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FITz-JoHN PoRTER's CASE.
General Logan Reviews General Grants
Late Article Ia Regard to It

CHICAGO, Nov. 25.-Tbe Tribune has .
four column article from General Logan in
reply to General Grants recent article In de-
Tense Of General Fitz John Porter. He goes
over the whole ground anew, rep oducine
oil the orders, letters, tc., If the Generals
concerned, aud the various EXCUSES Is TO IA
tigues and time when the orders were deliv
cred. which are pleaded In behalf If Porter
bs Grant, and by his apel"gists AND d. fend
ers. Grants point that the night was too
dark for marching Is met by the statement
that the whole rebel army under Jackson
moved that night grsaer dis ancs than
Porter was ordered. Grants statements are
then taken up one by ons, aud combatted
Cases are cited where, by just such marches
- Porter was ordered to make. grea, aud i'm
portant victories have been won In the past
In conclusion, he characterizes Grants de-.
Tense Of Porter n astounding and inexplica
Bile, since there is found not even the nimsi
est excuse for Porter's disobedience after
twenty yeas Of raking for II. To vindicate
rsstsr at the expense Of the regulations Of
Garfield and Hunter, who found him guilty,
and to cloud the reput alton Of Lincoln, who
approved their findings, Is asking too much,
even Though asked by General Grant.
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HEAVY LOSSES.


This Is evidently . pretty flush country
when men 60 around with thousand dol
lars or 80 in their pockets, to be lost on the
slightest provocation. And yet this has been
the case In two instances recently.
Nov. 4th James McDonough became in
volved In fist fight in front Of McPhairs
stables, New Chicago. It seems his antage-
mist was intoxicated and McDonough had to
knock him down three times before he was
satisfied, and in the meantime mad laid of
his coat In which was pocket book contain
ing ss65. After the fight the money and
book were missing. The day the lad" was
put In the NEW NORTH WEST MIR. James B.
McMaster struck . trail with good align and
followed the party to Silver Bow where IL
was found he had left for - land that In
fairer than this"-would have been, or words
of similar import.
A few days afte-. Mr.. L. j. Mckinley, q
freighter who lives In the Canon this side OF
Missoula, started to Butte to assist friend
In business investment and on arriving here
found his pocket book with $3.50 was missing
probably lost between this place and Pho
neer.
Liberal rewards are offered for the return
Of the net amounts desired to be saved from
these losses and no questions to be asked BY
the editor Of the NEW NoRrH-wEsr. Any
persons having the above moneys In their
possession are respectfully solicited to call or
send the money At a. early date NJ consist.
snt with their convenience, ~ the persons
losing IL need the money before Christmas.
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RAILROAD NOTES.

A company with . capital Of 81, 0oo, 900 has
been formed to start = booming town at the
Narrows Of Devils Lake, Dakota, to be call
cd Odessa. They will build palatial steam
or for the navigation Of the lake, build =
three story brick hotel 72xi0o feet aud . steam
Touring mill, with per diem capacity of $50
barrels. Altogether 1t looks a. though pre-
parations were being made to ..ley over"
every other Dakota boom ever yet inauru-
rated.
Az IN indication Of the amount of passen-
ger business done by the railways entering
st. Paul, Mimi, IL may DO stated that 142
passenger trains daily arrive and depart from
the union depot in that city, and they con-
tain, In round numbers, 10000 people; 1900
pieces Of baggage ara handled In this depot
daily. Items like these convey most forcibly
an idea Of the enormous passenger business
being done BY the principal railways Of this
country 1t this time, and also Of the very
great advance which the newer States are
making In commercial importance.
The Northern Pacific and Manitoba reads
which have long been antagonistic over the
construction of new lines, seem to have
arrived ut IN amicable settlement. The
arrangement 10 substantially Is follows. The
North Pacific turns over to the Manitoba l1s
miles. and receives In return 100 miles. 1t In
agreed that neither company shall build In
common territory, without arst obtaining
the consent Of the other. In detail the branch
lines surrendered are these: The Northern
Pacific gives mp to the Manitoba the Cassel-
ton branch 40 miles; Fergus Falls to Pelican
Rapids, - miles; the Manitoba and South
western from Winnipeg to Nelsonviiis, s.
miles-totai, lis miles. The Manitoba gives
up 70 the Northern Pacific the Browns VAL
ley line, from Morris to Browns Valley. ~
miles; from breckenridge west 81 miles and
from Morris to point east IL niles-totAl,
100 miles.
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THE NORTHERN PACIFIC.
The Recent Decision Regarding it, Lar
Grant.

The Recent Decision Regarding its Land
Grant.
NEW YORK, Nov. PA Star editorial
says: II ID singular coincidence that forty.
eight hours before Secretary Teller announ-
cod his decision declaring the construction
Of the Northern Pacific railway TO be accord
Ing 70 law, and that therefore land patents
should Issue, Henry Willard should b.
familiar with IL. What the public want 10
know ID why the chief Of the Interior De-
partment Of the United States should fur
nish exclusive information 10 Wall street
spectators. The Northern Pacific Railway
Company, before the Governments deter.
animation In regard to Ito claims was made
public, matursd I plan to place upon the
market three million acres Of land Of th.
public domain, 81 "a IN acre, In the hope, y
Willard says, Of realizing enough msney u
retire between s10,0o0.o00 and $4,000, 900
Of preferred stock. To this end . syndicate
has already been formed to purchase these
lands, the Intention being to bold the land
Close TO railroad improvements for future
rise and TO dispose only ofshs poorer sections
TO actual settlers, u from eight to ten dol
Ian IN acre. The question naturally arises.
Whist special interest induced Secretary
Teller . psrult the clerks In biz department
= lsak N important dscision affecting
nlllioas of acres of ths public landsf
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Dakosa.s cia, m for Admission.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 23.-One Of the frst
m.ssurss thst win engage the attention Of
Congress this winter 10 the bilt for the ad-
mission Of Dakota into The Onion. This
bill II pending on the calsHdars of both
house. l. having been reported from the
respective committees on Territories early In
the lest session. II 10 one Of the 6rst bills
on the House calendar, and has already been
up for consideration In the Senate. In the
House several attempts have been made 70
pass the hill, but the Democrats fought them
on political grounds, y this admission al
Dakoia would give the Republicans two
Senators and Que Representative, and the
Democrats prevented ac.ion BY 6libuslering.
The Republicans In both houses have now
greater rsason than ever for pressing The
ps~sagc VI this bill this session, n II wsuid
probably not Be passed BY The next Congress
with the House Democratic BY over ok
majority. Fer the nett two yesn the Ssn-
ats will BE- Republican only through ths
gracs u the I've Readjustsr Senators from
Virginia, but The Two Dakota Senators woald
just sdsst The two coalition Ssnsters should
thsrs b any attempt On the part Of The lat
Ter % make bargain with the Dsmocrats.
The admission u Dakota would also give
ths Republicans three additional vstss In The
Electoral College, which, from recent events
Il b thought very Important they shsuld
kave, and which the Democrats can prevent
thsn ftos hsving II Dakota b no. admitted
this winter. Il b, therefore, excesdinsly
probsbls that there VIII b. 'bittsr Hght On
ths bill the coming session, requiring the
pssssncs 81 every Republican Senator and
osnhsr II order 70 psss II.
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Another Star Route F,zzle.

OMAHA, Nov 25.-By agreement Of coun.
ssl, the jury to day returned q erdict of
guilty on enc count In the case Of the United
States W. Fred Z. Cleary, former postmaster
= Sidney, who was indicted on LOG counts
for making false returns Is TO the arrival and
departure Of mails via Sidney and the Black
Hills stage line. The jury returned YER
dict Of no. guilty - T. the other los counts.
Clsary was Gned 5000. This ends Gil the
. ar route cases In Nebraska, arising from
the Sidney and Black Hills stage line, Corbin
and lddings having been acquitted ON one
indie ment and Ill the other indictments
d smiss4d.
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SAN Francisco, November "a Port land
dispaich: Mrs. Captain John Smith, daugh.
ter Of Morgan, alleged to have been killed
BY Masons In 1926, died at M-hama, Marion
county, Monday. Although frequently ques
TONED regarding the tragedy, she to the last
declined to throw any light on the subject.
OMAHA, November "a Will B. Corwin,
an Omaha commercial traveller, was married
1t Hastings yesterday with Lulu b. Brown,
with whom he elopsd from Kearney one
half hour before she y - to have been mar.
risd t"a druggist named Shepherd, who had
issued large number of invitations to the
wedding. He had fitted up rooms in elegant
style for his prospective bride.
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Huge Swindlss on a Chicago House by
its Com M rciai Travellers.

its Com m ere nj Travellers.
CHICAGO, Nov. 25,h.-The Times says:
Last night II was learned that the wholesale
boot and shse house Of Phelps, Dodge Il
Palmer had for the past ten months been
systematically robbed Of from $40, 900 10 $40,-
600, or possibly more, by some VI their
travelling salssnen In collision with some Of
their most trusted employees. The plan
pursued - - for the saiesmsn 10 send In from
new towns In the West fictitious orders from
imaginary frms. Or these who had dissolved
partnership. Double orders would then be
shipped, the duplicates being taken up BY
the travelling salesman, and the rest return
ed TO the Chicago tirm. The greed and bold
ness Of the confed-rates excited suspicion,
and m investigation followed, which II 10
said, unear,he4 the fact that upwards Of .
dozen men we're In the conspiracy. One Of
them, G. II. Wells, 10 said to have been
arrested. The whole affair has been very
quietly conducted. and the policy Of silence
adopted by the members Of the 6rm.
A = result Of the larceny In Phelps, Dodge
4 Palmsr's establishment, Augustus aud
John N. Wells, employees, were to-day held
on larceny charge by the criminal court, In
bonds Of $500. The warrant charges
theits Of $500. No testimony wss taken to
show the basis Of the charges, and oil men,
ssn Of tbs arm continue to close their
mouths. ~
Augustus Wells 10 VI the 1rm, but J. n.
Wells ID partner Ia.ths Monmouth, Illinois
frn Of Mitchell 4 WsIls, which had good
business aud reputs,i aud was the dlstrib-
utor Of large part Of the stolen goods.
They have brother In Kansss who 10 State
Senator. Eleven other employees, foxr be-
Ing travelling salesnen, are "nder survsil.
lance. II 10 now believed the stealing be-
gan six years ago, ana tha, ihr amount will
Be upwards of 10000, Of which very little
will BE- recovered. Memb-rs Of the firm are
said 70 be deeply mortified al the bad man
agsnsnt which has permitted such large
leakage. ,.= .-s ALL.
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Notice Of Dissolution

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, doing bust ness IN Montana as CON
tractors and tracklayers. under the Aim
name Of O'Neil & Co, have this day dis.
solved partnership by mutual consent,
Thomas Casey Withdrawing from said Arm,
p. O'Neil win continue in the business "a
contractor and tracklayer. All accounts
against said firm Of O'Neil s. 90. should be
presented to r. O'Neil. and all MONEYS due
said firm are to be paid to him.
PAT. ONEiL,
THOMAS CASEY.
Deer Lodge, November 10, 1882.
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The Providence Aaias.
Indepessdent, 2lh.

! Tom Fisher LEFT town yesterday with q
conplement Of mechanics to put up . mill
FOR the Providencs Mining Company on
their cold lead near Lincoln, Deer Lodge
county. Part Of the Penobscot mill has been
purchased for this purpose, and 1t IL expected
inst tho mill will Be- In operation February
ut. HISS The Providence lead prospects
well, showing six fest u gold bearing quartz,
and = owned BY HslenA capitalists.
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The Canadian Pacific.

WINNIPEG, Nov. 24.-In IN interview To-
day General Superintendent Egan, Of The
Canadian Pacific Railway said that al trails
will run on the Southwest branch !. Grst-
m, on the border line, and make close con.
n~ctions with the St. Paul sud Manitoba
rsad for all points In this south, east, and
wet. Lanedon, Sheppard 4 Co.'S 500-mile
coniract, ending 6s5 miles from Winnipeg.
near tho crossing Of The Saskatchewan. will
b. completed in year from the dats Of The
signing Of the contract, feat unequalsd In
railway construction.
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Ir SEEMS to be the opinion Of The greatest
astronomers chat tine comet now la sight,
known as Crul's comet, will return In year
or two and fall into the sun. II so IL will be
the grandest celestial phenomenon man has
ever witnessed, and Ii Is not impossible the
results will be remarkably interesting to the
general public. The best Judgment Of news.
papermen 10 that the period preceding the
contact will be rafting good time for daily
newspapers and that 1t 10 desirable to have
all subscriptions prepaid.
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THE Thirteenth Session OF the Montana
Legislature will meet In about six weeks and
IL privileged to sit sixty days. A Legislative
body IL rarely known TO adjourn until the
statute OF duration saws 1t of short. From
the members we know, we believe the mem.
bsrs-elect are fully up TO the average Of Mem
tanx legislators. But this does not insure
thoroughly good work. It 10 not always
those who have seen the necessity for new
and amended laws. and have thought u out,
who are sent to the Legislature. 1t Is al.
most an exception that any one not mem
Der will draft q measure or suggest
amendment and submit 1t through his repre-
sentative. This was exempli6ed In making
the Revision of 1879, when m edition Of $40
copies Of the work was printed by the Ter
ritory 1t large expense and distributed to
jurists, lawyers, and officials In the Territor,
for them TO note defects and make sugges
tions to the legislative body that was to con
slider and enact the Revision. There wa
never one suggestion made by anybody, ths'
reached the Legislature, although the de-
fscts In the laws were the talk Of every court
room and law Office. That was the result Il
lazinsss and indifference. The legal fraler-
nifty Of Montana adopted the Blue Nose
method related by Judge Halliburton In Sam
Slick, where the shlftless Inhabitants climb-d
up on the fence and sat whiting all day.
awaiting for Parliament 70 do something fat
the country" Now, would |. not be well J.
more interest was taken, and II any attorney
Or other citizen sees where there should b.
better legislation than that existing, let him
draft bis views Of Il, or At least call the al
tsn.ion Of member TO II. We think OF
trial this would be found productive Of bet
ter results than the old method.
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GENERAL john A. LOGAN does not pro.
pose to be humbugged by General 'irahts
conversion In the Fttz john Potter case.
Good for Logan.
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Cabbage for Sale.

have In cellar 600 pounds of drst class Cabbag.
which viii he sold ut my place for two cents per
and half cents per pound until January I, 1854.
Orders lett with g orgc Miller, at Murphy, Hig
gins d Co.'S will BE- promptly attended to.
II. b. HOFFMAN
697tfpd Deer Lodee.
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"THnY SAY" Granville Stuait lie 10 be tue
next Democratic candidate for Delegate TO
Congress. P. S.-Gianville Stuart NOT yet
heard from on the subject.
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ESTRAY..S6 Reward.

Straycd from Silver Boz three weeks ago ore
strawberry roam stallion pnny white face. legs whs
up 90 kneer, bra ded d on left shoulder,
will pay % reward Tor his ret srn TO me.
costa Deer ioose.
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ASSIGNEE NOTICE,

All pa ties ha' Ing claims against the late arm of
Stsckpole d Co., are uested to present them for
adjnstnent ard all parties owing said arm to call
and settle wit hout delay. H. A. HURLBUT,
696-4t Assignee Of Stsckpole Co,
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Che Arw z;eg..;.-sfest.
JAMES II. MILLS. PUBLISHER

CUSTER COUNTY 10 In the incipient stages
Of "diyision."
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MONEYLOST!.
5000 r E.W A RDI

At New Chicago, In front Of MePhails stable No
vemb. ~ 1ssa, one ''''
RED potKETBooK, Containing sss5,
d. acribed as follows:
SEVEN lOO-DoLLAR BILLS.
FOUR so DOLLAR BILLS.
ONE 2O-DOLLAR BILL.
FOUR lO-DOLl.AR BILLS.
ONE 8 DOLLAR BILL.
One u the oldest fifty dollar bills was torn nearly
IN two crosswsys In the center.
I will allow out OF the above s200 reward and no
questions asked, IL the remainder of the money IL
returned to James II. Mills Publisher NEw MORN.
W EST. Deer Lodge. M T
JAMES McDoNOUGu.
6a7t4 New Chicago MT
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THE ordinary terms Of language long since
lost adequacy In conveying In the American
newspaper the jubilant exaltation Of the cd
itorial heart In recording political victory;
"great upheaval," "cataclysm," "moral
earthquake" "tidal wave," and like phrases
were rung In all their changes by one par
~ or another for years. And new some NOR
tai OF more than ordinary mold denominates
the recent Republican collapse "iandslide.'
Perhaps that's 1t. We never knew land
slide to do anybody any good.
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From ben-on'r, on the Yellowstone, about sss
fenhsr 7th 1889. one pair bright hay horses, DARK
name and tail, one white hind foot on one horse.
were D ven years old and wuighed about 1900 pounds
each We're branded Y ~ ON left bip. Were raiscd
~ Deer Ledge or Bitter Ront Valley. will pay 0
liberal reward tor their return to Holland a ksiilL
Deer Lodge or for Information that will lead to thar
recovery.
J. X. SMITH
SosQ Deer Lodge NJ.
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KHUTE NELSON was elected 70 Congress
,yer Kindred In The Fifth Minnesota district
y = plurality Of 1000 votsa. Hs II The asut
Scandinavian ever eiscted 70 the Congress q
be United States. His reputation appears
70 hare bsen COED. and that o. Kindred very
aad.
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Tia Northern Paci6c company has operated
~ niles more Of railway this year thar
lst.
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OLD frontiersmen will smile at The follew-
Ing from an Eastern paper: The Guards
men returned from Egypt, who now walk
the streets Of London, have wild look about
the eyes and marked unquiet about the
brow. The trace Of severe privation 10 left
In their dried and shrunken forms, but the
trace of mental anguish Is visible enough H.
the disturbed glsnces they cast around. The
same expression was noticeable In the faces
Of the men returned from Zululand, and the
officers Of our army will tell you that the
men who have served In the frontier wal
agains: the Indians never recovered the hap
py, careless look they had worn at the COM
mencement of . campaign. "One single
echo ofthe war whoop by night will rob mai
oftwenty years Of bis life, and no may bio
farewell to his youth forever AFTER" said
General Custer, just before entering on his
campaign on the Rosebud river.
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TIE editor OF the Billings Hrald offers
to give his print shop TO any one who will
pay his taxes, from which we would infer
that his stock In street railways must be be-
lew par Yellowstone Journal.
One Of the propristors Of the Billings
Herald Is ssjourning at his orange grove villa
near PalatkA, Florida. THis shows the crest
profit Of running newspaper In Montana's
coming metropolis Yellowstone journal.
The moral Of the above Is TO show the diff
ference between the "edltor" and "propri-
etor" Of paper. At present we "edit"-
hope some daY TO " proprietn
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Horses -tray-d--S3O Reward.
Strayed from the Subscriber at Butte.
One roam horse branded diamond v on left shoul.
der nv In ide diamondl.
One rmall black horse, hind feet white star In
forehead, heavy name and tall, branded on left shout
der and left hip but brand forgotten,
I will pay SIS reward for return OF either or $50
for both the above HORSES To he delivered at Doven.
spccks straightforward near Butte.
FRANK a. RODERIGUES,
1854
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Now that Generals Pope aud Mackenzie
have been awarded the Major and BrigadieI-
Generalship, those who were left out In the
cold are busy figuring upon their chances
for promotion when the next vacancy In the
list Of general officers occurs. In tie natu
raj course Of events, the eleven general Off
GERS will retire from active service 10 fol.
lows:
General Sherman, Feb. 8, 1884.
Lieutenant General Sheridan, June, 1894.
Major General Hancock, March, 1888.
Major General Schofeld, Nov. 1895.
Major General Pope, July, 1885.
Brigadier General Howard, June, 1906.
Brigadier- General Terry, 1902.
Brigadier-General Augur, August, 1885.
Brigadisr-General Crook, Jaly, 1893.
Brigadier-G General Miles, July, 1895.
Brigadier-General Mackenzie, August.
The above statement will prove interesting
10 the army, n the records Of the ages Of Of.
hcsrs are guarded rs sacredly at the War
Department as II they were jewels. 1t will
be seen that Brig. General Augur, command
ing the Department of the South, will be the
first 10 retire, and General Miles the last. II
the system of seniority prevails, General
Miles will assdme command of the army
within the next twelve years and remain at
its head for ut least ten years.-Erchange.