The new North-west., 1897-03-12
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Day Saints are not wholly bad.-Missoula
Democrat
CURRENT TOPICS.
III. D. Hatcher, cashier of the defunct
Northwestern bank of Great Falls, was
arrested last week, charged with misap-
propriating 100000 of the funds of the
bank.
A big cattle deal is reported from Fort
Benton. The parties interested are G. J..
McNamara and Downs Allen, and the
amount involved 100000, the former be-
ing the purchaser.
The supreme court of California has at
last decided that Theodore Durrant, the
brutal murderer of Blanche Lamont and
Minnie Williams, must hang. Durrant
wept when he heard the news.
The new woman has evidently domi-
ciled at Pueblo, Col, for the Chieftain
advertises: "Wanted By q competent
woman place to work for her husbands
board"
It is reported that member of Cas-
cade's delegation secured the consent of
the house to "obtain the use of second
hand typewriter" and subsequently found
that the member had added widow to
the list of clerks.-Great Falls News.
The model husband of this sublunary
sphere resides in the picturesque Bitter
Root valley near Corvallis. This model
husband never allows his bright and
pretty little wife to do more than half of
the work. The industrious little wife
puts up all the canned fruit in the sum
mer, and her model husband puts it down
in the winter.-Whole Truth.
Here's chance for our unlucky fish
ermen, says Montana exchange. just
take little coculus indicus, which is
powered and mixed with dough and scat
tered broadcast over the water, after the
manner Of sowing seed. The fish seize
and devour it with avidity and instantly
become intoxicated and turn up by hun
dreds on the top of the water. They are
then gathered up and placed in vessels
containing clear water.
Edward Simpson, mining man Of
many years. experience and owner Of
some very bright prospects in Oregon,
has been in town for the past week as the
guest of S. B. Gray. Mr. Gray took him
through the mill, up to the mine and
along the big flume, Mr.. Simpson on his
return expressing himself thusly: "It is
good work, we'll done. The Sceptre com
pany has fine outlook and you will have
city almost before you know it,
Quigley Record.
1t is reported that James E. Stevens of
the Ravall Republican will shortly re-
move his newspaper plant to Townsend.
There is but one newspaper plant in the
new county of Broadwater, of which
Townsend is the county seat, and it is
said that Steve has been promised the
county printing if he removes to that
place.-Missoula Democrat.
Col. VIM. Harrison, one OF the mineral
land commissioners, arrived in the city
last night from Georgetown, Georgia, ,and
will, with the other commissioners who
are arriving, be ready to go into the hills
for the completion Of the classification Of
mineral lands, which will take the re-
mainder of the year. Missoulian.
"Now, Children said the teacher of an
eastern school, Il am going to ask you a
difficult question. Can anyone tell me
how many mills make a cent? AT first
there was silence; then a small boy near
the foot of the class held up his hand and
on being told to give his answer, said !:
"My pa said if Mckinley was elected not
a dam mill would make a cent" And the
teacher who voted for Mckinley hid his
head.
One of the odd results of the creation
of Broadwater county and the subsequent
segregation of part of the county of
MeaSnei anu lts auulllon 10 Lewis ana
Clarke, is the position in which it leaves
Senator Watt, as respects his constitu-
ents in the latter county,. He is in po-
sition akin to the hero of one of Edward
Eggleston's great works, ga Man With
out Country" in that the legislature
first cut his residence off from Meagher
and joined it to Broadwater, then changed
it by adding it to Lewis and Clarke. In
the language of Tom Watson, the senator
would like to know "where he is at" In
justice to Mr.. Watt it seems as though a
committee should have been appointed
to tell him whether he represents old
Meagher Helena Herald.