Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-05-01

, = The organization Of Il cooperate
. Aid Association has been pelfc, It'd in Ne,
- York. Ii, object i; to,assist worthy fain
!. lies and wori,i.,snlen to homes in ii,
: West.
ST. Petersburg. April ia disturb
ancc occurred at Eostay. on the Don. OF
C the l4th. and tie police being unable t,
suppress il. tic military were called ont
:. The riot lasted from tie evening OF TN
: llth until the mOriin. of the 18th. Tin
residences OF The chief of police. the over
: seer of the town, the district police station
and the police records were destroyed
Two policemen were also killed.
San Francisco. April ia fire a
! Eureka. Nevada. last night and this NOR
ming. burned half the town. including the
heaviest business houses. hotels. newspa.
per offices. telegraph office. Masonic build.
ing. and a great number of dwellings.
Three hundred families are destitute. and
two thousand people are without shelter.
a relief committee has been organized.
The loss is roughly estimated at $1,000
San Francisco Tor the relief of the suffer-
crs.
On the night Of lie I'D nit. a crazy
fellow by tie name o. Mark Gray attempt
ed TO assassinatc the greatest of living ac-
tors. Edwin Booth. while giving the sOlil-
oquy in the last act Of Richard iii at
McNicker's theatre. After firing two
shots from the first balcony. fortunately
without effect. the wouitl-be assassin was
arrested and hustled of to the station
| house Mr.. Booth says that lie never
heard of this inan. He fired two shots.
snapped his pistol again. and was cooking
it for a fourth trial. " hen lie was seized.
A fatal railroad accident occurred on
the Kansas branch of the Hannibal < st.
Joe Railroad. on the 18th ult. As Il freight
train was running down a heavy grade Il
trestle bridge was discovered TO be on fire.
II was impossible to check the train. The T
engine passed nearly over. but fourteen
ears broke through OHe after the other +
piling up an immense wreck in the creek .
below. Tie cars and contents were all
soon destroyed by fire. The engineer and
fireman saved themselves by jumping.
Conductor Murray had; his lcg broken.
Two men were bui led in the wreck.
There is yet possibility of arriving AT
Il satisfactory solution of the Chinese prob
lem. Southern planters. alarmed at the
negro exodus to the Western States. are
inXiOusly looking around in quest of some
race TO take the place OF the negro. There
5 little doubt but the west->i,IerS would
rade off the .'ieatiien Chinese" even up. ,
or an equal number Of ale-boded negroes :
southern politicians could hardly be averse b,
o such proposition. while talifornians ,
vonld no doubt be delighted with the
prospect Swap at once and LET lis have .
,eacc.''
Lists have been published of Congress a
men who served in the Union army during
he late war. and of the ext onfetlerates in y
he Senate and House. The following is \
he summing up: \
Mon soldiers in Senate. 4 n
Mon soldiers in House. 81 e
Iotii. ID ..
confederate soldiers in Senate. .......... 10 4,
confederate soldiers in House ........ IS
otdl.. ~ =
The confederate Brigadiers" have con- p
derably the majority. but less than gen. g
ally supposed. There is Il smart sprinh.
ne of "Brigahicrs' on the other side. 1t
the Senate. and not the House. that has -
'c overwhelming Confederate majority. ~
congress will have little trouble in 10
iiihg legislative work enough TO last all - ;.
lrmcr. On the 2lst nit in the House. 20
ith nine States only call, !. bills We're in ~
oduced to the number of 800. and at 2:3O II
m. the call had only reached Georgia ID
III upwards of 800 bills had been intro =.
iced. with 81 States. exclusive OF the =.
err.itorics. yet to be called. But, then.
is is an estraerainary session. %
The late birthstone shower in Penn
wanna is now accounted for. Bob lugcr-
n hid iac+,reI in tho TOW ~ na.r vbo,., :. cy
4 the night bcfore.-Inde 3endent. 81;
The above paragraph suggests new
cory in regard to the location Of the
axe of fire and birthstone Brother
,fley has no doubt discovered that it lies
owe. instead Of below. The discovery is
important one. and will create quite an
tive demand for balloons. Journalistic
riosity must he gratitied at all hazards. AZ