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Show THE TERRITORIES. It has been raining cats and docs up in Victoria, A small interest in tho Little Giant mino, Col., was recently sold for $ 000 in cash, and thero are, undoubtedly, undoubt-edly, hundreds of other lodes equally as rich, dijcovercd or undiscovered. Several English experts at Denver have with them an abundaoce of rich specimens, verifying tho great mineral wealth of San Juan, Col., a Hiurifft which uromises to be euual, if not superior, to any in the entire Ter-, Ter-, ritory. Arizona papers reach their eastern friends and exchanges loaded with the sands of the plains, a memento of trunnportation in the stage boot, or cn the open back-board. Over 1,200 signatures arc attached to tho Montana petition favoring a North and South railroad and requesting request-ing the governor to convene an extra seasioQ of the legislative assembly. Deer Lodce, Mont., is paying taxes at the rate of three per cent, upon the assessed property valuation of that county; and still the lecal press prrsii-t in opposing the construction of a North and South railroad. At the late moating of the Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, a number of fossil remains from Elephant Point, Alaska, were received from the A'a-ka Commercial company. One f-peoimen was tusk of the cMphas primpienitu, which tu?k weighoa over Ir.'i pounds and was about eicht feet in lencTh. It w9 very well preserved and quite symmetrical. Accompanying was a portion of the jaw and two teeth, also well preserved. The specimens were the remains of animali of a mcnslrous six; and created oon-iderahie comment imnni the members. |