The Montana post., 1869-01-15
THE WEST.

Omaha gets its iirewood from Iowa
The Nevada Legislature met Jan. 1th
The first TRIP of street car in Omaha
was made Dec. 2:;d.
Jesus Torres stabbed an Austrian dan
erously AZ Stockton Dec. 2lst.
ST. Louis has had the coolest day iol
thirty years already.
DR.. Edward {. Strobe died of sujder
illness in Denver. Dec. 26.
Denver expects to have velocipede,
shortly.
George Francis Train is back il
Omaha.
The total population OF Buchanan
County, outside the city OF ST. Joseph, IL
/ .393
The Union Pacific Railroad Company
have in use l3. locomotives and nearly
1000 ears OF all descri ptions.
By the laws Of Kansas. women car
prosecute the dealers who sell liquor u
their husbands or children.
Eggs are selling for 81 % per dozen
and 81 30 per pound. in Boise City. Il
t.
Mrs. Van Camp. of Omaha. who was
recently run over by run away team
died of her injuries.
An apple peddler of st. Louis has re
ceived a legacy of Sl50000 by the death
OF a relative in Ireland.
Kansas City. Mo. boasts Il Society oi
Bearded Men, into which no "barefaced
villain" can gain admission.
California consumes annually 12.o00
tons of salt. of which more than half is
produced on the tide lands in Almeda
county.
According to a recent census. the pop
ulation of ST. Louis numbers 205 400. A
census in 1865 made it 1000. The
new census is pronounced false.
One of Ben. Ficklin's stages between
San Antonio and FL Paso, Texas, was
captured recently by Indians, the driver
killed and scalped. stage destroyed and
mules stolen.
The Sal. Lake Telegraph will not
be- removed to Ogden as reported. but
Mr.. Sienhourse PURPOSES starting anoth-
er daily at Ogden.
IL is reported that Hill Beachy. has
made sale of his interest in the Golden
Chariot mine, at Silver City. Idaho. tor
S30000O.
In shooting affiray at Cheyenne,
Dec. 3S, "Blinky Jack" shot, and il il
thought, mortally wounded Harry Pow
ers. a saloon keeper. better known as
Mc,iinnis.
An Oregon paper is progressive II
M ht hS ttnHar hnaA f,f t.,v,a.''
il styles Fixed to stay and
deaths il reports under the head of
Gone.
The Leavenworth Times aad C1nM,.-
eatice of Dec. 2Sth. reports twenty-five
cases of drunkenness and disturbance Of
the pc zee, in which arrests were made.
A moral town is 1lworth.
Colorado ores are rivalling White
Pine. A ton of ore from the Terrible
ode, saws the Miner. was recently
rushed in Georgetown. which will yield
s2 900 in silver.
China is now recommended by physi-
.ians ON the Pacific coast for health
ourneys. Mr.. Vincent Milatovich left
virginia. New. for Pekin under these
circumstances. Dee. 30.
Heavy rains. much needed. began fall
ng ON the Pacific coast, Dec. 22d. II
was known To be general along GOO miles
If the coast. and the rivers were rising
'apidly.
The -iho says the majority OF small
,ox cases have originated IN wooden
with several coats of paper
md paste on the walls. This latter is
sserted the chief cause of the epidemic.
A couple of laGies in Calaveras coun-
y. California, recently went out pros
,ecting near Railroad Flat and discov>
z 4 a quartz lead. said To be richer than
my other ever found in that vicinity.
Some Eastern wag SAYS San Fran
j 80 : overrun with ticks of huge size.
mi elegant back scratchers. in ivory.
r- common ornament OF the parlor
able
J. q. Doll. we'll known citizen of
Red Bluff. California. and possessed of
Arge wealth a few years ago, has petit /
ionei TOR declaration OF bankruptcy. I
lis debts are stated at -, 200.
The people OF Leavenworth have !
.oted their $500, 900 OF stock in the Mis- |
ouri River Railroad Company 10 the |,
.eaveuw worth, Atchison and North |
Western Railroad, on condition that the I
after extend their road 70 A.chisou !
within eigh. months