The Montana post., 1869-06-04
THE WEST.
Denver had hail storm May 25.


Mrs. Boomers husband is Mayor Of
Council Blnffs, Iowa.
Hartz, the illusionist, is in Virginia,
Nevada
5. A Mann. Secretary of Utah, is at
Salt Lake.
Grizzly bears are killing cattle in
Santa Cruz county, Cal.
In the California State Treasury there
is 81 .5O0.OO lying idle.
a running spring of petroleum has
been found on Kansas farm.
Mike Price was struck with paralysis
at White Pine n few days ago.
A century plant" is in full bloom in
San Francisco. fA.ALFIEtfg
The RsoeiHe says good dentist would
do well at Austin. .UIff. fNf
J. w. Forbes has taken the editorial
charge OF the White Pine Netcs.
Michael Norton has been sent to the
Insane Asylum from Nevada county,
California.
Joe Coburn and Major O'Keiff had
jumping match at White Pine last suns
day. Joe lost.
A X. p. Stafford, Governor of Arizona,
left Virginia, Nevada, for his new home,
May 20th.
Joe Luckett of Idaho, reported dead,
has turned up all right on the Colorado
River.
John Cornopeck was the fend who
killed Mrs. Burmester. in Idaho, few
weeks since.
Salucius S. Garfield is the Republican
candidate for Congress in Washington
Territory.
The Indians have been committing
depredations near Rawlings Springs
within the past few days.
John B. Manchester, the old sailor
lawyer died in San Francisco, May "a,
of Marasmus. He was 81 years old.
Frederick Robinson had his leg bro
ken by fall from his horse near Bloom
field, Nevada county Cal, May 81.
Grasshoppers are robbing Paradise
valley. Idaho, of all the characteristics
of Paradise.
The Owyhee Tidal WAGE is q marvel
of a country journal. Ii 10 q tidal wave
of local intelligence.
New Jerusalem, is the name given TO
a portion of San Joaquin county. 1t is
an opposition TO Paradise little be-
yond.
1t was rumo-ed in Boise that Charles |
III. Rogers, late Recorder and Auditor of
Alturas county, died at Rocky Bar on
the 10Th ult.
After all, 10 Smith the veritable orig.
inal, Simon pure anti-polygamous, head |
of the Mormon church, is not dead but |
alive and in Plano, Ill.
=. John NJ Bryan of Lincoln, in Placer
county. Cal. has received letters patent
from Washington for the self-discharg-
ing blanket ore concentration.
Thomas Butterfield was brutality at
tackled by one John Coyne in San Fran |
cisco. May 22d, and nearly beaten to |
death.
A miner named Jacob Russ was killed |
ty. California, May 18th, by q bank
caving upon him. lE -.a
The St. Joseph Herald suggests that
there is great danger of the Missouri
River cutting through its western bank
short distance above St. Joseph, and
thus leaving that city high and dry
some four miles east of the channel.
One hundred tons of strawberries
were recently received in one day in
San Francisco-one and one-half pounds
to every man, woman and child in the
city. Strawberries have been selling as
low as FIVE cents per pound in San Fran>
cisco
George Francis Train has given two
of his wild, incoherent and egotistical
talks, and is giving another tonight.
He says that his mission is TO place the
Pacific States on greenback basis, to
free Ireland and capture British Amer
ica.-Sdn Fran. telegram, May "a
just as we we were going to press
last evening, news came from the saw
mill of Robie that some time during the
day, while q man named Masterson was
running the planer, q bit flew ont, striks
ing him in the forehead and cutting the
top of his head off-Iddto Statesman,
Nay
The citizens of Corinne gave o. J.
Hollister. an ex-editorial cotem, now
happily Collector of Utah, champagne
congratulation on the evening of the
20. Rip Van Wrinkles toast was re-
peated every three minutes till morn>
ing. Success, o. j.
Miss "Corinne" Williamson, daughter
of Gen. J. A. Williamson, the lady after
whom the town was named, was in Cor
inne, and received handsome serenade
from the citizens May 20. We wish the
Helen" somebody, after whom this
burg is christened, would drop in some
evening If only for the sake of the mu-
sic.
As we went TO press last evening we
received by the Boise stage the news of
the death of Mrs Minnie H., wife of
Theodore Burmester. and daughter of
Jacob t. Huntsucker. Esq, of Oregon
City. Mrs. b. was the victim of the
late Boise Valley tragedy and died at
the house of Mr. Bixbie, May 18th. aged
twenty-six years.-ISdal Wdre. Nay 81.
1t is stated that Joseph Neuman. the
pioneer silk manufacturer of California.
contributed TO the museum of the SAM
Francisco Pioneers the first piece of
Silk manufactured on this coast; also
the first silk in skein, and cocoons. pro-