The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-01-02
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.

The orange harvest is in full blast at River
side, Cal.
A Territorial insane asylum is to be located
at Phenix, Arizona.
Mrs. Fred Lehman died in Helena on the
evening of Dec. 20.
OF the % Superintendents Of Public In
struction in Washington Territory, 10 are
ladies.
Two lepers are reported in White Pine
county, New, one in Phoebe and the other in
Taylor.
According to the census just completed,
there are 776 people in Bozeman under q
years of age.
The Thirteenth Legislative Assembly of
Arizona will meet at Prescott at noon Non
day, Jan. II.
The Fort Benton River Press publishes the
signal service record of Dec. "a, 1884, show
ing the minimum temperature ssh below
,xere.
The deepest gold mine in the world Is the
Eureka, in California, which Is down 1900
feet, or about five hundred feet below the
level of the sea.
The hsrse, Morgan Traveller, which was
raf1sd at Butte on Christmas evening, was
wen by Charlie Larabie, on ticket No. 80
His throw was 45.
Caplice g. McCune took the 100000 cord
Anaconda wood contract on Mill creek, and
are making camps to employ 800 men. The
contract is for 1900 cords year.
One cold night last week herd Of cattle
broke through the ice on the Yellowstone
river, and although mono were drowned, 40
were frozen to death before morning.
Stems & Arlington, of St. Paul, have pur-
chased Paris Gibsons flock Of $50 thorough
bred sheep in Choteau county. S. s. A. had
previously 900 head Of sheep here.
All meeting Of the council last week, 81 900
was appropriated fer the purchase Of hand
fire engine. This assures Bozeman an en-
CINE and lower rates Of fire insurance.
Chronicle.
Bruce Wetson has been appointed pestmas-
ter Of Rimini, the recently established post
Office at Red Mountain, Lewis and Clarke
county. wonder IL Barrett's play didn't
suggest that nancy
A fire, originating in the basement OF the
Episcopal church, Hele ma, on Christmas
Eve, did $500 or $500 damage, besides wreck
ing the Christina, tree, to which the children
were just assembling. ......
Mr.. John Hauswirth, one of the old citi- |
zens of Butte, and formerly of Deer Ledge |
valley, died in Butte last Sunday Of copges- |
ton of the brain, superinducec by exposure |
while prospecting recently.
About % cars Of ore are being loaded each |
day for the Anaconda company. The rail |
way company expect to transport the orc in |
sufficient quantities hereafter to enable the |
smelter to run at full capacity.
Att o'clock Tuesday morning the elegant
residence of Mr.. Hugo j. Hoppe, Of Boze-
man, was burned to the ground. The loss is
fetal on the house. The furniture was saved.
Total loss, with no insurance, $4,000.
Patrick Cunningham, an old resident Of
this county, and one Of the old-time miners |
Of the Pacific coast, died in tbs Sisters Hos |
pital here last Monday, after q protracted
illness Of two years uratisn.-Missoulian.
It Is probably not generally known that |
Nisgusvills, Dawson county, was named for |
Mr.. Gus Grisy and his estimable wife, Min |
ME, being combination Of the two names
Min Gus, with the addition Of "ville" for q |
termination.
The Madisonian says "Old Antelope" the |
horse that carried Bill Fairweather to Alder |
Gulch, when he discovered the famous bo- |
nanza, is still living, Is years Of age, in Ruby
valley. He Is owned by e. #. johnson and |
well fed and cared for. a |
The Billings Post of Dec. % says tho Their
mometer registered 52' below zero there on |
the Wednesday morning preceding. We do
not see why people will continue 70 reside
in such cold climates. At the same time as
noted above it was only co. below zers here.
On Monday evening James Riley, man
who has been employed on Banks = Mitch
ellis ranch, committed suicide by taking
strychnine. He had been ON spree for sew.
eral days, but had quit drinking Madiso-
niaa, 9Th.
The recent snow storm In Bsise valley,
Idaho, was the heaviest within tho recollec-
menced On Sunday and on Wednesday morn
ing the snow measured three feet Through
out Eastern Oregon, Washington Territory,
and the greater portion Of Montana aad Wy |
oming, the storm was unusually severe.
County warrants to the amount Of $500 |
were recently issued to Alex Dsvine, propri- |
stor Of the Billings Herald, fer printing Vel |
lowstsne county's delinquent tax list last
spring. 4 protest against these warrants
had been filed, but through some mistake |
the warrants were paid before the Treasurer |
was notified Chronicle.
The domestic boss" Of the editor OF the |
Deer Ledge Meas North West taught school in
the Butte district when there were only seven |
pupils enrolled. She had lighter job then
than she has now. Teaching Mills domestic |
msrals and domestic destiniss and duties IL q /
hard berth for one wouan.--Diilon Tribune.
Good enough Hit him again.-M)
We are informed that the Hecla Con. Min i
ing Company, which Is the largest enterprise
in Southern Montana, In all probability will
be closed down shortly. This company b. I
longs to the group u lead and silver produ-
ceD Of the country. Both Of these prsducts, |
= everybody knows, are 80 depressed, both
In price and demand, that tho question OF |
dosing down i being considered by all tho
leading mining companies Of Utah, Montana