Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-09
The News.

HIIlIll.
The coinage Of twenty cent pieces h;
been stopped.
has been arrested
Tie House has passed tie River an
Harbor Appropriation BILL
A revolution has broken ont in Mex
co on the lower Rio GraNtis-
-rhe Erie raiitUaI has been sold to e,
Governor L. d. Morgan for $6.000.000.
On the 2Gth OF April there were fit
petitions in bankruptcy filed in Chicago.
The President has nominated Georg
J.. Smith Collector Of Customs at Ne,
Orleans.
--Twcnty-ninc persons are known t.
have been Killed by a rccen, raid Of Indian
in Texas.
In one district in China last year 50, 00'
persons died Of staryatien out Of tota
population of9G0o0.
The steamer Helena passed Bismarck
VA tho 2Sth ult and IL cHpoetcd TO reac
Benton by Saturday next.
Some of TIE daily papers keep. az &
standing head for their news columns,
"England preparing TO tight
The Indian Appropriation bill. as
agreed upon by the iIonse Committee, is
Sl100,00O. $4,000 less than last year.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany sold about three hundred thousand
acres OF land last year, at about $50 per
acre.
More church troubles. resulting in the
death of one man and serious wounG.ng
oftwo others. were had in Montreal on the
3Gth ut.
"A New Bedford company is preparing
to manufacture a new hand-scwing needle.
in which the eye opens with 4 spring like q
harncSS-snap.
The Territory of Washington. now
containing a population OF 10000. is ambi-
tious of soon becoming the thirty-ninth
State oftle Republic.
Out in California. the Land of the glo-
rious climate. the first six months of the
year they pray for rain, the remaining six I,
months they run away from floods.
In California. as in other parts OF the
country, the labor market is in a depressed /
condition. For the first time in its lis
tory. white men have been hired at one dol
lar a day.
The Communists Of Chicago are arm
ing and drilling. Eight thousand of them
are armed with brccclI-loading rifles. and
are causing much uneasness among prop
crty owners.
The Uta!! Northern is now being
pushed to its full capacity, forwarding {
Montana frrights. More cars and engines :
have become necessity and will soon be !
put on.-OqReu Freeman. '
Tile steamer Gen. Ruckcr was detained :
Il Pittsbnrg on account of defective ma d.
hinery. Commodore kountZ presented Il
Ter with piano. a luxury indul.ed in by
nj few up-riycr boats.
The Tri5unc's London special says: 1t Q
las chartered one hundred fast crii iisaHt i
whose commanders are ordered to treat all h
tussian priyatecrs az pirates. Il
Stone Lake and other towns in Iowa
we're visited with 4 hurricane one day last U
month. which treated trees. houses. men. q
at'lle. ETC., in q very rough manner. Many u
crsons were killed or severely wounded, :
nj MITCH property damaged. ~
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The steamer Chambers, while en- route =.
p tic river fro" Omaha, was caught in =,
eavy storm last week and was consi,lera- >,
e damaged by being blown ashore. She q,
MS stuck for two or three days. but final O.,
got off, main Bee, 2fth uH IL
The estate OF the late VIM. Orion. re
resident of the Western Union Telegraph pi
'mpany, is reported 10 be worth about FL
$4,000. He had policies on his life for wi
o,0oo-So.coO in favor Of each Of his Z;
iidren. and the remaining $4,000 paya- tn
e 10 his widow. All
-CoSsrANTISorLE, April 3O.-An afIiay Sr
$ occurred between Russian and Turkish oi'
ldicrs near Doud Pasha barracks, about Sp
o miles beyond Tie Notifications. Eighty so
N were wounded on both sides. .Jeras- SET
'raie has consequently prohibited the va
issian soldiers from crossing the line of io'
til'
-, aft
The heirs Of Brigham Young acknowl- ",
ge part OF the false prophets stealagcs NC
m N n, Ia 4
III ,'i' -"oii''o'' church. anu IN accord The
:c Herewith. have turned over to John Sol
ylor about halt 4 million dollars worth +,
property. including the Salt Lake of
ealrc. Council House. Social Hall. one ,.,u
'olen factory at Provo and cotton fac 80
y III 81. George. with the understanding ~
It Taylor will not try 10 take from them Inv
remaining millions stolen by Brigham. M,
On the 2Gth Of April, General Gibbon she
Mt before the House Military Committee the
gave his views on the Indian situation. int,
favored Tic transfer OF the Indian Der
reau to the War Department as an and
nomiicai and safe plan. lie favored the ecu
plan OF making the commando '-in-chief at
pos; an cr o6icio Indian agent. lie AM
Jared that tie soldiers did not want war tun
i the Indians, for there WAS no glory VIII
much danger in such a wax. our
The Northern Pacific Railroad bill WI
scd the Senate on tie 22d Of April. 1t reg
iains one very excellent provision. occ
en the lands granted TO the company me
e been surveyed and the company have pes
ONE entitled to a Patent tor the same, anu
are subject 10 taxation BY tie State or . :,
litory in which they are situated. The VI.
ct of this will be TO force the company
ell lis lands, instead of holding them mo-
very proper that il individuals. - i'm wal
wing adjoining lands, enhance the vaiue s''''
nc lands OF the company. the latte. We
nd bear n portion Of the burdens of s"''
ltion. Us
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