The new North-west., 1888-03-30
LOCAL BREVITIES.

| LOCAL BREVlIlES.
See notice of Champion Consolidated cali
on stock owners IN this issue.
Holy week is being observed with services
IN the Episcopal and Roman Catholic
churches.
"Sugar snow" till you couldn't see. Wednes-
day That's good. A warm spell now will
bring the grass luxuriantly.
A telegram from Chief Justice Mcdonnell
to Sheriff Cole man, yesterday, says Court
will begin here next Monday.
Thos. H. Harmon. Deputy Sheriff at Ana
conda, having rendered his resignation,
Sheriff Coleman has appointed David H.
Evans to fill the vacancy.
There will be Easter services in the Pres
byterian church next Sunday, Rev. E. J.
Groeneveld officiating-Easter services and
communion at 11:3O a. m; Easter song SER
vice at 7:3O p. m.
! Mr.. Harry Sheads, late Of Butte, has been
appointed by Marshal Kelley Guard at the
Penitentiary. He is a shotgun artist of dis
| tinctien and belongs to the same lodge as the
| Conley brothers.
at the Episcopal church next Sunday, Rev.
| A. B. Howard, officiating. Morning service
at 11:3O; children's service, with Holy Bap-
tism, at p. N; evening service at 7:3o.
One of MIR. Phil. Blessinger's children died
| of diphtheria, at or near Pioneer, last Satur
day, and the following day the remains,
| accompanied by quite number of people
| from that vicinity, were inferred In the Deer
Lodge cemetery.
NoUlce h1gnt q ralrtields ad. in this issue.
They are among the most eminent Of Jewel
ers, and their watch and clock work has the
endorsement Of the q. P. r. r. Co. as "of6-
cial." Try them for anything in their line
and you will be satisfied.
There will be an election of School Trustee
week from Saturday, to fill the vacancy oc-
casioned by expiration Of term of Mr.. J. e.
Van Gundy, who was elected year ago for
the short term. We have found all express
sion SO far in favor Of his reelection if he
will accept it.
A. Richards has this week shipped large
quantities of brick to Missoula He is also
delivering to Kleinschmidt & Co., who have
12O, 600 contracted for, while Lodge & Beau
mont have 100000 contracted for. The K. &
Co. plans are now complete, and work will
shortly be commenced.
The College of Montana took weeks va
cation for Easter, commencing Wednesday
morning, and many of the nonresident
pupils hied them away to their homes. The
public schools took vacation Thursday, to
resume Monday. Miss Charroin's private
school takes vacation next week.
The Necktie Social, which was to be given
Friday evening Of this week in Cottonwood
Hail. is postponed until Friday evening of
next week, and will be given IN the old K. Of
L. Hail. corner D and Third streets. Come,
all, and have pleasant time.
9771t By order of COMMITTEE.
Mr.. I. S. Eldred is now delivery and sub
scription agent here for the San Francisco
Chronicle, Butte Miner and Iater-Moasntain,
and Helena Independent and Sunday Record.
All these papers are delivered by carrier i'm
mediately on arrival of train. Probably no
other town in Montana is so we'll served by
carrier.
One of the best condensations of important
and interesting statistics concerning Helena
that we have seen, is neat folder by Major
R. G. Walker, entitled, "Multum in Parvo."
just as an instance, it contains the names Of
five Helena publications we did not know
existed. Helenians are buying them by the
tens of thousands, and they are just the
thing to enclose in letter.
AS Messrs. G. K Hardenbrook, G. Maiden
and NJ. H. Willard, of Race Track, were
driving into town Monday evening, in the
h,,~n Of fho
brick team dashed into them from a side
street, throwing out the occupants, smashing
the buggy to 'sflindereens," and leaving
some decorations and bruises on Charley's
head that suggested he had got the worst
of it in a rough and tumble s'debate." Aside
from the smashed buggy, however, little
damage was done.
Mitchell & Mussigbrod have the steam
heater of their new hotel working, and it
works admirably. There is, however, scar
city Of water, the Springs water not being
available for pipe work, and they contem-
plate an artesian we'll. The smelter uses all
the water of Warm Springs creek at Ana
conela, and after use there it is diverted to
the ditch, which carries it to the river. Dr.
Mussigbrod has also now under employ
landscape gardiner, who will lay out and
construct Park in the spacious grounds in
front Of the hotel, large number of trees
and shrubs having been ordered for the same
Michel Oxarart, who went to Europe this
winter with view of purchasing some fine
horses, writes to Messrs. Clark & Larabie,
March s, that he had made 10 purchases yet.
He was in London at the great Horse Show,
1o
ever saw-16 hands and over-but the prices
were up to $4,000 and $4,000 for the best
mares, and S70O to $1,000 for the ordinary
ones. Even at auction, stations sell up to
So 600 and s1O,O00-too high for "Mich." Mr..
Oxarart was married, Feb. 49, in bis native
| town, but does not state what place it is, al
though he says 'there was ten feet of snow
| there"
| At the Stockholders meeting Of the Noun
tain Lion Company last Saturday evening,
| &C, 900 shares Of treasury stock was directed
| to be sold for developing purposes. There is
twenty days option on it to original own
| ers, but those parties not able to take more
stock are yielding their options to other pur-
| chasers. Treasury stock is obtainable now
at a lower figure than it will ever touch again.
The tunnel, which is now in $40 feet, reached
last Sunday the second ore shoot at depth
of over 100 feet, and about 200 feet ahead are
the heaviest and richest ore shoots that reach
the surface. No word has been received
from the mine since Sunday, but the tunnel
is being pushed three to four feet per day.
The roof on the residence of Mr.. Fl. A.
! Smurr took fire from a stove-pipe at about
o'clock last Monday morning The Hose Co.
was at the scene promptly, but it was out on
their arrival. We asked gentleman coming
down street if the fire did any serious dam
age? Damage! fire do damage with that
man Smurr around! Why, he ran up the
kitchen roof; rolled of to the ground !;
picked up ladder and axe; ran up again );
chopped hole in the roof and had rammed
l sexeral hlrSetS Of water into 1t before the