The Montana post., 1868-03-14

mucn larger, has been opened up and the mine II
still looking very favorable for good returns-
| ALAlfRDA.-We notice at Nowlan &
we.y's, q brick, the product Of Alameda rock
| crushed in Hitchelrs arrastras, and assayed by
Bohm Il Aub. Helena It's weight is IS ounces;
contains gold, 500 "A; silver, e5I e. total el4s 25
and Is es7 hne. The result is from 81 tons Of
/ u. s. CoURT.-Deputy Marshal Hull
yesterday proclaimed q special term Of U District
Court and adjournment until Wednesday at 10 q
m. when VIM Chiles, representing the counsel Of
meut and in case it cannot be quashed, make a,
| motion for continuance
CLOSED FOR REPARs.-The FL Sol
Billiard Room, which has been having q very sue
ss.s1nI M run during the wn,sI w We - are inform m
closed for q few days. to undergo a thorough
fitting, afier which il win be again opened TO the
public. The 81 Sol, under its present management
has deservedly popular reputation as a first
class saloon, and is receiving the patronage due to
/ enterprise and energy. 81
A MILL" IN PRosPEcT.-The Mon
scS ssSns s.. IF Ry
ending with general rOw.-LsaOeHDOrth cOHser+
pdtfUs-
what is your fighting weightp Address James
Grinhth, Langrishe's Dramatic Company, Helena,
Montana.
| SALEs.-Mr. A. J. Snider on Saturday
last sold 5000 In Montana Territorial Warrants
at IS cts currency the dollar. Also 200 sacks OF
These may be considered as ruling figures in the
market at present.
IFrom Thursdays Tri-weekly.
HELENA ITEMs.-From the Herald
On the night of March 5th band of Crow or Snake
Indians made raid on the stock along the Mis-
souri, within IS miles of Helena. Commencing |
their dePredstions at Tonys Ranch, FIVE miles be-
low the crossing TO Whites gulch, they swept up |
through the grazing lands that lie upon this side Of
the river as far as Beaver Creek two miles above
the Upper Ferry. They carried their depredations |
up this creek some three miles. and then retreated !
sns-1- ~. - n
the hesdwaters of the huscleshell. They swept /
clear Of horses and mules thu region over which |
they passed, aud must have secured between one |
hundred and one hundred and fifty head of stock. |
II is supposed that there were between fifty and |
eighty Indians in the plunder!ng party. Great ex-
citement prevailed but attempt had been made
TO recapture the stock = A prosnectiny nornanv
in Orc Fino gulch near UnionvIle. have obtained |
good prospects, The Herald initiates itself tre-
mendiously on what il thinks a technical flaw !
it picked in statement Of the number Of issues
per week. ofMontans papers, and gets of guam
dty ofbOmbast about ITSELF and inuendo about 9TH
ers, Don't forget that you are probably human
that promissory notes have day of maturity that
your self-glorifcStion, and several other things.
have rendered you ridiculous in the eyes of respect
able men OF all parties, and that throwing dirt from
the position you occupy soils only yourself
From the Gazese The military patrol, from
Fort Shaw to Kennedy's Ranch, and from Fort
Shaw to Bob. Tingley's haI been discontinued.....
The typos in Helena each set mp their 600 for
the Artemus Ward monument fund, on March 9th.
..-.Information is received that 200 300 wagons
roads will permit travel = Trade 10 improving,
and prices firm on all staples except -four. The
latter. owing to continued supplies from the mills
-four - 900 tons Of Atlantic Cable rock has
yielded $50 600 by sluicing. The headings and
tailings remaining, which have to be crushed, are
CITY ORDINANCE-The Board of Al
dernen-the "most potent, grave and reverend !
seiRneurs" who WELD the mighty destinies of this
have passed ordinance prohibiting
kind Of transmogrifed legal ysrbosity we might
style, did, done and doable." with the heaven
bestowed crystals prepared. put up and shaken
down in the town expressly for the qualification of
small boys and the benefit Of GLACIERS. This ordi-
nance was doubtless passed owing 20 the destruc-
ton of an immense number of windows; a few faces
swollen or exoorated by accidental contact with a
compressed globular messenger of Momus passing
through space at the rate Of an imaginary number
of miles per second, the collapse of number of
lies Of unsuspecting pedestrians by the unavolda-
BILE falling of few bushels Of snow from the top of
hree story buildings. The boys Of course not
accountable for lack of cohesion in the glass;
voidable collisions between two bodies in motion =
'r the law Of gravity, and were getting about as
much fun out of little il supposed ordina
lily to contain. However, the fun was rather de-
tructive; annoying to many of those who did not a
participate, and IN its excess the action taken by
whose windows were turned into ventilstors. To =
'revent this the ordinance was passed. ...
BEAR RIVER BRIDGE.-The Salt Lake .
Telegraph has the following concerning the new ],
ridge: In letter from B. Hampton, dated 4
Bear River Bridge, Feb 29th, he says we were eI-
'eedingly fortunate in building the bridge. The n
ast plank was laid the ice in the river gave way
coming down in pieces 90 to so feet square and d
bout le inches thick, rolling over crashing and
act with. The scene was grand All hands were e
mt to see it. Alter such severe trial think
nay say our new bridge is eminently q success
nd is, think the best in the Territory. We are ]
low putting mp the railing, which Will take bat n
ew days; all win then be complete. There are r
all
inches thick and driven into the river bed far
they would go, which varies from 10 10 II feet c
The caps are % feet long, 10xl2 The total length
the bridge 30 feet width between the ratings
5 feet. II
ITEMs.-From the Deer Lodge Inde- D
endenf of March 6: There are seven tunnels in | 2.
rogress on the Atlantic Cable Lead longest l4o G
'et,-Rumley Buffers steam arastras at Phil l.
Psburg, are crushing q half ton Of rock per day. =
ieldng at the rate of $40 per tou.-The Great a a
omance" Of Helen Yindex alias Wingate is COM re
leted. The Talbot brothers married Helen and p'
ow ka, and will probably be in the stampede in
Sweetwater this spring. Two or three other Of io
nd If they get the money their vouchers viii be ~
ut here with a mill each. early in the SPRING ~
Lead Pencil writes from Beaverhesd Valley a ~
tier depreeatory OF the hanging of Spauldng and e
wilson. We received terribly denuneiatory let dc
II from the same neighborhoOd regarding the same as
lair Not knowing the writer, we made con- In
ensation of his statement and asked for further 10
formation from known parties but the article was -
pied |" and SO il ended. Wonder If there was -.
lything not all square in that transaction. III
WoRKMEN WANTED.-We recently
1ticed paragraph going the rounds of the east tel
press TO the effect that ten thousand would tn
ave Montana If they had money enough to get Of
II Of the country 1t lie manufactured cut Nj
whole cloth. Business ia a mining country. and CO
pecially placer mining is dull during the winter
onths, and there those who spending their nc
ne in prospecting during the summer, are In a SAT
ther impecunious situation during the winter of
II there are as few of them here as anywhere. alb
e publish to-day letter from reliable gentle ior
an, stating that 300 men can find steady sum we
ers employment m the Salmon mines at s. TO 81 gu
r day in gold. II will cost a man comparatively TO
thing 20 go there yet we question If that many thi
en- be found in Montana 90 whom those wages reT
e sufficient inducements TO leave their present wi
nps. We commend this fact to those papers sps