The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-08-10
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

The Drum Lummon tunnel is now in 10,
feet.
Work has commenced on the artesian well
at i;illings.
Tho Episcopal church at Benton In still
5000 In debt.
Mrs. Annie c. H-nchild has been sent from
Butte to the Insane Asylum.
The cash donations to the Benton hospita
fund SO tar amount to S2,2s5 80.
1t is said the Northern Pacific will erect 4
42-stall round house at Helena.
The Lexington last Saturday shipped II
ba"s of bullion, valued at SIS, 300.
Anna Dickinson il to appear late in tn.
fall Under Maguire's management.
The surplus and profits of the First Ma
tional Bank of Helena have increased to
$50 900.
The gross earnings of the Northern Pacific
for the year ending June 80, are estimated al
s7,G0O,OOO.
The engine and apparatus for boring the
artesian well at Billings has arrived there
and operations will b. commenced at once
Billings Is In the lead.
| Smith River farmers tell heads of oats con-
tanning from lag to 172 grains each. How
are our other valleys fixed in regard to this
matter.-Husbandman.
| The old YanktoR war chief Medicine Bear,
died the other day near Bull Mountain He
divided with Rain in the Face, the Indian
honor Of killing Gen. Custer.
Mali service on the Northern Pacific route
has been ordered by the Postoflice Depart.
ment to be extended from Livingston to
Helena, commencing August 10Th.
| Preparations are being made for the execu.
ton of Addison, which is TO take place at
| Bozeman on the 10th. a brick wall twelve
feet high is being erected around the Jail
yard.
Mrs. Laura Scott formerly Of Montana,
and ut one time landlady of the Northern
Pacific Hotel in this city, arrived from the
Black Hills yesterday. - Bozeman Courier,
| aug 2nd.
On the LIST inst, Nate Vestel, of Marysville,
was married to Hattie L. Talbot, of Iowa.
The ceremony took place in the Northern
Pacific Hotel, Bohemian, Rev. Geo. Comfort
officiating.
Commercial travellers are allowed $50 lbs
of baggage over the Northern Pacific rail.
road. Passengers who cannot talk AZ well rs
drummer are allowed To carry 80 pounds
free--Courier.
new cave has been discovered between
Meadow Lane and Lovely Dale about ~
miles from White Sulphur Springs 1t has
already been penetrated half or threr-puar-
tiers of mile.
Tip Top will be the name Of telegraph
station to b- established on III. summit At
the Rocky Mountains, pineteen miles west of
Helena, next week, by til. Northern Pacific
Company.-h,dspeade,,t I'd
The Union Pacific Company hav. mad.
special rate af s15 TO San Francisco and re-.
turn, for the benefit Of the knights T-mplar
OF Butte. Persons who do not belong To the
order cannot avail themselves of this rate
Mrs. Martin Maginnis, Of Helena, AMI Mrs.
L. 81. Hershfield and children, recently from
their New York home, and Mr.. Aaron Hcrsh
field are at the White Sulphur Springs. seek
Ing health and enjoyment at Montana's Sar-
atoga
The steamer Butte, of the Benton r. line, |
burned Mt the the third point above Fort |
Peck at three o'clock on the morning of the |
LIST. Boat and cargo total loss but fully ill., |
sured. Crew and passengers escaped un. |
harmed.
A rich discovery of gold is reported to
have been made in the Ceur d'Alcnes Some
Of the dirt pays So to the pan. There Is a big
STAN pede that way from Rathdrum, Idaho.
Pritchard must have been getting his work
in again.
AT a special election held ut White SULPHUR
Springs n few days ago, the proposition to
issue $1,000 in bonds for the purpose of erect
ing an addition to the school house was de-
feated by vote of twenty against to ten iu
favor Of the proposition.
The sdict has gone forth from the North
ern Pacific railroad offices that all employ
ees of the road on trains or Mt stations shall
dress In uniform. The great trans. co ntin-n.
tai route is going to put on style according To
Its rank among railroads
Ifappears N though Helena was about 10
secure the csmmodious hotel which il so
BADLY needs Mr.. G. g. Waterman of Ev.
snston, Wyoming, has leased Powers block
On Warren street at $1,000 per year, and 10 Ia
make considerable additions.
Coroner Sarschet returned yesterday from
he Divide where he held an inquest on the
body Of Thos. jackson, who was run over
Ind killed by handcar on Monday. Jack.
len was q section boss on the Utah & North
,rn railroad.
We learned from Major VIM Wallace that !
Hatch Bros, of the Musselshell. n few DAYS {
go sold all their breeding ewes, about 500, :
t nve dollars q head, which IL certainly n
'rstty Dig price. Geo. NJ. Hatch recently
eft for the eastern market with 1000 head of
vethers.-Ricer Press
A a0foot square corral has been built In I
he jail yard adjoining the Missoula Jail, in !
which to hang the Chinaman who murdered i
payniaster at Horse Plains some time apo
the corral Is about twenty feet high. close
'oarded, and will shut out the execution
rom public gaze.
Sullivan, the man who was arrss,.a La,
rintsr for selling liquor to Indians and bv
uooing hiinseh with croton oil managed to
eS sno "ppoafance OF small pOx so as to =,
9 taken from Jail and placed In tent, from =
mich he had no trouble in escaping. is re- {,
orted to have recently passed through town y
ound for the east.-Misouiian. :,
Minneapolis Is shipping largely of her
our, lumber, and other manufactures 10
lelena Building material of very superior
uaiity. thoroughly seasoned, is coming in :
My. IL IL shipped over the Northern pa.
nc At siB per hundred in carload ,o,s
his material consists largely of flooring y
suldines, door, sash, and larh.-Hera,a
The yield Of currants this year In Mon,ar,
simply enormous. One Of our fruit grow
>, Mr.. ID. w. Curtiss. has 5000 crrran, pc
shss. and they yield an average Of 10
FUNDS e the bush. or $50, 900 pounds Som.
the bushes yielded six gallons. or ;. o'
'unds each, and this was the result on bench
"a with ordinary culture. -Ladependent. -
yesterday the first Northern Pacific tra;,
cross the main range OF the Rocky Nom.
'ns passed over the overhead line. II con-
ted OF locomotive with five loaded cans
icy made the trip with ease, showing tb,,
ernead line to be perfectly practicable and
thorough success. This il the l,;gh.., -.