The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-25
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The public schools Of Deer Lodge will


The public schools Of Deer Lodge will re
open on Monday, February 4ss.
The annual meeting of the Montana Pres
bytery will be held in Bozeman next week.
The valuable Live Oak mare, owned by
Bob Harris, died Of pneumonia on sunday
! night.
| The family of DIR. A. II. Mitchell is rusti-
eating at the residence of Mr.. Thomas G.
Irvine.
Mrs. c. w. Frost, of Santa Rosa, Cal, has
our thanks for a copy of the Santa Rosa Re-
| publican of the 18th.
The death Of Raphael Boisvert, at Ma
chiche, Canada on the 10th, was reported
yesterday, but it is not confirmed.
The contract for the brick work on the
new school building has been let to Mr..
Triggs, who did the brick work on the resi-
dence of +. II. Irvine.
We received a copy of the Bath (Me.) Daily
Times of the 9th inst, from Capt. ID. II. Tru-
FAINT, containing a notice of the death of his
father on the sth, aged IS yrs. and months.
Elder Galen Wood will preach in the
school house, near J. w. Jones', on Sunday
next, at II o'clock a. m. returning in time to
held his regular service in the court house In
the evening.
a very long freight train on the U. & n,
+. r., principally loaded with quartz for
Swansea, extending for a distance of the
len. th of three blocks and half, went north
on tuesday evening.
The Mt Vernon Hotel, Butte, Aylesworth
& Mcfarland proprietors, win be open to
tn. public Feb. LIST. The management is suf.
ficient guarantee to Montana people that it
will be tirst-clGss in every respect.
The Christian Church Sociable, at the res
idence of DIR. Owings on Friday evening last,
was very enjoyable occasion; everybody
was there, and good collection for the pur-
poses Of the new church was taken.
The ice harvest in Deer Lodge is fine, and
numerous parties are packing away goodly
supply for summer use. The NEW NORTH
WEST has four tons safely housed for use on
its editor while explaining the good points
of the new constitution, if that instrument is
ever submitted to the people.
The body of man, named Joseph Smith,
was found under the willows on Mill creek,
six miles from Anaconda, last Thursday. 1t
Is supposed that, in a state of intoxication.
he fell into the creek, and was frozen to
death after crawling out. He had been re-
Gently in the employ of David Naglesome,
chopping wood.
In the recent races at New orl cans, "Bon-
ME Australian" sired by Regent, dam Chris
tine, bred by s. Z. Larabie and sold to VIM
I D,I,
dash, in which there were ten starters
The track was very heavy from recent rains
Also the Montana flyer, Gilt" bred by
Buford Farris, won mile race in LA, and
lost no contest for which she was entered
Rev. J. T.. Russell, of Butte, having re-
signed the pastorate of the Presbyterian
church in that city, church meeting was
held on Tuesday evening, at which Rev. Z.
J. Groeneveld presided, to take action in the
matter of accepting the resignation. Upon
a motion to accept, the vote stood 16 for and
40 against; and upon vote to extend
a call to Mr.. Russell for another year, the
vote stood Al in favor and 9 against. 1t is
hoped he will accept.
Our editorial correspondent last week men,
toned that President Clark had referred a
resolution relating TO the welfare of the ris-
ing generation TO a committee of confirmed
bachelors-Messrs. Langhorne, Prmberton,
and Burleigh.i We understand that on the
arrival of the New NORTH WEST in Helena,
a retraction was suggested as covering the
object they had in view, as they are all mar
ried men and happy fathers. They said they
didn't object particularly to the indirect
compliment to their youth and good looks,
but-their wives might get to hear of it, and
think they had inspired the paragraph for
Irritation and leap-year purposes. OF course
the result is this prompt correction.