The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-01-09
LOCAL BREvITIES.
High winds all this week to date.

High winds all this week to date.
Ne stock was lost by the storm in this val
ley.
The Deer Lodge schools all resumed this
week with good attendance.
George III. Thomas Post, G. A. r., meets
tonight for installation of officers and other
business.
Treasurer Humber is now paying all Deer
Lodge county warrants registered up to and
including December IL, 1884.
No deaths from diphtheria have been re-
ported from Philipsburg this week. Mr..
| o'Regan informs us the disease was believed
| TO be abating.
SITUATION WANTED-By single woman,
for any domestic work IN hotel or private
| family. Inquire at the NEW NORTHWEST
Office. 800 1t
The Wash House tenants removed this
week from Main to Third street, where, iso-
lated and with better drainage, there will be
less annoyance and danger from their laun-
dries.
Prof. J. j. Robinson, Of the College of
Montana, contemplates giving a vocal and
instrumental Concert during the last week of
this month, and will be assisted by SEINE OK
audience.
The Past Chancellors Of the nine Subordi-
nate Lodges Of knights Of Pythias of Mon
tena will meet in Butte, Wednesday, jan
uary IA, 1885, to form a Grand Lodge. The
Order now works under authority from the
Supreme Lodge.
Mr.. Sern Peterson fears the carp he re-
Gently placed in his fish pond have persisted.
The pond froze clear to the bottom, and the
spring which fed It also froze-a thing I'M
precedented in all his recollections. The lit
tie fellows may thaw out all right; who
knows?
From such facts as we can ascertain, the
reports concerning the disasters to Montana
stock during the recent storm were consider
ably exaggerated. 1t appears IL was more
apprehension OF what might occur than any
known actual loss that found its way into
the kilograms. The chinook came in good
season.
We have received couple of numbers Of
the HontaniaR, a new daily paper issued in
Helena, of which Messrs. S. A. Robertson,
Fred Carter and r. Pelkey are the proprie-
tors, and the first named Business Manager.
If 1t maintains the Rewsiness Of the initial
numbers it will be one of the best of the
Montana dailies.
We have had variety Of weather the past
week, the cold being succeeded Saturday
night by chinook that continued over Sun
day and laid bare the foot hills then came q
skift of snow and improved sleighiug, and
on Tuesday the amorous- breathed chinook
again took possession of the land. Since
then the weather has been mild.
al read and re.read everything in the NEW
NORTH WEST, even to the applications for
patent" say patrons who have been away
from Montana and have had the paper sent
to their addresses. We mention this remark,
which In varied form we hear repeated time
and again, that those going abroad for the
winter may have their attention directed to
ordering the paper before they go.
The first case Of diphtheria in Deer Lodge
this year occurred at the Hospital Wednes-
day, the very bright and winsome lad, Oliver
Sebert, dying of that disease. His mother,
who lives in Butte, when here some two
months since, left him with the Sisters,
thinking he would be less exposed than in
Butte. On Friday last he took asevere cold,
followed by apparent tonsilitis, but which
developed into malignant case of diphthe-
ria. His mother reached here only a short
time before he died.
Miss Lizzie Stieger, who had left Mrs. n.
J. Mcconnell calling at the Sisters Hospital
Monday, ami was exercising n somewhat un-
safe horse meantime, had quite an adventure
with him. The animal began kicking and
kept on kicking, but the driver held pluckily
to the lines and prevented him from running
or everturning the cutter. Finally. after he
had succeeded In completely breaking up the
shafts he became disengaged from the cutter
and Miss s. then let him go sailing-a course
1t is said several lady friends in sight had
been most clamorously urging her to pursue
for some minutes Nobody hurt.
sleIghing was elegant for several days this
week, and the streets were thronged with
runnered vehicles. There are many elegant
and almost innumerable comfortable cutters
aud sleighs in and around this burg, and the
contrast is cited by old-timers as very stri-
king between the scenes now and when
Johnny Grant, in the little COS, with two or
four horses hitched to a raw-hide, used to get
his family aboard of 1t and have merry-go-
round the-streets with his bounding broncbos
on the dead run and the air full of hilarity-
and occasionally people, etc.,-some have
even gone so far as to say: 1--WE had jolly
times, them days"
The Commissioners at their meeting this
week reduced the tax levy three mills below
| what it was in 1884, believing that amount
will afford sufficient revenue. They also
gave an indemnify bond to Larabie and
Belenberg for the 81 900 which Gregg, the
Cole circus fakir, who was arrested here for
swindling, had forfeited to the school fund
by his non-appearance. The bond in this
case was produced in Court for action at the
recent term by Sheriff McMaster, and subse-
quently disappeared. 1t is suspicioned the
papers in this case were purpossly purloined
to beat the school fund out of the amount.
The Commissioners very properly indem-
nified the bsndsmen and drew the money.
PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSIONERS.