The Montana post., 1868-10-09
WHOLE NO. PA
THE WEST.

The small pox has made it's appear
ance near Albany, Oregon.
The small pox increases in San Fran
cisco. 1t breaks out in the police court
orphan asylum, public schools, in fact il
is everywhere in the city.
Lusk, of Alameda county. California,
has field of fifty acres which yielded
an average of at least 5000 pounds of
raspberries per acre, probably more, say
seventy-fve to eighty tons all told.
The steamer Idaho sailed from San
Francisco, Sept. 18th, with a cargo val
ued at $4,000. for Honolulu. A steamer
will leave every twenty days hereafter
for the latter port.
The Esmeralda Union quotes the mar
rage, in Lone Pine, Inyo county, CALI
fornia. of l.. Peayson. aged 40 To Miss
A. Harrico. aged years and months
married at the residence of the
brides father"
Bakerville, Oregon, was burned on
the 10Th inst, loss of one million doll
lars being incurred. The whole town
was consumed within three hours after
the flames were first discovered. But
small portion of the property was in
sured.
In Oregon, Ben. Holiday, c. Temple
Emmett and 5. G. Elliot have announced
that thoy have formed a o-partnership
for the construction of railroads in the
State of Oregon and adjoining States
and Territories, under the name and
style of Ben. Holiday & Co.
The Frontier Ipder of the 22d inst
tells OF the arrest in Green River City,
on the 14th inst, of two horse thieves,
named James King and f Orfield, ayiaS
BannOck jim also the killing of two
others of the same profession on the
goth. A third, named John Orford, was
arrested, taken to Green River and
/ lodged in Jail to await the action of the
authorities there.
/ A convention was held at Portland.
Ne, Sept. 4th, having for its object a
continuous railroad connection from San
Francisco TO Portland and Halifax, the
completion of line from the waters of
the St. Lawrence to Puget's Sound, and
the arrangement of the departure of
steamers on the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans, from their respective ocean ports
so "a to effect regular connected tram
sit across the continent and both oceans
/ The distance by rail from Halifax to
San Francisco is stated at 1888 miles
BY the consummation of this project the
u
outlet of the granaries of the West.
/ Humboldt Wells, where the L. p. r.
X. Co. have commenced grading, and
are working eastwardly to connect with
their present western terminus is about
232 miles this side of Salt Lake City.
/ The present eastern terminus OF the G..
p. X. II. Co, or where grading has been
completed, is at Winnemucca, 1S5 miles
this side of Humboldt Wells, or 324
miles east of Sacramento. The present
appearance of the railroad situation is,
that the Union Company is determined
to finish the road from Humboldt Wells
to some point near Salt Lake, a distance
of about 232 2miles.-SacFlHlent Union
OF recent GOLD discoveries in Arizona,
the Virginia Enterprise says that party
of fifteen men, with Herman Schore-
man at their head, penetrated far into
the Apache country, and discovered
region in which they found placer mines
which they believe To be as rich as were
those of California in early times. In
one place Mr.. s. obtained three bits in
washed gold in coarse grains from a
single pan of dirt, carrying the dirt fif-
teen miles to wash it. The dirt was
not scraped from the cTevices of a ravine
but was taken from hill of gravel
Water could be got upon these gold
fields and immense fortunes taken out
of the diggings but for The relentless
Apacbes- No small party can stay in
the country.