The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-12-21
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Miles City children have measles.

Miles City children have measles.
Alexander w. NJ urray died in Butte Tues
day morning.
| The total revised assessment of Gallatin
| county this year was s4,94S,O00.
Two murderers are under sentence to be
| hung at Bozeman next Thursday.
Madison county has go children of school
| age, an increase Of 81 over last year.
Col Dodge expects trains will run through
the Bozeman tunnel by Jan. 10, 1884.
Beaverhead county pays s115O per week
per capita for the care of its county poor,
A subordinate lodge of "Catholic knights
of Honor has been organized in Miles City
1t is reported that rowing bands of Indians
are killing cattle on the ranges southeast of
Miles City.
Mssoula county has sixty-five property
owners who pay over S1OO taxes. last year
there were forty-slx.
A smeIter, after the pattern OF the one re-
Gently built by Bass Bros, is to be erected in
the Wallace district new. season.
Trains on the Wickts branch have CON-
menced running regularly, leaving Helena
in the morning and returning in the even
ing.
Mr.. G. @. Cochran, formerly one of the In
dependent staff, has become editor of Mr.
Langhorne's excellent paper, the Bohemian
Chronicle
A Mr.. Smith, who lives in the Missouri
valley, had his family increased last week
"wednesday by the birth of a daughter, and
he gave her the unique name of Wednesday
December Twelve Smith.
kirkpatrick Bros, Dillon, say their assets
are clearly over $4,000 and liabilities about
$4,000. Montana creditors are first pre-
ferred; large Eastern creditors second, and
small Eastern creditors third.
w. s. Wetzel & Co, Benton, have sus-
pended. Liabilities estimated at $40, 0G0 to
$4,000. The assets are stated 10 be almost
as great. The suspension is attributed indi-
rectly to the Tillinghast failure, with an over
stock and dull trade.
The depth of the artesan well is now $40
feet. Yesterday the rope broke and the drill
is now at the bottom, but it is thought that it
can easily be recovered. The shareholders
are now called upon for another dollar per
share.-BHings Post.
Two failures occurred last week ut Dillon.
Kirkpatrick Bros. have made an assignment
to Selway Bros The assets are placed at
$4,000 and the liabilities at $4,000. e. w.
Butts, furniture, has failed also. Liabilities,
$1,000; assets not stated.
The talk at Benton of raiding the reserva-
ton continues. The excitement il not loud
but deep. Parties are forming, and before
long lively reports maybe expected of seiz-
ures upon the arabic lands and rich quartz
lodes of the Bears Paw and Little Rockies.
During the present year 945 car loads of
cattle mostly young stock) were transported
by the Northern Pacific from the East to
points along the Yellowstone valley. OF
beef cattle dispatched East over the road
from Yellowstone points, there were ,537
car loads, or 80, 573 head.
G. and Fl. Edwards have added TO their
already fine breed of sheep, thirty-seven fine |
morning. They have taken q great deal of |
pains with their flock, as is evidenced by the |
high prices which they have realized from |
those sold.-Bozemdn Chronicle. |
Governor Crosby has declined to respite |
Frank Young, sentenced to be hanged on the
9th of December for the murder of Daniel
Mccarthy. The friends Of Young have now
appealed to President Arthur for respite of
sixty days in order that the case may be ap.
pealed TO the Supreme Court. /
Wadsworth Post, G. II. (Helaua) has
been organized by T.. Il. Dolman, Senior Vice
Department Commander, Of Lincoln Post,
Butte), with the following officers: Post
7. z. Fuller: Senior Vice +. c.,
Robt. g. Wallace; Junior Vice =. g., VIM.
Sims; Post Quartermaster, II. T.. Sterling.
Dan Halvorson, who was injured by an ac-
,ident at the Alice mill on Thursday, is In a
,ritical condition. He evlnced symptoms of
of the brain yesterday, and may
lot recover. A man who took his place at
he mill on Thursday had his thumb so badly
mashed by a stamp falling omit that ampu-
alton was necessary.--Niaer, 1Gth,~e -
The Butte papers are greatly exercised
'ver the statement that the big Blackfoot
diamond was ''found in the vicinity of
Helena" BE it known that all Montana is
~ tho NiOthity VI us Capital. 1elena |
5 the only actual city in Montana, and, IN
act, Is Montana. How do you fellows like
t?-Independent. Don't let your local .jibes
'e indiscreet.)
On the editorial page of this issue the
mount of the Lexington product for this
ear is estimated at 81 400, 600. This 1t should
e understood, is somewhat more than the
ompany will realize, as the estimate is made
n basis of the market price of silver. The
mount realized by the company, figuring
ullion at s1.o5, will probably be between
/ 200, 900 and 81 5000 as the result of the
ears work.-I Inter. Mountain. II.
A Bohemian commission merchant has been
hipping grain to Butte He lays the grain
n the cars at Bohemian at 81 per cwt., and 1t f.
Ellis at Butte at 30 TO SLIGO. Our farm.
RS are complaining at the price of grain In r.
fissoula; at II cents for oats and / cents for
'heat. The comparison is only brought for
'ard as an index of what the farmers In the
ther parts of the Territory are doing, and 1t
'oks as if our folks had not much to feel bad