Omaha daily bee., 1874-05-08
MONTANA.
Mining prospects are good.

Mining prospects are good.
Hay is quoted at Sl3 90 to SIT 90
per ton at Helena.
There is a good prospect for In
dian hostllities in the vicinity of
Crow Agency next summer.
New placer diggings have been
discovered below the mouth of
South Boulder, in Jefferson county,
1t is claimed they will yield S. per
day to the man,
The garrison at Fort Shaw will
be further reduced during the pres
ent season, two more companies
being under orders to move to the
Muscleshe.l route for the better pro-
lection of that line.
Major w. II. FantOn, U. s.
Indian Agent at Fort Belknap,
Milk river, reports the Indian situ-
alton at his post 30 X" there be-
ing between $500 and 5000 Assina-
BONES and Gros Ventres near the
pest, all of whom are peaceable and
quiet.
A private letter from Benton an
nounces the stranding on o sand
bar of the Diamond ar" office, en-
route by river from that place to the
new town of Carroll, at the mouth
of M~uscleshell. The raft shows a
distress signal, and Benton people
are preparing a life boat to go to the
rescue of the brave Capt. ArneauX
and his imperilled crew.
The first steamer to navigate the
waters of the Missouri river tribu-
tary steams, above the Falls, will be
owned by Master Frank Jones, of
Unionvilie, the hull of which has
just been launched from the Helena
s%hip-yard. This splendidly con-
structed vessel is a model after the
Vanderbilt, and while not as great
in dimensions as that celebrated
steamship, it is just as handsome in
shape and asperfect in construction.
The engine to propel this steamer is
ordered from the East, and will ar
rive in time to place the vessel i'm
service early the present season,
with Frank Jones as master.
The Blackfoot Agency, distant
from Fort Shaw thirty miles, is To-
Gated on the Teton, surrounded by a
wide valley, and has plenty of tim
Der for fuel and fencing within con-
venient distance. The "father" of
the Indians. belonging to this
agency, II. F. May, has had the
newly whitewashed and
repaired, giving them both a neat
and comfortable appearance. About
fifty acres Will be cultivated this
year, mainly in oats and potatoes.
There are over one hundred lodges
Of Piegans at the agency, averag-
ing eight or ten to the lodge.
The British Government has be-
come convinced of the necessity
therefore, and has ordered the con-
of a military POST at
.hoop-Up, situated at the base of
he Rocky Mountains, just above
-iit IlUIultTu DOIutT VI NkOIlGtIl8.
The post . Is to be completed the
present season, and Is to be garri-
'oned by the troops at present doing
iuty as escort TO the surveying
corps engaged in locating the line
between our own and their country.
This will benefit our people In many
ways. All supplies for that section
must of necessity come from and
through territory, and the pres
nee Of the British troops will have
healthy effect upon the residents
md frequenters of that hitherto
awless section, where night has 20
ong proclaimed itself right.
CALIFORNIA.
Three-fourths of the stock in tie
Pit River country have perished.
Large shipments of asphaltum
re being made from Los Angeles to
ian Francisco.
A stalk Of barley IL exhibited ct
ian Jose which stands I'VE teet,