The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-07-21

thrown from the wagon and dragged some
distance, receiving very serious injuries .'
The Prickly Pear ranchmen, to avoid a re-
currence Of disputes about water rights, have l
termed an association and hired man TO |
take care of the ditch snd see that each man |
with rights on the ditch gets his share of the |
water. 4s.4a .4u as ob-Hs4 ~
Fred Witt, one of the roTtabouts on tie
Josephine, fell overheard nc Norris's on her
last trip down and drowned. On her trip up
the body was found about ten miles below
she scene of the accident and was buried by
the crew. ....e.
At meeting Of the officers of the Bell
Mining and Smelling Company, held last
week, the following gentlemen were elected
az officers: John A. Lrggat, president; H. A.
D'Acheul, vice-president; Charles Andrieux,
secretary.
The members OF the Republican Territorial
Central Committee have been notified to
meet at Helena on Saturday August 9Th, 1882,
at pm. To arrange for the apportioning to
the several counties proper representation In
the convention. .-.t
DPDuty SueFlH lhiurtk, VI oVhtohf ~
cidentally shot through the calf Of the leg
last Monday night He was in the act OF go
ing to bed. and while undressing, his pistol
fell from his pocket and was discharged with
the above result. s&a | s:- -saa 81
At the Spokane House. Jefferson county,
last Tuesday. Richard Welch, freighter'
was shot In the groin by Christopher Don
nelly, a youth said to be just out of the pen
itentiary The men were strangers, and the
shooting was inexcusable. s..s4se -..5 q.
| Henry Mitchell aud A. J. Eddy, who took
| a pistol, n shotgun, two suits of clothing and
some money from the house of J. G, Evers-
son, near Warm Springs, last week, were
captured at Melrose Saturday by City Mar
shall Lon P. Smith, IF Butte.
| A man named Jack Webster, in the en-
| ploy of the Northern Pacific, was beaten over
the head with revolver and had his head
crushed in, July LIST, at Cabinet Landing.
The assaulting party got away. He was a
saloon keeper named Hank Clark. Webster
will probably die. 4s.. r,'
On the 9th inst. Willie Strong, of Virginia
City, sixteen years old, while speeding a
horse entered for q race, was thrown off and
falling on his head his neck was broken
The horse then stepped on him and cruahed
in his breast and ribs. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Strong were the boys parents.
The Independent man has discovered an
other haunted house about seven miles north
east of Helena. 1t appears to be occupied
by the spirit Of man who disappeared about
eleven years ago, and two young men who
recently slept over night in the house had
quite discourse with the disembodied pres
ence by means Of raps. s.t lie.
The wide awake young business men Of
Miles City are about to form a building asso.
citation to erect residences and sell them or
the install,nent plan to those unable to pro
vide themselves with homes by paying cass
down. II rightly managed the association
can secure handsoms returns for the capita
invested, and ut the same time greatly nd
vance the interests of the town.
A man named Meagher, who had charge o
gang OF Chinese wor kmen on the Northern
Pacific. west of Missoula, in some way in
Cured their enmity short time since ant
they murdered him. Some Of the dead man
friends banded together, determined on ven
grance, and attacked the Chinese killing si
T and wounding thirteen. The surviving
Cinnamon took the trail for Missoula.
, The Northern Pacific advertises in tn
Missoaltan for the resumption Of trade be
tween Missoula and the Pacific Coast, claim
ing that in August, 1882, the railroad will b
completed SO far that freight will be de
livered In tive nty-five miles less wagon hau
than from Butte. Freight from Portland
Tho,npson's river, the terminus, is 2! cent,
and the same from Thompson's river to Mi.
soula.
A LITTER has been received at Norther
Pacific headquarters in Helena from Geners
Manager Haupt, stating that President vi
: lard haa invited the Western Press Associ'
: ton 70 hold its annual convention In the M
tional Park this year. requesting that th
Q time be set a. early In August as possible.
. | In understood that the invitation has been o.
cepted and that Mr.. Ed. Stone has been II
. structed to make arrangements for the tran
, portation and care Of the meinbers.
!. Old Top, one of the pioneer dogs Of La
q Chance Gulch, died Wednesday night, an
A was buried last evening up the gulch towa'
II | GmOnvlIle. ne naS segStN az Watcnook
Horsky g. Kenk's brewery above Chinatow
for the last twelve years. Mr.. Horskys lit
:, boys made a coffin for the old favorite, M
In company with the men employed at Il
brewery, attended Old Top to his last resti'
place. Little johnny Horsky, lad abo
y six years old, wrote an affectionate epitaJ
which was inscribed upon pine head boa
and placed at the head Of the grave. The o
dog had been In the gulch since 1S67.-lnd
u pendent. ,.s-.t ..s..r... ..,.,t --...s1 s@~
> Under the corporate name of the stua'
Cable City and Philipsburg Telegraph al
Telephone Company, Messrs. James A. Il
g bott, Charles Clark, Thos. NJ. Lowry, T.
|. Hamilton, C. s. Warren, Henry c. Bodle
X and T. q. Porter, have filed their articles
incorporation with the Territorial Secreta
r and Clerk and Recorder Of Deer Lod
D, county The object of the gentlemen Is
\ construct and maintain Telegraph and to
phone line from Stuart ria Gable to Philil
n. burg, ami possibly later to Stevensville
= the Bitter Root valley. The capital stock
=, the company IL 10000, divided into H.
shares at $40 each. y5
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