The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-01-13
From Montana Territory.

Dates to December 10th ult., says that
-four is plenty, and selling at $4,000 per hun
dred. The supply of all other kinds of pro-
visions is abundant, and there IS not per-
son in The country, in want, or likely to De.
This is evidently snare 10 catch Boise
miners, and Boise capital early in the Spring.
Money will be quite plenty there two or three
months till the few transient dollars Boise
sends over are used up.
Col. L. e, Wood is in luck he had been
sinking a shaft on No. II, Dacotah, and, at
the depth of fifty feet, has struck a fine crew
ice of rich quartz He has two mills en-
route which will be put up at once, when
they arrive.
Capt Wall, of Virginia City, has purchased
a large interest in the Bannock ditch, and
the Company intends to monopolize the min
ing business in this gulch.
No doubt few monopolies of that kind
will realize fortune in that country.
Gold dust is offering quite freely, but in
small amounts. Currency remains scarce,
while Coin is plenty.
This is accounted for because the people of
Montana are too wise to use gold dust as a
currency for more than its real value, and
always have been.
On Sunday morning, during the great press
Of The crowd on Bridge street, boy coasting
on the street came in contact with horse
man, but, Fortunately, did not get injured,
Being considerably frightened, he screamed
loudly, which alarmed the horseman, who
dismounted to ascertain the extent of DAM
age but perceiying no injury had been done
Il showed a roll of greenbacks into the hoy s
hand. The effect was electrical One hand
convulsyely grasped The notes; the other
sought his tear-bedewed face. A broad grin
of satisfaction spread oyer his p6iz, and
.ge-he p was his thanks, as he hobbled off,
rubbing the dew-drops from his eyes.
During the past week the weather has been
| intensely cold, reaching twenty below
zero, on one occasion, and keeping so near
that point, for several days, that our peri
patetic citizens looked like "the man that
couldn't get. waIm.' As we go to press it
] is showing heavily the temperature having
risen considerably. The beavers were evil
dently mistaken.
Owing, we presume, TO the fierce wintry
blasts, and possibly to the snow on the ran
ges, the Overland, Which has hitherto done
extra service and run ahead of time, has not
arrived. We are without our exchanges
land minus our mail.
What can't be cured, must be endured.
i FROM HELENA.
/ Business is as dull as the reading of a bill
/ in. chancery, and our merchants seem par
ticnlarly anxious about the length and shape
| Of their nails, which, for want of more active
employment they are constantly trimming
If their population is three times as large
as that Of Idaho City it is poor time Of thf
year for a new camp to be SO dull.
A pack train, of forty mules, laden will
the press and material for newspaper, ar.
lriyed in Helena on Friday. They have To-
Gated in building of E. R. Collins, on Bridge
street The Radiator" the name formerly
used for the journal, will be continued.
Helena is still growing by way of new
buildings Probably by spring it will b
larger than the whole of Idaho Territory.
5 The Blackfoot inhabitants treat the Indial
business in the following sensible language
The news has reached us that Butterheld'
! Express Co.'S stage has been stopped, ant
six passengers murdered by Indians. Or
man, who shot three of the red devils, hat
l his heart cut out, and his body was ro9ste
over slow FIRE. The Blackfeet broke thei
treaty TWO days after it was sigued. Treatin
with savages who are grinning at our foil
and pouching our presents, is played out
A bloody and tremendous punishment shoul
be administered TO them"
j A private letter from Phil Yelch, the "in
d9mitable little cuss who was Expires
I Messenger from Idaho City to Rocky Bar a
last winter, says that times in Helena ar
8 dull, goods scarce and high, vigilantees han
a man every now and then as usual, and tha
several well-known citizens of Idaho hav
arrived and gone out prospecting. He doe
not mention any strikes by any Of ther
as yet, but of course thinks they will find
J safter while That's the /" old thing"
80 bo;pn made saws th