The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-08-03
LOCAL BREvITIES.
A circus IL big thing, isn't 1t?

u "Circus days are not very good for "edit-
o ing" in n country town.
=, No Presbyterian services Sunday morning.
Evening services at the usual hour.
c. III. Moore has been appointed postmas-
ter at Anaconda The office is not yet order
ed opened
The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will
meet in Deer Lodge August I'D, and a ball
will be given on the 23d.
Parties having books or property belong
A ing to the Collegiate Institute will please re-
turn the same to L. j p. Groeneveld and oblige
five bad a few more friends fishing
these days the meat market would lose one
customer Sixty trout in two days is a gen.
] erous remembrance" of our little family.
Mrs. John Geerdts of Garrison favored us
this week with the largest and choicest as.
sortment of Carnation Pinks we have seen
grown in the Territory. Some of the mrrk-
r ings are very fine.
, While engaged in repairing the prison
fence last Monday, VIM. Pearson, in from
Miles City for two years for horse stealing
jumped from the fence, got to the river, and
escaped. He has not been recaptured.
|
the Inter Mountains, IL now in charge of Du
Rell's family market here and has put the es-
tablishment in good shape. He has a fine
variety of fruits and vegetables, and every
thing is kept in good order.
The Independent has enlarged to eight pages
and is now the largest daily ever issued in
Montana. The editorial work keeps pace
with the mechanical improvements and the
Independent subscribers are getting the worth
of their money sure enough.
DIR. j. w. Reed, who made such a success |
as dentist in Deer Lodge last summer, after |
visiting the States has returned and To- |
Gated in Butte. We can say to our Butte |
friends that he won unqualified praise from |
all his patrons in Deer Lodge.
The y. S. Mil. Tel line has been made an |
&" independent" line On and after to-day |
the rates will be: To Helena, % cents; to
New Chicago and Missoula, 81 cents each. 1t
is anticipated No. 2 wire" of W. U. I. Co.
will be "looped I" in with the military Office.
During the circus performance Wednesday
the canvas lifted off a brace pole, letting it
fall across the reserved seats. 1t seemed as
| though several ladies and children must be
Drained and cry of horror went up, but
fortunately, and almost miraculously it
| would seem, no one was fatally, and only a
lady and child slightly, injured.
A gentleman from Butte says the "Shon-
| bar )" in which SAG, 900 has been sunk, is GO
| ing to be a fortune for its owners. Charley
Warren is quite heavily interested in the
| Shonbar. DIR. +. L. Gleason is also said to
| have n comfortable stake" in sight on n
mining claim in which he and the late Har-
vey McKinstry were interested.
The Territorial Teachers Association
which was organized at Helena about year
since, will hold its regular annual meeting
this year at Deer Lodge, on the 30th and 3lst
of August. Prof r. H. Howey, of Helena,
is president, and Prof. J. H. Meyers, of Deer
Lodge is vice president. We presume
complete programme of exercises will be
published soon.
There was a larger attendance at the moot
constitutional convention at the court house
last Friday night than previously. Rules and
regulations for the government of the body
were adopted. The election of officers was
postponed until this evening, as was also the
debate. Those desiring to become members
should be present this evening at eight
o'clock.
Our acknowledgements are hereby made
to George f. Boos, public printer, Helena,
for advance sheets of the General Laws of
Montana enacted by the Thirteenth Legis-
lative Assembly. The paper and type are
excellent and the presswork fair. We learn
the complete laws of the session will soon
be ready for distribution. The General Laws
occupy sc pages.
The largest catch of fish we have heard of
this season was made by Mr. and Mrs. J ohm
A. Farnsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson and {
Bud Tompkins. They fished two days in one :
of the Dempsey creek lakes and caught one
thousand and seven trout averaging about ,
eight ounces each Mrs. + caught seventy
FIVE the first inning" Messrs. C. d. Joslyn, ,
G.. W. Sill, and A. s. Higgins went out the
next day and caught $50 in three hours fish
ing. ,
That Warren & Co. mail contract between {
Warm Springs and Philipsburg which has
occasIoned the country so much incenveni-
ence by the failure of the contractors to do
their duty, was resuscitated yesterday. War
ren's agent sub-let the route to ID. NJ. Taylor,
and put up in the hands of T. Girard one
months pay in advance. If the contractors
put up the money sold Man Taylor" will do i
his duty in getting the stages through. For q
the present month IL is all right
Sheriff McMaster took efficient and neces- $
sary precautions on 'circus day to see that ]
the "peace and welfare" of this community &
should not be- disturbed. With the SherifTs Q
officers and special policemen there were ten
men on duty Wednesday and the night fol- ]
lowing, and with its thousand visitors Deer
Lodge was as orderly as a Sunday school G
The detective with Robinson's circus said
nearly all the roughs following the show re- Q
manned IN Ogden or Salt Lake, but there I
were n few toughs around Notwithstanding. J
Only one was pulled" An ounce of pre- \
vention is worth pound of cure.
Sheriff McMaster returned Tuesday from a
hot trail of Saylor, the escaped convict. :
Having received advices Saturday evening
him that Saylor was near Helm
vile, he went ont Sunday, took Harry Peter
son along, and run Saylor's trail into the Ca
dotte pass. Sayler was afoot but had four
days start, and Nc" had to et.back byicir-
Gus day. SO returned Saylor Is surely In the
Queens dominion IL he kept on. He had
been left by two of his comrades on account
of having sore feet, and worked on ranch
few days near Halmville He was present at
Qugley & Peterson's store when Harry got !
the NEW NORTH WEST and read the ,iescrp- q
ton of the escaped con victs, but nobody hap q
pened to think of him being one Of them. !.
He soon after got rid of his underciothing d
and skipped out.
The two pleasure boats purchased with !,
public money for use on Irvine Lake arrived
"Wednesday evening and will be taken to the :
Lake to-day. We have not SEEM them, but !.
they are doubtless good craft. They are 10 be !
launched and christened at 2 p. m. Sunday, :,
and we are authorized by the trustees to ex- !
tend q general invitation to the public to be !
present and " Well all take ride" There
will be four p ublic boats on the Lake here
after. and il any of our friends in Montana !,
towns wish to enjoy ride and row they are
as welcome as our own townspeople to the
use of property there. Persons coming from II
abroad should, however, engage teams a day
or two in advance, rs duringt the fine weather =
our livery stables are taxed to their utmost :.