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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

A NUMBER of gentlemen, mostly
clergymen, met in Boston recently
and took preliminary steps for organ
izing bands of praying men end wo-
men to visit the saloons in the west
ern Territories. We would suggest
that the aforesaid bands cOnfine their
operations within the boundaries OF
Massachusetts,, From the criminal
reports emanating from that State it is
evident they are more needed there
than out here.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

IL view of the fact that Helena will become
Che future capital f the Territory. rs well as
the terminus If 4 railroad. l. would appear
t. b.. a matter Of necessity that our hotel &c.
communications should be greatly ampIiiiea.-
Herald
Draw it mild, friends. We acknowl.
edge the indOmitable will and energy
Of the people of Helena, but think Cur
friends of the Herald are spreading it
Oh too thick in the above paragraph.
We dislike to throw cold water upon
tho u1rta,usru,eao, ~;sie,.~.y orslnr nj
the Herald editor, or to discourage our
friends of Helena, but We regard the
predictions above as barren Of solid
basis. The sectional feeling and self:
ishness always evinced by the Herald
in its clamots for railroad has done
much to create opposition to railroad
enterprises in this Territory. It is ex-
pected Of local paper to blow up its
own place, but the Herald should not
attempt to centre all the interests of
Montana Territory in Helena. There
are other towns in the Territory pos
sessing a mora promising future than
Helena, and in less than two years
hence, some of them will strip Helena
Of her metropolitan honors. Possibly,
the prilneval forest and virgin soil
have not yet been broken by the Ak
Of the pioneer or pillow Of the granger,
upon the site of which will spring in
the near future the great railroad town
and capital Of our Territory.
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QUE DELEGATE.

The interests of our Territory arc
being we'll cared for by our Delegate
in Congress, Major Maginnis, who is
proving himself able, efficient and in
dustrious. We have received several
printed hills introduced by him re-
Gently, of an important character, and
should they become laws, the Territory
wouM be greatly benefited thereby
The one establishing an Assay Office
at Helena would he Of general interest
to our people; as also the one for the
improvement of the military road from
Fort Benton to Walla Walla; but
measure more directly affecting the
people of this section, whilo at the
same time being Of infinite advantage
to the entire Territory, is the bill in
troduced on the 9th ult. by Major Ma
ginnis, asking for an appropriation Of
$780, 600 for the improvement of the
Yellowstone and. Missouri rivers.
LII regard to appropriations, Major
Maginnis, in a late letter to Hon. John
H. Rogers, says:
"The financial paric and the fact
that the Government is paying its cur
rent expenses with borrowed money.
has produced a very economical tenn
per in the House, and all bills making
appropriations, and especially those
beneftting the Territories, are looked
on with distaste. Still, hope to sue
cessfally press many of our bills
through"
In the same letter he states that the
Delegates from the different Territories
are working on measure that will
place the penitentaries in the several
Territories back into the hands of the
government, in which we hope they
will succeed, as it will save to Montana
ten to twelve thousand dollars per an.
mum. He also states that he has sue
ceeded in having the payment for
lands in the Bitter Root Valley de-
ferred two, years. memorial asking
UGH aid to the people Of Bitter Root
was introduced in the Legislature some
days since by the Hon. Mr.. Kennedy
Evidently, our Delegate is doing all
he can, or that any one else could do,
for the good of Montana, aud we are
grat;fied to he able to say so.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

The Legislature will adjourn to.
morrow. We do not believe that it
has accomplished as much for the sub.
stautial good Of the Territory a. was
expected Of it by the people. We have
not published its proceedings from the
fact thai, al reported, they would have
been unsatisfactory to. the reader. We
intend, however, 50 soon As we can
obtain them, to publish entire or give
Q synopsis Of all bills that were made
laws.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

leen solyed-for Eastern. Montana, AT
least. Thousands will pour IN 1lon
the East. and the conflict with hostile
savaees will he "short and decisive,
soon resulting i'll a permanent pea.e.
And then will we have direct o"'lo'
for our surplus products, and inlet lor
immigration, resulting in making
Roveman and the Gallatin Valley the
center of the. industrial interests u
the Upper Missouri. w.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Is, 1874.

WE give prominence III this issue to
an ably written article OH the Railroad
Subsidy Bill, recently introduced III
the House by Mr.. Stafford, Of Madison
county, and defeated in that body by
a decided majority. It is hardly ne
cessary for us to say that, SO far as they
relates to the bill in question, we do
rot endorse the sentiments expressed
by the writer, nor do we believe ma
jo1ity of the people of this county en-
tcrtain such views, however earnest
and sincere the writer may be stating
otherwise. Weregard the matter sub
sidizing railroads as dangerous and
uncertain expedicut, not without pre-
cctlcnts to prove it lacking as u guar
an:cc Of accomplishingdesired results,
besides its tendency to cngulf our
people in a state of bankruptcy.
We should oppose the bill on
the ground alone that it makes the
initial point of the road south. II we
should 10 compelled to subsidize in
order to obtain railroad connection,
We should prefer tapping the Union
Pacific at or near Cheyenne, or max
in. connection with the Northern Pa.
cite at bismarck. We expect inImi-
grafton entirely from the East-the
only class coming from the Pacific
shore being Chiuamen, whom do not
v..nt-the bulk Of our freiyhts come
from the East, aud We expect Eastern
capital to develop the resources OF our
Territory. The distance from either
OF the above points to the commercial
centres Of the Territory is but little
greater than from the proposed base
Of the road in Utah; auI more than
five hundred miles Of travel over the
q. p. Railroad, through al uninviting
country, would be saved. BY making
connection with either Of the points
acknowledgements or Bismarck
we would secure direct communication
with the East, whereas we would not
by adopting the line proposed in the
bll-mahins COrinne Or the terminus
OF the in. 4. L. the starting place. The
latter route would certainly be round.
about way OF reaching Montana from
the Eastern States, to which we are
SO anxiously stretching foltl our arms
for succor-in the way Vt immigration
aud capital.
1t is far from our intention to de-
preciate the many advantages that
would result to our Territory from
RAILROAD communication With the out.
side world, let it come from a0hateper
direction, but ii We have to make a
sacrifice to get it, let US drive the best
bargain we can.
But, as the bill has been defeated
in such an emphatic manner in the
house of its birth, it will hardly be re-
vived during the present session Of the
Legislature, which adjourns to.mor-
row, aud it is now useless to discuss
its merits or dement's. ReQuiescat in
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

The BLOODY SIoux.-The New
Northwest, while generally commend.
ing the Yellowstone Expedition and
anticipating most beneficial results
theretrom to the Territory, this portion
Of it in particular, presents its readers
. frightful picture Of the strength and
murderous disposition Of the Sioux In-
dians. The objective point of the Elk.
petition is, it says, in the very heart
of their winter quarters. Though we
do not charge that the intention Of the
article in question was to prevent a
movement Of West.side miners this
way, it certainly tends to that end.
We hive never sought to disguise the
tat that the great and hopeful enter.
prise is fraught with peril, but We
are inclined to believe our cotempo.
rary Is assuming the attitude of an al.
armist. The Sioux have never gained
q decisive victory oyer white men pre-
pared for defense, Notwithstanding the
long catalogue Of atrocious massacres
Of which they have been guilty. In
1869 they fell on all unarlned haying
party from one Of the forts of Eastern
Moutana- soon after disgracefully
abandoned by the Governmental and
murdered them with revolving brutal
ity; they surprised Col. Bakers com.
mand in 1872, but took to fight as
soon as the troops got into fighting pc.
sition; and they, we;e handsomely
(hiplvd BY Gen. Sully some years
ago, and by Con. Gustav last sum.
mer. The Sioux, like all other hostile
Indians, are sneaking, cowardly muir.
derers; fifty well-armed white men,
expecting an attack, can stand up
against them anywhere. And our co.
temporary errs in saying the Sioux
Arc now in force near the mouth of
tongue river; Sitting Bull and the
body Of his warriors have been spend.
ing the winter ON the Missouri. The
Expedition, numbering over one hun.
dred men, al armed with needie.guns,
and carrying three pieces of arti lery,
VII not, in our opinion, suffer, to any
great extent, from Indian attacks.
But we earnestly entrcat the small
parties which are preparing to follow
in the wake Of the main Expedition to
combine forces as much as possible
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13
III AN DONE WITH THEM.n

The Washington correspondent Of
the New York Herald, writing Jan
II, says thas President Grant, the
evening previous, made perhaps the
most significant speech he ever had
made Of a political nature, addressed
to some prominent Republicans, who
called upon him at the White House,
The speech is reported as follows:
begin to think that it Is time for the Re.
publican party to unload. There :,as bee n
too much deal weight carried BY It. The
snccess IT our arms during the rebellion and
the confidence that the Republican party was
strong enough to hold mp any burden l,aye
imposed all the disahectIon In the Cult States
on the administration. I am tired Of this
n"nsrns.. Let Louisiana take care Of her.
aelt. A. Texas will have to do. don't want
any quarrel about Mississippi State matters
to b. rrtcrrzl to mc. This nursing ri mon.
has nearly exhausted the lite OF the
party. am done with them. and they will
have 10 take care Of themselves.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

A BILL has passed the Legislature,
fixing the salaries of Territorial Treas
urer and Auditor at 1900 each per
annum.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

Ex.Gov. JAMES NJ. HARVEY has
been elected United States Senator
from Kansas by a vote Of seventy five
to twenty. 1t is said that his election
is the first square deal that has ever
been made in Kansas Senatorial con-
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

IT Is strange, but nevertheless true,
that the Deer Lodge delegation in the
Legislature voted against locating the
Capital at Deer Lodge City-accept-
ing Helena instead.
''Nisyer In eae wood pile, couldn': coust seven,
Put i'm il feather bed. and he thought himself
IN heeven.D
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

THE famine in India il increasing.
It Is estimated that 100 900 natives
ore already severely distressed
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13
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OF BOTH SEXES.
No Charge for Advice and censaItation.

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(which liz has made an especial study. either
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closing stamp t. prepay postage.
Send tor tile GUIDE 7" HEALTH: Price lOc.
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Summons.

coux1T % Or c Moxns1 District as Court
Charles w. Holman,
vs..
W. H. Randall and II. Farris.
The people Of the Territory of Mountains
greeting to w. IL. Randall and II. Earris.
You are hereby required to appear in On ~
brought agar st you Y the above named plsD
in the District Court Oi the First Judicial DsI
of the Territory Of Montana, in and for the Gov
of Gallatin, and to answer the complaint tiledhs
within vn days, exclusive Of the day Of sri
after the service on you of this summons, II q
within this County. or If served out Of this w.
but In this District, within twenty days, M
be taken against you according to the pray
said complaint.
The said action IL brought to obttin deere.
the foreclosure Of y certain NOR gage, bearing
August 2 III, 1878, executed by defendant "
Randall to plaintiff and one F. D. Pease, to ."
the payment Of certain pr0nlissory note o..
date. executed by deiendent Randall TO plgs
and one +. D. Pease, for the sum of tour DUE.
and thirty six dollars, with interest at ~ p"'
per month. and due ninety days after date :, ~,
And you are hereby notified that if you iali ~ w.
pear and answer to said complaint as sos s.l
quire'l. the plainti3 will take judgment u
you according to the pruyer Of sald comp'.% -.
Given under my hand and the sea- s,S w.
~u Court on this 18th day Of Dectm'''
'-A1 ! D. 1873. sn RowEs, os.
First judicial District Court, Montana ls'''
PAGE y COLEMAN, Attorneys for PiainslH
Uan33 4Wl
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OAAy VOsWV uCKetS n"ve Deem issued ana
$500, 900
divided into
$4,000 Cash Gifts.
Total, 1900 Gdls al Csa, Amoplulgtp 81. 500 Al

TdA, 1900 G1B al CasA, Amoulnlgto 81, SOC, 600
7Ae Concert and distribution If Gifts .o;lk
positively esd mneqxi.ocaliy take p,S.e on re
day nosc fred. Whetasr aH the tickets are sold
or not. and the 1900 gifts all paid in proper.
to" to tie number Of tickets sold.
PRICE o. TICKETS.
whole tickets, Sc; Halves, Us; Tenths. or each
coupon, IS Eleven Whole Tick. Is for sO.: ~
2N Whole Tickets for Ola. OOO No uiscount IN lSSs
than ejOO worth or Tickets. 's
TMO. e. RRAlLErrn.
Agent Public Library Kentucky, aud MANAGER Gin
Ee.cests Public Library Building, IoSisyiiie.
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w. f. KfRKW00R
Attorney at Law,
VIRGINIA CRY. MONTANA.

- "a BE- fouad q Judge Spratt's ofase or Probate
y0ou Rooms. VIII practice = al The Courts o.
~ Territory.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

order to secure the passage OF the
Capital Bill. Then has Helena gained
worse than barren victory. Through
her unfaithful representatives she has
covered herself with ineffable dis
grace, and will not gain the prize in
the vain hope of getting which she
has bartered her honor and the best
interests OF the people. How pitiable
her condition! In sack-cloth and
ashes over the misfortunes sent down
upon her from Heaven, she is now cut
off from and has no just claim to the
sympathies Of her neighbors! The
vote Of Lewis and Clarke county itself
will not be q unit on the capital ques-
ton; Helena will not get over a one
third vote in the West-side counties:
and Big Horn, don't prematurely
laugh,) Gallatin, Madison and Beav.
erhead will be solid and unbroken
against her.
The Eighth Session of the Montana
Legislature will be odiously remem.
bered forever as the most venal, cor.
rupt and perfdious that ever black.
ened the annals Of local legislation.
We may now congratulate our read
ers anew on the prospects Of the Vel
lowstone Wagon Road and Mining
Expedition 1t is our great hops for,
the immediate future. The public
spirited Of this eminently public-spir-
tied community never inaugurated
and got under Roadway q mere prom
Using enterprise. We believe it will
result in the realization of our expec-
tations-that by the middle of April
or the first of May tidings will be
brought into Bozeman confirming the
reports of rich and extensive gold de-
posits on the tributaries of Tongue
river. Then the problem shall have
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13
TERRITORIAL NEWS.

anIluul.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1874-02-13

ana In connection storage room, granery and
stable, located on Main street. in the very centre oil
Bozemau: 1t u one Of the best business stands in
Boseman, having been occupied - q store for the
past I'VE years. r. RRUNATT.
, 1874-12-06

and they .re being 'sent forward by
parties engaged IN PACKING hero on
account Of European dealers. The demand
md Southern account, outside Of the trench
dous speculative deal, which is believed to have
been conducted chleav for parties 10 the co''n-
try. We note that more country pfodhct ls
now arriving hero, this being the best mar
to be an exceedingly artificial one.
The market closed at The following, range
OF prices: Ness cork, cash, or seller the year,
Sl67G@l9-75; do, seller January aud fe1ruaIy,
2o.s5 d., seller March, 92o. o.7o@2o;75; prime
mess, SIPS; and extia prime, S1i.75. Lard
cash or seller the year. $3.50; do. seller jan
uary aud February. S13.25; do, seller February,
sl3.47]5@13.50; do. seller March, $1373E9
for 16@15 III average fresh cured; green
hams, 15@18 lbs average. 1o}1@1O>zc for De-
cember; gleen meats quoted at csc for
shoulders, 9;b@91fc for short ribe. aud 9@4@2Ne
for short clear; dry-salted meats, loose, az III
long clears. 1oc for ebert clears, and .9;oc
for Cumberlands.. The same, boxed. ~ above
these prlces. Long clears and short r1os, boxed,
10c, seller JANUARY; do short cloaFs. 1oIc;
do, shoulders 7:Sc. Bacon meats nominal
hams, s2o.oo@2l. 90, according to quality. City
weso tso~ rseosd ss 81 grease 600 0 Sris mess mess
pork at $40. 10 $50 brs do at 1885; 400 bills do
at $3.50; 900 blls do at 13.75; 500 b1ls do at
1870; l750 brls do seller January At $4,000; ESQ
brs do at $lo. 30; 500 Iris do. buyer Jannary and
February, at 520.e0; 1,75o brls do, seller Febru-
arv, at 52o.5o; l,00o brls do at S2o. AZ; 5000
brs do at s20,45, 1000 brls do at 5!:u.4215;
4,50o brls do At 520.40; 500 brls do at @2D.37!1
2,250 brs do at a20.35 1000 brls do at s233z]5;
$40 brls do at s20.30; $50 brls do, seller Ma!c
at 320.8O; 500 bzls do at S10.70; 2.70o tcs lard
at s1s1u; 120 tcs do Ooose) at GO; 500 ter co,
seller January, at 1925; $50 tcs do. seller FebIn-
ary, Sl3.55; 1000 1cs do at sl3.52113; 1000
tcs do At $3.50; 1.75o tca do at 13.4016
1850 tcs do at sl345: 500 tcs do seller Mnrch Ut
$1375; 10000 lbs shoulders at 7c; 10000 tbr do
At 6Ac; 100 boxes do at 7c; 40,0j0 It's (ereeu.
choce) at 652@c; 1oo,ooo lbs short ribs At 9;:c;
GAG, 0o1 Tbs do at 9>c; 80 boxes do at 10c; 100,-
600 lbs short clear It 1oc; so boxes do at 1oc;
1000 lbs green do At 1906 TO- 900 Ios and L, 900
pcs green hams (14t@l5 ibs) at 1011c; $4,000 lbs
DO lis tbs) at 10}sc; 1o,0o0 lbs do (16 ibs) at
101c; 10000 ms neaVy do at 10c, 200 tcs eweet-
plckled do on private terms. .
The Daily Commercial Report gives tia fol-
lowing Us the shipments OF provisions from this
point for the week eadinS Dec. s. 1874, aud since
Nov. /, 1874, together with comparisons:
, 1874-12-06

small. Tbs market weakened tn sympathy with
wuent. Sales we're reported Of 2, 600 bu No. At
sc. and 1000 bu do later At 94c.
Barley as very dull, and 1@11c lower, the
market beng bare OF shipping orders, With very
Itrle wanted for local use. Seller the month
sod at 9l.27@1271x; aud SELLER January at 5l.23
0l.2V. both closing at the inside. Regular
No. closed at s1.27; aud No. at
s1.13@1. .16 in Central to A.. D. i Co. houses.
Cash sales we're reported Of 10000 bn No. at
S1.27; 400 bu No. at SLIT; 1900 bu do at
71.16 400 bu !'y yamnle at 81 .26 400 bu 90 At
Sl.25 800 bu do at 81 .23: 400 bn do at 20 !;
500 hu do at 3l.i311 400 bu do at Sl.15, all on
track. Total, 24.8U0 b,.
Wheat was moderately active In the afternoon
and ]lc higher, closing at 90H@;9o]lc seller the
m"nth. and 911s@914 10 seller January. Corn
WAS quiet and firm At 7l34c seller the month, and
CSC for neH seller January. Oats we're qolet at
So: {c seller the year. Provisions were Inactive
and nominal. except meats, of which sales wero
10000 lbs partly cured short ,ibs at 915c loose.
CALL BOARD.
Mess pork Was active aud frner 1T s19.75
cash; 3i9.92i@@919.95 Keller January; 520.25@
@20.40 seller February; aud $20.75@20.60 seller
March. Sales 400 brla cash at 3l3.75; 500 brls
Seller January at 319.05; SEQ bris seller Febrn-
ary at f2O. IS; $3.50 brs do at S20.37k; $50 brls
do at S20.40: $50 br's seller March at 320.75.
Lard WAS in fair demand and steadv at $1,000
@13.05 cash $500 seller January; 313.45 cell
er February; and 313.72t4t013.75 seller March.
Sales $50 tea cash at S1305 $50 tcs seller jan
nary at 1890; 5000 tcs seller February at
51345; 500 tcs seller March At 913.72H; 1,250
tcs seller March at $13,75.
;leats were dull and easy. Sales include 40, 900
lbs gleen hams, ~ 10 lbs, at 114c.
, 1874-12-06
SOUTH SHEFFIELD.


South Sheffield is suburb OF Chicago, # as
dubious j. character as the Eden that Ch: rles
Dickens described in Martin Cbuzzlewit. The
South Sheffield Land Company's pacards re- are
sent their property to lie in the southeast /. Of
the southeast Il OF Sec. l. Sc, 10, in Lake Coun-
ty, Indiana; tile abstracts they furnish to appli-
cants refer to the southeast X OF the northeast
4 OF Sec. !, 36. 10; they represent Sheffield to
be within half mile Of South Sheffield; it is
really 514 miles north; they picture the
district as crossed by the Chicago l. Canada
Southern, the Columbus, Chicago l. Indiana
Central, and the Chicago l. South Allan
tic Railroads: III TRUTH these roads run respec-
t1vely o15 miles north. SO mics west. and 10
miles southwest of "Sou:h Sheffield ~" the pla-
cares are made to read as though al the i'm
proyements, present aud to come. at South Chi
caco. EXISTED ut Sheffield; when, finally, 1t is
stated thai the '' Compan: ask from S10o to
$500 lot for the land which is soll adjoining at
$50 to 500 an acre, the Sou h Sheffield Land
COMPANY will be generally conceded to be what
the Real Estc:e and building Journal pro-
nounces ia fraud.