The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-09-07

turned and stabbed him. And yet it does
look like a travesty in justice the way this
matter has turned out.
Some tests of Montana wool are giving a
shrinkage of about IS to IS per cent. for fine,
81 to IS per cent. for medium, while the
shrinkage of Wyoming is put at &C to IS per
cent, 81 to 81 per cent. and so to IS per cent.
for the same grades respective. The Mon
tana product is in active demand.-Wool-
groper.
The gold which adorns the ring of Bishop
Brondel, of Helena, was found in the auri-
ferrous sands of Alder Gulch within our
County.-Madisonian.
The gold and garnet ring worn by Bishop
futile is also from Alder Gulch, and the
writer has worn its mate for twenty-one
years. Hence the religious tone of the NEW
NORTHWEST.
Alderman McDermott has commenced the
erection of a hotel at the corner of Wyo.
ming and Park streets, Butte. It will be 1872
feet long, with a 32-foot frontage, three sto-
ries high, and will contain fifty rooms up
stairs. 1t will be built of fre.proof brick,
and it is expected to be ready for %ccupancy
before Christmas.
Matt. W. Anderson, of the Avant Courier,
left on Saturday nights Express for Boston.
He expects to be married Wednesday morn
ing, Sept. IL, to Miss Mary E., eldest daugh-
ter of John Long, the ceremony to take
place at the residence of the brides parents,
in one of the villages suburban to Boston,
B0zeman Courier.
We are sorry to learn that our old friend
Neptune Lynch, Sr, of Horse Plains, has
gotten into trouble. He is charged with
killing a man by the name of Thompson.
We do not know anything about the facts,
and hence forbear any expression of opinion.
-Missoula Gazette, LIST. Lynch was dis
charged on a preliminary hearing lasting
two days. The Court held that he acted in
self defense.
Enoch Hodson and Dave Anderson are
building two hundred and fifty boats for citi-
zens Of Bozeman. Enoch has returned in
his chariot from a visit to the heavenly
throne and prophesies that Bozeman is soon
to have a food. He bases his prediction on
the fact that the Cooper water works, the
West Gallatin canal and the Prohibition
party are going to get their work in on us all
at once.-Avant Courier.
When it comes to producing without irri-
cation, the fertile valley of the Teton is hard
to down, as is shown by the result of twenty
acres of mixed grain, consisting of two acres
of wheat, two and a quarter acres of barley
and fifteen and three.quarter acres of oats,
that yielded 300 bushels, or sixty-fve bush.
els per acre. The grain was raised and
threshed On the ranch Of John Neubert, on
the Teton, a few miles from this city.-Rirer
Press.
A pamphlet issued by the Madison County
Agricultural, Mineral & Mechanical Asso-
citation is out, announcing the Second An
nual Meeting of the society at Twin Bridges
September 9th and 18th. The officers of the
Association are N. Armstrong, President;
John Lott, Treasurer; M. H. Lott, Secretary.
The directors include some of the most
prominent farmers and stockgrowers in
Madison County. As the Association is in
its infancy no monied prizes will be offered
this year, but diplomas of merit will be
awarded to all successful exhibitors.
VIM. Pickett, who has been working in
Coulter gulch, went out for a hunt last Mon
! day, and not returning when he had agreed
to, some friends went to search for him. AT
ter looking for some time they finally sighted
/ him STOPPING behind a fallen tree and sup
posed he was watching some game but as
they approached him he raised to his feet
and asked, "Who are you" and started to
walk away, but only went a few yards and
dropped dead. On investigation some blood
was noticed on the limb of a tree, and the
mystery was soon solved, Just as be was
| passing the tree fell and a limb struck him
on the back of the head, which proved fatal,
-~Philipsburg Mail.