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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
Our Libraries

There are 3,6s2 public libraries, contain
ing Il, 1866 volumes, in the United
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ber of books, 2.2Os, ,3O4. though New
York las mos, libraries (6l7) with 2, ,13l, 4.
777 volumes There are nineteen libraries,
with oyer $1,000 books, the greatest being
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Boston Public Library, 299, 1850. The two
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152, ,446.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
Tea.

Tea drinkers will sigh over the state
mems of The Lancet. Russia monOpo-
Lies the cup that cheers, SO far a. all the
best teas are concerned. The finest Bohea
or special Pekoe IS not now attainable.
Hyson Is unknown. Souchong is scarce
ly to be procured at any price. Even the
art of brewing good tea is in danger Of
being lost. Few of the present generation
may be aware that tea should be made at
the precise instant when the water is
about to boil; but, If it actually boils be-
forehand, the opportunity for success has
Dassed by.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
Florida.

Prominent European capitalists have
been negotiating fol- soma time. and at
last successfully, with the Land Commits
sioners of Florida for $4,000. 900 worth Of
orange lands. They intend to bring into
the State 1900 or 5000 hardy farmers
from Eogland, Germany, France and
Italy. 4--...,e.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
DR.. James Shaw,
Z, 6. .irmly, Fort Ellis, VI. r.,

For near twenty years regular Physician
and Surgeon of the city of Philadelphia
and for some time a resident Physician OF
the Pennsylvania Hospital. and Consult
ing Physician in other public medical in
stitutions of that CITY, with number OF
years experience as Surgeon in the vol
untecr service and regular army of the
United States. Can be consulted on long
standing and chronic diseases at that Fort
speciality.
December 10th, 1875.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
Average Annual Illness.

DIR. Regnold Southey has been collect
ing statistics Of the amount of sickness
per year the average human has to suffer,
and has arrived at the following re-
Sult.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
The Avant Courier.

Local notices Is cents per line first in
sertion aud 10 centsier line for each sub
scquent insertion.
Marriage and Dea'h notices inserted
free Of charge; Obituary notices 5 cents
per line.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
j. j. Davis,

A TTORNEY AT LAW Office on
"A Black street, Bozeman, NJ. I. Will
practice in all Courts Of the Territory.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-10
Too (SOOd-N0tured

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 1, 1877.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29
An Armed Mob Takes Possession ola
Missouri Town.

ST. Louis, December 1G.-A dis
patch from OscOla, Missouri, says: A
mob Of armed and masked men took
possession Of :his place last Friday
night and arrested everybody on the
streets n: the muzz,cs Of rcvolvtrs and
shot guns. They then went to the
couit house, seized nil the tax book 5
for this year and past years AL car.
ricd them away. The affair grew
out Of railroad tax whicI, h1d been
levied to pny certain judgments agains,
the company for past due intcrc., on
railroad bonds. Several of the mot
were recognized BIZ the officers Of the
law and their arrest will probably he
maie. in which even, more roubl,
will houi'lcss occur.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29
The Condition u TIC Pope.

The Hmlfa special correspondent
n: Rome telcgrophs that the Pope
health was much impro.rd. tho fc.
yer has disappeared, aud the asthma
has greatly diminished. Ills appetite
is goal, ard during the afternoon he
was especially cheerful About three
O'clock yesterday, in conversation
with the Duke of CascIvcpchio, Iii,
Holiness alluded to the election Of Plus
VII at Venice, on which occasion the
COnciuye hurried the deliberations for
fear CT French interference. lis IIoI.
iness compared the present critical
period With 1900, and said. in his
gOoa.humOrcd vaJ, They waut to
hurry me, also; but am in no bury
10 70"
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29
Weston 0emocrat
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SotwvNoN Dec. 10


For several days our daily czcbung-
rs have contained rather alarming &c.
counts Of the troubles in Texas and
FttriSuting them to acts Of hostility on
Tie part cf'ho Nc*ican Government
::;,hc later slviccs. However, Indicate
vrr: clearly tia; tic troubles arc If a
local character ani that ihc Mexican
tiovcsnmc?I is ro.isc responsible for
thea The scene oF disturbance $
salt deposit i" Fl Paso county The
'''t wells haze been rsc1 io' nrmber
" years as commo2 property. Ii
le0o the property was located by n
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

Thompson and WIN. T. Poole, presi.
dent, ce.Trcsident and treasurer of
the Camden Consolidated Oil Company,
and hubert Read, Vim. c. West,
Thomas PouItncy, Jr., James C. Chris.
tOphcr, Geo. n. Sloalc, and Edward
Il. West, rcliEers and dealers in ptIro.
lcum. The officers ofthG consolidation
are J. \. Camden, president, VIM. c..
West, vicc-prcsiient and general mana.
ger : Geo. \. Moale treasurer, aai
rbo;. pouI'ney, Jr., secretary. The
anuoGaecl capital stock Of the concern
i, $3.50 Gao. The Camden Cousoli:la.
ted Company, allied with the STANDARD
Oil Company Of New York aud Clrv,
Inni, owa controlling interest in the
Baltimore consolidation 1t is under.
stood Tic Baltimore rciiucrs were
Obliged to accept the terms Of the
consolidating principals. O'hcrwi$o The
petroleum resources would be closed
against iiem. and they wos!l be
eventually " crushed" Or; of bc,iacss.
As basis Of Consideration il is uu.
larstool tie redacrs dccil!l over their
rcliaer;cs and stock an: received the
amouni q their valuation in the stock
oi tic consolidated company. Three
or foar establishments were bought cut
for cash.
The consolidation effected in Ea!ti.
more is tao elimination u gigantic
projec; undertaken some time ago BY
the Standard combination 10 control
the cutie petroleum tra!i:e Of Tie conn.
TRY. President Camden Of the cvnsoli.
dltion. in conversation yesterday, said
the world consumed less than twcn.
ry.fvc thousand barrels Of oil a day
and that there was manufacturing
capacity for ono hundred thousand
barrels n dag. lie said Baltimore,
Philadelphia, pittsburg, New York, or
the TrGncrics Immediately in the oil re.
gIons, could each singIy supply the
whole world with oil. In consequence,
lie said, active competition hud re.
suited in 'uinous prices. and their OBJ.
ice: was to consolidate aE.l protect the
Interest Of the rclircra The combtna.
ton aoS controls The rrGning interest
in tho cities named. Each city would
receive a pTo2ortiousIc share Of the
whole work.
Mr.. Camden was asked ifit vas net
contemplated to coafue nil the refining
to one city Or locality, and his reply
was tha: there are reiiucries enough in
the oil rcgi9us To manufacture the en-
tire SIMPLY In this connection a gen
tltmaa engaged in the petroleum trade
sad that It was Oaly & matter Of timo
to geo every refinery in Baltimore
closed. Oil, ho seemed to ,hiak, could
be manufactured at tho oil regions and
brought to Baltimore cheaper than i,
coall re lsndlcd hire.
3 ----rEs=---AS4ulsA-- Go
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29
Consolidation Of OF! Interests.

From the Baltimore :rn IF he il;ll and 18th.
Negotiations that have been actively
prosecuted in Baltimore for some three
or four weeks resulted yesterday in the
formation of consolidated company
comprising or controlling all the Pc
trolcun reIiuctics Of this city, witi. pos.
sibly a single exception. Tho ncgo.
,iatiOns were made ty the Camden
Consolidated Oil Company The new
combination has been named " The
Baltimore Oil Company" and Mr.. j.
N. Camden. Of Psrkersburg, West
Virginia, has been elected the presi
dent: The other officers will be elect.
cd ut n meeting Of the new company
this afternoon. Slr Camden and Col.
YIN. ?. Thompson, vice president Of
;he Camden Consolidated Company,
have .hcir headquarters at Barnum's
Hotel, room No. 49,, where n numIc:
Of clerks have been employed for some
days. llr. JOHN S. Archbold, Of
Tilhsvillc, Pa, of Tie Standard Oil
Company of New York, wus present
during the final ncgotiatioas. The
combination comprises the Crystal Oil
Refinery Of G. West Il Sons and The
reiucrics Of Christopher Il Co , Brown,
Ilumuil g. Co., Union Oi, Co., Head
Il Co anl Mrs. Sylvia Z. Hunt, and
the refnclics Of Ncwboll 4 Sou, Cars.
well l. Sons and Kuster Bros are 81.
lhcr bought out G: negotiations to that
cnl are about being closed, Negotia.
tons arc also being made with the firm
Of Nicolas 4 Co. The combination, j.:
is saii, represents capital Of five hun.
drcl thousand dollars.
1t i; proposed to introduce impor.
tan' improvements and to Keep all the
reGueries, ut lca:. tho larger ones, in
operation. Mr.. West. Of the Crystal
rcGncry, is spoken Of as general mana.
Ger i" baltimore.
The organization 0! the consolidated
company, comprising or controlling all
the petroleum rcincrics in Baltimore,
was completed yesterday by the clyc
tiou OF officers. The previous opera.
tons wcro detailed in tho San yes!tr.
day. The consolidated company has
BEEN named the " Baltimore United
Oil Company" The board Of dircc.
t. Q c9ayi.; Of J. \. Camleu, Vim. 7.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

Our cIijcicat representative in Goa.
crcss, las as chairman Of the sub com.
NiucC on Mexican awards. made al
hjic aud elaborate report, showing con.
ciu,iycly the; the Mexican authorities
have acted in bad faith il no. paying
such Of our citizens az were declared
under the award 10 be entitled to ccm.
rcnsaiiOn from tk2t government Tie
Washington Post in speaking Of the
repcr; says:
Ma. WlLs?% Of Yves! ViTgiain.
chairman of the subcommittee on
alrzicap Awards, last Saturday reported
from tue House committee Of FOREIGN
Affairs. an elaborate review Of the cr.
forts Of Mexico 10 avoid paying two Of
tho awards against her, rnle. tho late
joint commission, wiki the rccommcn.
laiion that TIE ssbjcc: be relcgatcd to
tho Executive Department, for the cx.
cellsnt reason that as this is question
Of the execution Of a treaty and no.
one for auxiliary legislation, Tie House
has M Jurisdiction over It This rcpor,
is important net Oaly because CIR pres
cnt relations with Mexico are stormy.
looking, but as a symptom Of returning
Natiou1l health. Tia body polite has
loug been dcrauged BY the most dan
gcrous disorders we lave to fear. en-.
crOacim:Dts Of the se"&::sl branches of
the Goyc.nmcu;u?or each other. Mr..
Wilson's sta;esman-likc report shows
that this great evil has gotten very
near to the end Of its tc;hcr arc it is
bcgianins to look as f:Lc Old dead.
letter instrument called the Cons:itu.
tion would Lc busted Of aud revived.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29
Supreme Court,
Grcca, r. d., johnson, Moore and
Noymond.

Grcca, +. j., johnson, Moore and
Naymond.
Court at Or NJ, Saturday.
Pilholt Greek Petroleum Company
IS. RittclLouss, Writ cou1ty. AZ.
hrmel.
John Cartons administrator VS..
Itufner. DonnalIy 4 Co.. Kauswha
county. Reversed aud new jllg.
mcnt rendered.
An appeal was refused in the case
Of the American Bible Society VS. ID.
munl pOndlcton, administrator Of
Maria Coo2cr
Daniel Lamb aud George Jet!crs, i
committee Of two appointed to examine
tho Clerks Office, presented their re-
port.
The Court ordered the publication Of
the eleventh volume of the W.s'
Virginia Reports.
The Usual allowances we're made to
the officers of the court.
Adjourned to the FIRST day of next
regular term, which meets nj Charles
ton, KanaHhn county, on [hc second
I" tducsdny III January next.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

There was quito tight in the Vir.
ginia Legislature on Saturday over the
public debt. The fOrcib!c rcadjustcrs
are in the majority, and they propose
10 say how tho debt .IraII be settled, ii
settled at all. \ personal difficulty
came Fcar taking pIacc between Mcssrs.
Daniels, Harrison aud Anderson. No
blood was she'd.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

4 STORY is told how President Lin
coins humor once gained him u ride :
When Mr. Lincoln was poor lawyer,
he found himself one cold day Il. Il
village some distance from Springfield,
and with no means Of conveyance.
Seeing gentleman driving along the
Springfield road in carIjrgc. he ran
up to him and said, Sir, will you
have Tie goodness 70 take NY OyrrcOaI
to town for mc!" with pleasure"
answered tho gca,Icmau. "lIut how
will you get it usaiu y "Oh. very
easily" said Mr. Lincoln, us intend
10 remain in it," 'JHmp in, "
snNl the gentlrmaa, laughing. And
tho future Presidential pleasant
ride.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29
News Summary.
4 Father Murdered by Il Thirteen
Year Old Sou.

Crsc!xSArI, December IL 1t wac
stated yesterday that Joseph Kunsclcr,
4 respectable farmer nca: Lawrence.
hrrg, Indiana, had committed suicide.
Later developments, however, make it
e'enr that he vas shot aud killed by
his thirteen year old son. At the in.
: stigation it was asccr,ained thai,
Mrs. Kunscler had for some months
been eudenSori4s to &c, divorce
The father was shot us he was ap.
pro.!hing the house in the evening
from u short abSeuce.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

ry Roger
a. Z. Forina,h, Jacob c. FOriaash, F. a.
Marsh and James I'irkeas.
Is cIlAScEHY.
a. f. FolinasI, party in the above
named cause, and Il nonresident :tlie Slate
Of Hes; Virginia, will take notice that the
undersigned Commissioner Of the county
coUri oCI.cwis county, has fixed upon Snl.
urd :, the i2rh day Of January, 1875 n,hi:
Office in tho town OF IIrs,on, Lewis county,
wes; Virginia, to execute an order OF refer.
exec matc in said cause at The December
term, ls77, Of the county coaTt OF Lewis
county, by which s4id order said Commits.
siUncr is directed
lst, To ascertain and report the liens on
the undivided half Of the mills aud 10, il
the bill mentioned, conveyed to \. L. FUri.
nash by Charles ". Tolbcrt and Wife IN the
I'd day Of March, 1915, l!,cF amounts, or,Ic,s
and pTi0ritic5
"a, The dates Of the respective assign.
mrnts mad by S. c. JORts Of the purchase
money bonds exc, uled for said undivided
half Of said 'nrIls, md the amounts paid on
said bonGsr ifany.
Sd The owaer Of sail unlirilel hllf Of
said nils, at the institution Of this suit, and
the title by which ii WIS owned.
4th, ANY Other perIincn. matter deemed
proper by himself or required by aaY ortils
parties, At which time md plnce the parties
to said sui; are required to attend.
Given under my hand, a9 Commissioner
in Ch@ncery Of said County Court Of Lewis
county the day and year first aforesaid.
Il. j. SIMPSON, Commissioner.
icr244 lw
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

Ballard Drake, postmaster at Ten
Nile, Lincoln county, West Virginia.
has been arrested and plnccd in the
BarbOuEsYillc Jail, on a charge Of roo.
bing the mails. The charge is that
he captured a $500 package mailed by
W. 7. Thompson to parties in Chap
mnuville, to buy stock with. The ar
rest was made by United States Mar
shal Patton. Register. 1T
TnE Democratic caucus Of tic Cali.
fOrnia Legislature has nominated j..
i. Farley, fer United States Senator.
The vote stood, Farley, AZ; McDon-
alii IS; Hngcr, IS.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29
SNWsvn V,cWtMcvs,
6>vAs OWN EoMcA Wings
w endless VNoSus>oM.

Wreaths, Clusters, Bcquets:
Roses, and the entire line of
Imported Artificial Flowers for
hat and dress trimming,
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

French Fclis In the latest APPROX
ell shapes. Constant additions mWtle
rs soon as they appear in 1he market.
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

Black and Colorcd Velvets, SaIias
and MODE Skis specially selected and
guaranteed to DO good value, aud in
diiTrren, g!a'les Of quality:
The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-12-29

a. Z. FOrina.l,, Jacor c. FOrinasl,, F. a.
Marsh and James I'icIieas.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-25
Muscular Prime Dome.

The San Francisco Mail has the fol-
lowing account of the recent operate
fracas in that city, of which we have
already made mention: Saturday last
there was to have been an operatic re-
hearsal. Nine. di Murska was there
on time for a wonder, and so was her
eleventh husband, Maestro Strauss lila,
ne Hill. Mr.. Mueller, the tall hand
some baritone, and husband of Nine.
Fabbri, was there also. 1t was noted
that little Hill twirled his curling
mustache fiercely, and tugged at his
waste of side-whiskers, every time the
baritone strobe near him, and several
times heard to mutter ''blawsted big
beasts under his breath. Nine. di Muir
ska, with a very beautiful boquet Ii
her fair hand, was shaking out the high
notes of a duet with Mr.. Mueller, with
Hill scowling in the background, when
Nine. Fabbri enters q. c.). She pursed
her lips as her husband placed his hand
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-25

Bishop Lynch, who has been lectur.
ing in Boston, relates a story which
came under his own observation forty
years ago, and illustrates the difference
between English and American char
acters. Living in the west a poor wild
ow strove to maintain herself and her
two young sons, but her health failed
and starvation stared her in the face.
Under the English system the family
would have been sent to the poor-house,
which would have blighted their lives
forever. A kind neighbor took one OF
the boys into his family and gave such
assistance to the mother as enabled her
to'face the world. In a few years the
boys were able to maintain their moth
er from their own earnings. One of
the boys is to-day the general of the
United States army; the other is secre.
tary of the treasury.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-25
The Book Grant win Write.

An interviewer recently reported ex-
President Grant as saying that he had
no intention of writing n book. A
Washington dispatch to the Boston
Journal says, however: "There have
been several stories to the effect that
Gen. Grant intended to write a book.
The facts are these: The President
will not write an autobiography, but a
history of his services in the Union
army, as well as in the position which
he afterwards held as Chief Magistrate
of the nation. 1t will be published in
book form, with the Generals name on
the ly-leaf. 1t will be edited by a Mr..
Smith, Mrs. Grants cousin, who re-
sides in Pennsylvania, and whose merits
as a writer are well spoken Of. He has
been placed in charge of all the official
records for the parpose of making the
work full and authentic, and will be
assisted by a number of literary gentle
men,"
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-25
The Unfortunate Condition of the North
Western Portion Of IOwa-The Only
Hope in Prairie Fires.

uOpo III TdiTtO Titus.
Several gentlemen from Northwest
ern Iowa have been in Des Moines for a
day or two past, and from them we
learn some unwelcome facts concerning
the "winged plague" The soil in fif-
teen counties is h~oney-combed with the
nesting places Of grasshopper eggs.
They r all, apparently, in healthy
condition, and a shovel full of dirt taken
up, even from the hard road, and placed
in a warm room will speedily develop
scores of the pests. The only hope of
destroying them is with the prairie fires,
which are to be kindled June /. This
arrangement has been made through
out the entire northwestern portion of
the State. Whether it will be success
full in destroying the 'hoppers, remains
to be seen. If it does not the future of
that country will be dark.
One of our informants states that the
people are leaving the thrice-devastated
region as fast as they can, but there are
a large number too poor to get away.
One man owning a farm for which.
three years ago, he refused $1,000, has
recently offered it for one-tenth of that
amount, and was unable to find a pur-
chaser. A large portion of the personal
property of the country is under chattel
mortgage. A gentleman, who was in
Clay county one day last week, states
that he saw a man drive up to a rail-
road station with his family in the
wagon, and accompanied by another
man that held a mortgage on the en-
tire establishment, for an amount just
about sufficient to to take the settler
and his family out of the country.
The creditor accompanied them, and
they stepped from the wagon to the car
platform, leaving the team and vehicle
in his hands. There has been little ac-
tual suffering there this past winter,
although food has been carce and mon.
ey almost unknown, but the grasshop.
pers' eggs are so abundant that the set
tiers have no hope for the future, ex'
cept to abandon their farms and flee the
country. [Des Moines Register.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-04-25
The Black Hills

The Cheyenne Leader has the latest infor.
nation about the Black BILLS mines. Weekly
Is pages)l year s2.50G mos. 81. SOL copy l0c
II. GLAFCKE. Publisher. Cheyenne, Wyo-