Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-09-27

The annual session Of the Prsbyte
Of Montana will I've held at Helena on r
day. Oct. 9TH.
The District Court for Galla,in COM
will c.,mmcnce in Bozeman on the four
Uorday in October.
--EX-Minister Washb,,r1,e has left Par
for home. He brings with linn good i
cord Of his ministerial career.
A. Follrr bought the bar privileges
TIM Territorial Fair for SIl5O. The fru
privilege WIS sold to Morris Bros. &c
$40.
The Corinne Record says tho freigl
forwarding business is again 5ecosnn
lively. and will continue brisk until late i
the fall.
The wafer in the Yellowstone is YER
low. Captain Grant NEarsA's steamer
Rosebud" continues to run. taking ligl.
rargoes.
The recent speech Of Secretary Sinr
man in Ohio is being distributed quite ex
tensivcly by friends and admirers Of tina
distinguished gentleman.
Lieut.. Van Ofsi:llc, with a small de
tachment. has gone TO the Big Hole battle
licld. for the purpose Of removing the body
of Capt. Logan TO Fort Shaw.
-Ex-Naval Pay Inspector Spautling. in,
,itted By The L. $. Grand Jury at San
Francisco. has brn released on bail.
George VI. Finney remains in Jail.
Secretary Evarts has rented house in
Washington. together with its furniture.
SILVER and china. for all of which he pays
SS.OOO per year. His salary is $4,000 per
year.
The War Departments official dis
mitch from San Carlos says the chiefs Vic
tory and Lon. with two hundred and fifty
Warm Spring Indians have left their rcser-
walton.
General Butler is credited with the in
rcntion to bring up the Louisiana settle
ment and all matters Connected with the
Fostcr-Mat,hews letters. a: the special scs-
sion OF Congress.
The Indian Investigating Commission.
which has now been at work for over three
months. has taken Il recess. and will have
the testimony already taken printed before
rcsuming its labors.
The Nineteenth Judicial Circuit Court
ofCalifornia. granted the application Of
Mrs. Flora NJ. Pinney. for an order forbid
ding George NJ. from visiting or speaking
to, or in anywisc interfering with her.
New York importers and jobbers say
IN unusually heavy trade has set in. \
leading importer states that the purchases
of silk yclycts and the finer grades Of WOOL
en- dress goods have been and still are I'M
cxpectedly large.
-Estimates for the support of the army
for the present fiscal year have been pre-
pared by the War Department and sent to
The Treasury Department. which will trans
NIT them to Congress ut the next session, :
These are the only estimates to be sen!
n. u
Mr.. Shively says. and amid all the bit :,
erncss of feeling against the Nez Pcrccs it
mould be recorded to their credit. that ::
Mrs. Cowan and Miss Carpenter were !,
treated with all respect and protected :
rom all harm during their captivity :,
mOng the Indians. y
e
Assistant Secretary Seward says there RI
no truth in the statements published -,
ionday to the effect that the state depart +,
lent h;:d re' eived dispatches from Mexico 4
presenting that a bellgerent feeling ex- M
Is IN the Mexican capital among govern IN
'cnt officials toward the United States. MI
Mr.. W. W. Martin starts to-day for lai
ontana with two thousand sheep. which W:
purchased from Hon. John HALEY. Mr.. T;
artin is well pleased with his purchase. Al
ID considers himself the fortunate owner m:
the best lot of sheep ever taken to Mon WI
na.-Iiaho Statesman. 9th inst. on
Washington advicps says that despite fra
favorable daily reports Of Senator Nor :
MS condition. there is good reason to COZ
nslder il very prccarious. At times he 10
pears decidedly better. but on the whole sw
ERE are no reliable evidences of substan- his
Improvement. Like Alexander Stepl- ans
!. his wonderful vitality may enable him az;
ain to resume his public duties, but l
death at any hour need occasion no eff
prise. aga
The officers Of the army stationed at .''c
anta have raised a fund sufficient to pr,r- ''''
se the plat Of ground upon which Gen. o'''
Pherson was killed. The spot has been pm
rked with PARROT gun firmly set in Or!
ground. and the lot has been inclOsed ""'
b substantial iron fence. The trees n.y.
len grow in thc plat still bear marks of :"
I. The officers who have been thus achl
'ightflI are Generals Ruger. McKeeycr our
Bell; Colonies Chandler. Rochester ti'nl
Nedder. and Major McGinnis. ion
-EX-Survcyor General \. J. Smith was .,'o'
owed. not because of charges brought nv
inst him by other parties. but upon his ue"o
admission that he had employed his ~. :
;. NJ. X. Smith. as clerk. with salary ~
! % per month. and that she had been
nj upon leave with her friends in the io.'
for over six months. meanwhile draw "sai'
the above salary. and that on his pay NV
ana accounts lie carried her simply =" ~
her initials. not indicating that she '''
any family connection with him, thus 81!
iyiny the ,.n,r,mon, .., ~ nus char!
,,ipy Officers ne ia III, ro.I 80 - as to
- wy and
r ., cOnst
""i" o'Ni' when best
e the back Of Jay Cooke 4 Co, and .d;,.
rncd the financial crisis under which ~. =.
'ountry has suffered ever since. is itself Oh. :,
& well. The eastern and western sec .or,
!, =, .'a. 49, ' "'o ~ S'oon oiuer' ciple.
country along the line is being rapidly tho ..
I'd. and lan'ls corporations are sold i,rs
ash. or exchanged for bonds of the ran.
Dration. With increased business, the LII.
must he completed ut 70 distant dav. No.
on and New England have an interest ~ :, ,
Is enterprise. The whole road, from man
Sp',,o' ~ "'e 'c'''c' VIII oe QUIZ jOurn
on as Boston can run road through n,,,r,