The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-12-15

VITAL tohS OF onlons
Horse thieves got away with r. P. Wal
kers horses from near the mouth Of Sun
River Last Friday night a"
Capt. Randall. Fifth Infantry. has returned
to his post at Fort K4ogh. after ali absence
Of two years ON recruiting service.
The Shakespeare mins At Butte has shut
down and the owners want to settls with thA
employees at fifty cents on the dollar.
Earth is frozen to depth of twenty inches
in the streets Of Butt, H. 'wa- discovered
when excavating for new water nipes -.
The Helena school district has 1.y70 per.
sons under twenty one years CT age, of whom
Nineteen are colored; 2s4 are under four years
Of age.
Michael A. Hickey has been arrested in
Butte on n charg" of attempting to set FIRE to
. residence. H. has since been tried and &C.
quilted.
The officers and ladies at Fort Krogh have
organized. for the purpose Of winter r-crea-
ton. dramatic club, Of which Captain f.
Butler, Ia manager.
Roberts & Glassman recently shipped to
ireland a complete cowboy outfit Of saddle,
bride, spurs. RATA. hackamore, and quirt, re-
ceiving $500 for the lot.
displaying s65 gold nugget In Misssula the
past week. 1t was found In the Cedar Creek
diggings by Chiuaman.
The hard glove contest between Waite and
af puf fa ,trxht L
suited in victory for the former Forty
three round> were fought. O..
witnes, es for the Star route casss are being
subpenaed at Gl-ndive TO Civ. evidence re-
lating to the stag lin. formerly run between
Fort Keogh and Bismarck
At Billing last week Arthur Slocum drew
arevolver on a man named Bellows. Bel
lows caught the revolver by the muzzle and
was shot through the hand.
Helena Is having little real estate boom
700 changed hands. one purchase by R. s..
Hale amounting 70 $1,000.
The New York Herald Of RECENT date states
that Lieut.. A. NJ. Henry, Third U. S. infantry,
So well known in Benton. has rendered his
resignation TO the War Department.
A man named Mcknight was nrarly killed
on the road between Benton AMI B,.lknap
by being kicked On the breast by an OK. and
afterwards tramped on by the whole team of
fourteen cattle.
Herbert l.. Wright disappeared from Barker
district last August and has not been heard
If since. He left on a prospecting trip TO
the Chestnut mountain. but expected TO re-
turn In three weeks.
John Crawford stole asack of -four at Butte
last week and was released on bail, Gus Helms
going on his bond. On Saturday he skipped,
taking with him considerable loose property
belonging to Helms.
Thomas Davis, Of BUTT, .offrrs to fight any
man in Montana or Idaho for $50 q side.
weight to he ll2 pounds. Alfred Johns Of
the same place waats to wr"stl- with any 10
pound man Ia that city for $50 side.
Edward Galavin was killed in .he Missouri
Valley near H-lena last week BY the wagon
he was riding in going over forty feet bluff
and h. falling beneath. the brake star piero
ing his breast and causing instant death.
Sheriff Haaiy has in Jail at Benton de-
sert-r from Company I, First Y. s. Artillery,
whose station is Fort Warren. Boston Har-
Dor. The mans name i Robert Blake, and
he will b. turned over TO the United Stares
authorities.
A Massachusetts, girl arrived a. Bozrman
the other day, expecting TO meet n man there
who hal agreed TO marry her. She was only
acquainted with him bv correspondence and
at las. accounts he bad failed TO put in an
appearance.
II IL stated that John Longrnaid paid ont
for freight over the Union Pacific over $780,
600 for the transportation Of concentrated ore
since last spring. Almost The entire value of
the ore was thus used mp in paying freight
Inter Nouataia.
Citizens TO the number of 3,I5S have paid
poll tax In Silver Bow county for the current
year. This Is the closest collection which
has ever been made in the county, the last
election showing tie total number OF voters
to be about $500.
In quarrel about the ownership of Ca
bin at Butte last week, Peter Brown struck
Victor A. Smith over the head with an axe,
infiicting serious wound, and also nearly
severed Smiths left thumb with q knife.
Brown was promptly arrested. a-
The censu. reports from the several school
districts ofsilver Bow county give atotal Of
i ,62s children between the ages Of four and
twrnty-one Years drawing SD. S.s0 school
money. District No. has 4s0; No. 2 has
IS; No. has 50; No. 4 has Is; No 5 has 30.
A. Wertenwriler, superintendent of the
Lexington mine, was thrown from his horse
last Monday and seriously hurt His shoe
caught in the stirrnp and the unfortunate
gentleman would doubtless have been killed
had not the buttons of his shoe come osfthus
his foot.
Gilmsr, Salisbury & Co put on an in.l--
pendent line of passenger coaches and bag
gage wagons TO connect with the train 1t
Livingston last week. These coaches win not
wait for mail, which win h. forwarded from
Billings to Bohemian by .j"rkies;;". which will
not carry passengens--Hcrdld.
A phase of WESTERN life was exhibited In
stalking" newly arrestrii prison.
or at "stud poker" last evening And the win
ming by the prisoner of considerable money
An We hsvr no lookup in Billings, the con-
stables. when they have prisoner, have 10
keep him in saloon.-Bulngs Post.
Prof. Pumpelly In mentioning the immense
forests In the northwestern portiun Of Non.
tana, estimates those bodies Of timber TO con-
tain over $50 .ooO, 900 feet Of good saw logs, Of
which about one-quarter is white pine, and
The rest nearly equally divided between ell /,
lev pine, nr, cedar, tanarack and hemlock. |
Last Friday night = nine-year-old son VI
Mr.. Heilbronnsr, Of Butte, while going to
The hydrant for water, was suddenly attacked
BY man who had MI The appearance OF IN
IDIOT aud who was armed with . pistol which
" hrandish@d in threatening manner The
boy succeeded In sluding the madman, Who
was In turn chased BY a citizen for some dis
lance without avail.
At recent meeting of the directors Of the |
Alta Moutana ComDany Ia New York, Chas.