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~DEN SHEEKS,
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Southern Restaurant^ •
I INTA JI WTnEET
Be.-": Be a- R.-r A'" ” - and Mahan St, i
Bear Eiver City, - - Wg. T.
7‘t _ <"»’. -. 1 ^i’ . best t!;e market can as- ;
Lrl.
Attentive Waiters and experienced
Caterers.
l:-< oi Li. 1.-• an! Cigars at tl e Bar.
.. j ■ - ,• - • • ; ■ Propr's.
Hi Hs USC 9
Corner and S^dh “C" Streets,
Laramie city. d. t.,
•Ku' V. BAKER, Prop'r. ■
’ •- ' - - Frank Pa . . , Cha*. I- Driller ;
r 6‘L»l* Oy t Denver, Virginia Cay I
Hussey, Dahle - ? & Co., ।
ScLIl XiH/I'TC
First National Bank
OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
SacceAvir^ to Kountze Brothers, Bankers.
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'*l up CvFta! .... - pw» iMwi OA
Cȣvidd Pro S-g, . . . . 7RSS3M
Outers and Directors.
*^r ;«k« .. r ...... E.lvardCr -zht'in. Pres.
■ ' ' . .1-• c..;r. A. Saunders, Vice Pres.
Herman Kountze,
FC j - ID' - f .
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" ''' n siren tn theccllectian of Govern
st fa leter
ODIAHA
national bank.
- ■ o f D-jxq'as and 14lh Street,
OMHHA, NEBRASKA.
^[^l. $100,030 !
Etherized Capital. - - $590,00/
tt.e a; Aq^nt for the Unit'd Stat's, ana 1
' rty.d Deposit o-y for Disbursing
Officers,
t-‘H Gir»rnr.»nt Pond., Voucher’ .
'■—■p and Gn’.J c <n, and makes the nurchiue of ,
Go’.d Dust and Bullion
**f? Iraucb of jy tM>nen.
THE FRONTIER INDEX.
Union Pacific Pailroad.
THE
SHORTEST & QUICKEST
ROUTE
BBTW E3 N TBS
^Mountains and. the East
IS VIA. TUB
Union Pacific
Rail Road,
Now open from
Omaha to Bryan, |
C- 9 yfF.es n>s/ of the yfissourl Tliver,
I
\ND 300 Miles nearer Salt Lake than any 1
jK oth*r Rail Roa 1 Line. Ah Passenger Trains on
this Road connect direct with Trains of the
Chicago and N.W.K.B.
Which is now completed f r orn
Chicago to Omaha,
Making I^oo nnles o f Rail Road directly
IFcdf of Chicago xcith
I
BUT OXE CHAXGE OF CARS.
Direct Connections •
Alsom.ide with Cnr*XCIL BLUFFS !; FT. JOSEPH
R R a-d HWXIIUI. ± ST. JOSEPH
R. R. PACKET LINK h*^ween Omaha
and St. Joseph.
MISSOURI P.172R STEAMEE3
TO AND FROM
ST. L r >rrs. KA NS t s ryry. T.EA VEN
WORTH. ATCHISON. SIOUX
CITV, ^c., As.,
Make ronn^itinns at OMAHA with
T. tin- f the Uni »n Pacific Rail Road.
P •• ’ ^er- ur .g the Plains will save "JM miles
a taz tra/el and 4^ hours time by taking this route ;
Fulknan’s Palace Slecsinj Cars
I
On Night Trains.
Equipment all New
And road bed in perfect order.
GOOD EATING HOUSES
At convenient points on Une.
Direct connectsons made at Bryon with
i
Wells. Fargo & Co.'s Daily Lincs
—OP—
Overland Mail and Express Coaches
TO AND FROM i
Salt Luke and all pnints in Utah, Idaho, Montana,
Nevada and California.
Passengers to avail themselves of the quick time and
sure connections of this route must ask for
Tickets via. Omaha!
The attentzon of shipp-rs of freight for the Moun
ta'n* is mrticnlarlv called to the opening of the great
Platte Valley Route to BRYAN and its connections
s'lo miles of "wagon transportation” is saved in send
ing goods via Omaha. Reliable freicht lines are at a.I
times prepared to transport goods from the western
terminus of this road to all points in the Mountains.
Careful handling and quick time guaranteed. Rates ;
always m low, and changes fewer, than by any other
• Oal *' 11. DROWNBON.
Freight aml Passwigw ApesA, Dryke
BEAR RIVER CITY, WYOMING, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17,1868.
Omaha A dvertisenicnts.
M. HELLMAN & CO.,
Wholscsale and Retail Reales in
READY MADE
CE.OTSXN&
Gents’ Furnishing Goods,
Hats, Caps, Roofs and Shoes, Blankets
and General Outfitting Goods,
Agents for
Grey's Patent Moulded Collars
rpilE ATTENTION OF DEALERS, RANCHMEN
I and others is called to our very large stock
which is now being offered at very low figures.
A call is solicited ami satisfaction guaranteed.
M. HELLMAN $ CO.,
Cor. Farnam and 1./‘h Sts, Omaha.
Union Pacific Hailroad
STABLES,
WILBUR & COFFMAN.
Good Horses and Carriages to Let.
Stock boarded by the Day or Week on Rea
sonable Terms.
All Orders promntly filled. Strict attention paid to
uying and selling Stock.
Cor. of Farnam and loth Streets,
OMAHA, .... NEBRASKA
WHOLESALE CLOTHING,
Gents' Furnishing Goods,
II cst entrance Caldwell Block, Douglas St.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
Retail Store, Old Stand, Farnam St.
Megeath, Whitney & Co.,
Wholcsals and Retail Dealers in
aHOCERIES,
PROVISIONS AND GRAIN,
No. 2 Commercial Block,
OMAHA, - - - NEBRASKA
Agents for Longworth’s Wines.
INTERNA/UCr-ILL.
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£jb X X *J-> Lil fJ* ^zj x ’-J kJ .xa w
N0.27G Farnam Street. Pi nrer Block,
OMAHA, NEBR. t SKA.
Shoaf Brothers, Prop.
General Western Agents for Kavanag
tp Decker s Billiard Table.
Z'tONSTANTI.V ON HAND BILLIARD TABLES
V . and Billiard Stock. Also g neral West-rr. Agents
or the Chicago Ale and Malt Company's Ale.
J. J. SUTPHEN,
Wholesale an 1 r *dealer In
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
Piye^ ana Fixtures, N Jloiis, Arms A mu
nition, Etc., Etc.
21 4 Farnham M., North Side,
OMAHA, - - - HEBHASaxA
Stephens & Wilcox,
Wholesale Dealers in Staple and Taney
BBT @O@DS,
Notions and Furnishing Goods,
Farnam St., betxccen 13th and l.'tth, Sts.,
OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
The only Wholesale Clothinn and Furnish
ing Goods west of Chicago.
BARKALOW BROS, & CR
JOBBERS AND RETAIL
BOOK SELLERS,
Stationers <& TNcws licalcrs.
Wall Paper and Window Shades.
241) Farnam ML. Omalia.
OUR MONTANA LETTER.
Gold and Silver, Placer and Quartz
Mines—Their Present Yield and
the Cost of Working tho Princi
pal Leads—“ Hunting high forLo,
' Jack and other Game.”
[Correspondence Frontier Index.]
Helena, AI. T., Oct. 21, ’OS.
I Mr. Freemax, Frontier Index,
. (Eu Velocipede) Dear Sir: —IHien
| I left your office for the North, I
I promised to drop you a line from tills
[ far ofTiand. The mining interests of
I this locality are quite prosperous.
: The gulch diggings in this city have
yielded 50me.92,000 per week during
this summer. Immense hydraulic
I works have been constructed for
i sluicing the deposits in Last Chance
Gulch, while powerful machinery
js used for raising the auriferons de
posits from the ravine. xYt Confed
erate Gulch the operations for thesea
son are nearly suspended. Some
| quite large nuggets are still found in
I the vicinity of Diamond City. The
largest reported was worth about
; .952-5 in gold, while quite a number
I were picked up worth from one to
■ four hundred dollarseach. Thelarge
hydraulic main, wrought iron pipe,
is not now in use at the Confederate
1 Gulch. At IZighland, or Red Mount
ain City, Prof. Swallow has just
opened two immense leads of gold
bearing quartz. His mill of 24 stamps
i commences operations to-day. His
facilities for mining are so complete
that he can deliver his rock at the
mill for one dollar per ton, and he
I estimates the'whole cost of mining,
teaming, crushing and retorting his
orcs will not exceed six dollars per
ton. xVt Highland Gulch the aras
tras are still at work, unobstructed
by the ice of that snow-clad re
gion. Tiie gold of this section is
the purest of any found in the Ter
ritory. It sells for from 525 to S2B
perounce, while ordinary gqld dust
is worth but SIS in Helena. The
three mills on the Whillateh lode,
I four miles west of this city, are run
.l ning very successfully. Hodge’s mill
J is running very smoothly, crushing,
i with twenty stamps, about thirtj
tons of hard quartz jerday, yielding
about S2O per ton. Picker’s mill is
working on the same lode, with
about the same daily duty. The
Philadelphia Enterprise mill is run
ning 30 stamps on rock from the
i Whitlatch lode. The Parkinson
and Park mines are rolling out the
rich quartz from a continuation,
I doubtless, of the same rich lead. No
| mills have yet been erected for
crushing the ores of the last named
' claims.
The silver mines at Deer Lodge
are coining money from the argen
tiferous ledges of that prolilic country.
The copper mines on the Muscle
shell have been abandoned for the
present, the Indians having driven
awa.y the operatives. Hendrie’s 13
stamp mill, at Rochester, is produ
i cingfrom 135 to 1L > ounces of gold
| per week, the expenses of running
' and mining this claim are about $425
per week. Mr. Nolan, at ( able City,
: is working his mammoth vein ot 70
feet width, with great success; this is
the largest lode in the Territory, al
though some doubts are expressed oi
its being a “true lead.” xVltogether
the quartz mines of Montana are
looking favorable. The agricultural
' development of this Territory hasex
l ceeded tiie expectations of the most
i sanguine friend of this mountain
I land.
' The isothermal line relives our frig
| id latitude of much of its rigor, mak
ing it quite possible to cultivate many
i tender ccrials. Such potatoes as grow
i here, even Ohl Ireland would labor
in vain to bring forth. A bushel of
1 very fine ones, exhibited at Helena
last week, were but the one four hun
dred and fifty-fifth part of the prod
uct of a single acre.
Langrishewith his theatrical troupe
has just departed hence for Virgin
ia, and thence to Denver. Me claims
to have made nothing here, altho’
he charged $2 in gold for the privi-
I lege of sitting on a broken backed,'seat
through the doleful miseries of the
Colleen Bawn. Then, too, he had a
thousand dollar benefit, and to cap
all, agold brick “testimonial,” worth
five hundred dollars, presentation
speech included. Ungrateful! The
dedication of the new Methodist
church here to-morrow, will divide
the crowd M’ith our Sabbath horse
auction and gambling hall.
“Much buffalo” are seeking the
quiet vales bounded by the Judith,
. Muscleshell and Missouri Rivers.
A half score of men are making up a
party to “Spencer,” “Henry” and
“Gbit” them. If imperative business
does not restrain this writer, he
hopes tojoin in the royal sport. An
other party is nearly ready to hunt
high for “Lo,” “Jack” and other
“game.” They will traverse the
beautiful valley of the Yellowstone,
where the noble red man makes his
winter’s home. Yours.
Only Chance.
A Strange Story of Captivity.
The Colorado Tribune lias the fol
lowing strange story:
“We saw at the Planters’ House
yesterday a woman named Lizzie
Blackburn, a native of Mount Jack
. son, S. C., who claims to have been
a prisoner among different tribes of
Indians about four years. She is now
28 years old, and is a cripple from
the loss of both of her limbs, which
i have been amputated twice, the first
, time at the ankle joints, and again
about three inches below the knee.
Her story of her capture and im
prisonment is about as follows, com
mencing with how she came to be
in the Indian country: When she
was five years old her father, Thos.
Blackburn, emigrated from South
■ I Carolina and joined the Mormons at
Nauvoo, 111. He accompanied them
to Florence, Neb., and finally emi
grated to Utah, with the earliest em
igrants, and preached among them.
In 1563 or 1864. the father having be
। come somewhat dissipated, and hav
ing for sometime been accustomed to
living among the Mormon Indians,
Lizzie and her mother and two
youngersi-ters,aged respectively ten
and four e m ' e.irs, concluded to rim
away from him and the Mormons,
and if possible reach California. They
took with them only what they could
। pack about their persons, and with a
rifle and some ammunition started
westward from Salt Lake, wandered
for nine months, when they were
captured by the Digger Indians.
Lizzie was sold by the Diggers to the
Foxes. The mother and two re
maining sisters when they learned
of Lizzie’s sale, ran away from the
Diggers and -were pursued. When
found they had starved and frozen
to death, and were buried on Horse
Creek. The Foxes sold Lizzie to the
I Snakes. Then she learned of the
death of her mother and sisters and
saw them buried. She ran away
from the Snakes, but was captured’.
She was badly frozen in the attempt,
and was afterwards again frozen.
She says that two half breeds, named
Zowanitns and Puchanatagh, took
her to Washington. I). C., where
her limbs were amputated, and that
; she was afterwards returned to the
' Snakes by her father’s direction, he
■ being among them as a kind of chief
।at the time. She says that her fath
। er has spent most of his time among
i the Indians for seven or eight years,
1 and is one of them now. He is with
the z\rapahoes or Cheyennes. The
: Snakes traded her to tiie Arapahoes,
I from whom she escaped about one
' year ago, by the assistance of Fred
Jones, a government scout, and was
brought into Ellsworth. At the
time of her escape, the Arapahoes
were camped at (lie Big Bend of the
■ Arkansas. zY portion of the time
since hereseapeshe has been engaged
i as a scout, but for the last few months
has been doing housework at a stage
station down on the Smoky 7HII
road. Fred Jones, her rescuer, was
discharged from government employ
last spring, just before the outbreak
down on the Solomon, in Kansas,
and, as he threatened to go with the
Indians, it was supposed that lie was
with them at the time. She says
she count 'd one hundred and fifty
white men in one Indian camp which
she visited while acting in the ca
pacity ofscout.andjthat there’s a great
. i many among all the tribes. The Dig-
I gers treated her most cruelly, and
. I all treated her very roughly. Iler
fat'ier, though, often protected her
from severe treatment. She says
that she has an uncle living some
where on the North Platte Ri ver,and
, she is now on the way to him. She
expected to leave this morning.
' A Cincinnati saloon keeper has the first
greenback issued by the government.
The condition of San Domingo grows
worse every day.
Serinss4.oo Per Quarter >
OUR LARAMIE LETTER.
The “Ropeful” City Gives a Great
Ball for Benefit of Episcopal Church
— Other News.
[From our Special Correspondent.]
Laramie City, Wo. T.
Nov. 12th, 1868.
| If you want to see a prosperous
town, if you want to see a live town,
if you want to seen business town,
if you want to see both a pretty an<?
happy town, if you want to see the
town of the whole western kingdom;
I come to Laramie. It is here. Since
i the appearance of that fatal disease
!in our midst, which is accompanied
! with violent cram]) in the neck, and
has hurried several very sinful vic
. । finis hopelessly but ropcfully to their
, I “long homes,’’ we have enjoyed an
uninterruptedreignof healthy safe
, ty. The garroters, outlaws and mur
derers have taken wings and gone
“a kiting.”
Last night the largest ball ever
given west of the Big Muddy was
put upon the boards at the Laramic
Hotel. Twelve setts were on the'
floor at a time, every hop;commenc
' ing at nine o'clock and continuing
until four this morning, only stop
ping long enough to chaw up a
splendid supper, prepared by the ho
tel proprietors, Messrs. Ohr & Co.,’
and vliich was aptly appreciated.
There were thirty-seven couples {ires
i ent, besides a large assemblage of
! spectators. A number of ladies and
■ gentlemen from Cheyenne —the “bon
। ton” of the “Magic City”—attended.
Tiie “break down” was known as a
church festival; welt it was festive as well
as gay, and your correspondent pitched
into it with a perfect rush. Y’ou “bet
your bottom dollar” I got the full benefit
of my money, if shuffling Episcopal co
tillions, shooting my mouth off at tiie
white squaws, promenading with silk
figures and gullopping down heaps of
grub, is what you call a “bustin benefit.”
Them's my sentiments!!
We are to have another smashing big
| church ball next week at the Frontier
Hotel, by “special request ” F. & W
. will show the natives a thing or two.
Many of the miners, timber and tie
hewers, coal diggers ami government con
tractors are rolling into Laramie to winter.
Now is the coining winter of our content'
I The weather is lovely—like Spring—'
couldn’t wish for any finer. Uno.
Capture of Musgrove the Renegade
White-Indian.
A correspondent of the Cheyenne
Li adcr writes the following in re
gard to an Indian attack al Elk
Mountain, Wyoming Territory : On
Sunday, the 25th insf., as Messrs;
//all Hans’ tie train, numbering
seven men, were returning from
Percy to this place, they were at
| tacked by about sixteen Indians,
who succeeded in killing four of the
■ white rnen,twoof whom they sealped
tiie remaining three making their
। escape to a high blul”, to which
: point they were not followed. The.
Indians drove off sixteen head of
mules. The teamsters had but one
gun and two jiistols in their party.
As a sequel to the above massacre,
D. J. Toohey telegraphes to the same'
paper, under date of Benton, Oct.
28th, as follows : Joseph Musgrove,
the most notorious horse thief and
murderer in the west, was arrested to-’
day by 31 r. John Cronin, Section
Foreman atsL. 3larys, on the U. P.
IL B. Mr. Cronin chased tiie pris
oner, who was disguised as an Indi
an, for over four miles from the track
into the blutis, and though he had
thirty-live minutes start of Mr. Cro
nin, he was nevertheless captured
by this brave Irishman, who secure
ly bound his jirisoner. and this after
noon delivered him over to the cus
tody of Gen. Stevenson, command
ant at Fort Steele, At the time of
bis apprehension 3lusgrove offered
Mr. Cronin S2OO in gold to let him
go, but the. oiler was deservedly
spurned. This malefactor ischarged
with having stolen from the Govern
ment of the United States SIOO,OOO
worth of stock; and the death of the'
four men killed at Percy, on the 26th
instant, is directly shown to be the
hellish work of Musgrove and his
band of 150 Indians, over whom ho
was the ringleader and chief. The
people of Denver will rejoice at thiff
news.
The rebellion in Cuba is waning.
Shoddy zYmericans are flooding the con
tinent of Europe.
A topographical survey is making vd
‘ the battle field of Gettysburg.