The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1896-12-25
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
An exchange says the Crow Indians
claim that deer and elk are running two
weeks earlier than they have for several
years, and they state that it is sign of
an early spring.
The corner stone Of Butte's new hi gh
school building, to cost 100000, was re-
| Gently laid with Masonic ceremonies.
The grand lodge of Montana took charge
| of the affair, under direction of Acting
Grand Master A. II. Barrett.
Messrs. W. A. and j. K Clark, owners
of the Butte Reduction works, are now
| doubling the capacity Of that already
| large plant. This new enterprise in
wolves a heavy expenditure and will
largely increase the force of workmen
both in the smelter and in the mines.
An exchange says that apples may be
kept two years by wrapping them in
newspapers in such way as to exclude
the air. The newspaper, however, must
be one on which the subscription is paid
! in full, or the dampness resulting from
the "due" will cause the fruit to spoil.-
| Montanian.
The great Russian railroad from St.
Petersburg to the Pacific across Siberia
is completed to Kolivan, about 1900 miles
from St. Petersburg. Not many years
will elapse before Montanians will be
able to run over, take breakfast with the
| cZar, and sell him few shares of mining
stock.-Missoulian
Here is a straig ght tip from anewspaper
called Brains: "There is only one way to
advertise and that is to hammer your
name, your business and your location
80 constantly, 50 insistantly and 80 thor
oughly into the peoples heads that if
they walk in their sleep they will in
| stinctively turn their heads towards your
store" 55 .u .~
A rumor has reached Missoula that
Paul Mccormick, a whilom Missoula boy,
is now a captain in the Cuban army and
fighting for the liberty of that unhappy
country. Paul is a son of the late Wash
ington j. Mccormick, he is a native of
k1issoula, and has host of friends in
this, his old home, who wish him success
and great glory.-Silverite.
Tom Irvine has filed the amount of his
election expenses. There is but one item,
and that is calculated to cause wonder in
the breast of the average office seeker.
The aforesaid item is 35 cents for bacon,
carried on a tour up the valley to Ross
Hole and back. On that famous trip
Tom strapped frying pan and the bacon
onto his saddle and went forth after the
festive voter with splendid results
Hamilton News.
While on camping trip with her hus-
band three weeks ago in the Crandell
creek country, Mrs. E. E. VanDyke shot
and killed black bear weighing about
700 pounds and large bull elk. She
also brought down seven grouse without
missing a shot. Mrs. VanDyke has made
record in shooting big game that GER
tainly entities her to an honorary mem
bership in the Boone and Crockett club
She never used a rifle until less than two
years ago.-Red Lodge Picket.
Daniel A. Riley, a we'll known mining
man and superintendent Of the Southern
Cross mine, was shot and killed at the
mine by John Mcintyre on Sunday after
noon last. On Monday Riley's body was
brought to Anaconda, where coroners
inquest WAS held, and the jury returned
a verdict 'that said D. A. Riley came to
his death from gunshot wound from a
pistol in the hands Of a certain Mcintyre,
who used the same in self-defense"
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There is an unusually active demand
at present for everything the rancher
raises and in consequence grain, hay,
potatoes, beef and mutton command bet
ter prices than they have for years. Beef
buyers are securing the county from one
end to the other, and if beef cattle are
continued to be shipped at the rate they
are going now, there will soon be
scarcity Of beef cattle for local consump-
ton. Dealers in produce likewise report
that they are getting more orders, and at
better prices, than they are able to fill
Dillon Examiner
Gov. Richards has pardoned Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Clark, who were convicted
in 1895 of the murder Of John P. Stewart
in Missoula county and sentenced to the
penitentiary for II years. The C!arks
were convicted on the testimony of Mrs.
Clarks daughter, Mrs Mary Stewart, wife
of the murdered man, who about year
ago, confessed to having perjured her
self at the trial. Mrs. Stewart, apparently
filled with remorse at what she had done,
agreed to sign a statement admitting as
false what she had sworn to as d witness,
but before doing so committed suicide.
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There
is only one way to cure deafness, and that
is by constitutional remedies. Deafness
is caused by an intlamed condition Of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is intlamed you have a
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,ald
when it is entirely closed, deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are