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ONE SAFE.
The Land Commissioner Holds It Out.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Acting Land
Commissioner Stockslager has issued an
order s%uspending al agricultural entries and
railroad selections in Township s north,
Range 8 west, Helena, Mont, land district,
pending investigation of their alleged nine
raj character. Mr.. Stockslager said to-day
that it is his purpose, upon the concurrence
of the Secretary of the Interior, to send
mineral experts into this section, IS well Is
into Wyoming, to determine the character
of the land with respect to minerals. The
Acting Commissioner has instructed the
Government agent At Bozeman, Mont, to
suspend action in the matter of the seizure
recently made of timber and cross ties cut
from the right of way of the Rocky Fork &
Cooke City railway In Montana. The notice
of the acceptance last year of the maps of
location Of this road through small sections
of public land on either side of the Crow
reservation, where the seizures were made
through inadvertence, did not reach the
General Land Office until to-day, hence the
seizures and order of suspension.
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Curtin's Opinion of the Situation.

NEW YORK, Feb. LEX Gov. Andrew
G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, is a: the Hod-
man House. Said he:
II cannot remember ! time when the ont.
look was SO clearly defined As it is now. The
Democratic convention will nominate Gro
yer Cleveland and without = dissenting
voice. Cleveland will be the candidate and
his last message to Congress the platform.
Within few months I think the situation
on the Republican side will be equally As
simple. The Republicans will soon awaken
to the fact that William s. Allison, of Iowa,
is the natural heir, and the only man who
can be put in the field without a bitter
struggle. Blaine is certainly out of the
race. Sherman has so many enemies that
his candidacy would weaken the party.
Allison is the man. BE has a clean record,
is very popular, and would make an excel.
lent run. With Cleveland and Allison as
the candidates We would have the hottest
campaign ever seen in this country, and one
devoid of personalities.
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A Row Over the Boy Pianist.

NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Josef Hoffman, the
boy pianist, Is to retire from the stage, his
health giving away, and he will play no more
for some years. The boy is delighted At the
decision.
In consequence of this decision Manager
Henry E. Abbey has brought action for
breach Of contract for So, 500 against CASH
mir Hoffman, the boys father. He claims
the boy is in excellent health, and has
attached Hofman's trunks.
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Progress on the Omnibus Bill.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1S.-The sub com.
mittee Of the House Territories committee,
which has been charged with the preparation
Of the "omnibus bill" to enable Territories
Of Dakota, Montana, Washington aud Ari-
zona to secure recognition As States, was
busily engaged in framing that measure to.
Cay. A large part Of the session was con-
sumed in al effort to de6Qe the amount and
location of the public lands 10 be allowed
each of the proposed new States, and the
sub committee still has this section of the
bill under consideration. Mr.. Springer
thinks the measure may be completed 30
that the full committee can take it up next
Thursday.
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Now It's q PAPER Trust.

CHICAGO, Feb. 15.-The Northwestern
paper manufacturers have practically agreed
to sell their entire product to an Eastern
manufacturer. Of the y mills in this sec.
tion, ~, which produce two-thirds Of the
output, are members of the Association.
The product last year was 100000, and
Aeads mills contract to purchase it ct .
stipulated price. A final meeting will be
held March !.
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.sNashvn No More.

TOLEDO, Feb. I'D. r. Locke, editor Of
the Blade, of this city, widely known as
.Petro cum V. Nasby," died at 6::335 this
morning. The immediate cause of his death
was consumption of the lungs.
David Ross Locke was born at Vestal,
Broome County, N. T., Sept. 80, 1888, and
hence was in his ffty-ffth year. His father,
N. r. Locke, is still living in Toledo at the
age of "a. The father was one Of the orig
inal anti slavery men, and young Locke
inherited intense hatred of the "peculiar
institution and love of freedom which
made him such q power with his pen during
the civil war. In his eleventh year he was
a%pprenticed to the printing trade in the
office Of the CORTLAND, n. T., Courier.
After serving his seven years he travelled
through the United States, working at his
trade and acting as . reporter. In 1852 he
founded the Plymouth. Ohio, Advertiser,
conducting it two years. In 1856 he founded
tne Bucyrus, Ohio, Journal, and afterward
was successfully connected with the Mans
field Herald and Findlay Jeffersonian. he
was editing the latter paper when the war
broke out, and in its columns appeared the
first. numbers of the renowned "Nasby''
letters, the first bearing the date Of April
81, 1861. These political satires sprang at
n c into tremendous popularity, and ex-
ercised enormous influence in moulding
public opinion north in favor of the vigorous
prosecution of the war. Mr.. Locke once
raised a troop of volunteers and applied to
Gov. Brougb, of Ohio, for a commission as
captain, which was refused on the ground
that he could do lore good for the Union
cause with his pen than in the field. Mr..
Locke lectured with great success. He was
offered official positions by Presidents Lin
coin and Grant, but steadily declined, as his
only ambition was IL the editorial field. In
1865 he assumed charge of the Toledo
Blade, first on q salary, and finally purchas-
ing entire control. He was one of the found.
ers of the Republican party of OHIO. He
wrote two or three successful plays, books
of travel, many sketches and several devo-
tional poems which can be found in various
church hymnals. Four or five years ago his
health began to fail, and be gradually with
drew himself from active work. He was an
ardent advocate of prohibition. His fortune
is estimated at q million, exclusive of the
Blade. He was married while At Plymouth
to Miss Martha Bo1dine, who, with their
three sons, all grown to manhood, survive
him. The eldest, Capt. Robinson Locke,
has been associated with his fathe: on the
Blade for the last dozen years, except while
consul at Newcastle on : TYNE. England,
under President Arthur.
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JUDGE GONE.

Judge McLeary has resigned Is Associate
Justice Of Montana. His reign in the Sec
ond Judicial District, where Knowles had
presided for twelve and Galbraith for eight
years, only lasted . few hours. It is under
stood s:something better was hanging out for
him In the States y but whether it is : Con-
gressional certificate from Texas, or . Presi-
dental commission with better pay inciden-
tai than there is in . Montana judgeship, is
something, as Dundreary would say, that
"no fellow can find out" Time will tell If
the people of this District are sorry or not.
For the present they will think it over, and
for the future their state of mind will depend
/ upon his successor. Judge McLeary had
the reputation Of ability, integrity and I'M
certainty. His decisions, ruiiogs and re-
marks were sometimes the occasion of
surprise and not always of the approval Of
! his fellow men, aud it does not seem he was
popular with the bar but We never heard
his integrity questioned, and IS he had been
here long enough to acquaint himself some
what with the laws and practice and people
Of Montana, and had acquired the right to
vote, it might have been we'll for him to re-
main. Who will his successor be? and who
comes to this District? The determination
Of these questions will enhance or mitigate
the degree of grief tina: is presumed to pre-
vail. Under the system apparently adopted
BY the Supreme Court of Montana, Judge
Bach will be assigned to this District. Tn
der the representations of the desire of the
Butte bar, who are presumed to control such
matters in this District, unless the Supreme
Court ignores them, Judge DeWolfe will be
assigned here. Both were appointed from
Butte, and either should be acceptable, if
presumable familiarity with mining law, the
unfamiliarity with which seemed to be the
principal point made against Judge McLeary,
are to be considered; and we believe both
are men Of conceded integrity. Our opinion
is that Judge Bach viii. waive any claims he
may now have for this District, and that,
when a new Judge is appointed and con.
frmed, the Supreme Court will assign Judge
DeWolfe to this District, while the new
appointee will go to the Third or Fourth. 1t
Is quite probable another Eastern man will
be appointed, rice McLeary, resigned. We
do not know of any aspirants in Montana.
The lawyers of Montana are generally young
in years, and those with abilities qualifying
them for judgeships, seem to prefer the more
lucrative and less responsible position of
attorney to that of Associate Justice in Mon.
tana. However, some one may be presented
for the position, and if be is meritorious, the
President will but lengthen his long list of
violations of instructions of the Democratic
National Convention if be shall export here
another man who is not a full citizen of
Montana, and therefore not the peer of the
people he will ~adJudge, to sit in trial upon
the lives and property of the people of this
Territory.
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FREE TRADE

The reduction of internal reyepue ANA,
taking Oft of revenue stamps from n anu The
tary medicines, no doubt has largely II fsne
h h"rd. the &c consumers hsmn rs as We'll as relieving ' tSs
is this the case with GREEN'S Auo1s ttpErglaily
and Boschee's German Syrup, as the red rIeNer
of 36 cents per dozen. has been add l%eauetlou
crease the size OF the bottles con. y IN
these remedies, thereby giving one. 66hft, ming
medicine in the Is cent size. The more
F1oecer for dyspepsia and liver co,n a sgNa
and the Germon Syrup for cough and G'a 1aa,
troubles, have perhaps, the largest I" s,l lung
any medicines in the world. The ady AMT o.
of increased size of the bottles viii dTIS T.
E! greatly aSly1 appreciated [d%n sn1 by blythe, the sick and afflicted aHi Cd
tries. Sample bottles for 10 cents remaint hs
same size. pGl 1na"nlas
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Starving Indians.

ST. PAUL, Feb. 17.-Edmonton. North.
west Territory adv:ces state that S. Cunning.
ham, member of the Northwest Council.
b has just returned from = trip 10 I.ac;.
Blche, in the far north, reports the condition
of the Indians there as deplorable. These
Indians hate been cut off from Government
assistance since the Riel rebellion, their
horses, cattle and everything given them
prior to 1856 being taken from them. Thew
are no" raiding the settlers or eating them
out OF provisions by begging. The state of
ahalrs In Edmonton district is no better
line Indians are actually dying of staryatian
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THE Senate committee on Territories gave
. hearing last Saturday or the admission of
Utah, Franklin S. Richards, Of Salt Lake.
Judge Jeremiah Wilson and Delegate Cain
favoring the admission, and Delegate Dubois
opposing it. The latter made = good expo.
sition of the Mormon scheme and pro-
nounced their new constitution "half trick,
and half lle." m..@
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TROUBLE IN
Lake Shore Quieksand Destroying a Railroad

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-An enormous poke,
of quicksand has made itself apparent in the
vicinity of the water tunnel shaft on the
lake front. For several days it has been
seriously interfering with the work, and to.
day new and alarming features developed.
The ground under the Illinois Central rail.
road tracks along the lake shore commenced
to sink. Load after load of cinders was
dumped off there and worked under the ties,
but every time . train passed, down
would 60 the track for several inches. The
railroad people have been working inces.
sanity al day and evening keeping the road
bed straight. The shaft is now about 20 feet
deep and = dozen feet in diameter. Enough
dirt has already been taken out to fill several
such holes, but nc progress is being made.
The sinking process has not yet extended
west of the shaft, but should it 60 west for
any distance several large and costly build.
ings would probably suffer, including the
auditorium building. @" "#M1=@" @""
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CHIEF JUSTICE MCCONNELL has re-
moved Mr.. Keerl from the position Of Clerk
OF the First District Court and appointed
his sou to the place. The United States
statutes provide that no relative of the Judge
of any United States Court within the degree
of first cousin shall be appointed to any
Office or duty in the Court Of which the
Judge is = member, but Chief Justice Nc
Council gets around this by holding that the
United States Courts of the Territories are
technically not United States Courts. Both
the ousted man and the appointee are Dem
ocrats. Judge Mcconnell has not improved
himself in public estimation either by the
Nepotism evidenced, or the fine constr uc-
ton of law under which it is made possible.
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From the above it will be seen that three
Townships, which include all the mountains
between here and Butte, were surveyed As
"Commercial Timber Lands" under which
classification Mr.. Page received his pay. 1t
was also necessary that they should be "non-
mineral" lands. The field notes do not de.
clare that no minerals existed, but the
phraseology is such that the great body of
land was certified up As subject to the n. p.
r. r. grant. The lands are Is certainly
"mineral' Is any in Montaua.
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RUNAWAY TRAIN,
Fearful Ride For Life Of a Crew of a Fre;eh
Train That Got Beyond Control.

MARQUETTE, Mich, Feb. 16.-At S this
evening a copper train of 80 cars on the Du-
luth, South Shore & Atlantic road got out Of
control of the men at Bruce mine. five miles
above this city, and came laundering down
the heavy grade at over q mile a minute.
The blood-curdling shrleks of the locomo-
tive whistle caused thousands to rush out of
doors, knowing all toe well what was the
trouble. In four minutes after the engineer
blew the first danger whistle that bis train
was running away, five miles above, and
that the main track must be left clear for
him to make the run through the city or go
into Lake Superior, the train came thunder.
ing down through the yards. The big mogul
engine kept up its shrieks, and the rush of
the train shook the earth. while the train
seemed a sheet of flame from the fire caused
by the friction Of the smoking brakes. 1t
was a terrihleYight. Nine cars of heavy
timber were in the train, and at the Third
street crossing the timbers began to fly.
They shot through the air like Lightning in
all directions. Buildings were demolished
by cars thrown from the track in all direc-
tions, and three cars holding to the engine
and dragging a fourth with timbers caught
under the wheels. The engine stopped
within 200 feet Of the sharp curve which
would surely have thrown it into the lake.
For three blocks timbers, car trucks and
cars are scattered. Two streets are block
AIDED. James Ahern, the engineer, and
Frank Kelly, the fireman, stuck to their
posts, though Ahern says they had given up
hopes, IS had the train reached the big curve
at the lake shore nothing could have saved
them plunging 80 feet into the lake. One
brakeman jumped in the dark, not knowing
he was in the city, so swift was the rush of
the train. He was saved by an immense |
snow drift at the Fourth street crossing.
conductor and other brakemen cut
loose the caboose and escaped. It is mar
velous that the OILY loss of life is Governor
great Newfoundland dog, which
killed by one of the flying timbers.
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CLAUS S%pREcKLEs, against whose crown
Is Sugar King the recently organized ''sugar
trust" is overt rebellion, is going east to
establish "California Co." refneries at Bal
timore in opposition to the 'trust." Spreck-
els is reckoned as 3 pretty sharp financier
himself, and Whatever may be done by him
in opposition to the sugar trust ueed not be
accredited to philanthropy.
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JOHN L. SULLIVAN is to fight Mitchell
March 10, at . place to be selected BY the
latter probably somewhere in England.
Sullivan says he ''feels that he could whip
Smith, Kilrain and Mitchell, one after the
other, in the same ring" but he may not feel
that way when the 6ght ends.
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W~AsH1NGToN's BIRTH DAY was generally
observed In Deer Lodge, the town being
handsomely decorated with flags, aud BUSH
ness generally suspended. The Knights Of
Pythias banquet in the evening pleasantly
ended the day,
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A Sympathetic Wife.
Tnnnh
Epoch.

Husband tgroaningl-The rheumatism in
my leg is coming on again.
Wife with sy~mpathy}-Oh, l am SO sorry,
John. l wanted to do some shopping to-day,
and that is a sure sign of rain.
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GENERAL ALFRED H. TERRY is ere.,,v
improving in health in Florida. H. l.st
week bought . residence in St. Pan. fo- e5o
600 and his early return there is .n,icin.,aa
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FROM REPORT OF DEPUTY SURVEYOR J..
PAGE, nov 21, 1873.

toeHerH DescT1ptIon II 3 N, H.5 M
This Township is high, rugged and noun
famous, and contains vast forests of valuable
timber lands. The main divide of the Rocky
mountains runs through this Township north
and south, near the center, and numerou.
mountain streams head on either side of this
divide and find their way respectively to the
Columbia and Missouri rivers.
Considerable placer mining has been done
in Sections 20 and II, and some prospecting
for mineral in other parts of the Township
but no mineral has IS yet been found in pay
ing quantities, except in these two Sections.
This plat was marked "Mountainous Tim
Der Land"
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The New York Tribune says: "Blaine
may not be the Presidential candidate, but
he is the great American,"-and it is true.
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The Democratic National Convention
will be held in st. Louis, June ).

THE cyclone season has started in early
this season and will run to the 9th Of No
vember.
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County Attorney Sam wi,ar h,s ,
judged insane by thu p.a.s mas oeen ad'
'e"' - the Warm Springs Asylum.
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WELL! what about Town Incorporation 2
To be, or not to be?
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Mr.. GEO. D. EAsrIN, late Of the st. Paul
Globe, has assumed the editorship Of the
Independent. We bid. the gentleman vel.
come to Montana and fellowship in the Press
gang, aud trust he will find the field . pleas
ant one.
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PRESIDENT CLEVELAND and wife, Secre-
tary Whitney aud wife, and "DanI." and
wife are enjoying . visit in Florida this
week.
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GEO. w. Guilds declines to be . candi-
date for the Presidency, and says he would
not serve If elected. s:These be brave Words
for an editor; but then Mr.. Childs doesn't
have to worry aud ''rustle round" Saturdays
to get enough change together to pay of
his competitors; and beside, perhaps he has
made up his mind that editors bold positions
Is honorable, if they honorably do their
duty, IS any in the land, and should not be
candidates for any Office Of profit.
THERE seems to be . well founded belief
among well-informed men that the tide Of
immigration will this year carry more people
into Montana and further Northwest than
ever before. The midwest is we'll filled.
The disasters in Dakota last winter has i'm.
pressed immigration %unfavorably. There is
something of . field yet between Glendive
and Sitks, of which no evil has been said,
and many of the ever-shifting people of our
own land will seek to better their condition
here, and their number will be added to by
foreign emigrants who have money enough
to cross the continent. Washington and
Oregon especially will get = large number.
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The New NORTHWEST.
JAMES H. MILLS, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
The Official Paper Of Deer Lodge County

ENTERED IN THE DEER LODGE, MONTANA,
POsTOFFICE o TRANSMISSION AZ SECOND
CLASS NAIL MATTER.
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THE ORC FIKo DISTRICT.
The ~structi Under Which Those Lands
Were Surveyed.
They Were Probably Surveyed GA Account Of
the Timber

". d. Oba0uo0s Esq.,, VIII the purpose Oh
gathering oil data bearing on the Orc Elmo
and contiguous districts, where proofs Of
their mineral character IL to be presented to
Offset the application Of the Northern Pacific
railroad for title, recently addressed . let
ter to Surveyor General B. II. Greene, Hell
ena, soliciting q copy of the contract and
special instructions under which the survey
was made. Under date of Feb. 10 Surveyor
General Greene transmitted the following:
DEPT. OF TEE INTERIOR, OFFICE OF U. }
s. SURVEYOR GEN, Dist. OF MONTANA, )
HELENA, February 10, 1883. J
0. B: O'Bannon, Esq, Attorney at Law, Deer
Lodge. II. r.:
SIR: At your request l send you enclosed
extracts from the Special Instructions issued
to Dep. Page, from this Office, with contract
No. "a. Also extract from the Hon. Com.
missioner's Circular Instructions ISSUED
July Is, 1879 for the survey of public lands,
defining tie character of timber lands to be
surveyed, and : synopsis of the regulations
under which lands were surveyed, previous
to 1878, when the practice was entirely
changed by the above regulations.
Respectfully,
B. q. GREENE, Surveyor General.
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TOLEDO, Feb. I'D. r. Locke, editor of
the Blade, of this city, widely known as
.'Petro eum V. Nasby," died at G:35 this
morning. The immediate cause Of his death
was consumption of the lungs.