The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1882-03-22
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NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.

NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST.
Winnepeg had a 100000 fire on Monday
of last week.
The passage of the Crow treaty now pend
ing will add to the public domain 5000
square miles of fne country.
The Moorhead Daily Argonaut has been
merged into stock company and the name
of the paper changed into the the DAILY
NesOs.
There are seventy week!ies and five daily
newspapers published in southern Dakota.
North Dakota has five dailies distributed ey
enly over the Territory. Four of the five in
southern Dakota are in the Black Hills, and
within radius of four miles.
The acting Governor of Dakota has par
doned Martin l.. Couk, of Deadwood, who
was convicted on crcumstantial evidence of
the murder of Mrs. Callison in 1870, The
principal witness has since admitted that she
swore to lie because she had spite against
Couk, and thus secured his conviction.
WINNIPEG, March THE blizzard OF
Saturday left disaster in it's train. At Mead
ow Lea, thirty miles west Of Winnepeg, 9
house belonging to John Taylor was buried
down, and his wife anu three daughters were
frozen to death. The body Of one daughter
has not been recovered yet. Miss Reed, of
Winnipeg, who was on visit TO Tay!of's.
kept close to the fire, and was rescued with
her hands and feet somewhat frozen.
J.F Brown purchased flock Of 1850
sheep last fall for something over So, 900, and
kept them about the forks of the Owyhee
He recently returned here from California
and yesterday received letter stating that
not over forty head Of the sheep had sur
viyed the winter The snow where they
ranged was quite deep, and they died OF
hunger and cold. For seven years past
sheep have done we'll in that locality running
at large, but this year the snow was too deep
| for them-4SiJver State.
| A correspondent of the Cheyenne Leatzer
saws of Leadville A drive about the town
shows many reminders of the fact that Lead
vllle's palmy days have gone by. On some
streets store after store lies vacant, and OH
the principal street the marks OF the receding
fever are apparent. There are a few fine
buildings. Notably so, are two public
schools, built of brick and stone, and large
and ornamental There are several fine
business blocks and churches, but on the
whole there is very transcient air about ths
town. This of course will be outgroWn a
the mining camp gives way to the bushes
town but it is very evident that the mining
camp has done more than the town will eve
experience.
A Deadwood correspondent of the Pioneer
Press says superintendent McMaster, OF tn
Homestake Mining Company, was asked t
resign, 1t seems that the shrewd superin
tendent, who came to Deadwood five year
ago poor man, went out Of the Hills
couple of weeks ago worth half million
and today owns what is worth more than al
the mines on the Homestake belt, the waite
rights. The mines are worthless without To
water. McMaster recognizes the wisdom 9
Shakespeare's saying, that There is It'd
ia the affairs of every man whlch taken
the food leads to fortune and to fame" a
took advantage Of the tide and made his pile
With all the water in the Hills under his con
troll he will soon be able to buy out the mine
he wants.
Col. r. NJ. Newport, general land agent Q
the Northern Pacific, who returned yester
day from spending several weeks IN the Eas
confirms the reports of others, lately return
ed from that part of the country, as to tn
prospects of an extraordinary movement
the people into the New Northwest this ses
son. He found the interest in this section Q
the country widespread and common, an
had TO answer personal inquiries as to the or
portunities there for investment OF capits
and labor from about everybody he me'
while hundreds hunted him out to ask 70
like information. While In New YORK