The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1884-10-24
LOCAL BREvITIES.


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Treasurer Humber Is now paying Deer
Lodge county scrip up to and including
March IL. 1884.
4 pleasant complimentary farewell ball to
Miss Maggie Ward was given at the rink
| Tuesday evening.
Geo. III. Thomas Post has its regular meet.
ing for October this evening. All comrades
should assemble promptly. -
| The frst quarterly examinations of the
Deer Lodge public schools for this school
year, will be held next week.
| The Anaconda Revieu of this week con.
tains an elegant descriptive article of the
mines and reduction wsrks Of that Company.
Next Sunday is expected to be the last that
the court house will be occupied by the Chris.
tian church. Services appropriate to the
occasion will be held
Hector Mclean, the U. s. Postmaster ct
Woodville, sentenced to one year for tam
pering with the mails, was discharged on
expiration of time Wednesday.
Prof L. J. Groeneveld has charge at the
Montana College Of the German class, con-
sisting of Miss Nellie Withers, the Misses
Matte and Mamie Humber, and Mr.. Frank
Price.
Major Martin Maginnis, Delegate in Con-
gress, and probably ether speakers, will ad-
dress the people of Deer Lodge, at the Court
House, on Friday evening Of next week
Oct. 81.
The newly received pupils at the College
Of Montana are James II. Pace, of Silver
Bow, Joseph Hodge, Of Butte, and Miss
Lizzie Irvine and Henry Evans, of Deer
Lodge.
G. A. Lee and 8. Ellison were brought
down Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff McKin-
acy for having a shooting matinee at Ana
conda. They were committed, in default of
81 900 bonds, 10 await the action Of the grand
jury.
Az Handle, one Of the Indians convicted
last winter and sentenced to five years in the
United States pris on for the Anderson ranch
arson, in Custer county we believe, died in
prison Of paralysis. and was buried on We'd
nesday.
The excavation for the penitentiary was
completed Wednesday, and work on the
walls commenced yesterday. Seven masons
are at work, and . cloud Of helpers. Mr..
McDevitt Is personally in supervision Of the
work, and he is q pushsr.
The Anaconda Company, in short notice
this week, invite proposals. for delivering
three hundred thousand cords of wood.
Great Caesar! We wonder IL they have
stopped to think that at So per cord that will
cost million and a half Of dollars.
Mr.. b. Groves, whose ranch on Boulder is
some 1000 feet higher than Deer Lodge,
wishes some one who knows to tell why, as
demonstrated by long continued themom-
etric observations taken and recorded at the
same hours at both places, it ranges in the
severe weather from to 10 degrees warmer
at his place than in Deer Lodge.
Telephones have this week been placed in
Kleinschmidt g. Co.'S store, in the warden's
sffice at the penitentiary, and wires run to
the Sheritf7s Office and the Clerks Office In
the Court House. The convenience Of these
little articles of furniture Is just beginning
to be appreciated, and it will be more notice
able when severe weather comes.
The Democratic excursion to Anaconda
last Friday was pleasant affair, the special
train carrying the participants there and
back in good season, without accident or de-
tention. The meeting In the skating rink,
addressed by Toole, Dixon and Pemberton,
was quite large, but they do say the net result
was not favorable, the audience being bored
Mr.. John d. Read, city editor of the Inter
Mountain, has retired temporarily from that
position to DEVOTE his time TO the New
Orleans Exposition work. Mr.. J. H. Mon
teath takes his place on the paper. Mr..
Frederick Lockley, editor, also retires during
the campaign, and will canvass the county as
candidate on the Peoples Ticket for Supt. OF
Public Instruction.
Immediately after the Democratic meeting
in Philipsburg last Saturday evening, Jos. X.
Toole, Esq, and Messrs. Thomas f. Ward,
NcTague and Harry Sims started in
q carriage for Drummond to catch the west
bound train on the Northern Pacific. just
after leaving the livery stable the team SHE'D
at an excavation and ran the vehicle upon q
heap OF debris, overturning 1t and throwing
the occupants out. Mr.. Toole had his fore
head cut and Harry Sims had one wrist
severely sprained.
Mr.. Peter Lansing, who has been involved
in financial embarrassments by the pushing
of outside creditors, since February, has
made satisfactory settlemsnu with all his
creditors, and resumed business on Wednss-
day of this week. Mr.. r. s. Kelley, assignee,
who has had charge Of the business since
February, negotiated the settlement, involv-
Ing liabilities of some $4,000, and turned
over the estate. Mr.. L. is now on solid foot
ing again, and will be glad to see his old Gus
TONERS at tho old stand.