The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1888-01-20
NEWS.

The Fergus county tax levy for 1888 is 164
mills.
Joseph A. Hyde opened his bank in Phil
ipsburg Jan. 18th.
William S. Negus, a prominent citizen and
resident of Canon creek, Mont died of cry
sipelas last Friday.
Jerry Murphy, a miner, aged IS years. fell
100 feet in the Drum Lummon mine, Sunday,
and was instantly killed.
On the evening of the 18th, the wife of J.
Garwood, engineer of the Blue Bird mine,
gave birth to a fifteen pound daughter
Miner.
Thomas Grose, an old-timer of the noun.
tain country, died at DR.. Bishops hospital
yesterday morning, aged 43-hter-M Noun
tain, 18th.
The Madisonion says the Water Works Co.
is direlic ct and it was almost impossible to
obtain water from any of the city hydrants
during the fire.
Mrs. Robert Vaughn, Of Sun River, died
Jan. 18th of puerperal fever. She had been
married only about one year. Her new born
child survives her.
Willy. OOuu LIZ NAluk Las AcCClvCu HUH
various insurance companies the sum of
10000, that being the amount Of life poll
cies carried by her late husband.
Henry Bratnober and A. F.. Wartenweiler
have, it is said, given up their trip to South
America, on account of cholera in that coun .
try. They are now in California.
It is stated that Wooliston, the water-works
man, who recently visited Butte, has a pro-
ject on foot to supply Butte with an ample
system, and pump water from a locality
where the purity of the water is assured.
A petition is being circulated asking the
City Council of Butte that the street cars be
allowed to use the dummy engine as a motor
on West Park Street for one year, and is be-
ing signed by nearly all business men on
that street.
John F.. Weekes, for the past three years a
printer in the Mter-Mountatn office, Butte,
died in his bed Of heart disease, and was so
discovered, last Thursday morning. He was
q much esteemed man, and leaves a wife and
four children.
Fred Jones, partner of F. c.. Scott, of the
firm of Scott & Jones, took advantage of the
absence Of his partner, who had zone to Ne.
braska after his family, to collect in Philips
burg and Granite about $1,000 due the firm
and skip for parts unknown.
Deputy Sheriff Walker arrested C. Gross.
or Groks, on Ten Mile, yesterday and lodged
him in Jail last night. Gross is wanted in
Detroit, Minnesota, for shooting a man in
November last. He was under Indictment
and waa tn he tried in nocomhar h,,A .n
Jail about Dec. 1st-Herald. l4t.
Thomas McGarry slipped on the sidewalk
and fell IN Virginia City on the night of Jan.
6, and striking his head, lay unconscious
until when found his hands and feet were so
frozen amputation would have been neces.
sary had not his other injuries produced
death in a few hours. 1t was 80 deps. when
he fell.
At the recent fire in Virginia Citv the
maids and matrons of the city formed a
"bucket brigade" line from the NJ. E. church
to Masonic corner, and labored as faithfnnv
and with as well-directed efforts as their Inns.
bands and brothers, to %extinguish the fire.
The Madisonian we'll says, 'God bless the
wives, mothers and daughters of Virginia
City"
1t will be good news for the residents of
tho Burg to lear that the mail which reacha.
Drummond from the west at 1926 n. m. ard
from the east at 11:55 a. M, will be bronpht
to Philipsburg at 1.55 p. m, aud be distr;h.
uted early in the afternoon; this goes into
effect to-day. If possible a train win ha ~.
ranged to carry mail from Philipsburo n