The new North-west., 1888-04-20
LOCAL BREv1r1Es.
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week. oetokening the spring has come.
Wessell's michael strogoff" Company
VIII appear In Butte next week, and Manager
Mcguire informed Us he would put them in
Deer Lodge for one evening.
The ladies Of the Christian church invite
their friends to attend sssocial" in the
church on Friday evening. April 20. Supper
ana ice cream will be served in the parlor
from to 10 o'clock. 9792 q
AT least tho younger Of our readers will
nne entertainment in 'The Riddler" column
on the first page. It will be continued, q
column each week, so that those studying
them out can verify their answers each sue.
ceeding week.
The Whitney Bros, of Payette Nurseries,
Idaho, will deliver their trees and shrubbery
at Wards stables, in Deer Lodge, next
Thursday. They took large orders here, and
purchasers should have their grounds pre-
pared, ready to plant on that date.
1t was remarked q few days ago by prom
inent attorney: "Deer Lodge is getting not
to be very good place for the defense to try
criminal cases." We do not know of any
have some gone free that should have been
punished.
It is proposed by number of ladies to
celebrate May Day with q Calico Ball at
Cottonwood Hall, on Tuesday evening, May
l. The general committee consists of Miss
Minnie O'Neill, Miss Sadie Harris, Mrs. H.
P. Mcfarland and Mrs. e. c. Laine Tickets,
$3.50, including supper. They are sure to
have an enjoyable party.
Several brothers and sisters of John Mum
ker, arrived direct from Germany few even
ings ago, and the next day the men were at
work. That is the kind of immigration that
thrives and that is good for the land they
come to. Industrious, thrifty and orderly,
they will benefit the country, obey the laws
and love its institutions.
Very good and necessary work is being
done by property owners and Supervisor
Rouleau, in cribbing in and bridging the
south branch Of Cottonwood creek, in its
course through the vicinity of d and Third
streets. The flooding and spreading there
will be obviated, and little filling in will
make d street fine thoroughfare.
The case of the Territory against Edgar H.
Stanton, for larceny as bailee at Anaconda,
comes up for trial to-,lay. Among many
witnesses in the case, the following are in
attendance on the Court: Thos. DAILY, Nor
gan Evans, D. d. Walker, M. j. Fitz Patrick,
George Parrott, j W. Barker, Jr., and Par
ley Burrows. The prosecution is represented
by County Attorney Durfee and Robinson &
Stapleton, and the defense by Duffy &
Campbell, If Butte.
A fire started from flue in the residence
of Mr.. s. E. Larabie at about 3 o'clock last
Friday afternoon, and not having hose for
his hydrants at hand then (blt he has now),
it required several minutes to get the alarm
bell rung and the hose carriage up there-a
distance of several blocks. Meantime MI. L.
and number of others had got on the roof,
cut it out, passed up water with buckets and
extinguished it. The loss was trifling. A 40
or 50 foot piece Of hose is good accessory
to water tap, and it may be added nearly
all are supplying themselves.
Farmers who are alive to the importance
of procuring the best and most improved
Farm Implements, should call at Cockrell's
Implement House and examine his stock.
He has the exclusive agency for Deer Lodge
county for the following Standard Goods ::
j. I. Case Engines and Threshers, McCor.
mick Binders and Mowers, Empire Disc Har-
rows, Planet Jr. Cultivators and Seeders,
Case Sulky and Walking Plows, Glidden
Barb Wire, Solid Comfort and Economy
Plows, Strowbridge Sewers, Cooper's Sheep
n;r cohu%%1or w onnna an6 tho Gamma Hol
lingsworth Hay Rakes. In addition he con-
stantly keeps on hand large and we'll
selected stock of Harness and Saddles, Bale
Ties, Scrapers, Wheelbarrows, Grindstones,
and in fact everything usually kept by I'm
plemept Houses 977t
One Of the scarcities of Montana is sea-
soned lumber Plenty of houses are almost
necessarily constructed of green lumber.
Its shrinkage and warping is continual an
noyance and frequently danger. The
demand for dry has exceeded the supply. To
obviate this the Montana Improvement Co.
have constructed at their mills, at Big Black
foot, an immense drying house, where the
lumber is thoroughly seasoned by a new, but
we'll tested process (hot air), in five days.
The alright building holds five cars. They
are loaded with So 600 feet Of lumber and run
in. The hot air is forced in constantly by an
engine and blower from a furnace. The heat
is applied gradually at first, increasing as ii
seasons, and by the fifth day car passes
out thoroughly dried, and SO the process is
continued. The plant is expensive, but its
work is perfect, and hereafter dry lumber
can be had at the rate of $1,000 feet day
more thoroughly seasoned than If it hao
been stacked for years.