Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1875-05-14

TERRITORIAL NEWS.
/ From the Mad:sonian. Nay oth.l
" Governor Potts has appointed DR.. D. Z
i Ketcham, of Gallatin county, . Nosa1
Public.
81 Hon. Thomas Bass. membereject Of th
Legislature, from Miasoula county, b
}, rendered his resignation 70 Gov. Potts
Mr.. Bass has changed his place Of res1
!, dence and 10 now located 1t Ashland
Boone county, Missouri.
Z Some of the stock on the Stlnkingwate
), valley Is looking well, and some lock hk
bovine ghosts, 30 poor and thin that they't
1lscarcely make . shadow on sun-shin,
-Iday. When the bunch grass shoots 81
klhigher the stock will rapidly improve
Tho native grass is coming very slow thu
t|spring.
Two fast boys, whose parents reside OF
the beautiful banksof the Passamari river
becoming sick of the monotony of ranch
life, branched out and started for Califor
|nia, q couple of weeks ago. The boy'
appropriated seven of the fastest ponies
to be had in the valley, and left home well
fixed for horse. flesh. 1t is supposed they
have cut the telegraph wire on the road to
the railroad. The old man is after them.
armed with new black-snake, riding q
seven-day mule, and when he catches the
boys they will bitterly repent their frat
attempt to paddle their own canoe.
From the Helena Herald
BY letter received last night from Mai.
Wood, Agent of the Blackfee: Indians,
We are informed that seventeen horses
were stolen by white men from the Indi-
ans near the Agency, . few nights ago.
James Klncaid is one of the thieving party
and is about 5 feet inches In heighth.
The other thief is large man, S feet 8 or
8 inches high; light complexion and wore
. fur cap. There is no description of the
third thief. Farmers and people Of towns
should be on the lookout for these parties
and assist in their arrest and punishment.
The horses will be reclaimed wherever
found.
Green Pruitt to day purchased the iinel
building site, corner Rodney street and
Eighth avenue. 1t has frontage on Rod
ney of u feet and depth of 100 feet.
Mr.. Pruitt will erect thereon an elegant
brick residence, to be completed at an early
day this summer.
We learn from Mr.. Meyendorf that the
Secretary of the Treasury has appointed
Capt. T. P. Fuller, U. s. Collector of In.
ernal Revenue, to discharge the duties of
agent for the Montana Assay
Office. A good selection. The Captain
will qualify in the sum of ten thousand
dollars, and will have funds placed to his
'redit to pay all vouchers of the Superin-
endent as work progresses on the building.
We learn through an exchange of the ;
cath Of Mr.. John Closer, at Del Norte,
on the I'd of April, aged 81 I,
ears. MIR. Closer came to Montana with &
is family in early days, and for several q
ears followed the freigbting business be- E
veen Salt Lake and Helena In 1067-68. .
9 was proprietor of the Planters House, n
on the site now occupied by &
le Blake building. The house was very -
opular. and did an excellent business Ia
, go Mr.. Closer removed to Corinne, n
I'd in 70 from there to Colorado. !,
Captain Fuller and his assistants have q,
en- recently collecting revenue for Uncle re
I'M at the rate of about $1,000 day.
he annual net receipts from this source
this collection district average from
1000 to $4,000. M
TFron tho 0funtsnisn-1 teu
Cisler, linn & Co. cleaned up seventy y
zen ounces at the Broad Gauge quartz ca
H. tn
Albert Orion, typo, after q five months ~
grimagc in the States, reached home III
Ain on Tuesday morning. He brought NC
ne breach-loading shot gun with him III
Is satisfied to remain in Montana .lls
last week Messrs. Trip & Ainslee . y.
shed In their mill near Silver Star six ~
70 of quartz from the True Briton lode. -.
ned BY Joseph Barketl, Nimrod Rich NJ,
Is and John s. Mearns. A gold brick ". w.
nth $500 was the product. Good enough. 90,
The mining ground of Ferdinand NJ
ievruck in Browns gulch is paying nor
Il. On Friday of last week he cleanad |ha,
his fiume and took out over $40U.-
ere were some nuggets, and the largest
worth $37. This sum was washed