The Montana post., 1869-03-19

"washoe turtles" abound in the
White Pine hunks.
The latest is that the bill has gone
up the hum2.
Smallpox is reduced TO 80 cases a
wrek in San Francisco
The Santa Cruz J0srnaI has been dis
continued for lack of support.
The owyhee mines are yielding bet
ter class of ore than ever before.
The smallpox has made its appear
ance at Boise City and Walla Walla- IL
comes closer and closeri Vaccinate.
Oregon was to have an Agricultural
paper-the WaIidmct FdrBleT-issusd
March 1st.
Iohu Cox, a native Of Ireland. aged 40
years. was killed Friday. Feb. Is, while
working in q quarry at Telegraph Hill.
Thermometer 15e below zero at Treas.
ure City, Feb. 90. Man frozen TO death
No matter. White Pines is the fashion.
The Utah Legislature passed an act
providing for the Incorporation of ter
ritorial railroads
The California Pioneers, who left New
England in 1S49. are arranging for a
grand trip nome on tue opening OF the
Pacific Railroad.
lack Moore tried 10 kill J. J. Patton
with an axe. over in Eugene City. Ore~
gon. a few days since, aud nearly sue
ceeded.
The Walla Walla Statesman of the
18th instant. says that Joseph Farquar
died of smallpox in that city on Friday
morning last.
The Sacramento Board of Trustees
have passed an ordnance prohibiting
the running of velocipedes on the side
walks OF the principal streets
a genius in Sacramento has construct
ed "One>wheeled veiOcipede, which Il
run by hand power Enterprise. a
wheelbarrOw s'ut iiI
Captain James Shields. wbo was so
severely burned at the San jose Hotel
some time since, died in San Jose. Cal,
Feb. 16
Ned Irwin has resigned the office OF
United States Marsha, Tor the District
OF Nevada. To- accept the more lucrative
one of Sheriff of the new county OF
White Pine.
The Dalles debating club decided re-
Gently that ''the works of Nature were
mora beautiful than the works of Art"
AL gammon. Compare one of the In
dian maidens-lf there are any-wiIh a
full blown city belle.
W. q T-VauIt, well known as one OF
the pioneers of Oregon, and once Speak
er of the Assembly, died at Jacksonville
on the 4th ult.. of smallpox AT the
time of his death he was District Attor-
| ney.
Salem, Oregon. has between % and 80
Il i l. 4 \
beet wide. One could measure all the
sidewalk in Helena In yards-back
/ yards.
The Union Republican Territorial
/ Convention for the purpose OF nomina-
| ting a candidate for Delegate IN Con-
| gress, will meet at Caquato. w. T, on
the 2Oth of April. 1859.
A velocipedist ran into a woman in
| San Francisco recently, and injured her
severely. We trust our yelocipedists
will be careful when they get started.
Women are scarce here.
I The Salt Lake papers. notice very ia
/ vorably. Bassets i Magee's Montlns
/ Statistical Almanac IL would be worth
millions TO Montana and the nation if 8
ten thousand edition of them was ju-
| diciously distributed.
The Salt Lake Telegraph pays Mr.
| VIM. III. Taylor q farewell complimen:
and concludes, To-day. his northern
division is one Of the best, if not the
best, bit OF stage line perhaps on the
continent" True, every word
a gentleman recently arrived from
/ Alabama WAS asked how many from hi.
State were likely to start for Californis
when the railroad is finished. "All o.
them-they're all coming. IS. +. Her
aid.
j. A. T. Overend was arrested ia Ssr
Francisco. on the charge OF assault Will
intent to kill j. II, King, of the BuILCtiI
office. The parties had a fight in the
press room of Overend, on Saturday
day evening. Feb. 9th, and the arrest
grows out of il.
There Is some sand" in the State Sen
ate Haines' bill tor the protection o
labor (Chinese) passed that body yester,
day A few more such Acts will prom o
us 10 cay something very pleasant of tia,
j members of that House Linn. of Hum
boldt. voted with the Democrats agains
the bill. This measure will test the
metal of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The MoURtaineer is informed by let
ter from Boise City, that Col. Hudnut
chief engineer OF the Idaho and Oregon
branch railroad. says that the road will
most probably pass up ths Malheur rIv
er, cross the Blue Mountains though tn
low pass al the head of John Day river
and continue down on his side of tn,
mountains through the rich fertile val
ley of the John Day river - Dalles City
and thence down the Columbia.-IdaL
Statesman.
The Austin Rereitle gets off the follow
ing at MayhUgh, of the Nevada Assem-
bly,, toward whom our Nevada cotem'
have n rollicking spite. Some of tn
friends in this city of Mayhew of Es
meralda-the champion fighter of th'
Assembly-are, We have been informed
about TO propose q match between him
and Joe Cuburne who ia now ar wbit