Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-11-21
News Of the Week.

The cholera is raging to a fearful eN
tent in Africa.
Two weeks from Monday and we shall
have some more Congress. Ii it isn't vel
low fever its something.
The Grand bodies of the |. q. of Q. +
of America. are ont 81 81 10 by the t;,il'i,
of their Grand Treasurer.
The iilthnrss of New Orleans is repre-
srnted by the press of that city lis stand
ing invitation to peslilence in every form
Gold from Europe is now arriving Il
New York at tie rate Of about Il million
dollars per week. tc pay 70. American pro
duce sent abroad.
VIM II. Vanderbilt has just paid Sci.
900 for Maud 5. a..Woodtord county. Ky.
iiley. She recently trotteda mile in 2:l7 l.:
the fastest tiic that was ever trotted by
filley.
Owing to the famine in China. n large
demand for bread>tutis from the Pacific
slope has been developed. and all the steam
ers from San Francisco for China go out
fully lca',cd with flour.
A writer in the Sci-ntifc american
says that after the electric light shall come
into general use. the gas companies may
prof ably use their works in making non
Illuminating gas for cooking and heating.
1t is predicted that the Sacramento val
ley will some day be the worlds tea gar
den The first experiments were not sue
ccsstul. but now a fine article is raised
without any difficulty. and in few years
they will he exporting tea as freely as they
now do wheat and wine.
The New York 7lib,ene publishes evil
dence that tie safe man that Tileen sent TO
meet Weed in Baltimore was VIM. +. Pei
ton. by careful inspection of hotel regis
tiers in Baltimore on Nov. 81. 1877. il is
found that Potion was registered at an OBJ
scurc hotel. and was seen with Weed.
Daniel A. Warner. OF Boston. concor,-
ed a foolhauiy scheme TO get $4,000 from
Nathan GoodnOw. 10 whom he wrote that
unless Tic money WAS handed over at a
certain time and place death would be the
certain penalty. Warner. on being arrest
ed. said that he had taken the small chance
of success because lie was destitute and
desperate.
For pure, unadulterated cheek North
Carolina can carry off the palm. The Illicit
distillers down there. who We're recently
granted amnesty by the government on
condition Of good behavior. have actually
petitioned the government to pay the costs
Of their arrest and Indictment, on the
ground that they are not able TO pay il
themselves.
The White House at Washington is to
be conducted on temperance principles the
coming winter, AS il Was last. and no wine
will be furnished except at the annual dip
lomatic dinner. Secretary Evarts has the
management Of that dinner. and Mrs.
Hayes lets him arrange for il as he pleases.
but she and the president will coniine
themselves TO cold water even upon that
occasion.
An establishment in st. Louis dries
eggs by the hundrcd thousand. The eggs
are broken. the yolk and white separated
from the shell. the liquid dried by patent
process. and the dried article. which re-
se,nbles brown sugar. is put in barrels for
transportation. The dried article has been
twice taken across the equator in ships.
and on being made into Omeiets proved rs
nice rs fresh eggs.
The officers OF the Engineer Corps, 10
whom was entrusted the supervision Of
the work of river improvements in the
West. have reported TOR submission to
Congress their recommendations tor ap-
preparations to continue the work during
the next fiscal year. The aInoGnt recon-
mended for Sioux City is S33,SSO; tor
Omaha and Council Bluffs. SlSO.OOO: for
Nebraska City and Eastport. $4,000: for
St. Joseph. $4,000; for Atci,ison, $1,000;
tor Leavenworth. $4,000. Total for the
Missouri and Yellowstone. @i2l $50.