Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-09-11
Montana Condensed.
The Daily Inder has been enlarged to Il
tive-column paper.


D iive-column paper.
From the Butte Daily Miner.
n Over one thousand persons attended the
a races on the 9TH
Cards are out tor the marriage Of Mr.. c.
W. Turner and Miss Emma Armstrong. to
| take place at Glendale on the llth inst.
A lamp explosion in the press-room OF
: the Miner on the night OF the 3rd inst came
) very near causing serious contlagration.
\ drove of five thousand sheep. belory
ing to Mr.. Beecher. passed through Silver
Bow this morning. coming from C;lito :
mia.
i From the Daily Frontier Mder.
The feeder at the Dexter mill had his
middle finger mashed by cam of the bat
terry on the 4th.
w, y. Baldwin. engineer at the Centen-
nial mills. had one of his index fingers
badly crushed on the 4th.
To-day Gov. Potts horse Bonnyclabber.
won the two mile dash. for Il purse OF $40
Clark's Retort, second, Harper's Lady
Forrest. third
W. W. Thomas. a ranchman living IS
miles below here in Deer Lodge valley.
died OF congestion Of the brain Friday
morning. he was 80 years OF age, and an
old resident OF Montana.
From the Benton Record.
Bob Casey has invested his spare change
in band OF cattle, bought OF the Morrow
Bros. Bob intends going home on the
next boat. to attend school for few wears.
Work on the new City Hall is DELAYED
for want OF lime. Work on the Record Of
flee and l. q. Baker & Co.'S building is al s
so delayed from the same caI,se. The lime
kiln men OF Helena are unable to SUNNY
the demands. and no one at Benton has
enterprise enough to manufacture .lIe ar
iicle.
We learn that the Improvements made at
Da,'phin Rapids last year. Were not s,ffi-
cirnt to keep the channel open. and the en-
gineeis have much OF their work to- do over
again this season. but intend doing it in n
''ich thorough nanner that the Rapids
viii never again Obstrtict navigation. The 4
steamer Helena brought the engineers TO
lie Rapids to begin this seasons work.
From, the YELLOWSTONE Jtu,nal. =
The buffalo herd is about twenty miles
~ the Yellowstone.
The bedding and furniture of the wreck
q steamer Yellowstone was sold by Chas.
Grown. at his store Yesterday. The hap
SIS vessel has been totally dismantlcd. We
ave not heard what disposition is to BE- u
lade of her hun.
The destruction at Fort Keogh. Of CONN.,
ny HIS barracks by the storm of August :
Stt. was complete. the large two story \
r'lctnr7' being as utterly annihilated as
Tough ii Lad had a Simultaneous dose of
gl'tning. earthquake and dyn: mite. II
as lucky thing that the building was
npty. Major Logan's company being de-
incl in crossing the Yellowstone ferry. VII
ne post school also occupied r,.om on
e Second floor OF tie buihling. but har-
ly the vacation had not ended. 20
The storm of last Thursday was t,,e re
verrst tornado ever experienc. d in this wa
Hey. and in fact the most ,ioknt one -
er witnessed by any person hercabouts.
re signal service slowed the wind t., e
We blown at the rate ot fifty-thrpe miles
+ h nr for period Of upwards of twenty n,
n"'ts. There is little to add to the yt,,- ''s
u estimate OF damage related in our last
he. Thirteen large trees were blown
"n in The park. to the serious tktrimen, -.
that village oasis. The most seriops
ferrs were Messrs. j. Ellis & Co.. " hose
'ck was blown into confused ,.,ass II
first onslaught of the storm, We
We not been able to learn the aggregate
ne OF the injury done in town, but
'st foot up at large figure. 4.