Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-10-30
News Of the week.

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AT match game of base ball in OAK
land. October 81, the Chicagoes beat tn
Mutuals 2ltoO.
1t is reported that G0.0o0 hundred
weight OF rails have been recently b0ugh
in Germany for the United States.
Henry G. Carey. the profound econ
omist and writer on philosophical subjects
died at his residence in Phil,,lelphia. OF
i October 18th, at the age OF eighty-sl'
years.
Cremation Is becoming popular. II
Paris. pHrse OF $1,000 has been Offered
for tie best apparatus for cremation p,ir
poses. and in Germany it has been quite
extensively adopted.
Robert NJ. and Stephen A. Douglas
sons Of the late Senator Douglas, have
drawn s5s,Oce from the Treasury, the pro.
ceeds of long standing litigation against
the United STATES. recently decrced by the
courts in their favor.
Buffalo, Oct. g. -l2has. E. Schuyler.
who Il short time srsh becasae notorious
by the abduction of the daughter of Gen.
Town;cnd. plead guilty to the charge to-
day, and WAS sentenced to the Auburn
prison for seven years.
The steamer Mevo Pazorodel Cocoon
was burned in mid ocean. on October 18th,
with IA crew of folty-two. and twenty pas
senyers. aboard. Seventeen were picked
mp by the steamer Louise Ii. The others
are supposed TO be lost.
A New Jersey farmer put mop on
the end of a long pole. saturated it with
coal oil, set 1t OH fire. and then undertook
to dislod@e some aggressive hornets that
had erected a nest under the caves of his
barn. lie dislodged them. He also dis
lodged horse. two cows. and ill his sum-
mer crops. NO Insurance.
Chicago. October 2l.-Waltcr Good
rich, young lawyer. and son of Grant
Goodrich. has been missing since Satur-
day evening at six O'Clock. when he started
for the West Side. with $500 on lis per-
son. 1t is believed he has been follly deal,
with. rs the most vigorous search for two
A" IattVu ~ lcNCisI Ills NIICtCitUOtttS.
The land trouble in England has taken
The bulk of the people by surprise. 1t NAV
De safely asserted that not one proprietor
n a hundred SAW in the announcement in
he london Times Of May. 1869. that Il train
lad run through from New York to San
any sort Of connection between
hat fact and the terribly diminished rental
n 1879.
Washington, Oct 2i.-The Treasury
Department has tranferred an additional
Tn million dollars in gold to the assay
fl}ce in New York to facilitate foreign en-
hange. The San Francisco mint is coin
ng small gold pieces to supply the de-
land. The Philadelphia mint is at work
on silver dollars. 1t is expect [
the Treasury will be able to purchase
efficient silver for delivery at San Fran
sco to enable that mint to relieve the
mint of dollar coinage. The
liter mint will then work ON small gold
ieces.
The estimates Of the Postn. 'rr Gen.
al. now being prepared for the next fiscal
EAR. will show very heavy increase over
st year. The total estimates will rcacI, .
Early $40, 100000. This increase is largely
counted for by the tremendous growth of
e Western States and Territories. which
I'VE required Il very great increase in new
utes and post offices. Judge Key says
at the estimates will be trimmed down
the lowest possible figures. but they
III still be so large that Congress will no +
'Hbt be startled. In this department,
,wever. there is little chance for cuttin. 7
penses. unless Congress should conclude
reduce the salaries OF post masters and
rates of transportation by railroads.
llcl' are among the largest items. The .
General will show that the un-
ecsdentcd growth of the west and north
.. is the chief cause of the increased es-