Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-04-04
The News.

dumping" town lots in Butte was tn
favorite pastime there not long since.
When Gallatin county miner is toll
to choose his weapon, he takes his pick.
The salmon have commenced runnin,
up the Columbia river fully one NJ cntl
earlier than usual.
A man named Murphy recently triet
to kill four men at Walla Walla, but onl!
got away with one OF them.
Samuel l.. Clemens MARX Twain) AM
family start for Germany April 18th, ant
will remain abroad one or two years.
Mark Twain has got 100000 out Of
Raymond for the Colonel Sellers play al
ready, and it is good for as much more.
The contracts for carrying govern
ment freight on the upper Missouri this
season have been let to Commodore Coul-
son.
Judge Page. Of the tenth judicial district
OF Minnesota. has been impeached by the
lower house. for official general cussed-
ness.
The indebtedness of Jefferson county.
March LIST. 1873. was S54.lG7.7G. being an
increase Of S427.G4 over the Indebtedness
Of last year.
The government disbnrses about Sl4.-
100000 every year to residents of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. and $4,000, 600 more are
disburscd by visitors.
The New York Herald and San Fran
cisco Chronicle each have resident reporters
Helena to keep them supplied with im-
portunt news from Montana.
The New York Tribune says the design
Of the new silver dollar is poor, that it is
badly cut. and that it looks cheap, ''as be-
comes so cent dollar"
"A bill has passed the House, fixing the
pay of United States Marshals ut $1,000
per annum, chief deputy ut $4,000, and
other deputies, S. per day.
The Free Thinkers of Chicago propose
to build a vast temple to free thought, in
which discourses are to be delivered by
Bob InSersOll and others.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is living a Sc
cllded lite in an interior town in France,
and declines to return to America least she
may again be placed in an insane asylum.
The Christian Union insists that if the
legend. '.In God we trust" is to be stamp
ed on the new silver dollars, the petition.
Forgive us our debt" ought to be added
thereto.
There is bill before Congress to pay
some Of the heirs of those who were muir
tlered at Mountain Meadows the sum o.
$4,000, that being the value Of the proper
ty destroyed belonging to two families.
Nearly 81. 900. 900 is the amount appro-
priated by the Legislature Of Minnesota to
run that State for 1873. Sl5O,0OO is appro-
pr;ated to purchase seed grain for relief of
grasshopper sufferers of the season of
1877.
Inc COInu.II,tc Woman. C,.as~se
of the Connecticut Legislature have nearly
unanimously agreed to report bill giving |
taxpaying women the right to vote at
town. city, borough, and school district {
meetings.
"A man named Raigent recently left the
upper Ottawa shan!ies and started 10 walk S
home. He was out seven days without I
food, and on reaching a farm house. gorged I
himself to such an extent that he died
shortly afterward. a
"A very singular suit has just been de. c
cided in an Ohio court. A man promised '
to marry young lady, but instead of do t
ing SO he died. She brought suit against t
his estate for $4,000 damage, and the il
court awarded her $4,000. S
Governor Nichols has convened the 0
Louisiana Legislature in extra session for !
fifteen days, specifying the matters for con- I
sideratiOn. including the revenue and ap- z
preparation bills. This extra session will v
cost the State about $4,000 in expenses. a
A new town has been founded at the I.
mouth OF Powder river. thirty miles be- q
low Fort Ke0sb. on the Yellowstone. 1t y
is in anticipation Of the great hereafter, !.
and we don't doubt the ability of the y
boys interested to make it grand sue =
tribune. :"
"A bill has been introduced in the Penn .,
sylvania House Of Representatives which 8,
makes the cremation OF a human body a =
and provides for fine of !.
not less than $500 nor more than $1,000, II
with imprisonment, and makes it the duty .
of constables, sheriffs and other officers to h
enforce tiss law under penalty of prosecu- :;
ton. :;
The latest sensation in Helena has IL
been created by an lrishlEan named Patrick G,
DReilley. who claims to he an agent Of n
Flood, O'Brien T. Ma..key, Of Nevada, NJ
having closed bargain vi th Nate Vestal "
or the Penobscot iH$6e. lie price agreed h
IN is $500. 600 cash dSwn. t'hc telegraph n
inc being down, Mr.. O'lseiAty has been 8.
unable SO far to receive al answer from his s
Employers. Il
The heaviest storm ever known in h
Vest Virginia occurred on the 18th of m
iarch. Hail stones rs large as hens ego II
ell for nearly IN hour in Jefferson county. "
'reaking windows. crushing roofs OF ~
louses, killing cattle. hogs and sheep in to
arge numbers. The hail was followed by W
heavy rain which washed out many fields ST
4 grain, destroyed 70: ds, bridges and lie
ences. 1t Is rumored that the loss in stool pl
lone was $4,000. ",
Mr.. Rande. one Of the most notorious ~
riminals ever on trial, aud who was re -
emily hung at Galesburg, ILL.,. for his ~
rimes, was defended by an attorney named -
bradshaw, who, in his peroration for the .'
cfense, made use Of the following hyper :.
ole: IF YOU are to be governed by pre- an
,dice. it would be better for my client to nc
e in an ocean of blood, In boat Of stone, mi
18th oars OF iron and sails OF lead, and the III
'rath Of an avenging God for gale, and a W.
a! for the nearest port, and then expect or
, land on Canaan's happy shore, as expect ",
.stice from such jury. la,
The DrOpertv of Mr.. Jerry Tullis. the !. !: