The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-05-25
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

Bozenan has had ten cases Of scarlet fever
and one death.
Nick Kessler, of Helena, has reduced beer
to So per dozen.
The first rag pickers ever In Montana are
now at Miles City.
The Sun Dorg mine at Walkerviile has
been bonded for $4,000.
Bids are invited for the construction OF
Bentop's 900 Court House.
The Nellie Boyd company will make the
Montana circuit again next fall.
Helena now claims to have the largest
skating pavilion in any Of the Territories.
Fifty-one feet advance was made In the
east and west facings of Mullan tunnel last
week.
Col. Clough is of the opinion that flow
ing we'll can be struck at Billings by boring
400 feet
The California vigorit Powder Company
will establish mandatory in the vicinity
of Helena
Mrs. Boyle, proprietress of the "Dirty
Woman's Ranch" in Custer county, owns 200
head of choice beeves.
1t is said that million in money is in
sight in the Commanche mine at Philipsburg
in the outcroppings alone.
Patrick Smith and John Nugent were
caught in cave in the Moulton mine and
the latter seriously injured.
Dillon is to have a $4,000 school house
| The contract, exclusive of stone and brick
work has been let for $500
The herd of 1000 head of cattle recently
sold by the Judith Cattle Company, will be
driven to the Northwest Territory.
| O'Neill & Foxall have ordered TIVE omni-
buses and two freight trucks to do the
Northern Pacific transfer work at Helena.
The Miners Union of Butte will celebrate
its fifth anniversary june 18th. 1t has l, 200
members, of whom 700 are on the active list.
On the 9th inst. Joseph P. Brown bought
| at st. Paul the first through ticket from st.
Paul to Portland by the Northern Pacific
route.
| The Bohemian Chronicle has commenced
what promises to be a valuable series of his
torical papers concerning the Yellowstone
valley.
| lnTte canvas IenIS uSeu lot saloons anu
other purposes in which ''soiled doves" pre-.
side, are feature of the railroad town at
Gallatin.
Tomorrow the Gilmer & Salisbury coaches
will begin carrying passengers to and from
the terminus at Bedford, thirty-two miles
from Helena.
The road is surfaced as far west as Gallatin
and there is only one bad spot on the line
Thirty miles an hour can be made in perfect
safety.-Courier.
The Northern Pacific brings out from St
Paul daily fifty cars of emigrant movables
destined for points between Fargo, Dakota
and Bozeman, Montana.
City Marshal Venable, Of Butte, has ap-
pointed J. T. Duffy E. T. Owens, John Buck
ley, Charles Carleton, Thomas Cody, and
Nazen Grivier policemen.
The old Pacific stables, corner of Main and
Edwards streets, Helena, have been bought
for the Montana National Bank, which will
build on them. Price, $4,000.
Louis Reil has been arrested and is in dur
ance at Fort Benton for opening polls al
Carroll and voting large number of British
subjects at the election last fall.
The Helena Land Office has received in
structions to sell the old Blackfoot agency
grounds north of Fort Shaw. The grounds
comprise GA acres of choice land
A train load of stock composed of twenty
seven cars of cattle-i ,O32 head in all reach
ed Glendive this week. The freight on eacl
carload was Si6j, making a total of 81 400.
, A bueolic resident of Glenjive presented
, Henry Willard with basket full of lettuc,
and radishes. Willard intends to have i
5 framed and named "a Montana Bouquet"
i. William G. Orr, of Blacktail, has purchase,
3 the Axe ranch adjoining Dillon. Consider
3 alton, 5000. Mr.. Orr intends to erect
handsome private residence on the property
Z The Virginia City reduction company ha
l secured the services of Mr.. Henry KempeI
D formerly of Glendale, to superinteni til
7 work of putting up the new concentratin
> works.
The palace car which went east on Sunda,
' was said to be the finest on the Northern
Pacific railroad. 1t was one Of the new one
and is named the Deer Lodge."-Bozemd
Chronicle.
, Paul Bean, whose sudden Disappearance
J.. from Butte few months ago set the Who'll
v camp in an uproar, has gone to Alaska, IL
i stead Of coming back home from San Frar
4 cisco and paying his debts.
!, The Jefferson county election for the re
9 moval of the county seat appears from tn
t latest returns, including % solid votes fror
Q Fish Creek, to have settled in favor of Bou
L der by about 100 majority.
l. The much agitated question as TO wher
" the Helena depot is to be located is at las
5 settled. 1t will be built at the point wher
q the road to the flower gardens crosses tn
q Northern Pacific grade.-Independent
u The best bridge on the Northern Pacifi
west of Bismarck will be put in at the cross
. ing of the Missouri near Townsend. 1t wi
y be of the truss pattern and replace the ten
porary structure now in readiness for th
~ iron.
Delegate Maginnis Is expected In Montan
a soon, accompanied by Senators Logan, q
Illinois, and Vest of Missouri, member Q
the congressional committee appointed Z
look into the matters of Indian reservation,
/. | Miner.
? Grading parties who have completed thei
{ contracts on the Northern Pacific, are NOV
I ing with their teams and teols to the Cana
O dian Pacific, where they are promised a tw
or three years job, working about fiv
months in the year.
, Three coaches and three six-horse team
!, belonging to Gilmer, Salisbury & Co., passe
through Dillon the first of the week boun
'' for the Wood River country, Idaho. Fou
n six-horse coaches and teams have been OF
s dered frem Deer Lodge for the same destins
d tion.-Dillon Tribune
d A tramp sold to Benton lady last wee
some little packages which he represented :
|. be used for the purpose of settling the sed
n ment in coal oil lamps and making the ligf
brighter. One was placed in a lamp, an
shortly afterward, although the lamp was nc
4 lit. the whole thing exploded, scattering o.
and fragments Of glass in every direction.
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