The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-01-20
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

progress.
The Broadway 40stamp mill will be started
up this month.
A wrestling match for $3.50 side at Butte
is ''on the pins"
A hillside vineyard will be- started near
Benton in the spring.
! The Anselmo at Butte has yielded $4,000
in less than two wears. -.--r-.-.
| The location of the postoffice is agitating
Butte people at present.
+ Mike Lynch, who shot Fighting Finn ut
Barker is out on 80 600 bail.
| The Gallatin Neaos the new Bozeman pa
per. was to appear Wednesday.
The Caplice building in Butte is said TO be
the largest structure in Montana.
I w. J. Stevenson. late Benton lawyer, has
removed to White Sulphur Springs.
The Catholics of Mssoula have organized
II Sunday-school, to meet twice month,
A sneak thief stole a valuable watch and
chain from AL Lester at B"nton last week.
An effort is being made to organize a lodge
of the knights of Pythias in Virginia City.
Glcndive expects, on account Of her loca-
ton, to control the upper Yellowstone trade.
Hon j. p. Woolman and Mrs. woolman
are expected back from the east next week.
1t il estimated that the average attendance
az the Butte schools will this session be about
500.
A Benton merchant il negotiating for the
purchase of steamboat. He intends TO do
his own freighting.
NJ. Johnson was severely injured last
week by being thrown from a wagon during
a runaway in Pipestone.
A land of amazing wonders Montana has
nothing so wonderful a. the profuSion of her
mines.-Chicago Journal.
Willie Fowler, of the Bitter Root valley,
lost an eye by the scarlet fever during the re-
cent ravages of that disease.
Mrs. Allen of White Sulphur Springs who
was partially insane, has been sent home to
her father at Yankton, Dakota.
II is expected that over 80 900 buffalo hilrs
will be shipped from Glendive between Jan
uary LIST and April list, this year
The Mining Age of Butte thinks the decline
part of the managers of the company.
Col. John p. Hatch has assumed command
at Fort Custer, relieving Col. Alexander,
who assumes command at Fort Maginnis.
The Gros Ventres were given feast in
Glrndive last week, after which the Indians
executed war dance for the edifcation Of
whites.
Tt L., Il hat h.. ill - H.
overfown its banks and the valley is covered
with mass Of ice. Travel there Is at pres
ent suspended.
Citizens of Glendive have petitioned the
Postmaster General for mail route between
Glendive and Poplar Creek Agency on the
Missouri river.
Rev. NJ T. Lamb has gathered together
about thirty members Of the Baptist denomi-
nation in Butte and proposes to organize a
church society.
The new water company at Butte charges
the city $500 per year for water to put ont
fires and sprinkle streets The city council
and citizens buck.
SUNDAY afternoon last the California beer
hall AT Butte was robbed of $3.50 A man
named Bluefirld has been arrested on Su>pi-
cion of being the robber
Col r. s. Gardner il in Helena defining the
bounds Of the territory in which the Indians
have right to hunt He is bringing joy to
the hearts of the stock men.
Major VIM Fl Comegvs Paymaster Uni
ted States Army, who takes the place of Ma
jor Arthur, ha, arrived ut Helena accompa-
MED by his clerk. w +. Clitz.
A freighter, name unknown. was shot and
killed near Ada, Custer county. last week,
by man named Russell, from whom the
freighter Lad stolen buffalo robe.
The contractor on the Missoula National
Bank building threw up the job few weeks
since, having taken the contract too low
Work, however. has been resumed.
VIM. White and Henry Clark have been
bound over to appear ut the next term Of the
Butte court TO answer to the charge of aiding
and abstting Joseph Rails in the shooting of
Joseph Campbell last Christmas. 1t il SAID
Clark is the man who gave Rails the pistol.
Chicago Times: OF all the Northwestern
Territories, Montana il the one which, BY
the variety of its resources and capabilities,
the advantages of it's topography the beau
ties of its scenery, and the hospitality of its
climate, holds out the highest Inducem .nts
to rapid settlement.
The area of Montana in square miles ia
1880. The area of the different countries is
a. follows: Beaverhead, 4,23O; Choteau,
"a $50; Custer, $500; Dawson. 1900; Deer
Lodge and Silver Bow, $500; Gallatin, 6 700; |
Jefferson, 1900; Lewis and Clarke. $500;
Madison, 1900; Meagher, 5000; Missoula, |
II 900.
At Glendive, on the 9th inst, the railroad |
express Office was broken open aud twenty
mail sacks from Forts Keogh and Custer and
Miles City, bound east. were taken out cut
op'n.the contents taken and the sacks thrown
away. Two watchm"n were sleeping in the
building at the tim. No clue to the robbers
vet. The value of the mail Il not known
Edward Gravlin was shot and killed |
couple Of weeks ago, by half-brred, mt the |
Cree camp, in Judith Basin. Gravlin went
to the camp to trade. and got into quarrel |
with half-breed. who wanted goods on |
credit. He was buried on Big Spring creek, |
near Reeds Fort. The other whites have |
raised $3.50 a. q reward for the arrest of the |
murderer.
Mr.. Noah Armstrong of Montana Terri |
tory, has recently purchased of Mr.. p. w. |
Hudson. Of Lexington, KY, the hay filly |
Hermine, foaled in 1879, by Alarm dam |
Paris Belle. by Lexington, out of Ella d., by |
vandal. This il a high-bred filly and ought |
to be heard from. Price paid not reported |
Turf, Field and Farm, December goth.
Recently Messrs. John Woodhurst and |
James Shaw discovered ledge OF amethyst |
stones. The lead is represented to be about |
eighteen inches in width. and contains sew
eral strata Of pretty and precious stones.
II is located In the mountains overlooking |
Running Wolf creek, Of the Judith country, |
near the hsme of Mr.. Woodhurst.-Husband |
man. |
Black Weasel, the Piegan warrior who led |
the war party that killed Aalcomb Clark. on /,
the Prickly Pear, is still alive, and is now |
petted Indian policeman of Major Young's. |