The Montana post., 1868-09-25

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ces of Denver, are provided with shade trees.
What reason is there that the city of Helens
should not be similarly oruamented. The
trees are TO be obtained in abundance near at
hand, and the experiments already tried with
them, have given proof that they can, with
proper care, be made to live and flourish
when transplsnted- Whatever our city has to
boast of on the account of It's business actIv-
ity, it certainly has no very great claims to
beauty. In no better manner can its appear
I ance be improved than by the planting of
shade trees, and we therefore, hope our citi-
Iens will follow the example, set by Denver.
OLD TIrEs.-The manager of the "-POsr
Publishing Co., /" wears a smiling face to-day,
owing to the receipt of the Union and Dako-
tian, published at Yankton, Dakota Territory.
1t is certainly spicy sheet, and TO use the
I language of "old HiIl," the Gear marks of
Geo. Kingsbury are visible in the local
/ column. The paper tells of a triangular fight
\ for the Office of Delegate to Congress-of a
man carrying water on his shoulders for nine
years''-we presume it was for the purpose of
allaying the heat in his whlskey tank; of a
"$l2 official dinner" and a political "Samp-
son armed with the jaw bone of an ass" We
have some of the latter class up here, and
their "fddle strings" are aching as bad as
Kiddus'. The Oak titan is a welcome exchange
and is a live and singing radical paper.
FIRk.-This forenoon, about o'clock,
FIRE was discovered over the Office at Travis
stable. It had been the custom to throw old
saddles, bedding, and rubbish generally, up
into the space between the ceiling of the
Office and the roof of the stable. During
Sunday some OF the articles there deposited
were overhauled and a bed became accident
ally thrown against the stove pipe. The con-
sequence was that it was soon in a blaze, after
the fire was made in the stove yesterday
morning. The flames were extinguist ed be-
fore any damage was done TO the building
VIRGINIA IrEMs.-From the Democrat
''The bedrock aume OF Poole & Orr yielded
$4,000 as the result Of a two week run recent
ly.... The John How mill at Summit, started
up last week.
From Wednesdays Daily.
GRocERs' AND AssArERs' WEIGHTS. we
End the following comparison of grocers' and
assayers' weights IN the Virginia Enterprise /:
"TO convert avoirdupois weight TO troy accu-
rately, multiply the aVoirduPois pounds by |
7Oos and divide the product by 4s. Or to |
approximately from avoirdupois ounc-
es, substract their tenth, and to the remainder |
add a ninth of the deduction. We have
tested these two rules on 100 pounds ayoirdu- I
polSs 1he accurate result Is l,45S Is troy
ounces. The approximate result is ,457 |
ounces and 7S-l00, or only 55-l0O of an ounce
sariation In ,45S ounces. Jhe troy pound
of IL ounces) contains $500 troy grains.
The avoirdupois pound (of Is oun ces) con-
aims 900 troy grains. The troy ounce con-
aims $50 troy grains. The ayoirdupois ounce
contains 4371 troy grains. While the avoir-
lupois pound is heavier than the troy pound,
he adyoirdupois ounce is lighter than the
roy ounce. If these facts were borne In
mind, much of the confusion existing as to
he different kind of ounces would vanish.
LADIES EoUEsTRIANIsM.- of the most
ttractiye features of the approaching Fair
aomises to be the exhibition of ladies' edues-
rianism. That Montana has some of the
nest equestriennes to be found in the coun-
ry, is not to be doubted, and we are glad To ,
earn that so many of these contemplate
akIng part In the trial of skill referred to- |
his trial viii be conducted in the most unex-
eptionable manner, and we hope that still
ther competitors will be found TO take part .
q It before the exhibition takes place. The
Temiums are large, and of an elegant charac-
pr. .."-" .H.rr..T.. In
VIRGINIA ITZHs.-FrOm the Democrat
he new bell of the Catholic church has been .
ung =. :. District Court is in session The S
Ollowing are the assessment returns of the c
ifferent counties in the Territory, as filed in 4
be Auditors Office up to the lst day of Sep I
ember, 1865: !