Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-22

Of The president Of the Union Bank W,
u lately found dead in Chicago. lie h:ivir
'n committed suicide. Cause unknown. Il
bank having been found specially stror
- and sound.
Last wecl: a son of Delegate Cannon
Of Utah. was shot in the arm while lidin
:. on horseback in the southern part of IL
y city. He does not know who did the shoe
ing or any cause therefor.
!" NEW YORK November 5.-The ciga
makers strike still continues. This morl
- ing one of the Ia! rest firms in the city tell
"raphcd to San francisco. oltle ing 80
IT Cinnamon to be sent here Immediately.
William Cullen Bryant. editor of III
IS New York Evening Post. celebrated th
cighty-ihirl anniversary of his birth III
a lOiI inst. He is hale and strong. and give
promise of much mo,e service as '.poet
plilanhiophis, novelist and sage
: -Carel Str;.hl. ol;2s Joe Enyler. who
WAS arrested in st. Louis on the 10th inst
/ and taken to Columbia. Ills. where he HAD
. killed Henry Goltz and wife and robbed
y
of about one bundled citizens on the same
8 day.
"A destructive fire was had in ST. LOUIS
on the 18Th inst. A tive-,to:y building an,!
its contents in prominent part of t,,e city
were destroyed. and the Chamber of Com
merce building narrowly escaped some 20
panes of plate glass being the only dam
age it sustained.
The war between Turkey and Russia
sill continues. with the Turks ahead in
several small engagements. Up 70 the
present time Russia has had the worst of
it. having lost in killed, wounded and
missing from the commencement of the
war TO November 7ih. C4.SG3 persons.
Over four million hogs have died this
year from what is called hog cholera.
These represented Il value of nearly forty
seven million dollars. The greatest losses
occurred in the Safes of Missouri. Illinois.
Alabama. Florida. Kentucky and Indiana.
The per cent. of loss in all the Staies and
Territories ranges from 30 per cent. to
per cent.
Phillips, of Kansas. has introduced a
bill making each post Office, where the
salary is over $1,000. a savings bank. De-
posts are TO be received Of from - GEMS
10 $4,000. When S25 are deposited il |
bears per cent. interest when subject 10
80 days notice. Postmasicls are to Give
additional bonds.
The Sitting Bull Commissioners. in
The mackinaw passage down tile Missouri.
had Il hard trip. but finally reached Fort
Bnford without serious misllap. The fol-
lowing day. Nov. ,. the river fioZe COM
rleiely over, and tAe party were forced to
make the journey from Buforu to Bis
ni,rck by ambulance.
-lhe Mexican troubles are apparently
as far from settlement as ever Diaz seems
to do what is light. but lie has no backing
by the people. They are either in sympa-
thy with the banditt or fear of them, and
VIII not assist in suppressing outlages. 1t
Is therefore. probable that border depre-
d;'llons will continue indefinitely.
a Sacramento dispatch saws the trial
OF me case OF the State against the Survey !.
or General and Register of the State land !.
o'flce. Robert Gardiner. has commenced. !
me Charges are malieasance in office in ! !
Ealing TO collect fees due the State, and in =
Ealing to pay over to the State suc!, fees :. .
Is he did collect, aggrcgating about S75.-
100.
An attempt was made. on the 18th. TO
'ssassinaie President Barrias. of Guatcma- :.
a. by Felix Pages. fanatic;.l priest. The
resident was dining. Wien the priest en-
cred. drew a revolver and fired. The first =
hot missed. and the President then closed !.
WITH him. During the struggle servant ;,
nteied tic loom and shot the would-be ;:
ssassin dead. !,
The annaal report of the Superintend- ~
nj of Special Mail Agents. shows that G,
u'ing the past year 543 persons were ar n
ested for offences against the postal laws h
-loi IN excess OF ilic preceding year. The
timber OF complaints of lost registered Z
Hers. 3,2S3; aggregate value, Sd 40. in
he percentage of actual losses com jared
nh the number Of letters registered is f,
boat one-iii'ieth Of one per cent. or one h,
l every 5000. =,
The entire amount of money f;var,od La
ON Inc Treasury of New York city from W
rst TO LAST by the Tweed ring. is estimated til
between Sio-O0O.0W and $4,000. OOO. tw
rom first 10 Last is the period between
inaary !. 1868, and July j. lS7I-tliree til
~ iiiit years. Fifteen millions a wear Oh
not bad stealing. OF this enormous M
mount the city has recovered less than
at million dollars. and nearly half a de
il'ion dollars have been expended in law in;
rs fees, etc. by
On the 18th inst. Delegation Of Re- ~
'blican Senators visited President HAYES -.
I'd had long interview with him about ~
pointing Democrats TO Office. Iiaycs
timed to have good and sufficient req ~,
Ms for selecting Democrats and gave the -.
legation very little satisfaction. lie said -,
had always been Republican. and did ~
It desire 10 aniagonize his fellow Repub- H.
ans in Congress. and he hoped that they H..
'''ld all co-ope,Tie in the interests Of the ~.
uhtry. I'VE must not forget" said he. -.
hat am President of the whole country :" -,
d not OF any party '"
jacob G. Otis, who assisted in swim fat
ng some fifty firms Of New York mer-
ants several years ago out OF nearly
lion dollars. was captured by the police ~
Exchange Place on the 3lst ult. lie .
S member of the celebrated firm of ..o
grave q Co.. vino bought goods ffom =
l. Stewart & Co., and other firms. on ~.
dit, sold them, and decainped with the A''