The new North-west., 1888-01-06
RTF-wEsT: MONTANA, FRIDAY,
LOCAL BREv1r1Es.

]. LOCAL BREvITIES.
See Tom Commit for Hot Scotch. 957tf
Tho public school term will be resumed on
Monday next.
Warden Tenn McTague feels Justly proud
Of that splendid badge.
The Helena Herald issued . splendid 16,
page Holiday number last week.
The Anaconda Revie,o issued very credit.
able double Holiday number New Year.
One hundred pounds fresh, strong-made
hoarhound candy. At Charlie Kenyon's. $40 Il
FEED-Fresh Ground Feed, in large OF
'@s1l ss1 quantities. now in stock ..,r At n.o.,
Subscriptions and renewals for all the
leading newspapers and magazines taken 1t
Eldred's News Depot. 962 tt
Call on A. p. Winslow and have your eyes
tested with Julius Kings Optometer. A full
line Of spectacles and eye glasses just Fe-
ceived. 964 Il
e. H. Stanton, confined in the Deer Lodge
jail, gave the officers the slip from the Jail
kitchen, and had not been recarrured up to
latest advices.
There are l73 taps now in use on the Deer
| Lodge Water Works system, completed just
In the teeth Of winter, and the number will
be doubled by another year.
Business was almost entirely suspended
Monday, notwithstanding it was 'steamer
day." but Tuesday "the big ship was sail
| ing" gallantly. Collections are reported
good.
The term of the College of Montana was
| resumed Wednesday. Nearly ali non-resi-
| dent pupils went home for the Holidays, but
| all have returned, or will BE- back by next
Monday.
Remember that the present offer Of s'Win.
t.r Reading Free" will positively te with
drawn Jan. 81, 1895. Up to that time any
one, as hundreds have, can avail themselves
of its terms.
The Good Templars held very pleasant
reception at their hall Tuesday evening, and
received many calls. Other wise, we believe
. there was no formal Observance Of the old
custom of "Receiving" here
The thermometer, Thursday morning,
reached 30 deg. below. Considerable snow
fell prior to that day-three or four inches
but the wind drifted it so the hills were barred
for grazing. Horses and cattle never looked
better at this time Of the year.
Messrs. H B. Davis and Magnus Hanson,
both we'll killed in their profession, have
associated for civil and mining engineering,
draughting, etc, with Office at the court
house, where they will give prompt atten-
ton to all business intrusted to them.
Mr.. g. d. Joslyn received as New Years
gift from friend with the great tea house
of Shilling & Co., Yamashiro, Japan, a pack
age of tea seeds. with full instructions how
to grow the shrub whose leaves do make
ssthe cup that cheers but not inebriatcs." He
is digging around in the snow nowfor a tea
farm.
It will be to the interest Of every intelli-
gent buyer to make purchases from our stock
now. We have marked goods down regard
less of cost, as We are anxious to get rid Of
surplus wares before making improvements
in the spring. We want to open the new
store with an entirely new stock of merchan-
disc. A. KLE1NscHM1Dr & Co.,
963 If (Limited).
The McBurney House, in due season,
flanked 2o-pound turkey with row Of
bottled claret-vintage B. C.-and placed the
NEW NoRrH-WEsT under many obligations
for the seventh successive year by addressing
and delivering 1t to us with sNew Year
Compliments" May the Great Spirit watch
over Aylesworth & Mcfarland graciously
all their days.
Rev. DR.. d. j. Mcmillan has had ten
days fight against lock; ;jaw-what an awful
visitation that would be on a clergyman
and we are glad to know is master Of the sit
uation again. A splinter ran into his index
finger, festered, and had to be twice cut out
and ten days poulticed and petted before it
yielded to the desire Of one Of the best men
in Montana to commence healing up and let
him 60 to work.
Deer Lodge has been the scene of an un-
usual number of deaths as the old year went
out and the new came in. The cypress and
myrtle were emblems too frequent in days
dedicated to the holly and mistletoe, and
gloom settled over many fireside ere the
embers of the yule log ceased to glow. Rarely
has death in this community caused such
compassionate sympathy rs that of Mrs. Nc
fu0ISOu 0O I0le1y - y WAlo auu "Otuc1
taken from our midst that the occurrence
seems black day in the annals of our little
town, and one can recall but few-Mrs. Biel-
enberg, Mrs. Mcmillan, Mrs. Galbraith, and
Mrs. Napton-in the long past years. The
death Of Miss Dana was also very sad
event, and it is hoped the dark angel that
beat out with his sable wings the lives Of
loved ones, has passed away from our sad
dened village.