The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1897-01-15
WHOLE NO. 1885.
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
| Dawson county has only 90 names on
her delinquent tax list, which is pub
lished in the Glendive Independent.
James Wilson, known in Nevada and
California in the old days as "Monkey-
wrench Wilson," died in Salt Lake. JAN
uary 10.
Thomas McAdams, who claims to have
been mesmerized for seven years by a
woman, was sent to the insane asylum
from Butte last Tuesday.
The Montana Silverite, of Missoula.
has been merged into the Montana Fruit
Grower and the latter will be issued as q
weekly instead of monthly.
President Cleveland has appointed
Miss Grace Lamont postmistress at Dill
Ion. She is sister of Blanche Lamont,
who was murdered by Durrant.
1t is said that the senator from Deer
Lodge county has a new and fascinating
skirt dance which he will presents at Hell
ena this winter.-Red Lodge Picket.
"Death on the TRAIL" alias ]. w. Proc
tor, the picturesque scout and prospector
Of Clark's Fork country, was recently
killed in a landslide near Hope, Idaho.
! The Dillon Examiner says the local ex-
ecutive board of the State Normal school
received the last installment of $4,000.
due on the Normal school bond sale.
The entire amount of the bonds, $50, 900,
has now been paid in and the board will
have ample funds to pay for all the work
for which it has SO far contracted.
The Miles City Stockgrowers' Journal
mentions the fact that by the failure of
the Illinois National bank of Chicago,
| Col. Page, who was stationed at Fort
Keogh with the 22d infantry, lost $4,000.
This piece of bad luck only supplements
another large loss to the colonel, for with
the break up of the Diamond Watch Co.
he lost a large sum, as he was very
| heavy holder of stock in that concern.
The Independent publishes the follow
ing in regard to the present condition of
the State Normal school land grant: Of
| the 100000 acres granted the State Nor
NAL school, S,166 have been selected,
46,575 patented, and $500 appraised at
$46,SS0. The appraised lands of the
grant are located in Gallatin county;
more than half of the balance are located
In Flathead county and are valuable Sc
lections. The lands leased in Gallatin
county bring the fund 1916 annually.
| None of the lands have been sold.
| The Rising Sun has set behind the
dark clouds Of depression which yet lin
ger along the horizon. The Sun was
published at Sun River, Cascade county,
where it had for some 10 years past shed
its lustrous rays upon the community. 1t
is sad sight to see the Rising Sun set
equal-perhaps, to where brilliant idea
"dies a bornin'" as this one dies. In his
dying gasp the youthful editor and pub
Usher commends those who deserted the
usefulness Of the paper to "a faithful and
attentive attendance upon the revival
meetings to be held in Sun River next
month. They will need it."-Montanian.
| An exchange says man lost his dog
and this is the way the newspaper man
let the fact be known: "Henry Mitchell
has lost his dog and don't know where to
find him. He wore two ticks upon his
neck and short stub tail behind him.
The dog is long and narrow built, with
spots of black and white, and if he sees
smaller dog he always wants to fight. He
totes his tail up stiff and straight when
he's for war prepared, but points it down.
ward to the ground whenever he is
scared. This stump tailed dog that now
is lost was Henry's friend and crony, but
now, alas, he sadly fears he's made up in
bologna"
The Stevensville Republican says that
Judge Woody had unique Christmas
present. 1t was an old wooden chair that
was made at Fort Owens in the early
COS, when that place was branch of the
Flathead Indian agency. The chair is
entirely of wood, made during the first
winter when the agency was established
there by the father OF Bert Higgins, who
was master mechanic of the agency. He
had foot lathe and during the winter
months made considerable furniture for
Major Owens, one piece of which is the
quaint chair which was sent down the
valley to the judge as a Christmas gift.
1t was given to John Chattield years ago
by Major Owens and Mr.. Chattield this
month sent it to Judge Woody.
An exchange says: at is an old adage
that neither orders, associations or enter
prses ever make permanent progress, or
obtain very satisfactory results endeavor-
ing to build themselves mp by striving to
pull some one else down. There is al
ways class of people who desire to at
tend to some one else's business besides
it's own, but like the fable of the dog that
barked at the moon, "the moon kept
right along just as if nothing had hap
pened." "Gush" and refrigeration" are
common to the earlier days of mankind,
which experience tones down. Lincoln
once said of class of newly tledged
graduates, who were rather talkative,