The Montana post., 1868-09-11

RIVER NEws.-The steamer Miner
ien Sioux City, Aug. 20. for Omaha. there to load
with government freight for Fort Bnford.--.-.The
Deer Lodge win probably go 10 Saint Louis to have
addition Of thirty feet put in amidshiP. The y.
W. Transportation Company will have ten boats
of their own engaged iu the Montana trade next next
season......The Bertha went down To Sioux CltY
from Dophsus Rapids in Is days
A MERE TRTFLE.-Day before yester-
day, Messrs F. Bohm s. Co, assayed 1900 ounces
of gold, worth s23 600 in gold coin. This Is mere
trihe. hO~eyer in comparison with what has been
done by this firm. Wait until the Fair and then
you will see such bricks as would work destruc-
ton to any hat in which spiritually nclinsd in
dividual might attempt to carry them
LARGE RUN.-We refer to the clean
up of mortar and pestle hand stamp mill. opera
ted about afteeu minutes yesterday by Jim Whit
| latch on four pounds Of selected rock from the
Park Lode. From the four pounds mentioned,
sixty-fve dollars in gold was obtained
ENLARGEMENT OF THE GAzETTE.-It
took place yesterday morning. and consists in the
lengtheuing of the columns and the addition of
column to each page. The GGzette is a very good
paper of a very bad kind and conducted by gem
tlemeu whom always glad 10 see succeed
10 everything save their politics geographically
considered the Gdzae is not excelled by any paper
in the mountains.
ACCIDENT.-0n Sunday, a wild horse
on which wes- Travis riding proceeded to act
very unI,retty by backing over prospect holes,
cellars aud the like, and finally took IL into his
head to under a wagon. Travis thought IL
prudent 10 take his headquarters" out of the
saddle, in performing which retrograde movement
one of the bones of his len wrist was broken.
MISUNDERSTANDING stage Office has
been removed to No. 40 Main street. formerly occu-
pied by Cornell s Henderson and directly opPo-
site Bohm &c Aub's Bank. He has had the new
ofce ftted up in fine style and is prepared TO send
travellers to all portions of Western Montana on
short notice.
From Wednesdays Daily
THE RACING MANIA.-This noble an
imaL the horse, such fruitful theme for compost
ton with the youth of the nation and necessary
for Mazeppa as the suppositionsl he, but generally
real she, when he she takes his or her ride on
the fiery untamed steed-this animal, say
which commences life by being damned, and is
the of much profanity during the term Of
its existence especially when IT bucks OF is baulky
fails to elicit satisfactory bid, notwithstanding
the entreaties of the auctoneer-this animal, we
repeat which hurres the doctor 10 the house alike
of the borning and dying, and eventually trundles
US all to the grave. and which is a very convenient
hobby horse to ride into the local column when
there is scarcity of items, is just attracting
more attention in Helena than the Presidential cleo
tiou or the price of ranch eggs The town is sf-
hicted with the mauia-has got it bad, so bad.
in fact that of those attacked have thrown up
such stale and pu.rid matter old stale joke
about the human race. The tongues Of the whole
are thickly coated with race" Like
a Pestilence. It seems TO Pervade the atmosphere,
affecting mems brains, pockets and muscles. Our
citizens talk about IT, bet upon it, aud fight over IT,
The last race in particular, has given rise to the
most alarming symptoms; aud the disease. which
was at first confined TO those of the genus Jehu, is
now common TO the entire community. And the
mania is increasing. Those best informed in such
matters state that it will probably reach its height
early next month, about the time OF holding the
Fair but hopes entertained that the disease
may then he got under control. and that by the
time the thermO meter Indicates temperature of 80
iegs. below zero this winter, the mania may be
numbered among the things that were and the
noble animal very much aforesaid be allowed TO
pats of those most afflicted. We shall hope for the
best and the beast.
II. H.-Hose. Harps, Homes, Histories,
Harmouicas Hobby Horses. Handkerchiefs
II Hymus Horns, Hills Houses, for Heatheos, Host
ers, Highlsnders, aud every Human. at the Nov
city Store.
QUEEN SABE?-We do not, why it
was that an individual bearing the surname of Nc
Laughliu, other name 90 unknown, yesterday
felt it his duty to pitch into old 10 the dray
age business on Main ST. Perhaps the old man was
not good looking, perhaps he better looking
than Nc. perhaps he enemy of Mes on
general priuciples-we- don't know-at all events
Nc. pitched in as aforesaid and came out second
best After having been slightly punished he vas
brought before JDstiee Edwards and fined hftsen
dollars and costs. for going for man" and then
getting whipped. This should teach our fghtists
a great moral less on which NAV be summed CD in
,.o, NO., ,;, ana s.a L,,, &C. A.
la-sis ,b, ranal,,, for no, ,o,,o- :.
lhk lELE''iSAI 1t Is ho' ~ All uh-
ike a drunken mAn-it no looner gets up in one
place than u goes down IN another First eommu-