The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-04-20

4 -~Vi'rn Pacific. lmes. ' ~
How. ord T Hiclh n ehoked and stranded
to death al l. 2uldet Ration, April 2thwhile
taking supper atesaihotsl. He WAS reput,
to be 80 years oil ana had been engaged for
some years in prospecting.
The French company owning the Lpxing
ton mine, Butte, has Incorporated and / cd
its certificate In the office of the Terrific, al
Secretary There are 2O0,O 900 shares aggreeat.
ing ~ par value 90, 600, 900 francs.
Thieves took the horses of Hon. w W,
Morris from their stable in Virginia CITY
recently. but abandoned them. The cessa-
ton Of n snow storm raising apprehension
that they might he "trackrd' and caught.
| Virginia City elected three school trustees,
; all the former incumbrnts reSigning before
, the election. The following were elected:
I Henry Filing, George Gohn and James NJ.
Herndon n trustees, AMI n. j. DAVIS clerk
| for the ensuing wear.
! Woody was elected Mayor; J. L. Sloane,
Police Magistrate; J. II. T. Ryman, Attorney
aud Clerk; II. c. Meyers, Marshal Alder.
men, f. l.. Worden, K A. Eddy, w. c.
Murphy aud s. 7. Arthur.
Archie Mckinley, former resident Of the
Gallatin Valley, is supposed to have fallen
OFF the Yellowstone bridge at Benson Land
ing and drowned, on Thursday night, March
9th. II" had been imbibing quite freely aud
started alone for Livingston.
Three hundred ana forty one citizens of
Dillon-ov"r nine tenthS of the voters, the
| Tribune say~-have signed n petition to the
President asking that the appointment of
| Postmaster kirkpatrick be- revoked and that
John Weigatman be reappointed.
A Young man named Warren, Who lately
arrived from Denver, where he was employed
as engineer in the Windsor hotel, died ut IL
o'clock last Friday night at the Mount Yer.
non, Butte. SkiIful medical attention and
the best of nursing were of no avail.
VIM. Newherry, alias "Velveteen." died by
a "vi,itaton of God" so the coroner's jury
said, at O'Keeti;;'s canon last week He went
into the barber shop, sat down on n chair,
exclaimed "Oh, my God /" amt died He was
a travelling violin player, aged forty or forty
five years.
Nelson Story, Of Bozeman, forwarded to
4. II. Van Vleir,len, of Miles City, u petition
signed by 800 Bozrman citizens asking the
President TO remove Judge Conger. Story
| requested that the petition be- circulated in
Custer county aud then be forwarded to
Washington.
An exchange says: Senators Logan, Vest,
and one or two other U. s. Senator will
| 81 ID, nj
| mis- will have them in charge aud will show
/ them areund the Territory. Their mission to
Montana IL to complete treaty with the
Sioux Indians.
A petition has been circulated and extrn-
sivrly signed by the tax payers Of Virginia
City, asking the common council TO er".t,
! this summer, n brick or stone building for
municipal uses The building of city hall
has long been discussed by the citizens, and
the Mddisonidn has more than once urge
that it be done,
| A. ]. Urlin and RI f. Brown have assoc-
| ated Themselves in MiSSoula under the sty
of the Montana Lumber Company" and
will begin business at once. They will erect,
near the depot, q mill 44x4s in size ami two
| stories high, and place in 1t q planning ma
chine, etc to he driven by a iO-horse power
! engine.-Times
Last Sunday not pound Of meat was for
sale Mt any ems IF the numerous butcher
shops in Bozrman. The butchers, are not
strict r-lgionists and would just ~ soon sell
a porter-hous. for two-bits "a pound on Sun.
day a. any other day in the week The cause
of the famine was that NJ beef cattle could
be had.-Courier.
pa A band of Canalian Cree Indians, 80 in
| number. wer1 captured near Fort Assina-
boine on Saturday last, by Captain o Brien,
commanding troop n, 81 Cavalry Their
ponies and arms were taken from them and
they are now held as prisoners at that post
by Col. Ilges. who IN awaiting the decision of
his superior officers as to the disposition of
the Indians and their property. ..
Quite little breeze of mining excitement
has been stirred up this week by the finding,
by Dick Richards, Of quartz ledge on the
Bald mountain, just east of Misseula. An
assay of . selected piece Of the groupings re-
suited in eighteen ounces of silver aud I've
per cent. copper. IL is only prospect, but
is good enough to 20 down on. The ledge Ia
fourteen feet wi ie.-Aissoulia1,.
It. Is reported that the Hecla Consolidated
Mining Co, at Glendale, is preparing to
double the capacity of the concentration at
Greenwood this year. With the facilities the
company has at present, 100 tons per day Can
be concentrated aud when the new works
are built, all the ore from the mines will be
put through the concentration before being
| spn h, th., sYnaifpr fnSfnal ,Y h.a
being sent down in II crude state, rs at pre-
sent The company's mines are looking bet
ter than they have ever done since they were
opened.
About one-third Of the work at Bozeman
tunnel is now completed. The work at Null
Ian tunnel Is going on smoothly Iron Ridge
| tunnel between Helena and Mullan tunnel,
is practically finished, the heading from the
two sides having met week or more ago,
leaving only about 100 feet OF bottom (com-
pleted tunneD yet to finish. These tunnels
are the only ones of any Importance on tho
road that are not finished There IL one
short tunnel yet to be put through. II is emily
a little over 100 feet in length, however,
Independent.
The second payment Of S2i6 ,6G6 on the
Drum Lummon purchase was made yester.
day To Thomas Cruise, and the company
turned over to him 100 900 shares of the com
pany's stock tone third Of alb each share of
which represents par value of f2 sterling
tn" transaction was made through the Mer-
chants National bank of this CITY, The final
payment OF s2i66tB on the purchase will be
made on the 18th of June, which will make
the aggregate of 1878 900 In cash with inter
est added) in addition TO the stock mentioned
above. twill 5e seen that the stock turned
over to Mr.. Cruise retains for him on..-third
interest In the property and also in $685. 900
Of improvements which the company con-
tracts to make Independent, Ipril l2.
| Way Girls Dance.
"Shall | tell you why dance and why
seem so infatuated with it?" asked young
ady, a few days ago. sit Is this" She was a