The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-03
NEIGHBORHoOD NEWS.

Butte has Telephone and Messenger boy
system established.
Surveyor General Harris, New Orleans
Commissioner, Is in Helena On visit.
Gallatin ceunty's indebts dness is SAG, 334. %
an increase over last year Of SIT ,56666.
4 W. W. Anderson, of tho Courier, has re.
ceived the Republican nomination for Mayor
Of Bohemian.
W. d. Knight, of the Yellowstone Journal
was married on Tuesday evening of last
week to Miss Moe, of Miles City.
Mr.. Wallace Bell, q we'll known mining
man Of Montana, died of heart disease Sun.
day at st. Johns Hospital, Helena.
Caplice g. McCune have eighty men and
sixty teams engaged upon the grade to the
site Of the new concentration at Anaconda.
The term of Court at Miles City is finished
and Judge Coburn is now holding Court at
Bozeman, after which comes the term at Bill
lings.
The Democrats Of Helena have dominates
James Sullivan for Mayor, J. s. NJ. Neill for
Treasurer, and Harvey English for Police
Magistrate.
1t Is estimated by the appraisers, we un-
derstand, that the estate Of the late Alex
H. Beattie will amount to something like
$50 ,0O0.-Herdld.
George W. Merrill, Esq, of Nevada, ap-
pointed Consul General of Hawaii, is a
brother-in-law of Mr.. Slusher, of Helena ho-
tel and restaurant fame.
Bozeman contempt ates the erection of a
Presbyterian College. 1t is expected work
will be begun in a month. Ten thousand
dollars have been subscribed.
Chas. s. Warren ct al got verdict Of 81 900
against the Montana railway ~. & ny in
Butte last week, for damage to mining
ground traverssd by the road.
Lewiston, the proposed county seat of Fer.
gus county, is promising boom the coming
summer. The place Is favorably located and
will make nice little agricultural town.
| A new time schedule goes into effect on
the Northern Pacific on Sunday. The east
bound Express will leave Missoula at / q. m.
and the west bound at 3 q. m.-Missoula
| Times, LIST.
Helena dance houses that have recently
bssn closed by An act of the Legislature, are
turning their establishments into "keno"
dives. This looks like dumping from the
| frying pan into the fire."-Independent.
| B. F. Harpers stable was burned in Hell
ena last Friday night Opinion is divided in
Helena whether these barn burnings are
retribution of the Murphy gang, the work of
professional hre-bugs for plumber, or the
| achievement If malicious hovs
w. X. Roberts was arrested this afternoon
/ BY Officer Gibbs, at the instance of Francis
| Pope, Chairman Of the Board OF County
Commissioners Of Lewis and Clarke county,
for embezzlement of county funds. Mr..
Roberts is now in custody.-Hcrald, 30th.
Nessrs. w. A. Chsssman, Francis Pope
and d. III. Cuthbert, of Helena, visited Butte
| last week to examine the Silver Bow Court
House, with a view to obtaining information
| of value in determining the plan of the $780,
| 600 Court House for Lewis and Clarke.
Fifty-three gold deposits, amounting to
49, 30 ounces, were made in the Helena assay
Office up to March 81, 1884. Up to March 81,
| 1885, 169 deposits were made, amounting to
q, 5O7 ounces, showing an increase over 1884
| for the same period Of 10,477 ounces.-Inde-
pendent.
The Anaconda Company is preparing to
| manufacture its own fire brick at Anaconda,
instead of having to import them from Liv-
erpool and Denver. 1t is now crushing rsck
from its quarry near Dillon, which will be
used in the manufacture. We understand
| this rock has q very large per cent. Of silica.
-Review.
We learn that Henry Edmunson hiss, at
the suggestion of his father, made q confess
sion of his career as horse thief. Whether
| it will be published in book form, or other
wise, we are at loss to ascertain, but we
hear that 1t is an exceedingly interesting
document. dndmdn.
Mr.. J. J. Hill will be in Montana about the
18th Of April. He will be accompanied by
the Chief Engineer Of the Manitoba road,
who constructed the great bridge at Mime
apolis. Mr.. Hills arrival will be looked for.
ward to with great deal Of interest, and the
general impression seems to be that railroad
construction will be commenced this sum-
mer.-Riuer Press
Col Andrew J. Smith, formerly Surveyor
General Of Montana, and more recently Su-
VI tuc OOlulcTS hOIDS AZ LOCUS,
Maine, has been appointed Governor of the
Leavenwerth Branch of the National Home
for disabled veteran soldiers. The appoint
ment comes from General franklin, Presi-
dent of the National Home.
B. +. White, Of Dillon, has purchased the
stage lines of L. Nasholds & Co., of Salmon
City. Two lines were sold-one running
from Red Rock to Salmon City ria Junction,
Idaho, and the other from Camas station, on
the Utah & Northern railroad, Salmon City,
passing through Nicholia, Spring Mountain,
Banister, Junction and Old Agency.-Tri.
bune.
A glittering array of legal ability will ap-
pear In the Silver afs-Rising Star suit. On
behalf of the Silver Safe there will appear
Judge Dixon. Col. Sanders, Thos. L. Napton
and G. W. Stapleton. On the other side,
Judge Bennett, Judge Mcbride and Knowles
& Forb;s will appear. They are both strong
teams, and will fight for every inch of van
tage ground. Judge Gilchrist has been left
out in the cold-Inter. Mountain.
During week or more there has been
great prevalence of sickness amsng children
mostly infants-in Livingston. The physi- |
clans say the affection is not an epidemic,
but is merely the result of sickly season,
and, a. enc Of them said, ''there are great
many babies in town. Dirty streets and
yards combined with wet weather, causing
malaria and polluting wells, is probably the |
cause of the prevalent sickness .-Enterprise.
Arecent traveller through Eastern Montana |
says that at Mingusville and whereabouts |
there are many marks of the prewass of the |
COW boys. At one station on the railroad the |
train signal, made Of tin, which hangs in |
front of the depot, Is perforated with % bull |
let holes, and . clock at the same place has . |
bullet hole in IL between the figures on the |
dial plate. The agent says the cleck was ne |
good before 1t was shot, but that since then |
1t keeps excellent time Yellowstone Journal. i
The Helena Herald of March 81 says The |
County Commiss toner's to-day received the |
report of VIM. Muth, the expert appointed |
by them 10 examine the books and accounts |
of ex-Treasurer Kemp Roberts. A careful |
and Thorough examination of the books was |
made, with the following result:
Gross receipts for six years. 1896 453 40 |
Gross q Z n a n itura |