The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-03-09
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


ing to Alaska.
Silver Bow County has cash balance on
hand of $685.
The Montana Law Library has 2,163 vol
umes and pamphlets.
The Courier says opium smoking is In
dulged in in Bozeman.
What are we coming to? Three fatal shoot
ing ARRAYS occurred in three days last week.
Nadisonian.
There are eighteen patients in the Sisters
Hospital at Missoula-fourteen county and
four private
Perry Bsal broke his right leg just above
the ankle at the skating rink in Butte last
Friday evening.
In February 100 lots were sold in the town
OF Livingston for s5i,7GO. Total sales to
March LIST, $4,000.
Three prisoners, named Green, Durham
and billiard, sawed their way out of the
Helena Jail Saturday night.
The roller skating contagion has reached
BoZeman, and rink will shortly be opened
for the amusement of levers of the art
A prize fight took place in O'Keefe CANON
last week, lasting two and half hours. At
the close Of the thirty-second round the fight
was declared draw.
1t is understood that company with Paris
Gibson at its head osntemplates building a
wooden factory at the falls of the Missouri, a
short distance below the mouth of the Sun
river.
A large amount of freight, principally for
BoZeman merchants, is arriving at Liyings-
ton. The Montana Forwarding company
shipped 5000 pounds to Helena Tuesday
Courier.
j. Fl. Moe has been rendered position in
the office of the Northern Pacific land de-
partment, and having accepted, will be sta
toned in this city under general agent
Stone.-Indepeadent
Moses Moore, an old Helenian. went
through the 500, 900 he made in Helena, lead
mining in Missouri, and is seeking a new
fortune keeping tent store in gold fields of
South Africa. He advises friends net to
come there.
Last week 300 men arrived at Shoshone
from Colorado in emigrant coaches. These
are the first passenger cars run ever the line,
and they are now on the track ten miles
north of Shoshone, near Miller's Station,
where they are used for accommodating the
laborers.-Ogden Pilot, Sd.
On February 18th, farmers of the Prickly
Pear Valley commenced sowing and harrow
ing their grain fields. Among others Msssrs.
Bowen, Barnes and Crane had their men and
teams busily employed The ground in many
parts of the valley is said to be in frst-class
condition for working.-Herald.
The examination of James Donavan, the
man who shot John Sullivan, at Sheridan,
on the 10Th ult., was concluded last Saturday
in Judge Williams court, and the prisoner
was held to answer before the grand jury at
the next term Of the district court. Bail was
fixed at 81. 00.-Nadisonian
The taxes imposed upon the Northern
Pacific by the Custer County authorities, and
efforts of the latter to obtain satisfaction of
the claim, has resulted in a threat from the
railroad officials to remove their station and
side-tracks to Fort Keogh, and leave Miles
City nothing but flag station or, perhaps,
not that.-Bulings Herald
About one-third of the brain of Davidson,
who was alleged to have been murdered and
c:emated by Jessrang, has been put in a
liquid preparation by DR.. O'Callahan for
preservation. This much of the brain was
found in the charred Goals at the place of
cremation, and although partially cooked
and roasted, it is easily identified as portion
of human brain.-Dalon Tribuns
We are creditably informed that the cattle
yards are to be removed from this place to
Rosebud Station The cause of the change
is the difficulty experienced by the Tongue
river stockmen in watering their herds,
owing to the continuous chain of fencing
which skirts the ranches along the river.
The ditch is also said to have proved a ser-
Gus obstacle to driving cattle down the lower
end of the valley.-Miies City Press.
The catch boom to be built on the Missouri;
river at Benton will be 275 feet and will
have FIVE piers 16x32 and ten feet high. The
piers will be connected by heavy timbers.
fastened to one another and the piers with
sheer boom, will be $50 feet in length and
will be fastened to the shore, or arc, and will
cable and anchor in place by buoys and wire
ropes The latter portion will be built later
in the season.
On or about the 9th of January, at Horse
Plains, All Yung, alias All Kee, a bad high
binder, who is said to have killed fifteen
Cinnamon and two white men, at one time
and another, dug a trench about the tent of
the Chinese paymaster, placing in the trench
several sticks of giant powder, with the in
tention Of having big blowout and during
the excitement getting away with 81 800 in
money and $500 worth of opium, which the
tent contained. Before he had completed his
hellish work, however, a Cinnamon dis
covered him and asked him what he was
doing, and, seeing that his little game was
up he fired at his fellow countryman and ran
He was pursued by another Chinaman, who
called him by name, when he turned and
fred at him, hitting him in the breast,
causing death. He then made his escape,
and a reward Of $500 was offered for his cap
ture. He was finally captured, and is in Jail
at Missoula.-Missoulidn.