The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-09-14
LOCAL BREVITIES.


itentiary on the 9Th.
There was an alarm Of fire at Lew Cole
mans dwelling Wednesday. Damage slight.
A number Of the best Deer Lodge horses
will be entered at the Butte races next week.
The Helena and Butte base ball clubs will
play match games In Butte on next Monday
and Tuesday, and not on Sunday.
The Moss Minstrels have gone west. The
train conn. ctions rendered it inconvenient
and very expensive to appear another night
In Deer Lodge.
Persons desiring Wagons, Buggi-s or Har-
ness, will find 1t 10 their interest to view the
John w. Lowell Wagon Company's Special
Business Notices.
Trains on the Northern Pacific are running
| very irregularly. IL is not anticipated they
will get down to regular time uunil the ex-
cunionists 60 east
The first regular mail from Helena on the
day 1t was due since the coaches pulled off,
was received at the Deer Lodge Office last
Tuesday, and none since.
Donald Dinnie, the celebrated Scotch ath-
| lete, r. announced 10 appear in Montana in
few days. He throws stiff challenge to
the boys in almost every athletic sport.
| Among those who were present at the GEL
ebratiOn were George Brufy and NJ Lott,
who drove in spring wagon from Fish
Creek, almost one hundred miles, to witness
| the ceremony.
Rev. +. J. Stanley will preach Mt Gwen
dale (willow GIrnl school house. near Nor
c..
Lost Creek school house, near Eph. Thomas
| ranch, at 4 o'clock p. m.
Rev. w. w. Blair preached to large con-
gregation at the residence of Mr. L. c. Lar
sen, half mile east of town, on Sunday last
He is Josephite Mormon, and his mission
| includes Utah. Nevada, and Montana
Gilmer, Salisbury s. Co. have driven in
| large hand of their horses thrown out of har-
ness by the dscontinuance of their stage
lines, and Superintendent Riddle is selling
them. There are some good horses in the
band
The Collegiate institute opened this week
with twenty seven scholars-a considerably
larger number than anticipated. and there
are many Others vet TO come. The manage
prospects.
A heavy rain fell Tuesday night This we
believe has extipguished forest fires in the
vicinity There ~ much grain down in the
fields yet and farmers were apprehenslve,
but the barometer indicates good weather
again and all will be we'll
Rev. David Walker is occupying the Race
Track House, formerly known as WIssells,
and has established blacksmith shop there.
He can "set new shoe" or throw an old one
after ide with skill, grace and dignity,
and we predict that Race Track will he as
locally famous for It's weddings as Gretna
Green.
In the stallion race at the Territorial Fair
Helena, Sam SCOTS RdRcherO proved him
self a trotter, going second TO Milton Medium
In a go heat (MdmbrinO Diamond distancedI.
Rdnchero was timed separately in Pa. and
bad he been driven 10 the wire would have
made It in 2.32 Ranchero was bred by s. Z.
Larabie and sold at a yearling.
The Congress of Wonders had a rather un.
happy experience here. They had fair
house Frida, evening and gave satisfaction,
hut Saturday evening everybody was out of
town, and their business manager, Sackett.
jumped the game from Helena, leaving them
broke. They have engaged with Manager
Mcguire and gone to Helena Their enter
tainment is just what they advertise and es-
pecially enjoyable TO tn. little folks.
George w. Bell and Dick Carroll. two of
the guards in search Of the escaped prison
ers, returned last Friday, having gone rs far
~ the Jefferson river, Wckes and vicinity.
without finding their men Up on the Boul
der near Graves ranch, on the night of Aug
3Oth, they came suddenly near a camp close
to the brush and were fired upon. They re-
turned the fire and kept watch on the camp
until daylight, when, closing in on it, they
found il vacated, and traced a bloody trail
from the camp into the b ush, but were una
BILE to follow it further.
Sheriff Becker of Leadville, Col, who was
here this week, is a practical enthusiast on
| the fish question Near Leadvile there are
several lakes, in one Of which he placed last
spring % 900 trout minnows about an inch
long, which were Matched at the State Fish
cry ponds, from spawn Obtained from the q.
y. Fisheries. They are already four or five
inches long, and by another year he expects
to have trout weighing nearly pound each.
He feeds them plentifully twice a week with
liver obtained from the butchers. The ice
freezes two and half or three feet thick on
the lake in the winter, and there are heavy
SHOWS on that, but the intention il TO put up
building on the ice and keep space open.
If trout can be- raised this way in Colorado,
| why not in Montana? There's money in IT.
They bring 90 cents a pound in Lradville and
Is cents in Montana, but even at the latter
price, would pay better than rancbing.