Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-09-04
News Of the Week.

On --Diptheria prevails all over Oregon.
,e. Sheep are 81 per head in California.
as Gas works are to be established ut Co
es orado Springs, Col.
al The late A. r. Stewart is spending Il
III summer in Canada.
- Water is worth nearly as much IN Ca
- son. New, as whisky.
=, "A house full of ice burned down 10!
). week in Evanston. w. 4.
,e Another big gold STRIFE il seporte
y from Bingham Canyon. Utah.
Three men were struck by hghtnin
1t at once in Denver week before last.
fe A nugget worth $1,000 is said to hav
e been found on Salem creek, Oregon.
e "A Chinaman has been sentenced t
death in Portland, Oregon. for murder.
= According 10 an official return. u per
sons died Of starvation in London las
= year.
!, The Ogden iron works will soon bt
= turning out pig iron from the ore found il
that locality.
Robert Bonner has purchased Rarus
and will not allow him to run any more
trotting races.
Utica. N. Y. Aug. 27.-United States
Senator Conklng is chosen delegate to the
Republican State Convention.
"A young man by the name of Tillson
Jewell. was recently stung to death by hor-
nets at Hyde Park, New York.
AT YanktOn. On the 10Th ult., grey
pony was stolen from the stable of Grant
Marsh, with two saddles and brides.
The commercial value of the bullion
produced in Leadvile every day. Sundays
included. is estimated at upwards of $780,
coo.
The health and strength of the Pope is
visibly declined. His physicians insist on
immediate change, and the Pope refuses at
present.
Mr.. G. w. Childs. the well known
journalist, is urged tor the English Mis-
sion. to succeed Mr.. Welsh, who recently
resigned.
Some of Senator Matt Carpenters
Wisconsin friends are urging him for NOM
nation tor vice-presdent on the Republi-
can ticket.
-Tamps in Pennsylvania have been in
ton in Connecticut has very nearly abated
the nuisance.
The New York Herald presents fac
simile of the grave robbers letter to their
counsel. giving him instructions regarding
negotiations to be opened with Judge Hill.
ton.
New York, August 27.-Explosion of
the boiler of the tug Essex. early this morn
ing. wrecked the boat and killed Leonidas
Fuller. fireman, and Joseph E. Laffay, en-
gineer.
Captain Eads, of Mississippi river Ell
gineeri & fame, has been consulted regard
ing the best methods of Improving the nav
igatiOn OF the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers.
"A conference of delegates representing
100000 miners was held ON the 18th at
England. The object WAS to
promote the emigration of miners to the
United States.
San Francisco, August 27.-Kallock's a.,
is reported by his physicians as
and if inflammation does not
set in, lac may be considered in fair way
II recovery.
One of the most valuable mines o: the
amoIs Le;sdyille district is the fannie
Barrett" named after the eldest daughter
II the gentleman who edited the Helena
three years ago.
Rev. Mr.. Harringer, of the Methodist
hurch, at North Bend. Neb., has gotten
p huge iurore by declaring that lie does
Ot believe the bible. He wants it to be
istinctly understood that he is neither in
ine nor an intidel.
Ex-Governor Leland Stanford, presi-
ent of the Central Pacific railway, is go- :"
lg to Europe. Mr.. Stanford is Il Hercules n
size, and is !; great lover of horsetlesi. U
[e is very mich troubled. by the political
respects in California.
"A large number of cattle have been
illed this season by lightning along the
nion Pacific. Probably not less than
ne hundred head have gone that way on
le Plates and between. One stock man
Ear Brady Island alone lost twelve head.
"A man was arrested in Deadwood wi o :,
as offering fifteen head OF cattle for sale. u
was claimed the cattle belonged to Clark
lngley, of Miles City. Mr.. Tingley was
legraphed for, and is now ON his way -
Dm Miles City to Deauwood to identity 4
e cattle.
In the flush railroad-buildingr days of 1
81 and 1860 it was reckoned to cost 500
D per mile to build and equip road.
le thing is done more cieaply now. The ;.
)ux Falls extension will not cost to ex- VIII
ed $1,000 per mile, This figure does not
,lude rolling stock. .
-O'Reilly, a whiskey hummer of Iowa Boz
ty. made a cowardly attack upon MIR. fou
ant. editor of the Journal, of that city, "
the 9th, striking him repeatedly from
hind. and when Mr.. Brant was unpre- v
red for the attack. O'Reilly was urged -
by crowd If whiskey soaks. iii
Eight cars filed with colored meh of A.,
} better class, arrived in East St. Louis ing
emily, from different points in Missis-
pi. en- route to Kansas on a prospecting
?. II not faverahly impressed with Ka.
i, they will seek suitable locality in -
ne other State, with the view of en- =
ting.
Reports for the month of July show a
increase in the gross earnings of twen-
EOur OF the principal Western roads. of
1853 over tie CORE, ponding month in
5. This is one of the many indications RI