The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-02-17
LOCAL BREvITIES.

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See Tom Commit for Hot Scotch. a57 If
Nobody hes any surplus time now; it /
Lent.
Read Postmaster Cartons remarks abou
arrival and departure of mails.
The County Commissioners will meet II
special session next Monday.
There was q fine rain Sunday night, some
thing unusual for Montana in February.
Desirable residence lots for sale. Resi-
81 tt
Harry Peterson is fitting up Mitchell Hal
handsomely and will open 4 bibulating pal
ace there in a few days.
For RENT-A six-room house near tn
College Of Montana. Apply to H. "A. Nc
Pherson, at E. L. Bonner & Co.'s. 81 tt
There is nothing specially new in mining
matters this week, and as our space is fully
occupied, that Department is omitted thi.
, issue. #m "@" -=.@
Call on A. z. Winslow and have your eyes
tested with Julius Kings O%ptometer. A full
line of spectacles and eye glasses just re
ceived. 964 tt
The ater-Mountain Merchant, Ogden, pub
llshes a very handsome January number
1t is well illustrated and very creditable tt
the enterprising publishers.
MI. G. Faleneius, care of Fred'k Hollen
der. lis Elm Street, New York, wants any
number of live elk or moose, up to 50. Pay
at railroad station. 971 1t pd
During the Chinese pyrotechnics last even
ing a fragment of burning paper fell on q
roof and the sire laddies' were there on the
instant, but no harm was done.
MI. W. A. Smith will be in Deer Lodge
about Feb. 10th, to attend to the yearly
tuning OF Pianos. He refers to all those 70,
whom he has heretofore done work. $40 2t
See notice Of Ball to be given BY Pete,
Peters. at Deer Lodge Crossing, Friday
evening, March 2. Parties there are always
enjoyable.
FARM o SALE.-Four miles from Deer
Lodge. Will be sold at very reasonable
price, if applied for before March 10th. In
quire of Phil. E. Evans, Deer Lodge. $40 At
Messrs. Harry Sheads and Ed. s. Paxon, OF
Butte, were entertained with a "complimen.
tary shoot" by the D. L. r. & G. Club Tues.
day, and the boys had a pleasant hour or two
of practice.
An Ice Cream Social will be given at the
College Friday evening, Feb. oath, by the
pupils of the musical department for the
purpose of raising money to pay for the new
piano. ST. Ct.
St. Valentines Day was more than usually
we'll observed this year, and in Helena and
Butte there were creditable Carnival and
Turn Verein festivities Immediately prece-
ding Lent.
The expression, "Let her go, Gallagher"
is coming into general use here among the
''boys" of larger growth, but a year ago a
stevedore in P%ittsburg sung out: "Let her go,
Gilligher; G%allagher's dead"
Ladies of Deer Lodge who desire to aid in
the banquet to be given by the Knights Of
Pythias to the several Orders of Deer Lodge
on Wsshington's Birthday evening are re-
quested to meet at Union Hall at 2 o'clock p.
m. tomorrow, Saturday.
The Chinese New Year began last Friday
night, and ire.crackers and corrections have
since been the order of the day. The Chi
nese here are very liberal during the holi.
days, and the young folks have had many
| little presents from them during the festivi.
| ties.
Cottonwood Hall is nearing completion,
Mr.. Paxson being now engaged on the finish
ing touches of the handsome curtain. The
Hall will be . be a beautiful little theater
and the finest dancing room there has ever
been here. 1t is elegant in all its appoint
ments.
Robinson's Arithmetic, one of our school
text books, contains this question: What is
$50 per cent of 5000? Answer given, S12,5 800
| Now, a certain merchant advertises to sell
| goods at 100 per cent. less than cost. Can the
! same author tell us what the merchant gets
for his goods? **
1t will be to the interest Of every intelli-
gent buyer to make purchases from our stock
now. We have marked goods down regard
less of cost, as we are anxious to get rid of
| surplus wares before making improvements
in the spring. We a to open the new
| store with an entirely new stock of merchan-
| disc. A. K~LEINsCHM1DT & Co,
1868 If (Limited).
The Leap Year Party at Mitchells Hall
last Friday evening was all its most sanguine
promoters anticipated, and lasted till nearly
four O'Clock next morning. It wes thor
| oughly enjoyable and successful in all re-
| spects. We congratulate the ladies on their
| success as managers. As the time has so
| long elapsed, and it has been reported in
| detail elsewhere, we omit more extended
mention.
Mr.. n. j. Bielenberg, who owns 2O,OoO
! sheep in Montana and 10000 head in Wash
ington Territory, says he has not fed a pound
| of hay this winter to any of his focks in
| Montana, except those he is fattening for
mutton, or lambs. The loss SO far has not
reached one per cent. Those lost were al
most entirely lambs which had frozen their
lips and would not even eat hay. He is fat
tenning a large number for mutton and, of
course, feeds them.
Mr.. Carroll Smith, who for the past nine
years has been in the employ of the Pacific
Express Co. on the Utah & Northern r. R.,
has resigned his position as Route Agent
and purchased an interest with Mr.. John
O'Neill in the Garrison Hotel. Mr.. Smith
speaks in high terms of the Express Co.,
and says his only cause for %resigning was the
hope of lettering his condition financially.
He aud his family removed to Garrison yes.
terday, where he will be resident manager Of
the hotel. We wish him success.
While our mail service has been abomin-
able for months, we took occasion in men,
tioning the matter to say the fault was not
on the Montana Union, and we here wish to
bear the additional testimony that Mr.. C.. G.
Cochrane, the NJ. O. Mail Agent, is one of
the most careful, Industrious and efficient
agents we have ever known. If there ia
irregularity it is not his fault. He is atten-
tive in seeing that the mails go through even
beyond the requirements of his duties, and
he is ~ deserving Of commentator as
agents else where are of censure.
The water in many Of the town hydrants,
when drawn f~orcibly, the past few days, has
shown a very milky appearance, which soon
disappears. Mr.. Will. Fisher made an
analysis of it, and finds there is some lime,
and a trace of iron, propably from the pipe,
in the water-and the white appearance is
caused by intinitesmal air bubbles on expos
ure of the water to air. They are harmless,
and the water quickly clears. He told us
lots IF ssscience'' about it. but we are more