The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-01-20
OUR pHILrpsRuRG LETTER.
The Drift Of Public Events as Caught ON .
Sand Bar.


| Especial Correspondence Nec North Vest
| PHrLrpsBURs, January IS, 1ss2.-If there is
anything new or interesting relative to the
MINING AFFAIRS OF THIS DISTRICT
for the two weeks past, then careful and per-
sistent enquiry on the part of your cores
pondent has failed to develop it.
The Algonquin Company, In addition 10 its
own ores, has now under contract the Trout
dump. The mill il running steadily, and will
probably make tn. full sixty day run before
hating to clean up.
At the Salmon the usual output of high
grade ore continues out of the No or IN
cline shaft.
New and improved hoisting machinery is
| in Philipsburg for placement on the Trout
mine. The engine and apparatus il exactly
similar to that in Use on the Algonquin mine.
Once in motion, ample facilities are at hand
for deep sinking. The header of the 5G0-foot
level is in sixty feet, the country rock con-
tinuing favorable to its advancement.
The Hope mill is running altogether on
| Hope rock The working plant is in unex-
ceptional good order. The machinery, which
| is Of the most improved and durable descrip-
ton, is carefully attended by Mr.. Leggatt, a
machinist and engineer of acknowledged
| ability and experience. AT the mine the
daily output of sixteen tons of ore continues
| The slopes look iurxhaustble as ever, and
the underground work of every description
is satisfactory and highly creditabe to the
gentleman in charge.
Messrs. Patton Il Co have four feet of ore
in the Orphan Boy shaft. The rock through
out assays well, some of it being excellent.
But very little mine jumping was done in
the district during the holidays, nearly every
one heretofore disposed that way being am
ply supplied at present with wild cat.
Personal.
James X. Pardee, SUPERB ntendent of the
| Algonquin accompanied by his family, left
during the week for visit to the East Side.
w. T. Allison, Esq, of Allison Il Sherman,
our prosperous furniture men, also dsap-
peared about the same time. Gus. says he
has gone to Chicago, Ill, on business for the
firm, but others think Bro. A has got tangled
up in some matrimonial affair and gone east
| to outfit.
After ALI extended and highly enjoyable
visit to Butte City, Misses Annie and Allie
Caplice, the beautiful and accomplished
daughter and niece of John CapIice, of
Caplice s. Smith, have returned to the silent
and undisturbed solitudes of Tower, our
neighboring precinct. We are glad of it.
The silver city has captured altogether too
many of our good people
| Col Morse, up from New Chicago, reports
the lower Flint Creek and Deer Lodge quiet
and happy.
ANOTHER MILL IN PHILIPsBURG.
T. Nc, of Pioneer, dropped in on last
week to pay his always welcome visit. T. is
not only the prince of good fellows, but an
athletic fellow withal, who above all things
delights to don the gloves aud have a friendly
bout with some "good 'un." Now, under
our new and elegant Kaiser House il the
billiard hall and sample rooms presided over
by Herman k, who is very apt pupil of
| Hugh O'Neil, has attained such admirable
proficiency in the manly art ~ To make him.
self terror TO amateurs in the fiSticutf line.
Having an idle moment George II. invited
the Pioneer man into that billiard hall, I'M
der the pretence that it was simply child's
play to utterly demolsh its keeper. Our Wis
itor spat on his hands and walked deIiber-
ately into the trap laid for him. After an
| interchange of some few uncomplimentary
remarks upon the weather. which To say the
least deserved every bit of it, the artful
George observed 10 the quiet taciturn mixer
of liquids that his friend Il. e., the Pioneer
mani would, if afforded the opportunity,
demonstrate his ability TO instantly paralyze
any one who possessed the nerve to confront
him in a ten, foot ring with boxing gloves on.
A. visible evidence OF his ready disposition
to endorse everything George said, the Pho
neer man Immediately peeled off his coat,
leaped over a billiard table and into one of
those magnificent bruising positions which,
If illustrated, would have elected the adm-
ration of every Harry Hill in the country.
The barkeeper, while d"precating the fact of
his being unable to entertain their visitor ~
he deserved, evinced the greatest alacrity TO
do what he could in an humble way. The
gloves once on the gladiators assumed one of
the many elegant pastures IN the series Of
which the first mentioned is included Such
agility, such marvellous leaps, such indrscrib-
able bodily contortionS a. those INDUCED in
by the Pioneer man, George Fl. declared WAS
never excelled or equalled in the fistal annals
of this country. BY and by Herman w-aried
with holding his dukes up, careiessly let one
fall 10 get some tobacco. This triting act did
not escape the wary eye of his antagonist
With terrific plunge, attended with light
ning-like velocity, the Pioneer man got his
left eye in on the aforesaid unguarded duke,
and the transposition from perpendicular
to a horizontal position was the inStantane-
Gus result of this scientific maneuver on his
part. Expert mill men eating supper in the
dining room above likened the concussion to
that created by the instant drop of ten five
stamp batteries. Every chimney in town was
wholly or partially wrecked, but such was
the magnificent physical structure of the
man from Pioneer that the shock only pro-
duced temporary insensibility. H, assisted
by kind friends, laid his protege gently on the
billiard table, the hole in the floor was quick
ly filled up, and the sersne-faced, defrrential
Herman quietly observed that "the man
from Pilgrim Bar was the boss" This fat
tering enconum upon his proves was suffi-
cient to fully revive the PROSTATE athlete
He gathered unto himself everything thereto
appertaining, and gracefully accepting the
preferred beefsteak ever kept on hand for
such emergencies, he made his exit with all
the courteous amenities of leave-taking 80
well known aud exercised by the chivalry OF
Yam Hill, of which he is the most illustrious
member.
Our young and popular stage man, Johnny
Taylor, signalized his departure from
our midst to a newer and more use
full field of labor by giving farewell
supper at the Silver Lake to his nu.
merous friends. Butte has received most
useful and valuable addition to her popula-
ton. An excellent business man, genial
! and pleasant gentleman, his loss to us is one
, that we can not but regret SAND BAR.
|
A dancing club was organized at the Ms
! somLian Office ON Wednesday night with