The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-11-10
Col. Lounsberry has gone East to arrange
for Associated Press dispatches, material,

Col Lounsberry has gone East to arrange
for Associated Press dispatches, material,
etc.
A collision between freight and passen-
ger train on the Northern Pacific four miles
east of Green River last week destroyed both
locomotives and one freight car. The en-
gineer Of the passenger train had an arm
broken.
Last week nre In walkerville destroyed
three small buildings. the loss being 81 800 to
Mr.. Dsrnbeck, dealer in cigaN. fruits, and
jewelry; $3.50 to Leo g. Ellis, saloonists,
and Mechanics, restauranter, and 81, 800 to
Joseph Boiler, owner Of the buildings.
Mr.. George Pauncefort, whom many Mon
tanians will remember as clever strolling
comedian who delighted our play-going
people In the early days. is now living in
Japan, where he Is said to have retired to
domestic life with thirteen japanese wives.
Two robbers entered the house Of Mike
Ryan, in Big Hole valley, one day last week,
covered the three men there with revolver,
tied them up, and then stole $500 from the
house. They expected to get much larger
amount that Ry al was to have received from
. sale Of cattle, but the money had not been
paid.
| A quarrel between James D. Russell and
Gsorge A. Macarthur, of Billings, took place
in that city last Thursday, resulting in Nc
Arthur shooting Russell. Russell died in .
few minutes. Macarthur, at his own request,
was arrested. An inquest was held over
Russell's body, and the jury returned YER
dict of wilful murder.
Last year George Steel, of Sun River,
planted few pounds Of Mammoth Pearl
potatoes, a new variety, and the yield fairly
astonished the natives. This year from half
an acre of the same variety he has harvested
253 bushels Of as fine "Murphies" as ever
grew anywhere, and Mr.. STEEL is beginning
to believe that he deserves the palm as po-
tato grt ser.-RiUer Press.
In Butte Tuesday night disp ute arose in
| Twohig's saloon between a man named Am
brose and the barkeeper, named Tony Cos
grove, the latter claiming that Ambrose had
| not paid for all the drinks he ordered. Am
brose drew his pistol and Cosgrove and q
man named Frank Shovelin attempted to
seize it, when it was discharged and the ball
entered Shovelin's left hip,
VIM. MCGOWAN shot and killed his broth
err, Archie, on the Shonkin, one day last
week. The two had farmed together and
had quarreled about some business matter
| Meeting one morning Archie applied foul
| epithet to William, and the latter drew up
the Winchester he had in his hand and shot
| his brother dead. He was imm ediately ar
| rested and taken to Benton.
Piegan Indians recently killed tn CROUCH
bred shorthorn bull ON the Marias belong
ing to W. P. Turner. A few days later an
other band of Indians drove . steer belong
ing to the same party to secluded spot and
butchered it. They afterwards moved down
the river, and are supposed to be killing cat
| tie rs their needs require. Stockmen in
Northern Montana will doubtless be heavy
losers again this winter.
Fred Griswold, rancher living ten miles
from Divide, lost some horses recently. In
| looking for them he got down to Blackfoot,
| and there had dispute with . man which
was to be left to deputy sheriff named Jim
Westfall. The latter was hunted, found in .
saloon, and soon q general melee occurred,
in which westfall drew his pistol and shot
Griswold in the leg, Scott Donnelly in the
| hand, man named Howard in the breast,
and then sighed for more worlds to conquer.
When Old Boreas was doing his level best
last Monday morning, couple Of hombres
| who, with their noses buried in their shirt
| bosoms, were on their way to get an "eye
~. 1tI, forv al
john vetter's shebang. "Hello, JIM" said
| one, whats the wind saying now?" "Say-
| ing?" replied Jim, who had been playing
two-two through q three-one deal the night
before. Saying? Why it's saying what in
hi have you done with your summers
wages p That's what it's saying to me.-Mad-
isonidn.
p. Russell, of Miles City, who has 5000
| head of sheep On Powder river, was in Bis
marck recently, where he sold two car loads
Of fat yethers at from So to Sc per head.
The Bismarck Tribune says the sheep are
cross between Merino and a coarse wooded,
and are very heavy shearers, yielding, this
year, fortlse whole herd, about seven pounds
each. Mr. Russell did not feed a mouthful
Of hay or grain last winter, excepting small
band, and met with no losses to speak Of
The winter before, an exceedingly hard win
| ter, his loss fer the year, including losses
from coyotes, was but ten per cent
We learn that foreman of the grading
| force in rock work Of the Northern Pacific
railroad force near the mouth of Sixteen
| Mile creek canyon, was blown up and in
| stantly killed by premature blast one day
week before last. 1t seems that charge
consisting of several kegs Of black powder
and lot of giant powder had missed fire,
and thinking 1t safe he went to the place, and
while engaged in cutting out the tamping
the explosion took place. The body was
blown several hundred feet and was badly
| bruised and mangled. A part of one leg
could not be found.-Husbandn,an
There is a small, red COW at Jamiesons
stable, which could a tale unfold, replete
with pastoral history in many land, were
she but endowed with speech. Raised In
| Wisconsin. she emigrated to Illinois, and
after year or so, returned again to her na-
tive stable, then following her owners mis-
fortunes through Wisconsin, Iowa and Min
nesota, along the line of the Northern Paci-
fic, as it was built west to Bismarck, through
Dakota to Miles City and Billings, Mon
tana. Then leaving the snorting locomotives
| behind, she followed her owners wagon to
| Bozeman, and Helena and Mis- soula. She Is
called Trampoline, and valued by her owner
| much higher than bis best horse. Missonlidn.
| Mr.. Brady is contemplating the building
Of large irrigating ditch about thirty-fve
miles above here, in what is known as Simp-
sons bottom. an enterprise Of his own. 1t
will extend about twenty five miles through a
fertile bottom. He is satisfied of the neces-
sity and practicability of bringing water
upon this bottom, and that the whole Vel
lowstoue valley may be made to blossom,
| and with abundant crops. The finest piece
| Of wheat ever grown in the West is re-
ported to have been raised this season with
| out any artificial means on this same bottom !.
| The ditch through this valley is conside red
the most dificnit piece Of en- cheering in
Eastern Montana, and Its success Is already
| assured. The valuation of farming lands
along the line has been raised from ten to
| fifty per cent. and at those figures 1t Is