The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-09-04
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

Dr. 4. ID. Leavitt has located In Butte.
Mrs. Geo. Millen. of Madison county, died
of paralysis few days ago.
Capt. T. P. Fuller has sold his residence in
Helena to Mr.. Pierce, fer 5000.
The Marquis de Mores is daily slaughter.
ing about 125 beeves at his Medora works.
The resignation of Henry J. Armstrong,
agent for the Crow Indians In Mon tana, has
been accepted.
Jonas Higgins, Esq, and Mrs. NJ. J.Wiltze,
of White Sulphur Springs, were married in
Helena last week.
Another Butte contractor, James Johnson,
jumped the camp last Saturday, leaving
lot of unpaid bills.
Ex-Warden Fred. NJ Wilson has been ed
iting the Bozeman Courier during the alb
sence of Mr.. Anderson, and doing good work,
too.
The following sum was received at the
Helena Land Office for land sales for the
week ending August %: s4,1s545; fees and
commissions, s20319.
Lieut.. r. B. Avery, of Fort Shaw, car
ried off the workmanship honors at Fort
Smelling, winning the elegant gold badge
designed for the champion.
Stephen Mendenhall was killed by fall.
ing tree while fighting forest fire near
Newtou's wood camp, six miles south of
Levengoods, Monday of last week.
j. p. Smith, Democrat, was on the sd
elected Mayor of Missoula by six majority
The election was to fill vacancy caused by
the resignation Of Thomas c. Marshall.
Col. Broadwater and Dennis Ryan, OF st.
Paul. have acquired controlling interest in
the leads at Neihart formerly owned by Nc
Intosh, Wells q Bell. The consideration
paid was 5000.
Martin Maginnis, Hugh McQuaid and T.
G. Merrill have gone to st. Paul and repre-.
sent the city of Helena in the River Cenven-
ton; and John s. Tooker will represent the
Helena Board of Trade In the same Conven-
ton.
The First National Bank of White Sui
phur Spring commenced business last week,
superceding Potter, Moe & Co. John Potter
Is president and j. II. Moe cashier of the
new house. We wish 1t prosperity.-Hus-
bdndnd
Henry Murrish and John Hale were suffo-
Gated by advancing to where a blast had
been fred in the Lexington mine, Butte, too
soon after the explosion. Jerry O'Neill and
William Pheelan were badly asphyxiatsd,
but are alive and likely to recover.
A dispatch dated Pocatello, Idaho, Aug.
10Th, says Chief Justice James d. Hays is
holding his first term of court in Cassia
county. There is considerable agitation on
the Mormon question. Marshal Dubois
and Attorney III. w. Smith have both gone
there on kilograms.
A lot Of hickory prod poles are now at the
depot consigned to one of our exte nsive and
enterprising stock men. Heretofore rake
handles, or some such similar handles, have
been used; but they were too brittle, aud
many broke in use. From the looks of the
hickory poles they will do good SERVICE
Yellowstone Journal.
For some time past there has been an
alarming increase In the death rate among
children in Butte, and IL cannot be traced to
any specific cause. Yesterday Mr.. and Mrs.
p. A. Largey buried one of their little ones,
which died after brief illness, and to-day
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Thompson will follow an
infant to the grave.-Miner, LIST.
No effort Is being made at present towards
extracting ore from the Mountain View,
owing to the low price Of copper and the
fact that Mr.. Larabie has no smelling plsnt;
but exploration on the 600-foot level Is pro-
gressing, and immense ore bodies are being
opened up. In one place in the south level,
. 3O-foot body Of % per cent. ore is exposed.
Inter Mountain.
The Bluebird now ranks rs the leading
silver mine Of Montana. Though not devel-
oped below the a50-foot level, it shows more
reserve ore than any other silver property
In the Territory. The dump alone contains
10000 tons of $40 ore, and Is worth four times
more than the mine cost year ago. One
drift on the 2O0-foot level shows 36 feet Of
milling ore -Inter-Mountain.
Messrs. Poi ndexter & Orr, who were nett
fed by the Interior Department, are remov-
ing all their fences inclosing Government
land as fast ms possible. The firm has CON-
paratively small amount of Governments land
Enclosed. The statement going the rounds of
the Territorial press about the number of
acres Enclosed BY the firm, Is great exag-
geration Of the amount.-Dalon Tribune.
The principal item OF local railroad news
this week Is the commencement Of opera
tons by large ba'lssting brigade. Eight
work trains win be employed in - many
different localities on this division, and quite
IN army Of laborers, mostly Cinnamon, viii
Be employed. The work win be kept mp Mt
least two months, and likely longer. Nearly
All the extra engines and train crews are
pressed into service. Aissossia Times, I'd.
Alabastine for Wall Finish 1t Deer Lodge