The new North-west., 1897-04-02
WHOLE NO. 1916.
CURRENT TOPICS.

CURRENT TOPICS.
A portion of Gallatin valley was sub
merged the first of this week from melt
ing SHOWS.
/ Mrs. Henry Buck, a pioneer woman of
the Bitter Root valley, died at Stevens
vile on Monday last.
The proposed issue of 100000 bonds
for the Missoula State University will be
advertised for sale at once.
Alderman John Stedman of Helena.
/, proprietor of the Stedman foundry, died
Sunday afternoon last near that city.
The Butte Bystander has been enlarged
and very much improved under the edi-
torial management Of William Hogan.
The Meagher County News says that
"the late legislature started out to reform
the earth, but it stopped at Martin Buck
ley"
L. II. Hershtield is in Washington, and
it is said he will undoubtedly secure the
reopening of the Merchants National
bank of Helena.
A report is in circulation among the
Washington friends of ex-Secretary Of
War Lamont that he is about to become
president of the Northern Pacific.
A. B. Keith, private secretary to ex-
Governor Richards during his term of
office, has gone to Denver, where, it is re-
ported he will take a position on the
News.
Col. II. G. Kessler of Butte, who has
recently returned from a trip to China,
told a Miner reporter that he met Perrine
Irvine, the defaulting city clerk Of Butte,
in China.
Since the change of administration
over 10000 applications for postofices
have been filed at the postoffice depart
ment. The number is said to be some
what smaller than four years ago
Governor Smith has appointed E. Beach
as member of the capitol commission in
place Of A. j. Seligman who declined to
serve, and David E. Folsom to succeed
R. S. Ford, who also declined to serve.
The Montana Stockgrowers' associa-
tion will hold its 18th annual convention
at Miles City, April 20, and the railroads
have offered round trip rate of one fare
for the occasion to those who desire to at
tend.
Butte has another defaulter in the per-
son of Charles Q. johnson, late county
clerk and recorder. johnson let the county
down easy, considering the tendency of
the times, as his shortage is reported to
be only about $4,000.
There are some queer names on the
roll of the new house of representatives
Among them are Booze, Mudd and Sauer-
herring. But the queerest is White. 1t
is.the queerest because it belongs to tn e
only colored man in the house.
The Mrs. Corbett who was in Carson
City was Mrs. Corbett No. 2, the ex-cham-
pion having divorced his first wife The
Iowa State Register compares him to Ma
pOleUu, WuO uIvuSho d.c--4 L,- r...4:-e er
aside the wife of his successful years.
Among the improvements contemplated
by the Shoshone Land & Irrigation COM
pany this season is the starting of a
model farm of 100 acres. 1t will be an
der the supervision of an expert ap-
pointed by the state engineer of Wyo
] ming.-Red Lodge Picket.
The Buffalo Express says that now the
championship is decided, Fitzsimmons
will attend to burying his mother law
She died two weeks ago and the body has
been held in vault since awaiting the
settlement of the affair at Carson. Busi-
ness before pleasure, always.
The Philipsburg correspondent of the
Standard says: "A report comes up from
the lower Flint Creek valley that Alex.
Wright, the sheep man, is losing about
1000 sheep a day from lice. They say
that he may lose his whole flock, unless
he manages in some way to get them on
new grass, something that would seem to
be impossible at this time Mr.. Wight
has about 10000 head, and is the largest
sheep owner in the county,"
In the cattle killing cases for which
the six soldiers of troop A, Eighth cavalry,
were tried at Fort Keogh, the sentences
have just been published after the find
ings were approved by Department Com
mander Brooks. The findings and SEN
tence in each case being as follows: The
prisoner being s'found guilty of conduct
to the prejudice of good order and mill
tary discipline, was sentenced ito be dis
honorably discharged from the service
of the United States, forfeitng all pay
and allowances due him, and to be con-
fined at hard labor at such place as the
reviewing authority may direct for a
period of three months"
500 Reward 500.
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn thai there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the only
pOSitiVe cura known tO the medical fra