The new North-west., 1883-01-05
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Deer Lodge river froze over solid as
the old year died.
Murphy, Higgins & Co. sell fresh oysters
at rs cents per can.
The Board of County Commissioners will
meet next Monday.
Girard says now he will have that hotel
open sure by the 18th.
The Independent got out an elegant si-col-
umn New Years edition.
1s3745-1sS2-NEw NORTHWEST. Them's
US, to Q dot.-Nadisonian. Shake.
New Years day was the coolest of the sea-
son-2l degrees below by standard measure
ment
Another of those enjoyable social hops at
o'Neills Hall, Thursday evening of next
week-Jan. 1lth. Tickets 81 each.
There are seventy-one convicts in the
penitentiary-the largest number that has
ever been confined there at one time.
TIL freight tariff on the Utah and North
ern was reduced on the LIST inst, but we were
unable to learn the extent of the reduction.
The Supreme Court of Montana met
in Helena last Monday. Judge Galbraith
went over in time to be present at the
opening.
The Sisters of Charity in charge Of st.
Mary's academy propose giving fair in the
course of two or three months to raise money
to pay off the debt on the school building
New freight contracts between merchants
and the Utah and Northern will probably
not be made before March, but when made
will include all freights received from the lst
of January.
The Historical' Society of Montana is
called to meet at Helena January nth. The
day happens to be the one hundred and sew
enty-seventh anniversary Of Benjamin
Franklin's birthday.
Thomas Cullen, at the Twenty second
street police station, Chicago, wants inform
alton of Thomas Mcdonald, who is supposed
to have been sent to the insane asylum Of
this Territory in 1881.
The permanent depot in West Deer Lodge
is progressing rapidly. The building is twenty
four by sixty feet in size, with fourteen
feet ceiling, and has substantial rock foun-
dation. 1t will be good building when
| completed.
On Friday night, Of last week, some
freighters were sleeping in the cabin of Jos
| g. Spooner. Joe" started to step over one,
caught his foot in the blankets, fell. and
striking his side on the back of chair broke
| two ribs. He is out already.
Mr.. A. DeShields a few nights since caught
a boy attempting to rob his chicken roost
| His two companions escaped, but are known.
Out of consideration for their parents no
proceedings were instituted nor are names
| published but thore will be If the offense ID
repeated. They had stolen large number OF
chickens from various parties and sold them
to Chlnawoman.
Under date ofDec 18th Dan CASTILLO writes
| "I expect to reach Deer Lodge with my cir
Gus about August 9th and think your people
will be satisfied with my entertainment
| Everything have for the coming season il
! bran spanking new, from q stake up. My
ring house is at Benton Harbor, Mich, where
1 am and have been for the past two months
engaged in breaking stock"
Mrs. Eliza Barker, one of the inmates oi
the Insane Asylum at Warm Springs for the
past two years, sent from Helena, died Dec
2Sth Of old age. DR.. Mussigbrod believes hel
to have been rs years old. She had a cancer
on one of her hands when committed to the
| Asylum and wrist amputation was per
| formed some months after her committal
DIR. NJ says that before her death cancers be
gan to reappear in six other places on hei
body. She has a daughter and three sor''
| somewhere in Montana.
Mr.. +. Girard, of Warm Springs, was il
town this week. He Informed US he had al
vices that on and after January 1lth the mai
coach for Willow Glen, Levengoods, Cable
Philipsburg, Stone Station, aud New Chi
| cago would run to and from Warm Springs
instead of Silver Bow Junction. We trust
the schedule will be such that We can now
get the New NORTHWEST speedily to Phil
| ipsburg. Heretofore there have been some
days delay and there was no remedy for il
except to change the day of publication.
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