The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-04-14
LOCAL BREvITIES.

Leo Ideal Company April 18th.
It Is anticipated court term will end next
week.
There are more immigrants In Deer Lodge
than ever seen before.
Mr.. Walker contemplates starting new
bakery in Deer Lodge.
Found in O'Neill's Hall after concert, We'd
nesday, a black silk parasol. Inquire Mt this
Office.
w. b. Miller Is In the field with his new
paper, the Harness and Saddlery Gazette. 1t
Is well gotten up.
Announcement of the Odd Fellows ball
will be found In this issue. 1t will be the
ball Of the season.
Messrs. w. j. Lippencott and John +.
Forbis, attorneys-at-law, Butte, are in town
on professional business.
Joseph Richards has sent east for porta-
BILE -four and feed mill. 1t is believed 1t will
find considerable employment in making
feed
Mr.. Kohrs bought some very fine imported
cattle while east They are expected here in
a few weeks when mention will be made of
them.
Nessrs. c. p. and n. Bielenberg have leased
their band of horses to Mr.. Kennett for three
Fort Maginnis.
The birth of twins on Easter Sunday to Mr..
and Mrs. Foster makes the eighth twins born
in tins county IN the past fifteen years. Of
these, three births were Of the same sex and
five were "assorted"-a boy and girl.
An item current in the neighboring news
papers. says "a party Of Canadians several
hundred strong" passed north q few days
ago from Silver Bow Junction TO the British
Possessions. There were just twenty-five in
the party.
We are indebted to Mr.. r. T. Kennon for
a copy of the Grand Lodge Proceedings, A.
r. & A. NJ. of Montana, 1881, and to Mr..
Massena Billiard for a copy of the Grand
Lodge Proceedings of the l. o. G. T. of Mon
tana, 1881.
The roads are horrid at present, especially
in the valley-so bad In fact that dead-axe
wagons have sometimes to be substituted for
coaches and they do not attempt to leave Sill
yer Bow until daylight. This brings the mail
here about noon.
John O'Neill advertises in this issue the
fact that he has a general assortment of
stoves, tin, hardware, queensware, sewing
machines, etc. ,on hand and ready to trade. He
has renewed to the stone building formerly
occupied by Chas. Blum. Give him call.
Mr.. n. Bielenberg started this week to the
Pen d'Oreille river to drive up some GOO or
700 head of cattle he bought there last winter.
Mr.. Bielenberg has also started his teams to
haul brick from Dempsey creek to the lots
where he designs building his residence in
Deer Lodge.
The Salt Lake Tribune of the 9th says: "In
order to accommodate the increasing travel
over the Utah and Northern road, we under-
stand the company contemplate putting on
another through train. Two trains day
will leave Ogden, one in the morning, the
other in the evening"
Mr.. III. s. Neal this week sold to Mr..
Blair, recently arrived, his new log house in
West Deer Lodge, near the bridge, for $500
My. Batterton also sold Mr.. Blair an
adjoining lot 30x110 feet for $50. Mr.. Bat
uGslkbS 1ha oS'shS 49, wv
the entire block of ground between the
bridge and his residence. 1t is very pleas
ant location.
AT q called meeting Of the trustees OF the
Montana Collegiate Institute on last We'd
nesday evening the proposition of l.. IL. IT.
vine, Esq, as recommended at thestockhold-
ers' meeting and published March al, was
taI fb.,u tary instructed tn have
a contract drawn for signature In accordance
with said proposition. This contract VIII
doubtless be perfected before next issue when
we will mention the project more fully.
Some of the pilgrims think this "a bloody,
blasted country" because we have snow
storms in April, but the old timers prefer
having them now rather than In June and
July. They are everything" for the country,
| much better than an equal amount Of rain
fall much of which would run of, while the
melting snow IL absorbed where 1t falls
Grazing will be good in a week, and the
| enew land" burrows turn mellow as faliow
ground.
The matter of "ceusins" among Cinnamon
| In puzzler Every Chinaman seems to have
hundred or more. 1t is supposed by som
that those coming from the same town cal
themselves cousins, but well-informed one
explains that where they are from the same
father "way back" hundred, two hundred
years, may be, long as they know, all de-
scendants are cousins" While 1t seems the
relationship would thin down considerably
during the longer period the explanation
clears up the mystery of multitudinou'
/ cousins.
We copied last week from the Salt Lake
| Tribune telegram including letter from
clergyman to Senator Miller on the Chimes
question in which Biblical question wa
used, ending viz:-"and hath established
the bounds of their habitation." 1t did no
read that way, however, in the dispatch VI
copied, and n word more familiar in utal
was used for that of "habitation." 1t Is
very remarkable fact, but fact notwith
standing, that the error was not noticed II
this Office, nor has IL been mentioned to us
Between the old and new version almos
anything will pass for scripture nowadays
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