Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-09-25
Montana Condensed.

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i, l42 recruits for the third infantry left s
in Paul OH the 18th inst. bound tor Fol
Shaw.
IT. Madame Moustachc character VIC
known in Montana. especially by the spor
Il ing fraternity. sucdcI in Nevada Recently
- Company E. Third Infantry. which Ia,
'e been on patrol duty ut Henry's Lake 70
several months, will soon return to For
!; Ellis.
A bitter Root lacy who came down {,
, attend the fair last week sat down In Dr
Lombard's chair. and slaid there while |.
- extracted twenty teeth. Oh no; she ain
, got nerve.-1fssouliaa.
Virginia City is to have new bank
The gentlemen who are associated in 1t ar,
Mcssrs. Raymond Bros. Fay Harrington
A. Z. Hall and A. j. Bennett, and will dc
business under the firm name and style o.
Raymond, Harrington & Co.
: The MissOula fair which was recently
held in MissOula was more OF success
: than for years past. Fine displays were
made in the agricultural and ladies depart.
ments. We quote the following from the
dEssoulien regarding the exhibit of fruit
Fruits were exhibited by Messrs. Il. w.
ltarf's and Bass Bros. If Bitter Root, and
George Hartman ana +. l.. Worden. of
Missoula. Bass Bros. had the largest dis
play. but were elipsed in individual merit
by the othcrs-tlic display Of apples by
Nessrs. Hartman and Harris, and plums
by Mr.. Wordcn being particularly fine.
From the New North Vest.
/ The Pioneer Company took ont last
week at Pioneer a very handsome gold
nugget weighing 234 or. This is the best
''fnf' they have made, although the claim
has yielded several fortunes.
Watermelons, tomatoes and other vcge-
tables have been in the market this week,
being brought here from Butte Root. Wa
ternnclons sell from fifty cents to one doll
lar. and tomatoes at l21 cents per pound.
| Eorbis, eldest son o. f. II. Irvine Of
Deer Lodge. met with an accident on We'd.
nesday. caused by the explosion OF a carts
ridge lie was placing in the magazine Of u
Winchester rifle. His left arm received
flesh wound from the bullet, and the lett
side OF his face and his eye were powder
burnt. 1t is not thought lis sight will be
affected.
From, the Benton Record.
The Steamer Col. Macleod loaded with
wool for bismarck yesterday, and left for
the lower river to-day.
The Steamboat Captains complain that
the obstacles to navigation on the upper
river have not been materially improved
by the engineers. and the latter claim tina.
the obstacles have been removed, but the
Captains don't know how to run their
Steamboats,.
From the Butte Daily Miner.
4 rich strike was made on the sunny
side few day ago.
The marriage OF Mr.. e. w. Turner and ,
Miss Emma Armstrong took place at Glen ,
dale OH the 1lth inst.
For the week ending Saturday the 18th
inst. the bullion shipped from Butte by |
". F. 4 Co.'s Express. amounted to !
1861 pounds, valued at S3l, 800. Besides
this. large lot went through private hands t
TO Helena.
The suit instituted by Mr.. +. o. Miles c
against Becclicr & Co.. owners of the dis
'ased sheep. was compromised by Mr.. :
5eeci'er paying the costs and portion of :
he expense which Mr.. Miles must incur !
n keeping his tlocks remote from the pas !
ure ground upon which the diseased sheep !
we're allowed to remain for some days.
From the Yellowstone Jtu-nal. .
On Tuesday evening Miss Mia Baldwin Z
vas thrown from her horse and terribly n
'rtised. :.
Frank Earl and his two partners killed I
buffalo in three days last week, about a
fty miles north of here. r,
The application of the citizens of Miles b.
'ity for permission to establish an i'm Ia
roved hack line between the town and the e.
ort was refused because it was not Il mill CT
lry necessity. OF
We learn from Buffalo Rapids that the fiji
ngineering party has succeeded in making til
ONT, sufficient tor the passage of steam III
pats Of any tonnage plying on the Vel CO
,wstone river. 1t
We hope in short time to have tele- 'e
raph Office in Miles City. We have Of q.
red to set aside sufficient space for the VI
lrpose in the Office of the Telloustonc ~ -
'uTWal and have reason to hope the move e''
ent will be successful. io'
Once more, but not for the last time. we Wv
sist that the Miles City post-office should -,
I'VE fhoney-ortler department And Wv Wv
lille on that subject, this place should ,,.a
operiy be the distributing terminus of -,
c mail route, instead of the office ut Fl. ~;
eogh. w.. ~"
Charles Piquett, F'renchman who lived n;f
the Old Town, where he cultivated NO.
rden and worked at times as Waterman RI,
+ the house of RrOadwater, Hubbel & ~,
y. and A. X. Nininger 4 Co. shot him be
L accidentally in the knee with a pistol He
Thursday of last week. lie was con- .co
yed to the hospital at TT. Keogh. where thi,
died on Tuesday. lie was quiet, in. rul,
strious man, and is believed to have left tbr
ne property. orr.
Ifessrs. J. Ellis & Co.. will despatch in abo
ew days their bull train to Fort Buford, side
assisting OF one hundred and twenty not
mt of the finest oxen anywhere to be fort
md. This is probably the boss train of in l
country. Among the merchandise and
ich it will convey is lot of furs and its
'es, comprising about tour hundred but are
} robes and large quantity Of antelope mer
beaver skins. etc., which were received nab
.ly from the Crow agency and are to be gro
pped to the well known firm Of Bos- vt Il
vits q Bro. at Chicago. exte
From the Hus0andman. OveI
'wenty.seyen ranches have heen located are
he Judith basin since the discovery of are
new mines. etc.,
vegetables are plenty and cheap. To- go.