The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1882-12-29
LOCAL BREvITIES.

The City Hotel, a fine property, is offered
for sale. See advertisement.
The school entertainment Tuesday evening
Melted $50 over all expenses, including many
for permanent purposes.
Charley Bielenberg brought over from
Nevada creek, few days ago, some two
hundred head Of fine beef cattle.
Col. Wentworth fell on Monday night and
broke his right leg above the ankle. He is
under care Of DR.. Glass and Is getting along
finely.
Stackpole is doing booming registered"
business in the postoffice. During the past
month the registered packages have averaged
125 per day.
Deer Lodge school district last year had
a03 children of school age. This year it has
1856, gain of eighty-three, or twenty-seven
per cent. over last year.
The Deer Lodge Telephone instruments
are working frst-class. On and after Jan. LIST
the connection will be at the service of SUBJ
scribers to Butte, Helena and other towns on
the line.
Judge +. r. Bill is now prepared to receive
applications for life insurance, endowments
or annuities in the Washington Life Insur-
ance Company, of New York, which has ST.
OOO,O 900 assets.
West side mails still remain Tout of Joint,
letter placed in the post office here We'd
nesday does not reach Blackfoot-twenty-
eight miles away-until the next Monday.
Such service is fraud
Chandler of the Deer Lodge restaurant is
'the boss" on fried oysters. He will deliver
them in covers at your table at any hour
named, with crisp jacket and juicy interior,
hot, blooming and beautiful.
The Cornet Band has very kindly favored
our citizens with midday music dnring the
Holidays. They are the most pubics pirlted,
kindly, considerable outfit that ever made a
town full Of people happier by their exit
ence.
DR.. C. G. Glass, who has had an extensive
medical experience, and to whom the county
contract was let this year, has established in
practice here and will have his office tenn
porarily at the Deer Lodge Drug Company's
store. See his card in thi issue.
Invitations have been issued for the
second of a series of social dances, on
New Years evening, at O'Seill's Hall
The managers are fully determined
that these dances shall be as pleasant and
proper as any held in the hall, and have
therefore taken measures against the admis-
sion of any rough characters.
As will be noticed by their card, DIR. A. II.
Mitchell has associated with him in bust
ness DR. Edgar Laurin, young gentleman,
who has been practicin CO uple of years in
Montana. He comes very highly commended
for his skill and thorough culture. DR.. Lau.
rim will have charge of the business during
the absence of DIR. Mitchell at the Legis-
ture.
Mr.. +. Bruen, the efficient Assistant En-
gineer engaged on this division of the Utah
& Northern last summer, has gone over to
Bedford to locate for the balance Of the win
ter. II seems that was the poin ut which the
Montana Railway Co. mot the Z. & n. in
Montana, as we enormously designated IT,
built that remarkable piece Of architecture
which we recently ref erred to as snow shed
1t appears now that the company is appre-
hensive it may take fire from the sparks Of
there In charge of a small corps of observa'
ton to see that 1t remains intact. That shed
may probably become one Of the most expen-
sive buildings in Montana.
The public school entertainment at the
school house, last Monday evening, was well
attended The exercises were about a. nsnal
on such occasions, except thar one or two Of
81 sunaripr IN hn
Some of the young ladies of the high school
have very fine voices, and If thoroughly cul-
tivated will reflect credit upon the possessor
and upon Deer Lodge. The drama was very
creditably presented, and proved quite
amusing. The Deer Lodge cornet band fur
nished excellent music between the acts.
The rooms were neatly decorated with ever
greens, pictures, etc; the former, probably,
interfering somewhat with the elocutionary
part of the exercises. The Taylor entertain
ment in the school house on Wednesday
evening was very lightly attended
We desire to call attention to the adver-
tisement, In another column, of ID. VI. Ferry
& Co., Detroit, Mich, the great seedsmen,
whose mammoth establishment il one of the
sights of the chief city of Michigan. They
do the largest business in their trade Id the
United States, reaching even across the At
lautic and Pacific oceans. The house is en-
tirely reliable, and if you wish to get exactly
what you order, you cannot do better than to
send to them for your seeds, and You may
depend upon it you will get the best that the
market can supply. Their seeds have become
known over the entire civilized world for
purity and fertility and have gained for
them an enviabe reputation. Their Annual
Seed Catalogue just issued for 1888, replete
with information and beautifully illustrated,
will be sent free on application.