Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-05-15

A stock growers association has beef
formed in upper Ruby valley.
The steamer Key West arrived at Ben
ton on the 9Th inst. loaded with Govern
| nrcrt freight. Reses-a.
Drew & Ilcldt. of Fort Shaw, lave p,r
chased Il band of 600 cattle from +. G
Brooke, of Whitehall.-Uuacr.
Mr.. Robert McMinn has purcfase Mr.
Jas. \. Ta'bott's house and lots Oh Yves,
Broadway. Price, S3,500.-Mimer.
The Smith river bridge. between For
Logan and White Sulphur Springs. is rap
idly nearing OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
| A new mail route is to be established be.
tween Benton and Fort Belknap. with
Thomas Hanlon as postmaster.-Record
The Consolidated Flume Company are
anticipating big seasons work this sum-
mer, and are making preparations accord
ingly.-Husbandman.
We are assured from gentleman from
the Missouri valley tat there is a larger
acreage being put in by the farmers of taat
valley than ever before.-Hu.band'.a
Il. G. Knox has received the contract for
constructing a new bridge across the Deer
Lodge river. The total length is to be 1876
feet. One pier only will be placed in the
ri,er.-New North West.
On the 18th ult. five tons and a half of
telegraph wire was shipped from Chicago
for MIR. Largey's Deer Lodge and Butte
line. At this end of the line the holes are
dug and the poles Observation-Disclosures.
At the city election held at Butte on the
9TH inst. Henry Jacobs was elected Mayor
and Young, Mantle. Roach. Todd. Hans
wirth, Clark, Whitfoid. and Foster were
elected Aldermen.-Miney Extra.
Forty half-breed families who wintered
on Milk river, near Fort Belknap, passed
through town on Tuesday. en- route to the
Judith Basin. They propose to locate per-
manently in the Judith untry.-Record.
On Sunday. 4th inst, one Henry Hiteman
was locked up in the Virginia City GALA
boose tor drunkenness. About half an
hour afterwards it was discovered that he
had set the building on fire. He was taken
out in state Of suffocation and died almost
A traveller journeying up the Ruby Val
ley. Saturday afternoon, counted fifteen
III less than as many miles.
Several Of the newcomers were afoot. and
their blankets and grub. Every
day brings new seekers for fortune in Mon
tana. Madtsonian.
The Record of the 9th inst. reports that
Lieut.. krouse and detachment of men were
by war party of Indians on the
night of the 18th inst. while encamped on !
creek. The command lost nineteen |
horses and one mule and the friendly GrOs
Ventres ten horses. Three Gros Ventres
we're wounded.
Al. Davis has contracted with freight
II for the transportation from Summit, ut
he head of Alder gulch to Butte, of the
low and Postlewaite gold mills, one of
wenty. the other Of fifteen stamps The
boilers. etc., will be overhauled
t Lexington foundry. pans and settlers
dded, and both mills in other respects
Modified to adapt them to the working of
ores.-Miner.
Mr.. Irwin, Clerk of the Second Judicial
district Court, informs us that the expen-
es of the April term. including witness
nd juror tees. was $3.l25. The Lobb case
ias an expense OF $3.50. Our informant
.st week was in error in saying it was
1000, but it will probably cost the coun-
= that much, if not more. before it is fin
lily disposed of.-Ne,o North West.
The proposition to remove the county
lat Of Meagher county from Diamond
Tas overwhelmingly defeated at the cleo
on on the 9Th inst. In reference to it the
of the Sth inst. says: ut is
,timated that there were not more than
'ur hundred votes polled at the election .
londay last. though but few of the pre-