The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-04-17
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS,

Anaconda.
There were three light cases of diphthetla
in Glendive last week.
Thos. G. Marhall. Esq, is appointed Coun.
ty Attorney for Missoula.
Eggs are Is cents per dozen in Stevens.
Vile, and II! cents at Corvallis
E.R. Waterbury was elected Trustee, and
D. f. Mahan Clerk, at the Anaconda school
election.
Last fall Andrew whitesides, of the canon,
raised rutabaga weighing % pounds. That's
hard to equal.
Dillon is agitating the project of erecting
a College at that place, to be under the aus
pieces of the Methodist Episcopal church.
A 2O-stall round house is to be built at Mis-.
soula this summer by the Northern Pacific:
also large repairing and machine shops
The Drum Lummon 5O.stamp mill pro.
duced So, 800 during the month of March.
This is the biggest run ever made by the mill
by over $50 900.
A. G. Kies, of Bearmouth, was in M,ssoula
Monday. His saw mill was destroyed by fire
Saturday, involving loss of about $1,000
Missoula Times, 10TH.
We learn that II. A. Milot's hotel at the
Dearborn burned to the ground few days
since. The house was unoccupied at the
time.-Sun River Sun, oh.
Potts & Harrison, of Townsend, have a
large importation of Clydesdale and English
draft stations in transit from Liverpool.
The sailed about the 1st of april.
Last Friday, at Butte, Judge Galbraith
sentenced to imprisonment in the peniten.
tiary, VIM. Lawler, grand larceny, year.
and John Rooney, same, 2! years.
Robert Vaughn has 40 acres of oats on his
ranch at the mouth of Deep creek, which he
sowed on the Goth of last month. They are
up nearly two inches, and look beautiful
Sun River Sun, oh.
Russian john" aged over so years, fell
into the Bitter Root river few days ago and
remained some time, clinging to bushes, be-
fore found and rescued. He died few min
utes after from the chill.
The bathing trains are soon to resume run.
ming from Salt Lake City to Garfield, at
which point over 200 trees have been set
out. Next season it is proposed to build a
1925 900 Hotel there.
Mr.. Harry q. Kessler, assistant postmaster
of the Butte postofice, yesterday morning
received information of the death of his ia
Their, John Kessler, at his residence in Phil
adelphia, Pa, yesterday morning. The de-
ceased was 81 years of age.-Miner, 11h
Jack Hazleton ("Sailor Jack') shot John
G. Bryant at Dewey's Flat few days ago,
~ m arln mi H..
body. Bryant keeps boarding house; Ha.
zleton undertook to "run the house." was
reprimanded and turned loose with his gun.
The grand jury for the February term in
Salt Lake were discharged April 10, after a
session of forty days, investigating 81 poyg-
amy cases and finding q indictments under
the Edmunds law IA Territorial cases were
Investigated and IL indictments found.
The shingle mill of the Montana Improve
ment company, at Noxon, was destroyed by
fire last Sunday, about 5000, 900 shingles be.
side the buildings going up in flames The.
loss will be 5000 or more, and there was
no insurance. No particulars have been re-
ceived as to the cause of the fire. -Missou-
lidn, 9th.
James Turner, ranchman and fruit grower
of Tongue river, received an order this week
for 10000 strawberry plants for the Geneva
Nurseries, of New York The Montana
plants are ordered because they are so hardy
and prolific. The "rowdy west" is shipping
the offspring of its soil to civilized New
Ysrk.-Herad.
At the charter election last Monday there
were 81 votes cast, OF which % were In favor
and 63 against it, the charter being thus over
whelmingly defeated. There was consider
able work done, especially against the char
ter. 1t is probable that the negative vote
represents to great exte MT the opposition
to any incorporation, at least of the nature
of the present charter.-Nssoulian.
Preparations for war have been made at
FIT. Missoua The Riel Rebellion IN the
Dominion and the possibilities that refugees
may cross the border into the Flathead lake
settlement or into other parts of the Terri.
terry is, we suppose, the reason for making
preparations. If occasion requires it the
troops at Fit. Missoula will need but few
hours notice to be on the march-Mssoula
Times.
The new iron railroad bridge 200 feet high
across Marent gulch. in Missoula county isa
fine structure. There are four great iron
towers and two short ones, supporting five
Pratt trusses. 1t contains 800 900 pounds of
iron. The towers have been erected and all
the chords put in place without interrupting
trains, and new the floor beams and track
are being laid across, starting from the south
end. The old trestle will be torn down.
Daniel Searles and Chance L. Harris, the
former for some years editor, and the latter
for season city editor, have severed their
connection with the Niner which yesterday
passed into the editorial management Of q.
o. Ziegenfuss, of Denver. Mr.. Harry Riv-
ers has, for the present, charge of the local
department. Any courtesies that our read
ers may be able to extend to sither Mr.. Zie-
genfuss or Mr.. Rivers will be duly apprecia-
ted by the Miner.-Miner, 11h.