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Show A despatch from Helena ays that the thermometers all froze up there on Wednesday night, that mercury in vials congealed and proof whisky froze solid in half an hour. Several Chinamen were frozen to death. Such a state of affairs is deserving the attention of congress. Military intervention inter-vention might be a good thing for Montana. At Omaha the thermometer thermom-eter is down at 22 below, at Fort Laramie Lar-amie 35 below, and at Virginia city 44 below. In this city tho weathsr has been quite mild throughout the season, the lowest temperature noted being 8 degrees above zero. |