Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-05-24

Greece has voted war tax of 81
100000.
Packard will probably receive a foI
cign mission.
"A co'orcd colony of oyer 1000 is abor
settling in Kansas.
Strikes, the murderer of Fisk, is sue
Ing for diyor e.
Gen. Sheri Ian was lately made tn
father of twins.
THE Treasury has called in the last o
the 1865 5. 20 holds.
Fort Ripley will be aban bonded ant
the troops withdrawn. 4
irregularities have been discovered il
the San Francisco Mint.
Gen, Grant has been made mcmbe
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic.
-Tweed's confession comes too late, i!
not inclusive, and he will not be released
Illinois declares silver coin lega
tender for all Its public AMI private debts
-Ool John Forsyth, the famous editor
of the Mobile Register, died on the 18th
- Fifteen hundred French pilgrims
were received by the Pope on the 9Th
inst.
Twenty five per cent. of Texas stock
died from exposure and want of feed last
winter.
--Rumored. that James Russell Lowell
will succeed f. F. Bale as Minister to
Austria
Geo. II. Buffers appointment caused
such breeze that he was instantly re
moved.
The public debt was decreased 1855,
204, GAP from March LIST, 1869, to April
3Osh, 1877.
1t is feared the Russian squadron in
the Pacific will seize British Columbia
should England join Turkey.
Report, d, that John A. Logan has
accepted position IN the Russian army.
Another war horse" gone.
Major Reno's sentence has been re
mftted 10 suspension from rank and pay
for two years. His record saved him.
JAS. X. Miller and Jas. Mcpherson,
old Montanians, but now merchants at
Deadwood. recently shipped TO that
point 200 tons Of goods-says the indie
pendent.
"A miners riot at Orc City, Colorado,
resulted in seizure of three of the mine
owners, and forcible payment by them of
over 5000. to provide for return East of
body of workman.
On the l2lh, Gen. Valdes with force
OF 600 pronounced for Lcrdo. He has
possession of the whole Rio Grande dis.
trlct. except Piedras Megras, which he
was preparing to attack.
notwithstanding Russia's declaration
shat Turkish vessels should be allowed
eight days in which to leave Russian wa l
tens, ten vessels were seized the day after {
Issue Of tho proclamation. England has
protested.
New Hampshire, New York, Wiscon Il
sin and Michigan have been suffering
from forest fires. The town of Clinton
Mills, N. Y, is destroyed, and Stockpole :
was in flames on the 18th. On the 16,h .
the entire country from Marquette, WIS, Il
to lspening, Mich, Q29 miles, was on I
fire. L
--latest foreign advices predict great i
battle near Batoun. Austria will OCCUPY n
Servia. and protests against formation ofIv
. Polish hgion. Russian occupation of
the Red Sea causes great excitement. The q
American 'ffi ers in the service of the "a
Khedive refuse to bear arms against &
Russia. r
"A Little Rock. Arkansas, dispatch of a
the says: Judge Martin, in the rcuit b
rourt to day, held that the railroad aid u
bond act Of the Legislature of 1869, under C.
which six million dollars worth of bonds n
were issued, was unconstitutional, and t
Inc bonds are void. Appeal was taken to Il
The Supreme Court. il
-Ihe Bismarck Tribune gays: The Off.
'ers OF the Northern Pacific who were in d
ne city last vel looked over the valley
u Heart river some distance, with a view q
o extension. and returned we'll satisfied n
WITH the route as located. Whether the CT
e Al will be extended this season remains p
b. determined, but the chances are very o.
avorablc. p
Camp Douglas, Utah, will be gar o.
's"ned ny companies OF Infantry and ell
II C'va'ry-Fort Halls garrison will be ID
esslned, Camp Cameron garrisoned by 2 ~
uii Infantry companies, and / COMPANY u
w. Stationed each a. Logan and ST. George ~
Threatened Mormon troubles cause the u
ame. p
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