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Show THE TERRITORIES. Denver wishes the state capital, and has donated real estate valued at $30,000 for the site of capital buildings, build-ings, and proposes to donate $i!0,00C in casii for the erection of buildings. The president of the late Montana railroad convention has received no response from anv county, to the request to furnish statistics. The project of having a fair at Bozemau, Montana, is a failure. Montana internal revenues arc about the Biime as last year. Collector Fuller has already received about $14,000 for special taxes for the year commencing May 1st. The Sioux delegation left Cheyenne on Monday, having been supplied each with a good hoiso, saddle and equipments. Gov. Thayer will deliver the oration at the 4th of July celebration in Lara mie city. Major Alexander Chambers, 4th infantry, is en route to Camp Sheridan Sheri-dan (Spotted Tail) to command that post. A fire at Fort Russell, Cheyenne, on Monday, destroyed 500 or GOO tons of government hay. A letter from an officer in Jenny's expedition to tho Black HiIIb has been received at Cheyenne, dated June 4th, when tho expedition was encamped on a tributary of the east fork of the Beaver, about 140 miles from its starting point. At this place they would wait fifteen or twen! y'days for 4 supply train, and establish a new camp about the middle of July. They had not seen any Indians, but had secured some game. |