The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-05-11

to join the advance guard of the Canadian
Pacific and, to that end, are Quitting all
over the country for that objective point
It's Icing ways, and over q strange country,
but men who have followed railroading for
any length Of time appear to be like stage
| drivers-unable or unwilling to change their
vocation.
j. 81. Miller, ye village blacksmith. who,
in days gone by, took q hand in ar,ost every
racket gotten up by the boys, land kept his
end up tool, advertises his lares and penates
for sale, and proposes going east. Thus Mis-
souls loses another of her stand-by's, good
citizen and . good fellow every way. We
venture to prophesy . little-that John comes
back to his old stamping-ground before over
thousand moons wax and wane.
r. A. Eddy, the senior Of Eddy, Hammond
& Co., has returned to Missoula to stay. The
extensive business conducted by the firm has
necessitated Mr.. Eddy's presence at the end
| Of the track up to the present time, but now
as but fifty short miles intervene between us
and the locomotive, business can as well be
attended to from this point.
GREAT MORAL LESSON.
| On Sunday evening, as the family of L. j.
Fisk, railroad contractor, were ut church, the
house was ransacked and about q thousand
| dollars, as near as we could learn, taken.
Suspicion rested on China boy employed
| by Mr.. Fisk. The boy, who was supposed to
have accomplices, was promptly arrested, but
we have failed to learn the result of the ex-
aminations. This occurrence furnishes great
moral lessen somewhere. Some say it was
| decidedly wrong to have SO much money in
the house, while large party adduces there :
from a strong argument against going to
| church.
MIssoULA, May Mr.. J. 7. Flynn, of the
| Daily Ne,os, Portland, was in town last week
soliciting subscriptions for that live Journal.
He succeeded very well, receiving about
| seventy five subscriptions
Thomas G. Hathaway, the popular and
energetic travelling man of Eddy, Hammond
| & Co., arrived in the city Saturday evening
to stay awhile. He reports the road as having
passed their store at Horse Plains and
| making rapid strides Missoulaward. On
Thursday last s4o0 feet of track was laid
The power for Urlin g. Browns planning
| mill arrived last week, and the foundations
for the mill are rapidly approaching COM
pletion. Soon the lumber will begin to roll
in, and shekels plenty gladden. the hearts of
the enterprising owners.
A NEW BRIDGE CONTRACTED FOR.
At special session of the Board of County
Commissioners, held on May 4th, contract
was let to Messrs. Eddy, Hammond g. Co. for
building a new bridge across tn eMissoula
| river, Immediately below the site of the old
| one. The price to be paid for the same, we
understand, is s10,5O0. The new bridge will
extend from the bluff on the Missoula side to
| the bench on the opposite side Of the river,
which will be a vast improvement over the
old one.
oPERETTA OF PENELOPE.
On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings Of thus week will be produced, at
Archer House Hall, the Operetta of Pene-
lope. The ladies and gentlemen in the cast
have been, for some time, practicing assidu-
ously, and will doubtless give the music
loving part Of our population a decided
treat. The proceeds of the entertainments,
after deducting expenses, will be divided be-
TWEEN the Episcopal and Catholic churches
Brethren should dwell together in unity.
BUILDING AND TOWN LOTS.
Building is progressing to some extent but
not nearly as much as was anticipated. One
reason for this is the unapproachable figures
at which the town and railroad companies
hold eligible sites. Parties yenturing into
business in strange place cannot afford to
sink SO much Of their capital into the ground.
Should these landowners reduce prices one
half they would be the gamers in the end,
for, as it Is, enterprise is stified and capital
prevented from embarking in any class of
business. We predict tumble In prices, and
that before many months.
FREIGHT ARRIVING.
During the past week freight teams have
been rolling in very lively, and our business
houses are now pretty we'll stocked. High
prices still rule in all lines of goods, but what
catches Benedict is % cents per pound for
beef, cents fer potatoes, % cents for butter,
and as for eggs, an ordinary mortal can't look
at them, they are reserved for railroad mag
mates and bar.tenders, and there Is no posi-
bility of lower prices until the railroad
months yet. Half Of the town will be bank
rupt ere that.
THE RINK CLOSED.
The only brick skating rink in the Terri |
tory has closed for repairs, and the manager,
Mr.. Alex. Brown, eyes the ruins dsconso-
lately. The roller furore didn't do as we'll |
here as anticipated, as, toward the last, the |
Ii. Ia kn. 81.
LARGE ACREAGE sowN.
In the county at large great efforts are |
being made to increase the acreage of crops
of all kinds, and our granger friends appear |
determined to win on that line IF the de-
nand holds up as it is doing now they'll all
get there in good shape. Hope so.
THE WILLARD VISIT.
Last "Wednesday evening the Willard party,
accompanied by Messrs. Ed. Stone, E. L.
Bonner, Division Engineer 1. 8. p. Weeks
and Major Roman, arrived at Missoula from
the terminus. That same evening quite a
number Of our citizens called upon Mr.. vii
lard, who was introduced by W. j. McCor-
mick, Esq, who, In his usual happy vein,
spoke Of the great enterprise and friendli-
ness our people had always displayed toward
1t and its officers. In reply, Mr.. Willard
briefly stated that he could make no promises
in regard to Missoula being made the end of
q division or having repair shops, ETC., con-
structed here, as that part was left entirely to
the operating department. The speaker
stated that he would meet Mr.. Cakes, the
Vice-President Of the road, in Helena and
would confer with him upsn the subject, and
present to his notice the wishes Of the people
of Missoula He did say, however, that no
rival town would be built inimical to the in
terests Of Missoula. With this we must re-
main confanf until tina a ,o.re M .,.ha4 ill |