The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-02-20
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

Mr.. Jere Roach, of Butte, has sold a half
interest in the Wild Bill lode for $50 600.
John II. Ming is expecting cars, rails, etc
for the new street car railroad of Helena.
John II. Osborn, better known as '.tbs
Cannon Ball Man." suicided in Butte Tues.
day.
Andrew Murphy, aged IA years, was adj.
judged insane aud sent to the asylum few
days ago.
A. b. Hamilton, of Choteau, is spoken ~
for the appointment Of Indian Agent at tho
Blackfeet Agency.
In Lewis and Clarke county last year
county licenses aggregsting s5l, 204 25 were
collected. The gamblers paid SIT ,G65 of the
amount.
There are two hundred and twelve civil
cases and SO criminal ones on the trial docket
for this term Of the District Court.-AQ.s
City Journal.
The escape Of Hanna, the Meagher county
murderer, is now attributed to outside aid.
1t is said money helped to the disappearance
Of the criminal.
"Tea Knights in bar-room," said citi.
zen as he saw delegation of ncw.mads
knights of Pythias doing business in Frank
Whites. The citizen escaped. --Enterpriss.
The Helena Aontdnian has suspended pub
LEGATION, after an existence OF 81 days. 1t is
intimated the Boulder paper will now DO
started with tho material of the Aontanian.
According to the Butte papers the Mard
Gras procession and festivities, aside from
rude -balling by hoodlums, were n great
success. We have not space 10 refer to il in
detail.
Dave Berry, manager of the Montana Cat.
tie Co, that has 10000 head in Dakota and
Montana, and who has been riding the rang,
all winter, reports seeing only 20 head of
dead cattle.
The city council of Helena has ordained
that railroad (standardl time shall hereafter
| be recognized as the official time there
What will the courts say about it, in case the
point is raised?
Tho foreign Missionary Society of Helena
has elected the following officers for the en-.
suing year: President, Mrs. f. Sharpe Vice
President, Mrs G. Fl. Smell Treasurer, Mrs
| w. A. Chessman Secretary, Mrs. c. Hedges
| SO far as is now known there is not a case
Of smallpox in the city. The quarantine
may be continued for few more days as an
additional safeguard, but 1t is generally con.
sidered unnecessary.-Baker City Tribune,
Feb. 6.
w. B. Doddridge, the new Assistant Gen.
eral Manager Of the Anaconda Company, Is
organizing store department in connection
with the works at Anaconda, and will hays
the Company supplies issued on new basis
VIM. Thompson, late agent at Pocatello, has
been put in charge of this department.
The tr act of land advertised to be sold at
administrators sale On the I'd day of March
next includes the fam Gus Fuller Hot Springs,
a we'll known resort for health and pleasure
seekers. The sale offers an opportunity for
some enterprising person to become the pos
SCISSOR of enc of the most desirable aud profit.
able properties in the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
There is still work for the hunter In Mon.
tana, although IL is sometimes said that wild
animals are things of the past in the Terri.
tory. The Territorial Auditors report shows
| that during 1884 the Territorial Treasurer
paid bounty on 47 bears, 143 mountain lions
$40 wolves and ,62l cayotes. AS the Stat
L
utes allow ne bounty for such animals killed
| on Indian reservations, where they are most
plentiful, in computing the total number
killed during the year, it probably would be
fairly accurate to add one.third to the mum.
| bers above enumerated. g.
The Northern Pacific has just issued the
following circular to connecting lines: "Ths
| transportation OF oil in merchandise cars
over road the length OF the Northern Pa
cific is so damaging to the car a. to render IL
unit fer merchandise service for several
trips afterwards, and we have decided to dis
continue the use of our ordinary merchan-
disc cas- for oil business. On receipt Of this
notice you will please therefore discontinue
| the loading of oil lin cases or barrels) in the
box cars Of this company of any description,
excepting such as may be specially marked
For OIL The Northern Pacific Railroad
Company will keep at the Minnesota trans.
Ter constant supply of special oil-csr equip
ment for the transfer of this trafic"