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

+ Specia! Telegram to the Pioneer Press
, Bismarck, August 13.-The party sent
out by the Northern Pacific. embracing
Hon. DOrillus Morrison, Of Minneapolis,
General Rosser, John Ross, the railroad
builder, George f. Bracket, Rev. MIR. Tut
tie and son, arrived this afternoon from an
inspection of the lands lying between the
Missouri and Yellowstone. Their trip
!, was not only an enjoyable one, Tut was
fruitful of information that will certainly
surprise the people Of Bismarck. the set
tiers along the Northern Pacific, the ci.i-
zens of Minnesota and the officers and
stockholders Of the Northern Pacific rail-
road. TIE story. il told in all its details;
surpbrteil by samples of soil, the party
returlied with would scarcely be believed.
TIE popular impression has been that the
land west of Bismarck was good for twen-
ty or thirty miles and then tizzled out en-
tirely. About the poorest land was found
immediately of the Missouri; and af-
ter tie party passed point fifty miles
west. the land improved until they reached
Beaver creek. where they found beauti-
ful valley. as rich as tie Red river valley.
/ This creek tlef christei:ed Pleasant Valley
river. They speak of this valley in the
highest terms. The Bad Lands they found
| to bc high buttes, covered with the richest
grazing. Along the route of the proposed
RAILROAD, as far as these gentlemen SAW, the
Bad Lands are myth of the Missouri.
MIR. Bracket says he saw as fine hay
ro ba I.f1 ovor cooy, in h;c Ito
Ross holds that the pasture found on the
Bad Lands is very superior. Fifty miles
out. and thence to the Yellowstone the
country was us green as In June. They
were all stttprised to find such a significant
difference in favor of wild country over
eastern Dakota and Minnesota. They
found plenty OF water, and the streams
were remarkably fresh aud clear. Springs
are not unknown, and General Rosser and
Mr.. Bracket say there is ten times as
much wood as there is between Bismarck |
and Fargo. They found plenty of coal,
and utilized it in one or two instances in
cooking breakfast. They saw plenty of
antelope, elk, deer and other game. There
was an exciting chase after grizzly bear,
but he got away. The whole country,
MIR. Morrison reports as better than that
between Bismarck and Fargo or Bismarck
and Bl.linertl. 'rwo-thirtls of it is fine ag-
ricultural land, AMI the rest good grazing.
One member Of the party said he would
not give one acre of this new land for two
OF that east of Bismarck. Mr.. Morrison
said he would quickly build the road to the
Yellowstone. for the lands were desirable,
and they h.i the money. He would adj
vise the company to retain the lands and
not s,irrcnsleR cr plsalxc them q . syndl-
cate, who w04ll1 build the road. He thinks
lEis business 70 hold them, and let the
s0snpass s~s1d d sliey can. The party
Gd nct see M a4tsna0 ql,ey rafssefl the
IN lassiry ese6rt has MeiI rant ouf mon,
Bear KiislS III hsta ilsesH III M sssssas.
Missouri. They NY ii'ey don I ~ ~ 0
lf any 1ec0ff. ID
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05
Mans Better-H0/f.
English ladies are beginning to patro

:. English ladies are beginning to patron
ize crinolinc again:
The young ladies at. yassar are not al
lowed to have pets within the college othe
than the regular professor.
Madam" said a physician to a patient
"you have grown wonderfully thin O
iate." ''Yes, DOCTOR" she replied, IL an
getting more and more emancipated ever,
day."
II should just like to see somebody tr,
to abduct me-" said Mrs. Smith at tn,
breakfast table the other morning. '.Hem
so should |, my dear-so should - sait
Mr.. Smith with exceeding earnestness.'
The English Post Office Department
wanted Il few women clerks and advertised
for them-applicants to call between 10 a
m: and noon. Three thousand women
put in an appearance, and the streets were
blockaded for two hours.
Lydia Berry, d. beautiful young lady OF
twenty, of the city. of Boston, whose
friends imagined tint her illress Of late
was caused by dropsy, were astonishefl to
learfi that she had been poisoned by wear
ing celored stockings. She is in a terrible
condition, and her physician have little
hope of her recovery.
A Middletown girl placed some nearly
hatched ducks eggs in her bosom. and
thus helped Brood of young ducks into
the world. Young men in that region will
do well to omit, in the Interests Of the
poultry crop. their usual Sunday evening
embmces, until after the hatching season
is over.
A Washington girl last week missed her
pocket-book while returning from an en-
tertainmcnt with a gentleman friend of the
highest responsibility. and had him arrest
ed. He was locked up tor three hours.
and then she found the pocket-book in the
lining of her dress.
"A pair of laughing, deep blue eyes,
A wealth OF ringlets brown,
With air coquettish as queen,
The belle of all the town;
A dimpled chin and blushing cheek,
Lips red and teeth of pearl,
And 10 before lis, shy and meek,
We've tile future ''coming girl.''
-St. Louis Journal.
A Willimatic girl. employed in thread
factory, wrote her name and the words.
Wanted, husband" on a spool recent
ly, and when it had been wound with
thread. it was sent to South No, walk
shoe factory, where it fell into Riilgefeld
mans hands. He began correspondence;
the girl replied that she was engaged. but
would find him another as good as she,
and marriage has just taken place as re-
suit of the spool's message.
'Tis pleasant at the close of day
To play
Cr6quet;
And if your partner makes a miss,
Why. kiss
The siss
But If she gives your shin thwack,
Why. whack
Her back.
st. Louis Journal.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05
A Colorado Romance.
Fro" = s..asey 1 sun..

HEN" essSk W ~ 3une.
Attorney-G 4ssaS ver4.r,,v ~
turned from - XII Inn 4,
kansas. VIII < Ats.zsssr az ss,r. .,a c,,,,
very near bei1 Ia #,tg..sss IN rea,ark III,
tragedy, which ess 4 little toai
called Buena Y 'sa 4, g.,s ...,.,, s--.f 9
Tuesday morn ~.
Some time d ~ s ~ ,.,,ety m the
month three l "a I'll s.sas ,,s,,5,s ,vey.
stolen from Sai Thev ,.,.,,.
said to Fave be rsoEeffy of 4 Mr.
Humphrey, Of Canon tity. ssnen these
animals disappeared, it became ,n1sgstrs.s
upon the authorities to see thu: they were
restored to their legitimate owners, and
that the rogues should be awarded the full
need OF justice: Deputy Sheriff Withe-
row, of Costiila county, volunteered to
head party to 10 in pursuit. He found
one or two followers at Garland, and. fintl-
ing the trail of the departing rascal., fol-
lowed in close pursuit. They had headed
toward the Upper Arkansas country, and
In that direction Mr.. Withcrow and his
little band started in pursuit. At South
Arkansas they received the glad tidings
that two men, with three horses and two
mules IN tow, had preceded them but a
short while. Here the pursuing party was
reinforced by the addition OF three men.
and the party of the Deputy Sheriff, thus
augmented, pushed on in pursuit of the
bold violators of the law. At every turn
they heard that the thieves with their
booty were fast making their way up tile
river.
The rogues had evidently had no tidings
mat they were in jeopardy, and on Mon
Gay night they laria:ad their horses cut on
the banks Of the Arkansas, iiear Buena
Vista, and made their beds near the stream,
iittle dreaming that they had witnessed
the'r last sunset, and that their lives rs
well as their flight, would soon be cut Off
oy the faithful bullet Of that dread aver-
ger, the laws executive.
Monday night the Sheriff's posse came
up and discovered that their game was In
''ght. No move was made until the dawn
* ne next morning. 1t was just a few
minutes before sunrise that they went up
70 reconnoitre. They found the thieves
already astir. and being, as they thought.
prepared to take them in charge then, the
posse. with Mr.. Witherow At the head, or
oered an unconditional surrender.
The two men-such they must ret be
Sal'ed-saw their situation at glance. and
m.ae up their minds quickly. Their de
o's'on was made known to each other Ia q
seoohd' and it was escape or death. They
announced as much by replying 10 the d.
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A widow, or something Of that kind
~aot in Aru,strong county, few month
ago, uiesi s.Ae experiment OF purchasing
fissssststI. She looked c.ss~s ti.a gram,
x1Rff a. muci Nisldffi is she had. Al. : g,
atly paid xsdnou ft3r one Anybody woaE's
suppose that 1t this prices he would have
secured fair sample Of = man. but the
purclsAss sxsas TO have been ysiscrable
failure: The sci1ow Rdt tis $4,000. and
gathered together some 0fhtr k,tidc prop
erty belonging to the widow and sosne OF
the neighbors; afier which me went to
some portion of the country now unknown.
The woman was most dis raccfully swim
died in ei cry particular. She should have
known better than to buy an Armstrong
county man, it they are held at $40, 900
each, when she could have gone to Harris
burg and bought halt the Pennsylvania
Legislature for a quarter of the Sum, in
which event she would have had Some
thing left after her husbands had abscond-
ed, 1t isn't probable that she would have
secured much better article of man. but
she would not have been so badly taken in.
She must read the newspapers with more
care, and learn that men and thin Is are
getting down to hard pan, and men in par
tict,lar sell much cheaper than they did a
few years ago. She could have bought q
Congressman for thousand, and had at
least no worse experience with him. But
the poor thing Is doubtless convinced OF
her rashness by this time. and has learned
Z lesson in the matter OF buyitg husbands
at fabulous prices which sue will never for
ref. ef.-.Pkitadekpkia Times.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05

When the governor OF OEsgon telegraph.
cd to the Secretary OF War, at the begin
ming Of the Indian outbreak, that . tesl-
porary issue Of arms was necessary to en-
able him to protect the settlers, he received
an answer as follows: lyon have more
than your quota OF arms" The governor,
however, was equal to the sitiiation. He
teleRraphed In reply: 1--WE have more
than our quota Of lndians.' The required
arms wefo therenpon at once iseled.--
thyisis {Kss.) Chronicle.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05
Capt. La Barge Interviewed by q St
Louis GlObe-Dcmocrat Reportef.

"Well, Captain, what do you think o
the future of the great Northwest?
Its wealth will not be fully understo0,
inside of hundred years. l mean boil
mineral and agricultural. There are wild,
stretches of country which are valueles
and always vsill be. But around the head
waters Of the Yellowstone there is Cod.
own co,thtry: The grasses are particular
ly nutritious, and sonic of the finest cattle
and horses are being raised by the settlers
who are fiocking in there very fast. That
was the garden spot of the Northwest. and
the Sioux Indians were in peaccable posses
sion of it, when they We're driven out at the
cost of Clusters life"
Talking about the Indian question
what interest do the people of the North
west take in the proposition to be consid-
cred by Congressional Committee this
tall. Of transferring the management of the
Indians to the War Department
INDIAN MINxGEMrNr:
There wns a time when they considered
such =, change advisable, but now they
think 1t void be out Of the frying-pan into
the fire. The Indians have been sham>-
h,lly treated by tie s0ilitary mp there
They are trying 81 ~ oalt ~ The country.
They have seen 6%ty promisc ever made
~,sr,, seey know they viii no,
De allowed to 1--we - SO n1sfs1ls1s,n4 In
peace, so they af'e era.llaally aeSling away.
ind crossing Into the British PossNsu10na. |
xl.ere the promises made then sfs fAplsl
They do not want to tolne backs add It h |
Dnly question of years when tIgey win all |
nave sought safety and honest treatment
IN Manitoba. There is more rottenness In
the system OF fortresses and jails In the |
Northwest than any who has not lived up
there can imagine. If some set of men
who are not afraid would start into an In
restigation of the management. they would
'tir up stink that would involve 80 many
nen high in Office that they would have to
lrop it. Schurz has an inkliny OF the rot |
enness, but the very size OF the thing scares
him from touching it. A change Of Adj
will alone bring these rats to
he light OF day."
The Captain discussed TINS question At
ength, but his accusations were all in the |
hape OF general rusnor, and are hardly
specific enough to warrant publication 1t
his time,
THE PIoNEtR BOAT.
Drifting back into the subject Of River
lavigstioh; the Captain said: 1.-The first
that ever aickhded the Missouri
. tar as the mouth Of Yellowstone was
by Capt. Charles La Barge. an
lncle of mine. She was called the = Yel-
owst0ne." and I remember that she was
80 feet long by 10 feet breadth Of beam
lepth Of hOll, feet; drew 4 IL feet light,
gith fifty tons aboard. She was built snax
'r0of, and run in the interest Of the old
Amesican Fur Company. In 1881, | went
p the river with boat caFTyin. oalttits.
nd returned with iiiu tor HIegru Chouteau
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05

The first daily paper in the world owes
its origin to woman, Elisabeth Mallef; OF
London, who in l7O2, estabiished and edit
ed the Daily CoHrant. In her salutstory,
Mrs. Mallet said she had established her
paper ITO spare the public ut Hast hall the
impertinenccs which the ordinary papers
contain" Woman has purified litersture
whenever she has touched It from the time
Of Christine OF Pisa to the present day.-
MatjosssL CStisss aud Beilot Boz.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05

No person, farmer or anybody eisc :
can say tha, his business does or does not
pay. unless the exhibit is made by reg,,ias
corree. account. and If thus kept he might,
probably woald. fin that his business ives
a eooi one. the trou5lr with Ills final bank
account being caassi hr a deficiency ai
labor dects sad exeess sf family expeissl;c
t,,rcs.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05

Mr.. John Sadley informs us that II the
farmers whose wheat is ssuutty. would mol
be in a hurry to fhresh, thus giving the
wheat time to sweat In the stack. great
dead Ct the damage resulting from smut
would Be- obviafed. Mr.. s. says that when
wheat is affected with smut and threslbed
before the sweating process takes plsce,
the wheat sweats in the bin. and It d N Inn
possibility 10 make good hour Out Of such
wheat. Mr.. 6adley has been eaGaGed tn
the milling business for years. and y -
cs,stouesl to handling wheat; he kDowa
wheteef b. spaaks and his suggestions ars
worth hesdings
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05

A young lady Of Constitncion, Peru,
has introdussti : startling novslty Ia clone.
mantl. having run awsy with Two Of her
Iossss.
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05

"A farmer wishes - save his e, III hrd
for his son; and so pays ten per &C e. nis
sons and daughters canno: 90 good
school because O, that mortgage. Tie son
sees the prisations ofa farmers a ,sader
uniavoIable c:rd'.iiistnnces.. r., Esrn,e.
dies and leaves The farm 20 his son with a
'ieavy debt on it, WHEN he in ysia t.iss I'd
remove. OF he sells the f.rm al leaves
saaf kind ofslrndgefy. Very of N f.rm.
er Is keeping ss.s,.e land than I,e Il aba II
work or MANAGE well He does not 4 Sw
hoAy g s; y. &c lx.,s:sa ssst ),
Re debt. and ssask the rc.}}a alAs.i1sgc
have sa;3 no:hiax asou. the as.a'ss'
which cstcn occrrs of having seme 81 4.s''
pnaev on Had s. 5siy 10 3..ss a'ssassRea
Gle ,ilan out Of d, ,.an;i witt, {. litsie ss.ly
money in his pocket, always had t'ae ~
;antagc Of tie Islsn who pays ten ps fsslss
Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1878-09-05
" BOTTOM PRICES.' .
NO VARIATION IN PRICES.
LESTER S. WILSON,

IHand Tor surrender with shot.
ihis was the signal for the beginning o
a skirmish which lasted several minutes
The horse thieves ran down the river ant
tried to secire themselves behind the bank
The saai.sr Of the two had navy revolver
I. AT the hsrgef Il carbine, each firing tive
shosss. Asssarsnsly a,ascn 10 frenzy B,
fsomc occurrence, tie larger one suddenI,
rai cts' from pndef lie bank and seemed
resolved upon tlagsii i,rsiye tiass, fur llb
mfy. lie rose 10, ssse last fisss., h,,se,sr
fer no sooner was ms farm in sss:sbf; thur.
hitilet nom the cun ns ene ~ tisr pJss;c en-
tered his breast, ana he fell TO assn grotsnsf'
Win 81 onsaogs giosa
The posse asivan "a, and founsi sspon
examination, That be had bee,. fssasiy
shot. 80
The other member of the party was
found where refuge had first been taken,
wcltering in blood. but firmly grasping the
revolver. The fatal ball had gone through
the neck. The form was fragile one, the
hands white, complexion fair. light hair,
mild gray eyes. Surely. though attired In
the clothing of male, this could not be a
man, and Investigation proved that it was
not. Witherow's party found that the
bold man had, in light woman. brave
cottiaiatle and In every way worthy COM
panion iii his work of robbery compan-
ion who was to linn in every sense help
meet. able and willing to share the fortune
and periis of her man,
A Justice of the Peace Was called, a jury
impaneled. and q Coroner's inquest held.
rendering verdict iii acc0fdaiice with the
fasfs. The bodies were buried side by side
and two fresh covered mounds now direct
the attention OF the curious traveller to the
pretty little town site Of Btena Vista, to
the spot where the male and female horse
thieves lie buried.
No one seems to know either OF the par
ties. No mark was found about either to
them, and no one In the SheriA's
ONCE knew either.
, 1878-06-15

that the 100000 acres of land
which have been granted to every
new State for works of internal
Improvement be appropriated
by constitutional enactment to
aid in the construction of q rail-
road across the Cascade noun
tains. These lands are to be Sc
lected under the direction Of the
State government from any
lands belonging to the General
Government within our borders,
and if fjudlciously located on The
line Of the railroad, q million or
million and 4 half dollars may
be realized therefrom, which
would be material aid towards
the construction Of railroad,
and in view OF the fact that no
grant of land has ever been made
to this Territory, while five large
grants have been made to Ore
Con, we believe that Congress
would double the amount of the
ordinary grant, as was done in
Colorado. Such a provision in
the constitution would go far to-
wards securing the adoption OF
that instrument by the people.
, 1878-06-15

What does it mean? In the
re-appOintment of Judge r. S.
Greene as Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court of this Ter
ritory, all the Democratic papers
without exception are highly
pleased, and praise the admins
tration Of Hayes, and civil SER
vice reform-at the same time
most of the Republican papers
dismiss the subject with a bare
mention of the fact of re-appoint-
ment. Whose African is under
this wood pile?-Vancourer Mde-
pendent.
The editor Of the Independent,
who is a Republican member of
the Territorial Council, ought to
be better informed than to ask
such questions. Does he not
know that Judge Greene. in com
, 1878-06-15
The Convention.

The Constitutional Conven-
tic CO mences it's session at
Walla Walla to-day { June l1)
and IT is the expectation Of the
members generally shat their
entire labors will be closed with
in two weeks. A proposition
will be made by Col. Larrabes
,
and we believe will be adopted,
, 1878-06-15

Chicago Is considering the
feasibility Fighting the city by
electricity; it being urged tina.
a little electric light goes sJM
a long way that a saving of>some
100000 a year would b9(effect-
ed, which is a great cohsidera-
tion, especially in city whose
treasury is empty.
1t has been proposed to the
Khedive of Egypt to convert
into paper the cloth Of the num-
mics, of which it is calculated
420, 100000 must be deposited in
the pits OF Egypt.
If, when Cleopatra started to meet
Mark Antony, she had done as she
should, and taken her knitting with
her, those needles would not have re-
mained to create tho trouble they have.
Francis White, Of ST. Louis,
promised his niece that, if she
would attend to his household
duties until her marriage, he
would give her $1,000 and a
wedding outfit. With this un-
derstanding she lived in his fami-
ly fourteen years; but when she
married he refused to give her a
cent, because her choice of a
husband did not please him. A
jury awarded her 81, 100.
Packard, a widower, in Milton,
Vt, has just been publicly horse
whipped by one woman, and
sued by another for $4,000.
Both charge him with breach of
promise to marry. One was
Frances May, a drcssmaker,
whom he courted for several
Years, and the other was Mary
Hermon, one of Fanny's en-
ployees, who became her sue
cessful rival, only to be Tilted
herself. The whip was used by
Mary.
See what little typographical mis-
take will do for man--just the drop
ping out of the letters Ii and putting q
single in their place. The other day
the telegraph announced the death OF
DR.. C. V. Dyer, noted abolitionist OF
Chicago. But, horrors of horrors. q
blundering printer got it "a noted abor>
ZIONIST" ETC., whereat the enterprising
and wide-awake telegraph headline
man astounded the world with such
captions as these: "Another Sinner
Goue-A Notorious Chicago Abortionist
Gone to Meet Madame Pestell.-
Dubuque Herald.
, 1878-06-15

charges, have in no case dared
to substantiate them under the
pains and penalties Of perjury !;
the miserable calumniators ply
ing their vocation under the i'm
munlty offered by our statutes
in providing no punishment for
the cowardly crime Of libel.
, 1878-06-15
Oregon Election.

culncient returns have been
received to indicate as nearly
certain that the Democrats have
carried the Members of Con
gress, the Governor, the Legis-
lature By q majority on joint
ballot OF from ten to fifteen, thus
securing the United States Sen
ator, and that the Republicans
have carried the Secretary of
State, Treasurer, School Super
intendent and State Printer.
The Democrats have all the po-
litical Offices and the Republi-
cans all the clerical and ministe-
rial positions. If the election
was determined upon political
principles, as this result would
seem to indicate. how are we to
account for the fact that Mr..
Thayer is elected Governor and
Mr.. Noltncr defeated for State
Printer? The former, for aught
We know, has always voted his
party ticket, in common with
thousands Of others, without
making any personal sacrifices.
or contributing in any consider
able degree to the success Of his
party or his principles. Noltner
has devoted his life, from boy
hood to middle age, to the propa-
cation Of his principles and the
promotion of his party, sacritic-
ing all chances Of success in his
vocation to tina. end. Mr.. Thayer
will undoubtedly make good
Governor; Neither is unquestion-
ably as competent to perform the
duties of State Printer. Had all
those professed Democrats who
voted for Thayer, at the same
time voted for Noltner, he too,
would have been elected. But
among Oregon politicians the
rule prevails of using their party
editors as so much stock in trade,
to be snapped off, when neces-
sary, to promote the success OF
professional politicians; and
hence the bad eminence which
Oregon journalism has acquired
abroad. John Whitaker, Mem
ber Of Congress elect, was an
exception to this rule. On one
occasion when solicited to allow
his name to be used in conven-
ton as candidate for Governor,
he replied: awe have plenty Of
good timber for Governor, but
competent editors are much more
rare. | feel more interest in
putting a good editor in position
to serve the party than in any
other nomination for State Of
fee" One good newspaper is
worth more to any party than
fifty Of the ordinary stump
speakers who are enamored of
the music Of their own voices
A party which makes a prae-
tice of snubbing its editors can
never be very successful. These
suggestions are disinterested on
our part for the reason that we
long since ceased to be party
editor; our experien ,e in Oregon
giving US disgust for that po-
sition which we have never got
over.