Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-03-20
News and Comments.

Gen. Grant and party are now in In
Gia.
a. EIo@~ is tic name Of 4 Bismarcl
physician.
Tie British war ship Thcls Was burn
ed on 18th inst.
The war on the Oneida Co,nmlinit,
has cner.etica!ly begun.
--tountcrfeii half dollars are being cX-
tensiyelt circulated in the Black Hills.
AT last advices the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company's track was $50 miles
tof san Francisco.
In "A single county in Texas there are
G5G,OoO sheep. a larger number than in any
other county in the Union.
In Rock Island police officer. in dis
c!,arg.' of hi- duty. was murdered by four
d.spcl;idoes. Three of them have been
arrested.
Nevada produced in 1878 2..725 tons CT
lead. or 425 tons more than any State or
Territory. Utah follows next behind with
1870 tons.
On 10th inst. Captain Fades received
from the Treasury S75O.OOO on account of
The Improvement of the southern Pass of
The Mississippi river.
San Francisco. March lin the sac
raI'cnto City election to-day the Republic
ems made a clean sweep. beating the
Democrats and WorAinglmen.
A Chicago telegram says the Spotted
Tail Indians are greatly dissatisfied at their
isolation and want TO get back 10 the Mis-
souri, river where supplies are cheaper.
Jay Gould. Sidney Dillon and other
Union Pacific men are making very fair
profit on their Union Pacific stock. 81
OBJ .G72 was the amount netted them bv
that road in 1873.
San Francisco. March ia Walla
Walla. W. r.. dispatch says The reported
massacre OF 3S Indians Il month ago did
not occur 1t was hoax played on an /
up-cOuntry paper.
General Patrick. agent Of the govern
mcnt in New York, in his report. SAYS he
has caused about six hundred cattle to be
killed within a few weeks. all Of them suf-
1eilng from pleurO-pncllmOnia.
The stockholders of the Kelley Motor
at their recent annual meeting elected d-
rcctors for the coming year and still ex-
pressed confidence in Kelley. while Kelley
declares that he still has faith in his mo-
tor.
Some idea Of the magnitude of the
pork business of this country may be OBJ
lained from the reports from the Western
states: For this season. up to date. near
y seven and a halt million hogs have been
backed.
The floor in mechanics Hall. North
'envick, Mime. gave way on the 10th inst.
turing meeting. prcripitating nearly 80 +
persons to the floor below No one was \
Tiled. but many were fearfully and prob ,
bly, fatally wounded. +;
Wade Hampton is not considered well 81
nough 10 attend the extra session of Con- al
''css. lie belie.c> the House has right ID
4 refusing TO pass the appropriations and II
athcr than yield 10 the Republicans on h:
ais question. he wo.ild favor Congress
tting forever.
We learn from the Northwestern that
re wife Of Bishop Bowman died at her nc
ONE in ST. Louis on the 3lst of February dc
he remains We're taken TO Grecncastle for IL
;erment. Bishop Bowman is in Italy. is
rsiding over the annual meeting of the
allan Mission, which was to open on the If
h inst. tn
A grand excursion is on foot 10 re- Gu
i've and welcome Gen. Grant on his re-
IN TO America, about the lst of August bu
Nt. The excursion cOntemplates trip aft
,in Washington To san Francisco. and it OK,
expected $1,000 to 1900 persons will we
IN il. The excursion will require 100 to = 4
) trains OF ten cars cacf. How much
tier it would be TO Use the money for "a,
me charitable or useful purpose. ,,,
Tile price OF iron 's said to have ad Dire
need fifty cents on a ton in Pennsylvania rail
thin week. and the production Of GER =
n mills is sold TOR mouths ahead, so that eau
'ther orders have been declined. Accord we
, TO the Philadelphia Rccord, the dcnrnd the
50 great that producers say they could :.
NV 'hs ioi ever. ~ le iieN are lulil- spS,
out. One mill has declined during the of
It few days orders for nearly O003 tons. res,
lers for several thousand tons Of iron vo
Is are in the Philadelphia market. while exc
70 sales have been made Of sheet-iron, wh;
the demand for bar-iron is very strong all ,
e demands for heavy machinery arc ION,
after than for several Years past. ro,,
The owner of Il steam saw-mil i'm the
1ada was until lately member of a they
thodist church. from which he was cX- poir
ed. as he says, 10 crafty the personal Feb
e Of the pastor. lie resolved to hold 81
gious services of his own, and. to make vote
m effective. he obtained powerful cal roat
'e and attached il 10 the steam boiler OF cost
mill. On Sundays the voice of the Hey,
hodist preacher is drowned by the ~
II of the calliopr. as ii scrccches The M f
'et by and BY" and other Moody and co,.
key tunes. The clergyman has applied from
Justices court for relief, but the mag ..',
ale rules that the Use of the calliope on ''''
days for sacred music i legal. The hon'
stion has been carried to higher tram
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