The Montana post., 1868-05-16
PEN AND SCISSORS.


MIR. and Mrs. Carter are giving parlor
theatrical entertainments in Denver
Stephen Davis, of Fiddletown, Cal,
died recently from the effects of an acci-
dental pistol shot.
There are 1913 prisoners in coniine-
ment in the county Jail at San Francis
co. OF this number are women
A larga number Ot wealthy Boston
men are expected in Golden City, Colo
RADIO. soon 10 invest i'm mining property
| Mark Twain's lecture in Virginia.
New, is characterized as 1.-The greatest
treat of tho season. He has returned
to California.
| II. NJ. Porter is contesting the Alder.
NANCY for the 4th Ward, Denver, with
w. X. Ford. There are huge rumors Of
"stufiing." and at last accounts Porter
was ahead.
The railway bridge over the Missouri
at Omaha is to be $500 feet long. of
! iron resting on granite foundation.
Its cost ia estimated at SO O00O00
The Indians are making things lively
in Arizona as well as the rest of the
Territories. The Irizoaiun has scarce
anything else in but accounts of Indian
depredations.
The people of Los Angeles county,
California. have just voted to subscribe
/ :225, 900 toward building the Los An
geles and San Pedro Railroad.
The merchants and prominent citizens
of San Francisco, are making arrange-
ments for IL grand complimentary ban
quet to Hon. Anson Burlingame and the
Chinese Embassy
Central City (Col) Register says: As
| the result of his first week $ run of the
Georgetown smelling works, j. L. Her
rick took out 1850 pounds OF lead, con-
tanning 220 pounds of silver, but has
! been compelled To stop for lack of ore.
The ST Joseph Eaion is reliably in
| formed that the st. Joseph * Council
Bluffs Railroad will be completed to For
! rest City, and passenger trains running
by May 18th.
The Salt Lake I;legrd,W had an edi-
torial on the I'd, predicting a partial de.
struction OF crops by grasshoppers.
Flour went up few days fifty per cent
IL shows the potency of the press.
n desperate named Coe. alias Tex
was hung at Pueblo, G. T.. ON the 12th.
He was desperate, and tor long time
had been the recognized leader of II
band OF horse thieves, committing dep
relations from Denver to Santa Fe.
Thirty new Concord coaches for w ellis,
/ Fargo 4 Co. Were recently shipped on
one train from Concord. The train was
made up to come through without shift
ing.
DAKOTA ITEMS.
| 1t is proposed to build 400 miles moe
of the Union Pacific Railroad on the
Eastern Division of it. the present sea
son. :. "A party of graders were attacked
| on the line OF the railroad few miles
west of Fort Sanders on the 2Jth ult
| -Four men were shot, but only one was
supposed to be mortaliy wounded.
The Indians have burned station on
! Rock creek, on the route to Salt Lake.
The Cheyenne Leadcr asserts that
the Indians must either be attacked in
| their haunts or the construction of the
/ L. p. II. Il. abandoned. Since the
opening of tie roads provisions have
fallen at South Pass City 80 per cent.
The Rocky Mountain NeraJd wonders at
the shockingly sensational character of
the Denver community when they have
/ six churches in sight of them and a sew
+, enth one shingling. .Chsse 4 Heatly,
formerly of Helena. opened their big
tent at Cheyenne a few weeks since. :.
\ company has been organized to con-
vey water into Laramie City from the
river They have been holding pub
lie meetings tor the discussion of Indian
affairs at Cheyenne. lately. The result
has been memorial to Congress "A
new hospital, provided with all the
modern improvements, has recently
been opened at Cheyenne. Everybody
is leaving Dale City and rushing breath
lessly to Wyoming, the new city on the
Little Laramie. by the fire at Fort ID.
! \. Russell, OH the 24th inst, % horses
were roasted alive. The total loss was
/ S15 OoO