The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-07-03
NEIGHBORHooD NEWS.


The Judith country will furnish over ,OO(
sacks of wool this season.
Chas. Realm Of Helena died Saturday
injuries received by being run over few
days before.
Hon Sam. Word bought 81 800 horse the
other day. Doss this indicate an entry for
the Congressional race?
Harry @. Kessler, has been appointed upon
the staff of Governor Carpenter, as chic!
mastering officer with the rank of Colonel
uice Charles s. Warren, declined.
Deputy Sheriff Brown, Of Billings, who
was accidentally shot a couple Of weeks ago
by his pistol falling out Of his pocket and
going of, died last Tuesday from the effects
Mr.. A. M. Eslsr, the proprietor of the Hell.
ena Sampling Works, last week bought 200
tons of rich ore from our old newspaper
associate, Billy Coyne, owner of the Eureka
lode In Ten Mile district.
Freight business has been little dull this
week, yet Agent Scott, at the Utah s. North.
ern depot, handled 725 car loads of ore matte
and merchandise incoming and outgoing.
The total number Of tons for the seven days
shipped and received was II, $50, which is
below the average Inter Mountain, q.
The new bell for the Catholic church at
Frenchtown went down last Friday and will
be put up this week. 1t weighs alone 960
pounds and with the frame work, etc, 1900
pounds. 1t came from the Troy foundry and
should wake the echoes in the valley for
miles around -Missoulian.
The River Press says: We learn that Mr..
NJ. c. Travers will leave shortly for Arizona
to resume his old position as clerk to Major
John +. Weston, who is now chief commits
sary of the Department of Arizona. Mr..
Travers will probably be missed as much as
any man that could leave Fort Benton.
The Miner was yesterday favored with a
call from w. H. Carmichael, alias "Shorty,"
who was arrested and taken to Missoula,
charged with the murder and robbery of q
man in that place on Decoration Day. Car
michael had hearing and was discharged,
and brings with HIM certificates to that effect
from Missoula officials.-Miner, LIST.
Last Friday, just as the Aadisonian went to
Mrs. w. j. Covely, Of Summit, was dead.
Mrs. Covely has been suffering long and
painfully from Bright's disease. A singular
coincidence Is the fact that the events of her
birth, marriage, and death all occurred on
the 10Th day Of the month.-MddisoniGn
Supt. Cennors, after a diligent search was
rewarded by finding the mail sacks that were
lost in Willow Creek two weeks ago. Both
were fished out of the creek within a mile
and half below the stage road, and re-
turned to Maiden Friday evening. There
was about 81 900 in checks, drafts and money
in the through pouch. Mineral Argus.
The following are the officers elected by
Reynolds LIST Lieut., Jonathan Black I'd
Lieut., Thomas Trevail; ID Junior Lieut.,
VIM. Doble; Orderly Sergeant, E. F. Page;
Color Sergeant, Charles Burge Quartermas-
ter Sergeant James Coach; LIST Duty Ser
geant, Albert Shepherd I'd Duty Sergeant,
Thomas Crapp; Sd Duty Sergeant, John
Last fall, before hearing of the murder of
Baird, T. J. Demers sent a second cargo of
liquor into the British Possessions, under
charge of LOUIS Beauregard, there being
about So 900 worth of liquor In the outfit
Last Saturday Beauregard returned and re-
ported that he had been robbed and had
nothing to show up for the stock. Demers
has concluded that he doesn't want to trade
with the British Possessions any more
Missouiidn.
Col. Bird, the Quartermaster stationed at
Helena, furnishes the following list of con-
tracts recently awarded for supplies, to be
delivered at Helena, as follows: T. G. Power
& Co. have the contract for furnishing $1,000
pounds of oats at s149 per hundred 1900
pounds of bran at s1.2O per hundred; and 40
tons of hay at s21 per ton for baled hay, and
SIG for loose. r. H. Kleinschmidt has the
contract to furnish 10 tons Of straw at So,
and 400 cords of wood at S4.48.-Independen
On Monday last Iron Bull, Crow
chief of some prominence in his tribe, passed
away to the Happy Hunting Grounds, which
to most Indians embody the idea of future
state of existence. He deid at his ranch on
the Big Horn, where he had for some time
been living and trying to adapt himself to
the ways of husbandry. He was one of the
Indians present at the driving of the Golden
Spike and attracted good deal of attention,
especially from the foreigners present, by
his handsome bearing and elegant trappings.
Iron Bull was one of the twenty-six chiefs
of the Crows recognized by the Indian De-
partment.
W. s. Cockrell, q brakeman on the North
ern Pacific, came to the hospital here Sun
day night with high fever, which in day
or two developed into well-deined case of
continent smallpox. As soon as the first
eruptions appeared the man was removed to
a tent in the yard and the next day he was
taken to a pest-house located below the
Catholic cemetery. Proper disinfectants
were used, and there is no fear of the dis
ease spreading, though the hospital people
are quarantining themselves to some extent.
We are pleased to report the patient as doing
very we'll, with good chances of recovery
18th.