The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-02-10
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Next Tuesday will be St. Valentines day.
This In the fortySecond anniversary of
Queen victoria's wedding day.
just received, a large invoice of choice lem
ons and oranges, at Coleman g. Co.'s. $50 I'm
The barometer Thursday evening said !:
"There will be high wind or falling
weather"
A. L. Buell., Contractor and Builder, City
Hotel, will build fiues or do other brick work;
also first-class kalsomining. II.
There are 10 men at work for the Utah g.
Northern in Silver Bow canon and all heavy
work there will be completed by April LIST.
The quarterly examination of the public
schools begins next Monday and closes We'd
nesday afternoon. Patrons Of the school are
especially invited to attend.
See notice of meeting of stockholders of
Collegiate Institute. Business Of Importance
will come before it and IL is desirable the
stock shall be represented in person or by
proxy.
Miss Caldwell, agent for the Encyclopedia
Britannica was In town this week and took
several orders for copies Of the work. There
are book agents aud book agents. Miss Cald-
we'll Is chief.
Persons who wish to engage in the horse
business will find an excellent opportunity
to get good lot OF brood mares and FLIES by
applying to Phil. Z. Evans. He says he can
sell as good stock for half the price they can
be brought from Kentucky for.
As many persons have expressed desire TO
have DIR. Voolfolk preach here, we are au-
thorzed to say, he is not physically able dur
ing this visit to comply, but in few weeks
expects TO return, preach on Sunday morn
ings and deliver free lectures IN the evenings.
An item In the Husbdndman says that DR..
H. G. Glenn, OF California, has put 10000
acres in wheat, and expects to cultivate 25,-
600 more. This answers the question of
correspondent who made inquiries couple
of weeks since as to the location Of the larg-
est wheat fields.
Copies of Laws wanted.-Ts complete a
set, copies are wanted of the Fourth Regular
Session, Laws of Montana (November 4th to
December l3th 1867, and the Extra Session
succeeding December 14th to December oath,
1867. A liberal price will be paid for the
same in good condition. Address, New
NORTHWEST, Deer Lodge, NJ. T.
The Deer Lodge Fire Company has made
a contract with Hugh O'Neil to rebuild the
fire cisterns in Deer Lodge. They are to be
sunk deeper and rebuilt throughout with
heavy timbers. They are in fair order yet and
adequate tor almost any demand upon them
but it Is deemed best to replace the old tim
bers before decay impairs them.
The Western Union Telegraph line, service
on which has been SO deficient for years, ex-
pected this week to have the new line COM
pleted from Ogden to Spring Hill in Beaver
head county. As the recent demand on the
old line has been largely for railroad pnr-
poses and the old line connects at Spring
Hill for Helena, there should be no trouble
on that score hereafter, while the old line
stays up.
DR.. Mussigbrod informs us that grading
for the Utah s. Northern were
ut Warm Springs this week, looking over
the ground and stated their orders to soon
begin work on this division. Up to latest
advices the Utah g. Northern represen-
tatives have no advices Of any combination
being made with the Northern Pacific. We
hear, unofficially, however, that there will
be meetings of the directors to-day, when
the matter will be formally determined.
We are requested to decide for parties
making wager in Pioneer, the date when
postage on letters in the United States was
reduced from 25 cents. In the Encyclopedia
Americana, published in 1881, the rates of
postage on single letter composed of one |
piece of paper, for a distance of 400 miles or |
more, were 25 cents, two pieces were charged |
double rates, three with triple rates, ETC. |
We are unable to ascertain from any author |
tiles here available, the exact date when the |
first reduction was made from those rates.
We quote at some length this week, from n |
etter by Mr.. Moore, special correspondent |
The st. Louis Age Of Steel relative to Deer |
Lodge. The article is we'll written and the |
extracts published are generally correct. In |
relation to the farming lands still available
we deem it proper to say that the great bulk |
If lands where water is readily available are |
AIKEN up. Still there Is large area on which |
water can be conveyed from the river and |
anger tributaries by systematic and expen-
i've bitches. This can only be done by |
wealthy individuals or companies, but the |
enterprise will repay the investment many |
old.