The Montana post., 1869-01-15

RoseOurR, ortgon. who lost leg last
August by stage upset. has sued the
Oregon and California stage company
tos 100000 damages.
Daniel Horvey of Oregon City. while
on visit 10 the Dalles Tor his health.
dropped suddenly dead i'm the Empire
Hotel AZ he WAS playing with his little
son. Dec. ). Ill. was one of the pioneers
OF Oregon. and quite wealthy.
The Oregon Xero'd. published at
Portland. lately edited by Brriah Brown,
an ultra States Rights Democratic sheet.
was sold at Sheriti-s sale on the. 2Jth OF
Nov ember. and bid in by the judgment
creditor at 5000. which is less than
halt the amount of his Judgment.
Patsy Marty having thrown out a
challenge in Salt Lake City, Con Orem
accepted it Dec. 80. offering to fight him
for $500 in "a hours. and put up $50
forfeit. Con also offered to match Jim
my Dwyer against him tor 800 side
Manager Jack Langrishe telegraphed
to Mr.. OrPen To engage the Cheyenne
Theatre for him Dec. a6. After playing
IA few engagements along the line OF the
railroad during the winter. We may look
for the LanCrishe troupe back in
Helena
The Council Bluffs Nonpafaa learned
that the engine house of the Sioux City
and Pacific Railroad at Missouri Valley
junction. was destroyed by fire Thurs
day evening. One engine in the house
was burnt. The origin of the fire is
unknown This involves loss of SEQ
600
The Virginia City (Monianal Icie-
yJuph of the 9th inst. says: Acting
Governor Taft delivered his message tn
the Legislature to-day, eic.- WASH
fngtoh Chr0hicl,.
We welcome Mr.. Wild To the edito
rial fraternity
ten. u. h. tonnors new boat is a
sucress. She has mad. ten day 5
cruise on Salt Lake. The lake is from
20 to 40 feet deep. The boat sailed one
mile over what was. IL few years since.
grazing land IL il estimated the lake
is rising one foot per year. and has
raised l1 feet since capt. nsberry 3
survey.
The Walla Nalla Statesman of Dec.
Is, says Dan. Hayes. the packer, with as
animals arrived at Walla Walla in the
n.
days from Bear Gulch. He reports very
little snow on the mountains. Business
at Blacktuoi was dull. Agtneral STAINS
pede is expected in the spring to the
new mines in the k"otenai country.
An intelligent Chinaman. living near
the Gieger Grade, Nevada. where the so
called small pox no. raging ON the Pa
citic coast has lately made its appear
ance. asserts that il is not small pox but
the black measles" of China, much
more fatal disease. His statement is
eorroborated, it is claimed, by character
istics of the epidemic.
Mr.. HOllister took his departure yes>
terday morning for the L. +. Railroad,
which he will follow west tn the juno
tion. Will also visit Salt Lake City,
White Pine and other points of interest
in that region. He will contribute reg
ularly to the columns OF the NeTs.-
DeHctr Nfrs. 30M.
The Local of the Deseret .Ne,rs gave
notice on Ian. I'd. that leap year had
expired, but he would give conjugally
inclined young ladies three days grace
After that he pufposed besieging IA
party by the name of Johnson. The
party by the name OF johnson" has
been pretty well beseiged already. and
will surrender March 4th.
The Napa Register says that the larg-
est source of supply of wood tor San
Francisco is from Napa county. An
association of city capitalists with cap
ital of $500, 900. owns 5000 acres of the
best wood land in the valley, on which
the trees are felled by steam four en-
gines being employed. The wood is
carried by railroad to Suscol. and is
shipped to San Francisco mt the rate of
600 cords per week.
The Virginia !SoytgRdrd says: "rhc
surveying party OF the Union Pacific
Railroad Company recently passed
through the Devils Cauldron (Grand
Ronde Valley,) Oregon. Colonel Had
nell. one of the party. stated to the citi-
zens there that the Union Pacific road
would not stop an hour at Monumental
Point. but pass right on through Idaho
and Eastern Oregon to Puget Sound
The San Francisco Ch,osi~ie of Dec
"a, says: Thore arc one hundred and
thirty four vessels on the ocean bound
tor San Francisco--of which seventy are
from Atlantic ports, thirty-six from
The commerce of South America is So
limited that but five are reported from
there The rest are from China, japan
and the East Indies
The T,icgIHIh OF last evening reports
the death of two young men, named
James Reed and Richard Gibbs. who
were killed by the caving in of bank
day before yesterday morning near the
entrance To Round Valley. in Weber
Canyon. The body of Gibbs was cons
veyed Ia his friends in Cache Valley,
and the body of Reed WAS brought To
This city and taken 10 his uncle, John
Muir, in the 9th Ward.-!SaH Lake Re
D0FtcF. lst
Colonel ID. l.. tiregg. Receiver n, the |
Land Office in Carson City. died yester-
lay morning. Deceased resided at Joliet, |
Illinois, in 1S45, and was eCiIor and pub |
Usher of the Joliet S9adi. and an intiu- |
initial politician in tIIas State Cor a mum. |
Der OF years ; also, WAS for long time \
American Consul at tire Sandwich Isis |
inds, was man of excellent education, |
fine speaker. and one who was every, /
where highly respected for his many |
rood qualities of head and heart.-Iir-
mia Enterpyi:s. Dee. 2tH.
From our 81. Joe exchanges of Dec.
list. we obtained the particulars of the
'hooting OF Joel |: Early, by I. A. Green !!
10Th Attorneys of 81. Joe No The dit
iculty originated in an article published
II the Hsy0ld of Dec. 2S. ridiculing Mr..
ireen's mode OF conducting a case be-
ore court. Mr.. Green called on the /
Herald for the authors name. and
earned that tue articles had been hard