The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1883-09-21
LOCAL BREVITIES.
barometer indicates good weather.

waiting for the new school house.
Barbeau & Menard are making excellent
bread at the Deer Lodge bakery.
VIM. Queenor, who killed wenandy, was
released on 81, 600 bond this week.
It's about twelve of one and dozen of the
ether between day and night now.
The aurora last Saturday night was very
| brilliant and had "a touch of the rosy"
The Pacific Implement Company has some
interesting suggestions in the Special Bust
hess Notices this week.
1t il stated Harry Peterson has been ap.
pointed postmaster at Helmville. He will
make an efficient p. NJ.
The races are going off at Butte with grand
style, the attendance being quite large and
| the contests interesting.
There was another moonlight picnic party
| at the Lake last Friday night, with better
weather than a month ago.
Don't fail to call and see specimens of pho
tographs at Allison's Photograph Car. Good
quality of work guaranteed.
VIM. Thompson is cutting one million fee,
of lumber for the Anaconda company and is
at present shipping from Garrison.
1t is stated the Anaconda branch of the U
& n. road will be constructed from Stuart
| 1t will probably make divergence at Ana
! conda and be about eleven miles long.
Helena is to have its buildings numbered
Deer Lodge has already done so, but whether
it is "too naughty" or something "too sigh
for" is "seen as through a glass, darkly.'
We acknowledge from Mr.. Rutter, the
photographer, Butte, large pictures of the
first two Northern Pacific engines to reach
the last spike. They are valuable souvenirs.
"Arno" is the name of the n p r. r.. sta
ton near the old Milk Ranch" on the Little
Blackfoot. 1t will be the shipping point for
Blackfoot, Nevada creek, and surrounding
country, but there are no facilities yet.
The Pacific Express at Deer Lodge has
been transferred TO L. S. Stackpole, who has
fitted up room for it adjoining the postoffice.
Ii Is very convenient location for it. Mr..
Ross, the late agent here, will be located at
Garrison.
The Deer Lodge public school opened with
fifteen pupils in the High School, twenty in
the Grammar Department, thirty-seven in
the Intermediate Department, fifty in the
Second Primary, and fifty in the First
Primary.
There are 10000 pounds of mining machin-
cry for the Helena Mining and Reduction
Company, Wickes, now lying at the U. & N.
depot Deer Lodge. No freight transfer hos
vat haan mazda hatwaan the two railrnad
companies.
Mr.. b. Groves shot, this week, in the noun
tains, near the head of Peterson creek, a six
or eight year old moose, weighing COO pounds.
1t was very fat and had n beautiful set of
horns. Moose are becoming quite scarce in
this locality, this being the first that has been
brought in for years.
Frank Saylor, alias Aubrey, one of the six
prisoners who escaped from the Penitentiary
in July, was captured recently by Deputy
Sheriff Steele in the Sun River country and
landed back in the Penitentiary last Saturday
night All of that gang, except Pettis, have
now been recaptured.
Passengers who were on the stage some
weeks ago when it was robbed by three high
waymen, will regret to learn that the chival-
ric Mike" while carving piece of wood a
few days ago, plunged pocket knife in his
thigh about two and half inches, making
an ugly wound that has kept him in bed
since.
Quarterly meeting services will be held at
Willow Glen school house, i'll Deer Lodge
valley, Saturday and Sunday, the 9th and 9th
or oosvber. Services on saturday at Up. m.
On Sunday ut IL a. IN. and Z p. IN. Rev. l.. b.
Stateler, presiding elder, and Rev. Il. j.
Stanley will be present. A CONTAMINATION
is extended TO all to be present.
All of the main line Of the Northern Pa
citic railroad except that portion between
Helena and where the last spike was driven
has been turned over 20 the operating depart
ment The fifty-three miles still in charge of
the construction department includes the
Mullan tunnel, which will not be completed
for some weeks yet.
The Adams Express Company refuses to
carry live snakes, and when we remember
how Adams express company got into
trouble with one of those reptiles in Eden,
we cannot wonder at the refusal.-Bozendn
Chronicle. Taking the old pun with the new
figure of speech introduced by the Chronicle,
we cannot refrain from admitting il is good
adder.
1t has not probably escaped the attention
of Montanians that Butte and Helena have
each been doing some tall bluffing within the
past two years about the merits of their re-
spective base ball clubs. The matter was
brought to issue this week by the Helena
club going to Butte and playing two match
games with the club at that place. The
Buttes were victorious in both games, the
contest being in each instance close one. 1t
is in order now for the Deer Lodge club to
the victors and teach them how to
play base ball.
During the past two weeks the Northern
Pacific trains have been very irregular, rare
ly ever being on time, and frequently three
to ten hours late. This has been charged to
the disorder occasioned by so many special
trains and the use of the best locomotive
stock by them. Now that the big junket is
out of the way better things are
hoped for, but we anticipate worse state of
affairs than ever when the ice and snow
comes and the rails are slippery on the fish
ladder track over the Mullan tunnel. Even
with completion of the tunnel snow sheds
will be necessary to protect the track on the
We learn through official sources that the
material for laying the third rail on the Utah
and Northern, from Butte TO a connection
With the Northern Pacific has been ordered,
and the work will begin at once. 1t is pro- !
posed to take out every other tie and put In
4 broad gauge tie for the present, and in fu-
lure repairs the other short ties will soon be
replaced. The distance IL tifty-one and half
miles. While this work Is going on the |
Northern Pacific will lay third rail on its
road from Helena to the junction, the dis !
,ance being nearly the same. This will place !
Butte and Helena in rail communication,
without change of gauge, and permit the two
roads to compete for the business OF the two
chef cities of Montana Salt Lake Tribune,
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DEER LODGE