The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-02-01

and B. +. White as Cashier. The institution
will bogin business under the new name in
about 30 days.
Both Bozeman and Helena have aban-
doned the standard time in use on the rail-
roads and returned to sun time. 1t should
be remembered in explanation that both are
"old-timsr" towns.
Rev. Alfred Brown, late Rector of the
Episcopal Church in Topeka, Kansas, has
been called by Bishop Brewer to the Mission
churches Of Livingston and Billings, and has
accepted the charge.
petinon to President Arthur, asking
him to grant a rehearing in the case Of Col.
IIges, on account of new evidence discov-
cred has been circulated in Benton and
signed by everybody.
From Miles City we learn that Montana
stock cattle are there worth from S35 to s37
all around and that large numbers have been
contracted at those prices for delivery next
spring.-Rsyer Press.
Mr. Max Beak, clerk in the employ of II.
Barnett, was relieved of fine gold watch
and nearly $50 in cash, last Saturday night,
Dy TWO Ineu, db Inc CUIHtf I'll EdsI Diodo"ay
and Wyoming street.-Mtner, 18th
The boss tutor of the Dillon public school
reports a large daily attendance of scholars.
Our public school is reaching high stand
ard, which is due to the indefatigable labOrs
of a competent corps of painstaking teach
ers.-Tribune.
The Medicine Lodge coal fields of this
county will, at no distant day, supply East
ern Idaho and Southern Montana with a
good quality of coal A branch Of the o. &
n can be laid to these mines on a very light
grade.-DHlon Tribune.
The Northern Pacific has made arrange
ments to take out l 800 miners from the Gun
nison country, Col, to the C9ur GAlene
mines. These are in addition to the 1000
Black Hills miners, for whom arrangements
were made several days ago.
The health of Dillon is good. Undertaken
Morris says he has not sold a coffin this win
ter, and that there is no call for burial cases
for the dead. This Is evidence Of the healthy
condition of this community-or, that our
medical practitioners make no mistakes In
their practice. Tribune.
Charles, chief of the Flatheads, and his
party, consisting of four others, left for
Washington on Wednesday of last week,
| the Great Father. Charles, in his speech on
Sunday at the Mission, expressed his will
ingness to 60 to the Jocko.
The citizens of Virginia City have selected
| committees from among themselves to COL
lect statistics of the adjacent valleys with a
view of ascertaining their capacity to sup
port a railroad also to learn whether the
right of way for railroad could be OBJ
tanned through tine valleys to the National
Park.
Some of the heavy lumber dealers of Salt
Lake City and points on the Union Pacific
will purchase their lumber in Missoula
county as soon as reasonable freight rates
the county is increasing, and is destined to
assume enormous proportions in short
| time.-Missouia Times.
A petition to Congress is being circulated
in Fort Benton, asking that the ad raloren'
tariff of 1867 on wool be restored. This Is a
subject in which sheep men In particular are
| interested-the question affecting the pros.
perity of the whole of northern Montana
and we are sure that all are willing to give
the wool interest little lift.
We were shown the new ice boat last even.
ing, and were informed that she will be
| launched upon the ice-bound surface of the
| Missouri some time to-day under the CAP
taincy of Joe Clark. This no doubt will be
"A great curiosity to many of our citizens, so
they must look for the first run of the new.
tangled boat to-day.-Benton River Press.
Several of the young officers of Fort Keogh
have improvised skating rink on the
parade ground. 1t consists in banking up
the snow, forming q square of l5O feet, which
is supplied by hose with water until bank
ice is ~ smooth as glass and is greatly
enjoyed by the officers and ladies' of the
fort.
The Husbandrnan thinks the coming Fort
Benton Railroad will be built from Livings-
ton, by way of Shields river, White Sulphur
Springs, Deep creek and Great Falls, to the
river metropolis. According to our contem-
cradle to either the Billings branch, by way
of the Judith country, or the Helena branch
via Sun river. Well, we do not care much
which point the railroad comes from so that
it comes, and the quicker it gets here the
better we will like it, even though its initial
point was the north pole, or any other for
eign point.-River Press. .
Bozeman tunnel was formally "opened" on
Tuesday, 22d. A large party from Bozeman
went out to join in the festivities. The tun.
mel passes through the crest Of the Belt
Range, which divides the Yellowstone from
the Gallatin, near the old Emigran: road,
and known since 1864 as the Bohemian Pass.
its length, from portal to portal, is $3.50 feet,
and has snow shed on the west end Of 612
feet. The east end of the tunnel, proper, was
commenced in November, 1882, and the west
end in September of the same year-the ap-
proaches, Of course, were begun much soon
er-the headings of the tunnel met Dec. 70,
1888, and the entire work was practically
completed Dec. 81, 1883.-Post
DR.. III. H. wynne, oculist and aurist, Of
Helena, has recently performed successfully
an operation for the removal of dead bone
from the ear for the daughter Of Mr.. John
Williams, of Heron. The child has had .
constant fetid discharge issuing from the ear
for nearly six years, following scarlet fever,
She has partially recovered her hearing, and
the discharge has entirely ceased. They re-
turned home Sunday. A similar operation
has peen performed for Mr.. Shultz, Of Ra-
dersburg, . discharge from bnth ears having
been present from childhood. The life in
sura;n'e companies of this city had refused to
insure his life with the existing disease, a.
nothing bnt thin shelf Of bohe separated
the cavity of the middle ear from the brain
and large blood vessels at It's base.-Heraid.
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