The Montana post., 1868-12-11

James j. Ayers IL now editor of the
Virginia City (Nevada) Enterprise.
The shaft on the Imperial Empire
mine ip down 1 ,025 feet.
Senator Nye, of Nevada, arrived in
New York from Europe Nov. IL.
The rainy season began in Sacramen-
TO Nov. 20 Young ducks are rampant.
II. wh,tenhall tell and was killed a,
Summit, Nevada, Nov. Il.
Mr. George waldron and wife arrived
in Salt Lake City. Nov. %.
A farmer in Reese River Valley raised
wheat the past season which yielded
1879 bushels per acre.
Five hundred horses have been sent
to California this season from Oregon,
and cold at great profit.
The first discovery of gold in the John
Day mining district was made on the
9th of June, 1852
Navigation on the Missouri, at Omaha.
closed just one month earlier this year
than last. ...
VIM. J. Abbott. Postmaster at Linz
coin, Nebraska, has been arrested for
robbing the mails. ...F .
There are now three lines of stages
running daily between Austin and
White Pine.
Female compositors are employed on
the Californian. weekly newspaper
printed in San Francisco.
California proposes to hold World
Fair in 1870, and the Pacific Railroad
agrees to carry passengers at half fare
Thirty-twO buildings have already
been erected tor military purposes at
Omaha, and ~ many more are now un-
der contract. r.H..l... ....ar.
Charles v. Arnold publishes Julius
Silversmith. proprietor and nominal
editor of the Colorado Democrat" as a
defaulter, and various other things.
The Regents of the University of Cal
forEia are complaining that General
Mcclellan has no: vet answered theiI
telegram of his election. They will dc
well if they get it in month.
John Miner. while engaged in mining
on the Slide. at Grass Valley Califor'
mia, Nov. 18th. was caught by cave
! which broke his right leg below the
knee $50 or
The Omaha Repubiicoa has reliable
information that Red Cloud went 10
Fort Laramie short time ago. and ON
the Sth inst. made treaty with the L
;. Commissioners. .....
Prot. Hayden has 5000 appropria.
ton tor preliminary geological survey
of Colorado and Wyoming and has beer
looking, over the field. He thinks Colo
RADIO next to Missouri in resources.
Capt. John McMullen, pioneer ant
well known citizen of Stockton, Califor
mia, died at his residence there of ty,
phoid fever, Nov. ljth. aged about A.
years. .H .H .-. ......
The Walla wxlla .St0f.xM.os. says Gov
Ballard has purchased about *l2.0Ot
! (greenbacks) worth OF cows, work oxen
and other kinds of live stock, in that
valley, for the Nez Perce Indians. and
that he got the full worth of the money
The Chicago Republican says the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific Rail
roads have at length agreed on tn,
point where they will unite-lO0 mile,
west of the north end of Salt Lake.
There arn thirty millions of bsarine
vines in California. with \ capacity o
l5.OOOOOO of gallons of wine, and 900.
900 gallons of brandy, which at tn,
lowest estimate. represents value
yearly OF *s.OO0.O 100.
Two men, Thomas Hart and Thomas
! Wallace, were buried bv a cave in the
Pleasant View mine. about nine O'Clock
on Tuesday morning. Hart was killed
and Wallace severely iniured.-Cotorod.
Regi<ter. Noe. Is.
The fare from Portland TO Boise City
Boise City to Salt Lake City to 800 il
currency and from Salt Lake city t.
New York City to $3.50 in currency
making the entire fare from Portland tc
New York. in currency, $sN
| Sanford :. G. Duggan. one of the Col
orado higLwaymen, escaped in the nigh
! from the officer who attempted To arrest
him. in Golden City. 1t is believed Ia
was shot, and he fired several times a
the officers. Miles Hill. saloon keeper
was killed in the melee.
The amount OF wheat now stored a
| this place, as nearly as We can ascertain
says the Napa Cali Register, will moi
vary greatly from IL .OO0 tons IL is es-
timated that about half as much more i.
still retained in the hands of producers
so that we have altogether, unsold. n
this years crop. 5000 900 tons.
There are llJ saw mills. 30 grist mill.
3 wooden and 3 cotton mills in operation
in Utah. The number of canals for ir-
! regation is 2s1, total l,ngth in rods
:,a:;3 .Stj2: cost of construction, inclu iiLs
dams. 81, ,766, ,9:s9: number of acres irr,-
gated. 15:, $40: estimated cost If canal.
in progress, $ss., .,73O.
Langrishe. instead OF packing NJ bag
and baggage and coming 10 Colorado
after leaving Helena City, simply came
down to Virginia City and opened to the
heather there, where we believe he pro
poses to stay good part of the winter
His last season in Denver evidently
sticks to his memory yet.-Coinr"d,
Tribune.
Deacon, go slow. II don't take
much ot that kind of nonsense to raise
a row.
\ new invention for destroying irt
damp in mipes. the work OF NJ. pelau.
nier. OF Paris. has been laid before the
French Academy of Science. II consist,