The new North-west., 1888-12-07
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
The A. O. o. W.. of Helena, has lodge or
275 members, and dedicated new hall few


The A. O. o. W.. of Helena, has lodge or
275 members, and dedicated new hall few
evenings ago.
The general merchandise store of Jurgens
4 Price, Helena, was burned Friday morn
ing. Loss $4,000; insured fully.
Col. P. Dolman and wife, of Butte, cele.
brated their silver wedding Monday ever
ing with house full Of happy guests
Helena's St Andrews day dinner, on the
evening of Nov. 30th, appears to have been
the happiest and most brilliant gathering of
Scots there has been in Montana
A gold quartz lead was struck last week by
Mr.. Keefe, in excavating for the sewer on
property owned by Thomas Cruise, on Beu.
ton Avenue. Hope it will not be another
''Smokehouse."
There we're no bidders for Butte's $50, 900
city bonds, offered for the second time last
Saturday. Helena offered her bonds four
times, and finally sold them at nice pre-
MUM.
W. G. Stuart put 500 shingles on a house
He nailed them on in the proper manner aud
trimmed them up. Without fear Of contra.
diction, we assert that it cant be beat in the
territory. Tribune.
The Missoalidn learns in best informed
local railroad circles that the projected ex-
tension of the Bitter Root road to Mineral
Hill will in all probability be constructed in
the spring. The company started out with
the intention of building to that point, and
are now preparing to do so.
An Independent special from Great Falls,
says: Will Hanks was thrown from his bug
gy on Saturday night and received severe
wound in the head. The accident resulted
from the horse striking a barb wire fence.
Mr.. Hanks formerly owned the Tribune and
c. o. ingalls,, Shelby E. billiard, and E. E.
Biers sold one quarter interest in the Bernice
ingalls, mine to Daniel Bandma nm, for a con.
sideration of five hundred dollars This is
a fine piece of property, and force of men
will be put to work on it early next Spring.
-Neao Idea
One If the largest suits in the amount sued
for the recovery of, was begun yesterday by
r. c. Chambers against the Mountain Con-
solidated Company. The amount at issue is
S104 500. 20 for money loaned and advanced
by Hoge, Brownlee s. Co. to the defendant
company and assigned to Mr.. Chambers
Miner.
A. B. Ringeling has gone to st. Louis for
the purpose of completing the organization
of the Young America Mining Company,
and it is expected upon his return that active
work will be begun on an extensive scale.
The stock has not been placed on the market
yet and it is not known what the price of
treasury stock will be set at.-Phlipsburg
Null.
just az the Butte passenger train was pull
ing out of Wickes last Friday some 200 yards
south of the depot, Bert Henderson deliber-
| ately crawled under the rear coach and laid
his head on the rail. It was severed from his
body, and the act was deliberate suicide.
| Several persons witnessed the sight. He was
dead broke, very dissipated and had threat
ened suicide
| Alex. Metzel returned from Chicago on
! Tuesday. His band of 233 beef steers aver
aged l ,23O lbs, and sold for 1886 within three
hours after their landing in Chicago There
we're over 10000 head of beeves in the mar.
ket at the time, and the ready sale met and
good figures obtained by Mr.. MetzeI-S47 sc
per lead-speaks volumes for the grass fed
cattle of Madison county -Madisonian
Mrs. Trowbridge, wife of w. H. Trow
bridge, Of the Montana Mining Revie,c, died
recently at Helena. Mrs. Trowbridge was
about to undergo an operation for the re
moval of tumor in the throat which had
worried her for the past two years, and wa.
gradually stranglirg her. She died while
the operation was heing performed. She
left her husband and little child to mourn
her loss.
Yesterday was the last day allowed for the
payment Of taxes, and according to law the
taxes will bear interest from this date on. II
is believed the County Treasurer will be len
lent, and those who hurry to the front will
not have to pay interest. Last night A. j.
Davis handed in his check for ST., 1855 49, and
to day w. A. Clark's check for s9,693 4G, and
Clark & Larabie's for s5,G54 81, were paid
over to the Treasurer. The total taxes fol
| these bankers amount to S25, ,GS346.-Inter-
Mountain, 1st.
The Stevensville North-Eest Tribune re-
cords the death of Miss Flora Sedgwck, a
young lady of sixteen. consi iere'l strong and
healthy, who dropped dead in St"warts Hal
during the Thanksgiving Eve. Ball. She had
danced until 2 a. m., had just concluded 8
polka, had sat down a few minutes, and with
Mr.. Jos. Fisher had risen to take place in :
quadrille, in appa1 emily high spirits, wher
she spoke of having headache and dropped
instantly. She breathed but two or three
times and was dead The supposed canst
was the rupture of a blood vessel
It is reliably stated that sale has Just beer
consummated between Messr,. Noyes ane
Barnard and the Butte & Montana Mining
Company for the transfer to the latter party
of the formers water right, consisting of th'
waters from Park canon, in Yankee Doodle
and Dixie gulches, for $4,000. These water
have been for years used in the placer dig
gings of Noyes and Barnard, and the com
pletion of this deal makes it an assured fac
that the Butte & Boston Company will pu
up its smelling plant on the grounds east o
the Silver Bow mill-Hter Mountain.
j. H. Owings, the Druggist, desires to in
form his patrons that he is agent for Cham