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upon retiral, issued IN address, upholding
his course and asserting his forced retire
lment.
The Cars declaration Of war asserts
it is caused by Turkeys oppression of the
Christians in violation of t,eatyoblig ,tions
aud by Difference to the sentiments of the
civilized world. England condemns 1t
and, while eEdeavoring to remain neutral
and refusing to aid Turkey, is making
extensive defensive preparations. Her
feet is ordered 10 the Bosphorus, her
Canadian possessions are being put i'll a
state of tfense, while her home army is
being reorganlzed. France, Germany,
Austria, ETC., are uneasy and all are
evidently preparing for an emergency.
Ru.sia's fleet in American waters will re
main to operate against British commerce.
Roumania and Seryia hesitate, but will be
drawn into the contest. Fbe Turks de
clare the blockade of the Black Sea-
Russia has bought the Stevens Battery
for 81 100000. In the battle Of ,atoum
the Russian loss was 1000. The battle of
Kars engaged 10000 Russians and 60 900
Turks-both lost heavily, but the Turks
enormously. Skrmishing by land and sea
continues, but no actions Of import have
taken place.
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Supplementary.

Supplementary.
Service from October 1877, to June
30, 1873.
35l4G From BoZeman, by Benson's, Grow
Agency, COuntryman IS. Head OF
Navigation, Pompey's Pillar, FIT
Pease, and Big Horn City. t,
Tongue river, $40 miles and back,
twice week.
Leave Bozeman Monday and Thurs
day al u IN;
Arrive at / oEgue river In six days
Leave Tongue river Monday and
Thursday at 7 m;
Arrive at Bozeran in six days,
Bond r CURED with bid. $50, Got, check
$1,000.
Proposals invited for three times "a
Week service, with same hours of ar
1lvai and departure.
For forms of proposal, bonds. and Ger
tli1cates, and also fer instructions - to the
to be embra ed in the contract.
etc, see advertisement of this date in
pamphlet !orm inviting pro
poSlls Tor mail service in the States and
Territories, to be found at the terminal
post offices of the above routes, and to bt
lad on application TO the second Assistant
postmaster General.
Bids hould be sent in sealed envelopes.
Mail Proposal, Territory
II Montana. AID addressed to the S. cond
Assistant Postmaster General.
ID. NJ. KEY, Postmaster Gen'l
IJS IL
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CUSTER NOMINATIONS.
The Herald now comes 10 the front al

The Herald now comes 10 the front ap
proving the organization of Custer county
upon moral grounds, bat states:
I'VE esteem it an ADVANTAGE that officer
should ct first be appointed rather thai
elected. 1t will ottener result in the selcc
tlon of good men. Those who seek TO
an office on their first entrance to coun
try, are rarely fit for the positions the.
seek. Tley are carpet baggess in tin
worst sense Of the term, soldiers of for
tune, seeking places to make money, ane
not very careful how it is done. at tn,
first organization of new county 1t neeO:
more than ever men of prudence, thor
oughiy identified with the n.Ore perma
nent interests of the country. If its otfici
ais are only interested in stirring up strife
and making business for the sake Of draw
ing fees, county can soon be over
whelmed and crippled by debt, and
honest men become disgusted by the sight
of legalized robbery carried on in the sa-
cred name Of law. We are glad to know
that Custer cou1ty starts out early with
civil government administered by those
who seem to have been wisely chosen"
Does the Herald mean to impute such
motives to such men as Ninninger, Pease,
Mccormick Carroll? Does it imagine
they would consent to and advise the ap.
pointment or election of the class of men
the Herald mentions to act with them ?
We are not personally acquainted with the
remainder of the ticket but are assured
it is made up wholly of good men,
Certainly the candidates we have men
toned are "ident1fied with the permanent
interests of the country" and the county
= arc in no sense ''carpet baggers," and
if they "sought oflice,' we are glad of IT.,
as we are satisfied they were impeled by
motives connected with the good of the
section they have settled in Major Pease
and the McCormicks, in particular, have
labored for years to secure the opening Of
the lower country, and they deserve the
;, cognitiOn accorded them. TO Pease,
especially, is honor due-he is pioneer
Of such grit, persstency and practicable
ty, and has so untiringly labored for the
Yellowstone, that the Territory would
have justly honored both him and itself
ed his name been donated 10 the county
he, more than any other man, has BEEN
in creating.
Perhaps the Herald's last clause is in.
ended to cover not only the Commission
RS, but the entire tickei-if so, We take
t all back.
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THE GOVERNOR.

Governor Potts las gone to Washington
and will reply in person to the allegation
against him. A Herald Washington tcle
gram states that Supreme Clerk Alden ha
filed an additional charge-viz: that Ii
has collected and withheld fees long>du
ID. W. Middleton, Supreme Court Clerl
also, that a letter Of the Governor
claiming Mr.. Mills as a "mud-slinger a
the Administration, "and an abuser of Tn,
AttOrney-General, has been resurrecte(
from Department files and produced
against him.
TO the Alden charge the Governor re-
piles in effect, through the New North
West, that Gen. Garfield Will bear him
out IN the statement, that. in 1878 he en-
ployea Garfield to argue the Rodgers case
before the Supreme Court-tI,at, he paid
him 5000 Of his own money upon decision
against Rodgers - that, when Garfield
sent the Governor the mandate ousting
Rodgers, 1.-THE costs, $40 .l3, were receipt
ed by Clerk Middleton as paid by General
Garfield and SO for docket fee for Plain.
'if's attorney, making SG3 After
wards, learning that the costs We're re
ceipted by Middleton as a courtesy to
counsel and that they were not in fact
paid, he at once forwarded the amount TO
General Garfield, who paid them that.
''thc money | paid General Garfield has
never been paid me by the Territory, and
The same is so much money paid by me TO
secure settlement of the question of thef
powers of the Legislature and Executive.
and the legal status of Territorial officers. u
In the Mills matter, Mr.. Mills, himself |
'cplies thai, he and the Governor wercI
lot friends during two years-that, nei.
her one had the advantage of the other
outside of ordinary courtesy that, he
lid attack the Attorney General 10 the
Clsgett- ian-Agency matter, and takes
lotHlhg DacR-that, IL the Governor did
write asains! him, as stated, he did 1t +
honestly, and that he Las doubtless be
omc convinc d of his error, and has
lonorably and voluntarily ma e repara.
ION In supporting him for the Secretary
)
he las asked no favor of the
Governor, and has no time to spend it,
eternal hate" and hopes to see g az
much nobility and Ii 3nor demonstrated 5y
ONE others rs have been BY Governor
otis. Let him." he conclu les, "who
AS never made Il mistake or uttered an
ncaled-for word sit ID judgment on those
1Lo have"
Honestly, it seems to us, the Governors
ep.y squelches the Alden charges; ant $
MIR. Mills rcjOinder does not confer
onor upon both JAS II. Mills and Benz.
:. Iotts. we do not know what could. X
We never met Mr.. Mills bat once-but had
'e never met him, his reply would breed {
4 US tie desire to shake hands with him
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Proposals
FOR FRESH BEEF.

OFFICE CHIEF G.. S.DEP'T OF DAKOTA,
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 81, 1877. {
lSEALED PROPOSALS, in duplicate
~ will be received until l2 O'Clock NJ.
May y, 1877, for furnishing the Fresh
ct on the block L quired by the Sub
Islstence Department of The Army at Fort.,
Shaw, Ellis and Benton, Camp Baker.
Cantonment on Tongue River, aud at the
Post to he established on the Big Horn,
near the Yellowstone, Montana, during
The twelve months commencing July /,
1877. >
Upon application to this office, or to the
Acting COmmIssaries of Subsistence of
the Posts above named, blank forms for
proposals will be furnished. and in forma.
ton VIII be given as 10 the conditions of
the contract, quality of Beef required.
&c. Proposals should be made separately
tor each Post, and the envelope contain
ing them should be endorsed Proposals
for Fresh Beef at --,'' and addressed
to Col. John GibbOn, 9TH Infantry. Z. s
A, ltelena, Montana. and will be opened
ny him, or by such other officer as may be
DESIGNATED for the purpose. at the office of
the Army Paymaster at Helena on the cav
and at The hour above named. Proposals
Will also be received ard opened by the
a; e. S. at Forts Shaw, Benton and
ELLIS, and at Camp Baker, for the Beef
required ut the Post. 1t is expressly un-
derstooa that the contracts to be made un
der these proposals shall rot be construed
to involve the United States in any obliga.
ton for payment in excess of the appro
priation granted by Congress for the bur
pose. Bidders are invited to be present
at the opening of the bids. The right is
reserved to reject any or all bids received
CHAS. MCCLURE.
l2o-5tI Capt. and &. S.
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United States Mall
MONTANA.
PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

PosT OFFICE DEPARTMENT.,
WASHINGTON, April ~, 1877
PROPOSALS. will be received at Tho
i Contract Office of this Department
until 3 O'Clock D. IN. of June 0, 1877, &c
be decided by the 10th June) for carrying
the mails of the United States from Sep
|tember 1sr, 1877, to June 30. 1873, on the
following routes in the Territory of Non
tana, and by the schedule of departures
and arrivals herein specified, viz:
36143. From Old Agency. by Fort Magin.
mis- Ia. o. to New Agency. 81
miles and back. once week.
Lave Old Agency Wednesday at
Arrive at New Agency next day BY
Gpm;
Leave New Agency Friday at 6 m
Gpm;
Bond required with bid, $1,000.
36l44. From Fort Shaw, by Government
Ferry, On. o. Birds Creek On. o.
and Hound Creek On. o. to Camp
Baker. so miles and back, once a
week.
Leave Fort Shaw Monday at a M ;
Arrive at Camp Baker next day by
Gpm;
Leave Camp Baker Wednesday al
Gam;
Arrive al Fort Shaw next day by
pm;
Bond required with bid, $4,000
3Gl45. From Butte City TO Boulder Valley,
40 miles and back, three times Il
week.
Leave Butte City Mond'y, Wednes-
dow oul Eri1aV at < n IN.
Arrive at Boulder Valley by 6 p m !;
Leave Boulder Valley Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday at 81 N;
Arrive at Butte City by Gpm;
Bond r, quired with bid, $4,000
35O55. From Fort Buford to Tongue river.
40 miles and back. once a week.
Leave Fort Buford Monday at 6 a m;
Arrive at Tongue river Thursday
by y M;
Lave Tongue river Thursday at
Arrive at Fort Buford Sunday by
6pm.
Bond required With bid. $4,000.
,5O64. From. Bismarck, by Yellowstone 20.
o. Tongue river, Fort Sarpy, In.
o. Fort Tullock, In. and Fort
Ellis, to Bozeman, Mont, $50
miles and back, once week.
Leave Bismarck Monday at 6 m;
Arrive at Bozeman in 12 Gays;
Leave Bozeman Monday at 6 m;
Arrive at Bismarck in IL days.
Bond required with bid, $500.
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The Territory.
NsissOuIa.

IA lSSSsE1Vs
Muscular. Flour $6@6 50 at Elk an,
Bear.
Meugiler.
Herald.-Mlss Dyas has recovered $5OO'
sland,r damages Of James J. Kea,on.
Uusbandman fine Jack and stallion
stolen from K"aton's Deep Greek stable,
lost 200 head stock by Indians
on the Muscleshell last winter.
Lewis Il Clarke.
uerald.-1otal silver shipments to Apri
goth: $l40,953 97.-Melted at Assay Office
May 1st, $1,000 gold and $4,000 silver. -
Freight IT cached Helena from Corinne 18th
nlto., the earliest Oh record The Coy
ernor has copy Of the mammoth Centcn
NAL United States map.
INSTRUMENTATION the 1st Auditor Cuth.
bert sold, for benefit of the Territorial
conyicts and insane, Territorial warrants
at % 8.
Madison.
HusbaEdm9n. 100 have been sub
>cribed for bridge across the Jefferson
At mouth Of the Boulder.
Madisonlsn.-The Pony keystone lode
develops splendid body of o:e.-Virsinla
City business never WAS better at this seas
IN of the year.-A party of Utah emf
grants have gone to Willow Creek.
Deer Lodge.
Miner. --FOrty-two tons of Excelsior
ode ore melted to mine 1900 OF. silver
The old Hcrshfield mill at Cable will be
started up again.
Observation-Disclosures Medary of the
t'lathcads has been indie, I'd for introdu.
ling whisky into Indian country.
New North West.-Judge Knowles de-
;ides the Bullion Tax Case in favor of the
stable was burned on
he 18th, his children having started the
irc.-H. Mcknstry will drive 1000 head
If sheep from California to Montana.
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IN lILoN

we have a remedy which not only acts
almost instantly, but will, remove the
largest tumors Of the parts (Plles) by
absorption, and many who have received
not only benefit. but have been radically
cnred, have been assured (prior to using
this treatmcnD by eminent surgeons that
the only relief they ever could expect in
life, would be by an operation, AID re-
moving it or them from the body by a
procedure which nccessitated the knife
This remedy has been hailed with delight,
and is now prescribed by many practising
physicians, who arc cognizantof its mer
its, as the
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G Gerrltery y aA MS1ian'' IS.
l, JAMES G. Dow, Cashier of the above
named Bank. do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of m
knowledge and belief.
JAMES G. DOW, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
4th day of May, 1877.
A. D. MCPHERSON.
Probate Judge.
j; 8; MENDENHALI)
w. H. MARTIN >Dice;to
w. B. MEADOW,
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CUSTER CO.-EKEREsAH!

In reply to q letter of enquiry addressed
by us to the Governor, enclosing argu
mcnts in favor of organization, we have
the following:
HELENA, May %, 1877.
j. Y. Bogert Yours received. ]
have given the matter full attention from
the first; but, as conflict of opinions ex-
lists, | have thought best 10 await Mr..
Toole's decision. You will be advised of
result Immediately upon reply from Mr..
Toole. l desire to DO all legally can for
Custer County. and shall not fail to use
every proper effort in its behalf.
BENZ. F. POTTS, Governor.
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PILES.
Hemorrhoids.
PILON.

Many causes tend to produce this pain
full and distressing state. The blood il
retarded in Its return; the too frequent
use OF drastic purgatiyes tends to produce
congestion OF the bowels, torpid action
OF the liver, and numerous other causes
are the source Of this complaint. and
hitherto ~othing cffectual has been pre-.
sented to Inc public. which would rapid
~ alleviate symptoms AID ultimately
proYe an effective cure.
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CAMPAIGN NOTES.
THE YELLOWSTONE

The Chicago Times of April 18th ha.
the following: "Tbe parties who con
tracted to transport the Government sup,
plies for the Northwestern army have no,
come to time with the promptitude ex.
pected from them. In consequence, Gem
Sheridan has ordered Gen'l Terry to char
ter boat to distribute forage at intervals
along the MissoCrl, between Bismarck ard
the mouth of the Yellowstone. This
steamer will be dispatched at once. though
its Roadway up the Missouri; is likely to
be greatly retarded by the present flood
The supplies of forage dropped here and
there from this boat will enable the cav.
airy marching from Fort Lincoln and
camp Totten to make the trip to For,
Stevenson without difficulty, and at saw
ing to the Government. Gen'l Sheridan
has given orders to hurry the cavalry for.
ward with all possible dispatch. The
gallopIpg brigade will cross the Missouri
at the mouth Of the Yellowstone. and pro
coed by steady marching to Gen y Miles,
Cantonment on Tongue river. General
Sheridan thinks that the re-inforcements
ordered from Montana must have reached
there before this, and that General Miles
with at least 500 men. is now securing tbe
country north cf the Black Hills fer small
bands of hostile In6ians.''
On the 22d and 23d it stated the con-
tractors had entered twelve steamers and
a number Of bsrges for the service-tbe
Fanchon, the fore-runner of the fleet. had
already left st. Louis-the Meyer, Fletcher
and Rankin left on the 23d for Bismarck
where they will lcad-the Ashland will,
foilow-the Arkansas and Tidal Wave had
lett La Crosse and the Osceola, St Louis
The Savannah and the Victory, accom-
panied by the Weaver Ito be used in lioht.
ing steamers over shoals) were 10 follow
Captain Davidson will have his beadouar.
ters at Bismarck, while Davis will locate
at Buford. This fleet will load 5000 of
the loo, ooO tons to be carried up the Vel.
io"stone, and wi confne itself princ;.
pally TO building material for the new
Posts.
is receiving loud praise for the annarent
success OF his plans. He has gone to
chicago to consult with Sheridan who 10
advised that couriers continue 10 arrive
daily from Crazy Horse, reporting his an.
proach toward Standing Rock with all his
people. He is doubtless there now. i'll
ever, when the Sioux war may be con-
sldered at an end. Crook goes East. it is
supposed, to arrange for permanent res.
eryation for the Sioux.
REMOVAL.
The New York tribune saws. There
are now 7.Ooo Indians at Spotted Tail, and
about 5000 at Red Cloud. They are much
to removal to the Missouri River.
and, and, while the present successful eff
forts at pacifcation continue, it would
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EAT TY PLANO!

Grand Square and Upright
ihls instrument is the most handsome
ana best Piano ever before manufactures
IN this country or Europe, having the
greatest possible depth, richness a, vol.
ume OF tone, combined with rare brllian-
cy. clcarness and perfect evenpcss through.
out the entire scale, and, above all, I7,r.
plisiug duration OF sound, the power and
sympathetic quality of which never
changes CD under the most delicate or power.
Iul touch. Space forbids a full descrin-
ton OF this magnificent jnstrnmen,
Agents discount given where | have No
agents a.; snhso Remember you take no risk in
INSTRUMENTS. If, after five l57 da w.
les, lei, trial, it proves unsatisfactory The
money none you have paid will be refunded
CHARGES seoa in I o. instrument, and freight
warranted tor six years. Address, '"n0S
Daniel !: r. Beatty.
9a,v Washington, New Jersey, u. s'A
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On the 9Th, inst, the following was

| vi lHc otiI, !HSI., the following was
received:
/ OFFICE DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
:; HELENA, NJ. T., May 2i, 1877.
DEAR SIR IL have considered the ap-
pllcation of citizens of Galatin and Gus
Ter counties. addressed to your Excellen
cy, praying for the organization of the
latter county, aud | submit as my opinion
that your Exceilency is authorized by law
to put such organization in motion by the
creation Of Board of County Commits
sioners, who may fully organize by the
appointment of such other officers as are
necessary to perfect the organization. In
my Judgment, section 43, page 81, Ninth
Session laws, furnishes ample authority for
such procedure and is not in conflict
with any organic inhibition. Section 40
of the same act, to which my attention
has been directed, is no authority against
the right to organize, but only provides
against establishing election precincts in
counties not fully organized, etc. That is
to say, that no election could be held in
SNSAA S'uhAy WILL (AC DOHIu VI OOuutYI
Commissioners had been created and had
proceeded to perfect such organization in
the manner before stated.
Yours, truly,
j. X. TOOLE,
Dist. Atty Sd Jud Dist. n, T.
This probably settles the matter, and
Custer County is q county at last. As
argued in late number Of the COURIER.
we felt certain the course indicated by
MIR. Toole lay within the Governor
power.
Mess D. W. Ringer, N. Borchard,
aid II. Harris. having been nominated
ny their constituents, they have been duly
appointed County Commissioners, a d
Will proceed to the organization of the
County, as by law provided. This is
another home-s'rike for Eastern Montana
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SPIRIT OF THE TERRIFIC
RIAL PRESS.

Missoulisn. - Occasionally we see a
farmers team striking out and hunting q
market. 1t is urged that the reason of
hunting market is that there is no home
market. and there can manif, silly be none
"hLe market is sought abroad. Mixed
husoandry is a necessity in sparsely-
settled country Ike this; but husbands y
mixed with frelghting is rot the best. A
regular trelghter can discount farmer at
the business and give him points in the
game. Even in the perishable articles Of
garden-stuf, it is better to sell to pcdulers
VINO know the market and know what
they can sell and where they can sell it,
II we can add to our population of freight
ers ard buyers it will manifestly be for
the interest of the whole community.
Competition will spring up, and there
VIII De close margin of profit between
home prices and those abroad.
lndependent.-The leprous hordes of
Asiatlcs continue to pour in upon the
most fertile and beautiful portion of the
continent and gradually permeate the
whole country. One of the most potent
weapons used against the people of those
afflicted States is religion. The minis
tiers OF the gospel have ever been on the
side OF the Chinese, as ,gunst the labor
ing classes. To liz "A is in a great
measure due the sympathy that exists
throughout the East in favor of the
heather. as in their zeal they affirm that
The Outstanding of few of the lnfidel,
is full compensation for all the ills their
presence indicts upon the people-aud it is
THIS feeling that is so potent in Con grcss
10 rejecting all remedial measures.
Herald. - Everything indicates a long
'elgn OF peace. and the troops are very
likely to remain in the valley of the Vel :
,owstone for many years. We rejoice at
II, Tor 1t Will lead to the improvement oil
our rivers, the permanent settlement of
our waste country, the interposi.ion of an
efftctual barrier between our present set.
Elements and danger from Indians. and
still further, it will help to hasten the dav
when the Northern Pacific in some hand
and by some agency shall be pushed
westward from its present terminus. It's
not improbable that before the present
season Is over, we may be getting our
Eastern mails by way Of the Yellowstone.
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REPORT Of THE CONDITION
OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of B0zemap,
All BOHEMIAN.
In the Territory Of Montana, at the Close Of
Business April l4th, 1877.


Loans and discounts. .$3S, 914 SO
UVerdratls .................. 10,047 al
US. Bonds to secure circulation so. 900 OO
US Bonds to secure deposits. so. 600 O0
Other stocks, bonds and mort
cages. ................. 1853 81
Due from approved reserve ag'ts 1887 50
Due from other National Banks So 560 80
Real estate, furniture, & fixtures 5, $50 90
Current expenses and taxes paid 1926 40
Premiums paid Il coo 90
Checks and other cash items 112 OF
Bills of other Banks, I Gao M
Fractional currency (ncluding
nirkels).. ............... 254 "A
hegai-tender notes. ........... $1,000 90
fund with U. S.
Treasurer Is per cent. OF
circulationl .......... $3.50 90
Due from U. s. Treasurer.
other than per cent. re.
demption fund. ......... 5000 0c
TOTAL cO0H ono 80
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The New York tribune says: There
are now 1000 Indians at Spotted Tail, and
about 5000 at Red Cloud. They are much
opposed to removal to the Missouri River
and, and, while the present successful ef-
forts at pacification continue, it would
seem unfortunate TO attempt it.