The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-01-02
LOCAL BREvITIEs.
The ice harvest LIS being garnered.

The McBurney House has issued an Gle
CANT illustrated calendar.
Mr.. Thos. Gotchider and Miss Durfse wer
: married in Philipsburg New Years day.
Pref. A. NJ. Nation has purchased thu
/ Poland cottage In the nsrthsrn suburbs, ant
will reside there.
Since the 18th Of December there have onl,
register below zero.
Quite an epidemic OF severe colds and ser
throats has prevailed among adults In Deel
Lodge the past week or two.
Lyceum meeting at the Court House thi.
friday evening At 80 p. m. Some interest
ing exercises are on the programme.
Incipient fires from defective stove pipe
occurred at Stephenssn's tailor shop Monda,
and at I'll. p. McFarlands residence Tuesday
Several sleigh-loads Of our people drov,
out last evening to q New Years Night dane,
at the hospitable mansion Of VIM. L. Hart
ley, up the valley.
Tbos. w. Thompson, sent to the penitsn
tiary from Bszsman last fall, was adjudget
insane by a jury Tuesday and sent TO the
| Whm springs asylum.
Slsighing has Just been too lovely for any
thing the past week, and there isn't relig-
ious horse in town but that is praying for 9
chinook or an early spring.
We learn that the Montana copper works
at Butte have shut down, and other works
are liable to do the same thing unless there
Is better margin for copper.
The penitentiary building is being plas.
tered. The mortar is made In the basement
and half dozen stoves keep the tempera-
turs up to comfortable degrees.
| Mr.. K. V. smalley has an entertaining arti-
Gle in the January Century on "the Kalispel
country" which means the Bitter Root,
Jocko and neig hboring territory.
We hardly know how we found it out, but
| there are bogus silver dollars in circulation
in Deer Ledge They are posr immita-
tion-light, dull colored and greasy, and can
be detected readily.
Prof. Meyers states the net proceeds Of the
Public School Exhibition last Friday even
ing were about $50, which will be invested
in books and apparatus for the Public School
Library and Laboratory.
Not a bad ssnd-off for the Deer Lodge
'Lycsum' Is the fact that the walla walla
Statesman takes up in its ANSWERS to CORES
pondents" two Of the recent Queries" Is to
authorship and gives the correct answers.
Mr.. 4. A. Hettingsr having resigned the
Drummond psstsfice and recommended Mrs.
Efis j. Dodge as his successor, she has been
appointed and commissioned psstmistress
fharanf nd A.
Office.
The New Years calling appears to have
been limited this year In the number of those
who kept "opeu house" and these who
called. The custom has largely gone into
disuse in the East Of late years, and M entana
Is following the example.
Sheriff McMaster this week presented to
Warden Creel the four criminals sentenced
to the penitentiary at the recent term of Ter
ritorial court here, and admission being re-
fused under the recent instructions, they
were remanded to the county Jail.
Mrs. Phil. McGovern, who constituted o
committee Of one to solicit funds to pur-
chase clothing and cradle for the founding
recently left at st. Joseph's Hospital, desires
us to express her thanks to the many persons
who generously and promptly contributed to
the object.
Boxer, Cree Indian, sentenced from
Glendive for one year for stealing hsrses, |
and put In the penitentiary April IL, 1884, |
died Of consumption about IL o'clock We'd |
nesday night-just as the old year died. He |
was buried yesterday In the penitentiary
cemetery.
The Utah & Northern is getting another
lot Of locomotives from the Denver & South
Park. Some ten or Afteen have arrived in
the past ten days, ami more are coming The
U. q N. has need for all Of them, while the
South Park has surplus Of rolling stock
Salt Lake Tribune, 9th
New Years day was universally observed
In Deer Lodge as one Of festivity; good res
slutions; social calls good resolutions New
Years calls good resolutions; sleigh. riding;
good resolutions; "Here's hoping" good
resolutions; "Happy New Year" good reso-
lutions, ETC., etc. 1t was fine day-wusa-
fneday-fne day-day-a-a-a-a-(hic
At the recent term of United States Court
In Bozeman, joseph Apple and James Ches.
ter were charged with highway robbery on
he ferry and bridge site Of the TT. Reogh
military reservation, adjoining Miles City,
'ound guilty, sentenced to two years each in
he penitentiary and committed to that insti-
ution Tuesday. H=E
Mr.. James Estill this week ssld his fine
transfer omnibus, through Bennett Bros, to
Warfsld g. Co., OF Butte, whs have com
nenced the transfer business at that place
nd fad Gh..at saL l
emplates putting on Nickls Plate bus
here In the spring that will rival the Pull
nan cars In comfort, completeness and ele-
yancs.
During the past fortnight there have been
wo or three cases of scarlet fever in Deer
edge. So far As we can learn there are no
lew cases and the children iii are GONZALES
ing. The School Trustees are, however.
With csmmendable prudence, having all the
'ublic school rooms thoroughly cleansed and
and they will be in excellent
condition by Monday.
Charlie Bielenbsrg has had during the
slidays one of the finest displays Of meat
70 have seen. He has slaughtered 100 head
( cattle, and the choicest OF these, with
hesp, ETC., dressed and decorated in the
aost artistic style, adorn the hooks Of the
lily Meat Market. To look at the display is
> pretty mid-wiuter holiday picture as one
Eould wish to see.
Mr.. Duncan Dingwall, Of New Chicago,
indy telephoned US Friday evening the
sllswIng: A son of Mr.. Guilbeau, formerly
{ Deer Lodge and Garrison, aged about ave
ears. has died Of diphthsria; sister, aged
bout nine, was also very low when the
zach left, and not expected to recover. A
I'd named Rowe, aged about four years, q
ephew Of Mrs. Sprague, had alss died.
drs. Spragus's mother had recently come
nth two children from Fort Benton, and 1t
, presumed to be enc OF those that died.
Hessrs. Mcintyre s. Hayes have isssed
heir Prospectus for new Hve-colunA folio
ally newspaper, independent In politics,
Untitled the Morning Cal, to be issued In
lutte on and after Jan. 10, 1885. 10 Is UNDER
tosd TO be an opposition paper 10 the Miner,
Thich has recently had SEINE diasculties wisA
be typographical Union and ether labor
EXAMINATIONS Of that place. The Coll has
ypes and presses In transit from San Fran
isco, and viii have its Office in the Arisn
uilding.
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