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Show THE TERRITORIES. Arizona wants an appropriation for a territorial penitentiary. A new military post in the Black hills is one of the things talked of. Ouray, the Uto chief, has given up Sabweak, who muidered Markaberry. A memorial to congress to divide Dakota has passed tho legislature of that territory. The Denver Kews of Tuesday says that the snow blockade on the Atchison, Atch-ison, Topeka and Santa Fe road still continues. John Shoridan, brother of Phil. Sheridan is announced s the sue-i sue-i cessor of Sol. Star, as receiver of the Helena land office. I hero is an effort heiug made to j oin together New Mexico and Arizona, Ari-zona, so as to make tho state movement move-ment more certain. A writer from Boneman, M. T., in the Omaha Herald, says that for ten days the thermometer has averaged 18 degrees below zero. At Cheyenne, Saturday, Drs. Bark-well Bark-well and Corey amputated both legs of George Durbin, teamster, who had been frozen while returning from Fort Laramie. The young ladits of Silver city have inaugurated the custom of taking cake and other refreshments with them when they mate an evening even-ing call on their lady friends. An attempt by the citizens near South Arkansas, Col., to lynch a desperado des-perado named Elisha Gibbs, resulted in his killing two brothers named Boone and wounding two others. Gibbs escaped. It is reported that if the opposition to Governor McCook, of Colorado, continues, he will be removed, and Colonel Koutt, of Bloomington, Ilia., second assistant postmaster general, will be appointed in his stead. |