Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-27
M e. BOURNE.


The Early DAYS OF N .gnifieent and Mar
Vicious Town.
Three decades are an immense period
u the history of such ctr a. Mel
ourne; and it is far from improbable
that the market value OF town lots
has increased in something ike cubic
ratio within the last thirty years Most
marvellous of all. perhaps. is il to reflect
hat not only the site OF Melbourne and
= suburbs, but an immense tract of
he surrounding country. was once
within an ace OF being sold. Jock.
-tock AID barrel for, metsphorieally
speaking. al old song. ! sliude to The
amous Merry Creek treaty AT the
beginning of June. 1855. Mr.. Bstman
tscended the Yarra and Saltwater
Rivers. and few DAYS afteTward he in-
luced certain aboriginal chiefs named
Iaga J:ca, Coo.oolock. Bungaree. IAN
an AMI Movuhip, to execute formal
iced of assignment. conveying TO him
nd his heirs forever an area ri between
10000 aud 100.U acres OF land,
yhich would have comprised the sites
If the cities of Melbourne, Gee:oug
md Col,ingwool. the towns of Emer
id Hi.l ard ST. Hilda, and the cor
ugh of Sandr q e. he eon-ide alton
iven for this tremendous ce>sion De ng
o pa rs of blanke's. 20 knives, Y
ON haw 10 loosing-glss> u
airs seisso :, 80 hsnderrh :, u
cd shirt flannel rex L, 1 us OF
:, OF es an fifty pound OF fioHr. W II.
BUSHES is bus ues ID d not Wi iiam
Penn hsv- his treaty wi h he Indians.
md now man thousands of uu l. ster-
ing ha u the British ia p-y-r had
% pas he deSceudar Of the Penn
am lv A. mpensatioa 70 the lo>> OF
Their es1itor a rig. IS Pennsylvania
The wor h of IN Il ing IS just SO niue q
it viii ring, and hu h land ab ut
The YaIra isgrict was PROBABLY not
orth much in 1885. 1t rue HAT
] I'm Batmon might have thrown il i
'ew bottlas rum 10 luck. Gov nor
8ou Ike. how VT, was hsri- he; rcd
.uougn 10 declare the whole ARIA e
nent " it'll Jsga Jsga snd his friends "a
oe null anu void. slthoug a so stium
# some coo was aterward granted
10 Ba IAN snd his par ners.
nut 1t Was lEr 49,
that mate Melbourne marvellous.
cpsneel the other day in tile inn pario1
/ At little township IN Victoria called
3 Wanga rata. to light on rude htho-
+ graph depicting the arrival of the hrst
( gold escort from the diggings 81 the
| Govern men, building in William street
in 1857. The gold has been brought
down In huge chests. three of which
form s load. to dray drawn by a Ions
! string # bul.ocks. There is an e>c"r
/ of trot pars armed TO the teeth. for II
the 81, n rtining dsvs attempts an th'
part u br,hrengers to stick APP %
rob tie god escorts wee frequent
Young as were the DAYS of mining il
1851. you see in the picture John China
man, already about and as busy rs
bee. The lettsrpress at the bottom o
it tells you that the people looking trou
! the windows of the b'ue-Stoue buildin.
in William street are the clerks sn'
craftsmen employed in the offic
of the Suryeyor-Genersl, anil tha
on the day following the arrival OF In
gold escort these gentlemen all thrsV
up their appointments under Govern
ment and were of1 to the diggiugS. Tn
crews OF ships at Will.amstown an
Poit Melbourne used to act in preei>el.
...e same manner. They would dese'