Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-29
THE AVANT COURIER.
MONTANA NOTES.

Buffa'o are plentiful ON the Muscleshel!
Tanglelegs won the 800 purse at tt,
Canyon Ferry races.
A wagon road across the Belt range viz
Maybe Gulch il talked of.
The public schools of Helena will open
during the first week lr October.
Nowlan's smeter, near Jefferson City
IS being put in complete order for another
run.
Mrs. Breton has entirely recovered
from her illness, and returned home te
Blacxfoct on Thursday.
Several of the farmers of Deep Creek
Meagher county, are housing their grain
Lalf ripe-fearing frost.
The quartz interests around Diamond
are reviving, and several companies wall
commence work on their leads.
The Hope Mining Company at Philips
burg are short of men to work their mine,
and are running the mill on taiIinys.
The thoroughbred Cotswold buck. lost
by Mr. c.. W. Cook while on his way up
from Carroll last spring, has been cap
tn red on the Muscleshcll.
The Helena Herald publishes letter
from J. P. Flick of that place opposing
the Benton narrow gauke: joe asks Col.
Voolfolk and the people of Lewis and
Clarke county some sensible question:.
The Philipsburg correspondent of the
Independent says: ''SOmebody attached
to the U. s. mail service Is again filching
small sums from unregistered LETT ers.
Several complaints have lately been made
and in numerous cases where subscrip
tons to periodicals and papers have not
reached their destination the letters went
through all right-minus the "greens."
Where is the new Postal Agent? Oh!
where?
The First National Bank has received
during the past week, six oars oi bullion
from the Dexter mil, Butte, aggregating
$4,000 value. 1t is the product Of one
weeks run, and the silver is the incest
We have yet seen. The mill is running
steadily and having now duplicate cast
ings for oil breakabie' parts no aescm tons
are anticipated. North West
The Democratic Convention Of Mis-
soula county elected the following gentle
men delegates to the Dref Lodge COnven-
ton, instructed 10 support Maginnis for
the nomination:
C. P. Hi2gine. W. E. Bass, NJ. N. Nc
cauley, W. J! Lyons, W. J. Mccormick.
Geo. Mc0own .nd' Joseph F.rdee.
w. J. Mccormick. w. J. Stephens and
James A. Dixon were nominated q can.
didates for Representatives and E. e. Ives
for Joint Councilh1aa.
The Madison County Democratic Con-
vention met 10 Virginia City on the 10Th
and nominated the following ticket:
For members Of the House of Repre-.
sentatives: Samuel Wcrd, OF Virginia
City; H. Il. Mood, Of Harrison; H. 3.
Howell, Of Virginia City; }. W. Brooke.
of Salisbury.
For County Commissioner: R. u. Alex
ander, of Sterling.
For Superintendent OF Public Schools:
William Morris, of Salisbury.
For County Surveyor: Lafayette Glib.
son, Of Sheridan.
For County Assessor: 6. 3, Wheat,
of Gaffney.
The following gentlemen were selected
az delegates to the Deer Lodge Conven-
ton, with instructions to vote Us q unit.
1t will be observed that Is delegates ara
chosea: Samuel Word, James G. spratt,
II. 81. Mood. L. G. Moreland. n. Warm
inkton, T. s. Hamilton. 4. B. Ham, John
Fletcher, George Blackmao, G. L. Dshler,
John r: Wilson. H. 8. Howell, P. Nc
Govern, ". T. Shirley and NJ. A. Hart.
field