The new North-west., 1888-04-20
NE1GHBORHOOD NEWS.

There are washouts on the Manitoba road
Tor over GO miles in the vicinity of Milk
River.
The Mining Journal says Marcus DAILY is
having a private car built which will cost
$4,000.
'Battle of Gettysburg is reported on
its way from Los Angeles to Salt Lake to be
set up at one of the Lake resorts.
The Hot Springs hotel near Helena was
burned down early Sunday morning. 1t is
thought to have been set on fire. Mr.. Meyer
will rebuild.
A Roman Catholic college is contemplated
in Helena and has had the conditional sane
ton of the Pope 1t is not desired to start
until $50, 900 have been raised
Sheriff Lloyd, of Butte, on the occasion of
his SD birthday last Saturday, was presented
by his deputies with handsome gold.head-
ed cane as mark of their esteem.
The Gagnon shaft is now completed to
depth of SIS feet this morning and the 800
foot level will be opened up as fast as possi-
BILE. Shipments from the Gagnon amount to
about 60 tons daily.
The difficulty between the miners and the
coal company is still unadjusted. The men
are still living in tents near the mines and
announce their determination to remain
there all summer.-1ndepeadent
James Salmon was blown to pieces by
blast in the St. Lawrence mine, Butte,
Wednesday. He persisted, against the en-
treaties of a fellow workman, in standing too
~ ;1n Er;v oIa
blown to pieces.
Mayor Fuller's administration was fully
installed in Helena Thursday night. The
following officers were appointed: City Mar
shal-C. D. Hard; Attorney-A. G. Botkin;
Engineer-A. E. Cummings; Street Commits.
sioner-Geo L. Wales; Fire Marshal-J. r.
Wittmer.
Bengt Peterson, formerly Il tailor in the
employ of the Bonner Mercantile Company,
was found dead in Park CANYON. near Butte,
Wednesday. He had committed suicide with
a pistol. He left Butte several months ago
and has been dead some time. The cause of
the act is mystery.
Allan E. Harris, highly esteemed and
well connected citizen of the Bitter Root
Valley, aged % years, died suddenly few
days ago by rupturing blood vessel in his
struggle for breath in choking spell caused
by goitre, with which he had long been af-
ficted. He left wife and three children
The City Council of Butte has granted
Thomas Ford and Charles H. Carver fran
chise to bring in supply of water for Butte
from Divide. The reservoir will be 13 miles
from Butte and will make line probably 20
miles long and costing couple of hundred
thousand dollars. Surveys are now in pro-
gress
r. H. Norton, formerly Clerk of Court for
this district is at Victoria, B. c., employed
with coal company, and has a good posi-
ton. His family will join him at once. Mr.
Norton says that he intends to straighten up
every obligation he has incurred, and now
regrets that he left Bozeman. - Bozenaan
Chronicle.
A report came in this evening that, about
noon to-day, Matt. Carey, son of Nicholas
Carey, of Adobetown, found the dead body
of Sam Clovis, we'll known to the residents
of Lower Alder Gulch for the last 25 years.
in his shack near the mouth of Sailor Gulch.
Besides being pioneer in Montana he was
one of the early settlers of California, being
one of the 49ers.-Jfadisonian 18th.
There has been something of stampede
to new gold discovery three miles this side
of Hunters Hot Springs the past week. A
good many locations have been made and
the claimants are quite e!ated over their
prospects It seems that James Woods is the
discoverer and made the first location. The
discovery is in porphyry formation, and
assays averaging SIS and Sc IN gold have been
obtained. As the rock is free milling and
easy OF access but few hundred yards from
the rallroad-the discovery is certain to
prove bonanza should developments show
terprise o''''' 11''