The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-12-28
LOCAL BREVITIES.


deliver his lecture last Saturday evening.
John A. Clark, the murderer, was prompt |
~ and satisfactorily hung at BoZeman yester- |
day.
Rev Wilder Nutting, Of Bitter Root val |
ley, will preach at New Chicago Sunday,
December co. at the usual hours.
The delay in trains Wednesday prevented
Sheriff McMaster visiting Bozeman To wit
ness the execution there yesterday.
The Deer Lodge Cornet Band, with their
usual public spirit, made Christmas day more
enjoyable by discoursing delightful music
during the afternoon.
The Bozeman Courier Is disposed to re-
sumo true meridian time. We think all
Western Montana towns will do so after try
ing the standard" time.
Eddie McGovern, the attentive and polite
telegraph messenger at Deer Lodge. present
ed Holiday address to his friends this week,
and was remembered pleasantly.
Food for the hungry: Mrs. Susan Manton
presented the boy" half beef yesterday
for Christmas gift, and says If he needs 1t,
she will send up the entire herd. Thanks.
The statement last week that Deer Lodge
county warrants were being paid to March,
1888, should haye read 1881" 1t was quite
a blunder, and wholly the fault of the editor.
The seven con victs sentenced at the recent
term Of court in Deer Lodge were taken to
the Pc nitentiary Saturday and delivered to
Warden Creel. Reuss and Gamble were
quite Ill when committed.
The Vest Shore, of Portland, Oregon, pub
lished beautiful Holiday number, the Illus
trat ions in design and engraving being ad-
mirable. The contrast picture Of the Over
land trip in the old time and now is supsrb.
We are requested by Prof. J. Fl. Meyers to
state that the public school will resume on
Wednesday, January I'd. The primary school
will be held in the brick building, opposite
the skating rink, recently erected by Mr..
Mcguire.
The Inter- Mountain this week issued It's
Holiday Edition for 1884, a splendid II
page paper containing much valuable mat
ter and exccllently printed. We congratu-
late our neighbor on the success of its
enterprise.
You can get a good view of the comet on
clear evenings now through pair Of field
glasses. 1t is in the northwestern sky, just
within the Milky Way, and can be seen about
or p. m, about halfway between the hori-
zon and zenith.
Mr. C. X Larabe, while in Missoula this
week, purchased of Capt. c. P. Higgins the
fine brood mare Ellen Belle, bought by him
at the Pemberton sale. She was sired by
Mambrino Patchen, and her dam was by
Alexander's Edwin Forrest. Although IL
years DID, she is considered a very valuable
animal.
Messrs. Benz. Franklin and Samuel Stuart,
who are working on the Mountain Rat lode,
In Orc Elmo district, were in town last week
and had some very good specimens Of silver
ore, taken from the tunnel. Mr.. J. W. Fox
is running tunnel on the Mountain Lion
lode, which is on the same vein, and is max
ing good progress.
Persons having unpatented quartz mining
claims, unrepresented for 1888, should bear
in mind that they are liable to be jumped on
New Years Day, and where they are valua-
BILE, there are always persons ready to Jump
at them. If you have overlooked represent
alton on any such, get your work in right
away, and stay with it until you have ex-
pended the necessary amount.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. a. Mills, and James Ham
ilton Mills, Jr., acknowledge a delightful
| concert by the Deer Lodge Cornet Band
| Christmas afternoon. As the party last men
toned had only arrived twenty minutes pre-.
vious, and was ca diShdbiHe, he was unpre
pared to make the proper Acknowledgements
| but was not probably half SO much sur priaed
| as were the members of the Band when up
prised Of the fact.
| Bielenberg Bros. have on display In their
meat market splendid lot of meats, includ
ing some twenty fine beeves, elk, mountain
sheep, mutton and veal. Their success last
year in freezing in sufficient beef to last unit
spring, and keeping it froze in a refrigerator
building until required, was 80 successful
that the same method will be pursued this
season. The result is excellent, fat beef al
the spring, and the saving Of much feed.
| Christmas in Deer Lodge was quiet day
the Sunday schools, owing to the sickness
having omitted the public trees, and no for
NAL services being held in the churches
There were probably rs many presents a.
ever given to the children, and many had
"home trees" a pleasanter aud better Gus
tom, we believe, than having public trees
The day, 80 far as weather was concerned
was perfect-1just mod erately cold, and the
great snow fakes falling quietly down dur
ing great part of the day.
The storms in Wyoming and Utah delayed
Ia. Tlss.t ian, ~. I'll.
Utah & Northern north-bound express wa
L. hours late leaving Ogden. The little mar
row gauge engine then lit out with
full train, and not only came over PleaSan
Valley and the Deer Lodge pass without de
lay, but made up ehrly two hours time o.
the run. To make connection and enabl
the south-bound train to turn from Silve
Bow, the Garrison and Butte accommodate o
laid off Tuesday night and made the roun
trip to connect "Wednesday evening. Thurs
day mornings express from the south wa
sharp on time again.
With a conmendable spirit of charitabl
humanity the citizens of Stevensville raise
$50 and gave the remains of Clark, the stor
robber, decent burial in little select reserv
near the town where before were buried tw
men who had been shot and one hung NJ
Larabie, for whom Clark formerly worked
says he was about 40 years old, and a geo
miner. Nothing is known of his anteceden Z
but several IRE gular occurrences At Butte I
now being trac ed to him. After the Steven
vile robbery, his companions say Clark to-
them, ''If we are attacked, will kill bot
of you - If you don't fight 10 the last
There are circu instances pointing strongly t
the fact that a fourth accomplish is still q
large, but il is deemed best to await develop
ments before giving the circumstances.
| The Diphtheria.