Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-03-07
The News.

me VoW8s
Bismarck recently organized bra
band.
The English War Office invites tendc
for 10000 Henry rifles.
1T is now stated. on good authOrit
that Lord Derby has not resigned.
-Thos. W. Ferry was chosen Presidel
pro ton. OF the Senate. on the 18th ult.
Another gang of incendiary Mol
Masuirps has been discovered in Pcnnsy
vania..
Meridian. Conn. and Lower Canad;
recently suffered :snmchse damage b
foods.
A paper mill in PinSburg burned o
the LIST inst. Loss, 100000; insured 10
$4,000.
The military reservation ut Wall
Walla IS 10 be enclosed with patent fence
costing $500 per mile.
Chicago had a $500 fire on the 2Gtl
u!t.. and on the same day had another one
the loss Of which + estimated at $50,
OOO.
Vice President Wheeler is visiting rla
tives in Piitsburs. absenting himself from
1hc Senate because of recent suffering from
NEURALGIA.
The command Of the British forces. in
case OF war with Russia, is announced to
bc Lord Napier. Maior-General WOolscy
" i'll be his chief-of.staff.
--NEw YoRK. Feb. 2G.-Thc U'orld's
Washington special says: The early re-
tircment OF Secretary Thompson is proba-
bly, because of ill-heait!i.
The State Gcologist of Georgia asserts
that its gold region is richer than that OF
California. and says that the yield must
very soon become enormous.
1t is said that the Senate will not pass
the House bill transferring the Indian Blu
reau to the War Department. and lift did,
the President wouldn't sign it.
-Hewr,i shooting affairs have taken
place in the Black Hills lately. They were
mostly private qllarIrls. which were adjust
ed by one of the parties being killed.
The United States Treasurer hopes to
pay the salaries of the members of Con.
grcss in silver next month. They will each
receive about . pounds of silver if he
does.
Blaine. in the Senate on The 18th nit.
spoke quit" severely against the Secretary
OF the Interior for his action in Selling tim
beg In Montana and elsewhere without due
notice.
Brigham i oung's twenty-five widows
and fOrty-iAe children are dissatisfied with !
the distribution Of the Prophets property.
and threaten to bring 4 law suit about the
matter. Won'tit ~ fun for the lawyers if
they do.
Preachers are at discount. Bishop
Foster. in recent speech in Boston, said
that there are two thousand men at the
present time, throughout the lat.A seeking
pulpi!s.
-WAsHINGroS. February Is. - The
Treasury Department bought out of the ,
'u!!ion fund, on Monday last, enough sill ,
er at 81 sd to run all the minis for thir-
y days. I,
The Merchants Bank Of Bismarck" =
Las been founded at bismarck. Heavy q
II. Paul bankers arc at its head. 1t is an
Institution that has long been needed in \
hat town.
DR.. Lindermann. director Of the Mint s.
! Washington, ID. e.. wants specimens of S,
lontana minerals to place on exhibition. el
pecimens delivered ut the U. 5. Assay
flee, in Helena, will he forwarded. "
The Pressaest vetoed the silver bill be- h
use he does rot taelieve that vote of Sc
ongress can make ninety-tw0 cents equal "
le hundred. Zine will tell whether he c.
the friends OF the silver bill are right. o.
-'fhe steamboat General Terry. which 6.
advertised to be the first boat to start up es
e Missouri this year. has born launched &C
PItsburg, and is now receiving her I'll
lchinery. She has a cargo Of 220 tons of &c
ntoa freight already engaged. ne
March 1.-The House III
'Llnittce on Pacific Railroads to-day, by -. ="
majority vote. decided to recommend the 'n
ssage Of the Texas Pacific Railroad bill pa
the precise terms reported by tic sub y" y.
nmiiiee last week. VI
The Committee on Pacific Railroads r..
We reported ftvorably on the bill to cx- ~. ne
ID for ten years the time for the compile ~,
n OF the Northern Pacific Railroad. An 49,,
endment has also been made. authOriz- 49,.
: the company to issue bonds to the ~.
cunt Of $4,000 for each mile of road. o.,
Ii the assent oftwO-t!iirds of the stock ~.
ders. va
ito
On the first of this month, Lieut.. VIII n,
4 Young. Francis Klett. and party OF ~
Tiers were to leave the Ogden National ,h,
servatory. for survey of Great Salt c,,
Ike and all its islands. They make tie IN,
nth Of Weber river their initial point. NJ
will accurately map tho shores Of the nj,
in land and islands. They will make MI;
ndings of Ill the navisablc channels. owl
IS and nlcts. and make a chart OF these. no,
ich will also show all rocks. shoals, and -
er dangerous places. a full report will an,
sent to the Chief of the U. S. Engineers T,
ps OF Washington. An apparatus will r.
liked at Short Branch. which will acc,,- ;Io
.ly record the rise and fall OF the water ,r,.
lie lake. by double-gl.lduated scale h,,
hin and without box. which has at mo
led two standard tor this purpose. fan
New Presidential scheme. c'r
: AsuISGroN, February 2j.-yhe bill in ing
lucei by Southland, proposing the SIX the