The Montana post., 1868-02-15

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acted large amount Of business. which was iSost,
ly of = fnansial character. Below We give briei
synopsis of the more Important part OF their pro-
ceedingr. The taxes for the ensuing year were
levied AZ follows For Terrt0riaI purposes, mills
the dollar county do. 10 do. for schools ); Tor
poor i: ssd in addition, q poor tax Of e2 each
| male resident OF the county ever twenty-oue and
under fOrty-nve. The Treasurer's report states
that the whole amount received FROM licenses taxes
fines etc., for the quarter ending February Lat
| a. 2t0 IL, which was expended as follows County
i war snts cancelled. S5.716 "a; poor fund $500:
Trea> 1rsrs conamissioa Tor discussing monies,
1 ssOl el; amount OF poor fund on hand; s43 63; do
/ school. do do, S447 99- Theexpenses Oft cosu-
~ hospital for the quarter ending February LIST
were So 345 go. the Sherifs bill tor services aud
l board OF prisoners for same length OF time. was
| @, el7 50. Both were allowed after deduction
of sI5 from the latter. The trial OF Prot Hodge
and son in Virginia City, cost the county nearly
@. 400. The payment of the bonds held by Thos-
| X. Tut, amounting in the aggregate TO SIS, 600,
and which fall due the ensuing elgnt months; was
provided for. The bills Of Justices Duke and Ed
wards, the former SlS3 e5 and the latter $40 so,
for services iu criminal cases, were allowed was
also District Attorney Shober's bill of S435. Al
innumerable number Of smaller bills whose sum to-
| tai was considerable were also passed upon and
allowed. The board ordered that the sum Of s9oO
Of the first monies receiyedA on account of the
county fund, and ten per cent Of all moneys re
ceived said fund from this date until July LIST
be set apart as a contingent fund. The following
Mill; for bridge on the New York and Eidorado
Bar road, and for bridge across the prickly Pear
on the road from Helena TO Canon Ferry. The
petition for assistance to build road up Ten Mile
10 the head of Monitor gulch was favOrably con
sidered, but definite action IL postponed
mans bridge north to the Missoari River was de-
clared public road The following are the rates,
In gold dust. 10 be charged by the Bamboo Ferry
For two horses and wagon, 81; for each addi-
tioual span of horses so ce.ts; one yoke of oxen
and wagon. g; each additional yoke of oxen, so
CENTS man aud horse, IS cents; pack horse, so
cents footmsn, p cents. The petition OF the gen
tiemen OF the Helena Bar, recommending the sp
pointment of suitable person to arrange ssd open
the necessary books required by the laws of hOu-
thna Territory TO be kept by the District Court
granted Samuel p. Johns was directed 20 procure
the necessary books and arrange them at the
pense Of the county with the following fees; Dock
etiug each Judgment 81; making each judgment
roll 81 so; indexing each name 25 cents; euierin9
each cause on register, 81; copying, per IOIio, 81
cents. rs-
PRE-EMPTIoN RIGHTs. Considerable
excitement occasioned among the property
holders Main street. Saturday last, by the
publication in The Gazette of that morning of two
pre- emption notices claiming two quartz leads and
two mill sites, the latter comprising ten acres each,
under the title OF the Palmer Mining Company
and the Mountainser Mining Company The To-
Gators of the former are, Il N Hoyt. w Foster,
Geo FOote. Chas w Sears and Frederick Palmer,
azd of the latter, L NJ Hoyt Nathan Carroll w
Foster, Geo Foete. Chss w Sears, L J Lowry.
Henry Woodward aad NJ p Lowry. The ground
claimed for the mill sites extends from Taylor.
Thompson r. Co.'S claim. on Grizzly gulch, some
two thousand ieet mp the gulch, and includes near
ly all Of the most valuable business houses Main
emptoFs for locating the grouud are assigned the
most prominent of which hints st attemp5 on
their part to blk the P0blic meeting has been call
ed fer Monday evening to take the matter into
siderxtion, whe. the whole affair win be thorough
ly ventilated. and some definite plan 70 resist the
object decided on. ID '-. I|
THE WEATHER. The clerk of til |
weather must have recently soured on somethi nR
for the psst couple Of days he visited us with
an extra heavy hand The difference between 1
ataove and h.l.
zero Il mos. seusibly felt both thermometrically 1
and practically spsakink.
RETURNED.-Gov. Green Clay Smith |
returned to Virginia on last Mondays coach
THEATRIcAL.-On Saturday evening
last the ne play OF Au that Glitters is net Cold
was produced at the theater, TO, We are sorry 10
ssy, a not very crowded house. Notwithstanding
he limited plumbers. the play went OF we'll, and
From Saturdays Tri- Weekly.
PEOPLES MRETING.-The meeting nc
he Court room on Monday evening last, which was
he application Of certain parties to obtain a gov
eminent patent for large slice Of the business por
ion OF our city (and which mentioned IN our | !
Sani1ed by spPointing w. +. CHADWICK to the
hair and Messu. s. p. Bsssett and e. w. Carpen-
er, Secretaries % motion, committee OF Eve
consisting Of X. b. Parrott George n. Pinney, w.
< Roberts and Mr. Kirkland were appointed 20
lraft resolutions. During The absence Of the COM
nittee, Col johnson addressed the meeting and ex
'ressed his views in no very gentle terms on the
inject The committed after u short absence, re-
'orted the following presmble and resolutions =
Whereas, certain parties have fled applications r
With the Register Of the dstrict land Office for
'atent 20 porto Of the ground upon which the
own OF Helena is located claiming the same
uarz lodes and mill sites; and whereas the action
4 said parties Is prims face evidence of a swBdle;
IL resolved by the citizens and property holders
{ Helena ih mass meeting assembled, I
hat IN n1Rf fNn n
nd town lots which we have legitmatsly and in
0od faith acquired In the way aud manner pre-
ctoel oy the United states Law relating to the 10.
inds. and that we believe said Law 70 be explicit 7
nd entirely sufficient for our protection. 4 i =
I'd That the action OF the aforementioned parties
entirely voluntary aud uncalled for and prejudi- |
al TO interests; and that believe all honest
len and good citizens will dscountenanee such p
rOceedngs IN toto; and that we neither desire | y
be put to trouble or expense by said parties, or
hy other person or persons acting In like man
er and that We mutually pledge ou rselyes TO act
gether as one in carrying out the spirit OF these
Sd. That q committee offve be appointed by this L
eeting TO wait upon the persons who have fled
pplicFtion as above. and request them to immedi-
ely withdraw the same; and that said committee NJ
port at an adjourned meeting TO be held at this M
ssh Re il further resolved that Il shall be the ~
ny Of the said committee TO wait npon all the ofi-
RS of this district aud inquire IL any person in the
nployment OF said Office connected with the NJ
pplicatou for patent described as aforesaid: and "
such shall be the case that said committee re- VI
lest the immediate discharge of such person or N
rsons from their positions liff N -frTFTrff | I
Communications were read from Messrs, E NJ =,
oyt and III. r. A Smith, the former denying any ~
rticipation in the proceedings with view to In I
or ia snygise defraud fle citizens but solely n
cause he was under the impression that in the | :
d i would facilitate the procuring Of a general i
le to those Of our citizens who woald avail them n
Ives OF the means. The latter also denied being P'
any way implicated in the affair. After good n
al OF discussou the letters laid the table II
await further action at the adjourned meeting. II
le following gentlemen were appointed a com | /
uee under the resolutious-1fessr George NJ | r,
nney, : NJ. Hall. John H Shober Daniel lIaea. ~
IN and Henry Thompson. committee Of five ~
's also appointed TO prepare petition to be sign
Dy our citizens, praying the Probate Judge TO Su
~ On penai q tne community for a Uuited Sa