The Montana post., 1866-02-17
NEWS SUMMARY.

A great excitement caused In Sacramento on the
Dight of the 2lst ut, by the ringing of the bells
given way rendering probable iuundaton of the citv
The river had risen to height Of % feet above high WA
mark In the Gould Curry silver mine (Na) oo
the Goth u, party visiting tunnel which was run sor
the purpose of making connection between shafts and
which supposed to be nearly cut through sud
denly enveloped in fame and with tie report
Of an explosion of ire-damp. named John Reed
dangerously burned; his companion George Hunter
badly hurt and Rcger the contractor pickedu
insensbie, having been thrown distance This Is
said to be the first accident kind silver mine They
have generally been confined to coal mines where csrbure
ted hydrogen is freely generated. Il. to be the
rule for miners reject all legislation about quartz The
Reese River Reville" says that they had better direct
legislation 3 into the right channel for legislation Of some
mted by N. f. Geson Of the Adjutant- Generals Office
in California He issued certificates of discharge imsg
nary soldiers and then drew Of attorney authoz
ing him to draw warrants In this way he obtained
more than FIVE Thousand dollars. He arrested and
has confessed ALL Gambling and high living were the
Captain John the chief of the band of Putes
who murdered Col McDermit, last year, killed to-
gether with his whole band (save one warrior who
Fish Creek Valley Nev) the 18th ult after gallan,
fight of hours The cold intense that the
having up to within few miles of the Indians
whose fires betrayed them, hued their horses together
and then round them to keep themselves from freezing
Nevertheless twenty were badly frozen in the face hands
and feet Captain John fought with the rife with
which he slew Col. McDermit Thirty-eight of our red
brethren started for the hunting grounds One shot through
the legs, couldn't go, suppose Judge Brosnan Of
Nevada who gave the decision making reeubacks cur
rency Nevada nevertheless declares that his salary
is payable in gold, which provokes much comment In
letter from New York correspondent Of the Virginia
Enterprise" speaking of the enormous number of gold
crushing aud savingnaehines lately invented ard claimed
perfect by Eastern mechanics the writer says that
most of them the familiar outline of some ancient
humbug that died of practical collapse years and years
ago" He speaks well Of the mill of Leonard Of Counec
ticut that grinds quartz with French Bus which after
two years work, stand well Ayers the Ben Butler
Companys process pronounced failure by practical
dozan sren se men tSa, & oOo II; MoS,aa Od S
had been brought in the 18th ut Mr. Pair the eacu
latng prodigy finds that il would take g. 500 two ton
editor of the Council Bluffs NOnpareil" says that the
of the blowing up of tine Dubuque dsllery
since that there too little water in the boiler
and too much whskey in the engineer James Deans
and Sampson the leading and financial editors of the
London Times" have been dismissed and the paper,
changing front TO the rear" goes in for America The
change good Concerning the motives that lead to it.
they may be expressed thus SIS cts Ss 900 600 ofsur
plus loaned to the States forming the Union
in 1863 e. deposited the word used) subject the
call OF Congress. Mr. Longyear has moved in Congress
for return of the States and the amounts, with view
the repayment the Treasury of these Sl00 900
has been appropriated in Chicago by the municipal
thore be expended in sanitary for the
vention of cholera Two hundred tenement houses
to be put up in Council Bluffs accommodation
is present quite insufficient and the emigration of the
ensuing year expected to be very large The disarm
ing of ladies of Chicago is agated Many wear dag
gers derringers and other concealed weapons Watson
Vile CAL is the Gretna Green of the Pacific
facility for instantaneous marriages is there to be found
When takes another fellows wife there instead Of
his shooting accelerated loeomotion Is the
quence The Board of Supervisors of San Francisco
have recommended paid fire department in place of the
volunteer system The quartz taken from the Poor
Man lode in Idaho before shotgun inunctons and sub
sequen legal proceedings stopped the work crushed
in few days at least S4Ss. COO In the Salt Lake Tel
egraph of the 2nd ips appears letter which tha
some two hundred Pah Utahs off hundred o.
eight hundred head of stock from Dr. j. NJ WhitmoreI
rancho Washington Utah numbering the Doctor anG
Robert McIne they had Peter Shirts three week.
previously. The Doctor shot through the heart wit
bullet and MIR. McIntire pierced with
Their bodies found the 10Th ult having lain il
the snow twelve days The seventh New York regi
have ordered ball supper from Demonico which
to cost $50 600. Three thousand tickets will be issued
and their comrades who have been officers in the Fedora
army will be received with ovation Barney 0lwe
executed in San Francisco the 22ad ult. He
lively the steps of the galows and said he did
make stump speech but only to thank the officers 70
their kindness died nstantaneousy
his neck being broken Owing the severity of tn
season, very large number of cattle have died in th
Western States and territories Over thousand hav,
perished in Montana The state of the copyright law
attracting attention in an International point Of view
American and British authors about equally robbed 70
want of reciprocity law on the subject Nothing pub
lished worthy of notice in either country that Is
appropriated and published in the other frequent
iy happens that the of the author is changed Tn
Congressional Committee Territories has reported ia
vorsby the question of the admission of Colorado
State into the Union The railway trains of Munesou
have ceased running, owing to the extreme cold Th
first lot of about hundred gallons Of coal oil pro
duced in Colorado was expected in Denver the 2i
!, ult.. The Denver News" says that the average
SeVeDtySN assays OF Sndhe llNeT sNer rock SLSZ
per Speaking Of Mr. Lyon, the inventor of tn
Lyon process the Journal says that he has starte
his second cupe furnace and Cornish rollers and th
smoke of his triumph ascendeth forever and from
J. forward Mr. Lyon took out button weighing seventy
II eight pounds the 23rd White paper of good DUAL
A. y and not brittle is now made says the FScentif
American of three parts of coarse and thirty parts
l. rye 1t il manufactured the rate Of
l. day by NJ A. Cushing at Gens Falls Governor Cum
ming of Colorado has taken possession of the great
of the Territory of Colorado. The Secretary, Elbert
signing public document aixes his private seal wu
d the instrument thus The great seal of the Territor
ID having been surreptousy taken from my custody by
m Alexander Cummings, Governor c. TIA vigilanc
committee has "pacicated four garroters in Denver.
r. The Madawasks of fleet of six vessels built
ID exceed anything aioat in point of beauty speed AM
fighting power is nearly completed She has vibrator
T. leverengaes serewpropeer, and carries ten nnelnc
I'd Dahlgren guns each broadside; two one-hundre
es FOUNDER Parrott red guns sixty pound ditto th
forecastle twenty pound and twelve poun
in howzer and eight boat howtzers. She will steam ee
ee knots off the reel In the Oil Creek country Penn
there many ancient tanks found constructed of mbe
and used by long passed away They tell planl
that in times remote, the oil which value much va
equally priced by the then inhabitants of the district Oh
al trees grow n and about these tanks engmat
On cal and heroglyphical of a and civZ
be ton now unknown and but for them forgotten tt
ee first regular Union League of America" from whic
sprang the organizations that in November 1868 eouhte
yo million members organized. in PeSin, Tazewe
ax County, Ill. Associations Of local Kind with smil
aims first instituted by the loyasts of Tennessee
The people Of Oregon in earnest about the trade
on Montana. The Oregouian' says: 1t seems pr
alf babe il fact is rendered almost certain that prncp
a branch of the business OF Portland will henceOrward
ps sist in the Montana trade" The article advocates
he Pen d0rele Lake route and the building Of steamers
the navigation of this lake 1t further states that the
Of terprse in good hands and will not be allowed TO
for of energetic effort A letter dat
nts Dublin Dec 30h describes the preparations of the Britt
Government of the most complete and formidable kin
The police doubled and armed cavalry, infantry art
lery sappers aud miners ships sailors and marine
nal all the qG Uius waiting for the outbreak OF
an Feuans The firm of Barring Brothers of Liverpool
co. one hundred years old and of the partners to
made peer man named Johnsoa in San Francisc
OO accused by his daughters of incest One had chi
as to him. The whole family seem stepped in crime ~
to charge which is likely true made TO get az ms propert
it seems. The Mormon Hierarchs sell whiskey and he
ed billiard tables themselves but fine Genes for dOn
ifc The vedette says that eourhs of the people
sx against it, The mission of Schofeld TO Europe viii
the has puzzled diplomats and editors is now stated to be
al purchase of Spezza in the Archipelago naval sat
en- The Supreme Coart of Nevada has resirmed its
cision in the greenbacs currency The specific &C
to tract law is dead in that State large number Of wa
no ons loading at Los Angeles Cal for the Monta
by trade and there is likewise considerable demand