Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-11-13
Montana Condensed.

N is now ut CCE Island one million pound
I'd Of freight awaiting transportation.
u OF the Montana cattle here Wednesday
n scventy-seven, averaging ] .3S7 pounds. sole
X for four cents, 10 go to Springfield, Mass
9 american Stoekman, Chicago.
I! Capt Jas. II. Mills has resumed editoria
; management of the Nev North-West. Bro
IL John takes charge of the business and me
= chanical departments Of the paper.
The Record states that J. T. Taylor. Of
:, Teton valley. recently lost thirty head 81
; horses. They were stampedcd by Indians,
= supposed to be White Calls band of Pie
gains.
i An Mdepenlent special. dated Nov. 9TH,
= says 500 iotiges of hostile Sioux are on the
;. big bend CT the Milk river. and it is report
, ed that the Poplar Creek Agency buildings
n have been burned.
, ii'ilc demand for town lots is so great in
: Benton that theRecord suggests that if the
+ Government could be induced to abandon
! the military reservation adjoining the
. town. many fine residences would soon be
| built in that quarter.
, The Icliowstope journal gives in account
OF successful HUNT by General Miles and
several army officers from Fort Keogh.
The Spoils consisted of sixty-onc deer, sew
cntccn buffalo. six elk. two antelope. one
mountain sheep, five ducks. seventy-four
prairie chickens. ard two sage hens.
The Hus5aadman has information that
I ~ ~. - ~ l;,l
mines. but little work is being done. The
ground is AL claimed. and has been laid
over until spring. 4 good many persons
are putting up cabins and preparing for
winter. a saw-mill was expected to arrive
in few days.
Last week the 1Iad;sonian entered upon
the seventh year OF its existence. shelving
that it is eUf the permanent institutions
Of the Territory. The Wadisonian is Il
faithful advocate of the interests of Vir-
ginia City and Madison county. is also Ok
the Territory generally, and we are pleased
to learn its constantly increasing patronage
attcsls that the efforts of its editors and
proprietor are appreciated. We wish it |
continued and increasing prosperity.
From the Husoandn,an.
The Diamond City Hotel has been leased
by John Smith, o! the Central, and the lat
ter house closed.
General Smith and others have recently
located 5000 acres Of lind on the Judith,
mostly under the Desert Land act.
n. Swaziland. of Sun river. recently pu,.-
chased of Gootlale & Bennett. six fine year
ling Cotswold bucks. paying s35 each tor
them.
Machinery and material for the rev 41us-
bcndman Office, to the amount Of nearly
nine thousand pounds, is by this time ea
route from the terminus of the railroad.
A large extent of country on the north
side Of the Judith Basin is said to have
been swept by fire. and the hungry ele- I
ment is still raging. The fire either caught g
through the carelessness Of prospectors or :
Wa put out by the Indians. G
Burt. Gans & Klein recently purchased I
2 SOC head cf sheep Of Western drover
for S2.25 each, and a few days later sold d
400 ewes out OF tile flock to Oscar StepI- c
sns, at $500 per head. The entire flock n
crossed the range ria Whites gulch, last
week. T
Some parties, supposed to be white men. $
recently stole number OF horses from b
slathead Indians, near Edmonscn's ferry,
IN the Missouri. After nearly tive weeks Il
earch. the stolen stock WAS found IN a t;
pasture near the mouth of the PridIey a
Pear. The thieves should be terrcted out L;
nd promptly punished e
From ne lNcv North West. g
The Helena Office has received the ne~ q
Western Union rates-S1 90 for ten word
light message wherever the w. u. lire in
ocs. Ii
The military telegraph line is completed ol
rom Helena ria Deer Lodge to Missoula. III
Unfortunately, tie batteries are not in yet, III
or the operators stationed. d
In accordance with the published notice. ~
he First National Bank of Deer Lodge has -
nased to exist, and the Institution will ''
GREATER be conducted under the tirn, nalase
Donneil, Clark 4 Larabie. -
There have been thirteen cases OF scarlet 8,
yer in Deer Lodge treated by Drs. Ives
I'd Mitchell. All have recovered or are
,nvalescing, and not even the usual rler,-
atis,I has followed rs a sequel to any
Use. ho
Alexander Brown, of Bonanza City. Ida MI
,. by drawings gun toward him by the c.
nZzle, discovered that it was good Ii
loOting-iron and that it discharged its DIR
ad at the right end. The ball entered his fig
NJ near the wrist. gu
A field fire in the enclosure north OF I'M
wn, on Monday evening. during fierce tf'
lie OF wind, brought out tire fac COM NJ
my and apparatus in quick time. For
nately. the fire did not reach town, but
was held in readiness to give
a bath should it trespass on the city do
ain. ma
From the 1Jad;sou;nu En-
The best -four retaiis for $3.50 per sack. -
An amateur dramatic association has -.
en- organized in Virginia City. Wv
Mr.. f. F. johnson came up from Silver tel
ar Thursday, bringing one hundred and
enty ounces Of Broadway bullion. leo
Last week, Mr.. A. NJ. Berry purchased thi
ven hundred head Of cattle. He will 90 the
% the stock-i;lising business extensively. inc
In the illegal withdrawing case, the im
'urt. after several Intellectual attempts to wi,
lpannel Il jary. granted change OF venue in I
Gallatin county. lee
Wednesday morning Deputy Sheriff Car ina
Tiers and Richard Cook started for Deer SER
dge, having in charge the prisoners moi
orge Wells, sentenced TO ten years for TIM
; robbery of Filings bank, John Bryan, pl'
10 goes up for five years for burglarizing Tai
g. Buffers jewclry store, and John Dug anc
y. who gets one year fcr feloniously cut wal
& Jack Connor, at Twin Bridges. En-
asst Saturday the Highland Flume Com
~, composed Of Messrs. John Reed, .oo
n, WEIGH, Ed. g. IIerendeen, Charles III
ssfeld and II. IL. Hathaway, brought was