Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-12-25
PXCK-UPS.

1uaHO ScnoOi masters KICK small boys IN
az d down flights Of stairs, and the fathers
OF such small boys kick the tops Of the
school>mastcrs' heads OFT Tor doing 50.
We are indebted 10 F. NJ. Weaver for
some OF the incest sausage and sousu we
have ever eaten in Montana. 1t put Us
in mind Of the old times and the Old
home.
| Guv. POllinger has succeeded Mr.. Cor
bin is agent for the Montana Division Of
Giimer u SallsbuIy's stage line. Gov. is
an Old hand at the business and can ill
the bill thoroughly.
Or. Hunter has returned to I'd locate
IN Eozcman for the Practice Of his prDfes
sion. He is an old practitioner OF great ex-
peience, and is to- well known in this
community tonecd co nnendltiun from Us
THE Public Schools were closed Is I
Friday until after the holidays, and the
scholars are en- oying Il recreation, 'he
little ores revclinS IN thcael.ghtful pleas.
ure OF anticipating the annual visit of
Santa Claus
There are $50 children of school age in
Deer Lodge county, and the county pays
IS. 263 to teach them, about $14 tor each
scholar. This seems to us Iatner large
sum, unless the schools are kept the whole
year.
recommended that Congrss should ap-
propriaie Sl63, 900 for the subsistence aud
support of the Sioux on the Ret Cloud
and MILESTONE reservations, Dakota.
Now that the proceeds Of the harvest
are rapidly disappearing About a NIL
If dbl dahl,
the West in exchange for produce, hogs
and cattle
The Helena papers are receiving tele-
grams pretty regularly now. If the lines
should keep up those papers will keep the
citizens OF Montana well posted as to the
proceedings of Congress, where our peo-
pie are Looking witn some anxiety for
news rs to what will he done to aid the
Northern Pacific and ether important ruil
roads.
ELLIS 4 DAVIS ha a shower OF go6ls
to arriv' Oh W. tuesday. Tue large trail,
OF wagons in which their stock rcmr
made quite a display on Main str, et.-
Whilst the stock brought by this large
tram is very heavy, thy have still big
io' to reach Bzrman yet, and is all
.xpecit'u to b IN by the first . January.
j
IN the Courier, and then tn. p,O,,lt. will
have Az apportornity IL examn. thu bar
gains offered, which will as Onish buye
~ goods in t.is or any Other market.
The members of the Bozeman Silver
Cornet Band are making rapid progress
with their instruc';O s. and can play sew
eral airs quito crediTaply. Prof. Chaipie,
The instructor, is a thorough musician.
We expect y serenade soon, but trus. it |
VIII take place at more seasOnable hour |
than the one recently rendered our neigh |
Dor o. the Times and, we would kindly |
suggest that the boys bring along other |
horns besides the tuber.
The Lord Mayor If Dublin and other
promnint 1rshmen have issued an ad
dress inviting their couhtryr1en to prepare
70 celebrate the centenary ct O'COnnulrs i
birth, in August next year.
The Avant Courier comes 10 us enlarged
10 Its former size. and chock full Of local
md miscellaneous reading matter. Capt.
Wright, proprietor, says that the success
IF the Courier has been fully established
~ hFlarge and rapidly increasing ps>
ronage OF its friends, and he promises
hem paper well OlthY of their sup
,ort. Keep up your lick Captain. and
nay abundant success crown your efforts
.Missou!iaD.
A team belonging to farmer whose
'ame we did not learn, took q lively run
way through the streets Wednesday, run
ing over the owner and his son, but not
njuring them to any extent. The last
" heard OF the horses, they were making
Or Jim Kennedy's ranch, one horse about
wO hundred yards ahead of his mate.
eaying the latter to pull the wagon home
y himself.
MASONIC.
The annual election of B0zeman Lodge.
70. 10, A. F. & A. NJ, resulted Us follows:
w. M. q. w. Monroe
Sen. w. A ID. Mcpherson.
Jun. WI NJ Robinson.
Treas-E d. Ferguson.
Eecy.--W. H. Baily.
Less wild meat has been brought into !
0zeman this winter than 10 any previ !
Is season, yet we understand that game ,
plentiful in the mountains. A party of /
lnters left here some two weeks since
Id have not returned. Perhaps, when
icy get back The market vii. afford o
liter supply. Since the above was writ b
n, the hunters alluded to have returned. c
wing met with poor success. They Il
.ssei through Bridger canyon, and the J
unlry near 10 Shields river. but found q
me scarce and Wild, shifting the ap> II
zach Of the hunters in the air, and fee Il
q into The mountain fastnessnes, which q
ere impenetrabls to the men on account b
the Aae , snow few elk were kili0d n