The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1865-11-11

WHOLE NO. 64.
NEWS SUMMARY.

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GEN CosNoR arrived at Camp Douglas on the 10th
ult.. and was greeted with public reception.
In connection with the speakership of the next
Congress are mentioned the names of Colfax Ashley
(of Ohio, G. c. Smith and Raymond. 'F'a
MAJOR GEN. SHERMAN arrived in Omaha, Neb,
on the 18th ult The patriot-hero received il q
manner becoming his exalted position. l1 ~ g
GoLp mines, silver lodges, veins Of coal, copper,
etc., the Western papers report as having been
discovered of late in Colvile Valley, on the Upper
Columbia. si'e- ' .-i- .i ' - '.. ...L ll
GoIp and silver bearing quartz has been discovered
in northwestern Minnesota Specimens sent to
Philadelpha assayed SIS So of gold to the ton and
81 ~ of silver. There Is some excitement in st.
Paul In consequence. a@e-
A HUNTER of Butte County, CAL, imagining that
he wild cat in the top of an oak, fred at the
gathering acorns. Giving himself up for trial, be
released with the warning to be more careful in
the future In pulling trigger e8HF-
OK the 9th of last menth, one James Wheelan,
engaged in the Mexican Mine, near Virginia City,
New, fell twelve feet from ladder striking upon
which resulted in breaking three four ribs,
and driving their shattered ends into his lungs Life
was despaired of. lI1. E .r .|4rEH
The Salt Lake City Telegraph, of the 10Th ult.,
states that Myers train, route for Helena, with
machinery for the National Silver Mining Company.
was eighty miles north of that city, four days pre-
viously. -.a 9'"l as7 la E .
Mr.. w. II. NEWELL has disposed of the Dalles
Mountaineer ofhce to Messrs. Halloran Cowne.
They say in their salutatory that the paper "shan
be independent of ali parties and chques."
The advent of snow seems, this season, to have
been unusually early in all quarters heard FROM On
the 10th of last month, a heavy snow storm sur
prsed the inhabitants of different parts of Colorado
The entire Eighth Infantry regiment of California
Volunteers, together with three companies OF the
Sixth the State, ordered to be Immediately
mustered out of service. - 'f r.." ~g.
The republican government Of Mexico has opened
| an agency in New York, and placed IN the market
loan Of thirty million dollars, witk interest paya
bic in gold. large sum has, 1t is said, already been
pledged. "''" .' .-'
Kansas, on the 10th of last month, committed suicide
| by cutting his throat with razor Supposed to
have been temporarily deranged. -..
AN extinct volcano has been discovered in Nevada.
Thousands of covered with masses Of lava,
| from fifty to hundred feet high. The crater is
eighty feet deep and two hundred in width. Beau
tiful specimens of lava and crystal from the place,
have been exhibited.
!. The Walla Walla Statesman. of the 18th ult.,
| says that, although the advice of every one who
comes down from the Blackfoot country is, "don't
go there at this of the year. still there
parties packing up and starting out for the dggngs
| every day.
/
4 stream of hot water struck In the Chollar
Potosi shaft, depth of about four hundred feet.
The stream was about the size of mans finger and
was almost scalding hot.
ALL with whom we have conversed, says the Walla
Walla Statesman, are unanimous in urging the open
inc of the road from here to He'll Gate, at the ear
liest moment. as tha nniu means Of Hs~--,-
4 The United States Pacific Telegraph, the new
trans-continental double-wire line, will, 1t Is
thought be in working order by the hrst OF next
T. Eor n AtcllsOQ II
: Louis there will be a divergent hnej also from
Kearnpy to Omaha, to connect with Chlcago
TIE Telegraph says the the farmers of Utah have
been blessed the present season. with most oountlfui
crops Its editor enviously exclaims. There Is an
d animation and flow of spirits about our visiting
farmers, enough to make us forswear the pen, and
dive into the literature of cabbages and potatoes
TIE cod fisheries of the North Pacific have already
assumed such Importance to warrant the conclo-
sion that they to be ranked among the prominent
! sources of wealth hereafter Six full cargoe
have been landed in San Francisco already this sea
son, and the seventh is expected IN short time.
,s Caller Lyon recently passed through Salt LAX
n c;tv for Boise City, to resume his duties Governo
m Of idaho He is undoubtedly the most scholastl
% man who ever held position In that Territory.
the literary of the country ne mas contr
N uted some brilliant gems OF poetry. vi his devo
tion TO the interests of Idaho personally COG
at nizant We congratulate our sister Territory upo
We his resumption of ohice.
OF TsE new Commander assigned to the DepartmeI
of the Columbia, headquarters at Vancouver, w. L
m is General Frederick Steele During the war,
of operated in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas as Maj
y, General of volunteers. He Is spoken of as tho
of oncb military man. of West Point educstion Ge
til Wight. it will be remembered, was on his way
take command of that Department when lost on q
Brother Jonathan ..y.-..f. ..-r :
"a REGULAR troops are constantly arriving az 3
Francisco and are Immediately ordered to the reii
OI hor xfSrad N
law of volunteers In garrison VINO VIII oe y, =
of service Several regiments OF regulars Will cr'
'eu overland. a number being now at Camp Dougt
it Next spring all volunteers west OF the NILSSON
will, most likely, be discharged.
W. BARRows, who arrived in this city on the
of last August, and who was reported to the hast'
press as having been killed by tne lndia?s, wr;s
Follows to the Chicago Times to prove his contint
- existence: "Whila appreciate the sympathy
friends expressed and like much the obituary not
YOU have been pleased to give me, am most nal
TIED state that my silver locks are still In my pos
Tere sion. and not dangling from the belt OF SiS
for ,varrior. nor have any of the silken locks OF
d. dear ones under my charge beon moiested, or
per- of their heads been rufied by savages.
MEXICAN woman was fatally poisoned, the
''oP ter part of last month, by an aPothecary ci
of Virginia, New giving her morphine powder:
stead al ouinine The clerk was placed under DC
Sot in the SUN of S3 900. 1t would be wise law
s ouirinr ali dispensers of drugs and medicines e
~ rerulaI graduates of pharmaceutical instit
nm, Such cases as the above are too frequent.
g RI The third volume Of the census returns OF !
,ute now in the press, gives much valuable lntorat
The States and Territories on the raeuc coass
navi- s777 manufacturing establishments which emp
was 60 1877 males and 81 females, ana involved chi
Lew of s23 ,334. Annual value OF products, ihS
T ing gold, s7I,2l6,9S9. The mines OF ldano
r Western Montana are not included IN tns coueia
eader figures. the returns from which have been ana
ry of Ig continue to be greatly increased from yea
r,M,D :; yvv year. f.ra- tr --n
aa ASSURANCE statement concerning the deatn Oh
saw l.. Yancey of Alabama, Is afoa.. =. 70 ~
feet that In personal difficulty, in the Conied
and Senate with Ben Hill of Georgia, the latter
esanu is man of UNUSUAL size and mu cnlar develop
been -seileo niin anu an. c".h ,a,d., ,,as nick cd u
Fran desk. lhe grea' ;s,,;n far, his I;ns A yc
y anu secresy was had, and the affair hushed up mr..
: ~ cey drooped from day to day, and finally diea
,,.nd the injuries received in this difieuity MS
words were, "put me out OF sight.
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