Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-07-12
Gene7uHties.

General Henningsen, who went VII
Walker to capture Nicaragua. is dead
Mrs. Carallne Norton, the author O
''Bingen on the Rhins7 and many otbe
poems ana sketches, is dead. She liza
been para!yzed for several years.
Oatmeal contains as much sugar as new
milk, fifty per cent more than rye mea
and wheaton bread, and nearly fourteen
times as much as Indian meal and rice.
A Mr. Ross, of Fayette county, fel
from his buggy few days ago, dislocat
ing bis neck. Strange to say, he lived fo
some hours, and rode some distance aftc
the accident, b. fore he died.
Oregon has new expedient for keep.
ing her citizens sober. Every man who
drinks IS Obliged to take out a license
costing five dollars. 1t is penal offtnst
for any liquor dealer to sell drink to al
unlicensed man.
On the farm Of r. Pybus, near Lecle
nav, Michigan, piece of ground severa
rods in circumference sank this spring sc
that the tops OF two large trees on the
tract are even with the former level of the
ground, The cause of the phenomenon
is unknown.
The Connecticut farmers are not plant
ing as much tobacco this year as usual
owing to the falling off in price and to &
light demand for the quality grown there
which is of tighter color than tina,
grown south of the Ohio river. A dark
color is the fashion.
II is not generally known, but should
BE-, that handful of flour thrown on
burning Oil will Cucnch the flame imme-
dia'eIy. The next time you have lamp
Explosion, try the experiment, and see
how like a charm it will! act. 1t is wei
worth remembering.
The bottom has dropped out of the
Black Hills pretty c1lectually. A great
deal Of poverty and suffering are reported
among the adventures who have focked
thi'her, and disappointed and diSgusted
men are leaving in such numbers that
D,adwood city will soon deserve its name
more than ever.
The march of Improvement in Albany
last week destroyed the most venerable
resident of that city. an old elm, one
hundred and fifty years old and more,
vt,,5 IN tn ,,nty g.,
widening the street. According to the
Journal, which is much incenscd at the
vandalism, there is story we'll vouched
for that Philip Livin. ston, one of the
signc1s Of the Declaration of Indepep
encc, " no was born in 1716, took occ:
sion, when yoang man, to stay the hand
of "A sailor who was preparing to cut down
the elm with his pocket knife.
An idea Of the age which orange trees
may attain is furnished by the history of
the magnificent one in the orangery of the
Palace Of Versailles, known by the name
of the Grand Connetable, Or Grand Bour-
bon, which is now $50 years old, 1t grew
from some pits of bitter orange planted
in q pot at the commencement Of the fiji
teenth century, by Eleanor Of CASTLE,
wife of Charles Ill, King of Navarro.
The young plants which sprapg from the
seeds " ere kept IN the same tub at Pam
peluna until 1859. In 1854, more than
two centuri after, they We're removed 10
Versailles. The Grand Oonnetable, which
may be regarded as the senior of living
orange trees, is still perfectly vigorous,
and does not exhibit any signs OF decay.
The San Francisco Alta says that this IS
how Samuel L. Clemens obtained the
name which he has made famous, the OK
planation being given in letter to Mr.. j..
A. Mcpherson, of that city:
DEAR SIR: "Mark Twain" was the
nom de plume of one Capt Isaiah Sellers,
who used to write river news over it for
the New Orleans Picayuee. He died IN
1868, and as he could 40 longer need that
signature. l laid violent hands upon il
without asking permission OF the propri"-
tors remains. That is the history of the
nom de plume bear.