Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-05-30
Montana News.

O. II. Churchill recently transferred l20C
head of cattle from Missoula county to the
Sun river range.
The Gesang Vercin society, of Helena,
have in contemplation the erection of a
public hall at an early day.
The bands of horses recently captured
by the kn,lians from Len Lewis and Mr..
M6cre hare beer recaptuted, and in addi-
ton two Intli;st. po'Iiies were brought in.
At sheriff's sale Wednesday last. eighty
acres Of the farm of J. NJ. Province was
ktfocEed down to A. NJ. Hotter. of Helena,
at $1,000. This farm is situated on Deep
creek, one OF the finest farming districts of
! the Missouri valley, and is well improved
and in high state of cvltivation.-H,ts-
baudmon.
Much ureasiness was manifested during
the storm last week. lest it should cause
great rfsortahtay among the young htmbs,
but wonderful to relate, notwithstanding
ther. sfe few sheep sheds in the county
that turn rain or are preferable on such &C.
casior's to a hill side, the loss of lamts viii
hot average over half dozen to the flock,
the deaths being confined exclusively to
}.rnbs dropped during the storrr:@Hus-
IN rdman.
Oh The petition Of Judge Blake afid 9TH
ef good citizens cognizant of the circum-
staifces; john Mcdonald, under sentence
of one year in the penitentiary for assault
with Intent to kiln man in Gallatin cOun-
ty, was on Tuesday last restored to liberty
by pardon Of Gov. Potts. His time ex-
tended to October. Persons tonversant
with the facts inform us the pardon was
we'll bestowed, and the act on which the
conviction was based was the indignant
anger of a man who had been abused until
forbearance ceased to- I've a virtue.-Ne,c
North West:
Herald:
The Hereto published recently an ac-
count of certain amount of money lost.
1t was found yesterday. The gentleman
found it in this wise. His little daughter,
fond of making dolls, corralled the 500
in notes making a head dress fer her doll,
and was much c1asriffed to tl'ihs her papa
would do such mean trick as to- rob her
of her ''lttle dollt's head dress.''
r. S. Hamilton hss purchased fhs prop
erty OF Capt. J. V: Stafford, on Benton
avenue, adjoining tire premises of Judge
Chumasero. The let is loo feet square,
and one of the most eligible on that pop,,-
lar avenue. Mr.. Hamilton contemplates
the erection on this site dtrring the coming
season of commodious and elegant brick
mansion.
Butte Miner:
During the week ending Monday; May
10Th, l,49l pounds of bullion valued at
$l9,33 was shipped from Butte. by Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s express.
During rain storm last week Messrs.
Carney 4 Sigsbee lost 5000 unburnt brick
at the Travona yard, and Mr.. Belcher 5000
of the fire brick, Of which he is now man.
ufacturing $4,000 under contract for the
Alice Mining Company. Brick thus dam
aged must be re-worked. Not the materl-
al, but the labor previously expended upon
them is lost.
There is no resident clergyman of any
denomination at Butte, but the resident IL
ger is represented by six of the smoothest
running faro games in the country. Look
ing in the other day while a spirited inter-
vicw between the ''animel' and some of
the heavy weights from Helena was taking
place, we heard a by-stander say something
about twenty-five open, and fifty on the
last turn" whatever such gibberistI could
mean: