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LOUISIANA RETURNING BOARD
FRAUDS.

Quite a stir has been made lately by the
Indictment Of the members Of the late Lou
isiana Returning Board. Gen. Anderson S
case has been tried and the jury. after be-
ing out half an hour, brought in their ver-
dict. When the verdict was given to the
clerk, Gen. Anderson was deathly pale,
twisting nervously the head of his cane be-
tween his fingers. Then the verdict was
read. 1t is as follows:
1--WE find Thomas G. Anderson guilty,
and recommend him to the mercy of the
Court
The defence asked for polling Of the
jury. Each juror, after his name was
called, was asked, SIS this your verdict
Guilty and recommended to the mercy of
the COurt?'' They all answered in the af-
firmative. The jury was then discharged,
and the prisoner remanded to await SEN
tence. Some of Anderson's friends at once
surrour q him and accompanied him to
the jail.
1t is likely that the cases against eX-Goy-
ernor Wells and the two negro members of
the Board will be tried Immediately, and in
the light of Anderson's case, there can be
vat little doubt but what they will be found |
.uilty.
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The Pope Dead at Last.

The death Of Plus TX has been oiliciali '
announ ced rs having taken place on the
9TH il st. At s O'Clock that night the Pope
felt ,ddsn suf1ocation. He rallied sew
eral TINS, but said to his physicians.
''Death wins This time.' He was alternate
ly lucid and w, udering. His last moments
were lucid. He .said: ''Guard the church
l loved SO well and sacredly.''
Tie immediate c;.use of his death was
the closing Of the wound in the leg, which
made the htlmors mount into his lungs and
brain. As he mad been Suffering from ill
health for some time past, the event was
not unlocked for. His hame was Giovanni
Maria Mastai Ferretti. He was born in
Italy, on the 18th Of May, 1872, received
priests orders in 1919, was made Cardi-
nal in 1341, and was elected to the ioapacy
on the 18th day OF June, 1916, in place of
Gregory XVI. His principal ecclesiasi zeal
acts were the formal definition of the
dogma of the Immaculate Conception. in !
1854; the famous Encyclical of 1864. and
the bull slmmoning the Ecumenical Coun-
I'll, in lS69-70, which promulgated the
doctrine Of Papal Infallibility.
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Utah Il Northern Railroad.
New YOKK. january "a. ISL

New YORK, January a, 1873.
Col. j. 4. TiaN. Helena, NJ. T.:
De- SIR :-Yours of the llth inst. is al
hand ard contents noted.
We cxl 'ect to have the Utah Northern
Railroad completed 40 miles from Frank
lin, ready for the summer business. We
propose to put on an efficient freight line
ourselves. and Salisbury has agreed to put
on a stage line from the end Of the track.
which will be al'Out one hundred miles
from Corinne. We propose to bill goods
from New York to Helena OF any other
point. so that shippe" IS will have no trouble
hereafter. By so DOH. g we think we will
have 4 large increase of business in the
spring. | wish you TO give to the mer-
chants ofy your country tn . contents of this
letter. and say to them tina we want them
all to join in to help lis by shipping by our
line. We hope this coming season to get
up an organization and go to Montana in
such shape that we can ask fc r assistance
IN the form of bonds.
Truly yours.
SIDNEY Dill LON.
Helena |s,c -
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ENDORSEMENT OF MAGINNIS' TIN.
BEK BILL.

WASHINGTON. February S.-rhe Com
miitee of Territorial Delegates unanimous
~ adopted the following at their meeting
to-day:
Resoiccd, That the Committee on Public
Lands, of the House . Representatives. be
respectfully requested TO report House
Bill No. PAP, introduced by Maginnis, OF
Montana. to regulate the cutting Of timber
on public lands in the Territories, with
favorable recommendation, rs in our belief
said bill is well adapted to furnish such re-
lief rs the people Of the Territories require,
and that its passage ought not to be jeop-
arlized by being attached TO or connected
with other proposed legislation, about
which there may exist serious differences
Of opinion. The bill proposed gives inn
sM,fliate relief. and the interests OF the Ter
IItories impcratively require such action on
fhc part of Congress. In view of the
threatened action by authorities, the Dele
gates from the Territories unanimously
and urgently ask such action at the hands
OF THE Committee on Public Lands as that
the adjournment of the present session of
Congress viii not leave them in THE, pres
elt unfortunate condition.
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Official Statement Of the Peace Basis.
LONDON, February s.-Offlcial inforrna-
ton from st. Petersburg gives the detailed
peace basis. as follows:
First. The erection of Bulgaria into q
principality.
Second. Way indemnity or territory
compensation.
Third. Independence Of Roumania, Ser
via and Montenegro, with increase Of terri
tory for each.
Fourth. Reforms in Bosnia and Here
govina.
Fifth. Interior understanding between
the Sultan nd the Car regarding the OAR
lanelles.
Sixth. Evacuation of the Danubian for
tresSes and ErZerOum.
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Montana News.
TMdepeudeut.i

independents.
/. 3. Porter's advertiser is the title OF a
new monthly publication which will short
ly be issued from the Independent office,
and will be candidate for the advertising
patronage of the business men of the Ter
ritory. Five thousand copies of the Ad1er-
tisc, will be printed and distributed gratui-
tously. 1t will be the principal aim Of the
publication to disseminate trustworthy in
formation concerning the resources Of this
Territory, and to this end a liberal space of
every number will be devoted to giving re-
liable statistics, and a jealous care will be
exercised that it will contain such informa-
ton as will be found desirable by the mass
es Of the people in the States. The pro-
prietor believes that this is the best means
by which immigrants may be brought to
the Territory.
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--S--7l----------- - -
Public Debt Statement {.

The public debt statement for January
shows decrease IN the debt for the month
Of $l.6es, O7s. and the following balances
In the Treasury: Currency. $3.l70. 400 I:
special fund for redemption of fractional
currency, 81. 10000; special DEPOSITS of
leyal tenders for redemption Of certificates
Of deposit. Syl j 5000: coin, Sl26. $50,
including coin certificates, S42.753, 500 !:
outstanding legal tenders, S3l9, ll0.42i.
Payments made from the Treasury by
warrants during the month OF January,
1875. were az follows: On account OF the
eivil and miscellaneous. expei.ses, 1924
217 s..s
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The Northern Pacific


WASHINGTON, Feb. Ga bill was re-
ported to-day from the House Committee
on Pacific railroads extending for ten years
the time for the completion of the North
ern Pacific railroad. 1t provides for the
construction of not less than 100 miles a
year, and that the main line between Port.
land and point as far east as Jymatalla
Oregon, shall be located and constructed
on the south side of the Columbia river
The actual settlers on surveyed lands with
in the limits of the railroad grant are Sc
cured IN their rights by paying $3.50 per
acre. Pre-emptors of homesteads are also
protected. The company is authorized to
issue bonds and secure the same by mort
gage on the whole or any part of its road
and property. The bill does not extend
the time to bring the branch line through
Washington Territory, from the mouth of
Snake river to Puget Sound, but only
gives the company the land earned by ii
on the 81 miles already built.
vienna, February s.-A private telegram
has arrived here which states that the
British heet is again leaving tor the Dartla-
nelles.
LONDON, February 8.-The Post in q
article says, relative to the Russian
advance on Constantinople: Wemay rely
upon 1t that the Cove. ment Is now aware |
fliat British interests have been directly
nftacked. and that It will adopt measures
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(Herakd.l


"Geyser Land and the Wonders of the
Yellowstone Park" is the title of Il book
now in preparation by F. D. Carpenter.
The volume will contain about 200 pages,
and is now in course ofprinting by Burnett
& Son, of Black Earth, Wis. 1t comprises
a description of the National Park, a por-
trayal of its endless wonders and attractions
as summer resort, and circumstantial
account of the surprise and capture by the
Neg Perces and subsequent escape Of the
of the Helena and Radersburg
tourists.
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Internal improvements.

New 1ORK.-The WoyIds Washington
special says: There is a disposition on the
part of several members of the House
Committee on commerce to recommend
larger appropriations for internal improve
ments this year than usual. Labor can
now be obtained at cheaper rates than for
many years past, and liberal appropria-
lions will give employment to hundreds of
impoverished working men.
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Notice to Miners.
U. s. LAND OFFICE,
R0ZEMAN MONrAEA Eah z 1919

U. s. LAND OFFICE
BozEMAN, MONTANA, Feb. Z, ISIS.
Erasmus ID. Johnson, whose post-Of1ice
address is Bozeman, Galla'in county, Montana,
land, under tie Homestead laws, the s. T.. a Of
Section 30 in township South of Range East,
which land is suspended frJnl entry. Notice Is
hereby given tina, a hearing will be had at this
office on The - ,;ay of March, y. ID. 1873, at 10
O'Clock q M, to determine rs TO the mineral or
nOn-minerai character OF said land and testi-
nrn;y To be used upon said herring will be taken
before the Register and Receiver at Bozenan,
on the 2z,l uay of March, A. ID. 1878,
at 10 o'clock u. m.
1t i, alleged there are no known mines nor
mining improvements upon said land
DAVIS WILSON, Register.
7-l3td
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kilograms.
Indian Police

CHICAGO, February 6.-The Tri5unc's
Washington special says: Hayt, the Com
missioner of Indian affairs, has completed
his bill providing for the organization of
Indian police on the various Indian reser-
vations. He will ask for $4,000 to begin
III" experiment. The plan contemplates
the enrolment of the most trusted of the
different tribes as police.
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CHusbandman.1

The sale of sheep by Gen. Smith to Cook
Bros. & Hussey, of which we made men,
ton last week, was made at $3.50 per head.
The flock amounted to about $50, and is
in fine condition.
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use the best material, and customers can relv
on obtaining good articles Call and See ne
when you visit les.5Baksry IN Front street
I'm JOHN NANEJ
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Thousands Of Envelopes Of 81 AIN. 30
Heads, Note Heads, Hama nv
Lading, Bill Heads, Statement nn'.,,slsr
Cards, Visiting Cards. .,.,b.
Tickets, Programmes, ia
Posters, Etc, OF All -.
and prices. gotten Up
~, on short notes
At the v.ry:lsw'''
living rates
7s. .....
B lo II
~-GlvE Us AcALl
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seen. The boys and girls were much the
better for his yisit-ChurcInaasa
The Modern Giant.

This is rare sport when well managed.
A large sheet should be strained across
an open door; folding doors are better
for this game, as they give larger space
for action. The room in which the
spectators are seated should be dark
ened; but in the room back of the cur
tain, where the giant exhibits, should be
placed on the floor bright lamp or can
die, with a reflector either of polished
Tin or a looking-glass Any one stand
ing between the light and curtain ap-
pears immense in all his proportions, as
his reflection is cast upon the sheet
Let the person acting as the giant first
open his hands and spread his fingers
wide, and let them appear at the bottom
of the curtain, and gradually rise till
the shadow of his whole body is exhib-
ted between the lights and the curtain.
He will appear to rise from the cellar.
Then let him jump over the light, to the
rear of the reflector, and it will seem as
if he jumped upward through the cell
ing.
Many amusing scenes can be thus
contrived Articles of furniture, etc. I,
can be drawn down from above, by SIM
ply passing them over the light. Dolls
can be used with great effect. The giant
can appear to swallow them, or destroy
the pigmy race. Care shonld be taken
to keep the profile on the screen as dis
tinct as possible. Some call this game
1" The Man in the Moon. The Anleri-
can Young Folks.
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EngIaud,S Might.

Englana's naval strength is 579 YES
sells ct 9l5, $50 tons burden, with 2.S19
guns, and steam power equal to 6O3. 448
horses. Sixty-four of these vessels are
powerful iron clads. So far as the mum.
Der stated go, it appears that we have an
Admiral for each of the 267 vessels in
commission, with % to spare for receiv-
ing, store, training and surveying ships.
dispatch and tug vessels, yachts. etc.
and 43 more than one for every two of
the 5TS, including coal depots, chapels,
hospitals and reformatories. There is a
similar glut with regard to the army. Of
Generals, counting those on the active
list only, there is one for every two of
!5l regiments, with 203 to spare. There
Is Lieutenant Colonel for each of
them, with three over, and for every
regiment there are three Major Generals
within Is, six Colonies, with 10 over,
fifteen Lieutenant Colonies, with A
over, and nine Majors, with 116 to
spare: Proportionately, therefore, if not
actually, we are more abundantly supplied
with office than even the great military
powers OF the continent. Of regular
troops we have Isl regiments; of militia.
yeomanry aud volunteers. 4SS req
ments, making a total of 639 regiments.
to say nothing of pensioners and re-
serves. We have also sea force more
powerful than that of any two other ma
val powers. and the advantage of an in
suiar position instead of open frontiers.
We are In state of profound peace with
the world, and may 80 continue if we
please. Yet, notwithstanding all this,
there are persons among us who believe,
or affect to believe, that there is nothing
to prevent the landing of hostile force
OF lOO, 600 men upon our shores in a
SINGLE night. and that there viii be no
safety for us until every able bodied man
among us is trained to arms.
Reform Almanac.
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About the House.

CARPETS having small figures are fash,
ionable.
PURE orris-root powder is a harmless
and agreeable tooth-powder.
RAIsINs are rendered quite digestible
if boiled or steamed before using them
in cakes or pies.
To swEETEN the breath, pour a few
drops of tincture of myrrh into q wine
glass of water and gargle the mouth
thoroughly with it.
AN idea for mothers: Basic piece OF
needle-work on the bottom of children s
cloaks; this takes the place of a white
dress in the street, and is far more easy
to do up.
To DESTROY CocKRoACHKs. Where
borax and nsect-powder have failed to
exterminate cockroaches, sprinkle the
floor with powdered white hellebore;
they will eat it and be poisoned by it.
JUMBLEs.-One cupful sugar and one
of good butter, rubbed to a cream, one
half cupful sour cream, one well-beaten
egg, one teaspoonful of soda dissolved in
3 ny little hot water; flavor with nut
meg; slit flour enough to make a soft
dough or batter.
Coon BAKED HAM.-Boil the ham till
nearly done; remove the skin and cover
with layer of grated bread crumbs,
seasoned with sugar and very little
pepper, and bake an hour in an oven hot
enough to brown the crumbs. The ham
should be raised from the pan in which
it is baked, that it may not taste as if
fried in the fat which may exude from it.
FRUIT OR CURRANT CAKE. Currants
or citron for cake should not be "rolled
in -four" but dredged or well sprinkled
with sifted -four, having first made the
fruit as dry as possible; that is, after
washing and draining the currants, dry
them on the stove and while warm and
dry dredge them with sifted -four just
before adding them to the cake, and the
fruit should be the last thing added.
To RID HOUSE FROM BEDBUas.
Take 10 cents worth of quicksilver and
the white of an egg; beat them well to-
gether until the quicksilver is like fine
pepper all through the egg. It may
take one hour to beat. Do not use an
egg-beater, for the silver is poisonous.
Then apply the mixture with a feather
to all cracks or places where there are
any bugs This, if persevered in, is a
certain remedy.
CURATE's PUDDNG.-Beet the yelks
of Two eggs with two ounces of -four and
one tablespoonful of milk; set half pint
of milk, lacking the tablespoonful, on
the fire, with two ounces of sugar and
two of butter; make them hot, but do not
let them boil; when the -four and eggs
are beaten quite smooth add the hot
milk, ETC., also the whites of the eggs,
beaten very light. Mix thoroughly and
pour into four saucers, buttered and
heated hot; bake twenty minutes in a
quick oven. When cooked light brown
color lay two of them on dish spread
with plum or other jam, place the other
two on top and serve at once.
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TEE LITTLE FOLKS.
o Dear Mel


My little boy sings very poor song
"Oh dear mel"
Nothing goes right and everything wrong
What viii he do the whole day iong7
e" o dear meP0
1t pours and it pours, and will not stop
GO dear me !'')
he has lost his whip, and broken his top;
He wishes it would not rain dropl
Is o dear me pr
Come, play at toIl-gate with plums for toll
(f o dear me ny
Or take up your drum and beat me roll;
Or go at fishing your cane for pole.
ESQ dear me ~
You viii not have them, your toys or ball?
(t o dear me ~
Well, here are your tools, the hammer and all
Then play you're a soldier, straight and tall
rs o dear me!'1
Soldiers are horrid? Well, here are your blocks
e. o dear menD
Build mamma q house high up on the rocks;
You only like ships that are on the stocks?
eco dear me pr
Well, sing no more that dole fullest strain,
" dear me !"
But give poor mamma chance to complain;
Tpe troublesome boy along with the rain
50 l-dear incl"
1 thought that mamma could make him smile;
"See see see ~
Well, come and sit on her knee awhile;
"One-two-three !"
There now Wen sing in a roIlicking style;
80 dear WE J"
Harriet KcEtren KimbaH, in Youths Companion
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HORRORS AT SEA.
Frighttul Sufferings of a Ships Or ew- Can
nibalism Board

FrIghtful Sufferings of a Ships Crew-Can-
nibaIism on Board.
The narrative of the sufferings of the
crew of the schooner Sallie M. Steelman,
who recently arrived at New York on the
schooner Speedwell, is so horrible in de-
tail that it sounds more like a chapter
from sensational sea novel than stern
reality. For seven days they had no
sustenance except coffee, and then one
of the crew was shot in a row, and the
survivors cooked and ate him.
On the afternoon of Dec. 80, when
about twenty miles to the southeast of
Cape Hatteras, they were caught in a
terrific gale from the northwest, and
were literally at its mercy for seventy
hours.
On the 9th of January the colored
nam, George Seaman, became almost
delirious and would occasionally leave
his berth and wander around the decks.
Early on the morning of the 30th he
turned out of his bunk and came upon
deck. He first met the Captain, and,
after talking in an incoherent way,
threatened to shoot him. The Captain
walked away from him, and then Seaman
went to the forecastle. When he was
inside he called on Walter Sampson, an
other colored man, and ordered him to
get up or he would shoot him in his
bunk. Sampson got up and put on his
things ard came back toward the door,
but before he got there Seaman put his
hand in his pocket to pull his pistol, and
Sampson shot him.
After being shot Seaman rushed to the
deck, but fell dead in his tracks when
he had gone but few steps. The crew,
it seems, let the body lay for four hours,
during which time the proposition that
the dead mans flesh be eaten was dis
cussed. Then Sampson was given an
ak by the mate, and, approaching the
corpse, severed the head from the body.
The head was wrapped in canvas and
thrown overheard. Barrett then strip
off as much OF the flesh from the legs
and trunk as he could, and, when he
finally ceased the butchery, the flesh was
placed in a barrel and sailed down, and
the mutilated carcass WAS wrapped in
canvas and thrown overheard. Some of
the flesh was Immediately thrown into q
pot, parboiled, and then fried in pan.
Most of the crew turned sick at the
thought of such unnatural food, but
their hunger at length prevailed over
their conscience and revulsion of taste,
and they partook of two meals. Their
experience of the cannibalistic repast
was varied, Barrett, who butchered the
corpse, and who ate about pound and
half of the flesh, declaring it tasted as
"good as any beefsteak he ever eat u
The necessity for such food ended on the
following day, when, after forty-fve days
of awful suffering, the crew of the dis
mantled and fast sinking vessel sighted
the Speedwell, and soon were safe on
board the vessel and bound for New
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Crennated.

Few female minds would possess the
fortitude to write such will as was left
by Mrs, Ben Pitmsn, the wife of the
author of a photographic system, who
died recently in Cincinnati. This lady
who was herself skilled phonographei
and lecturer on the art, introduced in
to her last will and testament clause as
follows:
1nasmuch SIS have long conceived it to be
the most sensible mode of disposing of nv
body, desire my remains to be forwarded TO
DR.. LIE Moyne, to be cremated in the furnace
built by him for that purpose st Washington,
Pa
In obedience to this request the hug
band of the deceased proceeded to the
place of cremation, where the remains
were reduced to ashes and urned. There
were no religious observances of any
kind, and the process of cremation was
performed IN the simplest manner pos
sible. The LIE Moyne furnace is the
one In which the body of the late Baron
de Palm was incinerated some months