The Montana post., 1866-02-17

Chaage Of Partners j. F. Dougherty reres from +bs
urn OF DAVIS Housel Co., having sold his interest to
Gaien Crow The business of the house will however
proceed as usual and those who have had dealings with
this establishment appreciate highly the courtesv bus
ness tact and upright character of the propretors In
ana strong warehouse attached is a very
large and well selected stock of groceries hardware lin
aos farming implements and all that is usually to be had
In hrsteass general store They also do large
ana commission business. i't, !"
celestial JOLLY Wednesday last was the Chinese New
day and the Celestals of both sexes painfully
attired in the latest Pekn fashions the
ary weeks amusements. Each Chnaman allowed bis
muen priced queue or pigta to hang full length down
ms PACK and appeared in blue shirts pants and cap The
female specimens of the likewise in full FIX hob
pnng along in the small canoes which the national sp
Sn; !or shoes Over the doors in the rooms were
hlnese inscriptions of which, being translated sgni
mes " Every man likes to make money "a somewbat
sordid but undenable fact Having been invited most
hospitality to partake of cigars sweet-meats and wine
we retired with our company, duly impressed with the
august ceremony. ~ H-s-
Quartz in Madison COUNTY We have ascertained On
inquiry that the number of odes registered in the Office
the Recorder OF Madison county in this city, seventeen
hundred and forty. This of itself would show She
enormous mineral wealth of Territory for if only one
10 nifty prove valuable, there would be ample roam for
hee hundred mills to start with If the thousand one
hnndred lodes OF Deer Lodge, be added on the same
terms, without counting Beaverhead Edgeron and the
outlying districts the idea of the amount of gold and
silver in Montana and of the labor and capital that will be
eventually employed in making it svailabe-s perfectly
astounding. Beaverhead and Edgerton counties have
enormous numbers Of odes and the searching for them
yet only well begun all over the Territory.
Peoples Thsatrs-The play going public enjoyed rich
treat, ON Saturday night. "BackEyed Susan was per-
formed with truth and spirit that held audience spell
bound Not only the ladies' but many of the sener sex
shed tears at the final scene Mr.. Iwns William was as
hne piece Of acting have for many years The
rolcklng manof-wars -man-the genuine " Salt was
admirably gven as was also in higher degree the
pathetc and soul stirring parting from SasaR Mrs Irwin
played beautifully Susan not sensaonally as
We'a but the fearless agony and calm despair of the
farewell scene was exhibition of the highest and
difficult attainment in the hstronc The part of the
4amTdL played by Edwin Clarke also a noticeable
feature OF the play being well rendered Master Ranfor
as Jacob TDig was excessively comic. The remaining
members of the troupe did their duty but the parts did
admit of their Distinguishing themselves highly In
Sketches in India" Mr. and Mrs. Irwin acquitted
themselves as comedians of high excellence. The imita
tons OF actors by the stage struck tailor Tom Tape
very good and Sally Scraggs, happy quick wed
and full of careless abandon could be wished Lada
Scraggs and POpa fell to the share of Miss Woods and
Miss Perkins, and very correctly rendered Graham
was very fierce Sir Matthe0 The Stranger" was
played on Monday. The touching and beautiful part
Mrs Haer was finely conceived by Mrs. Irwin while the
morbid misanthropy of the Stranger personaed to the
life by Mr. Irwin Our choice among the of the char
acters would be Billy Norwoods Peter and Dick Johnson
Solomon, Baron SeiRtor also artstcaly presented
by Mr. Clarke The rest of the characters represented
with fidelity and eNactness by the company The Swiss
Cottage" received with much applause, and well
acted throughout The negro eccentrces of Sheppard
will be opened on Wednesday next with "The Hunch
back The enterprise industry and business tact of Dick
Johnston. the proprietor and manager, deserve rich
reward The building will be credit to city, vel
afordng the of displaying talent hitherto cribbed
and confined most unnaturay by the limited size of the