The Montana post., 1868-02-29

amount of bullion shipped during tn,
past week; FROM the Office of Wells
-Frsgo & Co. IN this city, there wers
shipped 8 1862 poHnds OF assayed bullion
valued at S53, ,410 76. Several mills or
Gold Canyon that were lying idle dur
ing the stormy weather prevailing fol
the past two or three months, for wani
OF ore have again resumed operations
and our bullion shipments will doubtless
soon amount to a more respectable figure
than At present. f - E l-ft
The Frontier Lndez learns that some
two hundred miles west of Fort Sanders
the Indians are very hostile, and the
mining population are obliged 70 keep
constantly on their guard TO prevent the
savages from burning the camps and
taking their scalps. A great deal OF
trouble is apprehended next spring. One
hundred and fifty lodges of Arapahoes.
encamped south of Saunders. had their
tents or teepees. carried sixty-fve miles
by a western tornado, and landed ON
Medicine Bow range. Four men were
scaIped by Indians on the 23d ult. near
Bitter creek. -..,.-....t.rr
From the Frontier l7der, (Fort San
ders, Dakota,) we clip the following:
Red Clouds band of savages are making
hot work for the scouts on the Powder
river road. Three hundred warriors
charged on scouting party near Fort
Smith, on the Sd instant, and wounded
four men. They were repulsed after a
corral fight of thirty-si hours. "A num-
ber of Of the Indians are reported killed
and wounded. About the middle of
April we may look out for the bloodiest
Indian war ever known in the West,
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makes mention of the death of William
ID. Brown, the first settler in Omaha. 1t
says: Mr. Brown was one OF the best
first settler, and piled the first ferry ac-
cross the river at this point. He was a
man of warm impulses. and his familiar
face will be missed by the older inhabi-
tants of our city. Mr.. Brown was with
in few days of being ffty-five years of
age at the time of his death. He leaves
q wife and grown con and daughter, IN
quite comfortable circumstances pecuni-
arily, we understand. 4
Capt James CahiIl, of Company 4, Cd
u. s, cavalry, was buried with military
honors, at Fort ID. A. Russell, Cheyenne, ]
Feb. 2. The Cheyenne dTyUs gives
detailed account of the ceremonies and
says; The whole was splendid, but
mournful tribute to the memory of a
good man aud brave soldier, and now he
'eSleeps his last sleep,
And has fought his last battle;
No sound can awake him to glory again."
has recently issued a very nice and con- !
venient pocket map of its road to Salt |
Lake, and the eastern connection with |
0f 4,ax cd
by the map includes Wisconsin, Illinois, /
Iowa, Minnesota, Dakota, Ne
brasks, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Wy
oming, Idaho and Montana.
Early on Tuesday morning, January
2S says the ST. Joe UniOn of Thursday,
= section of about fifty feet of the bridge |
1t Grindstone, on the Hannibal & St. |
Joseph Railroad, was destroyed by fire.
The fire is supposed to have caught
from embers dropped by the locomo-
tive. AilE2 LaaauB .EEL |
Mrs. Isabella Armstrong, of Pittston,
Luzernej comfy, Pennsylvania, wishes l
TO learn the whereabouts of her hus-
band, John Armstrong, whom she has
lot heard from for over two years. Any
concerning him will be |
thankfully received by his disconsolate
wife. Idaho and Montana papers please
copy.
The Idaho Statesman says the railroad |
west) experiences much difficulty from /
snow for 20 miles beyond Cisco. The
Track is kept open at enormous expense.
It is estimated that it will cost as much
to clear the track this winter as to
have enclosed twenty miles of it with
iheds. ,--.---,. r-,--.---
A dispatch dated Michigan Bluff Cal.
February 8, says: Warren Cook, former
y of Maine, was found shot in his bed
It DeadwOod, near this place, yesterday
He is supposed 10 have done
he deed himself, in consequence of the
want of success in mining.
The, Grand Jury OF. Amador county,
al, have indicted James Bau1kenburg
s one of the robbers of the lone City
nd Latrobe stage, on which occasion
Wells, Fargo & Co. had $1,000 taken
rom their Treasure box. Faulkenburg
las pleaded guilty the charge.
8. Goldstien shot and mortally wound
d Jesse NJ. Peters, in Belmont, Ne
Tada, Feb. z. The row was from an old
yrudge. Goldstien is justified. Peters,
ays the Recei1e, was lame from a shot
eceived in q row in Montana or Idaho.
The following item, which we take
he liberty to parenthesise, is from the
'heyenne Argus A correspondent of
he Omaha Republican says that James
v. Whitehead, (Whitlatch) the rich
inner of Montana, is In Cincinnati His
ai1ls are said to net him $4,000 per
reek in gold. Ii
The Virginia EistsTpriso, says; The
'verman Company yesterday resumed {
perations on their mime Stock in this
line has of late advanced very materi- {
lly.1c One week ago II was selling az |
71-last night twas 500 and 500. II
The Leader says<- Lisle Lester, the
Opular elocutionist of the Pacific coast.
coming 20 Cheyenne. . This lady is ]
nown to be without rival in her pro
ssi0n, and the eastern papers speak Of
sr as second Mary Kemble." 1tsl Ia
The ROseburg Elesiga says that on /