The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-05-16
FROM III 7GINIA CITY.
VikGisIa Cir lsly 18th, ls5:.

i lie AlnpOFiaifcesS ~ HIT qut~tlDits ~ W
whom shall be ASH slisd the privilege OF pre-
siding it the White House gradually fades
and recea.s from our political gossip rs the
Time Tor primary meetings and ca.,ctses
draws near And sWlls shouldn't II We
ire allowed no vote. aud no. ortsinify 81
choice III this matter. Hence.
ON. great interest must center upon the elee-
ton Of Delegate. aud County officers.
lie many friends Of Mr .Cavanattgll are
pleased to hear That he intends to return to
Montana, aud make vigorous efforts for the
congressional nomination. As there are 4
number or aspirants Ior the same position,
we feel not little interested III noticing the
conversations in Our burgh, which are sug-1
gested, by anticipating plenty Of hot work.
aid lots Of fin for HE boys.
We hear quite d number Of names sugges-s
tive. as candidates for the various county Of
fees, which Mill Be fIlIed III our precinctatl
the August election. For tie Treasures Of
flee we hear the names Of Major C. j Kinney,
DIR. +. Daenls, Harry Warrington and ]. NJ.
knight, mentioned subject to The decision of
the Democratic Convention. All Of these.
gentlemen are old cilizelas. would fill the
office admirably, and il nominated would no
doubt poll respectable number Of repnbli-
tssll votes. II is presumed that tile Republic
cans are very modest in ask e for positions.
Is yet we Have heard Of but one, Republican
mentioned for the above office, and that is
Charley st. Clair. Are youacquainted with
Charley Mr.. Eitltors # 50, 'youknow how
1T il yourself Heis one of tile most popular
young men i'll our County. and would be q,
!. d I'd man 10 get away with i'm an election.
DR.. p. T. wager is spoken Of as the Demo-
cratic choice fer Superintendent of Public
Instruction. A more wise or jtldicious se-
lection could not possibly Be made II Madi-s
son County. He II cminentfy qualification
the position IN all respects, and II he could
be prevailed upon to accept the nomination
his election would be a foregone conclusion.
Wewiil nc doubt shortly hear other names
suggested for the various offices. @
Now that tile business season is approach-
.ing, We notice that Montanians who h;rve
been sojourning in the East are constantly
getting. IN Sam RUSSELL one OF our oldest
merchants arrived this week, after nearly
wo years abssnsa in the Stftes. VIM. Webb.
one of the pf.os oerosls ranchers on Willow
Greek, returned last night from the Green
Mountain State, very sensibIy bringing with
him Il mir yoirlg brile to ornament his home
III that beautiful valley. He will olong T
sit i'm his Cabin and sing
Bachelor Shalt, wilas queer loo'>i x Place it Is
Keep me from such all the day OF my life
\ Sure intI think What Il burning STAGE It Is
Tt Never at all to be getting wife ss$3s ss q
Topass from the sublime ~ the nidic Aous
must tell youaboitt
Us DOG DAY 74;s
in Virginia City. You know we'll enough
that this is not the season Of fie year for the
tlog-stat to rise AMI set with the silfsl.or the
time for dogs to rim mud, SO hereby han 41ssa
dog tale. Witi, these few doggis, rsnllrlss,l
l s.rise to- explain A miner and d,g-f,sa-
eier, missed his w;lteh-deg. He supposed
that some wretch who bal not the tear of
his vengeance, and the llw in his eyes. Ind
stoleus1le aforesaid terrier, AMI Is sfaried
tearing around shouting
n Whostoaet the poodle 4
With his ear cut short
And his tail cut tong
Oh have You seen tbs po3lis''
He was informed tint his d,rg. or i aorg
answering the description. was in tiis, Mill
son Valley. waIowins ind ,g-ss..lss, ist'laii.ls
tile perfume Of dog-to,tli violess cttc'iiag
dog-fish III the Madison River, chasing dog
foxes up the M o;ilslia, all gsttias gfa', at
the ranch OF one j. f. Hly1sn This news
delighted the dog User. He in.nsiiatelg
procured a Dig warrant. and in cJnpally
with tile Dcpity Sheriff, starred OH dog
trot Tor tie prem ~ sIly lea rlis latter
gentlemen assured til. tlpg-hl lter tlilt no
dog thieves iii that vicl TT, tftt heill1 y w
"a the dog. then in his ,ssessipil, ever since
il llatlbcena pup, and produced evidence
fromlfIie members ef. his family and neigh
bofs which proved the trlth OF his assertion
The dog hunter with sloIgssl obstilEny, dog
ilnatieslIy insisted npos th. Sheriff serving
tile tlag warrantstal ta'ling the dos into his
custody. Mr.. Iaydea said, very naturally
.dog gone slch proceedings. lie III turn
becoming dog loser, accompanied the ttosg
expedition to Yirgilif. The dog ositfit ar
rived in Virginia on Thursday evening, be-
ing very dog weary from their ,sieney. The
dor was imprisoned IN the county jjaii. mitch
to the disgust of the respectable minutes,
who objected to see their home used for q
dog kernel. phe trial took place Yesterday
in the afternoon. before Justice Carpenter.
The District Attorney declined to made g
very vigorous prosecution in the flcs OF tie
tangible eyelenee which clearly Indicated
that the dog was the legitimate property 81
thes> tlefenlent Hayden. Hon. Chunky
johnson appeared as counsel for the defense.
whose knowledge Of jurisprudence y Equal
to his ia niliarity with dagmatics. Of course
Chunky won the ease, and it is but justice to
sfate fst he has never yet lost y case II oar
Courts when Iie has been retained ~ counsel.
During the trial Tire dog was tied to stove
in I'll, Courtroom, which was used for
dog post. After the trial hi, was dismiss Ell
without very severe repri.nantl, supplied
with some dogs meat from Kibler and Nike =,
and was turned loose to range in hnrcil gTas ;
anu sfog fei,nel. / woalIi write i doggerel
for the recession. bit under tile Uircnlns aises
believe viii pass
VIA.
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