The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-07-28
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
A Catholic church Is to be built in Boze-
man.
Ranch peas are selling at Billings 1t y per
peck.E sse
A. X. yerkes has sold the Billings Coulson
Post TO j. D. Matherson. @8t
The Helena silver cornet baud has received
q set of new instruments. ,kAf.at i,
Billings has postssfice now, with Capt. L.
Whitney as postmaster. Il.
The first church in Billings is OF the Con-
gregrational denomination.
Rattlesnakes are plenty about the track
layers camp beyond Billings.
Meyers Bros, of Gallatin county, shipped
56 carloads Of cattle last week.
The new wagon road from Fort Maginnis
tn Maiden is about completed.
A man named O'Meara was found dead in
his cabin at Belmont last week.
On her recent, up river trip the Rosebud
brought mp AGO 900 pounds of freight.
E. G. Maclay has become partner in the
Benton house of Murphy, Neel& Co. z
The machinery for . Yellowstone lake
steamer has been shipped from the east. z
The Nellie Boyd d fanatic Company is in
Oregon and making It's way toward Montana
From !, 800 head of sheep Meyer Bros, Of
Glendive, this year sheared II 900 pounds Of
wool.
Mr. and Mrs. Hancock. of Helena lost a
little son and daughter by diphtheria last
week.
I'D. Wright, formerly of the Rtuer Press,
has become canvassing agent for the hide
pendent.
A cave containing two petrified Indian chill
dren has been discovered in the judith
mountains. ars r.t... ..N .r.....#.. II F..
The sound of blasting at Rock Island can
be heard a: Thompsons Falls, twenty-five
miles away. ,Bsa. H"@@ aN
Frank Taylor and Lewis Cooper will run
another foot-race at Butte on the 3lst inst
for $500 side. ursa.... .. odd. ....-. .. -.
Mr.. All Ho was marriod to Miss Sing
Choy in Virginia City last week. 1t was q
runaway match. .sr. ..... .....
Buttes new postofice bailding will be
ready for use by October. 1t will contain
1.07S lock boxes. .............
H. r. Mcclellan, formerly Of the Hasen
Wrinkle company, is bringing the Tennessee
Singers to Montana,
The Milk river troops recently captured
thirty Cree horse thieves and sent them bach
to the Queens country.
Onward Gilman committed suicide at
Junction City on the 10Th inst. by shooting
himself through the head.
The streets in the new town Of Stuart in
Deer Lodge valley are named after promi.
nent old.timers Of this section.
7. Eddie Tyler, of Helena, last week fell from
fence and broke anew an arm that was jus,
healing from previous fracture.
The railroad town of Rock Island in Mis-.
soula county consists Of thirty-seven tents
fifteen of which are occupied by saloons.
Only one bid has been made for furnishing
Choteau county with its winters wood. The
price asked is $3.50 per cord for cottonwood
Prot. Pumpelly tells the Bentonites that he
is confident a branch Of the Northern Pacific
will be constructed to the river metropolis
One hundred and thirty-seven notaries pub
Inc have been appointed by the Governor
since the adjournment of the last Legisla-
ture. ...4H a -aa..
T. I. Dawes announces himself candidate
for sheriff of Gallaiin county, subject to the
decision of the county Democratic conven.
ton. 4s-r t .#--....
Major w. d. o'Toole has retired from tn,
firm Of O'Toole q Co, post traders at For
Keogh, and will engage in business in Miles
City.
1t has finally been decided by the Butte
school district to accept the school building
about which there has been 40 much contro
| versy.
1t Is understood that the through stage lin
between the two ends of the Northern Pa
cific will be in operation by the first of SEP
| TENDER. Ft 'Hns
A foot race Of 100 yards for 81 900. was run
at Butte last week by Frank Taylor and Lev
Cooper, the former winning by two and
| half feet. HE-au 81 aasaHEz III
A daserter from Fort Assinaboine, VIII,
was confined in the Benton Jail, made hi
escape last week. and swimming the rive
| got away. ss, rcd. #54 .rs -.a ..a.s-.
| The city council of Butte has decided npo
Offering the Silver Bow Water Compan
| si00 per month for water for the rise Of tn
fire department. .a.
| Hiram Smith, \ tie cntter on Deer Cree
on the south side of He'll Gate, has hal tire
bear fights this ear. and got away with brui
in every instance.
The county commissioners of Madiso
county have let contract to Porter s. Ricl
ter to repair the Iron Rod bridge. The col
tract price is 81 ATS.
i James Fisk railroad hand in attemptin
to board moving gravel train Mt Blackfot
the other day, fell in front of the engine an
had q portion Of his foot cut off.
John G. Bull, who killed Langford Peel
at Helena in 1867, turned up in that city la
week. He contemplates locating there whe
the Northern Pacific is completed. y ia
Miss Flora Cutler. who was shot by JIG
Harrison at Sweet Grass q conpls of weel
ago, is now improving and her physician
have no doubt of her ultimate recovery.
The receipts from messages sent from til
Butte telegraph Office from May LIST to Jul
18th inclusive-2i months, was s5,023.15. TIL
receipts from messages received exceed SO
600.
BY the tapping process, forty.seve
pounds Of water were last week taken fror
Mrs. A. Anderson, Of Madison county, VIII
has been suffering from dropsy for some tin
past. as@ias iV SD
| Sebree, Ferris h White are about to ope
. banking house In Boseman. A room
the Courier building has been secnred for Il
purpose. 1t win In time be merged into
national hank. as % snas-
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