The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-01-11
LOCAL BREvITIES.

County Treasurer Humber is paying war
rants to April II, 1881.
John McMurchey. of Gailatin county.
was committed to the insane asylum Mon
day.
The f1ue In Kleinsehmidt's store burned
out again Tuesday evening. No damage
done.
IL is very gratifying to be able to announce
that diphtheria has entirely subsidized in Deer
Lodge. -.
We learned last evening that three of the
children Of Mr.. Thos. Stuart were i'll, but
1t is believed not seriously.
We are in receipt of the Holiday Riuer
Press-avery credItable twelve. page number,
containing much valuable matter
Mr.. NJ. 2. Bills, who has large marble
yard in Denver, Col, has been in town the
past two days and taken several orders for
marble work
We are requested to state that the Collegi-
| ate Institute will resume instruction next
Monday. The public schools win resume
Monday, Jan. 2lst.
We are indebted to James III. Mills, the
Publisher, for an elegant "Bird's-eye View"
of Deer Lodge, the Beautiful. Many thanks,
friend Mills, for remembering the Independ-
ent
The first of series Of sociables to be given
by the members Of the Christian church
will be at the residence of Dr.. Owings next
Friday evening, the 18th inst. The public
is invited.
We have received No. ], Vol. /, of Mr.. J.
Il. Stevens paper, the Townsend Tranchant
The number IN an excellent one, and az Mr..
Stevens Is one of the best practical printers
in Montana 1t will doubtless continue to
improve.
The Commissioners this week made an or
der prohibiting the piling and cutting of
wood on the streets in Deer Lodge. 1t ap-
pears that, aside from other objections, the
steam saw working on the streets has fright |
ened number of teams.
The Sullivan Sparring Combination APP
peared in Butte Wednesday night and in |
Helena last night. They will be in Butte |
again Saturday and Sunday. The exhibitions |
appear to have given good satisfaction. A |
number of Deer Lodgers went to Butte to |
see the fun.
We are under obligations to the NEW |
NORTHWEST tor a handsomely executed |
"Bird's-eye View" of Deer Lodge. That |
beautiful city has wonderfully improved
since we visited it ten years ago, and 1t is
undoubtedly destined to become one of the |
most important cities of Montana.-Ayant
Courier.
Col. w. w. BotkiE this week forwarded an
application, signed by nineteen Union SOL
diers, addressed to Commander George c.
Douglass, Salt Lake, Utah, asking the estab-
lishment of Post of the Grand Army of
the Republic in Deer Lodge. 1t is known
here will be over twenty charter members IL
he application is approved.
The snowfall ending ON Friday of last
week aggregated Is or 10 inches in Deer
Lodge-the deepest we have ever known
here in one fall. 1t fell and laid without
wind until the chinook began Saturday,
which was everything for the railroads and
took. The sleighing has been excellent, the
Dads have not been impeded and the grazing
POINTS have been considerably exposed. The
thermometer for the past week has rarely
'een below freezing point.
While our sportsmen are willing to con-
orm to the game laws, some of them think
{ Is useless to enforce such severe restric-
ions on the whites while Indians come at
III seasons and kill what they want. Last
ummer game was plentiful in the Gold
,reek mountains until band of Indians
rom Bitter Root or Jocko camped at Mullan
anon and either slaughtered it or drove 1t
ack into the recesses of the mountains. Is ,
here no game law the white man can make
hat an Indian Is bound TO respect?
The New NORTH WEST, pu blished at Deer
lodge, Montana, has long been known as 1
ne of the best newspapers IN that growing
erritory. With its New Years issue each ,
nbscriber was presented with superb
ird's-eye view of the beautiful Deer Lodge ,
lily. One of these engravings illumines the ,
anctum Of the Chronicle, and when the har- {
used newspaper man Is turned out to grass,
e will naturally wend his way TO the Deer
odge paradise Salt Lake Chronicle. Come;
ell give you something better than grass |
That accomplished verbal artist, known AZ
Piano JIM" while slating the other even
10 the uphill experiences he had in laying '
he foundation for the fortune that has ut q
st crowned his efforts, stated about the q
ardest service he had ever performed was
hen he served on the plains as cook with c
ulster Fuel was SO .arce during one cam q
aign he had to follow prairie fire running 6
rty miles day with a tin reflector, baking =
Mp jacks for the staff. The exercise worked Z
I'm down so thin the ,aymasser couldn't see
I'M until he presented a suffers ticket with
chicken coupon it Which had been cut off
ON the command a foul weather-etc, s
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