The avant courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1871-1872, 1872-07-18

eighteen inches round the glrth. CONNECTED
with the rapid growth Of these trees, tn
!, | fact that tile wood Is hard and adapted 4
very many mechanical purposes. Wa!ts
WaiIa StGtesnan.
CALIFORNIA;.
The are over two hundred licensed liquo
dealers in Sacramento.
A new and strong shell covered insect Il
killing the maple trees near Perauma.
The grain fields in the Pajaro and SAINT,
Clara valleys have been fired by sparks from
the locomotives.
Small-pox is committing terrible ravagsl
throughout the State.
The demand for California leather is increas
ing so fast that the local tanneries canno
keep up with it.
John Gould, OF San Diego county, hal
gathered twelve hundred pounds Of tomatoes
this season from single vine.
Nicholas Lara & Co., importers, of Sar
! Francisco have tailed tor 100000.
I Gtain shippers in San Francisco are offer
/ ing $40 per ton for freight to Liverpool. Las,
year there WIS surplus of vessels.
I've hundred aud forty bales OF cotton
from Tahiti passed through San francisco en-
/ route for England.
/ Shannon, Chief of customs in San Fran
cisco. will turn out all tn employees who
are favorable to Greeley.
DR.. e. Hubbell Koon committed suicide by
poisoning himself at the Occidental Hoe on
the 9Th inst.
! Capt. Hartford Jay, Of the barque VIM
throp died at San Francisco on the 9Th inst.
Wm. .Kirs, late Of Los Angeles, died from
heat and thirst while crossing the Colorado
ert.
Visala claims the champion young wife,
married three years. Her husband Is fifty
| two years old.
The san Jose Mercury says: The biggest
dose of classes and water" ever mixed on
this coast, was put up at Santa Cruz the
the other day. Seventy-fivs lsdies were
bathing st one time. h
}'s# sef Dakota.
Mr.. Welsh, President of the Peace Com
mission, has returned from his mission to
thn Indians of the Upper Missouri. 5
John Brennan, Esq, of the Sioux City
Journal, is writing pamphlet on :" The
Condition and Resources Of Southern DA-
kOtas# a sftja45a = AZ E
The steamer Western made the trip frcm
Fort Benton to Yankton In five days and Il
hours. Pretty quick time.
Company X, 22d U. S. Infsntry. is to be
transferred to the Yellowstone country. 5
The Elk River Point Courier has again
changed hands, and now flies the name of
G. F. Mallahan as editor and proprietor.
jacob I.sckner tried the thickness of his
skull On the. edge OF . buzz-saW fhes other
day. He viii probAbl ysnctaia coffin soop.
Sioux Indians are on The rampage in ia
kota a,.tiys member OF oufrSgss have been at-
tempted. l{.iIIool
Lieut.. Adair. with twenty mers has been
cleaning Dlt the stores of whiskey on the
above Fort RaaldAiI.
The incorporates Of sthdl Dakota Grand !
'rrunk Railroasi larr,, GOV. Smith, President
Of the Northern Pacific Thomas "A Sect.
PresitIertsof the Southern Pacific Governor /
Burbanks Judge xBpdk gs. VIM Pound,
Hon. II. X. Armstrong. Judge French. e.
). McCook. and j. r.. Hanson. The SUBJ
ssription books Of this company will be
opened on July 1nth.
On the up tripof the steamer Sioux City
were ,hs oas me-, k;
nto xicat..l: the second also walked over
BOARD IL the night, between buford and
,;,, H. anu ;.. .''u h;, M Ssergoe.a
bucket Of water. Dakota Herald.
4 ham, If s;onr !. ma mar u ntnr;ng II.
eacher and ali the school children on tie
.onca reservation few DAYS since. They
we're we're h shaigin: down n, On the scnoel house .s
n,natss ~ and IN ailc n % them 4. Mt ths teaeh.
+ happened to spy them. and commenced