Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, D.T. [N.D.]) 1875-1878, 1877-12-28
BISMARCK, D. T, FRIDAY, DECEMBER %, 1877.
BY TELEGRAPH.


Special to tie Bismarck: Tribune.
! GOLD AND SILVER.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 26.-Leading bushes:
men of China have signed petition IL
favor of single gold standard and specie
resumption
1T. WARD,
commanding cavalry detachment pur-
sued party of stock-steal1ng Indians into
Mexico where he was joined by a detach-
ment of Mexican troops and a joint scout
was unsuccessful, but the Mexican Off
GERS expressed willingness to cooperate
in the pursuit of the raiders when they
cross into Mexico.
SHERIDAN
has been notified of the Secretary of Wars
approval OF the final survey of the mill
tary road from Bismarck to the Black
Hills. Il
THE BANNocK INDIANS,
of Fort Hall, Idaho, have promised Colo
mel Smith, of the fourteenth infantry, to
surrender the Indians who murdered
Alex R. Hodge, at Ross Ford, but the
promise is not relied upon. They are
well armed, well mounted and inselent
1t is thought they will make trouble next
spring.
COMPANIES e, AND X,
eleventh Infantry, Major Bartlett COM
msnding, arrived at Crook City on Tues
day evening from Cheyenne agency, viz
Fort Pierre route. They often heard OF
Indians along the route but saw none
they crossed the Indian trail leading
northwest at Cheyenne river. Bartlett
thinks the Indians who were about the
Black Hills have gone to the Little Mis-
souri, or Tongue river region.
TOTAL RUSSIAN LOSS
by war to December goth reaches eo,412
Great distress exists among the poor OF
Constantinople because of provisions ris-
ing and currency falling. The Russians
are gathering for attack upon Rustchuk
5ilvestria and Saphio. The latter is H.
danger of immediate capture.
SEVERE SNOW STORMS
since the 18th throughout Bulgaria and
Romania. It is feared hundreds of Turk.
ish prisoners and Nubian troops were
caught on the mountains and perished ir
the storm. A Russian transportatio
train halted in the vicinity of Bucharest
20 await until the storm subsidized arc
buried in the snow. Working parties
were extricadng the train on Sunday and
found forty dead horses and twenty dead
men. The men had sought shelter IN
.he wagons and froze to death within
half mile Of the city.
STANLEY,
the African explorer, has arrived at Aden
IN the south coast of Persia.
ALsAcE AND LORRAINE
provisional corps expresses the wish that
Alsace and Lorraine shall receive its own
constitution as Federal State and have
representatives in the Federal council OF
the German Empire.
EDINBURGH CHAMBER OF coMEERcE
memorallzes the British government to
continue neutral IN the Eastern question
STEAMBOAT INSPECTORS,
at Detroit and New Orleans, accuse cer-
tain unnamed manufacturers of boiler
iron Of stamping their iron at greater than
its true strength.
SENATOR PATTERSON
is 50 weak from nervous prostration that
even should he recover he would not be
able to leave his room for several weeks
to come.
has called a national convention at WASH
ington February the 22d to consider the
question of increasing the American mer-
chart marine and foreign trade.
GENERAL RAINS IN CALIFORNIA,
lest week. make crop prospects encourag-
ing.
EXCISE COMMISSIONER
Owen H. Murphy, of New York, has abb
=cended with over 100000 excise mon
eys. Murphy was appointed by Mayor
Wickham and with President Morton
formed the Democratic majority of the
board.
JOEL n. HAYES,
VIM. Muir and H. Eslog, brokers and
Wall Street operators have been arres-
ted on the confession of confederate on
charges connected with an attempt last
spring to negotiate two hundred thous-
and dollars IN forged bonds of Quincy
county, Illinois, and St Louis county,