The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-25
TERRITORIAL ITEMS.

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TERRITORIAL ITEMS.
City.
| The Livingston authorities are making
heavy raids upon the opium liens of that
| place.
A prominent capitalist will build brick
theatre at Missoula AZ soon rs the weather
will admit.
Missoula anticipates big times in the
spring, QUILTING pilgrims for the CGur
dAlene mines
| Montana leads all the States and Terrific
ries in the number of miles of railway con-
structed during 1888.
Pritchard advises people who contemplate
going to the CGur d'Alenes to delay their
departure for two months at least.
There is u probability of the general Offices
of the Northern Pacific Railway being re-
moved from New York to st. Paul.
1t is said that nineteen newspaper outfits
are packed ready for shipment to the C9ur
d'Alene mines as soon as they can be got in
there.
Uncle" Rich's pawn shop at Butte was
entered by burglars Tuesday evening of last
week, and 1000 worth of watches, iewelry,
etc, stolen.
| The Rirer Press says that if the Blackfeet
reservation is reduced, as anticipated, there
| will be a bigger boom than ever in the stock
industr, of this portion of Montana.
The trustees of the Missoula school district
| have ordered all children who have had scar
let fever to be kept from school for two
months from the time of contracting the
| disease
An examination of the Granite Mountain
| mine, Mt Philipsburg, by an expert sent out
by the principal stockholders (St. Louis cap
italists, showed the mine to be better than
had been represented.
Wakefield & Hoffman, of Bozeman, have
secured the contract for carrying tourists
| through the Park for a term of ten years ut
a uniform price of $50 per head. The Park
Improvement Co. agrees TO fully protect
them in their interests.
Mrs. Mary Ketchson, of Wickes, Montana,
Is very anxious to obtain information of her
son, James Ketcbson, of whom she last heard
when he was at Sum River crossing last July.
Any information will be thankfully received.
Her address is as above.
A petition was received by the Helena
council, signed by 30 prominent citizens,
asking that steps be taken to prevent the
sale of the Police Gazette, Police Ne,os, and
illustrated Times, in Helena, on account of
the pernicious effects arising from their cir
culation.
The Sweet Grass hills, in Northern Mon
tana, are reported as rich in silver bearing
quartz leads. The ore is galena, assaying
high in silver. aud showing n trace of gold
in the crappings The leads are said to be
well defined and to average FIVE feet in
width.
The Billings DAILY Herald suspended pub
LEGATION on the 10th inst, and gave as its
reason want of support by the advertising
public. 1t will resume in the spring il it re-
ceives sufficient encouragement. The pro-
prietors will still continue to publish
weekly
Culture: A Montana belle being asked by
Bismarck man II they possessed any culture
out her way, replied: Couture? You bet
your variegated socks we do We kin sling
more culture to square foot in Helena than
they kin in any camp in America. Oh, loosen
my corsets till smile!'
Mr.. +. r. Miles yesterday purchased the
Ben Phillips ranch, upper Deer Lodge val
ley, comprising 600 acres and all improve
ments thereon. The round sum of $4,000
was the price paid This ranch is considered
to be about the best property in the valley,
over 800 acres being fine hay land-M,ner,
10Th.
The Helena City Railway Company has |
filed articles of incorporation with the Ter |
ritorial Secretary. The incorporators are
Samuel I. Hauser, A. j. Davidson, John |
Kinna, A. NJ. Hotter, W. +. Sanders, G. C. !
Swallow. Joseph X. Toole, Joseph Davis, |
Richard Jockey, A. G. Botkin and Ed. |
Stone.
In Beaverhead county the horse malady |
has not prevailed to any serious extent for |
the past year, but take the Territory of Mon |!
tana all over, there hal been considerable |
loss sustained during the past six months |
from the different horse maladies that have |
been going the rounds of the stables and |
ranges.-B,lloa Tribune.
We tender thanks TO Captain James HI. !.
Mills for birds-eye view of Deer Lodge, |
the prettlest town I'M Montana. The town
Is well laid out, and many of the public |
buildings and elegant residences show to
good advantage. The artist has drawn q
good picture, and it did not need brushing to
make 1t complete
Montana has, besides pos.lnasters and their
clerks, 1888 federal ofiice-holders, living at the
public crib. We ought to be well governed
for satrapy. Utah, less fortunate, ilas only
Al, and Wyoming only a.; Idaho has is
Arizona "a; New Mexico 50 }; Washington
l52, and Dakota has 2ls Dakota must be the
prime favorite among the Territories.
The men employed by the road commits
sioners 60 to work by the old time; tbs
"chain gang" use fast time; the public
schools use old time; the Catholic bell rings
On the new. Two Of the whistles blow 1t
11:30 and the Others at II. Some Of the Main
street regulators chronicle standard time;
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