The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-28
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
Robinsons circus at Helena, Sept. 10th.
Jennie Osborn, frail woman, suicided IN
Butte Wednesday.
Mr.: Lawrence is making a very bright
paper of the Rising Sun.
Miss Belva Lockwood, ex-Presidential
candidate, is visiting Montana
A Knights Of Pytbias lodge is to be organ.
lied at Anaconda, with 30 members.
Mrs. c. o. Fuller, of Stuart, died last week
The remains were taken East for interment.
The home of II. T. Mahan was gladdened
last week by the arrival of a daughter
anaconda Reuie,o.
The Ketchum Keystone Office was destroyed
BY fire on the 18th inst. The cause Of the
confagration is not known.
The second annual meeting Of the Mon
tana Pioneers will take place at Helena to-
day. There are go members.
Morgan Evans wool clip weighed nearly
10, 600 pounds. He sold to a Chicago firm,
and will realize 20 cents pound.
The sheriff seld the interest of Greene
Bros. in the Headquarters Hotel furniture,
piano and bar fixtures, last Monday.
The Fifth Annual Convocation of the Mis-
sionary Diocese of Montana was to meet in
st. James Church, Bozeman, August 23d
At the recent Territorial election in Utah
for members of the Legislature, q, 4l5 votes
were cast. OF this number the Gentiles cast
but ,795.
There Is over SOC, 900 feet of lumber in the
trestle work recently finished by the Ana
conda company, for the high line to the new
ore dump.
ID. s. Wade, Chief Justice of Montana, and
J. X. Toole, Delegate in Congress, passed
through Townsend yesterday. bound for an
outing of several days in the National Park
Townsend TrGachant, 18th.
Fitch g. Coulter, contractors, who put up
the opera house and had the contracts on the
Sands & Boyce and Hyde buildings, Butte,
jumped the country few days ago, leaving
Indebtedness of some $4,000.
The Big Hole valley is fast settling up
John Anderson was here this week and says
there are about three hundred people In the
valley. But small acreage of grain will be
harvested this year, but the hay crop will be
very extensive.-Gdzette.
Prof. Wylie, Territorial Superintendent of
Public Instruction, and Peter Koch, cashier
Of the Gallatin Valley National Bank, were
in the Yellowstone National Park for leav-
ing camp fire burning.
At Miles City, August 18th, Henry Tusler
bought l, 900 stock cattle from Wyatt, Ross
& Hawley, at $50 each. Their ages are one,
two, and three years. They were brought
from Washington Territory and put on the
North Yellowstone range last July.
We are informed that stream Of excellent
water was struck In the artesian well at Fort
Keogh at the depth Of five hundred feet. II
is thought the capacity of the we'll may be
increased by going little deeper, and work
will be continued.-Biuings Gazette.
Physicians say that dysentary has become
almost epidemic in the city. 1t is of very
stubborn type, not readily yielding to RENE
dies. The extreme hot weather Of the past
two weeks is said to be the primary cause Of
the complaint.-Iater.Mo Mountain, 24th.
John r. Eardley, postmaster at Willow
Glen, has rendered his resignation. There
Is but little business done there, majority
of the residents of that section receiving
their mail either here or at Warm Springs,
and the Office will probably be discontinued.
Gazette.
Bears in squads of three or four have been
seen at the mouth Of Rock creek several
times in the past few days. Berries are
rasher scarce In the mountains, and IL Is sup
posed the animals come down for food.
Others think the Indians are hunting them
80 much that the bears are leaving their old
haunts.-Aissouiian. 49, ...
1t Is estimated that 1000 tourists have al
ready visited the Park, and fully as many
more will do SO before the season closes.
This seems like very large number to Us in
Montana; but IL Is not one. tenth the number
now recreating in some Eastern summer re-
sort. Conspicuous for each of Its natural
wonders, 5000 people year should visit
the Park.-Bozeman Chronicle.
On the last evening of Its late session the
Supreme Court decided that the Coroner,
DR.. Kumpe, was entitled to the Office Of
Sheriff of Meagher county, to succeed How
ell, resigned, and not Tai. Reed, whom the
commissioners had appointed to all what
they supposed was vacancy in the office.
This action Of the Supreme Court establishes
the law iu such cases, and will prevent mis-
understandings in the future.
The times for holding court in this judicial
district have been fixed as follows: Silver
Bow county-At Butte City, on the fourth
Monday Of February, third Monday Of Sep
tember, Beaverhead county-At Dillon, SEQ
ond Monday OF April, fourth Monday Of Oc-
tober; Missoula county-At Missoula, second
Monday Of June, second Monday Of Novem-
ber; Deer Lodge county-At Deer Lodge,
first Monday Of May, first Monday Of De-
cember.
The County Commissioners yesterday
afternoon awarded the contract for the
building Of the new court house to Messrs.
James Ryan and John Brunton, whose bid
was s137 $3.50. Fielden Smith, of St. Paul,
had the lowest bid, about S133 600, but his
contract contained some stipulations con-
corning payment for the work, etc., which
the Board would not abide by. Consequent
ly his bid was rejected, and the contract
awarded to the next lowest bidder, Messrs.
Ryan and Brunton. These successful parties
are to Gle 10000 bond for the faithful per-
formance Of the work within ave days, and
viii commence work upon their contract i'm
mediatsly upon the acceptance Of the bond
BY the commissionels.-Hc Herald, 2lst.