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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Presidential Orth0GraPhy.
Bluford Wilson was before the whisky
committee. and some laughable develop
ments were made In regard to President
Grants ortho9rsphy. A copy of the
famous Concord letter wss produced with
the President's indorseneut, containing
the sentence about letting no guilty man
escape. Wilson was asked if 1t vs. au
exact COPY Of tho Presidents indorse'
meut. He ssid It vac, with the exception
,hss Grants spelling had been changed to
conform with common usage. He, in hia
haste, hsd written '.doubt'' - .'doutt. y
and .through" - had writtea .sthsowe.. !"
There 10 talk Of otsrting night school for
the benefit Of bloc jeans Williams and
the President.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Remarks the Burlington (fa.) Hawk
eve: 1.-THE sun stood still for ~ hour and
Z half over In the West one day lsst week
when . gang of Winnebago Indians went
To work laying track On tho Black Hills 4
Sioux City Railroad. The sun has spent
|his evenings out Wes: for : number OF
years, and he's seen nearly I'll that hes
been going on. but this wss the first time
he ever sew i've Indian buckle dLwn "a
hard work. and Il made the benign old
luminary break out In cold pers piration
that nearly brought on . premature
|oclipee."
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Rev. jobs Stewart. sStss afty yeess'
|servies - . nsthodiss pcsaeArr u OAio.
|dts6. - be ssA drew nsaf. y saad
my sosA whsa ! am eooe - heaven,
|psv TO the beard of ~ Qharch 8xtsss1oa
|Soeisay oloooo of vhae ] ieovs. Only
|a vsshel. rsssest, ssd ~ ~ saas Asvs
|orUsk
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01
Times Of Holding the Courts Of the
Territor7 for the Year 1876.

The Snprcmc Court at its late session
fixed The time Of holding the court for
1876, making some changes. as follows:
SUPREME COURT.
In'Iiclena first monday III January and
Second monlay in August.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

DRIFTING AWAY.

DNAC II u Aw wAxs
Drifting away from each other,
Silently drifting apart. Tscreer
Nothing between but the worlds col
Nothing to lose but . heart.
Only two lives dividing
More and more every day
Only one soul from xpotber soul
Steadily drifting away.
Only man 8 heart striving
Bitterly hard with its doom;
Only hand, tender and bland,
Slipping away In the gloom.
Nothing of doubt or wrong
Nothing that either csn cure;
Nothing to shame, nothing to blame,
Nothing to do tut endure.
The world cannot stand still,
Tides ebb, and women chane;
Nothing here that 10 worth tear,
One loves lcss-nothing strange.
Drifting away from each other,
Steadily drifting apart
No wrong to each that world can reach
Nothing lost but heart.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

4 pretty girl always looks better IN .
simple drees, II II 10 tasteful, than in one
on which great elaboration anj expense
sre reflected. and she not unfrsquently
6nds ont the hAct, 60 it 10 reasonable 10
aesume that the young lady Who disp'ays
me most wonderful toilette hes the great
est amount ot natural defects to cover up.
It is 70 Be hoped that there ase few vhe
win have 70 advertise nsturs's unk,ndnsss
in this WY.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

An onioe chopped due and sweetened
with sueas. 10 On excellent remedy fol
|crcup. 1lost children win eat II readily
In severef cesss, . leaf OF tohacce, OF I
|snuG plaster. spplied .. the ssonach, il
very ellcaeious. 4 nskes the patient
|sick 10 vootsipa. On The better, - ths'
|eaesioe ~ phlsGm. Ths tohaeco should
do sssasod WITH sweet sll q lards and
|the sauf pisstsr b aade simply b drsde
ine snul e . Greased 1eonel c1otA
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

u. 8. .Arnsy, Fort ESI6s, ~. r.,
For near twenty years . regular Physician
and Surgeon Of the city Of Phiiadelph'a.
and tor some time q resident Physician 0t
the Pennsylvania Hospital. and Consult
ing Physician in other public medical 10.
stitutions of that city. with number ~
years experience % Surgeon 10 the vol
unteer service and regular army Ut the
Unitcd States. Can bc consulted on IObg
standing and chronic diseases q tlset pori
The diseases Of women and childsoo
speeisIity.
December 10th, 1875.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

A Man Struck by Lightning and
tho Word "0od" Branded on
His Body.
lLynchburg (Va.) News. ]

! lJASSSso w. AS~"O'
Some Of our contemporaries seemed
disposed 10 question the truth 0f our state
ment that negro man who was killei by
lightning . few days ego in Campbell
county, had the letters .'GOD" on hie
body. Dr. Thomas E. Mooreman, whose
post Office address 10 Mt. Zion, Campbell
county, has furnished the Richmond
Christian Advocate an account of the cir
cumstances, from which We extract the
following; ''On the evening of the 9th
INST. Perry Jones and George Brown. COL
or+d men, notoriously the most profsne,
wicked persons in the whole community,
with three other celored persons, took
refuge. during the rain accompanied by .
good deal of lightning and thunder. in )
tobacco barn on the lard Of Mt. George
Creasey.
From their several positions one would
haYe thought that two of the others were
in more. aud the third In % much danger
as Jones and Brown were. They, q their
custom wss. were engaged in cursing and
swearing. Suddenly the lightning de
scended upon them. and while the other
three comparatively uninjured Jones was
killed aud Brown was stricken down
senseless and almost life!ess for 4 time
He revived after few minutes, and soon
seemed to have regained al of his strength
but was dumb and ber+ft Of his mind for
several hours. Tie lightning had set fire
to his clothing. and he was burned on his
chest and left side and arm before the fire
was extihguished. In his manlacal efforts
to free himself from those who were re-
strsining him the skin wse rubbed from
the burned flesh and presented the fol
lowing characters, GOD. Very close
representations, 10 sry the !esst OF them,
of the capital letters used in printing the
name of Deity. while around between
them the skin was unrelnoved. and appar
emily not burned. The above characters
occupied the angles of an equilateral trl
angle, which, as doubtless you are swsre,
was in ancient days the symbol Of Deity
This msn then appears to have
been branded with the name OF his Crea-
tor. IN the symbolic language. it msy be,
Of his lorefxthcrs three th0nsand years
ago, and in the printed language Of th'
lnAtiOn TO which he belongs.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

A9oo.
Tramps are numerous. The world
swarms with tramps. halways svssnsd
sith them. It always viii. the arss
men were trsmps. P.t1iarchsl trsmpe,
itinerant - organ grinders or the Wasdes.
Ing Jew.
Herodotue and Homer were vaGranta,
who have left 10 records Of their wandee.
ings. lllustri0us trampa.
History 10 . record et tramps, Her
warriors were oftoOer shDa .oshaswteo
wsnderers. Bslligersnt sfsmps. Her
philosophers were still more %. 6ocsaaee
and Plato demonstrate thss The didefepes
between the sage and the vagsAnt 10 net
90 great after oil. DioXnese Vas tho low.
ct kind of tramp-oonssnt to live In .
tub. How it deiracts from the glory Of
these names to reflect that philosopher
are moro apt to be trsmps than trsmps ass
to b. philosophers. -
The worlds saints were tfamps, WaD"
dering about in sheep skins and goat
skins. Persecutsd tramps. Even tho
SAVIOR, born II mangsf, wss pesipatesic
to the close of his m,nistrasions. which
were only trampings through 0ahlsA
Paul and Apollos were beggars. Mahomss
was . fugitive. St. Paarick and Las Cas-.
sss rsvele, sod sliks spiritual ssanpA
Italisn harpess must derive satisfac.
tion from the thought that Columbus
was like themselves, . tsamp, and an IN"
lucky tramp, too.
Then there ere literary tramps-sLe
well known ''dtssolute anthos" OF Shs
Edea, A. Poe type. Insans trampa But
even for them there 10 balm in Gilsad. il
the thought that Byron. Shelly ard 9th
err whose glory will never fade, vers
likewise trampa Last and lowest Of oil,
more degraded than Indian pasiahs OF
Italian lszaroni, are printer tramps. We
ltsve the ILLUSTRATION Of their virtues 70
ablsr hands. Nay heaven have mercy %
them. Tor Ne never will.
On the whole. We are none Of us any
thiag more than trsmps. We tramp
through the world end tramp out Of H.
nevsr arising above our c1sss, nor iAlliag
below it. and high or low. wise or other.
wise. We are only tramps still.-[Sa,nt
charles Leader.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Second mpnGay in August.
FIRST DISTRICT II. N. Blake. judge.
In Madison county, at Virginia CITY
2n, monday in March; second monday IL
September
In GaIlatin county. 1T Bozeman. mrs
m"ndsy in May, 4h monday in October
In JttfersOn county, at Rad rsburg. Is
Tuesday in April: 4'h Tu' sday IN Sept.
SECOND DrsrEycr-H. Knowles, Judge
In Deer Lodge county. at Deer Lodge
city. second monday III April.
FIRST monday in September. (tOr oil
causes that can he tried without jury
EXCEPT in cases where the parties consent
that Il special ycnire may issue to try tht
SAM"
First monday in December.
In Missouia county. IT Missoula, fOurtl
monday in June: second monday n No
ycmber.
In Bcaverhead county. at Bannack, frs
mon lay iu June; second monday in DC
tOber.
THIRD DISTRICT ID. s. Wade, Judge
In Lewis and Clarke county. at Helena
first monday in March; dIst monday 10
Nov. mbcr
IL Meagher county, at Diamond City
fourth monday in april; third monda,
in October.
Mote limited States Courts are held q
Virginia City. D er Lodge and Helena, d
the times the TcrritOrial District Court
are held ut those places
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01
Something About wild Bill

"Wild Bill" u. B. Hickok) who wal
murdered on the 2nd inst., at Deadwood,
10y Bill Sutherland, Was one Of thusc char
acters developed by the onward strides Of
the iron horse when the '.0reat American
Desert" was spanned BY the Pacific rail.
ways. Seven or eight years ago his name
was prominent in the "scare heads of the
border press, and It Ne could b~lteve the
half OF what was written concerning hii
daring deeds, he must certainly have been
one of the bravest and most interruptions
characters Of thoss lawlcss timeA Con-
tact with the man, however. dispelled oil
these illusions, and Of late years Wild
Bill seems to have been very tame and
worthless loafer and hummer. Our city
marshal ordered him out OF town by v,r-
tue Of the provisions of the vagrant act,
only few months ago, but Bill cordially
invited the officer to much warmer cline
than this, and expressed the intention Of
staying ss long - he pleased. Bill de.
light in joining crowd of ''tender feet
ct the bar, and soaking himself with
whisky at their expense. while hs stuffed
them in return with Nunchausenish tales
of his thrilling adventures and hair
breadth escapes from red 6ends~nd white
In such mOments he was
the very personi6cation of happiness.
He ENJOYED the fullest opportunity tor
the qualification Of this gsst weakness
during the grand rush to the Black Hills
last spring. Although he had never been
farther north than Fort Laramie. he could
spin the most astounding yarns concerr-
ing the fabulous riches of the Hllls. hia
favorite one being how he, with email
party, had discovered large cave near
G uster CITY, which was full of diamonds
and other precious stones, - we'll ss tons
upon tons Of gold ssd silver.
Years ago, before wine and women had
ruined his constitution and impaired his
faculties he was more worthy of the
fame which he attained On ths border.
An instance IN point, which shows the
presence Of mind and ready wit of the
man as we'll as his utter recklessnesses. 10
told BY an eyewitness:
Bill was standing st the bar OF . saloon
in one of the mushroom towns of the
frontier. one evening. when . man With
whom he had quarrellcd the night before.
walked up behind him sod placed the
muzzle OF revolver against his temple.
Bill turned and saw at once that the ftl
low meant business. "6ay your prayers, =
SAID the ruffian, "sud say 'es, id quick.
too!' "Oh," said Bill, ~ guess YOU won't
shoot me; that man behind you has hid
finger on the trigger and will shoot you
before you shoot me-" The man turned
TO see who WAS behind him, but before
he could take in the situatlon Rill had
pulled his own weapon sud bullet wcn'
crashing through the brain of the would
be assassin. Bill's happy ruse had ssved
his life, and the next morning the othel
man slept in IN unmarked grave. Hickok,
like all his victims, ''dled with HE boo's
on. - and the world hes not eu6eeed onv'
thing like On irreparsble loss. .-tChsysnn>
| Ten1er
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Miss Matte -, Of Chicago, recent
|ly enjoyed the distinguished privilege Of
declining three Offers Of carriage wishis
|94 hoursl The discarded suitoSs. each
and al of them, admit that it was The
|l,yelisss Aattis.Nsy performance they
lever attended, New York Commercial.
Peshaps they were poor, and the young
lady consulsed some echo orecls, and the
answer cas'e to her inquiries, ~ to matrj.
|mony, "Aat.tsy y-money."
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Iup in arithmetic. Who has demooesesed
lby ths ltiDlioaaioo table tAst, q the
same rate of progress which has marked
1.-THE past history OF neshodism, the whole
world win b Christisniz"d BY 1915.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01
A Warnl9g to Illegible Writ

ers.
(Horace Grecly to n. B, Castle. some
years ago.
DEAR SIR: I nm overworked and
growing old. ! shall be % February 8
On the whole. it seems must decline to
lecture henceforth, except in this imme
diate vi.'inity, H do ct oil. cannot
promise to visit illinois on that erraud-
certainly not now. Yours.
HORACE GREELEY.
from NJ. B. Castle to Horace Greeley. ]
SANDWICH, ILL.,, May 12.
Horace GREELEY, New York Tribune
DEAR SIa: Your acceptance to lecture
before our association next winter came
10 hand this morning. Your pcnman-
ship not being the plainest, 1t took some
time to translate 1t, but we succeeded'
and would ssy that your time. ID Of Feb
ruary, and your terms. 900. are entirely
satisfactory. AZ you suggest, We ,Aey
be able to get you other engagements in
this immediate vicinity. Ii 20, We viii
advise y0u. Yours, respectfully.
n. b. CASTLE.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Abiding to the customs Of Siam. 4
writer says that vixen girl falls in love,
she eoes 70 she llAn's Aoase, end will no,
leave; and II he declines b marry her,
the old Womsn Of the psighboeAood turn
out end pelt him with inferior sses until
he changes hts mind. Az long - this
customs psevsils. ws skoeldnt think The
girls Of Sian would care much II he q.
manee men vsss 70 leays out leap yeas
altogether.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

PARALLEL OF TINE SExEs.- There 10 %
admirable partition Of the qualities BE-
Tween the sexes, which the Authcf Vt oul
being has distributed 70 eaeh win wis
dom thst chsi.enges our unbeunded 3D.
|mirstlOn:
Man 10 stron9-woman 10 beautiful.
Man 10 Daring and conGde0t-veoan u
tfifldent and unussamisg.
Nan d great 10 ectica-wo0ao b ssfier
4 ,9.
Man shines abroad at hotae.
Man talks 70 coas:nce-vo0s0 . ~
|suade snd please.
llaa has . sueesd hsazt-vo0on sol|
one.
Man prsvsats alsery-wemao rellsvel
10.
Man he's scSoneo-W0maD Aao taste.
Han bee Jadg0est -wo0aa - sorel
bilify.
Asa IL being es jsstiee-we0aa q
angel a. mercy.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01
Centennial Hymn
By WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT

Through storm and calm the years have
Our ratien on from stage to stage led
A century's space. until We tread
The threshold Of another age.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

niohard Grant White seys thsre =
mo such thing as''ia ouI m,dss." bot ws
would like - know where b. would 10.
|eats iAs pain tlas makes parsgofic . pop.
;;plas boVesa&e among H. young.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01
"Black Eyed Sassn."

Cav wrote this well known ballad upon
Mrs. Montiorl. celebrated actress, con
temporary with Cibber. After her retire
ment from the stsg.. love, and the ingrati'
tude of bosom friend, deprived her Of
her senses, and she WAS placed in 70
ceptaclc for lunatics. One day, during
lucid interval, she asked her attendant
what play wss to bc performed that even
ing, and wss told it vss ''Hsmlet" In
this tragedy. while on the stage. she had
ever been received with rapture In Ophelia
The recollection struck her, and. with
that GINNING which is ~ often allied to
insanity, she cluded the care Of her keep
ers aud got to the theatre, where she con
cealed herself until the scene In which
Ophelia enters IN her ,nsane state; che
then pushed on the stage before The lady
who had performed the previous part Of
the character could come on, end exhlo-
tied . more perfect representation Of mad.
ness than the utmost exertiOns OF mimic
art could effect. She was in truth Ophelia
herself. to the amazement Of the perform
ers AMI the establishment OF the audience.
Nature having made this last effort. hes
vital powers tailed her. On going on che
exclaimed, "lt Is oil over" She was i'm
metliately conveyed back to her late place
Of security, and few days after.
Like . lily dropping,
Bowed her ht ID and died"
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

ms: vas . ehasp reply Of the "a
Scotch voaaa Who bed standing quar.
ri With her niniaee. bat was always IN
her place as church. The minister ex-
prstsed surprise that ahe should come to
heas hin pFesch. when shs eyclnimod {:
nv qyasT.rs W you. uoss - ~ vc
fke t6cu"
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Lsnos jacs = giyessass wm wsses'
|eo4 o0ftso ~ hoD6e.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

And thou, the new. beginning age,
Warned by the past and not in vain,
Write on fs:rer, whittier page
The record of thy happier reIgn.a
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

Oh! checkered ira n of years, farewell,
With all thy strifes and hopes aud fears
But with us let thy memories dwell,
To warn aud lead the coming years.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

FI0WeSS nay b called the aIphabe6 0H
|aDeels, wherswilh thev write on hills sod
|p'ains sn1 IN eur homes. Of Gods
|love ssd blesslna, II hsautifai lssguage.
Theeo aeo only two gall0ss Of Whieky
|pes yeor 0ooufAceusod lu sneh ishab-
|tans of The Uaitsd sea1es. cad u b cless
|cass thae so@sbody's got b g without.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-09-01

We see there. DER our pathway swept,
A torrent stream Of blood and 6re;
And thank the ruling power who kept
Our sacred league of States entire.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-08

VALUABLE REAL EsTATE.-Messrs. Upham
& Gardner, real estate brokers. No. Ex-
change street, announce in another column
large and valuable property for sale in the
state of Kentucky. The property comprises
1859 acres of land in Clinton county in that
climate is mild and healthy, avoiding extremes
of both heat and cold. The arabic portion of
the tract is very fertile, capable of producing
all kinds of grain, vegetables and fruit in
great abundance. The timber sections lie along
the Cumberland river and are covered with
growth of the finest cedar, poplar, yellow pine,
chestnut, oak of all varieties, and black wal
nut The deposits of iron, coal, slate and
with profit. The iron is of the celebrated
Tennessee boiler iron variety, and the facility
with which charcoal can be made from the
waste wood of the saw mills and from the
timber cutting, and limestone obtained for
fux and freclay for friedrich makes the
manufacture of charcoal pig iron easy.
and profitable. Roofing slate of the best
variety has recently been discovered. Salt
springs are abundant and salt can be manu-
featured more proftably than at Syracuse, N.
Y. Transportation facilities are unexcelled.
The price of the property is 100000, one half
cash and balance in mortgage. The company
operating the tract at present have placed upon
it Improvements to the value of $225,3S5
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1876-02-08

PROPOSED CONSOLIDATION OF NoN-PAYINa
CUSTOMS DIsTBICTs.-In answer to an inquiry
by the House, the Treasury Department has
sent in a list Of ports Of entry where the ex-
penses have been in excess of the receipts.
There are fifty-six in all, and the following are
the New England ports, the sums attached
showing the amount of excess: Aroostook, Me-,
$45S6. 20; Bangor, Me-, $494S 81; Belfast, Me-,
1892 26; Castine, Me-, $5OS3 80; Frenchman's
Bay. Me-, $403S 81; Kennebunk, Me-, 1892 "a !;
Machias, Me-, $916.21; Saco, Me-, $954.6O,
Waldoboro, Me-, $242999; Wiscasset, Me-,
S361O6O; York, Me, $2S1.8l; Barnstable,
Mass, $45s1; 46; Edgartown.- Mass, 1922 Sc.
Marblehead, Mass, $213.52; Nantucket Mass,
$144800; Bristol and Warren, r. L, S1484 80 !;
Newport, r. l.. $2917.1O At the following
ports there appears to have been no import or
export business at all: Saco, Me-, Edgartown
and Nantucket, Mass. If these ports are con :
solidated with others, as proposed, Bangor,
Belfast, Castine, Waldoboro and Wiscasset
will be united with Bath; Aroostook, French
mans Bay and Machias with Eastport; Ken
nebunk and Saco with Portland; York with
Portsmouth; Barnstable with Boston; Marble
head with Salem; Edgartown and Nantucket
with New Bedford; and Bristol, Warren and
Newport with Fall River.