The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-04-04
NEW NoR'-WESTERs.

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The Earl Of Buckinghaushire, age ninety
years, Is the Oldest peer Of the British realm.
IL Col. Loupsberry ,hecomes Governor. Of
Dakota, he will hold down The Executive
chair. -as.g -.a- e ri arns aataFai ~
Col. r. G. G..Iugersoll Is said to have lost
something like 100000 in, New Mexican
mines. .s - 4 stsaazgGaA - isa@sE'1s4
The landlord Of the summer resort hotel
has begun to practice the seasons smile pc
fore looking glass. ''4''" '7'.. 60
his understood the Grand vizier has com
planned TO the United States Government OF
Minister Waliace's recent conduct. ....
General Grant has become an inordinate
reader of history. The wars Of Napoleon
have an especial fascination for him.
Henry Brown, colored, Is dead at Niagara,
Ont, at the alleged age of one hundred and
twenty-one. He remembered Washington.
Regarding bathing, Sir James Paget, the
eminent English surgeon, says: "Have the
temperature Of the water just as you like It,"
German statesmen do not like Chicago
| pork, but, having tried them, pronounce
good some bottled samples of "Tsientsien-
netti bier"
Good beer is said to be 90 per cent. water,
| 5 per cent. alcohol, ana per cent. hops and
| malt Bad beer has in it large per centage
| of drugs and headache.
During the recent freezing rain storm in
New England trees supported from six TO
twenty times their weight of ice, that had
gathered on the limbs and twigs.
Mr.. Tabor, the millionaire ex-senator, is
| In luck again. He has struck another rich
vein in one of his mines. 1t Is said that he
wants to be Governor of Colorado.
The Grand Army Republic posts and clti-
| zens of New Mexico have begun move
ment for the erection OF fitting monument
over the grave of Kit Carson at Taos.
There is a great deal of fuss about glucose.
| It Is simply sugar from starch. 1t Is only
two-thirds assweet as cane sugar (unsanded),
but is purer, and said to be equally whole
| some.
There wanders about the Paris studios
| stalwart, white bearded old man, famous
model, who posed for Cupid In his child
hood and for st. Anthony when old age was
| coming on.
The american Ddirymdn says: "a hay
| seed In a cows eye will turn it white. 1t
will come all right in day or two If left
alone. If doctored, we don't know when 1t
will get WELL"
| A box 10x10x10s inches will hold just half
| n bushel. Such a box may easily be made,
and Is very convenient to have on the fsrfn.
1t is cheaper and just as good as more ex-
pensive measure.
| Henry Irving was "simply astounded and
| overpowered" by the grandeur Of Niagara.
1t will be remembered that Oscar Wilde was
disappointed a, the sight, and wanted his
| money refunded.
| The largest bell in the world is at Kioto,
| japan. IL IS twenty-four feet high aud six
teen inches thick at the rim. IL Is sounded
| by q suspended piece OF wood like batter
| ing ram, which strikes 1t on the outside, and
its booming can be heard for miles. a.
A sabre wound In the mouth, dlsplacing
| several teeth, was the only mark by which
Jerome Collins's body could be identified at
Lena delta. At the funeral his brothers re-
moved the gilt letters ''U. s. N" from bis
coffin, substituting therefor, &C. E." repre-
senting his profession Of civil engineer.
1t Is estima'ed that there are 5,000,0 ,00C
horses In this country. aud In order TO keep
up the supply 1,000.O 900 must be bred annu,
ally. The importation In large numbers, ef
late, of Percherou and Clydesdale horses has
increased the average size and capacity of
our stock Of horses, and further improve
ment will necessarily follow.
General Kilpatrck's frie nds are trying To
discharge a S. 900 mortgage on his home
stead in New Jersey. II Is expected that
Mrs. Fitzpatrick will return from Chill and
educf te her daughters In this country. About
twenty gentlemen have already subscribed
500 each, and the Grand Army posts of the
State have begun to move In the matter.
The Black Watch, mentioned so frequent
ly In the dispatches from Suakim as having
borne the brunt Of General Graham's las
engagement, Is the name given TO the Forty
second Regiment, Highlanders. Into thi'
regiment were enrolled, In 1877, the coin
panies, dressed in black or dark tartans, thai
had watched the Highlands during the wa
for the restoration Of the Stuarts.
The Scientific american of March 15tl
contains an illustration and description Of ;
horse power fire engine especially designed
for towns and suburbs of large cities, tha
we should think would ba quite the thin.
for places that cannot afford the luxury of
steam fire apparatus. 1t is manufactured b,
the Remington Company at Ilion, N. Y.
which is q guarantee that II Is well made.
Kenneth Rayner was a man of many mis-
J fortunes. DIR. Calling, of Hartford, speak
!, ing of him to reporter said: 81 knew tn
deceased when no lived In North Carolina
; Before the war he had fortune of $780, 900
brought TO him chiefly by his wife, who wa
sister of Bishop Polk. She owned 45
slaves. Rayner was firm Union man. ant
all his property went during the war. Thei
some Of his sons turned ont badly. He de
J serves to be kindly remembered"
A Jealous man can't be too careful whel
he Is riding In q street car with his wife. Ii
Providence, the other day, gentleman no
ticed man on the opposite side of the ca
, staring at his wife, and thinking that he wa
. masher, crossed over and slapped his face
Imagine his confusion and surprise on dis
J covering that the man whom he had slappet
, was stone blind, and had 10 be led about b.
little girl.
, An Improved Yindow-sill is now Furnished
which Is designed to prevent the dripping o
, rain or wash water making two blackeHe'
streaks down on the bricks from the corne
Of the sill, and spelling the appearance o
, | handsome dwelling fronts. In the improve
ment the whole sill is cut away and slante,
st such an angle as to carry of the rain. drop
from its full width instead of leaving th
two corners to collect the rain channel.
The story goes that when Emperor William
heard of the recent alleged appearance Of th
} "WhIte Lady, hoding death TO one OF th
Hohenzollerns, he sent for bis physician
. who agreed to have certain noted gipse.
called in to prophesy. This was done, ant
the soothsayer said: "Sire, you will live Il
. be Q hundred years old. Your son, th
1 Prince Royal, will not reign, but your grand
son, Prince William. be your immediat
: successor" Now, IL 10 no secret that Ill
: Majesty manifcsts far more fendness 70
william than for Fritz, and so this promis
Of fifteen years more of life, and then to b
succeeded by bis favorite, pleased him vastly
"Boy," he cried 10 the sentinel at the dooI
aif you chance to see the white Lady again
Q tell her to come back In fifteen years"
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