The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-12-28
NEW NOR'-wESTERS.
Tennyson's income is $4,000 . year.
N.; Ran psriav panra weiOha 30O mounds

Mai. Ben Perley Poore weighs 500 pounds.
The Masons are to build hospital for in
digent invalids at Hot Springs, Ark.
Mr.. Crawford's " Roman SINCE" will run
through The AHasatie for the coming half
year. "a f r
Bob Toombs has made saoo, 900 from bis
Texas lands, and owns three times = much
more. t8
The dssirabilty of the annexstisn Of Egypt
to Great Britain is now freely discussed at
Cairo.
Mr.. Bsrnum has bought from the King of
Siam white elephant at an alleged cost OF
100000.
The Harpers spent $4,000 on the Illus
| trations for the current number OF their
magazine.
When the Chief Justice of the United
States signs bis full name 1t is Morrison
Remick Waite.
The first artificial propagation Of fish In
the United States was attempted in South
Carolina about 1904.
Pere Hyacinthe's little son says he shall
20 into the pulpit and preach Catholic re-
form, like his father.
Powis Fillmore, son of President Fillmore,
has solo the house of the latter in Buffalo for
5000. 1t cost $4,000.
Johnnycake will be luxury before spring
| time. The corn crop Is 40, 100000 bushels
short.-N. Y. Com. Ado.
John Swim, hermit miser at west Jsfer-
son, Ohio, has not slept on bed for thirty
Ernu nd ia ~ GC0l
The little Western town of Chicago put up
81, ,64S, $780, AZ worth of buildings this year.
In time 1t will become quite place.
Richard Doyle, the artist, is dead. He
was born In London in 1926, and FIRST at
tracted attention by his designs in Punch.
John ID. Townsend, the New York lawyer,
il nsgging Henry Bergh to get him TO seize
all the nude pictures In the Bartholdi loan
exhibition.
Secretary Lincoln's income as lawyer At
Chicago, before going into Garfelds cabinet,
was $4,000 q year. He still retains his in
terest in ihe firm.
In discussion before the London Patio.
logical Society, DR.. Wilkes stated that In
some cases Of rupture of the heart by wounds
life has continued for twenty four hours.
The heaviest mail that ever left the United
States went out last week in the Alaska.
There were 20s,641 ordinary letters and H..
| y02 registered letters, with 200 sacks OF
| newspapers. At the New York postofiice
$50 tons Of papers are sent away every week.
Among the postoffices In the country there
are 81 Washingtons, 10 Shsrmans, II Sheri.
| dams, Is Grants, and 80 Salems. Nearly 800
| begin with New" TOO with "North," 110
| with "Big," 73 with "Grand," and is with
"Great" There are Is Pleasant Hills and
| 13 Pine Groves.
Sir Moses Montenore IL the first Jew that
was ever elected to be Sheriff Of London.
| He was chosen few days after the success
sion Of Queen Victoria, and received the
honor of knighthood at the hands Of her
Majesty when she visited the city on the fol-
towing Lord Mayors Day.
| A tribe of Indians having tails from six to
eight inches in length is said to have been
discovered In Paraguay. Should this an
nouncement prove true, the Journal Of Sci
ence protests in advance against their being
paraded as "the missing link" since the
anthropoid apes have no tails.
As regards height, the Scotch are first, Irish
second, English third, and Welsh fourth. AS
regards weight, the Scotch are first, welsh
second, English third, and Irish fourth. The
weight and height of Americans would be
given. but there is no necessity for terrifying
Europe just At this time.-Courter Journal
More than fifty patents for the making oi
ammonia have been taken out within the last
two years in England, America, Belgium
Austria and Germany. Many Of the schemes
have been patented In oil the countries al
once. The patents apply to gas works, oil
works, blast furnaces, alkali works and sew
age works. Ammonia seems to share with
electricity the present attention Of the
patentee world.
During the reign of Charles l., Of England
oil official paper bore the royal arms in water
marks. Parliament, under Cromwell, dis
satisfied with the monopoly granted to Ger.
tain parties, ordered that the royal arms be
removed from the paper and the FOOLS cap
and bells be substituted. These marks were
removed during the Rump Parliament, but
paper of the size used for the Parliamen,
Journals Is still known as "fools cap"
Ex-senator Conkling has been staying al
| the week at Chamberlsin's, aud will proba
bly, be here two or three days longer. He l.
here a. the counsel for Edison In some i'm
portant matters 1t the Patent ONCE. As be
has some leisure, few Of his old politics
acquaIntances have called upon him. Mr.
Conkling IL now making money In his pro
fcssion 1t the rate of nearly $l00, 900 year
and If he takes good care of his money be
will In the course of few years be very
rich man. That has always been his earnest
desire, and when he gets half million In
hand he will be able to retire from the Law
with good deal more squanimity than ht
manifested In leaving the Washing
ton Capital.