The Montana post., 1869-06-04
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sanIJuan, CAL, has been incorporated.

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As the White Pine flow was fast, so is
the-ebb. 1851 .i.- ...a .sl.r.r =
An incendiary panic prevails at Sac>
ramento.
John Paine, a teamster, died ofsmall-
pox May 10, in Virginia, New.
Wyoming wants to draw party lines
in the coming campaign.
The contract for building the Leav-
enworth bridge over the Missouri, has
been delayed.
An infant was born at Gilroy at the
moment the last spike was driven in the
Pacific Railroad. Auspicious.
Grasshoppers are abundant in some
parts of Boxelder county, Utah, and are
doing some mischief to the wheat.
Grading on the Vallejo railroad has
been commenced in the vicinity OF 4u>
ba City. ...
Horseshoe and "SlumgullIon" bars
are two choice towns in Placer county,
California.
A California paper says that at the
first opening OF the county court at
White Pine, 80 lawyers were on hand.
The st. Joe Herald, of May 25th, says
parties in that place were sufferers by
the failure of Nowlan & Weary.
The Territorial Enterprise, of Vir>
ginia, Nevada, offers an additional $25,~
900 to the prize for type setting ma
chine.
Peter s. Potten, a blind man, has
been appointed Postmaster at Burling>
ton, Coffey county, Kansas. The Pro
bate Judge will be his deputy.
The Reese River ReccilLe truly says:
One snort of locomotive is worth
thousand tons of guano for making
land sell high.
Joseph Pilkey, al old grey>headed
miner from up in the mountains" says
the Omaha Republican, was knocked
down and robbed of $500 in that burgh
recently.
a large emmigration from the East
ern States are preparing to move into
Colorado this spring. They will settle
in the southern part of the Territory.
Gen. Frank p. Blair and son arrived
in town on Sunday morning. They lett
this morning for short visit 20 the
South Park.-Dearer Aetos, 17th.
Frank Drake has on exhibition in his
window the veritable last spikes-a gold
and silver one. He has, besides, viii
lainous looking hammer labelled as fol~
lows: The hammer that drove the last
spike and killed Austin"
A man named James Bennett shot his
wife May 2lst, and then shot himself In
the head. The wife's wound is light,
but the man will probably die. This
all happened in San Francisco.
The Austin ReUeiILe says the boys 4"
are ocularly distressingly attentive to
the ladies CATERS, as they enter the
churches t-ere. The churches have
stair approaches, which probably &C
counts for the staring.
The Omaha H0rdld says Castello's
menagerie and circus troupe are about
TO start on a professional tour across the
continent, per p. r. r., performing in
the principal places on the way.
a California paper says the Central
\ Pacific Directors have proposed to the
Union Pacific Co. to carry first class
passengers through between Sacrament
10 and Omaha for 500 in currency, be-
ing little over OF cents per mile.
The mail rooms in the Central Pacific
mail cars are being fitted up as distri-
! tion offices for the distribution of mail
matter, and are being provided with all
necessary boxes.
In Corinne, on the 18th inst. by Judge
Cass, Mr. k r. Howard, of COrinne, to
Miss Margaret Wilson, of Boxelder,
/ Utah. That Is the first marriage in
Corinne. How ard it is for man to be
! alone.
Mr. A. johnson of Corinne overlook
| three horse thieves at Elko. who fred
thirteen shots at him, wounding him in
Eve places, but he turned loose on them
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Hester and Henry Burnes. He was ac~
quilted.
| Travellers arriving at Corinne May
| 21st. reported having met from so to 40
wagons between Salmon city and Snake
river. loaded with passengers for the
Salmon mines.
| The execution of Simeon Walters did
not take place on May 18th, as was or
dered. His counsel has appealed the
case to the Territorial Supreme Court,
which will set in August next.-ZGdal
| WdUe
! There is opposition between the stage
lines from Hamilton, White Pine, to
Elko, and the fare has been reduced 20
So. The Inland Empire innocently adds,
las a consequence, there was general
exodus from the place, no less than 65
leaving in one day"
Al Rio Vista, May 11th. John Ander-
son was thrown from a moving machine
by one of the wheels dropping into a
hole. He fell in front of the sickle and
was dragged some thirty yards. Both
his arms and some of his ribs were bro
ken. besides being horribly mangled
with the sickle. He died the same
evening.
The Territorial Eaterprise says that
| he of
ficted with paralysis. having expert
enced a third and very severe stroke,
completely paralizing one side, so that
he was unable to speak or move. Lit
tie hopes are entertained of bis recov-
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