The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-10-06
NEWS ITEMS.


SOLD OUT.-Ben Wood has sold the New York
vecos to the owners of the Mercury for 500, ,O00s
FRuIT.-Peachcs. plums apples and pears
grown in Utah. are offered for sale in Helena.
On HIS WAY.-Green Clay Smith, the new
Governor of Montana, left Kentucky for his new
home early in September.
The RUsH.-The Salt Lake papers say every
most of whom propose to winter there.
GONG EAST Eight mule wagons were to leave
Helena with passengers for the steamer to start
from Benton October lst for points down the river
RUSH BAcK.-Iti is reported that an average
of fifty men per day start from Benton, NJ. t., for
the East:
Lively PLAcE.-The st. Joseph (Mo.) papers
of late date tell of five attempts at robbery in one
ward during one night.
LARGE BkIDGE.-A fine bridge, 200 feet long,
has been built over Jefferson river in Montana.
Teams are charged from one dollar to one dollar
and half for crossing.
WILL NOT REsIGN.-The Helena Gazette is
authorized to state that Acting Governor Meagher
of Montana Territory does not int end to resign
his office.
PACIFIC oRAnRoAD.-Twentyeig miles adds
tional of the U. P. R. R. track was laid, west OF
Fort Kearney Sept 18th. and 10000 moro China
men are engaged on the work.
TINES IN MoNTANA.-The Helena and Virginia
City papers boast of lively times, good mining,
and rich new discoveries throughout that country.
Some who lately returned from there tell differ.
ent story.
The saw mill of Bloom & Herd, at the
head of Jordan Greek, Owyhee, was destroyed by
fire, Sept. 9th, together with shingle machine
and 5000 feet of lumber. Loss, So 900. The en-
gine can be repaired SO as to work again.
BIG THING.-The dralanche says the Poorman
continues to yield as rich as ever, and the ore
from the mine furnishes steady employment to s5
stamps, aside from the very richest ore, which is
boxed up and sent East.
MONTANA CAPITAL sQUEsTloN.-The Post, the
Radical organ printed at Virginia City, is much
exercised over the project on foot to remove the
Territorial Capital from that city to Helena. IT
seems to believe the change will be made.
HoMIc1DE.-The Salt Lake Tedete of Sept 24th
says JAS. White, late of tie Nevada cavalry, was
shot dead in his bed on the night Of the 22d A
stock herder of the Overland Mail Company is
charged with the deeds
BoGss DUsT.-The Owyhee AUaldnche cautions
the public against new style of spurious dust in
circulation in that region, which is worth only
from one to three dollars per ounce. It may be
well enough for everybody in this section to obs
serve the same caution.
STARTING IN.-The Radical School Trustees in
Dalles City have ordered that negro children shall
be received in the public school in that city on
the same footing with white children. Go on; ed
noe fo nd ixyod ~
nation.
FIRST SNow.-The Helena Gazettee says the
first snow of the season fell on the 18th of Septem
ber. But little came, and warm sun soon wiped
it off. We learn that snow fell in Owyhee last
week one morning, barely enough, however, to
cover the surface of the hill tops. There has been
no such " taking" hereabouts yet. Charming
weather prevails in the Basin.
New MAIL RoUTE.-The Dalles Mountaineer
has information that new mail route is to be es>
tablished between Dalles and Boise cities, by way
Of Canyon City The distance is reckoned at $50
miles, andit is calculated the route can be run in
two days. Better say about four days, we think.
The same paper happily suggests that the citizens
of Wasco and Grant counties raise volunteer com.
panies to protect the soldiers and animals at Camp
Watson from the Indians. This is very happy
and much deserved satire on the troops stationed
at that post. In force sufnclent to whip the In
dians from that section, the indolent or cowardly
looms permit the red rascals not only to steal the
animals from the Government corralS close by the
fort, but either decline to, dare not, sally out
to rescue white settlers and travellers near there
from the mnrderous attack of the savages who in.
fest the road
That place down by the Masonic Hall, called
the Miners Drug Store, is where that splendid
perfumery comes from which you discover on the
people who are SO sWeetlY scented at parties.