The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-06-22
NEW NOR-WESTERS.

Montana is the only Territory which
out of debt.
A bird follows the steamer Regular up an
down the Ohio river and frequently alight
Or the boat.
There are nearly 1000 common schoo
houses in Kentucky, or about one for ever,
six square miles.
The celebrated actor, Lawrence Barrett
has been engaged by John Mcguire to plaI
two nights in Butte in October.
new paper in New York is called tbt
Lamb. The proprietors will probably have
hard work to keep the wolf from the door,
Boston Transcript.
A Vermont editor wants to know wbai
gives color to pure water. We don't know
what they generally use up in Vermont, bui
down this way it is generally something tha'
is not legally sold except under License
| Lo,ceH Courier.
| The report that Cardinal McCloskey, oi
New York, was seriously ILL, is pronounced
| by Vicar General Quinn as wholly without
foundation. The Cardinals health, he says
is as good as usual, and, except for feeble,
ness attendant upon his increasing years, he
| would be able to perform all his duties.
The pistol which Cincinnati woman said
was the one with which her husband threat
ened to shoot her proved to be a beer faucet.
Any man who will carry beer faucet about
his person is dangerous character and
should be watched. A beer faucet, when
loaded, is about as dangerous as a pistol
Norrssto,cn Herald.
Evidently they understand the use of fine
English down in Georgia. A young maiden
is said to have acknowledged the receipt of a
bouquet In these graceful terms: "Oh, the
permeating aroma of that altogether too
lovely exuberancc of nature inflated my af-
fiatus and kindled in my soul passion that
time cannot obliterate!"
The subscriptions which are being raised
in France for the erection of monument to
Gambetta have reached total sum of 150,-
600 francs. Some Of the provincial papers,
however, had not been heard from for some
time when this total was footed up, so that
the real total is probably considerably in ex-
cess Of 10000 francs.
The creates, locomotive in the world,
weighing one hundred and five tons, is new
being made at Sacramento to push cars up
the Tehachepi mountain. The monster ma
chine will have ten driving wheels and four
truck whesls. Such heavy engine could
not be brought overland, as many bridges
are not strong enough TO support its crushing
weight.
Judge j. b. Foraker, the Republican GU.
bernatorial candidate in Ohio, has been rep.
resented as in poor health. He was reported
to have 'fits." In an interview he says: 81
have no fits, and never had that / am aware
of. But there is one thing certain: If |
should be nominated, and it should turn out
that have fits, l will try very hard to give
them to the fellow who may be nominated
against me-"
General George Crook, of the army, the
Indian fighter, is about fifty-three years of
age, but he looks little more than forty. He
Is about five feet ten inches high, wiry as a
and can outride and outmarch
any man In the American army. IL is a his
torical fact that he lived for three days on no
other nourishment than tree bark, during
one of his campaigns against the Indians.
The Siglo, of Montevideo, says that there
is to be seen at Graneros, Tucuman, a girl
three months old, who has the figure of the
comet marked on her forehead. The nucle-
us Is situated between the eyebrows. and the
tail follows along to the left of the forehead
to where the hair begins. The figure is of
reddish color. and its inclination to the eye
brows is forty-five degrees.
A lady was in Peabody, Mass, recently
with twins, and an odd thing about them is
that their birthdays come on different days
of the week, In different months, and in diff
ferent years. One was born just before mid
night, on December 81, 1882, and the other
came Just after the clock struck twelve, so
that the birthday came January /, 1888. The |
mother does not know which is the older.
BY the laws of Denmark, drunken per-
son, unable to walk, is taken TO the station or |
10 his house in a close carriage, at the en-
pense of the house that sold him his liquor. |
This is an improvement on the American |
plan Of clubbing the man on the feet until |
he gets up, and then pounding him on the |
head all the way to the station house, and |
making him pay for the club, If 1t breaks
Burdette.
The people Of Pittsburg, Penn, have just |
discovered that they have an interesting relic |
Of colonial times IN their city. Il is the old |
Fort Duquesne block house for which ma
lions strove half century and half ago. 1t |
Is now surrounded by all kinds of dilapidat-
ID tenements, and Is itself domicile for a
poor family. There is movement on foot
% acquire the property and create a public
park Of which 1t shall be the principal at
traction.
Girard College, which has already grown
% noble proportions, has quite recently en-
cred upon . new branch of educational
work. 1t Is training its boys to fit them to
,ecome mechanics and manufacturers. The
in mechanics and the use of hand
ools will be of value to them even If they
hould enter the learned professions or be-
.ome clerks or bookkeepers. 1t is such a
development of the educational features of
he college as we might easily imagine
nan of hard sense like Glrard to heartily
approve If he were living.