Owyhee semi-weekly tidal wave. [volume] (Silver City, Owyhee County, Idaho Territory) 1868-1869, 1868-12-29
San Francisco Letter.
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EDITOR WAVE The market for things In
general averages steady. While smallpox
holds its own, earthquakes are a little wavy;
in fact, many people here have about for
gotten that earthquakes we're ever known.
To relieve the monotony, the chivalry ele-
ment OF the Democracy tried to get up
Frederick Gwin fight in The Board Of Super
vsors, but the man who sent the challenge
refused to go in - when the time came.
He made a fool Of himself at last, and didn't
help the matter any in the long card in the
Alta this morning The newspaper circles
here had quite run oni it, however, and that
helps along Every little helps with them.
But there is no foolishness about the small
pox--it means business in fact Lone Noun
tain real estate rates high W. D. Van Blu
rem, formerly of Ruby City, lost his wife and
little girl not long ago, by that epidemic.
Jack McQuaid's wife was supposed to have
had it, but il so, not in a severe form. There
seems to be an opinion prevailing that the
complaint here has additional malignity to
small pox generaily-that there is something
more to it than usual, perhaps an Asiatic color
ing. Otherwise the city is healthy, and rapid
ly building up damaged houses as well as new
ones Kearny Street is raced from Market
to Telegraph Hill, and is fine thoroughfare
now, but Montgomery is still wide enough TO
hold the crowd. The toy and jewelry shops
are gay and doing good business, but the
authorities cut off a share of their income
by decreeing that the boys should not toot
their horns in the streets-an Internal nuis-
ance last Christmas tunes. This reverses the
application of the fable: d" Fun for the boys
&e" am delighted, however; boy is
nuisance under any circumstances, but give
him his own way and he becomes intolerable.
was never young. But, somehow or other,
it seems as though there is a calm IN the
affairs of this city, as if everybody were
awaiting the coming OF Spring and the com
pletion of the railroad, to rush for White
Pine or bring rush to this place Small
capitalists are busy fitting out "advance
agents y for White Pine as If that place was
TO be the millennium Of their. expectations
John Shoenbar, of 0wyhee memory, went
to the new digglngs in that capacity the past
week, and one or Two others from the Jordan
expect TO follow soon. l.. J. Lewis, of the
Cosmos, thinks he has San Francisco com
pany organized to work the Silver Cord, and
is going east on the strength of it. l think
be has met with encouragement here. As
wrote you before, Owyhee stock would have
quoted high in this market had it not been
for White Pine II the Rising Star crowd
make hit at their debut, Owyhee will di-
vide the rush yet My particular friend,
Gen. Crook. came down from Oregon on
the Ajax last night, and had a good long
talk . over Indian and other matters. He
says that the campaign and fight on Pit river
one year ago was the turning point in tn at
northern war, and that If il hadn't been for
failure. His paroled prisoners in the District
of the Lakes are good citizens and will re-
main so if the Whites don't interfere There
is no expense attached TO his big reserva-
ten, except for the few troops; the subdued
Savages are but too glad to support them
selves of the spontaneous productions, with
the privilege of living at all Crooks account
of that treaty is interesting What God
send he was to that country. There was
good deal of sarcasm in the resolution offer
ed in the Oregon Legislature last Fall when
Crook was in Salem, thanking him for the
service done and yet coDdoling with the con
tractors He is well posted or the railroad
bushes up there, and is of opinion that the
Union Pacific want to continue on to oregon,
but not down the Snake River Valley; that
the Willamette is the objective point. In
that case, il will be a lively fight between
the two companies, for the Central is anxious
to get hold in the same direction Ben
Holiday is here, and is doubtless an " ad-
vance agent - of the U. P The c. p. has
kind o. corralled things in California, and in
tend 10 try for like hold in Oregon, via
Goose Lake &c | will give you another
scratch before " sail The seas over, but il
NAV be dated across the mountains, where
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