The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-12-29
NEW NOR'-WESTERS.

or all the states, Illinois had the most
farms in 1880, 255,74l.
Twenty thousand messages are transmitted
daily by telephone in Cincinnati.
The Chinese minister at Washington has .
wardrobe said to be worth S150,000.
ID. NJ. Bennett, editor of the Truth Seeker,
New York City, died Wednesday, aged
sixty-four.
"Janson Gould, not Jay, is the name
under which the little man of many millions
was christened.
Another effort is being made in the Chicago
courts TO break down the barbed wire fence
patent monopoly.
A tin mine-said 10 be the only one in the
United States-has been discovered in Clay
county, Alabama.
General Stoneman is the first military man
who has been elected governor Of California
since it has been a state.
higher than the cap on the statue of the
Goddess Of Liberty on the national capitol.
1t is estimated that the number of people
who are obliged to work nights in New York
in order to keep the city going, Is fully
100000.
The chief of police at Washington has
notified tradesmen that they must not sell
toy pistols, under law prohibiting the sale
of dangerous weapons.
The Chinese are going. Since The law of
last winter went into effect only few hun
dred have landed at American ports, while
over 5000 returned home.
Uncle Sam has 400s,741 farms under his
jurisdiction, with 30,972, ,673 farm animals,
of which l0,357,9 ,9lS are horses, Il, ,443, ,952 are
milch cows, and 23,3S7 1856 cattle.
The New York independent gives figures
to show that $70,000,O00 have been given
toward the cause of education by private in
divlduals during the past twelve years.
Boston is cultured, no doubt, but there
Is a trifiing incongruity in her singing the
"Halleluja jah Chorus" from the "Messiah" for
the benefit of the Russian Jews.-Ne,o
Hdren Register.
King Theebaw's baby is rocked to sleep in
a cradle of Mango wood, cased inside and
out with plates of gold, set with rubiss,
emeralds, sapphires and diamonds worth
nearly 81 100000.
The editor of the New York Sun, Mr..
Charles A. Dana, is reported TO have changed
front toward President Arthur, and will
hereafter use his influence toward acquitting
the star route thieves.
Lightning recently struck telegraph pole
and ran along wire into the office at Coats
Vile, Ind, when the operator seated at the
instrument excitedly telegraphed back :
Don't send so fast"
A colored woman has been sentenced TO
sixty-six and twoLhirds days in the work
house at Nashville, Tenn, for stealing a
brick pavement. She used the material to
build chimney in her house.
Strange to say, the expedeEt of pouring
oil upon the broken waves Of the ocean To
produce a comparative calm is spoken of by
some Of the scientific Journals as new
| thing. The fact is that this action of oil in
stilling breakers is as old at least as
| Aristotle.
Annually the lead mines of the world
yield about 400, 900 tons, aud Of that quantity
| the United States is credited with 100, 900
tons. Mexico, South America generally,
Canada and Australia yield almost nothing
| Of that metal. Spain heads the list of lead
mining countries with 10000 tons.
The Washington monument has now at
| tanned the height of The Goddess Of Liberty
OH the capital deme. The latter is 2S7 feet
above the ground, which is 30 feet above the
Potomac. The monument, standing on the
| lower giound, Is now $50 feet high, and has
220 feet, including so feet Of roof, to go.
Adjutant- General Drum says in his report:
"a fruitful cause Of desertion is the amount
Of manual labor outside of purely military
duty exacted from soldiers. While this can.
not always be avoided, the imposition OF
non military lsborious duties should only be
resorted to in extreme emergencies, as it in
evitably breeds disgust and dissatisfaction"
A carpet manufacturing firm of Glasgow,
Scotland, are making carpet for the White
House at Washington. Some time since they
Ill ade one for the King of Siam, measuring
100 feet by "a, its ceuter being three headed
white elephant. One, which represented a
whole mens gerie, was manufactured by them
for the King of Denmark, as a gift to the
Mikado.
| An Arabic manuscript, dating from the
latter half of the fourteenth century, 1365),
conveys the curious information that the
merchant vessels trading at that time IN the
Indian ocean carried four divers, whose
duties were solely to discover and stop leaks
in the hull Of the craft below the water line
Sound of trickling water indicated the points
Of danger.
The railroad director of the Union Pacific
says the earnings of the company fer the
current year, partly estimated, show q sur.
plus of 81 100000 The floating debt is only
S2,700,000, which will be extingushed BY
the immediate placing Of $3,000,000 Of col
lateral trust bonds already negotiable. He
says the company will next year pay divi
dend Of eight per cent.
Ben Perley Poore says that Morgan, the
hero of the Masonic mystery, found retrea
IN Smyrna, and that he received quarterly
remittances from the United States. 1t is .
pretty tall story, and although Ben Perley
declares that he had good evidence of The
identity of Morgan, We fear that he will moi
be believed. IL would make q good plot
however, for one of the serial story writer.
In the weekly papers.
Chips of the old block. Daughters o.
Maggie Mitchell and Lydia Thompson are
about TO become actresses. A son of Salvins
Is playing with Margaret Mathar. A son o.
Sothern is performing some Of the late come
dams roles In England and another has beer
acting with Mccullough. A son of Mr.. anC
Mrs. ChaDfrau has appeared upon the stage
Both of E. L. Davenport's children and al
of Dion Boucicault's are actors.
Not long since Mr.. Peter Cooper, who /.
within three months of being ninety-twt
years old, called en- Miss Clara Louise Kel
logg, and was entertained by her with severa
charming songs. Then he asked her II she
knew, or had heard, an old ballad called the
"Tortoise. Shell Cat" She answered In the
negative, and he at oace sung verse Of I
for her In clear, firm voice, and in man
ner that won from her hearty encore.
Here is another monopoly. Sixty repre-
sent atives of the leading horse railways o.
the United States and Canada met at Boston
on Tuesday last and organized q nationa
organization. Some big statistics were
brought out on the occasion. There are now
doing business in this country and In Canad,
415 street railways, which employ 35,00t
men, run $1,000 cars and use 100, 600 horses
daily, feeding them annually $4,000 tons o
hay and II ,OO0, 900 bushels Of grain. These
companies own and operate over 5000 milei
of track, carry 1912, 100000 passengers an
nually, and have q capital invested to the
amo,,nt of SI5O OUO 600