The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-08-24
LOCAL BREvITIES.
Exit the stage coach.

II Exit the stage coach.
The grade Of the .shoo Fly" road over the
main range Ii 2ls feetpe mile.
Agent Symthe Is notified to hold himself
in'readiness to remove to Mouth Of Little
Blackfoot. :
Agent Ross il notified that hereafter the
stage coach fine TO ~Drumrnond will be dis
Continued.
Eastern mails for Washington Territory
now come vfa Deer Lodge. Our neighbors
down there get wagon lead of it daily, too.
The Landmark, Platte City, Mo-, of August
10th, says Mr. John Bright sold his place Of
eighty acrss at Hampton 10 Mr.. strohter
Hoy for 5000.
winston Bros. offer blasting powder for
'sale, N. j. Bielenberg wants three good car
penters, and w. W. Botkin has a very desir-
able residence for rents ~
| While waiting at che depot last Friday
morning Henry Ward Beecher stepped on
| the scales and turned them down at pa
pounds; Major Pond weighed 2l6 pounds.
Saturday and Tuesday last were very cold
days preceded by cold nights. Snow fell on
the mountains and far down the foothills,
| and on Tuesday night a general frost in the
valley did considerable damage to potatoes
| and wheat.
Passengers going east can make the trip in
| twelve hours less time by going eia the Ore
gon Short Lire and Granger instead Of by
the way of Ogden. Fares are the same, how
ever, by either route, and passengers have
their choice.
Friday evening of last week some forty Of
the young people Of Deer Lodge, including
the cornet band, drove to Irvine Lake and
had moonlight basket picnic. 1t Ia spoken
Of as a most enjoyable affair. The party re-
turned at II p. IN.
1t was reported here this week that gen.
eral and fatal cattle disease had broken out
up the valley and was ravaging the herds. On
Investigation we learned that some ten or fif-
teen head died suddenly two or three weeks
ago but could not learn of any recent deaths
or further spread of the disease.
An official notice from John Muir, super
intendent of traffic, n. p. r. r. Co., says:
"On and after August 18th the company will
be ready to receive freight to and from all
points in the Pacific Northwest. The rates
between st. Paul, Duluth, and Portland will
be the same as between Council Bluffs and
San Francisco"
The Butte election last Monday resulted in
approval of the request of the Commission
ers for additional bonds. The general senti-
ment was that the Commissioners were
spending too much money on the court house
but that the project had got INTO hole
where there was only one thing to do-vote
money enough to carry it through.
A heavy fire got under Roadway in the
mountains east of town during the past week
but was checked up by the storm of Monday
night. The atmosphere has been dense with
smoke the past three weeks, and travellers
from Puget Sound and the lower country
generally say it grows worse the further west
one goes There must be very heavy fires In
the mountains.
Another serious railroad accident occurred
Tuesday night near Apex, between Dillon
and Glen station. on the U. & NJ, occasioned
by cattle, throwing off a double-header
freight train. Both engines were ditched.
A brakeman is reported to have had both
legs cut off, aud the fireman on one engine
was MORALLY wounded and has since died.
All trains were belated by the accident.
Shooting aud berrying parties have been
the rage the past ten days. Grouse, chickens,
and ducks have been slaughtered in large
numbers, and the toothsome raspberry GENES
in by the gallon to endure the manipulations
of forehanded housewives. NeXtto and adj
joining Thanksgiving turkey there Is no
common article of food more wholesome and
less frequently eTcged than raspberry jelly
The Butte papers say Mr.. Kimball gave 1t
out that the third rail of the Northern Pacific
was to be laid to Butte without delay. Onr
information from an authoritative source
| was that no arrangements had been perfected
| looking to the immediate lay ing of a third
/ rail. 1t will take two months to prepare the
U. & n. from Blackfoot to Butte for third
rail-requiring widening of the track and
\ all new ties.
The picnic of the Union Guards at Warm
| Springs Sunday was a quite successful affair.
| The company is handsomely uniformed and
composed of fine material They are armed
with muzzle loading muskets, which are
hardly up to the standard for a crack compa-
| nv these DAYS. We did not have the pleasure
| Of seeing the company drill or parade, but
| did have the pleasure of hearing some ex-
celient music by the Alice band, now at.
tached to the company. The boys had an
enjoyable day. We hope they will sometime
extend the excursion to Deer Lodge.
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