The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-01-12
LOCAL BREvITIES.
Tousley has not been recaptured.
The receipts Of freight by rail is necessarily

The barometer last evening Indicated
heavy storm of rain or snow for to-day.
The january thaw" came early this year.
Nature was in melting mood this week.
1t is reported ssm Richie has struck six
foot vein Of rich ore on the Minnie Palmer
mine at Bear.
| DR.. c. G. Glass this week received from
Marshal Botkin the appointment Of physi-
clan for the penitentiary.
1t was quite stormy in Pleasant Valley the
first of this week but the snow has not fallen
very deep and the trains make time.
Joseph Richards expects the engine and
machinery for his Touring mill will arrive
by rail and be in operation in week or ten
days.
| Kleinschmidt s. Co. received car load of
splendid raisins from Riverside, California,
few days ago, and are selling them at low
figures. They are as fine as we have seen.
| Jasper Mahan, the six-year-old son Of Mr..
and Mrs. II. T. Mahan, who is now guest of
her father, Judge j. Y. Batterton, fell last
| Sunday while playing and broke his collar
| bone.
Mr.. Baldwin, of A. j. Davidson g. Co,
says it Is mistake about the gong not hav-
| ing been rung when To1sley escaped, and
that the foreman did ring it. On inquiry Col.
| Botkin confirms this statement, SO no fault
attaches to Davidson & Co.
Through mistake in our mailing depart
| msnt the past two weeks, this paper for Pho
neer, New Chicago and other points was put
| in the Through" sack for Missoula instead of
the "way" sack, thereby delaying delivery
four days. 1t will not happen again
This is the kind of letter We received this
week from Andrew Whitesides, Missoula
road. dated Jan. 7, 1888: "James II. Mills,
Sir You will find at Donnell, Clark Il Lar
abie's bank $50. Please give IN" credit for
| the same ami continue to send the NEW
NORTH WEST a. usual That's business.
1t was rumored that Taylor Il Co, who
have the sub-contract for carrying the mails
from Silver Bow Junction uid Philipsburg 10
New Chicago, would throw up the contract
on the 10th on account of the failure of the
contractor to comply with Heterogeneous.
We have not learned whether they did 80 or
| not.
Thomas McTague returned from Philips
burg last evening.-Wm. Scott (Scottyl, ar
| rived there from Butte last FRIDAY with 500
or 5000 and kept sober Monday night he
suicided by hanging himself from the bed
post. No cause known.-George Hammond
dislocated his ankle while scufliing.-J.
Pardee is quite sick.
There are reports from Gable that the force
employed by Mr.. Slavery has struck another
of those fabulously rich nugget pockets IN the
Gable mine. 1t Is stated that one piece of 100
pounds is estimated TO be Of the value OF
| 81. 900. There are so many wild rumors
| afioat about the strike that we await reliable
| information with interest.
Samuel Word, Esq, attorney of the L. &
\. X. r telegraphs from Omaha that rates
| on farm produce from the Deer Lodge Val
ley to Butte have been reduced Ia the follow
| ing: From Stuart to Butte TO cents per 100
pounds; Warm Springs TO Butte TO IL cts. per
| 100 lbs. Race Track to Butte 10 IA cts. per 100
| lbs. Deer Lodge to Butte to IS cts. per 100
| lbs. The rates on hay have been restored to
the original price $3.50 per ton from Deer
| Lodge.
The new Western Union line was complet-
day and connection made at the depot. The
| r. r. has now n new wire along the entire
route, much to the delight Of Il. X. men.
| The Western Union business is still being
done over the Largely line between Deer
Lodge and Butte, hut in couple of days the
new line loop will be put in from Silver Bow
Junction to Butte and then the Largey wire
| will be used exclusively for telephone pur-
poses.
A 14-year-old son Of Mr.. b. Lynch, who
lives eight miles below town, was acciden-
tally shot few days ago. A loaded shotgun
was standing in one room; he was in the ad-
joining room, a board partition separating
the two. BY some accident the gun fell aud
| was discharged, the contents of one barrel
passing through the partition and striking
| the boy in the arm and side. The force OF
the shot was SO spent In passing through the
board that the wound was not serious and the
had is at home doing well.
Good vegetables and beautiful flowers can
not be grown from inferior seeds. If our
readers would procure the best. they should
purchase only those grown and put up by
old established and reliable parties. ID. M.
Furry g. Co., of Detroit, Michigan, whose
advertisement appears in our columns have
been IN the business "a years. and We believe
are As well and favorably known ~ any house
In their business in the United States. Their
| trade extends to every hamlet in the country
and they pride themselves in sending ont
only the very best OF all varieties Of seeds.
We would advise all purchasers to procure
their catalogue before buying.
The Little tunnel on the Little Blackfoot,
Eve miles above the old Mead ranch il ap-
preaching completion. There are q men ut
work. 1t IL In 10 feet at the west end. On
the east end what is known as "a thorough
cut has been made for q long distance, the
excavation being in the deepest part 65 feet
through solid rock. This was tedious. Next
Monday they will work on the tunnel from
both ends and have only &c feet to go. 1t will
be completed in five weeks. There Is about a
mile Of grading to be done at Sweetlands,
being principally the long cut which crosses
the road there diagonally. When these two
jobs are completed the grade will be finished
from Frenchwoman's to Missoula.
Willie o'Neill is attending school at St,
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NEW NORTHWEST stated he would 20 to
school at Kansas City. Mr.. O'SeIll wrote
his wife to send Willie to Sc. Marys Mrs
ONeill saw by the New NORTHWEST that
no was to 60 to school at Kansas City
Therefore she declined to send him anywhere
else until she had written to her husband To
see IL he wasn't mistaken as TO where Willie
was TO 20 and 1t took telegram to get mat.
tiers Strengthened up and the boy sent to ST
Marys This shows the power Of the press
and the confidence good people like Mrs
O'Neill have In the NEW NsRrH-WEsT
However, we make mistakes sometimes and
that was one Of them.
Last Saturday there were four well de
veloped cases Of smallpox In Logan, Utah
The disease only appeared there two days DE
fore. 1t Is stated that three weeks ago Q
young man named Sorn Peterson, arrived
there from the Northern Pacific road and de-
veloped wha. was supposed to be case Of
measles. His parents would not consult q
physician. He Ii now recovering, but two
others of the family have the disease and the
Quarantine physician pronounces II small
pox. The infected locality has been fenced
Tn. the third and fourth ward schools will bf