New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-01-27

sood bus The lodging opeu 10 the objection ef that IL
aaas traveller who. promised an e,eslen, sacs IN
which Douglas hid Just left. found two men eacn ~
three OF its beds and one In the fourth Landlord
said he, the Is good, and should feel honorso
to sleep In one 90 lately occupi.d BY senator
party 4
At the thea.er the other evening saw the Lady OF
yoI deposit Of e. 50 q the boz 0, ~s puds Ii
tie rear gallery. long wooden benches, Eresi woou
stove an orchestra Of four five ssiow candles or 1901
size Of small bedroom. During the performances
several babies and an enterprising dog were running
soont the noor and occupants OF the galleries ;
themselves BY tossing apples over the heads 10 IDe
friends below. Like most Of the male spectators
guide and companion bad navy revolver by MS siae
A. was mixed crowd often bolsteTon out nd si.,sr,
present and nowhere In the world are women treated
with more considerate respect than among the ron
mounaineers and MIXERS The beautiful detion Oh tne
play yas rendered in style which the fstldious ahd
snobbish author would hardly have survived hao nc
! been there to see.
Some writer asserts that mining regions consist OF
OphI.holes gopher holes and oafer holes host popa
lar and Characteristic OF the last IL the hurdygufdy
house. fund large hail crowded With VISITORS OF al
from judges @ olaesg in every ba4
bTOsdooth ~ buokskin At one end well STOCKED Da
and monte bank in full blast at the other patIorn
occupied BY three musicians; between. many io9AsIs
on. with cigars and meerschaums. Take your Iadles
for the next dance shouted the orchestra leader ana
halfa-dozen swartby fellows, fresh from the mines.
selected partners frUm the ordinary Dedizened Wones
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stage PASSENGER othe red hair full blown ron her
chry sails cosdon OF soed hands and worn calico INTO
shining butterfly OF kids and silk RIBBONS ana laees
The dance finished. the miners led their partners
through the crowd TO the bar for whisky at % cents
drink champagne at $l2 per bottle (gold)i then
short pause followed by another diversion: and thus
the sorry rtvery continued until nearly daylight inter
rupted only by two fights For every dance eacn maze
participant pays o. halt going TO his partner tne
rest to the proprietor This functionary who was uea
ing monte with revolver at his belt assured me that
his daily profits averaged $780, The women are oi
questiOnable-or rather. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
but publicly decorum Is preserved and to the miner
who has hardly seen female face for six months they
represent something Of the tenderness aud
| Of their sex.
Al in the morning started for Helena Q23 miles
| northward) by Oliver e. COmpanys daily mall coaen.
Another passenger old Colorado acquaintance was
also fresh from the burdygurdy. Habtuahy SOBER ana
Industrious lie had Just paid of bis workmen az tne
close Of successful aud ioined them IN ntis
hsry. wherein many drinks AID one or two fights had
proved too much for him. With each lucid interval ne
exclaimed; mn. -, really you must excuse me you
know this is not my habits was never so Internally
drunk in all my lIfe and never will be againthat Is
il ever can get ever this" Then he relapsed into
drowsness and bewilderDebt AT our l5m,le oreek-
fast station espying four weary MIXERS rolled IN ther
blankets upon The floor. he dragged out each by the
collar with: Get up and take drink with me- u any
Of you don't Ike IT, viii fight him afterward Dnt you
must drink frat The astonlshed sleepers woEe rubbed
their eyes, stared at the cheerful log FIRE on the hearth
imbbed the cocktails with gusto and then returned 10
their slumbers. have not encountered the man west
of the Missouri who deems being asked to drink per-
sous indgnity. Is 1t DIR. Bellows who says the new
countries borrow money at Two per cent month 70 ouy
Champagne With
upon log bridge 900 long; legal toll charges 81 20
for wagon and six yoke Of oxen Thehouse Is beside
the shining river IN broad. beautiful valley, amon9
4 mountains pine-clad and snow.cad. Along the road
a-e frequent log ranches. with great haystacks Az
one, q cinnamon bear was running IN aehcle, Win
that earnest purposeful perpetual motion which Brnin
tied 10 stake always exhibits At our right IN the deep
cahJns OF rugged mountain. we viewed lne Junction
OF the Jefferson. Galatin and Madison, f.rnlng Tue
Yeows tone-chief tributary Of the Missouri II nayi'
gable 10 the three forks as many believe il will prove
Of infinite value TO Montana. The SOFT afternoon ayr OF
Indian Summer changed almost instantly to polar at
I uosphere as We entered White Tailed Deer Can N.
is 20 miles long, with scenery grand and startling
Immense granite bolders. some as large as o
railway car lie upon and against each other. piled In
all positions, il In battle the gods had torn up vast
rocks 10 burl at each ober Some 1als OF the narrow
cskon are sroy rocks Others. frs and pines OF dark
green and purpsh brown. notified with yellow cotton
! woods. Behind. through the gorge's month, snowy
mountains were glorifed by the dying sun TIL they
shone dazzling like battiepens Of the Celestial City.
obscured by slabs IL esden clouds. dark and sullen
bridging the gaps between them. Others Scared and
dashed were rooed in drnpery white as %k and soft
that for which Jason and the Argonaus trayersed ns
world.
Amer dark We sought refuge from the sharp hills,
slippery banks and biting air. at Dustans Station.
Near It, hot spring eight ten inches In diameter
gushes from the hillside At the mouth 1t will boil an
eggs In flowing 200 or 200 yards IL coos sufficiently for
delightful bath. Hot springs, with various mineral
nqredens and often Of rare medicinal virtues abound
from the Rocky Mountains to tie Pacific. Some believe
them to modify She temperature OF the Pacing side,
usually as warm points from Six TO ten degrees
further south the Atlantic But the more prevalent
theory imputes this difference In temperature to cur.
rent Of warm wator and air from the Indian Ocean. via
the Island Of Borneo. striking the coast az an acute
angle near San Frsncisco and thence flowing north.
ward The Coast Range aud Cascade Mount aims arrest
and condense It's clouds, forming the Oregon coast
| rhQra tha ah 9Th
the good and the rain steadily falls both upon the Just
and the unjust From Dustans this city is but Is miles.
During the Summer Oliver Company have sometimes
run the whole distance from Virgins, l25 miles, over
mountain roads, In Il hours-ths best staging in the
United States.
Recently there has been great rush from Idaho and
Montana to the rich psctrs OF the Backfoot region:
These and other mines Of Northern Montana oil fed
from Helena Their yields are surer and richer than
any other tract Of equal size has ever produced In
Mcclellan Gulch (named not for George b., but for
'another man claims with six eight workmen have
paid SIS 900 in single months in Confederate Ggicb;
900 per day. or course these rare. exceptional
cases. One nugget worth o. 075, and another wcrth
1000 have been taken ont. have seen piece of
quartz from the Deadwo0d Guch. largo as the crown
! of hat whose dark brown sides are completely mot.
tied with yellow gold. Some OF the flakes as large in
area peas A single ounce OF the rock pounded In
mortar yielded se. This rich ore was found only in
narrow streak Of the quartz vein. Helena only
years Old with 1900 people. forms cross BY its two
principal streets In addition to its rough Lighthouses
are few spacious frame buildings and pleasant cot
tages with latcel veraRdahs DO not infer from para
graphs above that Montana Is made up Of whisky
saloons montebanks and hnrdy gurdies. / have seen
nowhere more enterprise and sterling worth than
among its leading citizens who have come here TO stay
But the visitors attention Is drawn TO LIES peculiar and
UNUSUAL phases rather than Its common routine to its
wsiersPouts and ge,sers not to Its calm rivers and
quet springs
| Helena retail prices, In gold: Flour, y 100 sl9G
eos; sugar. y ID. 60d65c coffee, 81: tea. 81 500e4
bacon IS a6Oc.; ham. 65c, mess pork. 55665c. cod
fsh 6jc.; soda crackers. 65c. Boston do 7Jc. pota
toes l0c formerly 45c); barley sdl0c.; fresh beef
DC milton &c frs 81 %; canned fruits D cans