The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-24
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Barbed wise now sells at 6 cts. per pound.
After ten days scowling, the skies are
bright again.
District Court will convene q week from
next Monday.
MISS Kings Concerts will be given on the
9th and 9th Of May.
The "April showers" that "bring May
flowers" are all snow showers so far.
The hunters and anglers are faring well
these days, and Come home with plenty Of
trout and ducks.
the penitentiary, have resigned. Mr.. Edgar
Fish has resumed as guard.
The snap Of rough weather deferred min.
ing operations at Pioneer, which otherwise
would have commenced this week.
Superintendent Blickensderfer inspected
the Garrison line Tuesday, and the pay car al
the same time made the employees happy.
Messrs. Estill, Walton and Mills this week
put in reservoir and iren pipe to furnish
water to their Fourth street grounds from
College Hill.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the NJ. Z.
Church, Philipsburg, propose having a May
Party at 7:So p. m. May LIST, to which all are
cordially invited.
Rev. Frederick Pfatenhauld, Evangelical
Lutheran pastor, will hold service at the
Christian Church Monday, 9th inst, at 1890
p. m. All are cordially invited. The service
will be in the German language.
Butte Butchers are shipping fat cattle from
Washington and Oregon on the Northern
Pacific Railroad to Garrison and driving
thence to Butte. Henry Maggie gets first of a
consignment Of 800 this week.
Correspondents should bear in mind that
letters received Friday are a day toe late and
1t is frequently impossible to publish letters
received BY late trains Thursday. BY an.
other issue they are "out of date" Unless
the news IL quite important letters Should be
in by Tuesday or Wednesday.
The Public School examinations are being
had this week and show good progress by
the scholars. The Primaries were examined
Wednesday and the intermediate yesterday.
To-day the Grammar and High Schools will
be examined. Next week we will publish
the Report-showing, if we can procure 1t in
season, the standing of each scholar.
Billedeux have contracted for a 4O0-inch
ditch to be brought in on the west side of the
river, leaving the Deer Lodge in John Will
liams' place and coming on the bar above
Judge Batterton's house, whence 1t will be
conducted on Down to Mr.. Kohrs' ranch.
We have had the past week several little
skurries of "sugar snow" $50 called, we sup
pose, because it comes from the manufactery
damp, but it disappeared almost as quickly
as 1t came. Over in Helena they measured
up or 10 inches Of 1t at time. A few days
sunshine and warmth new will make Mon
tana look to people in the moon like q big
emerald.
We understood last year j. q. Robinson,
Esq, offered to furnish water free if citizens
would put in reservoir and pipe it to the
cemetery. A number of citizens who own
lots there and are bestowing much care on
them, would find 1t very advantageous to as.
sociate and avail themselves of this oppor-
tunity, If it still exists. The entire expense
would not exceed $3.50 to $500.
The Montana Bottling Company, of Butte,
are preparing to 90 into business on large
scale this year, and will be enabled to supply
the imported beer market at better rates than
can be done in bottles They are erecting a
large building, and with steam-driven ma
chinery and appliances Of the most approved
make, will be able to do the work rapidly
and on the closest margins. See their adver-
tisement in this issue.
During the first week of Court, common
cling Wednesday, May @, the ladies of st.
James Episcopal church will give Lunch at
Masonic HALL, at 80 cents. The excellence OF
their repasts needs no commentator. On
Wednesday evening, May -, ladies Of the
church, assisted by Miss King, will render
Tennyson's May Queen, on which occasion
they hspe to see a large attendance.
The Butte papers state that a Wholesale
Of conductors has taken place on
the Utah & Northern road. Among the
Twelve dismissed were Eve passenger train
conductors between Butte and Ogden. De-
tective Valentine is believed to have worked
I'D the cases. A number of the railroad men
were in Butte Tuesday night and were max
ing life miserable for a man named Buch-
anan, whom they suspected Of completely in
their discharge, but he took to his
heels and escaped.
Messrs. L. P. Mills, Harry j. Peterson and
Joseph Hanberry some days since bonded to
Mr.. Isaac ID. Huntoon, who represents Port
land capitalists, the Lily mine-an extension
Of the Champion-in Orc Elmo district. for
$4,000. The lead Is but very little dsvel-
oped, but is a very promising one, having
some FIVE or six feet of vein matter, of which
two feet is very rich ore. Mr.. Huntoon ex-
poets the parties for whom he has bonded 1t
will soon order systematic development. 1t
Is the opinion of well.informed, disinterested
persons, that the mine is good one.
Alabastine for Wall Finish at Deer Lodge
Drug Co. Sl9u