The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-12-21
LOCAL BREvITIEs.


Frederick Fox, for the past year or two
resident Of Deer Lodge, died last Friday OF
pneumonia.
The Sisters school, Deer Lodge, will close
to-day for the Holiday vacation and resume
Wednesday, January ID.
There are twelve new convicts to 60 to the
Penitentiary in q few days-seven of them
from this county or district.
The postoffices at Gregory, Jefferson
county, and Lincoln, Deer Lodge county,
have been discontinued.-InterM Mountain.
The Collegiate Institute closed school ON
Thursday of this week for the Holidays, and
will resume the first Thursday in January,
1884.
The Sunday schools of Deer Lodge have
been dismissed until the termination Of dipth-
short duration.
Deer Lodge county warrants are now being
paid up to March /, 1ss3-only nine months
in arrears. Our warrants, with seven per
cent interest, ought to be at par.
The Mount Vernon Hotel, Butte, will be
reopened again in a few days under the man.
agement of those Incompatible proprietors,
Messrs. Aylesworth & Mcfarland.
There will be special meeting Of Deer
Lodge No. IA, A. F. & A. NJ, this friday
evening, for the purpose Of installing the
recently elected officers and those to be ap'
pointed.
Hettinger has large amount Of lumber at
the Drummond yard of the Montana I'm.
provement Company. Our readers down the
N. p road who want lumber should commu-
nicate with him.
Harry Peterson, recently of Helmville, has
purchased the building and saloon business
of George W. Todd, Deer Lodge, and took
possession yesterday. Harry is very popular
and the stand is one of the best in town.
In the school census of this county for 1888
there are listed 600 males and 666 females, be.
tween 4 and 81 years of age, and 1877 males
and 1873 females under years of age. The
equilibrium of the sexes is well preserved.
The remarkably beautiful, bright, balmy
weather that had lasted for nearly month,
broke Sunday night in gale, with succeed.
ing snowfall, but without severe cold. Those
who thought the fine weather generated dis.
ease are now consoled.
A circular letter, signed by Francis Pope,
Secretary of the Montana Fair Association,
says The Fifteenth Annual Exhibition OF
the Montana Agricultural, Mineral and Ne.
chauical Association will be held at Helena
September sth, 9th, 10th, 18th, 18th and 18th
1884
The parties who have been birds-eye view
ing and lithographing Montana towns, this
week delivered their Deer Lodge pictures
They are very good. They charged So for
single copies and ssld all they had. The NEW
NORTHWEST will endeavor to do little bet
ter by its patrons presently.
Mr.. fl. G. Ward informs us that In the acct
dent on the n. P. at sully Springs, OAK, the
engine and cars were thrown down the banh
% feet. The accident occurred from LAND
slide. The estimated damage was $50 900
Under the new economy Of the Company tn,
Waterman had been discharged Mr.. Ware
had miraculous escape, but had hardly {
scratch.
Court adjourned for the term at p. m
Tuesday. All the cases were disposed of ex
cept those continued by consent Of parties
where much delay would have necessaril,
occurred to try them. Judge Galbraith Il
highly complimented on the expedition will
which business was pushed through, while a
the same time conceding all necessary tint
to litigants.
The NEW NORTH WEST regrets to announce
that It is about to lose the services Of its In
teresting London correspondent, "Kemp
shill." The writer of those letters, MI
HARDER, is a brother of Mr.. w. j. HARDER
who recently purchased an interest in tn
! RiUer Press, at Fort Benton, and "Kemp
shill is expected to arrive in January ant
join his brother In the enterprise. We wish
the gentlemen much success.
| Hewitt's Musettes appeared in Deer Lodg
] Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Tn
Company consists Of six persons. They ar
artists. Mr.. Hewitt and Miss Eva Pear Civ
n very entertaining musical first part, ant
the Mind Reading Of the lady was puzzle'
The ladies' changes in Grain" are remarka
bly, quick and good. Although the aft1l
piece was, like all sketches, q little tedious
Mr.. Hewitt Is an accomplished musician
Sheriff McMaster, by order of U. s. Mar
shall Botkin, on Wednesday, evening deli,
cred to w. w. Dixon, Esq, attorney for til
Pacific Express Company, the 500 bill car
tured by road agents Gamble, Wiley an
Sheldon on Jones Hill, July "a, 1888. TIL
bill is described as follows: National cul
rency, series 1876. No. 2J97. A 2S0932. Firs
National Bank Of Ogden, Utah. H. 8. Z
bridge, President. II. spang, Cashier. Dat,
Dec. 10, 1881. Small portion Of lower lei
corner gone" Doubtless some Montan
editor who has plenty of means viii buy An
preserve it a. a souvenir.
The Bozeman Chronicle favors us with .
elegant photographic bird's-eye view Of th'
flourishing city. 1t Is beautiful place.
looks different from what 1t did in '6d, whe
we gazed at 1t from the standpoint Of pa
of dilapidatsd moccasins, and we doubt n
Pat Largely will consider 1t mere desirabl
place to visit than In 1872, when The. Feile
God rest his soml-had rendered his drei
suit undesirable for calling costume, an
the Butte hardware prince, on the banks
Bozeman creek, offered q half-dezen deat
broke Geyserites $50 apiece, in vain, IL the
would go over and bring him pair of ful
length pantaloons. Pretty soon, MT. Ian
horne, we expect to reciprocate with we
Of the valley village.
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