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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-12-08
TALLAHASSEE. (F!a.) Decem,,er :

TALLAHASSEE, (F!a. December T.
quo warrants were issued and served
on Hayes electors yesterday before they
cast their votes. Also bill Of injunction
was obtained in behalf of Gov. Drew.
"gain>t members of the canvassing board.
and the order granted restraining them
from omp)' ting the ca vass "n basis
vote, canvassed by majority of The board
for electors. Atty. Ge"I. w. A. Lake, q
member of the ca vassing board protest.
ed az inst the action Of tlr board in Ger
tifyiny to the majority Of votes in favor
Of Hayes ell ctors. and de, ounced SANE
as criminal and gross falsific .tion Of re-
turns on file IN the Office If Secretary Of
State. He also gave certificates Of elcc-
tion I" Ti'den electors, stating therein
that returns on file. canvsssed by board
showed a clear majority sor Tilden and
Hendricks electors. Drew electors met
at the capitol, in the Office of Atty. Gen.
erai. and c'st vote IT Stale according to
law. they also signed petition to the
Senate and House IT Repr &, natives Of
ID" United States, stating their action
and pray ng they 'nigh' he recognized as
electors. Republican el ctors rast their
votes for Hayes and Wheeler. and C. H.
Pearce, coloren. was selected as messen-
ger 10 convey returns to Washington.
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New ORLEANS. December 5.
The following are the official returns of
the Presidential Electors made to Gov
ernor Kellogg, by the Secretary of State
to-day:
For electors of State at large, VIM. T.
Kellogg, Henri Burch; for FIRST District,
Peter Josephs; for second district, Lionel
P. Sheldon; for third district. Morris
Marks; for fourth district, Aaro" B. Leo.
isee; for fifth district, Or'an 10 II. Brew
ster: for sixth district, Oscar Jefferson.
Accompanying this certificate was the
aggregate votes for Presldentia
electors as certified to the secretary OF
State IS follows: Total votes cast for
President and Vice President OF the
United States. Kepnblirans. w. p. Krl
logg. at large, 75. 1875; Henry B'rch, at
large, rs, ,125; Peter Josephs. first district.
74.Ol4: Lionel p Sheldon, End district.
74,O27; Morris Marks. 3rd district 74.4lS;
Aaron B. Leoisee, 4th district, 74.Ol3;
Orlando H. Brewster, 5th district, 74.Ol7;
Oscar Jefferson, 9th district, 74.236
Democrats John McEnery, at large.
7O.5Ss; Robt. T. Myculiffe. At large. TO-
500: Louis s. Martin, LIST district, 7O.553;
Felix p. Ruche, 2nd district, 7O,335;
Alcibade Dufaue, 3rd district. 7O.53S;
Wssay, 4th district. 7o,52o; r. q. Cobb.
5tb 'istric., 7O,4 ,423 K. A. Cross, 9th dist.
1855.
A certificate is approved declaring the
above. frs: named electors. elected.
The vote for Governor and Lieutenant
Governor is: Packard 74,626; Nichols i,
II. l.l98.
For Lieutenant! Governor, Antoine,
"a, ,669; Wiltz, 74,0o3.
In stric: compliance with the laws OF
the United States and of this State, the
returning officers of the State OF Louis
lana have examined the canvass and COM
piled the statements of votes purpOrting
to have been cast ut the general election
for President and Vice President Of the
United States.
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hines Of Holding the Courts Of tic
Territory for the Year 1876.

Iva bnV 4VOA AVsVs
rbe Snnreme Court at its late session
t,. the time OF holding the court for
,,j. m.kin- some changes. as follows:
SUPREME COURT.
i, Ilolei first monday in January and
Eecnd mon ay in August.
FIRST DIsrR1Cr-H. N. Blake, Judge.
In ~. - county, at Virginia City.
sno monday in March; second monday IN
September.
IN ,ia,,a,in county, 1T Bozeman. first
monday in May, 4th monday in October.
| 10 jefferson county, at Radrrsburg. Isl
TUESDAY in April: 4th Tue sd"y IN Sept
krcoNo DIsrRIcr-H. Knowles, Judge.
| IN Deer Lodge county. at Deer Lodge
kay. second monday IN April.
Tvs, monday in September. (fOr all
suses hat can I've tried without a Jury,
xcet, in cases where the parties consent
hat special yenlrc may issue to try the
amr.
Firs monday in December.
n IN Mi>youla county. ut MissOula, fourth
,ondav in June; second monday in No.
ember.
In Beaycrhead county. at Banrack. first
|noniay IN June; second monday in DC
tober.
THIRD DISTRICT ID. S. Wade, Judge.
IN Lewis and Clarke county. at Helena.
first monday in March; fist monday in
Noy mhcr.
III Mcaghcr county, at Diamond City.
fourth monday in april; third monday
lin October
Mote fnitcd States Courts are held at
Virginia City. D. er Lodge and Helena. at
|,he times the Territorial District Courts
|are held at those places
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The COURIER is run upon its merits, no
man is pledged to support it, and no man
will ev.r get the control of its columns in
that manner, but 1t will remain FREQ and
independent the servant of the people.
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We give the news, facts, as they come
over the wires, and the pubic are lntelli-
gent enough to form their own conclusions
from them, without any editorial COM
mentS
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-12-08

Unitea States Senator Ransom, It
North Carolina, whose term expires next
March. has been r. ri. cted.
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&. w. Monroe, ~. D.,
DON Z. BVam,

ECLECTIC PHYSICIAN-Having
0loca,ed in Emigrant Gulch, NJ. T., ten
ders ms professional services to the cltl-
lens OF the town and county.
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HELENA. NJ. IT,.

HELENA, NJ. H., Dec 7.
To p. W. Meadow, Bozeman:
Two sets of electors IN Louisiana
Florida and Oreg -. One contested in
Vermont. Iilaen electors in South Caro-
lima have voted. Hayes electors tnjoined
by the Supreme Court.
KFRTEY
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Letter List,

Letters remaining uncalled for In the
Post Office at Bozeman, 0ailatln county.
Montana Territory, December 2, 1870:
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TEL. EGRAp HIC,
Reported for the Semi Weekly Courier.
The E'ire-Fiend
at w ora.
Fearful Loss of Life.
Official Returns Of
louisiana
s. ]. RANDALL Elected SPEAKER.
Hewitt Interviews
Grant.
President Grants
Opinion.
Etc.. Etc.
Hewitt Interviews
Grant.
President Grants
Opinion.
Etc., Etc.

HELENA, IN. IT, December THE
New York dispatches of the 9th afford
"nly imperfect details of the burning of
Brooklyn THEATRE on Tuesday night
Enough is known. however, to character
ize it as a most terrible calamity. SO far.
TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY FIVE BODIES
have been recovered from the ruins. 1t
is believed many hundreds more are in
the piles of brick and lumber that settled
down on the burning tomb.
LATER
Up to nnon to-day 9th inst.) three
hundred and fifteen bodies had been taken
from the ruins Of the Brooklyn Theatre.
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Boxeman Public Schools.
Report for the week ending Dec. LIST, 1876
Roll of Honor.
ADVANCED DEPARTMENT.

This report shows the standing of pu-
pills whose grade IS 80 per cent. or up
wards.
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DEPARTMENT.

Samuel Wright
karinda Clemens
Johnnie Murphy
Maggie Anderson
Lulu Cleveland
Berthe Bailey
Annie Marsto0
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r, r, Edwards,
:. ]. Davis,

4 TTOKNEY AT LAW Office on
a Black street, Bozeman, N. I. Will
Practice in all Courts ofthe I 1frritory.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19
The Blind Boys Patience.

The other day went to see a blind boy.
Scarlet fever had settled in his eyes, and for
many months he had not seen at all. lie
used to be sprightly little fellow. upon the
run everywhere.
"Wel, my dear boy" | said "this is
hard for you, is it not -
file did not answer for moment then he
said, " don't know that ought to say hard ;
God knows best :" but his lip quiycred, and
a little tear stole down his cheek.
Yes, my child; you have kind heavenly
Father, who loves you and feels for you
more even than your mother does"
3" know it, sir" said the little boy,
" aud it comforts me-
" wish Jesus were here to cure Frank, /"
said his little sister
Well" said |, lie will open Frank 5
ewes to see what good Saviour lie is. lie
will show him that blinded heart is worse
than blind eyes, and lie will cure it, and
make him see and enjoy beautiful heavenly
things, so that he may sit here and be a
thousand times happier than many children
who are running about"
81 can't help wishing he could see. said
Lizzie.
81 dare say but hope that you don't
try to make Frank Disconnected ?"
" Frank isn't discontinued" said Lizzie,
earnestly he loves God. And love sets
everything right, and makes its own sun
shine, does it not, Frank ?"
don't feel cross, now" said the little
blind boy, meekly, When I'm alone |
pray and sing my Sabbath-school hymns,
and sing and sing and God is in the room,
and it feels light, and-and-l forget I'm
blind at all = and a sweet light stole over
III Ia 10, H.
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The Boy.

lie is the spirit of mischief embodied, a
perfect teetotum, spinning around like a
jenny, or tumbling heels over head. lie
must go through the process OF leaping over
every chair in his reach, make drum.heads
OF the doors, turn the tin pans into cymbals,
takes the best knives out TO dig worms for
bait, and loses them, is boon companion to
the sugar barrel searching up all the pie
and preserves left after supper, and eats
them, goes TO the apples every ten minutes,
hides his old cap in order to get his best
one, cuts his boots accidentally, if he wants
new pair, tears his clothes for fun, and for
ditto tracks your carpet and cuts your fur
niture. lie is romping, shouting, buster
ing, and in all but his best estate terrible
torment, especially TO his sisters. lie does
not pretend much until he is twelve then
the rage for frock coats and high dickies
commences. At fourteen he is too large to
split wood, or do other chores. At fifteen he
has tolerable experience ia the world
bat from fifteen to twenty-may we be clear
from the track when he is in sight he knows
more than Washington and Franklin to-
gether; in other words he knows more then,
than he will ever know again.
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Giving up the bells.

May was getting so tall that it looked
perfectly silly for her to be playing with
dolls So, at least, Jess Mays sister, said,
and jess was fifteen years old, and ought to
have known what was proper and what
wasn't,
May was such little mother and loved
her dolls so much, that don't believe jess
alone could ever have made her give them
up; but even mamma began to hint strongly
about patchwork quilts aud usefulness"
and when tast she came out with a brilliant
offer of set Of gray squirrel furs for next
winter, if May would give up the doll-babies,
and " be a woman" May couldn't stand out
against so much, and she went up stairs that
night with her mind made up.
She took all the dolls she could find hand
lily into the bed with her, and believe she
cried little, as she Rugged them up close,
and thought it was the last time
The next morning was bright and sunny,
and May went around the house gathering
up her children.
Her mother had suggested to her that she
might keep one or two Of the best ones, and
throw away the others; but May didn't in
tend to show any Partially.
She gathered up every pet baby, from Pet
Rosa, with her sweet, blue eyes, to the small
uo-headed darkey, with his cunning little
coat and vest
She piled them all together in large pa.
per box, and, putting on her sun-bonnet,
went out at the back door when nobody was
looking--for the poor little mother felt SO
miserable that she didn't want anybody TO
ask her where she was going.
May went through the lots and crawled
under the fences until she came to the sheep
pasture.
She went behind a large stone, and scoop
ing out large hole in the sandy earth with
her hands aud stick, she put in the box of
! dolls then covering it up, she sat down by
the little mound and had a good, hard cry,
while her dirty fingers rubbed streaks all
over her face
She wandered around the pasture awhile,
talking to herself, and feeling very miserable
Then she went home and locking herself
up in the spare chamber, waited until all
traces of tears were gone from her face be-
fore she let herself be seen.
So the dolls were buried, but that wasn't
the last Of them.
can't tell you exactly how many times in
the next two or three weeks MAY took
them up
She didn't play with them--she was too
honest for that-but she just wanted to see
how they looked
She made cunning little bouqsts and put
them into the darkey's button-hoes, and,
once or twice, she carried fresh changes of
clothes for Rosa, but always she would kiss
all around, and bury them up carefully again.
But, as the summer wore away, Mays
visits became less frequent. Her mother had
got together such a quantity of bits of bright
silk, that May could hardly lose moment
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

We had q sad day at our house last
week, auntie," said little Kate. The sun
did not rise clear, and the wind was very
cold. Sam stepped on Nellie's shoestring,
when she was going down to breakfast, aud
she fell all the way down, aud cut her face
on his skates, that he had thrown on the hall
floor the night before. Trip stole one of
babys kid shoes and chewed it all up.
When puss saw the little bare toes popping
about, she thought they were for her to play
with or TO eat so she caught them between
her sharp claws and teeth, aud scratched and
bit them till the blood came. Mamma and
all Of us had to kiss her little foot twenty
times before it got over the pain. May lost
her spelling book, and it was found under
the big apple tree, all wet and spoilt with
the dew. She was late TO school, and so was
kept in and that made her cry so that she
| had the headache all the evening.
/ ain the afternoon Sam climbed up on the
shelves of the china closet, TO reach papas
pistol. The shelf gave way, and he came
down all mixed up with broken china and
glass. His hands and face were badly cut,
aud mamma was very much grieved with
him beside.
awe were all glad when bedtime came,
so that we could get asleep and be out of
/ utuHtI huu udllilt was ilolt kidu ihil
any one else. Wasn't it an unlucky day 2"
"No, | do not call it so !" said the kind
aunt. "God sends the rain, in love, TO make
grain and fruit grow for our comfort. II
Nellie's shoestring had been tied at the
proper time, and Sans skates hung up in
their place, she would not have fallen aud
cut her face.
III nurse had put baby's shoe in the toilet
basket in the closet Trip would have found
something nicer and cheaper to cut his new
teeth on. Nurses carelessness did not make
that IAN unlucky day Had dear little
May put her book on the shelf made for II
in her room, she would have saved herself
being kept in and crying till she had the
headache
"Sam's trouble among the china and glass
came from greater fault thsn carelessness
lie was disobeying his father 1t may have
been mercy instead of bad luck which
brought him and the dishes down for had
he reached the pistol, it might have gone of
in his hands and killed him. If you all turn
over new leaf you will find that bad luck
vanishes before good order, as the clouds dc
before the sun" said Aunt Miriam.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

The President Of our State Agricultural
College, in a recent address to the farmers of
Washington county, very justly celebrated
the praises Of home life for the farmer. lie
did this eloquently aud ably rs is his won't
And then he wound up with the advice that
the farming class, having improved and EN-
bellished their homes, should stay there, and
" not attempt to run railroads, or control
courts and Legislatures" lie didn't say any
thing about agricultural colleges, probably
being more than satisfied with the stay-at
home characteristics OF our young farmers
as regards that Institution
The farmers Of Vermont have contributed
largely to build and now contribute largely
to support our railroads. They furnish a
vey large much too large proportion Of
the business Of our courts. They constitute
a majority Of the voting population, aud OF
the members of our state Legislature But
in the opinion Of the Rev. DR.. Buckham,
those farmers who hold to and advocate
the right and duty Of this large body of citi-
zons 10 take an active and efficient interest IN
public affairs, are mischief makers and
demagogues," upon whom their fellow
farmers should stornly and Indignantly turn
their backs, retiring to their sweet sylvan
homes, aud leaving the administration Of
their most important interests in the hands,
not of demagogues aud politicians, oh, no :
but Of the lawyers and other gentlemen who
do not soil their hands with manual labor.
This is all right, perhaps, and we trust
that those farmers who think so viii sec tC
it that none Of their own class are allowed
to 20 to the legislature next winter Not
that they really do much harm there but il
is just as well to keep them out of this temp
tation to stick their noses in their own bus
mess" when they ought to be revealing in
the sweets Of home
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19
The Naughty Fingers.

Mamma" said Lizzie, before she was
undresscd for bed " this finger and this
thumb have been naughty to-day
What have they been doing - asked
mamma.
They took some raisins from your cup
board" said the little girl.
" Did nobody tell them 10 do it 2" asked
mamma. Lizzie looked down.
" did not hear anybody tell Them she
answered, softly.
" Did they eat the raisins ?" asked mamma
They put them into my mouth an
swered Lizzie
Were you not to blame in taking them p
asked mamma. Your fingers had no right
to them, you know"
They gave them to me-" said the little
girl.
u But the Bible says, If thy right hand
offend thee, cut it Off Must we cut any
pat Of this little hand off 2" asked mamma.
What is offend o. asked the child.
Making you do wrong" said mamma.
But it was only one finger aud one
thumb" said Lizzie.
They are two little thieves, then for
they took what did not belong to them.
They can no longer be trusted we must
shut them up" said mamma.
l Lizzie looked very sorry, while her mother
/ found some black cloth and wound round
/ the finger then the thumb. Her hand felt
very clumsy, She went TO bed, and arose
in the morning with them still shut up.
/ Shall | take this ugly black cloth OF
now ?" she asked, on going to be washed
Oh, nc" said mamma. We have no
I proof that they are sorry yet, therefore it is
not safe TO trust them they may go right
| away into the cupboard again"
think they are very Sorry" said Lizzie
| in painful tone.
But they have not said so" said mamma
Lizzie went down TO breakfast with tn,
ugly black rags on. How she held her spoor
| cannot tell. do not think she ate much
for she looked unhappy. By-and-by the lit
tie girl came to her mamma, with tears roll
ing down her cheeks Mamma" sh,
sobbed, " it was | made my fingers naught,
-I-naughty | I'm to blame !" and soor
the black rag was off from the little fingers
--.SmddySchool J'iSiior.
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.0or Me Nomia.
THE STUBBORN Root.

Botherm was all John Ciattcrhy said
Ills breath came Quick. and bis checks were red
lie houfished his elbows. and looked absurd.
whiic over and over, hls bother~ heard.
Harder and harirr he turged and worked.
vainiy and avagciy still he jerkei
Tho boot half on, woaid bangle and ZAP
Bother ~ aud then he burst the strap.
Redder than ever his hot cheek haniedi
Harder than erhe fumed and blamed,
Ic wrgeled his heel and tugged Of the leather,
TN knees and chin came humping together
"M My boy" said I In a voice Ike a flute,
Why not -ahom try that troublesome boot
on the other foot9" " I'm a goose. b" laughed John
~ he stood, In fash, with Lbs two boots on.
Ia half the ahaiis Of this busy me-
as that same day said TO my wiicl,
ON troubles come from trying to put
The lefi-hand she's on the hght-hand foot.
or rice rersa, imeaning reverse, sir,
Toiry 10 force, as quite Of course,
Any wrong foot In the right shoe,
l. the sllie't thing man can do.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

THREE ToNs TO rHF Acgr.-A two-acre
field in West Cummington, Mass, belonging
to the l.. L. Brown Paper Companys farm,
yielded, the past season, four tons and
nine hundred pounds of hay at the first cu.-
ting, with sufficient rowen to bring the crop
up to seven tons, after allowing one hundred
pounds per ton FOR shrinkage. The lot was
seeded down last fall; aud manure, with a
favorable season, gave this increase. The
field was hill land
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

FEEDING PlGs.-Pigs fattening upon corn
will consume from four to FIVE per cent. of
their live weight daily, aud if healthy aud
of good breed, ought to gain from five to
seven per cent. on this live weight weekly.
OF this increase, for the last two or three
months before butchering, nearly ninety per
cent. may be reckoned as salable meat The
offal Of fat hogs Of good breeds is from
twenty to thirty per cent. Of live weight
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

DoEs IT PAY?-About two hundred cat
tie were taken from the county of Orleans,
last fall, to one town in Massachusetts,
(Whatey) for fattening-the object being
manure. Don't the Orleans county farmers
need manure Poor policy, it seems to us,
to sell Che bones and muscle of lean cattle
of the farm to Massachusetts,, and then send
to the same state for phosphates to replace
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

lie was slaughtered at six years and ten
months old, weighing, gross, two thousand
eight hundred and forty pounds. His dressed
weight was--beef, two thousand two hundred
and nine pounds talow, one hundred and
ninety pounds; hide, one hundred and thirty
pounds; total, two thousand five hundred
and twenty-nine pounds. lie was fed too
long for profit
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

LosT NATION Wharf.-The Neg England
Farmer reports that George S. Howe, Esq,
of Worcester, Mass, has raised one hundred
bushels of spring wheat of the Lost Nation
variety, from FIVE bushels seed sown on three
and one-half acres land, the past season. at
the same time, laid his land down to grass
and got an excellent catch. lie thinks the
large quantity OF straw viii pay the whole
cost Of getting the crop" We see by the
last Maine Agricultural Report that this "Lost
Nation wheat is acquiring great popularity
in that state, "a a hardy and productive sort
Our experience of it is limited to two years
trial, by which one quart has been increased
TO eight bushels. Mr.. A. NJ Foster, Of
Cabot, has had equally good success, he tells
us. The threshers called ours the best
wheat they had threshed this year. Mr..
Foster is going TO -four some of his, and will,
we hope report To us what kind of bread il
makes.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-01-19

RATHER MIXED Ur-Our Agricultural
Department, in the paper of January 9TH,
got rather iumbled together by an error in
"making up" Under the head of Large
versus Small Cows" two paragraphs near
the end were inserted which properly be-
longed TO the article headed Specific Gravity
Of Milk" We expect it will give fine
chance for our friend Of the Cuhieaior to
spread himself +" but accidents will happen,
even in the best regulated establishments,
and we know Of no printing Office where they
happen so seldom as in that Of tue WArcn-
MAN & Journal. Our readers should UNI
derstand that the agricultural editor never
sees his "proofs," yet it is very rare that
typographical errors Of any Importance occur
in his department.