The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-11-24
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Il took thirsy-swo houn to count the vote
Of Butte.
The Dillon chess players have organised .
chess club.
!: took thirty I've hours to count the Niles
City ballets.
Four indians died Of smallpox this fall IN
the Bitter Root valley.
Tho Utah d Northern bring. north every
day 50 car loads Of coal
Tho Alice has shipped bullion to the value
Of s6a4, .93 since Jasuary FIRST.
A man named Frank Hayes was killed at
Pony last Friday il drunken row.
A roller skatiag rink Ia being fitted up in
the basement Of RsnshAw Hall, Butte.
A man named Fox, foil from . ladder In .
Benton saloon the other day and borks = leg.
But seven straight tickets were found In
the ballot box at Billings At the late cleo
ton.
VIM. Conway, Nsagher county sheep
herder, killed three .mountain lions in one
day recently. -...
One theusand cars Of cattle have been
shipped from Billings since the railroad
reached that point
Mr.. Kirkwood had leg amputatsd In Ben
ton last week Of account Of cancer making
its appearance thereon.
It In now claimed that the geysers Of the
National Park were discovered In 1863 BY
party Of eighteen miners.
A freighter sold coal In Benton last week
ut $2a q ton, Woods worth from SIC to so
cord, and scarce At that. nj. -. -, !.
L. Rotwitt. Independent candidate for Re-
corder IN Msagher. county, got moro votes
than both his competitors.
The printers Of Niles City have forned .
typographical Union. There are but about
ten Of the craft in the place.
DR.. W. 8. Wright, whs last year was organ
icing "A. o. U. W. lodges In the Territory,
died in walkerville last Friday.
A new bank Is projected for Miles City, to
be run by stebbiss, Post & Mupd, the well
known Billings and Black Hills bankers.
The Miles City public school has but ninety
eight pupils. A. q. Logan is principal, with
Misses Cornell and McElrath ~ assistants.
The Husbandman last week entered upon
its eighth volume and deservsdiy feels proud
o. Its position and influence in ths Territory.
A buffalo bull ran across w. 8. Stockings
Teton ranch last week and broke down more
wire fence than,his hide and tallow would be
worth.
Butte ministers have signed contracts to
perform thirty-sixs marriages In that city be-
fore the end Of the month, says the Inter
Nov tam.
A miner named Clifton WAS badly hurt on
the 9th inst; by the premature explosion Of >
blast In the Great Republic mine, Clsrk's
Fork country.
The 10a7th voter In Bossman was George
Jessrang and before the ballot was dropped
In the box he was arrested On . charge Of
larceny In Jefferson county.
One Deer Lodge man talks Of moving to
Helena and the papers try to make him out
the audnt courier Of half the Territory. But
the West Side still boome,h. 80. :.
Nathan Jones, Of the. Prickiy Pear valley,
was thrown from. his wagon in Helena Mon.
day afternoon and received injuries thas re-
suited in his death In few hours.
Pulpit Rock, aoted natural curiosity in
the canon near Echo City, on the line Of the
Union Pacific railway, wss blown down
during recent gaie.-Oodsn Pilot.
An Irish laborsr working in enc Of the
grading gangs Of tbs N. P. was stabbed while
participating In . drunken row At Thomp-
son. His injuries are not considered fatal.
Thomas Swirl in taking down the scafold-
ing around the, new Masonic building ut
Benton, was struck on the head by some fall
Ing boards and received very serious injur-
les. r,..
A fire. ut Merrill, near Billings. last Friday
night, destroyed the depot, express, stage
and telegraph ONCE, and all freight In the
depot Bozeman merchants lose about ten
thousand dollars.
il. Bowles was shot by . woman on Ar
row creek last Monday. The bullet struck
him In the side. in6ietiag painful flesh
wound He was attempting IT, enter her
house against her wishes. '''
Mr.. Dodge, Of the government telegraph
otiica a. Helena, last Friday night fell through
. trap dosr into tho cellar Of tho building
whore his ofdce Is located, and whom found
was unconscious, but Ia recovering from the
Ill effects Of his accident.
During the Ascsl year. ,3i4 mineral patents
were issued by tina General Land Once. OF
these Montana received 100. Utah III, Ari.
coma 90, Colorado 7ss, California l4s, Dakota
80, Nevada "a. New Mexico 8, Oregon 10,
Washington Z, Wyoming 8.
The Livingston CLARK City, townSits sur
vsy will be completed by December lst-whsn
that Of tho Northern Pacific addition 70
Bozemap will Be commenced. Immediately
after Its completion steps will be taken to
place the lots In the market.
Hen. Granville Stuart, the Democratic
nominee for the Council, In Meashsr county,
nearly doubled the vote Of his opponent.
This was not duo to any lack Of running
qualities in his competitor, but to the fact
that Granville II hard man to best.
Mike Lynch, who shot James Finn In the
Barker district LAST winter, was out Cunning
at Benton with . Winchester rife the other
day. He was locking fer Jerome Manning,
With whom he had had some difficulty.
Lynch was promptly arrested by Sheriff
Hsaly.
John welch, while engaged In getting out
house logs near the spokan house last sssur.
day, had his hand severely cut BY N awk-.
ward stroke Of m Axe In tho hands Of con-
panion. Sunday morning hts attending ply.
siciaa found II necessary to ampusats the
forefnger Of his right hand. =.
At the Boseman court Last week John
Donegan YVES sentenced to the peniteusiary
for fourteen years, for murder; Horace a..
Chiney, for passing bogus check, ono year;
George Smith. fer grand larcsDy, one year;
WIN. H. Haniiton. burglary, enc year; Henry
Nentier, for trying 70 sell stolen checks, one
year.
On Wednesday Of this week one or eur
leading physicians. BY asurgicai operation,
extracted from the heel Of John Natsop, .
piece Of glass about the size Of ones thumb
nail. The glass had lodged there vheu n,