The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-04-07
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
March did 90 out like a lamb.

sale.
Mrs. Cary invites patronage of her milli- |
merry establishment.
Next Sunday win be Easter. Yesterday
there was nor easter
Rev. Van Orsdell preached in the Presby-
terrain church last Sunday.
A traveller the other day inquired: What
is the meaning of the wsrd "Missoula2'
Referred to the Aissoulian.
An interesting assortment of new adver-
tisements will be found in this issue, of in
terest In one way and another to all.
FoUsD.-In Deer Lodge last Sunday, gold
cuff or bib pin. Owner call at n. n. w. Of
flee, describe, pay charges and be happy
Grass has begun to shade the hills and val
leys nicely, and the sugar snow of Thursday
followed by warm suns will bring Ii up BOOM
ing.
1t is estimated that at least ten inches of
snow fell between a. m. and o p. IN. yester-
day, mostly melting as soon as it fell in the
valley.
crowded to OVERLOOKING with guests this
week-people on court business, travellers,
immigrants and neighbors.
Valley Chapter No. 4 r. A. NJ. will meet at
Masonic Hall, Deer Lodge, this Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Sojourning compan-
ions are cordially invited to attend.
On Tuesday twenty-five Scotch Canadians
arrived from the railroad, destined for Fort
Macleod. They said "they wanted 10 get in
early and so came around by the side door"
The bridge across the river having settled
out of line is rendered somewhat shaky. 1t
will be frightened up shortly. Nearly all the
freight trains now move on the east side road.
Sheriff Platner.of Madison county brought
over a few days since, Isaac w. DanfOrd,
convicted at Virginia of robbing the mails
and sentenced to seven years in the peniten-
tiary.
Van Gundy has enlarged his Western
Brewery Beer Hall to q by 6s feet and fitted
il up in handsome style. Van Is now run
ming both breweries and doing a SPLENDID
business.
Considerable business was transacted in
the Territorial Court this week, but the pro-
ceedings were not received in time for this
issue. The Grand Jury was still in session
last evening.
The barn of w. T. Elliott, Dempsey creek,
was destroyed by fire last Saturday night and
a young stallion worth $500 burned in it.
Tommy" has had rather hard luck the past
year, a hail storm having destroyed his crop
last summer.
The mail service between Deer Lodge and
Butte is out of joint. 1t now lays over about
twenty hours at Silver Bow Junction. The
result is it takes day and two nights for the
mail to travel forty miles. This branch needs
"expediting."
Alex De Long last week sold to Hi Thomas
his ranch on Barnes creek, said to be the
best in Flint creek valley. Mr.. De Long has
been crippled with rheumatism for years and
expects to remove to and permanently locate
Al the Arkansas Hot Springs.
AT the meeting of the Cottonwood Lodge
]. o. .. f. Wednesday evening, it was decid-
ed to hold the Anniversary Ball on the even
ing of April 9th, instead of that previously
announced. This change is made to enable
representatives en- route to the Grand Lodge
| at Butte to be present on the occasion.
There have been stories of young bovine
mothers that were pretty hard to believe and
| now we propose to tell one that Is true.
| Some two weeks since a heifer, the prop
| erty of Thos. Stuart, Deer Lodge, aged one
| year and two weeks gave birth to well
formed healthy calf. At last accounts COW
and calf were doing well.
| The rush of stage travel from the railroad
before the six-horse stock was put on all this
| line, and the bad condition of the Range,
made gorge here this week, and quite a
number of passengers accumulated. Extras
have dispersed them, and in a day or two,
Division Agent Riddle says, he will handle
them all through on good time.
Andy whitesides, who, according to Gen
eral Sherman and all other competent judges,
is the champion cabbage cultivator OF Mon
tana, was up from Harvey Creek this week
with cargo of the commodity in finer con-
dition than when st ored last fall. The
grading of the r. r. makes things lively be-
low Bear Mouth and Andy says he isn't los
ing any money to speak of.
A note from"D. Med" dated Missoula
last Friday, says: Engineer Alexander
Northern Pacific surveying party rolled In
here yesterday from Pen dOreille river
Everything is satisfactory. Snow is about
six feet deep down on Clarke's Fork. This
information is derived from four Indians
just arrived from Spokane Falls. They say
there "heep plenty" men working on the X
r. around the Lake.
An awkward, minersh looking man, o
go pounds, in canvass clothes, fiat shoe
and broad hat, sauntered into the Metro
| politan Billiard Room the other day and go
roped into a game of billiards. He final!
, opened little show on the green cloth will
cue and fingers, and made plain and fame,
shots until the eyes of the spectators stucl
, out like billiard balls. He was the best Dill
lard player that ever struck this camp an
his name is Blackburn.
We mentioned last week the complaint o
Annie Cunningham against certain partie
charged with robbing her Of a gold waite
and chain. Sheriff Strang pursued two 0
the parties TO Missoula where the trail failed
and few mornings since Annie found he
watch and chain hanging on the outer doc
knob. Thereupon, on motion OF Distrit
Attorney Mayhem, Judge Emerson dismiss
Il
recover stolen property is so effective.
r acknowledge receipt Of VOL /, No. !, Of
new illustrated paper established here entitle
+ The Druggist, and marked "please exchange
I. The publishers are Stackpole 81 Go. and tn
II paper is handsomely illustrated with lin
Il and silhouette engraving The reading ma
q ter is diversified and interesting but the az
= vertising is monopolized entirely by enc e
h tablishment, showing it to be less cosmopo
d itan in character than this. Mr.. Stackpoi
rr being p. NJ, has of course many advantag
e In circulating his paper and hence publish'
d it free.
h Chas. A. Lewis, the "Grand elimination
is Snowman who was in Montana year OF tw
1T since, is now in Raleigh, C., and says
" has had profitable season. He expects
return TO Montana soon. Mr.. Lewis says