The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-01-20
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Grand Duke Paul, of Russia, it is said,
will command = corps Of scouts 1000 In
number. mounted on bicycles.

Grand Duke Paul, of Russia, it IL said,
will command . corps OF scouts LOU In
number, mounted on bicycles.
George W. Childs has . clock that cost
s. 600. On lodge nights the hands stop at
1916, while the tick keeps right on ticking. !
The undertakers and nerve specialists n
consumed loo, 0oo, ooo, 600 cigarettes in 1857.
Philadelphia 81 is carrying over So. 0 600 Of
uncollected taxes on the books - assets. i've
sixths Of which are worthless.
Seventy.three vessels went to the bottom
on the great lakes last season, and involved
the sacrifice of 2O4 human lives and the loss
of f2,50O,000 worth of property.
Campbell Wallace, Chairman of the Geor.
gis Railroad Commission, is 8 2 years old,
and boasts that he has been an active Demo-
Graf all his life. he is old enough to know
better.
The largest man in the Chicago Board of
Trade is John Teufel. He is over six feet
tall, weighs over 800, aud isn't particularly
yards as 3 butcher to the proprietorship OF .
big packing house, and is very wealthy.
The postmaster at McKim. Richie county,
WA, which Office is now discoDtiEued,w was
notified by the Government that . deficiency
of / cent was found In his final settlement.
And, further, he had to reni: the cent, or
suit would be brought against his bondsmen.
One of the big bridges of the world will
soon be ready for traffic. This is the iron
railroad bridge across the Missouri . few
miles below Kansas City. 1t is 1882 feet
long, is so feet above high water, with tow
ers reaching to q height Of 200 feet.
Pittsburg has q "Sudden Death" club. 1t
is not . green hickory bludgeon, but an assO-
citation whose members are afflicted with
heart disease or some other malady liable to
take them off without unnecessary ceremony.
They should fuse with the "Thirteen" club
and have some fun.
Mrs. Wesley Ray, q Kentucky matron, pre-
sented her husband with four babies Christ.
mas day. Mr.. Ray says he has always con-
tended that, in the matter Of presents, the
tastes and wishes of the recipient should be
ascertained in advance, and the gift selected
in accordance Herewith. Now, he would
have preferred one baby and . pen-wiper.
The Russian Government has been trying
experiments in he capture of carrier pig.
cons BY falcons, and they have proved as
successful As the minister of war expected.
The falcon sees the pigeon at . distance OF q
couple Of kilometres, goes for it and captures
it promptly. The idea is to utilize the birds
in time of war to intercept messages sent
from tho enemy, and falcon stations are to
be established at the different Notifications
in Russia.
Electricity is soon to be put to = novel use.
A number Of wealthy gentlemen in Newton,
Mass, are about to apply electricity to light
ing their slelghs this winter, and at other
times to their closed and open carriages.
Three cells of batteries are to be used which
will furnish three lights of six candle power,
| and will burn for 80 hours. After the cleo
tricity is all used up the batteries are taken
to some dynamo and recharged. The ex-
| pense for this charging cannot be over fifty
| cents each time.
The engineers of the New York %acqueduct
! commission are now at work on plans for the
| construction of the greatest dam in the
| world, that which will be known rs the Qua.
ker Bridge dam. It is proposed to build q
structure that will practically wipe the Gro
ton river out of existence, and make the res
ervoir supply the city Is times as great IS at
present. The dam will not only be the big
gest masonry dam in the world, but it will
be so much the biggest that there will be no
comparison between it and any other dam.
| 1t will be 277 feet from the lowest point OF
the foundation, 265 feet from bedrock, and
178 feet from the bed of the stream At the
center to the top of the parapet of the dam
The top of the parapet is Is feet above ordin
ary water mark and seven fee: above extreme
| high water mark. At the bottom the dam
is ZIG feet thick on the bedrock. The dam
gradually decreases in thickness to the top,
| where it is % feet thick. There will be q
roadway here, sunk between parapets three
feet high on either side.