mt Helena last week, the committee q
the school law reported the following, VII
he "While full of discovered defects, our poop
in have to a considerable degree become accu
toned to its provisions, point OF no lit
:. importance in the successful operation OF
law, so that frequently better results are o
tanned under poor law well understood
than under better one until the people
-. n,,I mi mo A M
ea sive lot of teachers they have on the ea
side.
an Harry Eastwood, one of the victims of &
'he Yellowstone which drowned two men Ihu
day. the Goth ult, was the son of awsalt
ty, citizen of Bozeman: An informant tells
ars that he was to have been married SHORTLY
well known young lady of that piacei !
has had on his person when drowned some. ss,'
mes and his father offers areward vi 5000 Tor
recovery of the body. Young Eastwood
red is said, carried the first pony express betwe
FIJI. Bozeman and Miles City, at the time wb
div this country was occupied by Sitting Bull a
his bloodthirsty Sioux. He is well spoken
by those who knew him.-Yelloustone Jo
~. nal.
ent This is the way they advertise IN Nilsson
county: Boss saloon by Captain Al. Tayl
ons Main street, Weeksville, only five days wi
day from court house, street cars pass INC "
mt every ten years. Vocal and instrumental
sic nightly ut bit at drink. All drinks
,... cept water kept here. Old clothes not tax
49,. for drinks. Parties making temporary s
:, :. in Weeksville or travelling through will
cheerfully assisted to a drunkards grave,
- II Eaf
'''e method Of paying the national debt tt
eph through the Internal Revenue departing
airy, wheelbarrows in attendance for gentlen
becoming exhausted. Don't forget the pl
Their tho Boss Saloon, Weeksville, Montana,
it Is Can't. AL Taylor.
has A.. ...,u ,
ness have but little idea of the dangers att
Oh ding the life of COW boy. They are W
the reckless riders, and have no regard
.ioh horse flesh. They ride at full speed, up
liles down hill, among badger holes, over s
brush and gulleys, it matters not, and
g in horse misses his footing, all come up
bull heap on the ground. He may be unhuri
been he may be sadly disabled with broken lin
orge and crippled horse also. They do their
ing and snubbing down for branding
bout horseback, and If by chance q spirited
was gets the bulge on horse, or side pull
nee him, she will bring him, rider and all, u
save the ground in the midst of the hoofs of
excited herd, which are liable to tran
.r.a him to a Jelly in less than no time. The
ua fessional cow boy carries his revolver al
Gov. belt, whereby to enforce his demands,
roke le'osnA No osnoA 80, -" az. ~,
man.
] by
An Where They viii Spend vacatio
week U.su,voror Ann 7-Immed;,,a,v
the adjournment of Congress, the Pres