Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-05-29
News and Comments.

The Southern Hotel, St. Souls. is to b
ic-built..
Monroe. Wis.,. had $50. 900 blaze q
i:ie s2nd inst.
The late Bishop Ames, of the NJ, T
Church. left S25.OoO.
General Grant expects to reach Sal
Francisco sometime in july.
Secretary Sherman will not accent
nomination for the Governorship of Ohio
--(ien'l Sheridan has gone on an otlica
tour to Southern Colorado and New Mex
The assessed valuation of Washinpto,
ycrritory is Sl9.0OO,OoO, or 1886 per cap
pa.
Washington. May 24.--The House ha
passed the Warner silver bill by about q
n'ajority.
A new submarine cable is proiccte,
from the Pacific coast to the Hawiial
Islands AMI Japln.
-Delaware is lively-at the whippin.
post. Cne white and five colored, at New
castle last Saturday.
The outlook for abundant crops, al
"Ncr the country. was never more promis
ing than at present.
Indian Jack was hanged at Shasta
'al.. on 23I inst. for the murder OF Chi
naInan last September.
Fired. Douglass, the most noted col
ored man in the United States. is oppose,
10 the negro exodus from the South.
The largest wholesale and retail hard
ware and house-flrnishing establishment
in the world is to be found in st. Louis.
The iowa Democrats. on tie 2lst inst.
nominated II. II. Trimble for Governor
and Moses Bloom tor Lieutenant Governor
-Absolom w. Form was hanged IA,
Lake Charles. La. on the 21d inst. for the
murder OF DIR. Joseph Bazo in June. 1873
One hundred men left Saint Paul las,
night to work on the Northern Pacific ex-
tension west of Bismarck.-Isoneer Press,
18Th.
Pennsylvania is unit for Tihlen.-
Erchange. Now. il the remaining States
will only furnish the ciphcrs. Sammy s
election is assured.
Lieut.. c. NJ. Carrow. Of the 9TH L. S.
Cavalry. suicidcd at the Planters House.
81. Louis. on the 10Th inst. No cause as
signed Cor the act.
Tile Swiss plebiscitc does not actually
revive capital punishment. but leaves cacI.
canton at liberty. as was the case until
]s74, to enact it or not.
A special session of New England La
i'Or Reform League has begun. Socialis-
Tic ideas in the most radical form are EN-
bodied in their resolutions.
Chicago. May pa portion of the
crew OF the Jeanette Arctic expedition
i.ass.,d through Chicago this morning On
their way TO San Francisco.
New York. May 23.-The fire in Wat
SONS U. S. boRded warehouse in Brooklyn
is still raging tierceIy. 1t is said the loss
will amount TO half million.
The Nassau Linseed Works, Nos. So
and 63 FurmaD street. New York. were
totally destroyed on the night Of the 22nd
inst. Loss. S25O.ODO. Insured.
Frederick Billings. formerly Of Cali
fornia. was. on the 24th inst. elected Prcsi-
dent Of the Northern Pacific railroad and
tllas. 3. Wright vice-Presidcnf.
--Ex-Minister to France. Hon. L. :.
Wsshburnc. has returned from Mexic'
and was visiting his brother. {. G. Wash
lurne. at st. Paul. Oh the 18th inst
-Senater n.;,s z sor nfiraasss1ranf in Issc.
LED sTokerfGl (avcirelupois) influence.
Two companies of u. 5. troops, under
Major Wilcox, Fourth cavalry. are station
I'd at Vinita, Indian Territory. to prevent
Ille squatters from entering the Territory.
1t is reported that a few Of the leading
Democrats in the House are endeavoring
0 work up sentiment in favor of Con-
.ress adjourning without passing the army
bill.
An exchange says: Tyner is coming
QUITE are having the glass-boxes cleaned.
md have sworn of on reading postal
ards.
Washington. May 22.--The Committee /
m Public Lands authorized. the chairman {
o report f:,vorably the bill for the estab- S
shment of land districts in Montana and
Dakota. |,
The May returns to the Department OF !
criculture show THAT the average wages /
{ labor without board. on yearly engage G
,et,ts. have declined from $.l.29 to $20.2G 7
er month.
The trial OF Talmage has cost the Z
rooklyn Presbytery $1,000. They might u
ave advertised him to much better advant-
ye in one or two first-class newspapers
,r half the amount.-Pi0aeer Press.
Secretary McCreary's most intimate
lends do not credit the story that he is
, retire from the Cabinet to accept the G
osifion on the bench to be made vacant a
J. the resignation of Judge Dillon. b
New York, May 2O-John Flynn, as a
,cia,ed with ..Davy the kid in the rob n
ry Of "A diamond earring from lady q
alking on Fifth Avenue, has been SEN v
need 10 Is years in the State prison. al
Chinese Bill No. 2 has been introduced =
TO the United States Senate by Slater. 1t -
as. on motion, ordered to lie on the table :. =.
r the present. Slater is manipulating
eech that will raise the roof o. tle Capt.
/.
The findings Of the Stanley-Hazen
are not satisfactory to Hazen ID;
ID his friends. 1t is believed that Stanley nj
substantially acquitted Of the charges. at
ough his conduct in some minor details ca
as censured. W
The Holly Spring (Miss.) Reporter, an OF
ira Democratic paper, has this to say IN II.
gard to the Tilden movement: I'VE do De
i believe the Democratic party will COM I'M
il the folly of nominating Mr.. Tildcn for tn
e Presidency in 1880" VII
Calcutta, May 25.-The British India .ul
,amship Navigation Company's steamer oe
"a was sunk in collision with another All
ssel and sixty-six Of the crew and four I'd
ssengers were drowned. The Ava was
iron screw steamer Of 2.GOO tons burden.