The Montana post., 1868-02-15

hslia Union --..-.--s 3.079
Union (Cknese) O26
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The following is statement of the
amonnt of bullion shipped or received
Tor assuy during the, past week in Viz
glnia tity. Nevada From the office of
Wells, Farko q GO. there were shipped
.2.272 pounds Of assayed bullion, valued
at 81, III 5S. The amount of crude
bullion received for melting and assay is
az follows; T. Buhling & Co., 90. 100 or.
TheaIf & Co, II, ,037 or; Geo. w. Dor
win, 1859 o.
A stiff fight, says the Dispatch, is in
progress IN Sacranento over the pro-
posed repeal of the Sunday Law. Re-
monstrances are pouring in from all
sources, among the most determined
friends of the law as it stands being the
actors, who have no idea Of being made
to work every night out OF the seven
But the influence arrayed against the
act is said TO be very great.
E The San Francisco grand jury recently
reported in favor of licensing houses of
prostitution, regulating them and plac-
ing them under the supervi sion of a
board of health, and ask the Legislature
to pass an act legalizing such a course
also making seduction a crime punish
able with severe penalty.
!. "A man named Jno. d. Kriber, hailing
from AonfRna. was serobbed,jn San Fran
cisco on the 4th ult The robbers only
got about 800, as Mr. Is. had Left some
of his money deposited athis hoteA
A friend at Fort Phil Kearney in
forms the Indes that the Sioux and
Cheyennes are becoming very trouble
some. The cavnlry scouts at that place
have had two bloody engagements
with them recently, killing a number of
the redskins and recapturing fifty odd
stolen horses and mules, branded, "U.
The grand U. p. r. r. excursion of
Wall sNeet bankers and brokers, which
Nas Rnnpunced as in preparation n
white. ago. has been postponed until
April-or Ma, when the programme will
Include picnic on the summit of the
Rocky Moantains- Come on, gentlemen,
this is splendid place for bear and
bull" picnic. ,
Y A man named Jas. II. Willians'issues
a challenge in the Central. City Register
"to fight any naR.in Colorado, weighing
1e5 pounds, for $1,000" Send him a
I"Littfe Chicken"
/ There were Al deaths in San Fran
cisco for the week ending Jan. 81. of
! which 21 were from casualties, from
heart disease or were otherwise instan
taneous- .,flefs sruesg i
| Cheyenne wants q 5theater. and the
Leader thinks ga good, first-class thea
ter" would pay They are having a
few tragedies down in that region with
ont the aid Of dramatic talent.
Richard Dunneelif has gone to the
State Prison IN; California to serve out a
term of ten years Imprisonment for the
killing of Scoble at Grass Valley.
] The Nevada EhssrDrtSs says! On Sun
day evening two cyprians had quite q
j lively set.to in a private fbOxGat Piper
Opera House. Much damage to fancy
waterfalls was the principal result.
The new State House of Kansas, now
/ in process of construction at Topeka,
presents fine appearance, and when
4 completed Will have no superior in the
West. The beautiful magnesia lime
stone, of which il is constructed, shows
off TO great advantage. ~ NN
A fire at Atchison, Kansas, on Sunday
Jan. 18th, destroyed the dry goods stores
4 of Howard & Co. and Greenbaume & Co
Loss, about S25, 900, ON which there was
some insurance.
The State Department is in receipt oi
q dispatch from San Francisco, stating
that an assay of gold ore from Alaska
gives $4,000 per ton.
The Denver Neps says the President
has nominated Guy NJ Hulett as Re-
ceiver, and Irwin w Stanton as Register
of the Land Office at Central City.
The friends, OF George w Dent, Ter
ritorial Superintendent of Indian Affair
of Arizona, will urge him as a candidate
for Congress. Dent is General Grant
brotherSin-law. m -r, a-..
II The Cheyenne Leader complains o
dull times, but says large amounts o
freights are arriving daily at the dept 0
the 2, P. r. r., fes @.s
The Board of Directors of the q. p. r
R-slIaEel voted TO erect extensive ma
chine shops and depots at Cheyenne
Isle Liston, the " Readist.' . is at Sal
Lake edifying the Saints with her noe
turnal eloquence. She is said TO be |
tair reader ,-i .-.is
The Council Bluffs NoapdreI adyo-
! Gates the moving of the national capito
from the banks Of the Potomac to tn
banks OF the Big Muddy" ''forninst
Omaha. Don't, please. -
Governor Haight of California i1a
commissioned Henry j. Pipp Senior Sec
, ond LIEUTENANT of the First Californi
Guard, Light Battery, Second Brigade
N. G.,,yice - Eaton, resigned.
, D. Wood is Selling in Virginia, Nevada
kat from $25 to $50 per cord.
The bullion. from Austia. .Nevada, ,shir
, ped .dnrjng the year 1867 amounted =
81 $50 697. la ache Il.
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