The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-11-20
FROM PHILIPsBURG.
The News Of this Camp ~ Caught on .
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Correspondence Ne,o North West.

Correspondence Ne,o North Vest.
Nothing OF moment has occurred in this
| camp since my last letter that you will not
find properly noted here.
THE HOPE MILL
is temporarily idle. Complete renovation
| is the order OF the day. Meanwhile the
dump of the new shaft on the Hope mine Is
rapidly approaching the ore body. Supt.
Babcock tells me that the new strike has
been fully explored with the drill, and that
1t is beth rich and extensive.
The county of Deer Lodge Is invited to the
wedding of Angus A. Mcdonald. He has
| caught on at last.
James Carten went over to the county seat
| with a suspect. Jim is in full accord with
the Knights of Labor.
SAND BAR COMPLAINS AND CosGRATULATEs.
1t Is with humiliation and profound regret
that chronicle the departure from our midst
Of Miss Mary ONeil, the beautiful and ac-
complished daughter Of Mrs. Hugh O'Neil,
as Mrs. David Mcdonald. She will eniiven,
during the coming winter, the monotonous
solitudes OF Missoula society. / feel that it
is reproach to our young men that the
fairest of our flowers are plucked by stran-
gers. 1t is not that our youth are backward
diffident or below the average In manly
beauty, but for some undefnabio reason they
don't seem to wear. Probably IL is because
they monkey along on the sure-thing racket,
and overdo the business. Mr.. Mcdonald is
TO be congratulated, and his bride will con-
vev to her new, happy home, the best wishes
of every man, woman and child IN this
township.
OBITUARY.
About II o'clock the evening of the 18th
inst the Angel of Death quietly entered the
home of our esteemed friend aud townsman,
Capt. George Plaisted, and in moment the
soul of their youngest and best beloved was
forever set free from its earthly tenement.
None but themselves can know how very
dear little Tommy was to their hearts. Only
five years old-sturdy, healthy and strong
he, like many before him, bravely fought
diphtheria, until worn out with exhaustion
and pain, he surrendered and gave up his
life to Him who gave It,
WALK AMONG RUINS.
visited Tower during the past week, and
found the ancient suburb In venerable decay.
The Northwest mill, which cost in 78 about
SITS, 900. is one of the most dilapidated speci-
mems of mill architecture to be found in the
Territory. Every window has been made to
suffer from the slings and arrows welded by
the wary, intrepid urchins who inhabit the
locality. The tall, symmetrical stack, has a
yawning crack from base to apex, which In
little while will lay 1t in picturesque con-
fusion down in the gulch below. II refer
to the stack, not the crack. After quiet
walk through the old building, noting as
proceeded along how rusty and widowed
everything appeared, came out into The
sunlight In time to see James Patten going
up the trail to work. / learned from him
that the contract to drive 40 feet Of the Poor
Man incline had been let. This Is the exact
distance Of the incline header from the south
level of the Frisbee shaft. When this work
Is done, the mine can be more cheaply
worked and better prospected.
SAND BAR.
PHILIPsBURG, Nov. 10, 1885.