The Montana post., 1869-05-28


splendid building when complsted.
DUE-Wells, Fargo & Co.'S coach will
arrive to-day at the usual time with nine pas
ssnEers and seven sacks of mail; two brass
lock, two iron lock, and three canvass sacks
From Saturdays Daily.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER DEER
LouGs-Ihe first boat of the season, the y.
". I. Co.'s steamer Deer Dodge, Capt. J. P.
Clark, Master; John Gordon, Clerk, arrived
at Fort Benton On the l9th, forty one days
out from Sioux City She brings one hun
drei and fifteen tons freight and one hundred
and twenty-one passengers, a list Of which
and her manifest We have before published.
The water Is unusually low, and she was com
4 PEELED TO Tighten at three different points
Grand River, Fort Union and Dauphan's
| Rapids, at which latter point the best water
| AZ only thirty-two inches Thirty hours was
| consumed at the Rapids, aud she was barely
/ able TO get over light On the 20th the rlysr
was rising about two inches per day. The
\ Fannie Barker, of the y W. 7. Co., and the
] Only Chance, of ST. IonIs, were the nearest
] in her wake, and IL was an even race between
| between the two, both drawing the same
number of inches. All honor Is due 70 Capt.
4 Clark for the untiring energy displayed by
\ him in surmounting the various ficulties of
\ the trip, and making the frst landing Of the
4 season. On MS arrival at the Fort, the pas
/ sengers gave three rousing cheers for Capt
1 Clark, the Deer Lodge and the y. W. T. Co.
/ The Deer Lodge was 20 return yesterday NOR
4 ming. She carries downward passengers
| about two hundred officers and soldiers from
I Camp Cook and other posts On the river.
/ Notwithstanding the Indian troubles, there
4 has been almost double the usual aunC uut of
I steamboat wood cut during the past winter,
u L from one 20 two dollars per cord lower
4 than last season. Reports were rife all along
1 the river Of the movements of hostile Indians,
but the boat was not moIested by them.
VIRGINIA CITY ITEMs--From the
Democrat we learn that the Petit jury were
discharged on Nay 2Oth, and the Court was
/ occupied hearing motions until esterday.
| when II adj dj0uruei and JUICE " arTsn started
/ for Msa-hsT County The last run on the
] Stevens ITlvett mill realized $3.50 Der ton
| ....Ihe grasshoppers have appeared IN large
numbers on Wisconsin creek sui are select
/ I-E camping grounds %. David C0Ean one OF
! NI.-lni4's brightest lights IN the way Of ze
I MUS, threatens 10 rsad another poem 49,. Maj
I isou county wants one thousand meE--he
needs them worse than any place We az pres
I eIt know Whitm5re 4 Wilson's train
I Of twenty wagons left Virginia fJr Benton
I this week Trade l. good, money plenty aui
D goods scarce.
] CARD.
! We. passengers Oh b9ari the steamer Deer
| Lodge" take pleasure In expressing our
\ thanks 20 Captain J. p. Clark. Masts- OF said
\ boat. FUr TIE courteous and Esntlsmauly
/ treatment We have received at Ai- hands on
. our 'prosr-erous voyage. and hereby c1u-ratri-
+ late the y v. L. Company on hayiDE Sc
/ cured the service. Cf 80 able and energetic an
/ officer 70 their interests; and, also, cougratu-
/ late Capt Clark on the selClelt assistance
( rendered him BY bis subordinate officers, all
Of whom deserve the highest eomm-HdaiIOu
/ at our bands.
/ Henry Hlrsctnao. John r. Watson.
] J. =. McClain, J. Smith
| Morris MinEesheiuer, sheldon H GaEude-,
=. i. Brown. wm. II Hall,
/ W p Edwards, Harry Schiller.
Il. J. Norton,
l-. aud one hundred Others.
ARRIVALS - The arrival OF Wells.
Fargo : Co.'S coach yesterday mJruiDs from
Benton, startled our city with the pleasing
] in;elIiEence that the E-st boat OF the season
had arrived The coach brought up as pas
seuEers John Watson and wife. Miss AEcheTt,
Susie Priest, II. J. Norton. II. T Brown. =
3. Clark, A Stove, = III. Gardner. II. Hersh-
man and wife. TO the Springs Station. Also
J. NJ. Cavanaugh. AL the arrivals except
tEa last were from the states, we believe.
New GOODS. The steamer Deer
Lodge. which arrived on the 18th. brought /
2l9 cases of goods for Julius Sanls. OF this
city. This extensive invoice consists OF Ia
- =
all Of the latest Eastern styles, and . full as
sOrtment Of all those articles of dress. decor
ations aud adornmeut, the uses AID benefits
Of which are known only 70 tue f,ir sex.
These goods are expected 10 arrive by next
Thursday, when they wilt Be- &C once DIS
PLAYED for the admiration of purchasers.
! WHY l. IT THUsLY For two long
weeks We have been destitute of the Deer
Lodge Independent. We have been 80 long
accustomed TO draw refreshing information
concerning the other side from that paper
that its absence from our table at due times
Il looked upon as a considerable loss We
invoke the attention Of the triplets 60 our
condition. We very much desire the paper,
for We hsvs heard of and long TO be
posted on the strife Withhold not from Us
the Independent.
MIR. j. r. SANFORD says q word to
the public this morning through his adver-
tisement, TO which We call attention. Mr..
Sanford Il an experienced upholster and pa
Per hang=r, and Is thoroughly competent TO
complete In the most perfect style anything
he undertakes.
NEW PoTATOEs.-1he han-han re-
galed their bOArisrs yesterday with new po-
tstoes. These, We understand, are the first
of the season. They were about large as
walnuts snd as lovely as maiden's blushes.
PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-One of the pas
ssngers of the Deer Lodge, while handling 8
revolver accidentally shot another passenger,
Donald Mcintosh, through the leg, just be-
low the knee, on the day before the boat
landed at Benton. The ball broke no bones,
but inflicted a severe flesh wound, which
caused his detention az Benton for surgical
| treatment.
ANOTHER STEAMER SCNK-PrivAte
adyices received BY Meszrs. Weir 4 Pope Of
this city, dated May llth, state that the
steamer Colossal sunk, when on the way from
ST. Louis TO Benton. Several parties IN tLis
city had goods on board, but we were unable
TO learn any further particulars
OvEKLASD.-There arrived to-day