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Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Strange Facts.

A little gnat choked the great Pope
Adrian to death, which caused wonderful
changes in the history of tho whole
world.
In 1897 it was t'Oaght libelous to call a
man al infiIel, though it were true. Now
he may he called anything of that sort,
and no one thinks of resenting it.
A counselor at Rome was strangled by
a hair in the milk hlch he drank. This
event caused the most serious results of
any thing that ever transpired in his fam
lily.
Anacreon, one Of the lyric poets, is
said to have lost his life by evallowing
the skin of q rsisin. The wGrid then
lost one of ,he most illustrious poets and
writers.
Bose. a mongrel yellow dog, is the
mall carrier between Minnesota and Da
kota, sixty miles. He makes the trip for
nothing, aid boards himself, but never
fails. There seem to be no competitors
for the position. -.
During the recent storm in Memphis.
q large number of snakes, from twelve 10
eighteen inches long. are said TO have
fallen from the clouds, and thousands OF
the wriggling reptiles were seen in the
streets in the southern part of the city.
In Newfoundland there is not q snake,
toad. frog, or reptile of any sort; not a
squirrel. not q pOrcupiUe, moose, or mink.
The Arctic hare is found in Newfound
land, but not in Cape Breton-nor in Novs
Scotia, and yet tho island is full of bOg'
and swamps.
i The notion has been startei that com.
jpressed tea, by process which reduces il
to one-tenth of the ordinary bulk, is ec,n
omical. The theory IS that the compress
sion thoroughly breaks the cells and small
er vessels Of the leaves, so that boiling
water acts effectively. 80 = se- E.
Every body at one time or another ha
heard story about the eye of murdered
man presenting an image of the man VIII
|slew him. Some recent optical discoye
lries made by Prof. Ball, OF Rome, and N
Kuehne, Of Heidelberg, will gp isrtO sus
4 tain popular belief in stories of the kind
for these two psychologists certainly prov
I(hy experiments upon ,animals) that actua
photographs do exist upon the retina o
objects which have been looked upu
during life. .-==
The Sacramento Union states that ther
!. iis . strip of country three miles wide
stretching south west from the Willis
mettc river, near Oregon city, to the Cas-
cade Mountains. which is natural honey
+ producing district. In the foot hills o
the mountains the honey dew, which
peculiar to that district within the boun
!. daries it covers, falls 90 heavily Is
encrust the foliage. Throughout thi
belt Of country bees are better of tina
BEES in clover, for they literally scr p
up the ready. made honey. and. after fill
ling their hives, build and fill combs Of
the outside. Mr. DOfur says that be sa'
eighty pounds Of honey taken from til
under side of 4 pole stretched ACROSS
fence. It would be . very interesting re
gion for naturalists to investigate, espe
) eially - no satisfactory solution of ti
phenomenon has ever yet been reached
and this especial. locality seems to deselo
1.-THE 90 called honey dew year after year j
remarkable Qusnttty. "'i'''i2 % -
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
DR.. James Shaw,
n. &. .1y.neu. Fort E(liS. VI. r..

For near twenty years regular Physician
and Surgeon of the city Of Philadelphia,
and tor some time resident Physician of
the PcnnsylvnnIa Hospital, and Consult
ing Physician in other public medical IN
etitutions of that city, with a number of
years experience as a Surgeon in the vol.
anteer service and regular army of the
United States. Can be consulted on long
standing and chronic diseases at that For,
The diseases of women and children a
speciality.
December 10th, 1875.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
H1tn1Or,
A life policy-Trying to get rich.

! III tL/ILO/p
! A life policy-Trying to get rich.
] Long range practice Twenty years.
experience as cook.
How to fiud out what's in a name-Put
it on the back of note.
A 'SuSar Conference has been held in
Paris. Ii you don't like it, you can lump
| it.
rings. Then they arc sure of their 'ear.
ing.
A mil>m was asked if he had plenty
of milk in his cans. ''Chalk FULL" was
the appropriate reply.
"That point is not well raken," as the
country schoolmaster said when no sat
down on pin.
Il am man of very quiet tastes, !" said
lie AS he went quietly behind the door and
tasted something.
A young man who has tried it suggests
that before you pop the question it's just
as well to question the pop.
Men arc frequently like tea - tho
strength and goodness are not properly
drawn out until they have been in hot
waer.
Some one who believes that ':breyity Ia
the soul of w.t. writes: '.Don't eat
stale Q cumbers. They w up"
A Detroit restaurateur hangs out q
sign Of free chOps,' and when the old
loafers come around lie shows them an AZ
and woodpi!e.
Work is monster Of such frightful mein
That, to be hated, needs but to be seen,
But seen too oft, familiar with his face,
We can't endure; We up and leave the
He was sitting silently by her side one
chilly evening last autumn, thinking of
something to say. Finally he remarked:
How sad it is; the frost has come. and
it will kill everything green" Thereuron
the young lady extended her hand and
said in sympathetic tone: "Good-bye. p"
The new Secretary of the Navy, having
heen informed that there were buoys be-
longing to his department in New York
',"-'-- '---.~- ~-~';~'~''' ;~s''"'' - :-I,--
manding them to report to their ships
without delay. 'Discipliue is discipline"
says the old sat, 'if ! have to skin every
hoy in the navy"
Tides are going out of fashion, says
an exchange, and if 1t be true if we are
70 sink into rocking chair after this
without tearing lace dog from the back
of it. or settle down on a sofa and not feel
yellow worsted farm horse humping up
against the end of our spinal columns
then, an evenings tete-a-tete will seem as
! odd as q man with his mous.ache shaved
off.
How dear to my heart are the sceres Of
my childhood,
When fond recollectious present them
/ to view
The shngle that mother had carved out
| of hardwood,
To wollop my -- trousers until It
was blue.
The old Oaken shlngle, the irOn.bound
shingle,
The moss-covered single that hung on
y the wall.
AT an auction of household articles the
auctioneer held up thermometer and
pleaded for a bid. No one seemed to
want it, and he turned to a farmer look
lug man aud ssid: Take it, examine
lit, and give me quarter for it.. mo.
no." replied the nan. backing off.
=. "What! Don'tyol want u thermometer? ?"
D mo, sir; l had one year or two ago,
v and l worked and worked, and fooled
/. around and fooled around, and could
}, never keep it regulated worth cent.
Y Hang 1t! couldn't even open the ornerJ
Il thing!'
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
Free Trade.

| The theories of free-traders in England,
as we'll as at home, are receiving many q
staggering blow from the results of the
American protective policy Of the last
fifteen years; but few of them hsye come
with more telling effect than the follow
ing statement Of an Englishman respect
ing our silk manufacture. II is from a
! Centennial Exhibition correspondence,
written to the Macclesfield (England)
Courier; English silk manufacturers have
acted wisely in aostaining from exhibit
ing their goods at the Centennial Exhibi
ton at Philadelphia, as they would only
have exposed th.ir inferiority in quality
and price. Instead of any longer wishing
to see or use our English silk goods
America, protected by her sixty per cent.
duty on the import of manufactured silk
is almost entirely supplying her own mar
ket with home male goods, and bel
manufacturers, having proved that they
can produce the article and quality re
quired by their markets, are now lending
all their efforts to the reduction of cost.
Now that the period of inflated prices and
extravagant wages is passing away
(Which last item has hitherto been tb,
great difficulty with nanufact urers)-an
their scale of wages is rapidly falling t.
The European level, we shall find that thu
ample labor saving appliances and greater
intelligence of the work-people will bring
US face to face with competition such II!
we have never yet dreamed of; and l ven
,ure to say that before long England
mother of free trade as she is, will fine
herself compelled TO impose duty on tn
importation Of American silks, Al orde
to psotect her manufacturers frorl bein.
heaien in their OWn market.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
W. W. ANDERSON, Publisher and Proprietor

Local unt,ces Is cents per line first in
eertion and 10 centsi,er line for each sub
scquent insertion.
Marriage and Dea'h notices inserted
free of charge; Obituary notices cents
per line.
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Is pre- pared to execute all work in his
line in tue highest style of the art, and
will guarantee satisfaction in every III
stance. lo-lol
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
FRIEDRICH (. SchULTzE
CARPENTER AND BUILDER,

Stair Building and Fine Work speci
allty. Cabinet work will receive prompt
attention.
Nv work in the past IS guarantee fol
the present and future, and if you wait
ANYTHING male from q table to the finest
musical instrument give ME call. Prices
reason able. o-U.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-04-26
T. R. Edwards,
j. J. Davis,
FRANCIS cElSD0RFF, NJ. D.,
G. w. Monroe, M. D.,

DHYSICIAN ANDSCRGEON-O Office
/ at his residence on Church stree!,
Bozenlan, NJ T.. offers his professional
services to the citizens of Bozeman and
Gallatin county.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
PANIC IN ANN STREET.

Ann street, in front OF the HERALD building, was
the scene yesterday noon o: no little excltement
caused by the stampede of two borscs attached to
No. Is Of the Bleeoker Street line. The animals tax
ing fright, became unmanageabe and dashed ahead,
to the imminent danger of pedestrians OF whom there
were many on the street at the time. Fortunately,
however, no person was injured, although there
were not few narrow escapes The narrowness oftne
street and sidewalks never proved dangerous As
Is usual In the middle of the day crowds passing
and rcpassing from Broadway TO Nassau street. At
the time Of the large number OF persons
male and female, were on the street. Suddenly the
horses which previously were proceeding slowly along
began to snort and rear The driver tightened his
reins and strove TO hold thom In, but this seemed
increase their fright The moro he pulled and tugged
the more the animals reared. The bit had
lost Its terrors The driver had but a
moment In which to shout his warning to the crowd
when the horses dashed forward their fury. ladies
screamed, boys hooted and waved their arms
wildly and shouted at the flying animals The stam-
pede continued tho entire length OF the block
ut last brought to termination by the horses coming
In contact with OF tho Dry Dock line OF cars Per-
haps the nearest approach 10 serious accidents was
the escape by hands breadth OF two ladies' who
crossing the street from being knocked down and
trampi ed upon.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
A BROOKLYN INSPECTOR CLEARED.

Mayor Schroeder, OF Brooklyn, concluded an nvest-
CATION yesterday Of charges preferred by Mr. Bernard
Gray, a contractor, against Inspector Thomas Wilson,
of the Board OF City Works, for alleged maeasance in
Office. The complaint was that the Inspector named
had withheld his signature from certificates for work
done in cleaning tho streets OF the Ninth ward,
at certain times in 1876 and 1877, till
such time as the sum Of 500 had been
paid hin through Mr.. John Harrison Mr. Wilson
denounced the charges base and "a rascally attack
by spite and bad feeling" Mr.. Gray testified
that he had paid to Mr.. John Harrison a certain
Of money, with the understanding that 1t was to be
handed over to the then Assistant Street Inspec or
James Dunn, and was TO be divided with Mr.. Wilson
Mr. Harrison testified that he knew OF no charge of
500 which, II was alleged, he had paid 10 Mr. Dunn
there was no truth IN the charges Mr. Tracy testified
that he had no personal knowledge of money beng
paid to Mr.. Wilson.
The Mayor, upon the conclusion of the examination,
sent a communication TO the Board OF City Works In
which ne says:-"Mr. Gray appeared with his witnesses
and was gwen ample opportunity to investigate his
charges but the evidence offered laeo convict Mr.
Wilson In any manner OF wrong doing; on the con-
trary Mr. Gray and his witnesses admitted that they
had no knowledge whatever that would justify any
ono in attacking the reputation Of Mr. Wilson as .
nubic officer
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
THE CONSTRUCTION OF CITIES.

LEcTURE BEFORE THE LIBERAL CLUB.
Last evening the Liberal Club Of this city, listened
to its four hundred and twelfth regular lecture the
hall OF the College OF Physicians and surgeons, tho
subject being tho construction of cties and the
turer Dr. simeon N. Leo. Tue lecturer commenced
by saying that people who lay out citcs never
take the future into consideration They do
not investigate the nature OF The soil, nor
do they examine into tho water facilities.
He claims that streets should DO wider than
they and that every house should be detached from
It's neighbor, thereby having ventilation and place
for garden TO every 5000 OF population there
should be park OF less five and an un-
limited nuinoer OF tree baths. Situated as New york
Is between two rivers, with tho bay at Its feet 1t was
a crying shame that there were not moro
public baths. DR.. Leo argued that station
houses should bc SO constructed us TO bo
used Tor armories He does not believe In one
regiment having $500.uOO armory and another being
confined 10 rooms over stables In every district
there should be free reading rooms aud halls oil amuse
ment Tor the working classes winch nails should DO
used q polling places. The utilization OF sewerage
Ashes, he argued, could be reduced 10 cement and
used for building new docks IN place oi the ola
which arc such an eyesore to the CITY;
He believed in more reservoirs, where water pumped
from the rivers could be held for IN case OF fire,
and discouraged the idea OF destroying the Forty
ond street reservoir He was opposed TO gas as q
means OF lighting cities and contended that electric
light other kinds could be shed from five towers and
illuminate the entire city. Telegraph wires he would
bury. On the tenement house question the lecturer
physician, was eloquent He was against the sys-
tenn and pleaded for the open country, which can
only be reached by rapid transit The money spent on
the building of the Brooklyn Bridge had better have
been used, the lecturer thought, ia putting IN mo'on
asthoroush system OF rapid transit In the planning
OF school houses should be the greatest
The Leight TO which they arc raised Is appalling.
Let school houses have as little stairway as possi-
bic, lot them be built In large yards not on
small city lots. Ho would have prisons in
the city, let them be of by themselves. Oil retneries,
pone factories and other nuisances should be SO far
ran habitatiOUa X
ious and unhealthy odors should never reach his
dwelling On the subject Of drainage the lecturer had
great deal 10 say and much that was In accord with
an article on that subject recently printed IN the
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
CABS AND RAPID TRANSIT.

The management of tho Greenwich Street Elevated
Railroad issued orders yesterday for the establishment
Of line Of cabs from their station at Forty second
street to tho Grand Central Depot THIS arrangement
goes into effect on Monday next, and Is made with q
Wow oil accommodating passengers arriving by the var
roads terminating the Grand Central Depot who
desire 10 reach as speedily possible the business
portions OF the city and the railroads leading
out Of Jersey CITY, as well the steamboats, and fer
RES leading to Brooklyn, staten Island and other
points The cabs Will connect with each train that ar
rves at the depot and with each train on the Elevated
Railroad at the Forty second street station
Each cab Will carry four persons the tme from the
Grand Central Depot to tho station OF The Elevated
Railroad and vice will be eight minutes and the
total fare twenty cents. This viii include the pass
age on the railroad and the ride In the
cab. AT the present time the passage from
the downtown ferries TO the Grand Gen.
trail Depot by the street cars occupies over
nty minutes. by the proposed arrangement the time
from South ferry 10 the depot will be thirtylve MIN
utcs from Liberty street thirty minutes, from warren
street twenty-eight minutes, from Canal street
twenty-four minutes and from West Eleventh
street eighteen minutes, these several points
representing the stations on the EIe-
waited road nearest the different ferries.
The directors of the Elevated road state
that II this plan the support and appreciation Of
the public they will soon establish number OF similar
cab lines from other points their road TO different
localities up town, aud will also issue communication
tickets, by which the fare will bo considerably re-
duced The Of this new Undertaking s looked
upon as assured by the directors
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
THE GREAT BRIDGE.

THIRD PAIR OF UPSTREAM STRANDS COM
MENcED-THE STONE FOR THE APPROACHES.
Work was commenced at nine O'Clock Yesterday
morning on the third pair Of the upstream strands
and during the day the second pair Of downstream
strands being regulated under the direction Of
Colonel Paine. Just before sunrise Colonel Paine
went down into the regulating cradle of the down.
stream strands, the Brooklyn lend span, TO take
some additional observations. Az eleven O'Clock
Master Mechanic Farriugton was let down In bout
swans chair to the regulating cradle oil the down.
stream Strands In the middle Of the river span.
The final measurements for the regulation OF the
strands taken Lhe regulation cradles at early
morning. at that hour the strand to be regulated
and the by which 1t is regulated are OF the same
temperature. In the daytime the sun would tend to
elongate more than the other, SO that accurate
calculations could not be made Tue first OF the three
regulating cradles Tor the upstream strands, which
have been lying on tho iootbrdge for some days, was
lowered into It's place yesterday afternoon under the
large cradle on the Brooklyn andspan. large force
OF the bridge workmcn were employed IN The work,
and some Of them In fastening the different
guyropes in their places performed work while
specifications Ior the granite face, arch and other
stonework for the New York AMI Brooklyn ap-
proaches, which amount to some 90 600 cubic yards
ready. Copies Will be sent, with an invitation to
bid TO owners vi quarres and contractors IN all cases
where they known to the Bridge Company, and
tho request for proposals. with the specifications, will
be published IN the papers probably on Monday next.
The contract Will be large one amounting TO some
where IN the neighborhood OF $500, 900.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
MORRISANIA'S BROKEN BANK.

II IL not improbable that tho affairs Of the do
! unct German Savings Bank OF Morrisania arc wound
up the aid Of the will be invoked behalf Of
the deuded depositors Since the failure OF that in
sttuton It has been mooted question, whether tho
trustees could be held responsible for the large de-
hcency which existed for nearly years prior to the
final collapse and which carefully concealed from
the depositors In the periodical statements by the
banks officials This question, in which the creditors
feel decided interest, Is now in fair way to be
definitely settled Al the invitation OF tho receiver,
Mr. William J. Best the trustees met HIM In the bank
building last evening for the purpose OF canvass
ing the matter of their liability for div-
dends Illegally declared under the law OF
clared but not earned or taken from surplus actually
existing may be recovered from the trustees voting for
the same. II 10 alleged that the bank was actu-
ally insolvent at the smc the dividends alluded
to wore paid Mr. Best also called to
attention Of tho trustees the their liability for
the losses the loan madc to the Montclair Rail-
road Company, OF New Jersey, In 1878 This oan tho
law, ana tho parties who were then trustees and who
voted tor approved 1t in any way we're probably
liable individually and collectively for the whole
amount thereof The receiver, in addition, laid
before the trustees the fact that the purchase
Of The bonds OF the town OF South1eld, Rich
mond county, N. Y, was also In violation OF law,
ana that he must look TO them to make good any loss
that the interview between the receiver and the
trustees was pleasant ono nothing Is known In ad-
dtlon what is stated ABOVE, all Of the parties in at
tendance declining for the present 10 mako public The
conclusions arrived ut. 1t understood, however,
that nothing definite had been agreed upon.
The New York herald., 1877-08-25
DRIVEN TO The WALL.

al did II, Judge, because was starving. Night after
night slept In the parks, and picked up bite wher-
ever could get IT, Work there was none. My friends
had all deserted me. tried my best to avoid wrong.
the WALL"
The speaker was bright-looking young man OF
about twenyseven years OF age lie stood at The bar
Of tho Tombs Police Court yesterday. His ciolhes,
though much worn, were neat, and his language
and demeanor told plainly that he had
for defraudng hotel propretors by boarding on the
strength OF having imaginary baggage on the way.
He gave his name as John Richards stated that he
was formerly travelling salesman Tor Boston firm.
He cried bitterly when confronted with his accusers
but admitted the truth OF all they SAID. Among the
hotels vctinized whose representatives appeared as
compainants were the st. James, the United States
and the Irving House. The prisoner was committed
TO the Tonbs