Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-10-06
THE AVANT COURIER.
MONTANA NOTES.

MONTANA NOTES.
The Helena postoffice has been reduced
from frst to q second class Office, with
corresponding reduction in salary ant
cleric al force.
A lit tie six year old son Of VIM. r. Reed
of Sterling. was accidentally killed on las
Friday. He was ridl g on top of q load OF
quartz from which he fell, the VIII lis Of
the wagon passing over him crushing hin
to death.
The Virginia City school will open on
the 14th OF this month.
Oats are selling on the StinkinRwater
Valley at 81 90 per hundred pounds
The excitement in regard to the Willow
creek quartz mines continues to grow, and
new discoveries are being made daily.
The Monroe Mining Company, whose
location is in the Vipond district, have
completed their quartz mill.
Mr.. E. G. Maclay, who arrived from
Benton yesterday, brought the intelli-
gence that a man named Ell. Livingston,
with one of Murphy, Neel & Co.'S trains,
tell in front of a wagon and wheel ran
over him. He WAS taken to Benton and
cared for but died in short time. - Inde-
pendent.
The following is the ticket nominated by
the REF ubllcans Of Lewis u Clarke county:
For A.ssessOr-Wm H. Guthrie.
For County Commissioner c. Wal
lace.
For Members of the House Of Repre-
sentai-es-W. F. Sanders, Helena Nick
Kesslse, Helena; Joseph Davis, Helena;
r. Mcneil, Park City; George Steel, Sun
RiveD.
County Sup't. of Public Schools-Ellis
BaloR.
Thomas W. Wood died on September
10Th, at Bannack Col. Wood came to
Montana in 1866 as the Superintendent of |
the Huron Silver Mining Company, which
venture resulted in financial disaster. but
the Colonel kept up the struggle against
adversely until death overlook him.
Quartz worth s. 50 per pound has been
found on Wisconsin creek, near Sheridan.
The smelter at Glendale is making Its
sixth Centennial run, and lumber and
brick for extensive improvement are being
put on the ground.
The White Sulphur Springs. Meagher
county, are cowded with visitors.
Messrs. Robert and Sharp Walker, OF
the we'll known firm of Walker BIZ 49,, of
Salt Lake City. have been on tour of
observation In Deer Lodge and Beaver
head counties, with view of investing
in mines. These gentlemen have been
successful m their mining op-
erations in Utah, and Will be valuable
acquisition to Montana.
The Treasurer of the Missoula County
FAIR reports twenty-five cents in the !,
A party of emigrants from New Bruins :
wick passed through Missoula recently,
intending to settle permanently in the =
Hell Gate Ronde. .
The Bass Brothers were awarded $21O
worth Of premiums at the Missoula Fair
c. w. Cook & Bro. have sold their i'm :
ported Cotswold ram, "Gloster Chief"
or $500 to J. P. Thows, p. Evans and :;
!. Hyde. of Deer Lodge county. :,
w. J. Stephens, of Missoula county.
las declined the Democratic nomination
or Representative.
The following nominations of candi- =
ates for county officers were made by the -
Democracy Of Choteau county: Repre- =
entative, w. A. Thompson; Councilman,
I. s. Ford; Commissioner. Samuel Allen;
superintendent of Pubic Instruction, JOS u
!. Hill; County Assessor, August Dinsey :,
The road from Helena to the head of a,
en- Mile. damaged by the breaking of &c
lessman's reservoir. has bee repaired. !.
CITY ITEMS.