The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-06-08
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Boulis was sold In Salt Lake for $3.50.


Boulis was sold In Salt Lake for $3.50.
Dillon has decided to celebrate Fourth of
July in patriotic way.
Deer Lodge City is becoming noted for its
fine horses.-Iadependent
The lower Musselshell is said to be alive
with horse Observation-Disclosures
Hospital Steward Garland and Private
Mendens suicided at Fort Ellis recently.
Saloons are said to he strung out like mile
stones between Livingston and Gardiner.
The Helena City bonds, drawing seven per
cent interest sold at three per cent premium.
The mail time from st. Paul to Helena is
- days. Northeastern mail now comes that
way.
Virginia City Is taking steps toward o
worthy observance of the Fourth of July,
1888.
The Little Spanish smelter at Barker is
running in full blast, and is turning out a ton
Of bullion day.
George G. Randolph, of Butte, has received
his appointment as Deputy United States
District Attorney.
sixty-fve grading outfits bound for the end
of the Canadian Pacific railroad track, pass
ed through Benton last week.
Mr.. H. L. Frank and ex-mayor Owsley, of
Butte, left for the National Park last Friday
the first Butte excursionists to that place
this season.
Numbers Of ranch locations are being made
along the foot hills on the east side of the
Yellowstone, from ten to thirty miles above
Livingstone.
The Northern Pacific is under contract to
deliver 10000 head of young Iowa and
Illinois cattle to points IN Montana before
the 10th of June.
The N. P. track is expected to be laid to
point six miles from Helena this evening.
The locomotive was in sight of that city
Wednesday evening.
Prospectors report the finding of good pla-
Ger diggings at the head of Pipestone Pass.
and that party who left here ten DAYS ago
are making 81 per day to the man.-M,ner,
Sd inst.
Young cattle by the thousand are being i'm
ported from the States into eastern Montana
to Craze. The Northern Pacific gives low
rates on them because it Is sure to be a
round trip"
A. j. Best got the best of Billings people
By circulating a subscription list in behalf of
sick man, appropriating the proceeds and
skipping the country with rapid young wo-
man of the town.
Washington Dunn has completed his grad
ing contracts, and on Thursday of this week
the men were to be through entirely-leaving
$50 miles Of grading completed in front of
the MiSsoulian, LIST.
NJ. w. PenwelIs mules are afflicted with
CHAMBERS or some kindred disease, and he has
lost ten valuable animals. Last week he was
obliged to kill span worth $780, the disease
having reached stage rendering recovery
mpossIble.-COurier.
The Western Union telegraph company,
we are informed by Manager Hall, has
opened offices at Gallatin, Townsend, and
Bedford, and expects to have the line in. OPP
Grafton between Bozeman and Helena in a
couple of weeks.-Audnt Courier.
Mat McGuirk will leave next week for the
Winnipeg meeting, which takes place the
last three days of June. From Winnipeg he
goes to Minneapolis He will take couple
of Montana trotters and show the people
down there what they are good for-Auant
Courier.
The graves decorated with flags and flowers
at Helena, May 3Oth, were those of Thomas
c. erosion. VIM. II. Supe, III. r. Putnam,
Isaac Sanderson, Joseph Spekert, James
White, Daniel q. Leonard, Russell d. For
key, Jacob Kenck, John Roach, and Thomas
Conroy.
A large number Of horses and mules have
recently died of some strange disease in the
the vicinity of Walkerville. Charley O'Neal
has lost ten head of horses, and Eugene Sui
livan two mules. 1t is believed that the ami
mails are poisoned by some herb which they
eat on the range.-Miner.
They had quite an Indian scare at Sun
River several days ago. party of eighteen
or twenty Indians shot at and chased into
Sun River two men who were out n short
way from town A party of men from Sun
River started after the Indians, but they es-
capped in the direction of the Marias.
Dave McCranor and Beck Hamilton are
making preparations to resume work on their
SHERIDAN Group" of mines. These mines
are located n the Wisconsin Creek district
In Madison county. Over $4,000 has been
expended in developing the mines, with re-
suits that fully warrant the owners in build
ing mill.-DtHon Tribune.
Corporal Garland, who will be remember
ell MS having been an inmate of the Sisters
hospital in this city for sever months, in
consequence of wound received in the fight
with the Nez Perces at Camas Meadows,
committed suicide at Fort Ellis last week, by
taking morphine. His wound was con-
slant trouble to him, and it is thought this
induced him to take his life -Madisonian.