The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-03-14
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
Wolf skins bring S. to 81 in Benton.

Wolf skins bring So to 81 in Benton.
Silver Bow county has $4,000 in the treas
ury.
A Miles City saloon is styled the Y. NJ.
CA.
Last week Butte shipped bullion to the
amount of s9S, 900.
Madison county reduced its debt s13, 353 in
1888, and owes s59,552 yet.
Gallatin county decreased its debt S3,225
| the past year and yet owes s2S,767.59.
The Northern Pacific Company contem-
plates building large hospital at Missoula.
The loss of sheep is reported less than for
years past in the Beaverhead valley this
winter.
Gallatn county commissioners propose to
build wing to the court house Of that
county.
NJ. A. X. Yerkes has retired from the
Bozemsn Chronicle and gone to C9ur
dAene.
The Madis"nian is intent on having an as
sembly of the pioneers in Virginia City this
spring. Good idea.
The Enterprise predicts the value of build
ing improvements at Livingston for 1884 will
reach over 100000.
Brick" Van Waters, a well known rowing
Montana print, was at Mandan recently, and,
of course, is going to C. d'A.
Hon. Joseph Boyer, of Pony, arrived in
the city night before last, and may be found
at the Miner office-Butte Miner, 9Th.
1t is said that during the past four months
Seven wives left their husbands in Yellow
stone town. They came from Chicago.
The publisher of the Missoula County
Times has arranged to publish paper ut
Belknap, to be known as the Belknap Enter
prise.
w. H. Emerson, who was hurt last Thurs
day at the Drum Lummon compressors by
falling from ladder while oiling the ma
chinery, died on Friday night from his in
iuries.
The Bank of Glendive has put in Sc: of
four electric bells. If piece of furniture
should be moved at night four bells would
go off in as many different places. Hard on
burglars.
i number of conductors on the Yellow
stone and Montana divisions have received
the &. b., on the allegation that they did not
fairly divide traffic receipts with the compa-
ny.-Biilings Post.
Governor Crosby has refused a pardon for
Elk Head, the Indian now serving in the
pententiary ten years sentence for being
an accessory in the killing of Phil Lynch, in
Custer county.
The new system Of issuing pay checks from
the offices of the division superintendent IL
said to be a saving of 81 900 per month to the
Northern Pacifc-the cost of running pay
car out from St. Paul.
The stock men of Choteau county offer n
reward of $500 for the conviction of the muir
derers Of Bill Jones, and have employed able
counsel to prosecute the parties recently At
rested for killing cattle on the range.
An exchange says a bill will shortly be in
PRODUCED in the Senate to relieve Montana of
the $4,000 militia debt charged against the
Territory on account of arms issued by the
Government and to a great extent going into
the hands of settlers for protection in past
years.
One day last week a Spectator shipped
three tons of bacon to Thompson's Falls and
sold itall out at retail to CGur d'Alene STAN.
peders in four hours and half after IL was
anloaded from the cars. So says a Thomp-
sons Falls boomer.
Dillon is taking steps to build college at
that place. A committee, consisting of
Messrs. q. w. Dart, L. c. Fyhrie and J. L.
Morse, were appointed by the citizens to
take charge of the matter and to report at
meeting to be held the 18th inst.
James Toole, the unfortunate miner who
was caught by the giant powder explosion
at the New Departure mine in the Blue
Wing district, was brought to town last Sun.
day and died soon after his arrival at the
hospital. The body was taken to Butte for
internent-Dulon Tribune.
Ben Hogan and Con Orem have knocked
many Of the tipping topers of Dillon conn.,
pletely out of time by inducing them to sign
the cold-water pledge. Reformation works
a wonderful change in men. The ex-pugilists
are harder hitters in the temperance cause
than they were in the prize ring.-Dalon
Tribune.
Throughout Eastern cities thousands of
flaming hangers have been posted bearing
Gear d'Alene advertisements, of which the
following is sample: 'Ho! gold fields of
North Idaho; 500 nuggets of gold and 500
per man per day" 1t will be strange If such
advertisements do not bring a full recruit of
dupes-Lringston Enterprise.
The carpenters who built the big hotel at
the Mammoth Hot Springs in the Yellow
stone Park, but who, like the Maiden me
cbanics, have never been paid for their work,
took possession of the building few days
age, on the ground that it has never been
completed and turned over to the Park I'm
provement Company.
The number of failures in Montana last
year was %, with liabilities TO the amount Of
$4,000 against failures, with liabilities of
s71 900, in 1882 In 1881 there were only four
failures recorded. Last year put the mer-
they ever experienced before, or will expe-
rience again for good many years.
Hugh McQuaid, of the Independent, who
has been having an enjoyable visit East the
past few months, returned home last week
lust in time to learn the Drum Lummon, in
which he holds considerable stock, had
shown a strong lead on the 6OO-foot tunnel
enhancing his stock enough to pay for the
winters junketing. Glad of it, Hugh.
The heaviest loser this spring by the Mon
tana floods is Ole johnson, of Pumpkin
creek, tributary of Tongue river He had
flock Of 2, 200 sheep, ali drowned, except 40
or 20, in q few minutes. The corral was In
the creek bottom, and the water rose SO fast
that they could not be driven to the hills In
time to escape the rush Of water --RiUer
Press.
Last week Mr.. w. J. Mccormick sent east
an order for two dozen quail, which he pro-
poses to turn loose on the Burnt Fork of Bit
ter Root next season. Mr.. Mccormick is Of
the opinion that the birds will thrive az we'll
here as IN Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa or Min
nesota, and proposes to make the experiment
Of transplanting them to the mountains
Nissoulida. i
A Cincinnati mining machinery firm has