The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-11-02

urday with all its contents. The loss Is csti'
mated at $500. There was no insurance.
A verse in the Helena Independent about
rich Madison county farmer marrying q ne
gro, delayed all railroad trains and precipi-
tated general snow storm over the western
region twenty-four hours afterward.--Mis
soulidn.
The shipment of beef cattle from che Vel
lowstone valley has averaged seventy-fve
the railroad officials are taxed to their utmost
to furnish cars to supply the increasing de-
mand
The shipments from this city over the Utah
and Northern for the past week were 100 car
loads of ore, 1855, AS pounds, and 4s carloads
of copper matte, $50 400 pounds; making a
total of 23s carloads, containing 3,52S, $40
pounds.-Miner, 18th.
Work on the stamp mill of the Virginia
City Reduction Company, which has been
suspended for some time for want Of me-
chapics, has been resumed, and it now seems
likely that the stamps will be ready to drop
in two or three weeks.-Madisonian
A circular has been issued stating that the
Union Pacific is now prepared to take freight
from all eastern points to Portland, Oregon,
and Helena, Montana, at the same rates that
are now charged by the Northern Pacific
railroad from all eastern points to the same
points.
The contract for damming Tongue river at
the mouth of Pumpkin creek has been
awarded to Samuel Camp.-Enterprise. THE
contract for damming the Deer Lodge river
has been let to Roadmaster Rice, and he has
been given till the breakup of the ice next
spring to complete the contract and file
vouchers)
Johnny McDermott, Jefferson county's
sheriff, having heard that Andy OConnell
had sworn alleg,a lance to the Quyen while up
| north, came into town yesterday to see about
| it. Mr.. O'Connell explains that his allegi-
ance is on the Pickwickian plan. 1t was
necessary in order to obtain title to some
quartz bonanzas up there-Iadependent
A. Sullivan, of Beaverhead valley, raised
| 1869 bushels of grain on his ranch this year.
| Green s. Walters threshed the grain at the
rate of nine bushels per minute or 400 BUSH
els per hour. The best SINGLE days run was
| 5000 bushels. That is pretty lively work.
| Mr.. Sullivan is to be congratulated on his
success at grain raising-Dilon Tribune.
The Lexington Mining Company, who
have under bond the Princeton lead, in the
Boulder district, Deer Lodge county, have
decided to purchase the same, paying there
for the sum Of 900. We understand the
papers will be drawn up to-day. This lead
was taken up under the old law, and is about
1900 feet in length. The purchare is to in
clude the mill site and water rights.-Miner.
| We learn that the Utah and Northern sur
veyors who are running the line from Beaver
canon to the National Park are in the Tab
Gee pass, and somewhat troubled with snow.
When they finish this survey they will come
down the Madison river and return. in all
probability, via Virginia City, making the
survey of the Madison and Ruby route as
they go.-Madisonian.
Manager Jones, of the Helena United
States Signal Office, hrs been instructed by
the department to ascertain the cost of TAX.
ing up the military telegraph line between
| Helena and Missoula, and delivering the
poles and wire at the nearest railway stations
The government intends using the material
in the construction of the new line from
Terry's Landing to Fort Maginnis. Parties
desiring to submit bids for taking up the old
Missoula line are referred to the advertise.
ment in our special acknowledgement
J. L. Stevens has disposed of his interest in
the River Press, one of the brightest daily
papers in all Montana, and in the course OF
1 al, III a. IL.
paper in the promising town of Townsend
| w. }. HARDER, a practical printer is the pur.
chaser of Mr.. Stevens's Press stock, and with
Jerry Collins will continue to keep that pa
per at the head of Benton journalism. May
success attend the enterprlsing men of the
Pres, 'as we'll as Mr.. Stevens in his Meagher
county venture.-Herdid.
The Jameson bunting party has disbanded
and Sam Elwell and George Grayson have
returned. The principal part of the summer
was spent in the Big Horn Mountains hunt
| ing sheep, in which sport they were verv
| successful. Many fine rams heads were Sc
cured and shipped to merry England. The
Jamesons will not return to Montana for a
couple of ears, as one of them designs going
to Africa for two years ramble, and the
| other to the Arctic region. The winter
however, is to be spent fox hunting in En-
gland and Observation-Disclosures
| The Northern Pacific railroad held a sale
of town property at Drummond on Wednes-
| day of this week, and over 5000 worth of
lots (25x140) were disposed of E. L. Bonner
bought tv elve lots, Caplice, Smith & Ding
wall had two lots reserved for future bust
ness site. Mr.. Hettinger, who now owns
the Drummond hotel, reserved lots for hotel
purposes. James Brennan secured lot fol-
| his business, and numerous other parties
purchased property with an eye to business
| and speculation at the new town. Choice
business lots were disposed of at $780, and
the lowest priced lots to be had were 5000
| Observation-Disclosures.
10. Hussey's dwelling on his Birch creek
ranch, known as Onondaga, burned to the
| ground Friday last. This house was built by
General A. j. Smith, and was very conven.
lent in all its appointments and contained
about six rooms. 1t was handsomely fur.
nlshed throughout. Everything, we under.
stand, was lost. ~. o." was away at the
time, but the house was occupied by his
brother and wife, who are in Montana for a
visit About noon Mrs. Hussey discovered
that the ceiling was on fire, having caught
from the stoyepipe. The workmen, who
were at dinner at their quarters near at hand,
came at once, but the building was almost
instantaneously in sheet Of fame. This is
a severe loss to Mr.. Hussey, and one that is
hard to repair at this season of the year.
Husbandmaa.
i ~ A Danqerous Order. IL