Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-07-05
Ne1Us Items.

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the western States.
-Marblehead, Mass, almost tctall!
burned up on the 26th ult1.
The historian of Napoleon, 8. Z
Abbott, died two weeks since.
-Kobert Dale Owen died at Lake
George, N. Y, on the oath ulto.
The Union Pacific Black Hills rail
road will not be built this seasoh.
Two hundred Mormon emigrants
bound for Utah, asriYed at New York or
the 25.h.
Sherman favors making Washington
a permanent military post, with d garrison
Of six or seven hundred men.
Sitting Bull assures the Dominion
authorities that violation of treaties by the
United States warranted his rebellion.
The Lick monument, consisting in
part of seven statues. and costing go, 900,
is being erected at Fredericksburg, Pa,
where Lick learned his trade of cabinet
maker.
The President decides that no Federal
|of1cials~shall have connection with any
political organizations whatever. and
must confine their political efforts to vot.
ing. writing and speaking.
The haste with which buildings in
Chicago were constructed after the fire Is
beginning to tell against them. Many o1
the finest buildings are affected with dry
rot and threaten to fall down.
Five car loads of vinegar from Chicago
were condemned by the rew York Board
of Health d few days ago, 1t being con
sldered dangerous to health. 1t was adul
terated with sulphuric acid and lime.
Artificial flowers called barometers are
now seen IN many Partisan shops. They
are colored with material composed OF
|chloride of cobalt. When they are ex
posed to sun and dry air the leaves become
deep blue, when the air is moist they turn
|pinky.
"A Paris grocer offers for sale small bits
of maccaroni for use in soup, which are
stamped with the image of Napoleon III,
instead of, as ordinarily, with letters Of
the alphabet. When the maccaroni swells
the features enlarge until the nose, nous
stand out In relief.
The Secretary of the Treasury reports
as lost and destroyed and thus not to be
redeemed, $S6,S35, 1875. 30 fractional cur.
rency-while the currency outstanding
will foot up $50 ,bbO,tC But the Attor
ney General decides that there should bt
deducted from the amount of such cur.
rency issued and not redeemed the sun
lost and destroyed; that that sum being
$21, ,2O6, $50. .33 will leave $l3, la6, ,4l6 81
outstanding.
Earrings composed of little gold hoop.
in which are swung owls made of bog
wood with yellow eyes, OF rings of gold,
with birds eggs 10 enamel, the little birds
sitting on the edge,are the newest fancies.
French jewelry shows many new designs
in imitation of beetles, flies, birds, arrows.
keys and other devices, in which tur-
quoises and nne rub,es are encrusted.
Silver combs are fashionable, and demand
eilver Jewelry to match.
"A Los Angeles dispatch says Volcano
eruption lately occurred in the noun tains
opposite Flowing Wells station, on the
Southern Pacifis railroad, about sixty
miles from Yuma. 1t was preceded by q
violent vibration OF he earth, about half
an hour after which dense volume of
smoke and huge black and broken boul-
ders were observed to issue froth the
1t continued IN an active state
sll day, but became nearly passive at
nightfall.