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Show THE TERRITORIES. Tho banking house of Posey S. Wilson, of Cheyenne, has failed. The Masonic fraternity laid the corner stone of the U. S. tuay olficc at Helena on tho 30th ult. During the month of September tho Laramie rolling mill has turned out twelve hundred tons of rails. The Masons of Eiizbelhtown, Now Mexico, oiler a roward of 500 for the apprehension of the murderer of Rev. Mr. Talbott, The Las Animas Leader tells about a ranchman in that region who sold $537.05 worth of watermelons and cucumbers from an aero of ground. At a church fair in Kosila, Col., a cake which was to bo voted nt ten cents a chance to the most popular young lady in town, brought $107.40. A large black bear attended school . with the children at Quartzburg, IiTaho, tho other day, croating a sensation; sen-sation; hut a hunter happened along and instructed him with bullet on the brain. Tho Colorado papers arc- learnedly discussing tho querttion of knife antl fork etiquette. The Denver News of course insists upon the use of tho fork on aesthetic as well us nhvHioloL'ical principles. A weekly paper, IhoIiuHan Prores will soon he started at Musk gco, Creek nation. It will be owned, edited and printed by Indians. Two columns ft weelc will bo printed in Cherokee-, two in Choctaw, and two in Creek and Semi nolo; tho remaining twenty-one columns will be printed in Knglish. Charles T. Harris, on Snako river, recently, during a storm, wiw struck by lightning, tho bolt burning his 'shoulder, melting his pocket knifo. scorching his leg, and boring a fatal hole in (he animal under him. The horse dropped dend in his tracks, and Harris wua some time recovering his scattered senses. Willon Waddingham, a capitalist, has joined Ccorgo 11. Adams and Otto Mears, of Saguacho county, in the purchase ol tiio Sowlorland herd of horses, numbering GG0 head, including includ-ing 2't0 colls. The lirm have leasrd tho Waddingham grant, embracing 100,01)0 acres, situated in Saguache county, and will graze tho horscB thereon. |