The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-02-08
LOCAL BREvITIES.
Work on the Anaconda smelter was 50
pended for the present on Saturday.

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Work on the Anaconda smelter was sus.
pended for the present on Saturday.
DR.. d. J. Mcmillan will preach in the
Presbyterian church next Sunday morning
and evening.
A lady who lost gold bracelet Oh the
street, will reward any one who has found IL
and will leave it at the Office of the NEW
! NORTH. WEST.
No one of whatever age, sex, denomina-
ton or politics, must forget the invitation to
attend the Christian church sociable at Judge
Batterton's tonight
Rev. Mr.. Shannon telegraphed that he can.
not I'LL the appointment TO preach in the
court house on next Sunday a m, as an
nounced last Sunday.
A grand reception was given on Sunday
evening to Ben Hogan, on his return to
Butte. He didn't convert all the hayward
ones of that city during his first campaign.
A postoffice has been established at Drum
mond, on the n p. railroad, near New Chi
cago. Mr.. Il. A. Hettinger has received his
commission as postmaster, and keys, and
opened the office.
Another alarm of fire yesterday afternoon
was soon quieted by extinguishing. with a
few bucket fulls Of water, burning fue in
Curn's Restaurant running up through the
photograph gallery.
No new cases of dipbtheria in town. Mr..
Kelley's children are all up again, and MI.
Stuarts are better than they were few days
since. The death of Agnes Stuart is the only
one from this disease.
Late and irregular mails are the order of
the day. The U. & n. train coming north
was late six hours on Wednesday and ten
hours on Thursday, which gives US late
mails from the Northern Pacific, but that
was not the reason we had no Helena papers
of Wednesday.
On Saturday "the welcome chinook" set
In and continued through Sunday, the snow
and sleighing disappearing rapidly, and we
thought prophet Vennor had told another lie
on us, but on Monday night we caught on"
to the ragged edge" of a snow storm, one of
the Hghtest of the season, which was "only
for night" and since then we have had 1t
as "cold as blazes," and the thermometer
marked % degrees below zero yesterday
morning.
Our public schools reopened on Monday,
after having been closed for two months on
account of the danger of pupils contracting
or communicating diphtheria The enroll
ment is very satisfactory, under the circum-
yesterday, IA pupils in the
High School, under Prof. Meyers; 90 in the
Grammar department, under Mrs. Hoss; %
in the Intermediate, under Miss Fora Batter
ton; "a in the Primary, under Miss Withers
total, 80.
The trustees of the public school, antici-
pating small attendance of pupils for some
time, last week decided to dispense with one
teacher. Thereupon Mr.. Edwin E. Kinney,
who has had charge of the grammar depart
ment, and given excellent satisfaction as a
teacher and disciplinarian, and holds high
as such, from the trustees, grace
fully resigned his position in favor Of one of
best teachers, and will have no difficulty in
securing good school in this county.
The Presbytery of Montana met in Boze-
man February l, 1884. The meeting was the
most interesting ever held in Montana. The
church now has twelve minis
tiers and thirteen churches In the Territory.
The outlook is very encouraging-the re-
ports from nearly all the churches indicating
progress Mr.. +. j. Groeneveld and j. w.
Streyelle, Esq, of Miles City, were elected
to represent the Presbytery
In the General Assembly, which meets at
Saratoga, n Y, in May next
About a. IN. on Saturday last, the alarm
bell rang out the signals for fire fire fire
which brought every one to his feet, set the
engine anu hose-cart on the run; emptied
the stores, offices, saloons, workshops and
hotels of idle occupants; gave all a good air
ing, and our quiet town little excitement;
but that was all, and the crowd soon return
ed in complete disgust" az did the crowd
Will Carleton describes at Deacon Tomp-
kins fire." exclaiming-
ITS only the chimney burnin' out"
at Ed Irvine's.