The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1892-04-09
THROUGHOUT THE STATE
A WEEKS RESUME OF MoNTANA's
MOST NOTABLE EVENTS.

News, Notes and Gossip Concerning Mat
tcrs of General Interest-The Doings of
People and the Record of Affairs Con-
densed for Our Readers.
The Montana Presbytery met in Helena
yesterday.
Lee Mantle has been nominated for
mayor by the Republicans of Butte.
The State Medical association will
hold its annual meeting in Butte, April
90.
The national encampment of the
Sons of Veterans will meet in Helena
August S.
The Northern Pacific hospital at Mis-
soula was totally destroyed by fire, Wed
nesday afternoon.
The Madison County Monitor, publish
ed at Pony by B, F. Yerles is the latest
journalistic aspirant.
The State Board Of Stock Commits
sioners and the Montana StockGroNers
Association will hold their annual CON
ventions at Miles City, beginning April
10.
The Butte Inter Mountan is advised
that within thirty days work On an in
dependent line to Anaconda will be-
gin This Is very likely Jim Hills
line
Tie matter of estabishinga combined
butter and cheese factory 1T Dillon is
now being agitated. A mass meeting
| Of local farmers and ranchmen to discuss
| the sub. Get Will Be called il d few days.
| Three more cases against the Great
Falls y Canada Railway company have
been filed III the United States court for
1 violation Of the alien contract law. This
makes sixteen cases against the company.
1 The municipal election il Helena, LAST
4 Monday, resulted III the election Of Cur
tin (Dem.) fer mayor By majority Of
54S, and six Democratic and two Repub
lican aldermen. Walker (Rep) for treas
urer, was elected by 9S; Gage C2ep,) for
police magistrate, BY 321.
AT an early hour Sunday morning
the hosting works Of the Colus;l P;lrrott
mine We're burned to the ground. w.
i. Clark is the owner. There was no
insurance. The loss is between $4,000
and $4,000. The origin is believed by
those connected With the mine to have
been incendiary.
A league base ball eaub has been or
ganized at Great Falls, to y" named the
Great Falls Blse Ball and Athletic ;sso-
citation, Incorporated with Il capital stock
Of $4,000, divided into 5000 shares Of
S5 each. Two committees were named,
one to draw up articles of incorporation
and the other to secure suitable grounds.
Governor Toole has issued a proclama=
tion to the effect that the Woman's Re-
lief corps Of the state will assist in relief
work for the sufferers from famine in
Russia, and that money sent to Mrs.
Isabelle kirkendall, provisional depart
ment, Pres't w. X. G., 4O1 Madison ave
nue., Helena, will be at once forwarded
to the Russian famine committee at
Washington, D. G.
The auditor and treasurer's report for
1891 is being distributed. 1t shows the
finances Of the state to be in Il most sa
isfactory condition The total amount of
revenue collected during the year was
1920 ,O39.7O; which, added to balance on
hand Of $G3,356.3S, make a total Of 1892,
396.0S. The disbursements We're $1O3,
1925, leavinya a balance on hand in the
general fund Of S2Ss,S91.S3, against
which there are liabilities in outstanding
warrants, 81, ,3GS.1S, leaving a net bal
ance on December |, 1891, of s311 ,62965,
Gov Toole, Secretary of State Rotwitt
and Attorney General Haskell sold some
! = i :;
and school lands in Gallatin county early
this week About $4,000 was realized
from the sale, of which between $4,000
and $4,000 was in cash. OF the land
sold some was on the reservation, but
most of it was in school sections. All
of it went to settlers who had located
on it and improved it. The remainder
of the land will be sold to applicants.
High prices for sheep seem to prevail
quite generally all over the country
and the good prices that have existed
in Montana for eight months have not
been merely local, but general. Some
of our sheep men have written to Oregon
and Washington inquiring about prices
and find that it would be impossible to
, ship sheep from those states to this
section at any lower prices than prevails
here. From 81 to 50 have been pait
, this spring for ewes and mutton wethers
and the demand exceeds the supply.
Heavy Losses of Cattle.
GUTHRIE, Q. T.. April 5.-The late
cold snap and storms have caused grea
loss of cattle in the Indian territory
In the ChickaSaw cellntrV the losses
are 20 per cent. In the Creek country
hundreds are dead and more are dyln!
daily. In the Comanche and kiow,
reservation the loss is greatest. Thou
sands have died and more are dying fast