The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-02-03
EIGHBoRHOOD NEWS.

General John W. Finnell, of Covington,
Ky., died in Helena. January 25th, of heart
disease - M
Hart, the Boulder murderer, will be hanged
Feb. 10th. unless the Executive interferes
with Justice. n
DR.. Macomber, CT Red Lodge. near Bill
lings, dropped dead last Friday-presumably
from heart disease.
A Ia rge number of laborers have come off
the R ocky Fork r. r. to Billings, taken the
paupe RS oath, and are being fed by the
county. ..e..
The Missoula water works, from mains to
service pipes, suffered considerably from the
severe cold, and water had to be procured as
best it could be.
job Mclean, a sheep owner, was found
dead pn the range on Fallon creek Jan. 18th,
his Ri e having discharged as he attempted
to Withdraw it from inside a stump, and the
ball K filing him instantly.
1t is reported this afternoon that a child in
the ia ily of Herman auswirth, who lives
west Of Missoula gulch, has been taken down
with a disease which has all the character
kSGlCS pk Id OWsetAGt3 6OtSSs
Som e wretch-it is believed a drunken
: man without malice or counsel, "pied" the
/ forms and cases of the Great Falls Tribune
office the night Of January 18th, entailing a
| heavy loss and much inconvenience on the
| publis her. - -
A etition to the County Commissioners
has be en- largely signed in Granite asking
I x1,ok 81 bo oc<nb1:,Iod -, - A;okSro< <1vpnch;n
| from Philipsburg. The rapid growth of the
two places seems to render this a proper
movement.
Major Lyman, one of the old landmarks
of the lower and upper Yellowstone, who
for the past few months has been in charge
of the saw mill at Red Lodge for the Rocky
Fork Coal Company, died of pneumonia
Januaf ~ 12.-Bozeman Chronicle.
J. NJ Erskine, who shot Leo Sutor in JEFF
ferson county recently, had a hearing before
Probate Judge Kerley last week. The evil
dence was conclusive hat the shooting was
done in self-defense, and Erskine was dis
charge i and his bail exonerated.
Geo. Conford, of Forest City, writes to the
Missoqla Times that on the morning of the
9th of January a Chinaman left a neighbour
ing cabin to go to his own cabin, about a
mile dl stant. He sat down on q rock and
froze to death. His brother found him sit
ting Of the rock dead, on Sunday, the 8th
inst.
After a protracted struggle with other ap-
plicants ., Mr.. John Mcguire, on Thursday,
secured the lease of Ming's Opera House,
Helena and will now be able to bring on
some q ne attractions he has booked and play
them on a good circuit in Montana. The
loss of the Ming Opera House would have
cripple him very seriously.
The steam motor of the Butte Street Rail.
way Co., between Butte and Meaderville,
has co mmenced running, and has been so
success full and gives so little trouble to horses
that opposition to itappears to have subsidized
at once The motor is said to be of the most
approx ed pattern and to work most admir-
ably
An insane book agent is proving a great
nuisance in the Centerville neighborhood.
If he visits a house when the masculine
head of the family is absent, he either makes
an imr mediate sale of his book or violently
assaults the lady of the house. A few days
ago he slapped a lady's face b~rutally, and it
is about time for him to be captured and sent
to Warm Springs.-Miner, lst.
Mrs. Ike Morehouse, of Butte, has brought
suit aga inst her husband for divorce and ali.
mony. She alleges cruelty and adultery.
Moreho use is quite wealthy, and Judge Gal
braith, On petition, put him under $50, 600
bond, which was given, to restrain him from
disposin g Of his property pending the action.
The pafties have been married some four
months.
There was a row at the head of the Lake
among the Kootenai Indians, while they
were gambling, about ten days ago, which
resulted in five of their number being killed
outright and two mortally wounded. Among
those killed was Koonsa, the murderer of
Frank Marango, which killing occurred
several years ago. Nobody knows where
they got their whisky, but it is not diff cult
for them to procure it.
Robert Burns's birthday was most happily
celebrate by the Caledonian Club, of Hell
ena, last week. Quite a number of excellent
responses were made to the sentiments pro-
posed-H on. A. C. Botkin, I'D. McCutcheon
Esq, Hot p. W. j. Galbraith, Chief Justice
McConn9l II, Walter Matheson, and Col. w.
+. Sander IS being among those who respond
ed. 1t is rarely we have read SO eloquent
words, e ven IN a "Burns Anniversary y
which is notably an eloquent occ aston.
Isaac Morehouse. who was re.arro<toa
Sunday night on a charge of adu,terv mo
ferred under the Edmunds law, which is
very strict in its provisions, waived exami.
nation in the Probate Court yesterday, and
is out und er bonds. The woman in tho c,sa
clara VIII ters, was arrested at Deer Lodge
yesterday, and brought to Butte last n;cht.
If the Edmunds law il to he "a rr;o, ..e :.
Butte, the city will be a perfect hothaa -
scandals for a long time to como 49,
31st. ~""e''
A queer accident happened to A. 8. Holly
at Emmett on Sunday last, says the Bois.