The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-08-10
THE NORTHERN PiCIFT n. n.
The Formal Completion Of the Read and
Opening to Take Place sept 9Th.
Willard Bringing Three Hundred DistIn-
gnIshrd Gu-.ts.

gnAhru sus~t-.
Although 1t Is probable the Northern Pa
ciiic track will all be laid by the 18th Of th,
present month, President Willard has ar
ranged for formal driving Of the last spike
on September Sth, and has invited q larp,
number Of distinguished people Of Americi
and Europe TO be present at the ceremonies
IL Is stated the ceremonies will take pIac,
about fifty miles west of Helena, which
would be At Mouth Of Little Blackfoot.
looks as though the actual point of compile
ton would be at about that point and W,
do not know where q better point would bt
for the formal completion than whore III,
first considerable stream flowing To the Pa
ci6c is reached, and where the road CONNIE ct.
with the Union Pacific system.
NEW YORK, August IA large party will
leave New York on the Goth Of August a.
the guests Of Henry Willard, president of the
Nortbtrn Pacific railroad, 10 witness the
opening of the road, the ceremonies OF
which will be held few mil es west Of Null
Ian tunnel. The party will stay one day in
81. Paul and one In In Minneapolis. reaching
Helena the evening Of September Ttb. They
will 60 TO the junction of the tracks the
next morning. VIM. II. Evarts will make
the address, and Willard will drive the last
spike "a golden one) that will unite the two
I'isions Of the road. 1t is expected that
President Arthur will be present, as he will
by that time probably have finished bis tour
to the Yellowstone Park. All the ex-presi-
dents of the road will be present except the
first, Josiah Benham, who obtained the char
ter and who died In 1868 before q shovelful
OF dirt had been dug In its construction.
The other ex-presidents, Ex-Governor j.
Gregory Smith of Vermont, General George
W. Cass Of New York, G. II. Wright of
Philadelphia, and Frederick Billings OF Yer
mont, and number Of prominent English
and German guests, public men, and Jour-
nalists, will arrive on August Goth to join
the party. After the ceremonies some of the
party will return east and the remainder
will 60 over the whole of the road to Port.
land and through Willamette valley, return.
ing to New York on September 18th.
NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-Major General
Vonxylander, Of the Bavarian army, and a
member of the staff Of the emperor of Ger
many, is expected to might or to- morrow on
the steamship Fulda, from Bremen. He
will form one of party Of 800 Invited
guests, who are TO participate in the cere.
monies attending the completion Of the
Northern Pacigc Railroad, and its opening
to general traffic. \ party of thirty, con-
sisting of number Of noblemen, several
members Of the German Reichstag ana rep
Of the various corporations OF
that country, will leave Bremen for this
country on the 18th inst. 1 number of
guests, among them will be two or three
Members of Parliament, will leave England
about the same time. Among others who 1t
Is expected will go with the great junketing
party will be General Grant, Secretary Lin
coin, William NJ. Evarts, several foreign
ministers, Members of Congress aud the
various State Legislatures and o few Cover
nors. The whole party will be under the
charge of Henry Willard.
The last spike on the Northern Pacific,
which road runs frem st. Paul, MIMI, to
Oregon, will be driven on the Sth
Of September, al a point about fifty miles
west OF Helena. Tho road Is 1000 miles
long and over portions of Il trains have al
ready run, but IL will not be open TO public
In its entirety rntil after the ceremonies of
the 9Th Of next month. The various mem
bers Of the party will leave this city on the
Goth instant for ST. Paul. On their way
they will visit the Niagara Falls and
Buffalo and Chicago. A. Minneapolis aud
St. Paul they are to be banqueted. They
will 90 to the end of The route at Portland,
aud thence trip will be made TO Puget
Sound, British Columbia and Willamette
valley. The party will start on their home
ward journey about the 18th Of September.
They will either visit the Yellowstone Park
Dr. so TO San Francisco, and return by the
Southern railroad, and view the scenery of
New Mexico and other States aud Terri
ories Of the Southwest and South. They are
to return to this city about the be.
ginning of October. The German guests will
each Europe in November.