The Montana post., 1868-12-25
THE WEST.


Small pox j. spreading in Benieia
The Yuba railroad bridge is nearly
completed -'...-'-.
Reverend b. Wistar Morris has been
elected Episcopal Bishop OF Oregon.
Missouri boasts of 100000 acres OF
copper lands. .uE.r -..
The sum of So5O,OOO was 'disbursed
last week 20 the mill and railroad hands
at Truckee
Good prospects for gold mining are
reported about the headwaters ot
Sprague river, Oregon.
f. Mckee, of Vidalia Tule river, was
recently shot by an Indian, and mortally
wounded.
There are now near Boise City, Idaho.
two distilleries and three Touring mills
in constant operation.
''Lisle Lester" abducted Miss AlexaD-
der from Mormondom, and got away
with her TO California.
Brother" Stenhouse went after
plugs" in a sermon recently. He had
a right to do SO If he chens. ...
4 clerk in the Stockton, California,
post office has been dismissed tor open~
ing letters and perusing their contents.
/ At the Oregon State Fair premium
OF 50 was offered for the best pair of
darned stockings
The Territorial Eaterprze challenges
the world 70 produce police force equal
to that of Virginia City for--downright
uselessness and ineffieiency.
Elder Daniel Spencer. of Salt Lake
City, died Dec Sth. aged 30. He held
many important offices under the Nor
mon power, and is highly spoken of.
Beriah Brown says: "Old Frank
Blair is uow in his S0th year. Thank
God he is too old 10 beget any more
Fsanks" @ @
The Atlantic and Pacific States Tele-
graph Company has completed its line
to Virginia Nevada, and il will be con
tinued 10 Chicago as fast as possible. A
heavy reduction of rates is anticipated.
A. .Quang, who was convicted of as
sault with intent To murder Peter
Q'Toole, at Jones Bar, (Cal.,) has been
sent to the State Prison for ten years.
A man in Yuba county, California,
named A. Hodges, recently cut thirty
one and one half cords of wood in six
consecutive hours. .a"
Recently little girl, nine years old,
living on the Calapooia river. Sweet
Home Valley, Oregon, was carried OF
and eaten up by an enormous panther
The three great attractions just now
in San Francisco are the small poxs the
earthquake and the Greeian bend. The
last named draws double. F l.f ... H
Eighteen feet of the San Francisco
Mint chimney has been cut Oft and an
iron chimney will probably be put in
when the establishment closes for an
nuai settlement aH a- ~"
The surveying party of David g.
Major, now engaged in running the
boundary line between Oregon and Gale
ifornia. has reached Hebrews, on the
Klamath. -
Judge Bradford. our next Delegate in
Congress, is quietly making up his spec
iicatiCns in answer 10 Mr. Belden's no~
tice of contest. The evidence will nat
urally be very yoluminous on both
sides Cql6r0do Register. ... -..1 5.-.
Through instructions from the PostS
master General we notice the printed
mail matter coming through in good
leather pouches with locks This IS a
great improvement on the tow sacks and
strings formerly used.-Deseret Neaos.
Right Reverend j. p. Machebauf
Catholic Bishop of Utah and Colorado a
in our eisy. We heartily welcome the
Bishop, and wish him all possible sue
cess.-Sdh Lake Reporter. rlr
Freeman of the Frontier Ladcx, writes
the Mormon papers that he will have a
new outfit at Ogden shortly, and start
his paper again as the "Ph0eRi-r The
Ogdenites had better get the snail pox
from the west and have twin plaques
D Last Saturday one of George Elders
teams. (l2 mul es driven by ''ssmoothy,, ~.
hauled from, tl1e Ohollar-Potoso mine,
in this city, 10 the New York mill. Wa
shoe, II 500 pounds of quartz This is
said to be thelheaviest4o load ever hauled
over that road -Ttrrtt0rtdt EnterPrts'
'a.nThe trottiug stallion General Taylor
has been sold by A. II. Rhoads, of Sac
ramento, 70 Matt. Soaring, OF san Fran
cisco, for. Sc 600. General Taylor trots
ted thirty miles in San Francisco ia one
hour and thirty nine minutes and some
odd 9acOndS