The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-06-15
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

The smelling company at Barker turned
out $50 tons of bullion last week.
The Northern Pacific construction train
reached the Helena depot at eleven O'Clock
| Tuesday.
The Providence mine at Lincoln Gulch Is
paying we'll. Woods & Remingtons arastra,
with two tubs, is crushing about five tons
lay.
Miss Helen p. Clarke, county superintend-
ant of schools in Lewis and Clarke county,
conducted a teachers institute at Helena this
week.
Yellowstone County warrants are at par,
md there is enough money in the treasury to
pay all bills allowed by the County Commits
| siopers.
The Hecla Consolidated Mining Company
of Glendale paid its monthly dividend for
May of $4,000, making $4,000 in dividends
since the LIST of January.
Street cars are running between Billings
and Coulson, with return tickets for twenty
five cents, which will include two glasses Of
beer at the brewery in Coulson.
The English syndicate made their third
aud last payment of S2166 0033 to Thomas
Cruise for the Drum Lummon mine, which
they purchased for 81 ,67s,SO0, on the 18th
Last Thursday night, between the hours of
II and ~ o'clock, John Mahen, a private in
Co. l, Fort Missoula, was shot and instantly
killed by bartender named King, in VIM
Boyle's saloon, situated short distance from
the Fort.
Grading parties who have completed thei,
contracts on the Northern Pacific are movinl
with their teams and tools to the Canadian
Pacific, where they are promised two Of
three years job, working about five months
in the year.
A small band of Assinaboine Indians, who
belong to mission on the Missouri, have
been seen about the Bull mountains. II Is
thought their object is to make reprsals on
the Crows by stealing ponies, but have not
yet accomplished their design Filings Post
School houses are to be built this summer
in Deer Lodge, Livingston, Missoula d illon,
Miles City, Glendive, Jefferson City, Benton,
and probably Helena and Billings. Montana
! towns are not going to remain behind their
sisters of the east in the matter of educational
facilities.
Twelve divorce cases appear on the docket
of this term of District court for this comfy.
AS Judge Wade announces that he cannot
reach any civil business at this session, these
dozen divorce plaintiffs will have to pine a
while longer for restoration to single blessed
ness.-Liviaqston Enterprise.
Large beds of fire clay have been found
and located oneh half mile north Of the
passenger depot. The gentlemen who locat-
ed the lead have traced it for more than q
mile. Specimens have been sent to ST. Paul
and Chicago for testing, and reports have
been received stating the clay will make ex.
cellent friedrich and cupels for smelling and
assaying purposes.-Liuingston Tribune.
The party which is to escort General Sher-
man through the National Park passed
through town yesterday. The outfit was
camped at Camp Willard, across the river,
Saturday night. There were forty pack
mules, nine riding horses for the Sherman
party, and eleven cavalry horses in the train
which is en- route to Fort Ellis Major Gordon
commanding, where it will await the arrival
of General Sherman, which is expected
about the 23d of the present month.-Bsllinqs
Herald, June 4M.
Mr. NJ. II. Murphy, one of the cattle kings
of the Montana and Wyoming border, passed
through St. Paul last evening en- route to
Texas for another batch of trail cattle. He
expects TO bring on his ranges some 4,0ot
head, and he reports that thousands of fresh
trail cattle will be brought on 10 these ranges
this season. Mr.. Murphy has just returned
from his ranges and reports that the roundup
has begun, and discloses the fact that the loss
will be much less than was expected. The
percentage of loss on range cattle will be but
nominal-not to exceed one per cent at the
limit Trail cattle, driven in last season, snf.
fered more, and the loss on these may reacl
two per cent. Lower down toward the Vel
lowstone the loss will be less, as there was ;
lighter snowfall.-Benton Record.