Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-08
MONTANA NEWS.


Tie result of experiments made convince
us that the best cabbage grown in Montala
come from the transplanting of the Ole
: sin k.
The farmer prince of the Canton neigh.
borhood- Missouri valley, Thos. Shinnick.
has just finished threshing. The th,eshel
wvs rooning upon his fam nine days His
grain crop reached 5000 bushels, 1900 OF
which is a fisst-cIass quality of two-row-
Ell b: rlev.
J. G. Starter, one of Smith rivers mo st
extensive stock growers, is gathering bis
herd Of bceves with a view of d living to
Cor.nne and shipping East his ia'I. |. b.
Dawkins is to have charge Of the herd and
Harvey Means, of Whites gulch, will make
one OF the patty. The boys will fin; i:
lathcr airy on herd these frosty nights,
and we think it rather mole serious I'M
de.tak;ng 1t this season of the year than
they anticipate. Sock droveis in the
boas,cd cline of Texas would not attempt
800 miles drive so near the approach Of
winter.
A couple of antelope appeared upon Dia-
mond Bar, about 800 yards d:stant, yester-
day morning, causing few minutes ex-
element among our sportslen, and giving
IN opportunity for display of marksman-
ship. G. A. Hampton bron. hi down one
from the stoop Of the Hrsbandman office.
Frolicking ninbly upon The grassy hillside,
the fleet-footed gazelle lcapcd high in the
air ut the c.ack Of his rifle and tumbled
down the forty feet embankment. Mr.. V.
b. Green laid down his stick and rule and
dropped the other in AS tracks the first
shot, as it was manOeuvring to learn the
whereabouts of its mate. He says it is the
..f test take he has had for some time.
Not every journal is published in land
where such choice game can be hunted
from the Office door.
independent.
The firm of. r. Eoyce 4 Co. Is dissoly-
ed. Mr. j. II. BOyce. ST., re;iiiny. The
business will be continued by Mr.. J. r.
Eoyce. jr.
Mr.. Charles S. Warren. of Butte, is adj
ysed that the Colorado dry washing ma
chine is a hnmbug.
Water has been turned out Of the bitches
in Meagller county. and all mining except
in deep d:gings is suspended.
Eggs are only Is cents dozen, chickens,
Is cents each, and butter, 80 cents pound
for a good quality.
Butter is so scarce that merchants find 1t
impossible to till even small orders, and
what little there IL in market is of very
inferior quality. II anybody in the Terri
tory has any good butter for sale they can
find market and price for it in Helena.
Mr.. G. S. Kelley, dentist, intend locating
in Helena.
Our reporter, Add. Smith, starts to-day
on flying trip through Meagher, GaIa..n
and Jefferson counties.
The city of Missoula is only 2lO miles
from the steamboat landings on Snake
river. An appropriation was made a few
years ago to cut out q trail ria LO-Lo, but
was exhausted before completion. A
wagon road over that route is only ques-
lion oftime.
A large stock owner from the Yakima
passed through Montana short time ago
on his way to the Yellowstone to spy out
A location for six thousand head of cattle. +
The stock men Of Oregon and Washington
Territory are getting crowded and are
looking Montanaward for locations where
stock can be driven or shipped East. Il