The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-02-08
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.


Hay sells in Miles at $40 per ton.
The Montana Presbytery met in Bozeman
last week.
Tongue river cattle are reported to b In
good condition.
Work has been commenced on the Marquis
de Meres' establishment at Miles.
Bullion shipments from Butte for the week
ending Feb. 2, aggregated s97, 75014.-Inter.
Mountain.
Bozeman papers are warning the milk
men Of the town ordinance prohibiting the
sale of adulterated milk.
An extensive coal discovery has been made
in the vicinity of Jack creek, on the Madi-
SON river, about fifteen miles from Virginia
City.
r. n. Sutherlin, editor of the Husbaadman,
has gone to New York City to attend the
Convention of Stockmen, which meets there
next month.
Two travelling men last night had a set-to
in the Centennial Hotel office, according to
the Marquis of Gooseberry rules Inter
Mountain, 4th.
in town. He reports but little snow in his
section of the country, and the sheep conse-
quently rolling fat.-Riuer Press
A former resident of Bozeman, named
Brazinski, q Pole, has skipped, leaving sew
eral creditors and a young wife, whom he
had married, then divorced and remarked.
The Flat Heads are still fighting fate. The
fat has gone forth that they must take land
in severalty in the Bitter Root valley in
Montana, or 20 back to the Jocko reserva-
ton.
b. The Northern Pacific is now moving large
quantities of ore and bullion from the Mon
tana mines. 1t in one day turned over to its
eastern connections seventeen car loads of
bullion.
Harry Blood, well known in Butte, and
formerly a resident of Virginia City, shot
himself accidentally in st. Louis. He was a
brother of Mrs. Z. W. wynne, of this city
Inter- Mountain, I'd.
The board of school trustees of Livingston
are about to give notice of a special election
for the purpose of voting on the question of
issuing bonds of the district to the amount Of
$1,000, to be applied to the erection of a
school building.
The large ice house to be used by the Mar
quis de Mores is being rapidly built, under
the supervision of J. T. Westbrook. Its Ca
pacity is over a thousand tons, and that
quantity of ice will be stored in 1t this sea
son. billings Herald.
Miles City had a narrow escape on Monday
from big fire. Through the exertions of
the citizens the flames were confined to the
hotel, where the fire originated;
two rooms of the building being destroyed.
A pistol was fired off as a fire alarm and the
ball struck man in the heel
A little deaf and dumb son of Mrs. Wage
man, of Helena, and little son of J. w.
Lane, Of Adobetown, (also deaf and dumb),
will IN few days be sent to. Kendall Green
asylum, near Washington, for schooling
Their expenses will be paid by the Territory,
under the provisions of law passed last |
winter.
The prize fight with hard gloves at the
Olympic theatre in Butte recently, between |
Edward Rodda and James Mcdonald, for |
the heavy weight championship of Montana |
and a purse of Sl45 was won by Rodda on a |
foul. Seventy rounds were fought in two |
hours and ten minutes. Neither of them |
were much punished.
The Montana Flume and Mining Com
pany, at Its annual meeting last week, de- |
clared a divid end of 81 200. The officers of |
the company for the current year are Mrs. |
Mary A. Sedman, President; Henry Filing, |
Treasurer; H. n. Blake, Secretary. The |
ground Of this company is located near the |
mouth Of Alder gulch.
Eey corps, under Prot. Pumpelly, has been
iisbanded since Willard went out of power.
IL will be remembered that a party of the |
iorce worked in this vicinity last summer.
The object of the survey was to discover and
'eport the fullest details of the resources of |
he Northern Pacific country.
On January sd, a man named William
Stanley stole horse from Harry Mapstone,
It Fort Logan, Meagher county aud saddle
Ind bride from Sheriff Charles RAIDER. The
after followed his man to Garrison, where,
lnder authority from Sheriff McMaster, he
arrested Stanley on the Goth, and took him
back to White Sulphur Springs. He said
hat he left the horse in Helena.
The Ceur dAlene mining fever is no
which have been circulated through the
press fail to pan out the desired wealth. The
word gold has heavenly sound, but there
ire many who will conclude that the best
md surest way to obtain 1t is behind pillow.
Marshal Botkin, for the first time in sew
,ral years, has awaited himself of leave of
ABSENCE, and is now on his way to Wisconsin
md Washington. He will be absent about 30
lays.
Manager Cowles, of the Concord Cattle
Company, who has large herds on the upper
Tongue river and Mizpah creek in Montana,
ays the stock is wintering in good cendi-
ion, and he is arranging to ship 1900 head
% the range from the States in the spring,
Ind to ship o large consignment of prime
,eeves to the Eastern market in June. He
,stimates next years Montana shipment at
70 900 as against &c, 900 for the past year
James Dunlap, range rider and detective
or the Northern Montana Stock Association
$ in the city. He reports that the stock is
ioing splendidly. They have scattered, and
rot punched, as usual, which Is good sign.
lie says Indians live on cattle, but cannot be
;aught killing them. There are hundreds of
read of stolen horses on the Blsckfoot reser-
yation, but white men are not allowe,i close
'nough to identify them.-Record.
Yellowstone Park.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-The Senate COM
nittee Oh Territories have finished work