The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-07
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

Judge Wade has returned to Helena.
The thermometer stood at 103' in the shade
at Benton, July 30th.
Ex-Sherif Howell, of Meagher county,
has gone to visit friends in Oregon.
A two-story, asx64 feet, addition is to be
put on the st. Nicholas Hotel, Butte.
The Billings Gazette estimates that over
1000 600 pounds of wool will be shipped from
that point this season.
The Bell mine hosting works, at Butte,
and about 30 feet of the shaft timbering, was
burned Saturday night.
Mr.. Henry Cannon, of Helena, and Miss
Emma Stevenson were united in marriage at
Bridgeport, Conn, July 23d.
The Northern Pacific has already this sea-
son sold more tickets to National Park ex-
cursionists than for all of last year.
Gov. Hauser has appointed DR.. w. L. Steele
examining physician of the Territorial Peni-
Tertiary and Insane Asylum, vice Dr. G. X.
Cole.
Guy x. Piatt, the bright local Of the Inter
Mountain, has taken "lay.off," to visit Vel
lowstole Park, and Daniel Searles is on as
ad interim.
j. r. Campbell has taken a contract for the
manufacture of 100000 brick for the fur
naces in the new calciner building of the
Anaconda company.
Mr.. A. M. Esler expects to have his new
concentrating works, now in course OF con-
structiou at Helena. ready for business by
the LIST of September.
The fire in the Bell shaft has been extin-
guished, through the efforts of James Talbot.
The shaft timbers have been burned to the
depth Of 20 feet.-Miner, 9Th.
Ed. Garrett, of Butte, who was held for
preliminary examination, fonassisting In the
murder of Opium Joe, was discharged. He
proved an apparently fair aiibi.
Gov. Hauser offers reward of 81 loo for
the capture Of Winslow Morgan, charged
with the murder of Frederick B. Haining, in
Beaverhead county, July 9th.
Travel to the Yellowstone National Park
this season has been very large, and fully as
great as was expected by the passenger de-
partment of the Northern Pacific
Charles Otto has sold the Missoula brew.
cry to Messrs. Wagner & Pelikan, the gen.
tlemen who leased the premises last fall, the
price being s135O0.-Aissoula Times.
Idaho has 800, 900 head of horses, valued at
ST., OOo, 900, and 465 900 cattle, valued at s14,
10000. Utah has 10000 horses, worth So
100000, and $4,000 cattle, worth 81, 75O, 200.
The Bozeman Chronicle exults over the
apple orchards in that vicinity, and
claims that the question Of successful fruit
raising is answered, as far as Gallatin county
Is concerned.
One hundred car loads of freight per day
are handled at the Butte depot, and it takes
sixty-ave engines to do the hauling on the
Utah & Northern road between Butte and
Eagle Rock.-Inter- Mountain.
Hugh McQuaid has returned to Helena
after an extended visit to England The
Ut DRY that Hugh loafed around London
whole year for the purpose of marrying
Queen Victoria, Is without charlottesville
lon Tribune.
w. H. Buck, the original founder and pro-
prietor Of the Benton Record, has purchased
the old River Press press, and will start
paper at Choteau, the metropolis of the Te-
ton country, and the best newspaper point
in Northern Montana
Among the recent patents granted to
inventors Is one to A. N. |
Of Helena, for "device for load |
ing and unloading wagons" 1t is said to be |
In ingenious contrivance and labor-sxving
machine Of much merit.
Geo. W. Irwin, accompanied BY his mother
md sisters, left last night for Salt Lake city.
Mr. Irwin will remain in Salt Lake several |
lays on business, and the ladies will proceed
% their former home, Hiawatha, Kansas, for |
J lengthy visit.-Ainer, 6th.
1t Is said the railroad employee who died at
Missoula some weeks ago OF smallpox,
,aught the disease in the lower part OF the |
county, by sitting down beside . grave where |
he remains of . Chinaman had been ex-
,umed to ship home to China.
The raid upon the sure thing men in Butte |
ms had the effect Of driving all that iik into |
he smaller towns of the Territory and along |
he line Of the Utah q Northern Railroad |
hey are sleeping upon the hilkides. wher.
'ver they 20, the hand Of man is against
HEM Miner.
Mr.. Van H. Flax has purchased one-half
interest In the Townsend Tranchcat from
dr. Stevens. and will assume the business
Of the paper. Evan" is rust.
Or and financially solid, and associated with
. hne printer = Mr.. Stevens. they win
doubtless get out N excellent paper and
make II pay.
Stock Agent Wilson, Of the Northern Pa
inc. thinks aooat $4,000 bead Of csttle viii
. shipped to market from these ranges thia
ear, besides 5000 carcasses Of dressed beef
Q Be handled By the Marquis de Mores.
be shipments last year were about 10000
Entsrpriss.