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The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
BOHEMIAN, MONTANA.
THE LEGISLATORS.

In short time this body meets at Virginia
City, for the purpose, Il is hoped. of legislat-
Ing for the public good. Questions of i'm
portance, affecting the interests of the entire
population OF our Territory, and more par
ticusarly the tax payers, will come before this
session. Our Territory is now assuming the
permanent characteristics of d State, and
laws sllonld be enacted looking tc the future,
Instead of to present emergencies. A uni
form code, comprehensive and simple in its
workings should be adopted
we are gratifieIt to note the important fact,
that no former Legislature embraced more
talent, legal lore and common sense, than
the present one. Some OF our best profession
al men and brightest intellects are members.
We shall. therefore, expect much from this
council of assembled wisdom.
Among the many subjects requiring legis-
lation. very sensible correspondent suggests
the following, which we submit to the con-
sideration Of the coming Legislature: 4ta
s Editor Of the Courier: AS the Legislators of
our Territory are about to assemble, wish
you to give a few hints as to what they ought
10 Ley islate about. Isuegest the following:
fAilSy siivutd pass u AtfW pfoFlQffg iOf
the custody, and the recording vf official
bonds, by the County Clerk.
2nd. They should provide for a register of
county and township officers, to be kept by
the County Clerk, i'm which should be entered
the name, date of induction into office.
amount or penalty of official bond, names OF
his suricties, the date OF the bond, and when
his term of Office expires. ta
Sd. TaeE should make provision by ste.tute
that the two Offices ct County Clers and
County Treasurer shall be q check on each
other; for isastaifce wlen licences ere applied
keT, or moneys collected from fires ETC. are to
DE paid in, an application should be made to
the County Clerk, and being signeI by him,
should bethen presented To the Treasurer !;
after payment 10 han, duplicate receipts
should be given, one of which should be filed
with HE Goanty Clerk, the other kept by the
applicant. This method should also be APP
piled to school funds.
a4th. TREY should take special pains this
winter, rirat the peoples can have some nethea
OF getting money out of the public treasures
80 offset our now countless methods of get
Hng money into them
KEERFUL JEEMS.
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naned Charles Morrison, who lived at
Alta and had 4 wife and three chill
dren. The same slide carried away the lead
horses Of the mail sleigh. the sleigh itself and
passengers barely escaping. II is not proba-
Bile that the body Of Morrison can be found
before next summer. On Tuesday man
employed On the Ohio mine was swept away
BY slide and perished. Il IS believed that
other persons have been lostin the ayalanches
of snow this week. The stage driver man
aged to yet iii with part of his mail last
night, but teleg phie commune cation with
the towns Of The canyon has been broken for
several days. ss1 s, S
cslAna. Nov. 20. A
7 The sleet and snow storm which coInnlenc-
esl here Friday noon continued until Sunday
morning, and extended from the Rocky
Mountains to the Missouri river. Everything
was covered with heavy coating Of ice,
causing the downfall Of the telegraph lines.
The Union Pacific trains were snow-bound at
different points between Omaha and Chey-
enne. The express train due here on satur-
day afternoon, arrived about midnight on
Sunday The storm is reported to have been
still more severe ii southern and western
Colorado.
"a n 95FssE $t5a5FS Ft "a
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30

THAT PETITION.

The petition reported to have been pre-
scented by Delegate Hooper, Of Utah, to the
President, signed. Or purporting to have been
sigaaed. by 1900 Mormon women, OF as they
style themselves, s'Iattcr-DaY Saint Ladies'
OF Utah." it seems was addressed to AIRS.
Grant. asking her influence in favor ola con-
tinuanec Of polygamy, and against the pres
ent action of the Federal Officers in Efah.
We append tive extracts from this document,
showing its tenor:
.stlnr Territorial Jaws make adultery and
lieentiousness penal offcnses, the breach of
which subjects the offender 10 tille and i'm
ps.isonineiif. These laws arc being baseiy
siibSerted by our Federal officers. who after
slnscrupulotslv wrestling the Territorial Off
ces from their Legitimate. holders. in order to
carry out suicidal schemes. are substituting
RIGHTEOUSNESS for the sacred order OF mar
riage, and seeking by these measures TO ~
carcerate fhe most moIs,lan upright men 0f
This Territory, and thus destroy the peace
and prosperity Of this entire community
They evidently design to sever those colt
jtgal, parental and fraternal ties which are
dearer to lis than onr lives.
..Ass community we love peace aud pro-
mote III. Our leaders are peace-inakers and
invariably stimulate the people to pacific
measures even Wfen suDJtcISu % lile SToSsFSl
injustice. President Brigham Young and
several of his associates. all noble and phils.f-
fhrOpie gentlemen. are already under indict-
mcnt. to be arraigned before q packed jury,
mostly nori-residents. for the crime Of licen-
tiousness, than which more outrageous abb
surdity could not exist &
The Salt Lake Rsrieao, in commenting on
This petition, says:
1--WE infer that these exquisite lines were
penned before those ssnoble and philanthropic
gentlemen, Brigham Young and Porter
Rockwell par Mobile faataap,, began their in
glorious flight from the Lion House in the
dead of night, just three weeks ago. Indeed
it is .beginning to he whispered upon the
streets that the petition never saw the sign
manual of any of the 1900 ssLatter-day Saint
ladies, 4 but that it was penled hi the editorial
rooms of the Neacs, and that fhe venerable
breech-loader himself. from beneath that
Websterian brow, evolved the names of the
Immortal z, 800.
DusrSG tile cold snap grouse and prairie
sSf,ickens could be picked ap almost anywhere
inthe::vaHey. frozen.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30

We notice that the Territorial press arr
speaking Of favorite candidates for presiding
officers Of the Council and House. Dir. a..
II, Mitchell. Of Deer Lodge county. a. GEN
tlenan of ability and Legislative experience,
is spoken Of as President OF the Council, and
Hon. Harry Comley, of Lewis and Clarke, d
young gentleman who has served with dis
tinction in past Legislative Assemblies. lis IA
vorably spoken Of As Speaker Of the House.
Among the many distinguished gentlemen
who compose the present Council, we know
Of no one more capabie of discharging the
duties OF President OF the Council than Hon.
s. j. BECK, Of this District We are not arl-
vised as to whether lie would accept the DO
sition if rendered him, but we know him to
be good lawyer, q gentleman Of large ex-
perience, good common sense, and in ever.r
way qualified for the position. For the past
few years Judge Beck has devoted his atterl-
ton to agricultural pursuits, id which he has
been eminentiy successful. and VIII ether iii
the chair or on the floor, we are ss.tisfied he
will devote his time, energy, and talent dur
ing the coming session. hi the Interest Of the
people.
AN EYE TO BUSINESS. An Atlanta dis
patch Of the 21st says a citing Governor Com
ley vetoed the bill ordf ring special election
to ill the vacancy created by Ballock's
resignation. Alth pugh lack Of nodesty
may De apparent in this action of the new
Govern q, self perservarionis strongly
visible. He was not to be the means of his
own reinforcement II. but the Legislature
thinking differently. passed the bill over his
veto Pr more than two-thirds majority. Er-
snss Cspnley. .ss. isss s5s,.....g a.. s.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
LINE OF THEE N. r.. RAILROAD.

A correspondent. signing himself s.P. f., =
writes TO the Herald from Fort Ellis. under
date Of the Goth, in regard to the Yellowstone
survey for the N. P. X. r., whose letter we
reprint from that paper on our outside to-
day. We think 2. X. was governed more
by prejudice of the present Indian policy
OF the powers that be- III inditing this
letter, than by a desire to give a true state
ment Of facts, or he may have been misin-
formed We are assured by one high In
authority connected with the survey that the
question of the Crow Reservation was not
entertained by the party for a moment, that
their object was TO find the most practicable
route; and that they adopted the north side.
4nt the Yellowstone as such. Had the south
side presented the same features, the line
would have been run on that side, regardless
OF the reservation. II is true, the valley ON
the north side is not as extensive as that Oh
abe south, and not as desirable in many re-
speets for agricultural purposes; but tile cost
OF construction on the south side would be
about double, and we are assured by parties
familiar with the eohntsy that it would be al
afi0SO I0dtt iiidb eitlC
Of the river, while OH the north side but few
obstacles are presented. We deprecate any
policy toward the Indians that depriyes the
whites Of any rights, or that rctarls the pro-
gress of civilization, as is cited In this i'm
stance by p. H., and we are satisfied ii the
ease was as represented by this correspon-
aaent.ythat Congress would pass special act.
the feasibility of the direct route to Helena
mentioned thy r. H.. we are ia ignorance, ex-
eept from his statement, but the ficiiity with
which lae suggests branch roads to small
Turning valleys, will undoabtedIy enable him
to hiyo branch line constructed over that
route
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
BY IEsI EGR A.PH.

This wire between this place and Helena has been
broker during the past fey days, publish all oil
the important dispatches b. the Associated Press
fer the week, mp to Monday nght.J
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
N ew o-Day.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
OF r.. b. Gray, Treasurer Of GaIIa-
tin County.

GENERAL COUNTY FUND
Dr. CR.
To balance on last settlement. - 452 %
Tax and license collected ., ~ w - -
County warrants returned. ...sslei a. 2, 983 ~
f fcapans e B saIs1 Geesipt g
~ 1856 Al %. 1856 II
CONTINGENT FUND.
To balance on last settlement - los &C.
IS per cent of Co fund collected 1875 ~
BY per centage for collecting. I82 o.
Contingent y ArrantS returned 10y ~
Treasurer Bailey receipt. ,5a6 %
ss,oas os So, oaa o.
- ======E
room FUND.
TO balance on last settlement. - Us SO
Collections made. ............ 2, l62 81
BY per centage for Collecting. l04 02
Poor fund warrants returned & |, 4o4 81
Treasurer Bailey 5 receipt. 5Is ~
81, aao % 81, 40 90
IS SCHOOL, FIHp.
10 balance on last settlement. 81. 81, 1888 10
Collections made. 49,. z, l54 ~ 81
By per eentase for collecting 456 Oh
Orders returned. .......... ss ,o66 d.
treasurer Ballcy,s receipt. 2,267 80
81, 4as 90 50, 49s 90
-
8 a ROAD FUND.
To collections made. ...-.........$ III 81 fE
BY per centage for collecting =. 80 OIL
Treasurer Bailey's receipt 66s 30
$ 715s1 S 7l5 81
TERRITORIAL FUND iron 1907
10 tax collected ,z sss q q
by per centage for collecting. 435 So
Treasurer Barkley,s receipts i, los is
- HIckmAn's receipts. 3,3o4 l6
Sass u 81, $40 u
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
Extreme Cold Weatner-soIdiers BADLY
TS s8S8s{ Bs a& Fr0yeTa.s &Asfs 55sS#s s8

II
FoKT SHAW, NJ. f., November 2o--2:lo
p. m.TWo companies under the command
of Major Freeman, returning from TT.
D Browning, were caught in yesterday y storm
and about25 Of the men were badly frozen,
and some of them are reported beyond re-
covery. They are now encamped twelve
miles from here at the Leaving, to which
place medical aid, ambulanees, wood, etc.,
has baen sent te relieve their sufferings.
The stage due here last evening from Benz
ton has not yet arrived.
The thermometer stood this morning at 30
degrees below zero. H 20
I4ATEn.--Fort Shaw, Nov. IS, 7:3Gp. H.
So far ten men badly frozen have arrived at
the post hospital The worst cases are at the
Leaviugs. and they are being got to the hos
pital as fast as every conveyance in the vicin-
ity can bring them. The men are mostly
frozen about the feet and many of ITEM will
lose their toes, and some even their feet. They
had TO be carried in. not being able to leave
the Conveyance that brought them. The
weather is still very cold.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
! SHORTHAND WRITING.

15D words per minute achieved i'll one
months study. hy the New Lightning Metlsa
cd. pronouneed ~ all who see it t5 be the only
simple and efficient system in the world. Send
two sent postage stamps for descriptive circular
testimonials and full Information, to
4 PROF. GRAY,
/ T. O. Box 4s47. New York.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30

A I.AMsIE Il 90. have beautiful nsw style
Ycnt y linen renteresl paper cellar.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30

PARIS, November %.
The papers have an account of an interview
granted by the people to a large body of per-
sons, and one OF them asking how long the
oppression of the church was to eontinne,
the Pope said: We should resign ourselves to
the will of the MostHigh, and pray without
ceasing for the whole world. for everywhere
evils making fearful progress. In France
impiety is again lifting its head. In Ger
many heresy is making great efforts to OPP
press Christian religion to establish its own
greatness upon the ruins; but what is still
more lanienfable, is thatgthis inpious move
ment is eountenanced BY Governments. In
Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Ireland, every
where revolution seeks to drag down society
into an abyss.
JEprrRsoN COUNTY - Parties arrived from
Radersburg per last evenings coach, inform
Us that mining operations IN the thrifty camp
of K atingville are still PROGRESSING fayorably.
The Heating mill is yet crushing, notWith-
standing the partial lack OF water oceasioned
hy the cold snap. It will, however, close
down operations for the winter, IN 4 lew days,
when the Messrs. Heating q Blacker will
,,,,sh forward their developments on the Ohio
and other leads. ~
Mr.. j. Il. Aliens new mil, erected for the
reduction Of ore from the Allen lode, was ex-
nected to start up to day. The mill is q small
one. on six stamps only. and not OF sufficient
capacity to accomplish much in the way OF
cleaning up the large body IS ore On the
The discovery shaft on the Left Hand"
lClancyaa property IS rapidly approaching it's
Tooth foot, and the vein makes 9 better snow
mo At every blast. The Judge is at present
ID Virginia City, attending on the Us. Court
there in session. -
The placer mines Of Thomson q Co., on
cedar sulch, are still being worked with good
results. but cold weather will soon put an end
to operations for the season
Money IS srather tight both in Radersbarg
and Kearingsyiie. 1ne sas,,1asnre g
the boys have made corner on WINTER
grub, ana are correspo ndinely happy = Her
MD.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30
miscellaneous.

ssf{Sssgfff f8 NEW ORlsEASs, SoN.El1. q
Lieutenant Governor Oscar y. Dunn died
at six o'clock this morning. All the public
Offices, courts, and schools are closed in honor
of Lieutenant Governor Dunn. The funeral
procession is very large.
=sss PHILADELPHIA, Nov.s19.
The health report for the week ending yes
terday, shows 1873 deaths from small pox, an
increase Of 80 over last week.
The jeWelry store of T. & S. Franks was.
robbed Of $4,000 worth of watches, etc.
One Of the burglars concealed himself in the
upper part of the building in the day time,
and admitted his confederates during the
night.
AKRON, ONO, Nov. 81. =
John Hunter, who murdered MIR. and Mrs..
Gargett, at Richfield, Ohio, OH the 9th OF.
last May. was hanged here to-day.
NORWICH, Nov. %.
The lass sof life by the City Of New London
disaster is greater than at first supposed.
There were only seven passengers. but of
these Mn. e. Norton, of the firm of Norton
Brothers, C. b. Rogers and Harrison r. AID
rich. all of this city, were lost. Of the Off
GERS and deck hands nine are known to be
lost Seven more bodies have been recovered
from the hull of the steamer City of New
London, making nine lives that have been
lost.
The report of the Legislative committee Of
the Territory of Wyoming on the condition
of the Treasurer's accounts for the past two
years, shows worse state of affairs than ex-
lists in New ork. ss
We 81 PARIS, Nov. 81.
The Government has resolved to support
motion for the return of the seat of govern
ment to Paris, at the next session of the As
sembly. q
Cry OF MEXICO, Nov. 20.
A formidable revolution is taking place
throughout the country, and change in the
existing government is expected. The
treasury is bankrupt, and the people are 60
ing over to the reyolutionists.
BERLIN, November %.
In Parliament to-day, on a second reading
of the navy estimate bill, Minister Won Room
declared that it was the purpose of the I'm
perial Government to establish naval power
only Of the second rank. The bill provides
that the pay Of officers in the navy be raised
sixteen per cent.
Herr Selnson, President of the lower
branch of the German Parliament, rendered
his resignation, but was reelected.
The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1871-11-30

puRrSG tile cold snap grouse and pralrie
si,icktns could be picked M almost any where
iii tliesvaIley. frozen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-25
CRIMINAL COURTS,

The Rev. DR.. Charles Nauz ard Henry Martin,
CHARGED compl.y toe Klpe Fraudulent bounty claim
held yesterday $4,000 bail each by Commissioner Davenport
At the Tombs Police Court, yesterday, Justice
Downg james Dea Of No IL Fortt for breaking into
James ONes liquor store No 80 Baxterst. Connolly
i breaking into tie factory Of Jaaes Bird the
Of % Prince and stealing $500 worth OF caband
At the jefferson Market Police Court, j. b. Lewis
80 Beek committed Yesterday charge Of
purchasing go watch om boy Frederick Cortland who had stolen
from the coat Of 423 West Tbinyeyenths
he exercising gymnasium Of the Young Mems Christian Aso
citation on Howard Lynch held charge
of approng which had collected from John H. Ford for his
employer, Alison d. Nelson Of No % Laurensst
In the Court of General Sessions before Judge
BEDFORD YESTERDAY McAvay for burglary committed No 1872
TLabetbst Prison for iee Charles
stealing gold chain worth $40 from Charles
Norton at 1856 Ryngon-st Msh TO- FIVE Peter Gsgney
larceny from person. four .Eiwari Forester and Ralph
Clark pleaded guilty stealing tub Of butter CLARK also PLEADED
guilty stealing four Forester seat to e Penenia or
iour months fined 500 Charles Cobb
altering check gned BY DeIe Winthrop Co from SOL to +60
foar ODonne pleaded guilty grand larceny bat It
was lis frst olense judgment Suspended
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-25
DISSENTING MISREPRESENTATION OR
BRIBERY

Arson Willis brought suit against James
Weaver 1867 recover So OO the purchase money Of
property sold by plaintiff to the defendant The
came on trial before Judge Van Brunt Of the Supreme
Court on Wednesday, and was concluded Friday after
Doon The jury ordered to present sealed verdict
and found yesterday morning, in favor of the plaintiff
for si62 ION polling the jury the tenth juror, James
Cornell lvery-stabe keeper, denied that such was bis
verdict and, when Intercepted TO his reasons for
signing the verdict, said that he had done solely
through fear of assassination at the hands Of the other
jurOrs This the rest OF the jury indignantly Denied and
the recalctrant Juror ordered 10 appear ON the
first Monday Of May 10 show cause why he should not he
fined $3.50 and imprisoned. .
1t is stated that Robert Willis, broherinaw OF the
defendant, Weaver, and reputed 10 be a notorious
gambler called upon a member OF the jury and, de-
scribiDg Cornell asked where he could be found. Dis
covering COrnells whereabouts he visited him on sun
day last and II is surmsed that this visit accounted for
CornelPs unprecedented performance yesterday morn
ing Cornells statement that he had been threatened
with assassination hailed by the assembage In the
Courtroom with bowls Of derison and cries OF Bribery
bribery indicated the esteem in which his conduct and
statements held. The case will be tried again.
Chambers and Fullerton for PLAINTIFF Rice aud Brneld
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-25
A REAL ESTATE DEALERS WILL.

Surrogate Hutchings granted a preliminary
hearing yesterday in the contested will OF John Den
ham, real estate dealer the upper part Of the city He
executed will jan 1862 and died some time after from
paralysis, leaving second wife and two sons Alexan
der and Albert both adults BY the will Alexander re-
ceyes nothing because, as alleged he had his share
vlded between the other and the widow The tesla
TORS Interest In seven houses ia Sevepeenhs Is be-
gueatheo 10 his executors trust for his SON Albert
e1han as long as he shall live and his death il is TO
De dVlded equally among his cnllren, The remainder
OF tle estate both real and personal Mas bcqaeathed 10
Ihe testators wife Mary, together with the income
Tch s1o1u accrue from The testatOrs interest in the
nrn OF D. Dehhan q Co. Samuel L. Jayncs and John
H. W@iy were appointed Executors
Ihe probate OF the VIII is contested by both cons ON
sn9 VIC uhuue influence OF the widow. they further
ann a. e IA1lest 81 TIE iestat0r ia tie buildings IN
s'iSeDLs Wa Ycry small. and tie gl.t TO Alexander