The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-09-14
NEW NOR'-WESTERS.
Chief Justice Waite is nearly we'll from

!, NeVhua auuS SlO,OOU 10 It's blS bCuOO
fund this year by the sale Of public lands.
Reed, the leading Saratoga gambler, /.
worth 81 900, 600, and began life as book
keeper.
The United States has 43 900 miles of tel
egraph lines, 131 900 miles of poles, ant
374, 1858 miles of wire.
Don Carlos, the Bourbon pretender to thu
Spanish throne, Is said to be visiting New
York, travelling as the "Duke de Montpen
sier."
There is some prospect that when Genera
Sheridan will have taken his headquarters al
Washington as the commander of the army
Chicago will no longer be the headquarter:
of division.
Count de Chambord directed that his body
should remain at GortZ, Austria, and that
it should never be taken TO France, "for,
said he, .'they would not have me living and
will not want me dad"
Next TO Texas, Wyoming is probably the
greatest stock raising region In the United
States. 1t is said that about 1000, 900 cattle
are now feeding on the plains, the estimated
value Of which is about $4,000 600.
The United States has, in round numbers,
114000 miles of railroad, and there Is owing
on the immense property in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000, 900, 900, a debt that would,
perhaps, slightly embarrass rural editor to
pay off in his mind.
A newspaper printed in sylvania, Ca,
| says that there are three hundred inhabitants
in that town, and that there has never been
a death of a man or boy from natural causes
in the place since the town was incorporated
about 80 years ago. Two women have
died in that period.
Dana, of the New York Sun, has taken a
peculiar way to amuse himself IN his old
age. He owns a majority of the stock Of the
| SuR, which brings him an income of over
| $500. 900 year. Latterly he has taken to
collecting china and chickens. He has al
ready $50, 900 invested in china and $4,000
in fancy chickens.
A convict named Hare was boxed up by
some of bis associates in the Columbus PEN
itentiary with some harness that was await
ing shipment, and the box was taken from
the prison and loaded in freight car. He
broke out Of the box, but before he could
get out of the car a searching party made
him prisoner again.
When England prohibited the importation
of American cattle for fear of Infection, q
special exemption was made In favor of Can
ada. II will be, therefore, with mingled
emotions that American farmers will read
that 100 head of cattle from Canada, suspec-
ted of being infected, have been killed on
their arrival at Liverpool.
1t has only recently come out that Mr.. Ca
bic, the author of the "Grandissimes, is
ostracized by the Creole population Of New
Orleans because of his description of them
In his charming book. A proposition to elect
him a member of leading literary club In
that city was considered an afiront, and the
nomination was almost unanimously reiec-
ted.
The military system In France exacts SER
vice Of prince and peasant. Under the en-
pre one could send a substitute. Not so
to-day. Every young man with a few ex-
ceptions Of slight Importance, on reaching
20, must 60 into the army. IL he has col
lege degree or can pass q certain examiDa
tion, the period Of service is limited TO one
year; otherwise he Is . soldier for five
years.
One of Captain Webb's most wonderful
exploits as a diver and swimmer was diving
headlong from stand 10 feet high into water
feet deep. At the instant of striking the
water he would curve his body so as to shoot
out horizontally under the surface, instead of
going down to the bottom. The feat seems
an extraordinary one, but 1t was actually
performed at the beaches near New York
scores of times.
An old operator thus tells how cable mes
sages are received: 81 don't suppose you |
know how the messages are received |
over the cables? No? Well, 1t is al
together different from this tick, tick,
tick. Ths operators of these sit in |
dark rooms. The messages come as little |
electric sparks; the letters are known by the |,
length of the fash. These men 60 blind at |
the end of fifteen years, and are pensioned |
In England, but nothing is done for them |
here. They are not even paid any better |
than we are.
A musical wonder Is exhibited in London.
1t is called the Gamma. The notes are pro-
duced by dogs, I2 Of whom are seated in q
row inside a long box. Keys on the outer
board communicate with wires, which touch
each animals head, and when the performer
strikes the ivory, and the contact warns the
dog, a whine, yell, a bark, or bass growl
10 the response. The harmony is defective,
but the laborious training has given the
strange orchestra a moderately tuneful facil-
ity.
ne lOlIO"lDg Was Tue tbbImhtcu railway |
mileage of the world on January ], 1888;
United States, 113.GO0; Europe, 100000;
Asia, 5000; South America, 1000; Canada,
s, 500; Australia, $500; Africa, 900; Mex
leo, 2,l00; grand total, 253, 900 miles. These
figures are not exact, as 1t Is impossible to
obtain official returns within year or two
after date, and 90 1t Is necessary to use the
latest available statements and add the prob
able number of miles Of road that may have
been built in different countries since the
time the latest statistics published with au-
thority were issued.
reap a reward for their skill aud care in
breeding the Spanish Merino. A flock of
1T3 sheep. which were selected from the
focks of different breeders In Vermont, are
en- route for Mr.. John Hay, of Australia,
who already owns 92,000 sheep on his two
ranches in that country. These sheep
brought the breeders the handsome sum of
$4,000. Four of the rams cost $1,000 each.
As the freight from Vermont to San Fran.
cisco was 5000, aud the steamer charge
from there to Australia is SIS per head, these
sheep will cost s35,595 when they reach the
importer. Ii
An illustrated edition of Gray's Eiegy to
be brought out this fall reproduces rejected
which appeared In the original
editions, but were Afterwards omitted. The ,
most exquisite OF these was originally In
serted before the "Epitaph," but was omit
ted because the poet thought 1t marred
be general effect. The stanza Is very grace |
Ful:
There scattered oft, the earliest of the
year
BY hands unseen, are showers of violets
found:
The rtd-breast loves TO build and warble
there.
And little footsteps lightly print the
ground"
The Hudson Bay Company ruled Manitoba
or many years with rod of iron, resisting
o the utmost any encroachments. In early /
lays the difficulty Of transportation was .
.reat, and woe betide the independent trader
'r trapper whose supplies gave out, for the
'ates Of the company's posts. were closed q
lgainst him, and they would not open to him I
hongh he were starving. II is said that an ,
indian came to factor and showed him some
lew kind of bullets he was using, which, he
aid, though little soft, worked very we'll. {
They were found TO be made Of solid gold, 1
md, lest the fact should be poised abroad ,
md people flock into the country In search !,
Il the precious metal, the Indian, affer part
ng with large number Of the golden bull Z
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