The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1866-06-09
News Summary.

The account of the Fort Goodwin massacre in Arizona
is generally considered to be canard Later communi
cations from many places in the neghborhood entirely
silent upon the subject -Pahranagat turns out blk
Mr.. Todd well known in Nevada writing to the Reese
River Reveille" says that he would take mine in
it as present. There is antimOny, galena copper and
very little silver there. Judge Rix of San Francisco
has fined Mrs Doctor De Wolfe S21 for appearing in male
attire The odd dollar in the penalty for purpose of
admitting OF an appeal to the County Courts The Cali
orna volunteers have killed eighty five Apaches since
February of this year The number of divorces granted
by the late Montana Legislature was only three, and
cening these there investigation proof and en-
quiry than about half the other business is stated in
the salons of Paris that the Due de Mouchy having dis
covered his wife in intrigue with the Emperor stabbed
her. and that she is either dead diving If the story he
true Monchy should have struck more blow or one
less The Reno Pa, Times" of April Goth says of
Phoe the great oil town in that region that name once
had magic in it. but how the mighty fen," II Laws
the depreciation of property at the door of Congress and
states that at present prices the tax thirty per
on the crude article. The Nellie Rodgers steamboat passed
Atchison on the LIST May bound for Moutaa The Utah
militia had terrific encounter with the Indians in one of
their southern counties One white killed and three
wounded, but the troops % neither killed nor hurt anv
body ID. Y Gst with train of eighteen wagons from
Montana passed Fort Kearney April 29th Five hun
dred dollars is offered by the Cooadans for the arrest of
the murderers Of Bruce Hazep. There large stam-
pede ofCeestias from Nevada and California for Montana
1.-The Missouri was never so high at this of the
year according to the testimony of the Oldest residents
Fifteen hundred soldiers for Utah camped at Nemaha
thirty forty miles below Nebraska City on the night of
the 7th of May The Denver News" MAY 9th saws
Nine cheers and tiger for the STATE of Colorado fbe
veto spoils that exhortsti0n The military district of
Colorado discontinued and attached that of Kansas
and the Terrtories--- The Reese River Revee saws
freight to Austin from Shingle Springs CAL the railroad
terminus is six cents and to Salt Lake six cents more
The freight hither from Salt Lake cents this
would make nineteen cents. If they can run it for fifteen
cents, they can have it their own way - The Denver
News that Bayad Taylor two artists of repue
shortly to visit Colorado on a lecturng tour The
gentlemen with him will find ample occupation their
pencils in sketchng the scenery and animals of the Terri
tory The Santa Fe (N. NJ Gazette" of May 5th,
publishes notice signed by the Governor and other no
bes for the assembly OF party of volunteers explore
the head waters of the Ga. The men are to be armed
and mounted and to carry provisions for ninety days The
traditions OF the country point it place of immense
wealth The convention that was to meet at Santa Fe
the Both of April to frame State Constitution failed
to come to time, and the attempt failure. The
Gazette says it not needed and that a large ma
Jory OF the people opposed to As an argument
for the construction OF railroad from Pleasant Hill No.
TO Santa Fe is stated the authority Kit Carson and
Others that there 600 pounds freight passed
every day over the Santa Fe road from Missouri and that
this would run two eghteencar freight trains per day
Sixtyeight thousand bushels of corn for Govern
ment for transport this year. The electric light now
used in France for the lighthouses of the Heye near
Havre de Grace The intensity of the light is equal TO five
thousand carcel lamps and be doubled little extra
expense From a number of the American journal of
Mining, published at New York we learn what we Ger.
taniy never knew before viz that the Backoot mines
are on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains and
they are in Washington Territory. We also learn that
Virginia City NJ. T. is in Beaverhead country weought
to be thankful for having friends in New York 4, tell us
where we are We were always of the opinion that eu
Gated ignorance is the hardest of all to dspe Eleven
societies of radicals who fercely hate the South
have employed during the past year. and still maintain
seven hundred and sixty teachers who have orders to
instruct free OF charge every white child that they
get to come TO school No copperhead have been
started yet In Chicago the furniture of five hundred
poor families to be sod before the first of MAY Tor
rent and fifteen hundred families were giving up their
rented houses for cheaper dwellings, intending board
out The English language is officially adopted in
Japan, and Prince Satsuma largely investing silk
trade 1t expected that the Dunderberg ram will make
her trial trip in July The Chicago Times SAYS one
thousand people killed wounded by the late tor
nado in Illinois and Wisconsin The United States SEN
ate says the "Vedette" has refused by remarkably
decisive vote to confirm Cane and McKean two devoted
Brlghames, to Federal appointments Judge Rix of
San Francisco has decided that greenbacks are legal ten
der for street fare and decided which the
guilt or innocence of the parties turned this point An
appeal to the State Supreme Court will be taken mean.
while the people are highly delighted Miss Carmichael
the poetess cs the City of Waters is about receive
substantial compliment from the admirers of her works
house in San Francisco is publish neat volume of
her productions and after deducng expenses the balance
IS to be paid to her for pin money fund of seven hun
drod dollars has already been subscribed The San
Francisco Alta says that last years supply of candles
for California amounted to boxes worth 5000 OOO
Ihe taow to make them is shipped from California AMI
comes back in candles yet there is with this protective
difference stearne candle factory on the Pacific coast
The first iron rail ever rolled says the London Mining
Journal was made at the Bedngton Iron Works in the
county OF Northumberland England. From this place,
corps OF men were sent TO Penydarow in Wales teach
the Nelchmen to make rails Water be raised the
boiling point by being compelled to revove rapidly in
box Mr. Rennie boiled an egg hard in six minutes. "A
machine driven by magnetism is about to be tried
on some of the city cars in New York promises WELL