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Show THE TERRITORIES. The receipts of the last territorial fair in Montana amount to neaily $11,000. Jay Gould is Baid to have invested $20,000 in Cnevenne real estate on his late visit to that city. S. O. Ferguson, of Greeley, Col., has just sold a herd ol 2'J3 horses, California-bred, to W. Wright, lor $5,000. 1 Six new Concord engines have just been put upon the Arkansas division , of the Atchison, Tuptka and Santa1 Fe railroad. The Union Pacific rolling stock was increased lastyear$275,S-0,aud $309,-105 $309,-105 was expended during tlie year on iron bridges, depots, shops, hotels, etc. At the Boulder, Col., museum there is a complete German bible printed in 1500, containing marginal margin-al notes by original owners in writing. writ-ing. The towns along tho course of the Union Pacib'c railroad are all ol them incrensing in population, and improving im-proving in the character of the houses which are being built. The Union Pacific railrond officials travel in tlie iron car which was umccI fifteen years ago to carry Abraham Lincoln to Washington. At that timo it had inside shutters of iron, and waseuppoecd to be bullet proof. For many years it was used on the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne railroad. ReceuLly it was purchoscd by the Union Pacific, and is now fitted up for tho directors' car. A wild boy has recently been cap-lured cap-lured in Texas, near tho lino of New Mexico. His body was coveted with hair about four inches long, and from size and appearanco he iti supposed tn be about 12 years old. He is unable to talk, but poanoses reasoning power, und now follows bia captor about like a dog. |