The new North-west., 1885-12-04
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

Silver shipments from Butte last week,
| S96, ,2O8
Governor S. r. Hauser left Saturday for a
visit to the east.
The assessment roll of Silver Bow county
focts up 81, ,546,73l.
The taxable valuation of Lewis & Clarke
| county is S7,462,010.
Burglars robbed Mayor Franks residence
| in Butte few evenings ago.
Wheat has fallen slightly, bringing yester-
day 48 to so cents Missoulian, q.
Dillon, through the Tribune, challenges
the Butte whist players for a tournament.
Mr.. Joseph Daft, of Butte, is now superin-
tendent of the Elk Horn mine, Jefferson
| county.
The returns of the assessor of Lewis and
Clarke county show the taxable property to
be 81, ,461 ,070.
Anaconda is the largest town in the United
States without q resident minister of the
gospel.-Rer,e,o.
Miss Ollie Wright will be the Queen of the
Fiji's at the benefit for st. Patrick's church
on December 22d.
Dennis Mccarthy fell 16O feet in the Union
Consolidated mine near Walkerville, Friday,
and was instantly killed.
The R. r. Co. is using artesian water in
the tank at Miles City. 1t does not scale the
boilers, but removes scale.
Last Friday morning Minnie Scott, for.
merly a resident of Butte, died at the Warm
Springs asylum of epilepsy.
DR.. j. E. O'Neill, formerly of Butte, was
arrested at Pocatello for insanity few days
ago and will be sent home to New Bruns-
wick.
DR.. Brooke's little daughter died of diph-
iberia in Helena Dec. 1st. Other cases exist
in the family, in the valley and at Rimini.-
Herald.
The marriage of Mr.. Leslie Sulgrove to
Miss Sophia c. Dithmer was celebrated at
Indianapolis, Ind, on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 25th.
Newten Harvey Dana, son of T. r. Dana
| formerly Of Helena, Missoula and French :
town, was drowned while skating at Hamil.
ton, Mimi, few days ago.
Butte Burglars tried j. s. Peterson's door
| twice Tuesday night but he mentioned the
price OF coffin lumber to them and they fed.
1t is feared they have persisted in the hills.
Lieut.. James II. Waters, Twentieth In
fantry, has been detailed to take charge of
the general recruiting service at Fort Magin.
mis-, Mont, for the department of Oak ota, IN
place Of Lieut.. Bowers, who has been re-
lieved.
There are now over 200 idle men In Trap-
per gulch waiting for work and the Hecla
| GO. Is cutting the force down every day The
signs Of the times are that in the coming
| winter anil spring Glendale and Hecla will
have dull times.
The woman Eliza Rehberg, who has been
on trial at Helena on tho charge of causing
the death OF her little step daughter by in
human treatment, has been acquitted. The
jury We're out fourteen hours before n yer.
| dict was reached.
The dancing fever has succeeded the roller
skating craze among the young folks of vir.
gibia City this winter 1t is the better and
more social and pleasant amusement. and
Is not subject to SO many unxraceful atti.
tudes.-Madisonian.
transfer of valuable piece of mining
property, nss- Helena, took place TODAY,
the transaction Involving sG0, 900. The prop.
erty purchased is the Alpha and Omega gold
mine, located at Virginia creek, about thirty.
i've miles from Helena Herald, ID.
There has been $4,000 subscri bed TINS far
towards bonus for tae extension Of the ,aIt
railway to Fort Benton, and 1t Is expected
by ths committee In charge that the full
amount asked for will be forthcomine from
the NONRESIDENT property owners.-Beuton
Riuer Press.
a large number Of the Chinese who have
been driven out Of Tacoma and Pacific coast
towns are consia.tly drifting eastward over
the Northern Pacific. They ara going in
small parties Of from three to q dozen. evj-
IDENTIFY with the alm 10 attract ~ little attain.
ton as possible.-Licioyston Enterprise.