Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-02-21
The News.

uBu0 SOOUos
-Morrissey has recovered.
The Russians have entered CONSTANT
noplc.
Dallas. Texas, has had nine inch fal
Of snow.
Henry &. Leighton. prominent ed
itor of Iowa. died lately.
The mansion of Daniel Webster. II
Mansfield. Mass. was lately burned.
The sixteenth amendment was lost il
ti,c Hous, Committee, February 9Th.
-Pomeroy's fourth Democrat is dead
and she has not been married this year.
-Whitelaw Reid has been re-electe,. ed
itor of the New York Tribune for five
years.
A Washington telegram states thai
the Military Academy appropriation bill
has passed.
The English fleet has passed through
the Dartlrnrllcs accompanied by an Aus
TRAN vessel.
Dr. Walker. the vinegar bitters' man.
uE,cturcr. was put in Jail lately for refusing
to support his wife.
- Canadian laborer's vile. ut st.
Benoii. has given birth to twins. united
like the SianeSe twins.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Company
have reduced their labOrer's wages to nine
~ cents per day.
Til. Senate by Il vote of forty 10 nine
decided that it is insxpedient 70 reduce the
present tax on shirts.
A package containing Sl.sOO has dis
appeared from the United States Treasury
in very mysterious manner.
The chances are reported favorable for
the Bin appropriatirg $4,000 for the i'm
proven.ent of the Nissouai River at
Omaha.
The Sub Rosa gold mine. forty miles
from Boise City. with ten-stamp mill. is
paying over four hundred dollars day,
clear Of all expenses.
Labor contracts have been made which
will take five hundred Cinnamon to Mis-
souri,, to work in coal mines. and two hun
dred more to Arkansas.
The waters of the Sacramento recently
overflowed its banks. spreading over the
valley below Sacramento city. and doing
damage to the amount of one million dol
lars.
j. Madison Wells has voluntarily sur
rendered himself to the authorities at New
Orleans and will soon be tried on the
charge of making fraudulent returns on the
late Louisiana election.
1T is stated that Polk. the DoOrkeeper
of the House will certainly be removed I'M
less he resigns. The evidence shows an
utter disregard of the laws: that he has
been lobbying for certain interests and do
Ing other unofficial acts.
There is so much suffering in San !
Francisco that free dinners are given daily |
to the poor and 4 considerable amount of
money is spent in relieving the necessities
Of those who are too proud to let their
poverty be known to the public
The Snow Drift u,ioe. near Helena.
has been bonded to Mr.. &. Trent. who
agrees to pay S3OO.OOO for the mine, if
AIKEN. Seventy-five thousand dollars are
70 be paid within sixty days. and the bal
lnce In installments. He has the privilege
'f repudiat'ng the contract by forfeiture
If $500, should he deem it advisable to
10 so.
Information from Washington repre-
ents that gentlemen who have recently
Onverscd with President Hayes have
zen impressed with the seriousness which {
is cOuntenance evinccd when allusion was 4
lade to the failure of the Southern leaders +,
, keep faith rs to letting by-gones be by r
ones. According TO this authority the s
resident is certainly disappointed. while r
'any of the prominent gentlemen who /
ave cornsclled acqLIescence in the paciti- !,
ltiOn policy toward the South have given n
'idence by very positive utteranccs Of .
'eir encouragement. saying that in the {;
ght Of ten months experiment made n
it'll the Southern policy of the Admins n
alton there Is nothing from which real r.
Gun he drawn. vi
Land Commissioner Williamson has bl
Gently given a deriSiOn that affects the tn
of large and very valuable L
act of land in Use heart Of Chicago and sc
excitement lEas been caused III
ere over tine affair. 1t is in the ease of
honias Il. Valentine and David w. kean. "
locate script on the Lake front and &C
tarbon Park. II embraces the lands IL bs
z between Randolph street and the cen til
al line Of Madison street extending East. to
ID extending from Michigan avenue East in
the Lake. 1t was surveyed and owned co
; the United States. which granted to b,
ran and Valentine power to locate land G.
ywhcre they chose. They located here SUI
| the ground in question. At least such in
the decision OF the Land Commissioner. VI
n appeal has been taken to the Secretary an
the Interior, and unless he Oyerr,,lcs this SO
cisiOn a very important although inb,,ilt in
rtion of Chicago, will be lest to the city. Ia
iich claims to have clear title to it pe
W. ..r
A REMARKABLE CASE. y,