The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-01-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Mr.. George Cockrell has charge Of the
John w. Lowell Company property under
assignment here.
DR.. 0wings successfully amputated some Of
Mr.. Fred Begeman's toes this week, and he
is doing well.
On Monday last VIM. Entricken, q brake
man on the U. & N, had his left hand pretty
badly crushed while coupling cars at the Deer
Lodge depot.
The Trustees, by advice of the Board of
Health, have the several school rooms thor
oughly fumigated with sulphur and dsinfec-
ted every Friday, as a precaution against
disease.
School Trustees Reed and Robinson met
last evening to consider bids for completion
of the public school building, but in the alb
sence of Trustee Van Gundy, action was
postponed.
An error was made by our reporter last
week in making the transcript of real estate
transfers. There was no deed fro. Carlos
Andreoli to K. Girard, as published, another
paper having been mistaken therefor.
The New Orleans Picayune of January
following: up. Valiant, s. Maiksman, Mon
tana." Friends Of the murdered parties in
Deer Lodge and Butte will be slow to recog-
nize their remains in the aboye mutilati0n.
Mr.. and Mrs T. III. Morse, New Chicago,
announce in this issue q Grand Ball at their
new hotel, Drummond, next Friday evening.
1t will doubtless be a most enjoyable occa-
sin and WA command all raaiars yln
are in the pursuit of happiness, and can
make it convenient, to attend.
There was a whist game going on down
street when a bell tapped. Two of the play
ers were members of Fire Co. No. /, and
springing to their feet, exclaimed: There's
tho town fire bell" But one with more
acute ears, distinguishing it as church bell,
remarked: "Hold on, boys that's the hell
fire belp-and the game went on.
An instance of adversely turned to good
account was In the artist of the West Shore,
who was Snow blockaded on the o. r & n.
Company's road, near the Dalles in che re-
cent severe weather, aud occupied his time
in making some fine sketches of the train,
the travellers and their surroundings, which
appear in an excellent Autograph picture in
that periodical just to hand.
We acknowledge from Hon. Conrad Kohrs
a Photographic group of Pioneers Of Mon
tana, taken some time since in Helena. The
group consists Of Col. w. w. DeLacy, James
Fergus, Homer Hewins, Charles Rumley, s.
T. Hauser, Conrad Kohrs, Matt. Carroll,
Joseph A. Brown and Granville Stuart. We
believe these gentlemen have each been men
toned at enc time or another In Montana.
We will take pleasure in preserving their
photo"
There is only one case Of diphtheria in
Deer Lodge at present that we hear Of, and
that is almost well. Maggie II. Henneberry
attends st. Mary's Academy. Her little
brother visited her during the holidays and
slept a night or two with the little boy who
had diphtheria at the Hospital before the
nature Of his disease was known. Maggie
was soon after taken with sore throat and re-
moved to a room near the Hospital, where
her case developed as diphtheria. She has
almost recovered.
Under Sheriff McTague brought over from
Helena Wednesday man named Joseph
Shermer, arrested in Helena on a process
frsm Judge Emerson's Court for infraction
of the commercial travellers law. 1t appears
some of the Helena attorneys attempted to
habeds corpus him away from Tommy" but
in thsir haste neglected to put any date IN
the writ. McTague politely Informed the
officer that kind Of process wasn't par In his
jurisdiction, and brought in his man. He
was tried last evening and mulcted in $50
and costs.
A young COW belonging to Mrs. orran ce
was knocked off the track on or near the
Fourth street crossing, in Deer Lodge, Mon
day by a railroad train, and killed. The
trains undoubtedly run much faster through
our streets than they should, and thus en-
danger life but we do not know that there
is any general and there is no local, law or
ordinance to prohibit it. In the case OF cat
tie, damages may be collected, but the dan
ger is that with intervening buildings to
prevent observation by the engineers for any
considerable distance on each side Of the
track, that human life may be sacrificed.
We are advised that the monies for the
public schools in this district will probably
be exhausted early in March, and unless an
additional fund is provided by some means,
the teachers employed by the month will be
thrown out of employment aud their depart
ments closed. There were four teachers con-
tracted with for this term beside the Pripci-
pal, Prof. J. II. Meyers, who receives an
annual salary Of 81, $50. With a diminished
tax and lessened school census, the choice
is upon this district of fewer teachers or
shorter terms of school.
The NEW NORTHWEST expects, within q
week or two, to have special CORE spondent
at the New Orleans Exposition, and to fur
nish its readers with a well-written account
Of 1t. Letters we have seen during the past
week are rather disparaging Of New Orleans,
mentioning its lack of fine buildings; its
poor accommodations and high rates for Wis
itors the general uncleanliness of the city
the want Of transportation facilities to and
from the Exposition grounds-feur miles
out, and the Incompetence of tho Exposition
1t Is to be hoped remedy will DO applied to
these subjects of dissatisfaction when posi-
BILE, and that our Montana visitors will not
be disappointed in their expectations of en-
joyment.
School Supt. Catlin this week appoin.
ted j. G. Robinson, Esq, as Trustee of this
District, pice Peter Walton, Esq, who, In
view Of important work soon, rendered his
resignation on leaving for New Orleans. Mr.
Robinson has served in the: capacity before,
and possesses all the qualifications necessary
| for efficiency in adjusting the complicated
conditions OF this District. The bids invited
we're to be opened last evening, and 1t is
probable the Trustees will next week be able
to present statement Of how much 1t will
cost to complete the present structure and
meet existing obligations. We would be
pleased to have this over their signatures,
that the people may read and consider, and
determine speedily what is best to be done.